User blog:ThatRedOtter/Robot Wars with Random Draws! AKA: What happens when you try to make The Arena happen on Reddit: Series 4 version

So the third wars on Reddit was finished, Chaos 2 remained the champion and we at least had a new world Champion in the shape of Mortis. But it was pretty popular and people were silently clamouring for more. So I decided, Why not keep going? I enjoyed it and it was fun to let other people say how a series would go. So I continued into Series 4. To make it truly random, I didn't have any seedings. This would be a decision I would later regret. But how did things go? Did we get Chaos 2 and Pussycat in the same heat? Let's find out.

Heat A:

Plunderbird 4 VS Knightmare VS 101 ''Why is Plunderbird in all of the first fights of these series? Still I can imagine the series opening up with the Plunderbird song instead of the main theme. That would be kind funny actually.''

Splinter VS Weld-Dor 2 VS Spawn of Scutter ''Poor Wel-Dor 2. Completely outclassed in the first fight. Shame. I like Wel-Dor.''

Round 2:

Knightmare VS Spawn of Scutter ''For crying out loud, we have a "seen it" 3 battles in? Damn.''

101 VS Splinter I don't agree with this outcome, the only real edge 101 has in my opinion is the pushing power, and I don't see that being enough to defeat Splinter

Heat Final:

101 VS Spawn of Scutter ''Not that Splinter winning would have made much difference. Or would it? Tell me in the comments.''

Heat B:

Vercingetorix VS Firestorm 2 VS Bolt from the Blue Bolt from the Blue guy remains as salty as ever.

Indefatigable VS Hammer and Tong VS Reactor

Round 2:

Firestorm 2 VS Reactor ''I wish this was the heat Final. Also unrelated, but I do like seeing earlier versions of robots that would later fight in real life fight here instead.''

Hammer and Tong VS Vercingetorix But nope, this was a round 2 fight instead.

Heat Final

Firestorm 2 VS Vercingetorix And this was how Comengetorix was almost seeded 23rd in the Series 5.

Heat C

Milly-Ann Bug VS X-Terminator 2 VS Sir Chromalot Good start... Crusader 2 VS Iron-Awe VS Reptirron I can just about take this.

Round 2

Crusader 2 VS X-Terminator ''I hate past me for drawing this battle. In round 2 I mean, if this was the heat final then I wouldn't have had to seed Ming 3 in the Series 5.''

Milly-Ann Bug VS Iron Awe Especially when this was the other round 2 fight.

Heat Final

Crusader 2 VS Milly-Ann Bug *Screams internally*

Heat D

Scorpion VS Diotoir(working weapon) VS Dreadnaut XP-1 Ugh...

King B3 VS Judge Shred 2 VS Millennuim Bug This was the only good looking battle in these two heats.

Round 2:

Diotior VS Judge Shred 2 ''Awwww. R.I.P Furry Bois.''

King B3 VS Deadnaut ''I like to imagine that King B catches fire again and performs a flaming tackle to make Dreadnaut explode. Don't ask me why.''

Heat final:

King B3 VS Judge Shred Still nice to see that King B3 has still never failed to make a semi in this timeline.

Heat E:

SumpThing VS Oblivion 2 VS The Predator You have no idea how excited I was to reveal this heat set.

Wheely Big Cheese VS Panic Attack VS Razer ''I'm actually happy that Razer lost in round 1. Meant it could be a possible wildcard later on. In future series I mean.''

Round 2:

Sumpthing VS Panic Attack No end of places for Panic Attack to hook onto, this must have looked satisfying to watch.

Wheely Big Cheese VS The Predator Imagining that Predator gets a few beautiful flips in this battle.

Heat Final

Panic Attack VS Wheely Big Cheese Panic Attack getting a well-deserved Heat win.

Heat F

Berserk 2 VS Aggrobot 2 VS Behemoth This feels like a legit seeded battle considering how the Series 3 went and I love it for that.

The Creature VS Centurion VS Stinger ''Yeesh. Wouldn't want to be The Creature here.''

Round 2:

Berserk 2 VS Behemoth ''No I don't know why the winners from the same melees were put together in round 2. In this heat only I think, I may be wrong, Heat G might have been the same now that I think about it...''

Stinger VS Centurion Although it would make Stinger's run look more impressive.

