User blog:O Raz3r O/What if... Panic Attack beat Stinger?

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new set of blogs. This might seem similar to the Forum's very own "If a small thing had changed", and you'd be right. But I wanted to see just how much one result can change the course of the entire show of Robot Wars, and that's what this series of blogs will be about. I'll be looking at changes mainly from Series 3, 4, 5 and maybe 6. Series 1-2 and 8-10 feel too unpredictable from series to series without seeds, while a Series 7 result change would only affect a maximum of one heat and the semis/grand final.

I'm only picking outcome changes that I think could have actually happened in an alternate universe. Examples of this could include Matilda pitting Tornado in the Dominator 2 fight, Hypno-Disc beating Bigger Brother or S.M.I.D.S.Y. getting off the wall against Chaos 2 in time, not something like Evolution beating Spawn Again or Terrorhurtz breaking down randomly in Round 1 of Series 6, for example. I am open to suggestions for future result changes to blog about. First up, I've gone for a very close battle in Series 4: Stinger vs Panic Attack. Many believe that Panic Attack ought to have won the fight, but how much was that single point judges' decision difference really worth in the grand scheme of things?

Grand Final
Chaos 2 defeats Panic Attack, no other changes.

Seeds

 * 1) Chaos 2
 * 2) Pussycat
 * 3) Hypno-Disc
 * 4) Panic Attack
 * 5) Razer
 * 6) Firestorm 3
 * 7) 3 Stegs to Heaven
 * 8) Wild Thing
 * 9) Wheely Big Cheese
 * 10) Dominator 2
 * 11) Tornado
 * 12) Stinger
 * 13) Spawn Again
 * 14) X-Terminator
 * 15) Behemoth
 * 16) Thermidor 2
 * 17) Splinter
 * 18) Gemini
 * 19) Mini Morg
 * 20) Mousetrap 2
 * 21) Suicidal Tendencies
 * 22) Atomic 2
 * 101
 * 1) SMIDSY

Heat A
No changes, Chaos 2 wins

Heat B
No changes, Hypno-Disc wins

Heat C
Round 1
 * S3 vs Plunderbird 5
 * Mousetrap 2 vs Shredder
 * Razer vs Hippobotomus
 * General Carnage 2 vs Guzunderbot

Round 2
 * Razer vs General Carnage 2
 * S3 vs Mousetrap 2

Heat Final
 * Razer vs S3

Heat D
Round 1 Round 2
 * 3 Stegs to Heaven vs Bee-Capitator
 * Sir Chromalot vs Rohog
 * Bot Out Of Hell vs Reactor 2
 * Gemini vs Ruf Ruf Dougal:
 * 3 Stegs to Heaven vs Sir Chromalot
 * Reactor 2 vs Gemini

Heat Final

 * Sir Chromalot vs Reactor 2

Heat E
Round 1
 * Wheely Big Cheese vs Trouble ‘n’ Strife
 * Velocirippa vs The Alien
 * Napalm 2 vs Warhog
 * Thermidor 2 vs Prizephita Mach 2

Round 2
 * Wheely Big Cheese vs Napalm 2
 * The Alien vs Prizephita Mach 2

Heat Final
 * Wheely Big cheese vs Prizephita Mach 2

Heat F
Round 1
 * Tornado vs Derek 2
 * King B Powerworks vs Kronic 2
 * 13 Black vs Corkscrew
 * X-Terminator vs Immortalis

Round 2
 * Tornado vs King B Powerworks
 * Corkscrew vs X-Terminator

Heat Final

 * King B Powerworks vs Corkscrew

Heat G
Round 1
 * Stinger vs Gravedigger
 * Diotoir vs Dome
 * Evolution vs Sabretooth
 * Hydra vs Spawn Again

Round 2
 * Stinger vs Diotoir
 * Evolution vs Spawn Again

Heat Final
 * Stinger vs Spawn Again

Heat H
Round 1
 * Dominator 2 vs Wolverine
 * Axe-Awe vs Granny’s Revenge
 * Robochicken-Evo vs Crushtacean
 * Supernova vs Behemoth

