Follow upBattlebots Season 4 slightly more confirmed!Bugglebots Series 2 very confirmed!Front matterSpinnerproof live event coverageThere won’t be anySam doesn’t enjoy watching themRyan isn’t sure he enjoys talking about them in a structured, podcastable formatRTNCTIThe full rules and competitorsHave we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.The very simplified rules:Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and BattlebotsQualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracketThe result of every bout is decided by the roll of a die. Currently a D6, changing to a D7 next episodeThis episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):Nuts vs ICEwaveSupernova vs RazerCrushtacean vs Sweet RevengeKraken vs DravenMohawk vs SharkoprionWhiplash vs Obwalden OverlordThe Disk O’ Inferno vs RotatorPoison Arrow vs Photon StormCoyote vs BetaGhost Raptor vs TR2Frostbite vs RazorbackCobra vs ApolloAftershock vs Ironside 3Or Te vs Kan-OpenerSabretooth vs WrecksPlan X vs M.R. Speed Squared!!!!!!SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!Nuts vs ICEwaveSeries 10 Nuts (2), 2019 ICEwaveEntanglement effect of Nuts 2FOG. OF. WARRRRRRRRRhino’s use of Halon to smother enginesMinibotsNuts 2 wins, as well it shouldSupernova vs RazerSeries 9 Supernova, Series 8 RazerRazer’s anti-horizontal setupSupernova wins, Sam mournsCrushtacean vs Sweet RevengeNope.A reasonably competent original run/live scene machine vs the most forgettable robot in reboot historyCrushtacean winsKraken vs DravenSeries 9 DravenKraken winsUpcoming Kraken upgradesMohawk vs SharkoprionEmpathising with producers and actively encouraging you not to listen to this2018 MohawkHow effective is the Sharko disc?Ryan messes with the system and regrets it immenselySharkoprion goes throughWhiplash wHiplash vs Obwalden OverlordAnother close battleGAMBLER’S FALLACYwHiplash winsThe Disk O’ Inferno vs Rotator2018 RotatorDisk O’ is cooland would benefit from the modern judging criteriaRotator winsPoison Arrow vs Photon StormLive event Photon StormRyan’s utterly unnecessary and factually incorrect defence of Photon StormPhoton Storm competed as Tiberius prior to 2016Neither Photon Storm or Tiberius are a former UK championTiberius is widely referred to as ‘feared’, but details of its results over the years are hard to findPhoton Storm winsExpect follow-up…Coyote vs BetaSeries 10 CoyoteBeta’s wedge is surprisingly lowBeta winsGhost Raptor vs TR2Ghost Raptor destroys our rulesSeason 1 Ghost Raptor, as a swiss-army bot: spinner, Lifter, Keep-away barLifter for this fightTR2 is an ACTUAL UK ChampionWITH THE BUM AXE!TR2 winsNo time was wasted in the making of this battleFrostbite vs RazorbackUnderestimating Frostbite?Season 2 Razorback running the drumTeams probably don’t select a weapon based on what would happen if it brokeRazorback winsCobra vs ApolloThis fight LITERALLY HAPPENEDAlthough it was tag-team and the World Series is essentially non-canonSeries 10 Apollo and Series 10 (World Series) CobraRyan completely forgets that Hobgoblin exists.Apollo sneaks throughAftershock vs Ironside 3Series 10 Aftershock, Series 9 Ironside 3A horribly tough one to callIronside 3 winsOrte vs Kan-OpenerBoth in their short-lived Series 8 formsSweeney Todd should have been counted out, but regardless the hit which killed Kan Opener arguably came after the one which finished Sweeney Todd.The Orte flipper does indeed work and could be reasonably described as about averageOrte survives to be beaten in the next roundSabretooth vs WrecksSeries 9 Sabretooth, Season 2 WrecksSabretooth walks the fight.Plan X vs M.R. Speed SquaredSeries 9 MR Speed SquaredAn auspicious endingA robot which Wrecks took to the judges vs a robot which Foxic took to the judgesPlan X somehow takes the advantageand winsNext episode:Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free ShippingHypothermia vs Apocalypse vs HypershockAxe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With CheeseIron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal ContraptionMeggamouse vs Valkyrie vs JellyfishSkorpios vs Behemoth vs BiteforceThe General vs Radioactive vs ConcussionThe Swarm vs Deathroll vs GeminiKill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPIDMoebius vs Brutus vs PetuniaGabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as NailsPush to Exit vs Overdrive vs HobgoblinGamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs NightmareBad Kitty vs Cherub vs UltraviolentCounter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt3-ways are decided by first eliminating the ‘weakest’ robot outright and then producing odds for the remaining two, still taking into account the presence of the third and their impact on the fightThe rest of the round (episode 4)Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B RemixEnd Game vs Eruption vs SawBlazeHigh-5 vs Reality vs SplatterWitch Doctor vs Lucky vs ShockwaveVanquish vs Basilisk vs Black IceTombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs WarheadCreepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double DutchBig Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth BurlMs Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of WyachiTauron vs TMHWK vs DantomkiaThe Four Horsemen vs Thor vs RustyThermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub ZeroVulture vs Foxic vs Trolley RageBale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain ShredderatorWyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