Heat Final:

Stinger VS Behemoth ''I was originally against this, until I remembered that Behemoth still didn't have their axe yet, and weren't capable of trapping Stinger at this point. So fair enough Reddit, you win.''

Heat G:

Humphrey VS Chaos 2 VS Shadow of Napalm This is pathetically easy for Chaos 2

Fat Boy Tin VS Clawed Hopper VS Steg 2 This must have been the most satisfying flipper fight in existence.

Round 2:

Humphrey VS Chaos 2 Oh I was right to say that the round 2 of this heat was the same.

Steg 2 VS Clawed Hopper This could have been rather entertaining.

Heat Final:

Chaos 2 VS Steg 2 ''And the team go out to Chaos 2 again. Still, got me a nice Vengence battle when I did Extreme.''

Heat H

Evil Weevil 2 VS V-max VS Attlia the Drum This is the joint worst heat in the series, which isn't as bad as it could have been.

Major Tom VS Disc-O-Inferno VS Invertabrat Although we did get melees like this.

Round 2:

Disc-O-Inferno VS Attila the Drum mmmmmm I guess so, Disc-O sucked at this point. Major Tom VS V-Max That head is getting crushed.

Heat Final:

V-Max VS Attila the Drum Don't think that Attila the Drum being a Heat finalist escaped my notice.

Heat I

Thermidor 2 VS Prizephita Mach 2 VS Warhog ''IRL Series 5 Heat E Renunion! Huzzah!''

Gemini VS Maverick VS Banshee I'll be honest, I was hoping that Gemini would win this heat, it's a robot that deserved to make a semi at least once in this form.

Thermidor 2 VS Maverick

Gemini VS Prizephita Mach 2 Nothing much to say here apart from thank God I can stop having to type Prizephita's name now.

Heat Final:

Thermidor 2 VS Gemini This is probably my favourite heat final in retrospect.

Heat J

Tiberius VS Terror-Bull VS Pussycat Hello obvious Heat Winner.

The Morgue VS Little Fly VS Atomic And here's an IRL undeserving Heat Finalist renuion.

Round 2:

Pussycat VS The Morgue Ouch.

Tiberius VS Atomic I can see this being rather boring to watch.

Heat Final:

Pussycat VS Atomic In the writeups I made for the semi finals, I made reference to Pussycat "tearing off Atomic's flipper" which I can honestly see happening.

Heat K

Suicidal Tendencies 2 VS Henry 2 VS Cerberus (With head) Somehow I think the immobilization was slower this time.

Scar VS Hypno Disc VS Arnold, Arnold Terminegger ''So Scar finally get their wish... and get murdered.''

Round 2:

Hypno-Disc VS Cerberus The Heat final that could have been...

Suicidal Tendencies 2 VS Arnold, Arnold Terminegger The battle of the robots whose names take far too long to type.

Heat Final:

Hypno-Disc VS AAT Hypno-Disc finally makes their first Semi.

Heat L

Killertron VS Kater Killer VS Mortis ''It's a sad day when Killertron wins a fight in Series 4. One melee away from facing Hypno too...''

Small Torque VS Robochicken VS Ming 2

Round 2:

Ming 2 VS Killertron ''Going off on a tangent about Killertron, I like it, but I have genuinely seen planes with less ground clearance. Nice to see Ming in a Heat Final though.''

Robochicken VS Mortis This could have been an amusing fight to see.

Heat Final:

Ming 2 VS Mortis I was glad to see Mortis make just one more Semi-Final.

Heat M

The Steel Avenger VS Eric VS Medusa 2000 Once again, Steely was my pick for this heat.

Saw Point VS Raizer Blade VS Rambot And I fully expected Saw Point to win at least one battle.

Round 2:

The Steel Avenger VS Raizer Blade Phew, good thing I read through this before publishing because I almost completely missed Round 2 and the heat final.

Eric VS Rambot Awwww, out goes the meme.

Heat Final

Rambot VS Raizer Blade ''I... still don't know how to feel about this.''

Heat N

Mousetrap VS Gravedigger VS Cronos Ouch, poor Cronos

Dominator 2 VS Destruct-A-Bubble VS Wheelosaurus Despite the possibility for D-A-B to be popped, it somehow gets through, I would have put Wheelosaurus to be the other winner, not that it would make any difference.

