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Producers definitely had their fingers on the scale in favour of Pulsar. I guess because it has a pleasing WHUMMMM when it's spun-up. Also, they really buried the worst batch of robots in the end, the runner-up was one of those axe on an axle that we've seen before. Great defensively but I'm not sure it could do that much damage.
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Bape Culture posted:Did anyone else notice that the young pulsar kid was like "I have no engineering experience and just taught myself the tools, like... A drill." Yet he had a full catia model and amazing 3D milled parts? Wouldn't surprise me if there was 50k in that robot. mm, looking at their FB page, it looks like he has sponsorship. He also has started his own business making parts for robots and sells them to the other teams.. http://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/2016/08/21/robot-wars-dream-comes-true-for-telfords-ellis-who-will-appear-on-show/ quote:Robot Wars: Dream comes true for Telford's Ellis who will appear on show Here is an interview with him and the dad, he seems like a very sensible lad despite that haircut. https://soundcloud.com/ellis-ware-652748997/pulsar-bbc-radio-shropshire-interview
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Given that there's no stand-up/theatre thread - who's at the Fringe this year and what should I see?
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Given that there's no stand-up/theatre thread - who's at the Fringe this year and what should I see? Come and see us and learn things about science and critical thinking! http://www.edinburghskeptics.co.uk/ Alternatively: Jonathan Pie, Danielle Ward, and Dr Phil Hammond have excellent shows this year.
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Thought it was a pretty poo poo selection of robots this week. I like weapons like Pulsar's but the design seems too wide and low. Ironside was the only other one I really cared about but they had pretty bad weaknesses as shown by the Pulsar fight God I hope Thor is the wild card Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Aug 22, 2016 |
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Given that there's no stand-up/theatre thread - who's at the Fringe this year and what should I see? I was there last week. Pretty much everyone who's even a little bit known was sold out. So if you didn't reserve tickets you'll be pretty limited. There are some nice free or cheap shows in bars in the morning/afternoon, that consists of a bunch of comedians doing 10 minutes of their set, which gives you an idea. I really liked Tom walkers bizarre, audience reliant comedy. Felt like a breath of fresh air in between all the standard stand up.
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Aug 22, 2016 11:42
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Pffh, like I'm gonna plan ahead and book something. Sometimes I don't even read the sign on the door.thehustler posted:Come and see us and learn things about science and critical thinking! Ah I knew you were involved with the skeptics, no idea you were in Edinburgh - you with the Uni?
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Aug 22, 2016 12:15
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Mr. Squishy posted:Producers definitely had their fingers on the scale in favour of Pulsar. I guess because it has a pleasing WHUMMMM when it's spun-up. Also, they really buried the worst batch of robots in the end, the runner-up was one of those axe on an axle that we've seen before. Great defensively but I'm not sure it could do that much damage. It's exciting when it hits a robot and the robot flies off into space. Although it tore the arse out of one robot. and might be too powerful. I love it.
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Aug 22, 2016 12:16
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Pffh, like I'm gonna plan ahead and book something. Sometimes I don't even read the sign on the door. I do work at a uni in Edinburgh, but at Edinburgh Napier, not the main one.
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mrfart posted:I was there last week. Pretty much everyone who's even a little bit known was sold out. So if you didn't reserve tickets you'll be pretty limited. There are some nice free or cheap shows in bars in the morning/afternoon, that consists of a bunch of comedians doing 10 minutes of their set, which gives you an idea. The correct answer is of course to do the PBH Free Fringe because there are a whole shitload of great comics doing it and you don't have to pay any money (but donations are nice) - it's the same umbrella we are under. Good PBH people this year include Sofie Hagen, Mark Cooper-Jones, Chris Coltrane is especially good if you hate the Tories. There's Laughing Horse Free Festival as well but gently caress those guys. Are there still people who don't know about the free fringe and just think it's all the big pricey venues?
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thehustler posted:I do work at a uni in Edinburgh, but at Edinburgh Napier, not the main one. Oh god and I always hate arseholes who talk about "the" uni as if there's only one. Sorry mate. Will definitely come over and see what you guys are up to.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Oh god and I always hate arseholes who talk about "the" uni as if there's only one. Sorry mate. Awesome, come say hi and ask for Mark. And lol, don't worry about it
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thehustler posted:The correct answer is of course to do the PBH Free Fringe because there are a whole shitload of great comics doing it and you don't have to pay any money (but donations are nice) - it's the same umbrella we are under. Not sure which free fringe he's doing, but James Loveridge is pretty good as well, he's also up for some prizes.
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thehustler posted:I do work at a uni in Edinburgh, but at Edinburgh Napier, not the main one. The Oxford Brookes of the north
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Cerv posted:The Oxford Brookes of the north Literally almost put this myself
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Aug 22, 2016 13:39
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thehustler posted:Literally almost put this myself lol speaking of universities, this from last week is the most embarrassing music round ever. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07nwdyy/university-challenge-201617-episode-5?t=14m31s
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Cerv posted:lol I have no idea who any of the three people named are 
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Aug 22, 2016 20:53
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Some new Reggie Yates stuff on the iPlayer for those interested!
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Rarity posted:I have no idea who any of the three people named are I don't know if Cerv meant that bit (I don't really know them either) or the actual music round, where I knew all of them and the team got none right
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Aug 22, 2016 20:58
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absolutely destroyed both teams this week lol @ going on university challenge not knowing who konrad adenauer is
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When it was 50-40 at the music round I was expecting a historically low-scoring game. Balliol eventually got up to speed but Imperial were pretty terrible, which is the risk you run when you make a team of 4 scientists.
