30: Compensating for Something

Spinnerproof

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Follow up
- Minotaur’s wedge
  - ‘True’ feeder wedges
Front matter
- Upcoming competitions
  - KoB 2
  - Bugglebots (Beetleweight webseries)
    - Website
    - Twitter
    - Facebook
    - YouTube
- Upcoming livestream
  - 26th May at 7PM BST
    - THIS TIME in your timezone
- Ryan forgets that this IS episode 30
Battlebots
- Many memorable moments
- Short fights = more fluff?
- Superb cold open
- ICEwave vs Vanquish
  - ICEwave
    - Other petrol engines in robot combat?
  - Vanquish
    - Seemingly a robust wedge
    - Very well driven
    - Build diary
  - Tweedy’s AMA responses seem to indicate Vanquish WILL be back
  - Repair time
  - 360 cameras
    - The camera
    - Example video
- RotatoR vs Petunia
  - RotatoR
    - Splitting weight between two spinners
      - Impacts which slow one disc don’t slow the other
  - Petunia
    - Faruq justifies his existence
      - Sam fails to realise that the tweet comes after the publication of the episode
    - Sam is…disappointed…by the weapon
    - A slightly unusual crusher design
      - More Androne than Razer
    - Broken beak tip
- Brutus vs Red Devil
  - Brutus
    - Standard vertical spinner
    - Serious electrical issues
      - Minor commentary shenanigens
  - Red Devil
    - The wedge is a good choice, but not classic Red Devil
  - Has the tight timeframe reduced the showmanship of some teams?
  - Pinning/grappling rules
    - Unsticking
- Captain Shredderator vs End Game
  - Captain Shredderator
    - Dated internals
      - Tiger Claw is competing in TiFR
    - Dat transmitter
  - End Game
    - FMB champions
      - Ryan was grossly mis-remembering this title fight vs DiotAwe
    - Rough floor issues
- Yeti vs Witch Doctor
  - Yeti
    - One big robot
    - Apparently has a set of wedge forks, whatever that may mean
  - Witch Doctor
    - Post-fight report
      - Why do motors overheat?
      - Cooling on an ESC
  - An underwhelming matchup?
  - Ryan’s list of acceptable verticals:
    - Hypershock, Monsoon, Yeti, HUGE, End Game, Sharkoprion, Whiplash
      - At least 50% of the vertical spinners in the field…
The new Reddit layout(s)
- A conversation predicated on Ryan not having realised there are 3 versions of the layout

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