51: Blackjack and High Quality Graphics

Published: June 14, 2019, midnight

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  • Follow up\\n
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    • The follow ups are easily startled, but they’ll soon be back - and in greater numbers.
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  • Bugglebots\\n
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    • Doing Bugglebots was amazing
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    • We can’t talk about a huge amount
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    • Our first experience of full combat
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    • Bugglebots is an excellent live show\\n
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      • And a logistical miracle
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      • Two 12hr+ days of work from the crew
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    • We must now keep our secrets for months. Boo.
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  • Battlebots\\n
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    • Bingo talk will be saved for the next Bingo episode\\n\\n
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    • 2 hour runtime\\n
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      • It’s not for everybody
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      • Pacing currently seems good
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      • Pits segments are meaningful\\n
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        • A nice, long chat with Ray\\n
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          • and GUNS!!!
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    • The graphics still suck
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    • Quantum entanglement\\n
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      • Was it an entertaining fight?
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      • Was it a manufactured controversy?\\n
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        • The rules you can read vs the rules you’re told
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      • That interview\\n
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        • Conspiracy theories with Ryan
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      • What now?\\n
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        • According to some sources, Cobalt’s body is 100% AR500. Could this be the case for some other robots?
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    • Main event\\n
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      • Was it good? Does it need to be good?
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      • How much fight reordering does Battlebots do?\\n
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        • Duck! vs Bombshell was the first fight of the event, and is in episode 2\\n
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          • This, incidentally, would have been a valid opening main event - we will have to see if the fight itself would have been worthy
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    • Re:MARS livestream\\n
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      • Sam had a bad time
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      • Live events are hard, and this was a pretty good effort from everyone involved\\n
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        • Except the sound guy. Screw the sound guy.\\n
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          • (Sorry sound guy, you were probably doing your best)
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      • Re:MLARaS = Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space\\n\\n
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      • Chomp’s vacuum feet
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      • Professor Hutchins explains exactly what AI is
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      • Ryan is consistent, vol 472: “I don’t think it would ever be entertaining”…“I asked ‘is it’, not ‘will it be’…”
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  • RTNCTI\\n
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    • RTNCTI lives on, in a universe where the 2019 season doesn’t exist
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    • Where it all began: 5 episodes and 4 months ago
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    • Carbide vs DisConstructor vs King B Remix\\n
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      • Series 10 Carbide, Series 8 DisConstructer, Robogames King B
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      • Is it ever offensive to suggest that a Robot Wars competitor will probably lose to Carbide?
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    • End Game vs Eruption vs Sawblaze\\n
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      • Oh no…
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      • Most recent versions of all three
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      • End Game bringing the potential but not the results\\n
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        • Good wins balanced out by bad losses
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        • Inability to self right reliably
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      • Eruption and Sawblaze are both exceptionally driven and extremely effective\\n
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        • Who gets under who?
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      • Can Eruption adapt to the Battlebots arena?
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    • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter\\n
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      • Poor High-5…
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      • Reality with a reasonable record, Splatter coming in with only one fight but an otherwise proven concept\\n
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        • Invoking time travel
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