User blog comment:CaliforniaKingsnake/My Series 9 predictions/@comment-35435623-20170228014555

I'll go for Aftershock, PP3D, Concussion, Pulsar (although I'd love Mayhem to win this heat) and Carbide to all win their heats, but a lot depends on the melees - of which I only know two lineups. I have a really bad feeling that Thor and Behemoth are going to fall in their melees (especially Thor), and I also think that Apollo is going to get absolutely wrecked by Carbide both times it faces it.

There is so many robots I'll cheer on as well. It's not like last series exactly (it never would have been without Big Nipper :-, but there is so many robots with potential to do well or that I'm a big fan of. The robots I'll outright support are Terrorhurtz, Coyote (I adore that design, and in that heat, it could certainly get third place in the Head-to-Heads), Supernova (A robot I've always liked and the new design is beautiful), Aftershock (yes, in the same heat as Terrorhurtz, but how can you not love Team Shock or support such a beautiful robot?), Eruption, PP3D, Thor and Crushtacean (even though it'll be destroyed).

I'll also actively hope that Rapid, Sabretooth (Gabe, you will win a fight - probably two), Cobra, Foxic (although I see it falling in its melee), Ironside3 and Pulsar can all prove themselves to the degree they're capable of.