Spinnerproof

51: Blackjack and High Quality Graphics


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  • Follow up
    • The follow ups are easily startled, but they’ll soon be back - and in greater numbers.
    • Bugglebots
      • Doing Bugglebots was amazing
      • We can’t talk about a huge amount
      • Our first experience of full combat
      • Bugglebots is an excellent live show
        • And a logistical miracle
        • Two 12hr+ days of work from the crew
        • We must now keep our secrets for months. Boo.
        • Battlebots
          • Bingo talk will be saved for the next Bingo episode
            • Go listen to the Bingo episode if you haven’t already.
            • Also, full cards and explanations of each prediction can be found here
            • And you can generate your own
            • 2 hour runtime
              • It’s not for everybody
              • Pacing currently seems good
              • Pits segments are meaningful
                • A nice, long chat with Ray
                  • and GUNS!!!
                  • The graphics still suck
                  • Quantum entanglement
                    • Was it an entertaining fight?
                    • Was it a manufactured controversy?
                      • The rules you can read vs the rules you’re told
                      • That interview
                        • Conspiracy theories with Ryan
                        • What now?
                          • According to some sources, Cobalt’s body is 100% AR500. Could this be the case for some other robots?
                          • Main event
                            • Was it good? Does it need to be good?
                            • How much fight reordering does Battlebots do?
                              • Duck! vs Bombshell was the first fight of the event, and is in episode 2
                                • This, incidentally, would have been a valid opening main event - we will have to see if the fight itself would have been worthy
                                • Re:MARS livestream
                                  • Sam had a bad time
                                  • Live events are hard, and this was a pretty good effort from everyone involved
                                    • Except the sound guy. Screw the sound guy.
                                      • (Sorry sound guy, you were probably doing your best)
                                      • Re:MLARaS = Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space
                                        • What even is AI?
                                          • the “AI Effect”
                                          • Chomp’s vacuum feet
                                          • Professor Hutchins explains exactly what AI is
                                          • Ryan is consistent, vol 472: “I don’t think it would ever be entertaining”…“I asked ‘is it’, not ‘will it be’…”
                                          • RTNCTI
                                            • RTNCTI lives on, in a universe where the 2019 season doesn’t exist
                                            • Where it all began: 5 episodes and 4 months ago
                                            • Carbide vs DisConstructor vs King B Remix
                                              • Series 10 Carbide, Series 8 DisConstructer, Robogames King B
                                              • Is it ever offensive to suggest that a Robot Wars competitor will probably lose to Carbide?
                                              • End Game vs Eruption vs Sawblaze
                                                • Oh no…
                                                • Most recent versions of all three
                                                • End Game bringing the potential but not the results
                                                  • Good wins balanced out by bad losses
                                                  • Inability to self right reliably
                                                  • Eruption and Sawblaze are both exceptionally driven and extremely effective
                                                    • Who gets under who?
                                                    • Can Eruption adapt to the Battlebots arena?
                                                    • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                      • Poor High-5…
                                                      • Reality with a reasonable record, Splatter coming in with only one fight but an otherwise proven concept
                                                        • Invoking time travel
                                                        • ...more
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                                                          SpinnerproofBy Sam Hutchins and Ryan Bratley

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