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Julio Cruz posted:When it was 50-40 at the music round I was expecting a historically low-scoring game. Balliol eventually got up to speed but Imperial were pretty terrible, which is the risk you run when you make a team of 4 scientists. This is because UC has two kinds of questions: "what is this a level science question? " and "what is this obscure artistic/literary piece that you'd only know if you've been immersed in the canon since you were 7?". It's staggeringly biased against scientists.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:This is because UC has two kinds of questions: "what is this a level science question? " and "what is this obscure artistic/literary piece that you'd only know if you've been immersed in the canon since you were 7?". It's staggeringly biased against scientists. That's interesting, because as someone who has an entirely non-scientific background I'd have said something reasonably opposite. Any question that has "which French painter/20th century architect/Booker prize winner" in it means anyone can at least have a reasonable guess, but personally I have no chance on a high proportion of the science questions because I've never encountered some of the terms used.
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I stand by my theory that you can tell if Paxman himself understands the question based on whether his end of sentence inflection goes up or down. (If it goes up he has no idea. Usually on maths questions.)
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Julio Cruz posted:That's interesting, because as someone who has an entirely non-scientific background I'd have said something reasonably opposite. Any question that has "which French painter/20th century architect/Booker prize winner" in it means anyone can at least have a reasonable guess, but personally I have no chance on a high proportion of the science questions because I've never encountered some of the terms used. Yeah I agree with that, I can usually have a guess at an artist/composer/writer or something based on context/nationality, and it's obvious that the teams often do just that. You frequently get them give one answer, it's wrong, then they give the same answer to the next question and it's right. Any science or maths question though is pretty much impossible for the layman
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Paperhouse posted:Yeah I agree with that, I can usually have a guess at an artist/composer/writer or something based on context/nationality, and it's obvious that the teams often do just that. You frequently get them give one answer, it's wrong, then they give the same answer to the next question and it's right. Any science or maths question though is pretty much impossible for the layman It's explicitly not a layman's quiz though - when is the layman gonna ever come across the krebs cycle and poo poo? But with the appropriate a levels you can knock all the science questions out of the park. Maybe I'm just salty cos I'm an uncultured barbarian. Or I'm salty cos I hate poshos.
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Padje posted:It's exciting when it hits a robot and the robot flies off into space. Although it tore the arse out of one robot. and might be too powerful. I love it. There's so many robots that are designed as though they've never seen the show before. Minotaur posted earlier is exactly how I'd make the Pulsar design work and I have no idea why they've done it as they have. I dunno if maybe battlebots has different weight restrictions? And why make Gabriel? Every time you get a ball with an axe on it the robot is totally and utterly worthless, surely people know that by now.
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Taear posted:There's so many robots that are designed as though they've never seen the show before. Minotaur posted earlier is exactly how I'd make the Pulsar design work and I have no idea why they've done it as they have. I dunno if maybe battlebots has different weight restrictions? I'm hoping the fact that they had 9 weeks to make these explains a lot of the really janky ones. Hopefully if there is another series it will give them more time to build decent stuff.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:It's explicitly not a layman's quiz though - when is the layman gonna ever come across the krebs cycle and poo poo? But with the appropriate a levels you can knock all the science questions out of the park. Well I meant for those watching at home, rather than the dweebs on it. I don't care about how they do, I just like to get a few right every episode and pretend that makes me a genius I've been watching Fleabag on the recommendation of this thread, and I really like it so thanks
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I gather Gabriel is a modestly successful robot from the live circuit.
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Taear posted:There's so many robots that are designed as though they've never seen the show before. Minotaur posted earlier is exactly how I'd make the Pulsar design work and I have no idea why they've done it as they have. I dunno if maybe battlebots has different weight restrictions?
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SeanBeansShako posted:Some new Reggie Yates stuff on the iPlayer for those interested! Oh? I really enjoyed his last trio of programs.
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I belive there was a £1k appearance fee for RW but only paid after the fact.
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Angrymog posted:Oh? I really enjoyed his last trio of programs. Considering the little twitter promo thing he's using, he doesn't want to get comfortable and get into the nitty gritty. He's basically putting himself into the shoes of his subjects and the situation of things as close as he can. Last week, he volunteered to be a prisoner in Texas. This week, he was with the Mexican Army trying to help fight the war on drugs. Go watch both episodes.
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Why is Yates on BBC 3? He should be on one of the main channels.
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He's too "urban". They can't risk offending the UKIP voters
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In any event, it is nice to see a former TOTP presenter maintaining an entertaining and informative (and even educational) career rather than getting sent down for being a nonce. If the Beeb adapts the Rivers of London books sooner rather than later, Yates could be a good choice to play Peter Grant.
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Wheat Loaf posted:In any event, it is nice to see a former TOTP presenter maintaining an entertaining and informative (and even educational) career rather than getting sent down for being a nonce. I thought I'd read they were bringing it to BBC1? I may have just imagined it while reading it.
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They should, It's great. I felt bad for the guy at the end of the Mexican Drug War one, just seeing the man after looking into the abyss of that whole situation. Dude is going to be haunted too about what might happen to his friend in that kind of job.
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Coaaab posted:The Minotaur team has spent over a decade trying to perfect that drum spinner design in non-televised competitions. The Pulsar kid has only competed for around four years and never at the Robot Wars 110kg weight class, plus he's 19 and self-taught, there's plenty of time for him to min-max later. Also, I think ABC handed out $8000 to help out with building each bot competing on Battlebots, while I don't think there was any such thing for Robot Wars. My quibble wasn't really with how it worked, more where he put it. High up instead of right on the front. And yea I knew they only had a tiny time to create their robots (so used existing ones). I think that's partly why it feels so weird that things such as Gabriel exist! I heard it got decent viewing figures so I'm hoping for a new series after this one.
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