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74: There's a Hole in my Spreadsheet

Released Monday, 13th April 2020

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74: There's a Hole in my Spreadsheet

Monday, 13th April 2020

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Follow up
- Battlebots’ Top 10 “Moments” of 2019
  - What is a ‘moment’?
  - What is a ‘marketing’?
  - Norwalk Havoc
    - Yes, Ryan has chosen the stream where they had some technical issues
    - Fights are 3 minutes + a potential encore, not 2 minutes
  - BBB Beetle Champs 2020 (SXS)
  - Top Four
  - Robot or Not
- Bucktooth Burl vs Skorpios vs Deathroll
RTNCTI
- A reminder of the rules
- This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers)
  - Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Subzero
  - Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
  - Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shrederator
  - Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs HUGE
- !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
  - Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Subzero
    - Thermidor 2
      - Series 8 version
      - Did Thermidor 2 ‘break down’?
    - Chompalot
      - Wins that don’t count, losses that count double
        Chompalot seems to be smoking before Shunt hits it
    - Subzero
      - Old Subzero, but not the really old Subzero which won a championship
      - Durable? Yes. Effective? No
    - Doing the research we should have done beforehand
      - And not getting the answers we want
  - Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
    - Vulture
      - The first overhead spinner thing?
        MegatRON is a featherweight version of a much older Jamison GO beetle (RON), but this seems to have been a saw.
    - Foxic
      - We all knew this day had to come
      - A genuinely beautiful robot we want to see do well
    - Troley Rage
      - Finding out live event records
        Overall, Team Spinnerproof currently have a record of 5-9 in competetive fights (ignoring large melees):
        Hello There: 0-5
        Kylo Wen: 2-2
        Tropical Storm Phil: 3-2
    - How well do these robots work?
      - We have seen S8 Foxic’s weapon work, but not S9
      - Can Trolley Rage self right?
  - Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shrederator
    - Bale Spear
      - A vast array of wheels
    - Bucky the Robot
      - Wej
    - Captain Shrederator
      - Versioning: Slanty shell and Spiky shell
  - Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs HUGE
    - Wyrm
      - Wej, but bad
    - Donald Thump
      - It may or may not work
    - HUGE
      - An absolute JD machine
The upcoming round of 64:
- Tauron vs Cobalt
- Valkyrie vs Orte
- Concussion (S10) vs Lockjaw (2018)
- HUGE vs The Kegs
- Escape Velocity vs The Ringmaster
- Death Roll vs Apollo (S9)
- Red Devil (2018) vs Ironside 3 (S9)
- Kraken vs Big Nipper
- Chomp vs WAR Hawk
- Lycan vs TR2
- Tombstone vs Reality
- Monsoon vs Captain Shrederator
- Overhaul vs Bronco
- Basilisk vs Whiplash
- Expulsion (S10) vs Carbide (S10)
- Supernova (S9) vs Eruption (S10)
- PP3D vs Nuts 2 (S10)
- The Four Horsemen vs Sharkoprion
- Overdrive (2015) vs Beast
- Minotaur (2018) vs Brutus (2016)
- Vulture vs Iron-Awe 6
- RAPID (S10) vs Subzero
- Invader vs Witch Doctor (2018)
- Razorback (2016) vs Complete Control (2016)
- Magnetar vs Hypothermia
- Cherub vs Beta
- Double Jeopardy vs DUCK!
- Crushtacean vs SOW
- Biteforce (2018) vs Plan X
- Photon Storm vs RotatoR
- Storm 2 vs Sabretooth (S9)
- Free Shipping vs Bombshell (2016)