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• Front matter\\n
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  • We’re building for Bugglebots\\n
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    • We should probably also apply at some point…
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    • It’s not Split Decision. We have plans for Split Decision. Awful, disgusting plans
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    • Building robots is hard\\n
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      • HDPE is melty
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    • Hello There! The prequel-meme-themed bidirectional axebot that nobody asked for
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  • We’ve been guesting on Roasting Robots\\n
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    • Maximum Uncanny Valley
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    • Holy Copyright Infringement, Batman!
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    • The Razer of Battlebots
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  • Battlebots Season 4 confirmed\\n
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    • Spinnerproof: bringing you the big, breaking news since 2017
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• RTNCTI\\n
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  • Some follow-up\\n
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    • Apollo vs Cobra kinda happened
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    • Cobra vs Behemoth vs Eruption…vs Hobgoblin
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    • Photon Storm is not, as far as we can tell at least, a former UK Heavyweight champion
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  • The full rules and competitors\\n
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    • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
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  • The very simplified rules:\\n
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    • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
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    • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracket
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    • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
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  • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):\\n
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    • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
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    • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
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    • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
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    • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
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    • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
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    • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
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    • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
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    • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
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  • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!\\n
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    • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping\\n
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      • Chimera 2: Elwedgetric Boogaloo\\n
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        • Thwackbots and active weapon rules
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        • Physics corner: for thwackbots which sit flat when inactive, driving ’towards’ the weapon will cause a combination of wheel movement and weapon movement in which the centre of gravity moves upwards.
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      • What does Heavy Metal’s weapon do?
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      • Potential difficulties for Free Shipping in the RW arena?
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    • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock\\n
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      • Ryan completely disregards the existence of Season 1 Hypershock\\n
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        • Ryan wrote all of his notes on the train to/from a football match. It shows.
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      • We forgot to decide which front end Hypothermia is running, but since we repeatedly allude to the wedge they’re running the wedge
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    • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!\\n
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      • Warrior ClanDragon
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      • Axe Backwards.jpg
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      • DUCK!’s strategy
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    • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese\\n
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      • Red Devil’s configuration
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      • Do Tantrum and BRWC work?
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      • Ryan.exe has stopped working
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      • Kenny and Rose.img
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      • You just listened to a full 50 seconds of Sam attempting to roll a die
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    • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption\\n
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      • Bonk and The General were hit at pretty much the same time by Carbide: The General lost a wheel but was still twitching, Bonk doesn’t seem to move thereafter
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      • Trying to explain Infernal Contraption
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    • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish\\n
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      • Battle of the Biases
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    • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce\\n
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      • Struggling to judge Skorpios
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      • Which Behemoth scoop?
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      • Funding RTNCTI
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      • Ground clearances
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    • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion\\n
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      • Fun fact: The General faced Behemoth (and Carbide and Bonk) in its only RW battle
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      • Funner fact: Radioactive barely even beat the ‘ready’ button
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• Next episode:\\n
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  • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
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  • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
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  • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
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  • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
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  • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
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  • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
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  • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
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  • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
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• The rest of the round\\n
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  • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
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  • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
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  • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
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  • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
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  • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
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  • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
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  • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
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  • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
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  • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
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  • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
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  • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
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  • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
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  • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
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  • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
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  • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
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  • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
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