Round 2:

Dominator 2 VS Gravedigger I can somehow see this being a half decent fight.

Destruct-A-Bubble VS Mousetrap ''And this is why I wish Wheelosaurus won, as well as simply being able to stay alive better than D-A-B in my opinion, but also this would be a much better fight. To watch I mean.''

Heat Final:

Dominator 2 VS Mousetrap And that was a nice easy win for my then favourite robot.

Heat O

Overkill GTI VS Tornado VS Spikasaurus Ouch, Overkill is dead right there.

Velocirippa VS Bigger Brother VS Wild Thing OUCH, poor Velocirippa, totally outclassed.

Round 2:

Wild Thing VS Tornado Few-months-ago-me was laughing so hard when he drew this.

Bigger Brother VS Spikasarus

Heat Final:

Bigger Brother VS Wild Thing But that Round 2 match should have been the heat final.

Heat P

S.M.I.D.S.Y. Vs Darke Destroyer 2 VS Bulldog Breed 2 This was a heat I was genuinely excited for, alot of genuinely good robots that never got enough of a chance.

Killerhurtz VS Kronic the Wedgehog VS Mazakari ''And I expected Kronic to get further. Kind of sad really.''

Round 2:

Mazakari VS Bulldog Breed 2 ''I assumed that Mazakari was a Japanese word of somekind, until I asked a Japanese friend of mine, who deduced, even with a Dictionary, that it doesn't exist in her language. The mystery lives on.''

S.M.I.S.D.Y. VS Killerhurtz I pegged Killerhurtz to win this one, obviously not.

Heat Final

S.M.I.S.D.Y. VS Bulldog Breed 2 ''And I pegged Bulldog Breed 2 to win this. Maybe I just underrate SMISDY far too much.''

Semi Final 1:

Spawn of Scutter VS King B3 More pushing matches I see.

V-Max VS Stinger Yeah I can easily imagine that.

Firestorm 2 VS Chaos 2 ''This one was more one-sided than I imagined, maybe because Firestorm 2 wasn't that... stellar.''

Crusader 2 VS Panic Attack I wasn't happy about Crusader being a Semi finalist, so this made me happy to see.

Round 2

Chaos 2 VS Panic Attack But dang did Chaos 2 have a tough run to the Grand Final or what?

Stinger VS Spawn of Scutter ''I can honestly imagine this being a good fight. This may be because Spawn of Scutter is the only Scutter bot I really like.''

Semi Final 2

Pussycat VS Hypno Disc Because of course Hypno isn't allowed to do well in these series.

Mortis VS Wild Thing Ouch, that's one way to go out, still at least it was dignified, something that Mortis deserves.

Thermidor 2 VS S.M.I.S.D.Y Wow, Thermidor 2 is a top 8 now, that's pretty awesome.

Rambot VS Dominator 2 I was even more unhappy about Rambot being a Semi-Finalist, so this made me very happy.

Round 2:

Pussycat VS Wild Thing: ''This is a fight I wish we could have actually seen in real life. But it just never happened. Sadly''

Thermidor 2 VS Dominator 2 *Nods approvingly* Let's see if our only non-IRL grand finalist can change anything up shall we?

Grand Final:

Eliminators:

Chaos 2 VS Pussycat ''And we are going to get a new Grand Final! But who was it against?''

Dominator 2 VS Stinger I had never seen the Out of the Arena Discord be so salty when I told them how this went.

Playoff:

Pussycat VS Stinger Pussycat takes a happy third though

So did I have a great Grand Final on my hands here, we had the Reigning Champion VS The Newcomer that had come out of nowhere to take them on. I was genuinely excited to see how it would go, and...

Grand Final:

Chaos 2 VS Dominator 2 ''THE NEWCOMER WON! Not only had my favourite robot at the time won a series I had no hand in, the timeline had completely diverged from what we have in real life!''

So that was what happened, a new champion and some shocking eliminations, (Razer in round 1? X-Terminator in round 2?) Since I had started taking a more hands on approach by now and was starting to write alot more than just the same intro every time, this was where the series properly started to evolve. And then things went completely extreme...

So that's another series been and gone, how do you think it went? Do you agree with the way things went or even with the final result? What battles would you vote differently? And am I pumping these out far too quickly? Tell me below and thanks for reading!