The RoboCast

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 11th episode of BattleBots’ 2020 Season, and the first episode of the tournament. Also joining us this week to go over the first half of the Round of 32 is Hijinx captain Jen Herchenroeder.

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Let us know what your thoughts on the eleventh episode of BattleBots 2020 in the comments.

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:45 – From part of the Team, to leading lady with Hijinx

05:31 – Hijinx’s season to date

13:23 – Mad Catter vs Tombstone

18:06 – Hijinx vs Uppercut

28:31 – The Future for Hijinx

32:08 – Black Dragon vs SlamMow

39:34 – Beta vs Ribbot

45:46 – HUGE vs Whiplash

52:40 – SubZero vs Valkyrie

56:24 – Gigabyte vs Malice

1:00:46 – Hydra vs Hypershock

1:05:29 – Closing Thoughts

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In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the entirety of BattleBots 2020’s Top 32. Also joining us this week to look at the bracket, his personal history with Robot Combat and on how to apply to BattleBots is The Bot Whisperer himself; Pete Abrahamson.

Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!

Let us know what your thoughts on the bracket of BattleBots 2020 in the comments. And Pete! What a guy. Thankyou so much for your time and what a great conversation he gave up.

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:40 – From Fighting to Whispering

11:13 – Battlebots 2021 and how to apply smarter

21:36 – Why wasn’t *this* robot chosen?

25:13 – #32: Hypershock

26:10 - #01: Hydra

29:26 - #31: Gruff

32:22 – #02: Bloodsport

34:05 - #30: Mammoth

36:10 - #03: Coperhead

38:53 - #04: Uppercut

41:52 - #29: HiJinx

44:04 - #28: SlamMow

46:38 - #05: Black Dragon

52:03 - #27: Perfect Phoenix

56:34 - #06: End Game

59:47 - #26: Kraken

1:02:14 - #07: SawBlaze

1:06:36 - #25: HUGE

1:09:01 - #08: Whiplash

1:12:30 - #24: SubZero

1:15:38 - #09: Valkyrie

1:17:42 - #23: Witch Doctor

1:19:38 - #10: Skorpios

1:21:26 - #22: Rotator

1:23:46 - #11: Jackpot

1:26:52 - #12: Mad Catter

1:28:02 - #21: Tombstone

1:30:15 - #13: Beta

1:31:42 - #20: Ribbot

1:33:55 – #19: Shatter!

1:38:16 - #14: LockJaw

1:41:21 - #18: Tantrum

1:43:07 - #15: Fusion

1:44:33 - #17: Gigabyte

1:46:12 – #16: Malice

1:46:42 – Closing Thoughts

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Episode Title: Axecellent Timing.

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 10th episode of BattleBots 2020 and the last fight night episode. Also joining us this week to look at the episode as a whole and to review their season is Matt Vasquez of Whiplash.

Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!

Let us know what your thoughts on the tenth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Also let us know who you have winning your brackets as well!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:34 – Whiplash’s Season to date

07:17 – Hydra vs Uppercut

12:43 – SawBlaze vs Rusty

17:51 – Gamma 9 vs Tantrum

23:36 – Hypershock vs End Game

30:23 – P1 vs SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

39:50 – Beta vs Grabbot

44:52 – Valkyrie vs Whiplash

1:07:52 – Closing Thoughts, and Matt’s thoughts on his Ro32 Fight

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Matts’s Pages:

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Episode Title: Axecellent Timing.

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 9th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us this week to look at the episode as a whole and to review their season is Adam Wrigley from Bots FC and Shatter! Shoutout to the Twitter admin for Bots FC for helping to set this up too.

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Let us know what your thoughts on the ninth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:45 – Shatter!’s season so far

09:01 – Captain Shrederator vs Shatter!

22:44 – Chomp vs HiJinx

30:05 – Claw Viper vs Gigabyte

37:59 – SlamMow vs Witch Doctor

44:57– Extinguisher vs Gruff

52:28 – Atom #94 vs Perfect Phoenix

59:21 – Black Dragon vs Copperhead

1:07:52 – Closing Thoughts, and future plans for Adam

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Episode Title: The end of an era?

In this podcast, I am joined by World of Woodrow as we look at the 8th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us this week to assess the episode as a whole is Matthew Spurk of the Kraken team!

