User blog:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5

Welcome to the Extreme 1 & Series 5 rankdown. Since there's so much overlap, we're doing the two serieses together. We're looking for a total of 9 people, that's myself and 8 others. For 12 hours (I used to give 24, but it didn't seem to matter) following the timestamp of this post, entry is restricted to people that did not take part in Series 4. After that, anyone can join. If you would like to play, indicate so in the comments, with a number if you have a preference- it's ok if you don't, I'll give you a random or whatever's left over. I'm taking Slot 1 for myself so that I can demonstrate for everyone.

Format
Previously we were using the “Follow the Leader” format, this time, we’ll be using the “Pick-n-Mix” format. In this game, rather than one player nominating a pool and the rest cutting from it, players will instead fill the pool one by one.

In round 1, you may cut any robot in the entire population. You will then nominate one other robot, whom you believe should get cut ASAP, to go into the pool. You can’t cut or nom a robot that’s already been cut or nommed. In round 2 and beyond, players will cut a robot in the pool, then add another. Here’s an example of the flow. The example has 5 players, our game will have more:

Round 1:
 * Player 1: Cuts any one robot and explains why, nominates one other robot for the pool (no explanation needed for the nomination).
 * Player 2: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
 * Player 3: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
 * Player 4: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet
 * Player 5: Same, with any robots not cut or nominated yet. Lists out all the nominated robots for the benefit of the next player (note: Player order does not rotate, if you're player 5, you will always be player 5.  All players have equal levels of involvement, so don't worry about that.)

Round 2 and beyond
 * Player 1: Cuts one of the 5 robots in the pool, and explains why. (Note: You may not cut your own nominees, unless your nominees comprise more than half the pool)  Nominates one other robot for the pool (no explanation needed).  Lists out all the nominated robots for the benefit of the next player.
 * Players 2-5: Same

This will continue for 13 rounds, unless 19 or more robots remain, in which case, a 14th round will commence. After that, players will rank the surviving robots, and the averages will determine final rankings.

I'll be pretty open about the criteria you use to make your cuts, just a few rule & guidelines:
 * Try to insulate it to the series in question - we're strictly ranking the Extreme 1 & Series 5 incarnations of robots
 * No discussing how it was received by the fandom - you can call a robot overrated or underrated, complain about fanboys, etc, as long as that is not your only reason for cutting
 * No troll-moves. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but if I see a move that's clearly intended to get a rise out of people or an individual, you will be booted.  Slots are very limited, do not take one unless you plan on taking this seriously.
 * You can make backroom deals with other players, but keep in mind, there is no recourse if someone breaks the deal.
 * You must have watched & be familiar with all episodes of the series in question, even the obscure ones - it won't do to have a bad robot slip under the radar because people forget to nominate it. Since Extreme is part of this, you'll have to remember all the different appearances that each robot made.  The series is on YouTube if you need to refresh your memory, and I will post a spreadsheet in Google Docs, listing all robots in the game, and their status in the rankdown.
 * Please be punctual and check in often. The game only works if each person takes their turn in good order.
 * This will now be enforced, in order to keep the game moving. If a player does not take their turn within 36 hours of the last player, the player will receive a strike, and the turn may be taken by anyone not participating in the rankdown.  If a player gets 3 strikes, a replacement will be sought.  I'm sorry to have to do this, but it is not fair to the other players to keep them waiting an indeterminate amount of time.  If you don't have time to write out a summary, I'll accept just the robots names, and you can post the writeups later.  If comments are not working for whatever reason, you may use my Talk page.
 * Most importantly, have fun, and don't take it personally if a robot you like gets cut sooner than you want it to.

The Doom Dial
To make things more interesting, I’m introducing the Doom Dial, your choice of a special power. Each player may press the Doom Dial once to access one of the following effects:


 * Pit: Negate the most recent cut and remove the robot in question from the pool. The robot gets immunity for one full cycle (ie cannot be nominated until after the player you interrupted finishes his/her next turn).  It’s on you to play this in time to catch the robot you want, if it’s not the most recent, it can’t be Pitted.


 * Rogue House Robot: on your turn, you may cut a robot that’s not in the pool. You will not nominate on the round you use this. You may not cut any robot that has immunity.  This cut cannot be negated by the Pit.


 * Fog Of War: On your turn, instead of cutting/nominating, replace the entire pool with a new set. You may not pick any robot that has immunity.  In subsequent rounds, you can cut robots that you brought in with Fog of War.

The Doom Dial will be available in all rounds except the first and last. You are not obligated to use the Doom Dial. To reiterate, you each get one button press, NOT one of each power.

