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! Weapon:
 
! Weapon:
| Chewblade Saw
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| Chewblade
 
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! Weapon power:
 
! Weapon power:
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! Tournament wins:
 
! Tournament wins:
| (none)
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| Battle 1: bye, Battle 3: bye
 
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! Tournament losses:
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| Battle 2: Loses to [[Harmless]] 3-0 (Nothing), Battle 4: Loses to [[3.14-ston]] 3-0 (Nothing)
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Also known as SFTW.
 
  
  
Gained fame for its entry into the [[BBEANS]]3 tournament, where it did not win any of its matches.  
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Spinner from the west (also known as SFTW), gained fame for its entry into the [[BBEANS]]3 tournament, where it did not win any of its matches.  
  
 
It is sarcastically recognized as the absolute best bot ever built that has never won an actual fight in combat.
 
It is sarcastically recognized as the absolute best bot ever built that has never won an actual fight in combat.
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A design strongly inspired by spinner from the west was added to [[Robot Arena 3]] as a stock AI bot, called [[The Lone Saw]].
  
  
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What [[Clickbeetle]] listed as Strengths and Weaknesses are:
 
What [[Clickbeetle]] listed as Strengths and Weaknesses are:
  
'''Strengths:''' It's... large? ''(mildly sarcastic)''
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'''Strengths:''' It's large...?
  
 
'''Weaknesses:''' Easily flipped
 
'''Weaknesses:''' Easily flipped
  
  
== Meme ==
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== Legacy ==
  
In tournaments, the robot judged as very poor (simply the worst of all the entries) is often refered as SFTW. Mainly used for just one robot, but it is not uncommon to see two or three bots dubbed as SFTW's.
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In tournaments, when splash time comes, the robot judged as the worst fighter of all is often dubbed "SFTW". Mainly used for just one robot, but it is not uncommon to see two or three bots dubbed as SFTW's.
  
The term "SFTW" has become very popular - it is used in every tournament at least once. A few demotivational posters and captioned pictures have been created to include the original Spinner from the West, mainly used as a mark of fail.
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The term "SFTW" has become very popular - it is used in most tournaments at least once. A few demotivational posters were created and captioned pictures have been created (a long time ago) to include the original Spinner from the West, mainly used as a mark of failure. There is even a SFTW smiley on Gametechmods.
  
A number of SFTW replicas have been created by builders just for laughs or against the Stock AI. A common error in these is placing the sawblade so that it spin upwards, as any good sawbot should.
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A number of SFTW replicas have been created by builders just for laughs or against the Stock AI. A common error in these is placing the chewblade so that it spin upwards, as any good sawbot should (if a sawbot can be good in stock).
  
===List of tournament SFTW's===
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The sarcastic "Strengths" quote is often said to be "It's...big?" when it is in fact "It's large...?". Both quotes are often used to describe a SFTW bot.
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!Robot
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[[Category:Robots from BBEANS]][[Category:Robots from BBEANS 3]][[Category:Forums Memes]]
!Builder
 
!Tournament
 
!Reasons for being SFTW
 
!How it did
 
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|[[Insult to Injury V]]
 
|[[Alterer of Reality]]
 
|[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|No external armor, slow drive, bad weapon choice, no non-chassis wedges, and angle connectors.
 
|Surprised everyone, defeating [[Naryar|reigning champion]] and several other much more fancied robots.
 
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|[[Tsunami]]
 
|[[Natef]]
 
|[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|Bad wheels, no non-chassis wedge, lack of weight
 
|Lost to [[R0B0SH4RK|eventual runner-up]] and [[Sage]]
 
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|[[The Baby Warrior]]
 
|[[Eggman249]]
 
||[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|Bad wheels, bad weapons, plows blocking weapons from hitting anything
 
|Defeated by Insult to Injury 5 and [[Heaven's Sawmill]]
 
|-
 
|[[Red Radar]]
 
|[[Shadow54]]
 
|[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|Bad weapon choice, strangeness
 
|Swiftly defeated by [[Three Kings]] and [[Acupuncture]]
 
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|[[Triple Play]]
 
|[[Zipperrulez]]
 
|[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|Lack of weapons
 
|Swiftly defeated by [[Mjorhmei]] and [[Vela]]
 
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|[[The Fang Brothers]]
 
|[[Pressure]]
 
|[[BBEANS#BBEANS 5|BBEANS 5]]
 
|Lack of weapons
 
|Swiftly defeated by [[grinnin face]] and [[Anti-christ V.Pincer]]
 
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[[Category:Robots from BBEANS]]
 

Latest revision as of 11:48, 8 June 2020

Spinner from the west
Sftw.jpg
Builder: Razer
Weight class: Lightweight
Weapon: Chewblade
Weapon power: Angle Motor
Tournament wins: Battle 1: bye, Battle 3: bye
Tournament losses: Battle 2: Loses to Harmless 3-0 (Nothing), Battle 4: Loses to 3.14-ston 3-0 (Nothing)

Spinner from the West was a Lightweight Sawbot built by the builder Razer.



Spinner from the west (also known as SFTW), gained fame for its entry into the BBEANS3 tournament, where it did not win any of its matches.

It is sarcastically recognized as the absolute best bot ever built that has never won an actual fight in combat.

A design strongly inspired by spinner from the west was added to Robot Arena 3 as a stock AI bot, called The Lone Saw.


BBEANS3 fights

Against Harmless

[Against 3.14-ston]


What Clickbeetle listed as Strengths and Weaknesses are:

Strengths: It's large...?

Weaknesses: Easily flipped


Legacy

In tournaments, when splash time comes, the robot judged as the worst fighter of all is often dubbed "SFTW". Mainly used for just one robot, but it is not uncommon to see two or three bots dubbed as SFTW's.

The term "SFTW" has become very popular - it is used in most tournaments at least once. A few demotivational posters were created and captioned pictures have been created (a long time ago) to include the original Spinner from the West, mainly used as a mark of failure. There is even a SFTW smiley on Gametechmods.

A number of SFTW replicas have been created by builders just for laughs or against the Stock AI. A common error in these is placing the chewblade so that it spin upwards, as any good sawbot should (if a sawbot can be good in stock).

The sarcastic "Strengths" quote is often said to be "It's...big?" when it is in fact "It's large...?". Both quotes are often used to describe a SFTW bot.