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  • Followup
  • Ryan’s libellous angry front matter
  • Battlebots
    • All new format
      • Hand-picked matchups, leading into a final 16 bracket
        • Technically a form of swiss draw?
    • Alternates
      • Since recording, we have learned that alternates are guaranteed at least one fight, in which they may fight non-alternates, with the potential to be ‘promoted’ to the main competition if they impress. It appears that the main difference between an alternate and non-alternate is largely administrative in that non-alternates are guaranteed more fights and may get different financial compensation.
    • Rule changes
    • Editing and presentation
      • Slightly rough camerawork
      • Slimmed-down presenting team
      • Significantly higher pace
      • More important role for Faruq
      • Slightly over-zealous sound effects
    • Blacksmith vs Biteforce
      • Blacksmith
        • Industrial aesthetic
        • Low on power, but tenacious and spectacular
        • Deadblow
      • Biteforce
        • Still scarred from 2016?
        • Ineffective wedge?
    • Mecha Rampage vs Free Shipping vs Duck!
      • Mecha Rampage
        • Too wide?
        • 50% of the mass is in the weapon section
      • Free Shipping
        • Original Sin
          • Not only reigning RoboGames champion, but on the podium almost every year
      • Duck!
      • Facebook comments…
        • ‘Just’ a box?
      • An excellent choice of rumble - 3 incredibly experienced builders/drivers
      • How do you judge a rumble?
    • SubZero vs HUGE
      • Subzero
        • Old SubZero vs new SubZero
        • Too much adaptation for the opponent?
      • Huge
        • How do you deal with HUGE?
        • Lack of traction
      • Sam finally realises the Hellraisers are a thing
        • Computer-controlled hazards
    • Bombshell vs Lockjaw
      • Bombshell
        • No longer a swiss-army bot
      • Lockjaw
        • Now a vertical spinner
          • Although rumour has it the jaws are still an option
          • Is it a disc? No.
      • Commendable acts of sportsmanship
    • Tombstone vs Minotaur
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90 episodes

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  • Followup
  • Ryan’s libellous angry front matter
  • Battlebots
    • All new format
      • Hand-picked matchups, leading into a final 16 bracket
        • Technically a form of swiss draw?
    • Alternates
      • Since recording, we have learned that alternates are guaranteed at least one fight, in which they may fight non-alternates, with the potential to be ‘promoted’ to the main competition if they impress. It appears that the main difference between an alternate and non-alternate is largely administrative in that non-alternates are guaranteed more fights and may get different financial compensation.
    • Rule changes
    • Editing and presentation
      • Slightly rough camerawork
      • Slimmed-down presenting team
      • Significantly higher pace
      • More important role for Faruq
      • Slightly over-zealous sound effects
    • Blacksmith vs Biteforce
      • Blacksmith
        • Industrial aesthetic
        • Low on power, but tenacious and spectacular
        • Deadblow
      • Biteforce
        • Still scarred from 2016?
        • Ineffective wedge?
    • Mecha Rampage vs Free Shipping vs Duck!
      • Mecha Rampage
        • Too wide?
        • 50% of the mass is in the weapon section
      • Free Shipping
        • Original Sin
          • Not only reigning RoboGames champion, but on the podium almost every year
      • Duck!
      • Facebook comments…
        • ‘Just’ a box?
      • An excellent choice of rumble - 3 incredibly experienced builders/drivers
      • How do you judge a rumble?
    • SubZero vs HUGE
      • Subzero
        • Old SubZero vs new SubZero
        • Too much adaptation for the opponent?
      • Huge
        • How do you deal with HUGE?
        • Lack of traction
      • Sam finally realises the Hellraisers are a thing
        • Computer-controlled hazards
    • Bombshell vs Lockjaw
      • Bombshell
        • No longer a swiss-army bot
      • Lockjaw
        • Now a vertical spinner
          • Although rumour has it the jaws are still an option
          • Is it a disc? No.
      • Commendable acts of sportsmanship
    • Tombstone vs Minotaur
  continue reading

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