Round 2
 * Dominator 2 vs Axe-Awe
 * Crushtacean vs Behemoth

Heat Final
 * Dominator 2 vs Crushtacean

Heat I
Round 1
 * Splinter vs VIPER 01
 * Bigger Brother vs Tip-Top
 * Wild Thing vs Eleven
 * Onslaught vs Tetanus

Round 2
 * Splinter vs Bigger Brother
 * Wild Thing vs Tetanus

Heat Final
 * Bigger Brother vs Wild Thing

Heat J
Round 1
 * Mini-Morg vs Kat 3
 * Tiberius 2 vs Monad
 * Major Tom vs Kliptonite
 * Firestorm 3 vs Barber-Ous

Round 2
 * Kat 3 vs Major Tom
 * Tiberius 2 vs Firestorm 3

Heat Final
 * Kat 3 vs Firestorm 3

Heat K
Round 1 ''Note: After the first round, Suicidal Tendencies was forced to pull out due to electrical problems, and Rick was reinstated. ''
 * Panic Attack vs Big Nipper
 * Sumpthing vs Widow’s Revenge
 * Axe-C-Dent vs Destruct-A-Bubble
 * Suicidal Tendencies vs Rick

Round 2
 * Panic Attack vs Widow’s Revenge
 * Destruct-A-Bubble vs rick

Heat Final
 * Panic Attack vs Rick

Heat L
No changes, Pussycat wins

Semi Final 1
Round 1
 * Razer vs Bigger Brother
 * Chaos 2 vs Wheely Big Cheese
 * Panic Attack vs Stinger

Losers’ Melee
 * Bigger Brother vs Wheely Big Cheese vs Stinger

Putting seeds 4 and 5 against each other and 1st seed vs non-seed makes more sense in my mind, especially since Razer already fought the winner of the Losers’ Melee here. Round 2
 * Razer vs Panic Attack
 * Chaos 2 vs Bigger Brother

Semi-Final 2
Round 1
 * Dominator 2 vs King B Powerworks
 * Hypno-Disc vs Reactor 2
 * Pussycat vs Firestorm 3

Losers’ Melee
 * King B Powerworks vs Reactor 2 vs Pussycat

They wouldn’t put seeds 2 and 3 together and Pussycat fought Firestorm 3 already, therefore Pussycat fights Dominator 2.

Round 2
 * Dominator 2 vs Pussycat
 * Hypno-Disc vs Firestorm 3

Grand Final
Round 1
 * Hypno-Disc vs Bigger Brother
 * Razer vs Dominator 2

Third Place Play-Off
 * Hypno-Disc vs Dominator 2

Title fight
 * Razer vs Bigger Brother

Series 6
''Due to King B Powerworks and Reactor 2 reaching the semi-finals, it can be assumed that neither would have to qualify for Series 6, so neither would lose their fights, therefore both will fight in Series 6. Tornado and S3 thus take the places of the two lowest finishers in the Series 6/Extreme 2 rankdown: WASP and Doctor Fist. Seeds
 * 1) Razer
 * 2) Bigger Brother
 * 3) Hypno-Disc
 * 4) Dominator 2
 * 5) Chaos 2
 * 6) Panic Attack
 * 7) Firestorm 4
 * 8) Stinger
 * 9) King B Powerworks
 * 10) Reactor 3
 * 11) Wild Thing
 * 12) Spawn Again

Heat A
Round 1
 * Brutus Maximus vs Raging Reality vs Tornado vs Razer
 * Cyrax vs Ruf Ruf Dougal vs Tetanus 2 vs Weld-Dor 3

Round 2
 * Razer vs Cyrax
 * Tetanus 2 vs Tornado

Heat Final
 * Razer vs Tornado - Wow. Unbelievable. 

