Spinnerproof

84: Heat, Fuel, and Oxygen

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This episode was recorded on November 28th, 2020

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  • The teams:
    • Mike - Mystrsyko
    • Sam - Robocast
    • Sam & Ryan - Spinnerproof
    • Charlie - Good Robottal
    • Ned - Spoiler Alert & ESC
    • Oliver - ESC and No More Spinnahhs
    • David - David of Smeg
    • Jevan - World of Woodrow & No More Spinnahhs
    • The cards:
      • Mike
        • Puff the Magic Dragon
          • A LiPo fire in the box
          • The Atomic Bomb
            • Atom#94 catches fire
              • Lotsa smoke or visible flames
              • The 2020 Dumpster Fire
                • A returning competitor flops HARD
                  • EG Bombshell in 2018, Bronco in 2019, or any robot designed to win fights which fails to
                  • Let it Rip!
                    • Captain Shredderator vs Gigabyte (1v1)
                    • Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
                      • Swiss-army bot makes the top 32
                        • Swiss-army bot = multiple weapon types
                        • Jumping in the Grave
                          • A robot is dubbed ’the new Bite Force'
                            • Does not include the new champ once they are champ
                            • A Surprise, to be Sure
                              • Half of the top 8 are ’new'
                                • New = no team members have reached the top 16 before
                                • What Would You Like on Your Tombstone?
                                  • Tombstone loses its first 2 fights
                                  • Mr Flibble’s Very Cross
                                    • A team quantining on entry to the USA is mentioned
                                    • Thank God for the Arena
                                      • A robot is flung into the Lexan
                                      • Ice Ice Baby
                                        • ICEWave tears another robot in half
                                          • No bonus points!!
                                          • Close Quarters
                                            • A fight is restarted due to an unstick
                                              • Might not be shown in the edit
                                              • They’re Good Dogs, Bronco
                                                • The dog from the Pain Train team photo is acknowledged on the show
                                                • Shocker!
                                                  • A rookie makes the top 16
                                                    • Rookie = new robot with a new team, even if some members have competed with other teams
                                                    • Crowd Favourite
                                                      • Chomp scores a OHKO
                                                        • ‘OHKO’ = first hit from the weapon
                                                        • Clusterfunk
                                                          • Gemini fails to get a win
                                                          • Sam
                                                            • For Grant
                                                              • Grant Imahara mentioned directly
                                                              • Rocky Balboa
                                                                • Tantrum works
                                                                  • Working = weapon spins, hits as well as other similar weapons, and the punching mechanism is clearly helpful
                                                                  • Just Like The Simulations
                                                                    • An AGWWAPTBABF fantasy matchup happens, and the result is the same
                                                                    • David Attenborough
                                                                      • Two or more animal themed robots fight (each other)
                                                                        • Animal themes must be part of the bot’s aesthetic
                                                                        • Absent Audience
                                                                          • Attention repeatedly drawn to the lack of audience
                                                                            • Repeatedly = at least 10 mentions
                                                                            • Lithium Polymer Armament
                                                                              • A LiPo fire occurs
                                                                              • Old Farm Derby
                                                                                • Bale Spear vs Black Widow (1v1)
                                                                                • Split Personalities
                                                                                  • A robot is split in ~2
                                                                                  • The Steel Chair
                                                                                    • Slammow manages a suplex
                                                                                    • Hammer to Fall
                                                                                      • Beta vs Chomp (1v1)
                                                                                      • A Game of Two Halves
                                                                                        • A robot gets split apart
                                                                                        • Look at Me, Pa!
                                                                                          • Two robots with minibotds fight, with their minibots
                                                                                          • Pink is Sus
                                                                                            • A predominantly pink robot makes the knockout stages
                                                                                              • Axolotl, Sporkinok, and HiJinx are all predominantly pink
                                                                                              • Extinguisher by Name…
                                                                                                • Extinguisher puts out a fire
                                                                                                • That’s Not 30 Seconds!
                                                                                                  • A team is reminded they can only hold for 30 seconds
                                                                                                  • Oh Lawd She Comin!
                                                                                                    • Chomp ends the season with a positive record
                                                                                                    • Spinnerproof
                                                                                                      • The Killshot
                                                                                                        • An axe/hammer scores a KO
                                                                                                          • Any big overhead hitty thing, but not a ‘hammer saw’ or similar, and not Rusty
                                                                                                          • We Die Together
                                                                                                            • Gemini only uses the multibot config
                                                                                                            • A Noticeable Absence
                                                                                                              • Bite Force not being present is mentioned
                                                                                                              • Apologies to Craig Danby
                                                                                                                • Slammow makes the top 16
                                                                                                                • OOTA is OOTA
                                                                                                                  • ‘Proper’ OOTA from a non-spinner
                                                                                                                    • ‘Proper’ OOTA = not behind the screws or stuck elsewhere
                                                                                                                    • BLUE TEAM, READY?