Usages

 * RA2
 * CrashBash
 * SpaceManiac888
 * Timothy Sillery
 * HV Lobsta
 * Hogwild94
 * ToastUltimatum: Round 6, Fog of War
 * Adster10005
 * Toon Ganondorf

Included

 * All Heavyweight robots, including international entries, that had a fight shown in Extreme 1 or Series 5

Excluded

 * Any robot that was mentioned in the "Guide" but didn't actually show (eg Mortis).
 * Non-Heavyweights
 * TX-108 for not having a televised appearance

Spreadsheet
Here is the spreadsheet listing the 135 robots that took part in Extreme or Series 5: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rdc5AUOOX2lhLjT9Agf1Kftei5qSQS-iyCysfkJJKi4/edit#gid=0

Also, here is a list that CrashBash made, showing how many wins & losses each robot attained in Extreme - very handy! http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:CrashBash/Extreme_1_Robot_Rankings

Signups
1) RA2

2) CrashBash

3) SpaceManiac888

4) Timothy Sillery

5) HV Lobsta

6) Hogwild94

7) ToastUltimatum

8) Adster10005

9) Toon Ganondorf

Rankdown
Let the rankdon, begin! Round 1 is a little different than subsequent rounds. In Round 1, you may cut any robot and nominate any other robot for the pool (excluding ones that have been touched before you take your turn.) Thus, we'll have a pool of 9 robots at then end of Round 1. From Round 2 onwards, you can only cut one of the 9 robots in the pool, then nominate a new one. I have the inaugural cut, so we can get started

134. Jugggernot 2 (RA2)
The inaugural cut: Juggernot 2. It had a high clearance, the chassis fell apart from getting tumbled, it didn't appear to have a working weapon, and it didn't look very fast in the five seconds or so that it remained upright. Juggernot, in my opinion beats out absolutely everyone in Extreme or Series 5 in terms of all-around badness.

Nominating: Warhog. Next up is Crash's turn, he will make a cut & nomination of any robots, excluding the two that I've touched. Then the next person goes, with two choices that neither I nor Crash touched... etc.

In the pool: Warhog

132. Flensburger Power (CrashBash)
Powerless to remain in the competition: Flensburger Power. There are technically worse robots in Series 5 and Extreme 1, but we do have to remember that this robot fought three battles and broke down within seconds in two of them by nothing more than its opponent ramming it. That is not a very convincing tale here.

Nominating for Round 2: Draven. A very poor performance and I can't see it lasting long here, but it looked slightly better than some of S5/X1's worst, so I think we can keep it out of the spotlight at least for the moment.

132. Yeborobo (SpaceManiac888)
South Africa goes out at the Group Stage (although this time it was not the host!): Yeborobo. Of all the robots that suffered malfunctions almost immediately into a battle, Yeborobo has to be up there as one of the worst. If filming was delayed to enable Yeborobo to be repaired, yet still failed to move at the start of the battle, something has gone badly wrong.

Consider this a save of sorts: Hippobotomus. Hear me out on this one. Is Hippobotomus uncompetitive for Extreme 1 and Series 5? Yes, it is. However, it accomplished something that some competent robots have or would not have achieved: Survive Stinger to a judges' decision. I doubt robots like Axe-C-Dent, Rohog and Twister will survive even a minute. Heck, even the more competent General Carnage 2 grinded to a halt against the axlebot. Henceforth, while Hippobotomus should not progress too far into the tournament, it surviving Stinger means that it deserves to get past the first round at least.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotomus

131. Scorpion (Gutripper)
CUT: Scorpion. Barely functional robot in a far less suited time period

Pool: Golem

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotomus, Golem

130. The Tartan Terror (HV Lobsta)
Over a barrel: The Tartan Terror There's really nothing good to say about its stint in The Fifth Wars. I mean, its planned weapons, an axe and a ball and chain, were nowhere to be found on the bot that went into the arena. Even glossing over the fact that before its fight with The Polycarbonate Avenger, its axles sheared (although that also might be part of the bad build quality), Its made of wood. Chan eil sin math.

Nomination for Round 2: Eleven At least Black Widow had a decent looking weapon.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven

129. Rohog (Hogwild94)
Binned: Rohog. One of the most anonymous robots in the show's history, that just died abruptly and got trashed. Doubt would've been much good were it working right.

Pooled: Storm Force.

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force

128. Whirlpool 70 (ToastUltimatum)
Binned, shredded, incinerated, and released into outer space: Whirlpool 70. In addition to being the worst name in Robot Wars, it also barely held the ability to move, with a top speed no higher than 3mph. The weapon didn't work either.

Pooled: Nasty Warrior

Pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force, Nasty Warrior

127. Tip-Top (Adster10005)
Bin: Tip-Top, did practically nothing productive in it's fight against Bigger Brother.

Pool: The Spider, similar, but fared a bit better, and if I recall correctly, it got into the battle against Napalm and Gemini.