Heat B
Round 1
 * Spirit of Scorpion vs Robochicken vs Barbaric Response vs X-Terminator
 * Mega Hurts 2 vs Cedric Slammer vs Hypno-Disc vs Colossus

Round 2
 * Hypno-Disc vs Barbaric Response
 * X-Terminator vs Cedric Slammer

Heat Final
 * Hypno-Disc vs X-Terminator

Heat C
Round 1
 * Chaos 2 vs Destructosaur vs Iron-Awe 2 vs Mighty Mouse
 * Crushtacean vs Dantomkia vs Mr Nasty vs S3

Round 2
 * Chaos 2 vs S3
 * Mighty Mouse vs Dantomkia

Heat Final
 * S3 vs Dantomkia

Heat D
Round 1
 * Sir Chromalot vs GBH 2 vs ICU vs The Alien
 * Roobarb vs Shredder vs Armadrillo vs Firestorm 4

Round 2
 * Sir Chromalot vs Firestorm 4
 * The Alien vs Shredder

Heat Final
 * Firestorm 4 vs Shredder

Heat E
Round 1
 * Aggrobot 3 vs 259 vs Infernal Contraption vs Infinity
 * The Stag vs Vader vs UFO vs King B Powerworks

Round 2
 * Vader vs Aggrobot 3
 * 259 vs King B Poerworks

Heat Final
 * Vader vs 259

Heat F
Round 1
 * Chompalot vs Thermidor 2 vs Wild Thing 2 vs 13 Black
 * Fluffy vs Kan-Opener vs Double Trouble vs Demolition Man

Round 2
 * Wild Thing 2 vs Fluffy
 * 13 Black vs Double Trouble

Heat Final
 * Wild Thing 2 vs 13 Black

Heat G
Round 1
 * Spawn Again vs Terror-Bull vs Edge Hog vs Inshredable
 * Thor vs Revolution 2 vs Judge Shred 2.5 vs Anarchy

Round 2
 * Terror-Bull vs Thor
 * Inshredable vs Anarchy

Heat Final
 * Terror-Bull vs Anarchy

Heat H
Round 1
 * Ming 3 vs Hot Pants vs The Hassocks Hog vs Spam
 * Reactor 3 vs Short Circuit vs Supernova vs Tiberius 3

Round 2
 * Ming 3 vs Supernova
 * Spam vs Reactor 3

Heat Final
 * Supernova vs Reactor 3

Heat I
Round 1
 * Stinger vs R.O.C.S. vs Kronic 2 vs Corkscrew
 * Terrorhurtz vs Reptirron the Second vs Sabretooth vs A-Kill

Round 2
 * Stinger vs A-Kill
 * Terrorhurtz vs Kronic 2

Heat Final
 * Stinger vs Terrorhurtz

Heat J
Round 1
 * Panic Attack vs Hydra vs Axe-C-Dent 2 vs
 * S.M.I.D.S.Y.  vs St. Agro vs Comengetorix vs Warhog

Round 2
 * Panic Attackvs S.M.I.D.S.Y.
 * Hydra vs Comengetorix

Heat Final
 * Panic Attack vs Hydra

Heat K
Round 1
 * Dominator 2 vs Granny’s Revenge 2 vs 4x4 vs Barber-Ous 2
 * Bulldog Breed vs Kat 3 vs Revenge of Trouble & Strife vs Spin Doctor

Round 2
 * Dominator 2 vs Bulldog Breed
 * Kat 3 vs Barber-Ous 2

Heat Final
 * Bulldog Breed vs Barber-Ous 2

Heat L
No changes, Bigger Brother wins

Semi-Final 1
Round 1
 * Tornado vs 259
 * Hypno-Disc vs 13 Black
 * S3 vs Firestorm 4

Losers’ Melee
 * 259 vs 13 Black vs S3

Round 2
 * Tornado vs Hypno-Disc
 * 13 Black vs Firestorm 4

Semi-Final 2
Round 1
 * Anarchy vs Barber-Ous 2
 * Hydra vs Bigger Brother
 * Supernova vs Terrorhurtz

Losers’ Melee
 * Barber-Ous 2 vs Hydra vs Supernova

Round 2
 * Anarchy vs Terrorhurtz
 * Bigger Brother vs Supernova

Grand Final
Round 1
 * Terrorhurtz vs Firestorm 4
 * Tornado vs Bigger Brother

Third Place Play-Off
 * Firestorm 4 vs Tornado

Title fight
 * Terrorhurtz vs Bigger Brother

Extreme 2 All-Stars
Based on Series 6 semi-finals, just like the real Extreme 2 all-stars. 259, Supernova and Anarchy didn’t compete in Extreme 2, so Razer, Dominator 2 and Chaos 2 take their places. Fights are based on who won which heats.

