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73: The Diotoir of Battlebots

Released Tuesday, 7th April 2020

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73: The Diotoir of Battlebots

Tuesday, 7th April 2020

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Follow up
- TheTrueCorrectGuy's comment
  - Basically everything said in this comment is accurate
    - The difficulty of doing RTNCTI in a post-2019 world
    - Potential do-overs?
- The Big Bot Quiz!
RTNCTI
- A reminder of the rules
- This episode's fixtures (no spoilers)
  - Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
  - Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
  - Ms Nightshade vs Crank-e vs SOW
  - Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
  - The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
- !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
  - Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
    - Big Nipper
      - Versioning?
        Did we even make a decision about this?
        Using the disc
      - Since recording, Ryan has learned that Big Nipper also had a third setup (a wedge) which production rejected
    - Parallax
      - A robot which was replaced by P1, and everybody was happy
      - Drum? Drisc? Saw? Wedge?
        Our survey said: Drisc
        But what would this be?
    - Crazy Coupe 88
      - Series 8 epitomised
  - Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
    - Overhaul
      - Versioning?
        Sam takes the easy way out
      - A control bot in a spinner's world
      - Before Fight Night, it could take 3 or 4 years to notch up 3 or 4 defeats, now a robot can do it in one season
    - Mega Tento
      - Moving the weapon was possibly more a response to the shell being able to block the weapon if it got broken
      - Tentomushi was a lightweight in Battlebots, but fought with middleweights in Robot Wars series 3
    - Bucktooth Burl
      - vs Chromefly
  - Ms Nightshade vs Crank-e vs SOW
    - Ms Nightshade
      - No
      - Breaking pre-fight
    - Crank-e
      - A better robot that it can be given credit for being?
        Or entirely forgettable?
    - SOW
      - Energy
        Regrets
    - The impact of the arena & house robots
  - Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
    - Tauron
      - Monsoon, but not Monsoon. Very not
        S9 Tauron is Monsoon crossed with a boat
      - Versioning: Series 10
    - TMHWK
      - Axes are silly
    - Dantomkia
      - A competent flipper
      - A reliable wedge?
  - The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
    - The Four Horsemen
      - Arguing over names
      - Big Break - the snooker-based gameshow you never knew you wanted
    - Thor
      - A strong live event competitor
      - Versioning - Series 10
    - Rusty
      - Also there
    - The need to score points with judges
      - But which judges?