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Let us know what your thoughts on the eighth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:27 – Kraken’s breakout season

06:31 – HUGE vs Kraken

19:15 – Axolotl vs Ribbot

24:55 – Big Dill vs Rotator

28:54 – Jackpot vs LockJaw

36:31 – Bloodsport vs Chronos

43:35 – Fusion vs WAR?EZ!

47:57 – Skorpios vs Tombstone

58:12 – Closing Thoughts

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Episode Title: Get Hyped!

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 7th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us this week to dissect the action is Will Bales of the Hypershock team!

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Let us know what your thoughts on the seventh episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:29 – The issues Hypershock faced pre-2020 season & Gruff fight analysis

11:23 – Axe Backwards vs Captain Shrederator

15:12– Copperhead vs P1

18:06– Beta vs Rusty

23:19 – Hypershock vs Mammoth

32:44 – Sporkinok vs SubZero

38:51 – Bale Spear vs Tracer

42:23 – Whiplash vs Gruff

47:13 – Closing Thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Will’s Pages:

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Episode Title: Blaze of Glory

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 6th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us this week to dissect the action is one of our youngest ever guests, John Flaacke of Extinguisher.

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Let us know what your thoughts on the sixth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:40 – Extinguisher explanations

05:12 – Rotator vs Valkyrie

11:37 – Extinguisher vs Gigabyte

17:36 – Sharkoprion vs SlapBox

21:28 – Mad Catter vs Malice

27:04 – Atom #94 vs Tantrum

30:43 – Pain Train vs SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

35:53 – SawBlaze vs Uppercut

44:32 – Closing Thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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John’s Pages:

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Episode Title: Coming out in a cage…

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 5th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us to look at the action is Jackpot’s Team Captain and all-round nice bloke Jeff Waters.

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Let us know what your thoughts on the fifth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts! And once again, when discussing controversy, please be nice.

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:43 – Gambling with Jackpot

05:08 – Black Dragon vs Claw Viper

10:55 – Ghost Raptor vs Jackpot

19:05 – Grabot vs SubZero

22:22 – HUGE vs Hydra

40:09 – Aegis vs Fusion

46:51 – Big Dill vs LockJaw

51:22 – Witch Doctor vs Kraken

1:01:20 – Closing Thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Jevan’s Pages:

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Jeff’s Pages:

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https://www.facebook.com/JackPotBattleBots

Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!

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Episode Title: The Curse is Lifted.

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 4th episode of BattleBots 2020. Also joining us to look at the action is SlamMow driver and Team MowBot’s Captain, Craig Danby.

Please note there was a small amount of lag on Steve’s end so he is out of sync a little with us all.

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Let us know what your thoughts on the fourth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:55 – A New Approach with SlamMow

03:52 – Slapbox vs Tombstone

11:18 – Pain Train vs SlamMow

21:07 – Perfect Phoenix vs Skorpios

27:29 – Mad Catter vs Ribbot

34:14 – Chomp vs Gamma 9

42:44 – Malice vs Shatter!

50:44 – Bloodsport vs End Game

57:04 – Closing Thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Jevan’s Pages:

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Craig’s Pages:

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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!

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Episode Title: Decisions, decisions.

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the AmericanKilljoy and also the most adequate stand-in; Ryan Bratley from Spinnerproof. Also joining us for the third episode of BattleBots 2020 is Rotator’s and Team Revolution team captain Victor Soto.

Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!

Let us know what your thoughts on the third episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Of course, those discussing THAT judge’s decision, please keep it respectful!!

Also going to include a link here to the BattleBots judging criteria for the 2020 season:

https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Judges-Guide-Rev.2020.0.pdf

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

01:13 – Rotator’s different revolutions

05:58 – Copperhead vs Gigabyte

11:10 – Jackpot vs SubZero

15:44 – Gemini vs Uppercut

21:20 – Beta vs Rotator

34:15 – Trying to de-code the decision made.

53:17 – Tantrum vs Valkyrie

59:11 – Atom #94 vs Big Dill

1:04:15 – Gruff vs Hypershock

1:11:03 – Closing Thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg

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Ryan’s Pages:

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Victor’s Pages:

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