Heat A
Round 1
 * Terrorhurtz vs S3 vs Razer
 * Bigger Brother vs Hypno-Disc vs Firestorm 4

Round 2
 * S3 vs Bigger Brother
 * Razer vs Firestorm 4

Heat Final
 * Bigger Brother vs Razer

Heat B
Round 1
 * Tornado vs 13 Black vs Chaos 2
 * Dominator 2 vs Hydra vs Barber-Ous 2

Round 2
 * Tornado vs Barber-Ous 2
 * 13 Black vs Dominator 2

Heat Final
 * Tornado vs 13 Black

All Stars Final
 * Razer vs Tornado

Series 7
Razer, having fought Tornado twice across series 6 and Extreme 2, will still have had a team split, so Razer will not compete in Series 7. Despite being number one seed, Terrorhurtz will still not compete.
 * Supernova and Dantomkia switch
 * Barber-Ous 2 and Thermidor 2 switch
 * Hydra and Ming Dienasty switch

Seeds

 * 1) Terrorhurtz
 * 2) Bigger Brother
 * 3) Tornado
 * 4) Firestorm 5
 * 5) Supernova
 * 6) 13 Black
 * 7) Barber-Ous 2’n a Bit
 * 8) Hydra
 * 9) Panic Attack
 * 10) Pussycat
 * 11) Behemoth
 * 12) X-Terminator
 * 13) Bulldog Breed
 * 14) Spawn Again
 * 15) S.M.I.D.S.Y.
 * 16) Storm 2

Heat A
Round 1
 * M2 vs Tiberius 3 vs Shell Shock vs Vader
 * Roobarb vs Panic Attack vs Twister vs Brutus Maximus

Round 2
 * M2 vs Twister
 * Tiberius 3 vs Roobarb

Heat Final
 * Twister vs Tiberius 3

Heat B
Round 1
 * Barbaric Response vs Big Nipper vs Kan-Opener vs Ther Grim Reaper
 * Gyrobot vs Jackson Wallop vs Killerkat vs Tornado

Round 2
 * The Grim Reaper vs Tornado
 * Big Nipper vs Jackson Wallop

Heat Final
 * Tornado vs Big Nipper

Heat C
Round 1
 * King B Powerworks vs Hassocks Hog 2 vs Rick vs Supernova
 * IG-88 vs Scorpion vs Tomahawk vs The Stag

Round 2
 * Supernova vs Scorpion
 * King B Powerworks vs IG-88

Heat Final
 * Supernova vs Scorpion

Heat D
Round 1
 * Barber-Ous 2’n a Bit vs Herbinator vs Lightning vs The Alien
 * Thor vs Thermidor 2 vs Gravity vs Hodaf the Bad

Round 2
 * The Alien vs Gravity
 * Lightning vs Thor

Heat Final
 * Gravity vs Lightning

Heat E
Round 1 '' Note: Terrorhurtz did not participate.  Note: Thunderpants broke down in the entry gate and never made it into the arena, so the fight carried on with just three competing robots. ''
 * Terrorhurtz vs Devastator vs Ewe 2 v Sawpoint 2
 *  Leveller 2 vs Tetanus Booster vs Ming Dienasty vs Thunderpants

Round 2
 * Devastator vs Leveller 2
 * Ewe 2 vs Tetanus Booster

Heat Final
 * Leveller 2 vs Tetanus Booster

Heat F
Round 1
 * Behemoth vs Tsunami vs Major Tom 3 vs Diabolus
 *  Constrictor vs Fluffy vs Killer Carrot 2 vs Scarey-Go-Round

Round 2
 * Behemoth vs Killer Carrot 2
 * Tsunami vs Constrictor

Heat Final
 * Behemoth vs Tsunami

Heat G
Round 1
 * Bulldog Breed vs Atomic vs Cygnus X-1 vs Terror Turtle
 * Araknia vs Mean Streak vs Hellbent vs I Bot One Beta

