Robot Wars Series Nine - Episode Discussion

[kix]

REALLY HUGE SPOILER IF YOU DIDNT WATCHED EPISODE 1!

Bots opinion (Heat A)

1st 4-way
Nuts went bye! So as its wheel!
Rapid: Good bot, but the flipper got jammed few times
Jellyfish: Awesome ****ing bot 2017!
Terrorhurtz: Did well.. not much action though.

2nd 4-way
Sabretooth: The drum is really poweful, but fragile..
Aftershock: Great update from Shockvawe and the weapon is devastating.
Crank-E: Do not really like the looks of it.
TMHWK: Nice ladies made bot, could go far but then Sabertooth appeared

1st battle
THZ v Aftershock
Battle went bad for THZ from the beggining.. Lost most of the bot and then mobility..

2nd battle
Aftershock v Rapid
Again.. it was bad from the start as Rapid's flipper was jammed.. Aftershock flipped it and it couldnt self-right

3rd battle
Aftershock v Sabretooth
Sabretooth had no chance.. The first blow from Aftershock killed Sabretooth's drive. After few more hits its armor and motor fell of..

4th battle
THZ v Jellyfish
After Rapid forefited Jelly jumped in..
It lost.. (im heart broken)

5th battle
Sabretooth v THZ
THZ's Axe wasnt working.. it was doomed

6th battle
Sabretooth v Jellyfish
Sabretooth put its drum motor the wrong way and costed the victory..

Final battle
Aftershock v Sabretooth
Well.. same as their first 1v1 but Savretooth was after the battle in a better condition


Tell me if i made a mistake

[helloface]

Certainly more confident in my prediction of Aftershock taking the championship. Last bot was durable, this one's brutal.

[Thyrus]

Aftershock is a really good bot but I kinda doubt it will win. if a good flipper tosses it on it's back it could do alot of damage to it self

[TheRoboteer]

Aftershock is a really good bot but I kinda doubt it will win. if a good flipper tosses it on it's back it could do alot of damage to it self

The problem is gonna be a good flipper reaching the grand final. There's only 5 flippers left and they're in pretty stacked heats.

[kix]

Aftershock is a really good bot but I kinda doubt it will win. if a good flipper tosses it on it's back it could do alot of damage to it self

The problem is gonna be a good flipper reaching the grand final. There's only 5 flippers left and they're in pretty stacked heats.

True
I think Mentorn doesnt want a flipper to win.

[Resetti's Replicas]

I'm not sure I like the randomised tire button. Letting the house robots have a bit more say is good, but the dial makes me think more of a kids game show then a gladitorial contest.

Though what if they built on it? Would we have the Wheel of (Mis)Fortune in season 10?

I'd want the 3rd option to be a dropzone, where it's positioned right in front of the pit tire, and drops if it lands on "DROP"

[maybeChrisJack]

MRW Sabretooth is kill

[Gulden]

Finally got to watch the first episode

Aftershock is something I wouldn't want to fight (As in fist to bot, not bot to bot.).

In reality, I think Aftershock can be beaten quite easily.
I'm putting my bets on the aftershock killer in Heat 4

[RedSawn]

I'm not sure I like the randomised tire button. Letting the house robots have a bit more say is good, but the dial makes me think more of a kids game show then a gladitorial contest.

Though what if they built on it? Would we have the Wheel of (Mis)Fortune in season 10?

I'd want the 3rd option to be a dropzone, where it's positioned right in front of the pit tire, and drops if it lands on "DROP"

The fourth is a gunge dunk for the opposing team(s)

[Merrick]

Gonna throw down some predictions for tonight.

MELEES:

Behemoth v Cobra v Eruption v Hobgoblin: Behemoth and Eruption to qualify. Pretty easy for both. Can't see the others giving them problems.

Cherub v Draven v PP3D v Push To Exit: PP3D and Push To Exit to qualify. Might depend on who PP3D goes for first. But Cherub has exposed wheels and Draven is nicely shaped to carve chunks out of and to get flipped around by PTE.

HEAD TO HEADS:
I'm not sure how the order of the battles are done but I'll hazard a guess at it.

Eruption v Push To Exit: Eruption to win via knockout.

PP3D v Behemoth: PP3D to win via knockout.

Eruption v Behemoth: Eruption to win via knockout.

PP3D v Push To Exit: PP3D to win via Judges.

PP3D v Eruption: PP3D to win via knockout.

Behemoth v Push To Exit: Push To Exit to win via Judges.

Standings:
PP3D - 8
Eruption - 6
Push To Exit - 2
Behemoth - 0

HEAT FINAL:

PP3D v Eruption: PP3D to win.

[RTC]

Anthony Pritchard left the game (Disconnect by user)

[Dark-Al]

Just watched the Second episode and my God. This episode was probably the best of the Series so far! Seeing Eruption flipping out four robots in a row in all the head-to-heads was more exciting than any Roller Coaster ride you can find at Disney Land and let's not forget about PP3D hitting on Chreub was just as one of those WTF moments as you expect like a Fight at any Robotic combat event, expect one bot takes out one panel layer of Lexan from the Area. I think was overly too excited when typing this part up.
However, out of anyone, I was little peeved off with Cherub winning over Behemoth in the last Head-to-Head. While it did win it's fight over PP3D due to Cherub's aggression, Behemoth was the plain aggressor in the match but the last minute damage from Dead Metal was purely against Behemoth. I wasn't as salty as my Dad because  he stated that Cherub mainly won because of the main reason was the Children on the team but he also thought PP3D should of won over Cherub because of it's damage on Cherub and that hit I mention early, despite me having to explain how the judging decisions work. Still feeling bad for Anthony around the last match but he should of handled the lost better instead of storming out of the Control Booth.
Well as of before, what do you guys think of this episode? Also damn it RTC! I was about to make the first post.

[Thyrus]

Worst episode so far. I'm really salty because of the decissions. Behemoth should have won and gotten a fair rematch in the heat final.

[Dark-Al]

Worst episode so far. I'm really salty because of the decissions. Behemoth should have won and gotten a fair rematch in the heat final.

I think we all are a bit salty over Cherub and decisions. Join the Club Thyrus.

[Merrick]

Well, I couldn't have been more wrong.

[Conraaa]

Cherub vs PP3D: Wrong call in my opinion, I felt PP3D were winning up until that point.
Cherub vs Behemoth: Cherub won that easily. Behemoth wasn't nearly as controlled. I feel for Anthony, as he wasn't in the majority on #clawgate.

I hope people realise that the roboteers have no say whatsoever in the judging decisions and that

Cherub

doesn't get any flack for tonight's episode.

Was the editing a bit off today? Angela seemed more hurried that usual and they seemed to only show the latter half of a lot of interviews. Dara seemed weird, too.

[Philippa]

[Schrikvis]

Kurt's on point.

It honestly feels like Behemoth was robbed, for once they actually had some good luck and managed to pin their opponent under the arena flipper, which, that never happens, only for it to not count. I also didn't like how Dead Metal seemed to restrain itself from cutting into Cherub, but I don't know if it actually did, probably looked at it wrong. Didn't like that match either way, rest of the episode was pretty good though! Eruption was totally killing it~

[Thyrus]

[Mouldy]