                                                                                                                      • Button hit with something other than a finger/hand
                                                                                                                      • Non-starters
                                                                                                                        • A robot with a website profile doesn’t have a fight
                                                                                                                        • Out With Win and You’re In
                                                                                                                          • No places in the top 32 are decided by a play-in fight
                                                                                                                          • Stop the count
                                                                                                                            • A robot comes back to life during a countout
                                                                                                                            • My Leg!
                                                                                                                              • Chomp loses a leg
                                                                                                                              • We Get it Already
                                                                                                                                • The cast avoids saying “Covid-19”, “Pandemic”, or “Coronavirus” for the entire season
                                                                                                                                  • Cast = not competitors
                                                                                                                                  • LiPo Fire 2
                                                                                                                                    • A LiPo fire happens
                                                                                                                                    • Why Why Whyachi?
                                                                                                                                      • 2+ Whyachi robots face each other in any kind of match
                                                                                                                                      • Don’t Bring Wheels Into the Arena
                                                                                                                                        • A horizontal spinner snipes a wheel
                                                                                                                                          • ‘Snipes’ = a single hit disabling or removing the wheel
                                                                                                                                          • Not in my Lexicon
                                                                                                                                            • The term ‘forward thrust flipper’ is used to describe a front-hinge flipper
                                                                                                                                            • The Bigger They Are…
                                                                                                                                              • Chomp’s hammer causes significant damage
                                                                                                                                              • Charlie
                                                                                                                                                • Pulverizer Pete
                                                                                                                                                  • Multiple pulveriser hits to one robot in a single fight
                                                                                                                                                  • Be Trans, Throw Hands
                                                                                                                                                    • Sporkinok receives needless online hate
                                                                                                                                                      • We’ll know it when we see it
                                                                                                                                                      • Slammow Fails to Work
                                                                                                                                                        • …as intended, through the entire season
                                                                                                                                                        • The Saviour is Here!
                                                                                                                                                          • Rusty takes a fight to the judges
                                                                                                                                                          • Wee Woo (No, Not That One)
                                                                                                                                                            • Extinguisher puts out a fire
                                                                                                                                                            • The One True Hammer
                                                                                                                                                              • Shatter! outperforms all the other ‘pure’ hammerbots
                                                                                                                                                                • ‘Pure’ hammerbots = Beta, Chomp, maybe Rusty. ‘Outperforms’ = better record and/or lasting longest in the tournament (“down to the second”)
                                                                                                                                                                • Free Parking
                                                                                                                                                                  • Non-Bite Force champion
                                                                                                                                                                    • Can only be ticked after the grand final
                                                                                                                                                                    • The Future is Now
                                                                                                                                                                      • No robots from the 2019 top 8 make the 2020 top 8
                                                                                                                                                                      • Tears in the Gears
                                                                                                                                                                        • A competitor cries on camera
                                                                                                                                                                        • Sorry About Your Bike
                                                                                                                                                                          • Jenny Taft segment involves smashing up a household object
                                                                                                                                                                          • Double Kill
                                                                                                                                                                            • Simultaneous KO
                                                                                                                                                                            • Hide and Syk 2
                                                                                                                                                                              • Despite the lack of live studio audience, world-renowned youtuber MystrSyko is somehow still spotted
                                                                                                                                                                              • The Bot Whisperer
                                                                                                                                                                                • Footage of pre-reboot BB used in reference to Peter Abrahamson
                                                                                                                                                                                • Not Even the Younglings Survived
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Perfect Phoenix doesn’t win a fight
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Pobodies Nerfect
                                                                                                                                                                                    • The champ will have lost a fight along the way
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Lights, Camera, Smash!
                                                                                                                                                                                      • One of the lights gets broken
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Ned
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Everything is Fine
                                                                                                                                                                                          • An entire episode doesn’t mention the pandemic
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Spiderman Pointing Meme
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Sawblaze vs Skorpios (1v1)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Hammer Time
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Two hammers fight each other (1v1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Chomp, Shatter!, and BETA are hammers. Mad Catter & Extinguisher count if they use their hammer setup in the fight. Rusty may or may not be a hammer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Tropical Storm BETA
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • BETA KOs a vertical spinner
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hammer saws don’t count. Mammoth doesn’t count
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Careful, Icarus
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • A previously successful robot crashes HARD
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Previously top 16/play in, failing to make the top 32
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • VERTS REEEEEEEEE
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 4WD verts make up at least half of the top 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • If the website photo is a vert, its a vert. Mad Catter counts if they use the vert more than the hammer
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Now There Are Two of Them!