Round 2
 * Bulldog Breed vs Mean Streak
 * Hellbent vs Atomic

Heat Final
 * Bulldog Breed vs Atomic

Heat H
Round 1
 * S.M.I.D.S.Y. vs Ceros ve Metalis vs Scraptosaur
 * Mega Hurts LT vs Revolution 3 vs St. Agro vs The Scrapper

Round 2
 * Scraptosaur vs St. Agro
 * Ceros vs Revolution 3

Heat Final
 * St. Agro vs Ceros

Heat I
Round 1
 *  Dantomkia vs Mayhem vs Rhino vs Storm 2
 * Shredder Evolution vs Sub-Version 1.1 vs The Steel Avenger vs Trax

Round 2
 * Storm 2 vs The Steel Avenger
 * Dantomkia vs The Steel Avenger

Heat Final
 * Storm 2 vs Dantomkia

Heat J
Round 1
 * 8645T 2 vs Mighty Mouse vs Mobot vs Spawn Again
 * Pinser vs Cobra vs Kronic 2 vs The Kraken

Round 2
 * Spawn Again vs The Kraken
 * Mighty Mouse vs Kronic 2

Heat Final
 * Spawn Again vs Mighty Mouse

Heat K
Round 1
 * Mantis vs Infernal Contraption vs X-Terminator vs Jabber
 * Hard vs Velocirippa vs T-Wrecks vs Kat 3

Round 2
 * X-Terminator vs Hard
 * Mantis vs Kat 3

Heat Final
 * X-Terminator vs Kat 3

Heat L
Round 1
 * Demolition Man vs Corkscrew Two vs Judge Shred 3 vs Mute
 * Tartarus vs Crushtacean vs Pussycat vs UFO

Round 2
 * Mute vs Pussycat
 * Judge Shred 3 vs Crushtacean

Heat Final
 * Mute vs Judge Shred 3

Heat M
Round 1
 * Hydra vs Mega Morg vs Edge Hog vs Spin Doctor
 * Tough as Nails vs B.O.D. vs Disc-O-Inferno vs Robochicken

Round 2
 * Hydra vs Tough as Nails
 * Edge Hog vs Robochicken

Heat Final
 * Hydra vs Robochicken

Heat N
Round 1
 * 13 Black vs Chip vs NEATer Machine vs Revenge of Trouble & Strife
 * Topbot vs R.O.C.S.  vs Raging Knightmare vs The Executioner

Round 2
 * 13 Black vs R.O.C.S.
 * Chip vs Raging Knightmare

Heat Final
 * 13 Black vs Chip

Heat O
Round 1
 * Colossus vs Firestorm 5 vs U.R.O. vs Typhoon 2
 * DisConstructor vs Hammerhead 2 vs Iron-Awe 2.1 vs Xenomorph

Round 2
 * Firestorm 5 vs Iron-Awe 2.1
 * Typhoon 2 vs Hammerhead 2

Heat Final
 * Firestorm 5 vs Typhoon 2

Heat P
Round 1
 * Daisy-Cutter vs Bigger Brother vs Bamm Bamm vs Black and Blue
 * Aggrobot vs Reptirron the Second vs Ripper vs Zorro

Round 2
 * Bigger Brother vs Reptirron the Second
 * Bamm Bamm vs Ripper

Heat Final
 * Bigger Brother vs Ripper

Semi-Final 1
Round 1
 * Tetanus Booster vs 13 Black
 * Supernova vs Gravity
 * St. Agro vs Tsunami
 * X-Terminator vs Hydra

Round 2
 * Tetanus Booster vs Gravity
 * Tsunami vs Hydra

Round 1
Mute vs Ripper Spawn Again vs Typhoon 2 Storm 2 vs Tornado Atomic vs M2

Round 2
Ripper vs Storm 2 Typhoon 2 vs Atomic

Round 1
Typhoon 2 vs Tsunami Storm 2 vs Gravity

Third Place Play-Off
Typhoon 2 vs Gravity

Title fight
Tsunami vs Storm 2