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• Follow up Front matter\\n
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  • Sam has been streaming\\n
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    • Twitch
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    • VODs - 1, 2
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  • Ryan has been guesting\\n
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    • ESC
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    • The Big Bot Quiz
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• RTNCTI\\n
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  • A reminder of the rules
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  • Ryan made a lot of notes, and is confident that none of said work will go to waste
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  • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers)\\n
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    • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
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    • Vanquish vs Black Ice vs Basilisk
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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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  • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!\\n
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    • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave\\n
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      • Witch Doctor\\n
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        • Pre-2019 Witch Doctor has a rocky record
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        • Ryan’s extremely thorough notes completely ignored the fact that Witch Doctor took part in the 2015 season\\n
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          • If they had, the 2015/16 version would have had a record of 2-5 (or 2-3 if excluding exhibitions) for a total of 5-7 or 5-5 before 2019
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      • Lucky\\n
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        • A disappointing record?
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        • More configurations than we (or they) know what to do with
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        • More suited to horizontals than verticals?
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      • Shockwave\\n
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        • A very Robot Wars machine
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        • More suited to horizontals than verticals?
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      • Remembering the power of ganging up
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    • Vanquish vs Black Ice vs Basilisk\\n
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      • Vanquish\\n
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        • Do we allow the lifter to work?\\n
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          • Ryan has reviewed the fight footage and now lifter movement is visible
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      • Black Ice\\n
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        • That win
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        • Weird weapons, gaping ground clearance, not invertible
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      • Basilisk\\n
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        • Not your typical flipper
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        • Slowly removing their wins
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        • Using cameras for an autonomous system
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      • re: Vanquish vs Shrederator - its worth noting that the team were ill for a while between fights, limiting their repair time and contributing to their coming into that fight weapon-less
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    • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead\\n
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      • Tombstone\\n
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        • Tombstone
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      • Crackers ‘N’ Smash\\n
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        • Some have previously called them cowards. We do not condone this behaviour
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        • Series 9 version with the front-hinge lifter
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      • Warhead\\n
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        • Grabber or spinner?
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        • Canonical setups and reasons for choosing either
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      • Very few heavyweights with exposed wheels have actually won stuff…
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    • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch\\n
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      • Creepy Crawlies\\n
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        • Sacrificed to the robot Gods
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      • Magnetar\\n
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        • Pulsar, but it worked\\n
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          • With the exception of self-righting, which we can forgive\\n
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            • Could it have been invertible?
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        • A E S T H E T I C
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      • Double Dutch\\n
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        • Wonky wheeling
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        • Decisions which make your robot work vs decisions which get you onto Battlebots
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        • That advert\\n
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          • The actual fight
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