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • RotatoR uses the dual disc setup
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • In the Blue Hex
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • A HexBug toy appears in the box for a robot’s introduction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Third Time Lucky
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Whiplash fights and beats Tombstone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Someone is seen wearing a mask incorrectly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Nose not covered, hanging off one ear, constantly readjusting, etc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Screwed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • A robot is KO’d due to being stuck in/on the screws
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Up and Away
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A whole robot hits the ceiling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Flawed Floor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The new floor still takes fight-influencing damage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Proof in the Pudding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • A new build has teething trouble
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • THAT’S A HUGE HIT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Kenny or Chris say ‘HUGE HIT’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Noob Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • A new robot takes the Giant Nut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Oliver
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • An Open Field
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • A BB rookie makes the top 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Rookie = new machine, even if the team have experience as a team or individuals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The Same, But Different
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A 4WD vert wins the season
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bot 56
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • A previously confirmed entry doesn’t make TV
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Confirmed = publicly by the team, by Battlebots (eg. via the website), or by associated media. SUpporter content doesn’t count.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Dun Dun Da Da Daaa Daaa
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Flight of the Valkyries is sung
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • #GetHype
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Hypershock makes the top 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Spider Chomp, Spider Chomp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Footage of a classic Battlebots walker is used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Includes shufflers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Always on the Scene
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Extinguisher puts out a fire
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Ghost of Toad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A Team Toad sticker appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The Future is Now, Old Man
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Donald Hutson is reminded of how long he has been competing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Directly to him, eg in an interview
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Home Field Advantage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • No non-US teams make the top 16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Thank You, Johnathan, Very Cool
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Presenters say something blatantly wrong, or something in a graphic is clearly incorrect
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • You Only Got One Shot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • A fight is ended in a single exchange
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Salt of the Fans
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • A JD causes online backlash
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maxwell Edison
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The Pulverisers score a KO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Grabbing Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A robot which is clearly winning dies for any reason
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Wait For It!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • John Reid says ‘good hit’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • David
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Mortal Coil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Ghost Raptor gets split in 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Large and in Charge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • All 3 ‘oversized’ robots (HUGE, SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, and Mammoth) finish with a combined win rate of at least 2:3 (0r 66.6…%)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • The British are Coming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • BETA makes the top 16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • We somehow missed reading this one out…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Unprecedented
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The word ‘unprecedented’ is used to describe the pandemic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Armchair Engineer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Fan makes comments about how a robot sucks and they could do it better
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Two robots with flamethrowers fight (1v1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Not in my Lexicon 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The term ‘drum’ is used to describe something which is clearly a drisc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • See ’the diagram’, courtesy of Jevan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • It Is Wednesday My Dudes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Ribbot makes the knockout stages
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Stay Froggy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ribbot’s vacuum-formed top survives a fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rusty in Pieces
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Rusty gets a win
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Spin Dammit!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Axe Backwards wins a fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The King is Dead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tombstone fails to make the bracket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Derby Match
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Slammow vs Big Dill (1v1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Ow, My Head!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Chomp’s hammer snipes a robot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • ‘Snipes’ = accurately hitting a critical part which immobilises the opponent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Knife Roomba
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • A Mowbot autonomous lawnmower appears on screen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Not just in the background, intentionally featured
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • What if its an ad segment?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • What Other Weapon?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • A robot with interchangeable weapons doesn’t change weapons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Jevan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Frenemies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Skorpios vs HiJinx (1v1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • …The Harder They Fall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Chomp’s legs take significant spinner damage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Legs are removed or their function is impaired
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • I Don’t Think So, Chief
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • A team refuses a fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • EG. Shredderator vs Cobalt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Eyes Have It
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • HUGE wins the Giant Nut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Should’a Stayed Electric
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • BETA runs out of gas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Weapon stops or can’t self right due to lack of gas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Sorry About Your Ceiling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • An entire robots hits the ceiling/lighting rig
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Weeeeeeeeeeedge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • SMEEEEEEEEEEE wins a fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Can be an exhibition/other non-tournament fight provided it is aired on Discovery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • I’m A Fire Starter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 20+ fires across the season
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Large amounts of smoke or visible flames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • No More Apologies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Slammow makes the bracket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Game of Clones
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • A robot is likened to another in looks alone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Beat the Clock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A robot comes back to life during a countout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • David vs Goliath
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Mammoth fights a robot with a minibot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tis Just A Flesh Wound
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • A badly damaged robot makes it to the judges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Stop, Stop, He’s Already Dead!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • A clearly dead robot keeps getting hit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Yeeted-er
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • A robot hits the ceiling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Includes minibots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Age of Rust
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Rusty goes undefeated during Fight Night
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • ...more
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