Spinner from the west
Spinner from the West was a Lightweight Sawbot built by the builder Razer.
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| Builder: | Razer |
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| Weight class: | Lightweight |
| Weapon: | Chewblade |
| Weapon power: | Angle Motor |
| Tournament wins: | (none) |
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.
BBEANS3 fights
What Clickbeetle listed as Strengths and Weaknesses are:
Strengths: It's... large? (mildly sarcastic)
Weaknesses: Easily flipped
Meme
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. 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)