This episode is pointless Rules and judging! Yay! Rule changes You should read them and not just trust what we say: Design rules, Tournament rules, Judges’ Guide Safety! Power lights you can see [Design rules: 3b] Cradles that cradle [Tournament rules: 3.4.2] Fires are bad [Design rules: 16] Minibot battery limitations [Design rules: 4b] No more OotA disqualification threat But a higher wall Lifting/pinning/grappling timing changes [Tournament rules: 7.5.6/7/8] Separation procedure [Tournament rules: 7.5.9] Mobility & count-outs If you’re moving, you’re moving [Tournament r ..read more

We’re back! Back-ish Editing sucks and we’re not doing it. BEVs Northdown Havoc Sportsman feathers are dope Judging Judging is hard Coin-toss fights Let The Good Times Stroll vs Crossblow III vs Head for the Exit Battlebots… This community sucks as talking about this stuff The system doesn’t seem that ‘broken’ Do we need Battlebots? What now? No Battlebots episode reviews Robot building? Events? Clickbait awfulness? Hoping Sam doesn’t die ..read more

We went to the BBB summer showdown with Split Decision 2 We’re a little rusty, and failed to record a proper outro. I hope you can come to forgive us. Here are the pictures! https://imgur.com/a/TVheEHJ ..read more

Follow Up/Front Matter There is a bingo winner. We haven’t worked out who yet A quite vast amount of information about brushless motors and ESCs Sensorless still involves some small degree of sensing/feedback, and this is important Dual brushless hammer fun Stripped grub screw threads Ryan made a fuss Fake spinner test The real testing setup Battlebots and stuff General thoughts A very strong season, especially under the circumstances A slightly underwhelming end result Robot by robot Hydra The journey Vs Gigabyte - a fight for newcomers? Whiplash Mad lifts vs Valkyrie S ..read more

Front matter Lockdown finally made Sam build things More on that later! Ryan doesn’t know what tools he owns Bugglebots 4K special Vote here! (may require time machine) Watch here! 5 episodes of Battlebots 2020 in <40 minutes P1 The robot is very good Accidentally discussing the top 32 selection A hypothetical 0-3 making the top 32? Is 3 wins a lot of wins? Beta The hammer is very good Magnets! E F F I C I E N C Y Firing while moving? What have they actually proven in their 3 fights? Kraken vs HUGE The fight is very good Effective flamethrower-ing Kraken’s forged ..read more

Front Matter Sliding slowly an inexoribly towards The Fight Bounty Hunters How do you cover something which has no formal air date? Is it good? Bronco the "legend" The team? Yes. The robot? Eh... Lack of attention to spoilers Episodes 4 & 5 Good things! Slammow working Chomp working Gamma 9 working Shatter! vs Malice Short memories Expecting Malice to take the decision Because it deserved it? Because we're used to spinners winning these decisions? Clickbait Hydra vs HUGE Yes, there are still 45 minutes of the episode left Playing Ultimate We promise this is far mor ..read more

Front Matter How Spinnerproof is covering Battlebots What we want, when we want Fights and topics which interest us, released sporadically Battlebots 2020 - episodes 1-3 Bloodsport vs Skorpios The power of managed expectations Bloodsport's improvements Shatter! vs Ghost Raptor Shatter! is amazing and if you disagree you are wrong The best hammer? How to use a hammer Shatter!'s driving style distilled Omnidrive all the things HUGE! vs Mammoth The dream match? Are non-meta robots as fun when they aren't facing the meta? Witch Doctor vs Hydra Long main events are good main ev ..read more

This episode was recorded on November 28th, 2020 The cards can be seen in all their graphic glory here The teams: Mike - Mystrsyko Sam - Robocast Sam & Ryan - Spinnerproof Charlie - Good Robottal Ned - Spoiler Alert & ESC Oliver - ESC and No More Spinnahhs David - David of Smeg Jevan - World of Woodrow & No More Spinnahhs The cards: Mike Puff the Magic Dragon A LiPo fire in the box The Atomic Bomb Atom#94 catches fire Lotsa smoke or visible flames The 2020 Dumpster Fire A returning competitor flops HARD EG Bombshell in 2018, Bronco in 2019, or any robot designed to ..read more

Front matter How you doing? Artificial daylight lamp build Youtube is becoming garbage Follow Up Lockjaw does not have a wedge The Malice team are awesome RTNCTI Upcoming fights: Quarter finals Lockjaw vs Apollo Tombstone vs Expulsion Minotaur vs RAPID SOW vs Biteforce + Semi-finals, final, and 3rd place !!!RATHER LARGE SPOILERS BELOW!!! Lockjaw vs Apollo Easy-ish rides to the quarters Battlebots arena Tombstone vs Expulsion Minotaur vs RAPID Minotaur's forks vs Rapid's front edge SOW vs Biteforce Biteforce's wedge diverting SOW's weapon into its own weapon? Differing ..read more

Follow Up Sam did a Minotaur oopsie Not the oopsie Ryan expected Ryan has a pillar drill/drill press now Battlebots news! Air date! Trailer! Other good things! Robocast's 2020 preview Thursday broadcast RTNCTI Mistakes! BETA vs DUCK! should not have hapened Hypothermia vs BETA and DUCK! vs SOW should have hapened in its place These fights will happen now If any of you actually read these shownotes you would have already know all of this Upcoming fights: Do-overs Hypothermia vs BETA DUCK! vs SOW Round of 16 Valkyrie vs Lockjaw Apollo vs Red Devil WAR Hawk vs Tombstone Whiplas ..read more