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 events
Hydra starting with a flip charged
Black Dragon vs Kraken
A coin-toss or a theft?
Rules not rewarding what fans see as dominating a fight
RotatoR vs Beta
Decision not rewarding what the rules appear to priorities
Enforcing weapon usage?
Better hammers firing straight into weapons
Shatter! vs Ghost Raptor
Shatter! vs Kingpin
Blue vs Crossfire
Blacksmith vs Biteforce
Chomp vs Biteforce
Competitors no longer feeling that they can rely on the rules being applied consistently
The quality of online discourse
How the presentation of the show influences this
Robocast #79 - listen to it
Listen to it somewhere other than youtube
Actually judging the match
How the judges scored it
The 2020 Judges' Guide
Beta can't score 5 points for aggression
Giving Beta damage points because...reasons?
Assumed damage?
Penalising RotatoR for their damage being unintentional?
Loose rules vs rigid rules
Blame falling on people or falling on a system
Unnecessary and possibly unhelpful maths
Format
Bit different, innit
Crowd noise
Less suppression of audience reactions?
Dud fights
No basement tapes
Generally good handling of the rough fights
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