126. Granny’s Revenge (Toon Ganondorf)
Cut: Granny’s Revenge. Joke robot can’t go too far

Pool: Monad.

Round 2
As a reminder, The Doom Dial is now active.

125. Monad (RA2)
Cutting: Monad. Another problematic robot, it JUST made it into the pool in time for me to cut it. The jaws are held on with chewing gum, the panels fell off from being bumped, it wheelies when it moves too fast, and it's got almost enough clearance to ride clean over a speed bump. Time to put it out of its misery.

Nominating: Rhino

124. The Spider (CrashBash)
Doctor Octagonapus BLAAAAAAAAAAH's: The Spider(man). It's just a very flawed machine, suffering from nearly identical problems as its predecessor. The worst of it is that it had two chances to prove itself in one season and it blew both of them within a minute of fighting. Hippobotamus at least held on to a judges decision against Stinger, a battle it should have been completely destroyed.

Storming into the pool, but not in a good way: Twister. In part just so your vote isn't in vain, Timothy. I highly doubt it'll get too high in the rankings.

In the pool: Warhog, Draven, Hippobotamus, Golem, Eleven, Storm Force, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Twister

123. Twister (SpaceManiac888)
Ends before it really begins: Twister. Most of the other robots in the pool have notable flaws, but at least they all moved around a little bit. Twister broke down against Clawed Hopper under no pressure at all.

Speaking of which: Axe-C-Dent hardly did anything in its battle against Destruct-A-Bubble, breaking down after a couple of collisions.

Pool: Axe-C-Dent, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Hippobotomus, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

122. Hippobotomus (Timothy Sillery)
BINNED: OK so yeah third time's the charm, now I know the rules. I'm going to bin Hippobotomus and as to why I'm going to bin them it's due to the fact how they came from such a good team and such a good calibre of robots and then they amounted to this. How do you come from building All Torque to building a Plastic Sandbox with a cutter. Yes they survived Stinger for 5 minutes, they didn't break down which is good and all but I've gotta bin them for a similar reason to Twister beforehand. Such a huge downgrade from Series 2 - 5.

All We Ever Do Is Talk Torque: Yeah I had a change of heart, a huge change of heart and I was thinking to myself, if we're gonna pool one failed splinter group of the All Torque team, why not pool the other one. Yip, I'm going to nominate Bot Out Of Hell. Again people give Hippobotamus schtick but here's the thing, it lasted 5 minutes and it was close to the ground so it wasn't top heavy. BOOH on the other hand, was a joke bot which couldn't do well. Let's put this in a Series 6 context, BOOH is the Demolition Man to Hippo's Brutus Maximus so I'm going to have to pool unarguably the weakest out of the two Torque teams robots. (I say unarguably because I honestly can't foresee a way BOOH could win a match but I can foresee a way in which Hippo could win a match.)

Pool: Axe-C-Dent, Bot Out Of Hell, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

121. Axe-C-Dent (HV Lobsta)
It was an: Axe-C-Dent. I wish this bot performed better than it did, but in all fairness, it lost to Destruct-A-Bubble, breaking down in the first twenty seconds.

Surprisingly late to the "pool" party: Dome. Speaking of bots that lost to comedy bots, Dome took less than ten seconds to fall against Diotoir, with probably the worst weapon out of all the bots in 5 and Extreme.

Pool: Dome, Draven, Eleven, Golem, Hippobotamus, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

120. Eleven (Hogwild94)
Binned: Eleven. Great exhibition robot, but just not suited to combat sadly.

Pooled: Kliptonite.

Pool: Bot Out Of Hell, Dome, Draven, Golem, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Storm Force, Warhog.

119. Golem (ToastUltimatum)
Own Goal: Golem. Should be fundamentally sound; wasn't.

Pooled: Clawed Hopper

118. Storm Force (Adster10005)
Binned: Storm Force, it did nothing in it's only match apart from being flung around before descending into the pit.

Pooled: Bee-Capitator, well it didn't do much did it.

Pool: Bee Capitator, Bot Out Of Hell, Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

117. Bee Capitator (Toon Ganondorf)
Binned: Bee Capitator. Worthy of Series 2 but not Series 5, a drill was not going to do much.

Pooled: Fighting Torque. Its still a top heavy pyramid, only deserves to be better than Hippobotamus and not by much

116. Bot Out of Hell (RA2)
Kicked out of Hell's Angels: Bot out of Hell. Even if the spinner was working, I think they would've struggled. The frame looks pretty unsturdy, so they could knock themselves out by recoil-damage or falling over, and there's a high ground clearance, which Reactor could probably finesse its way under and flip it anyway. As it stands, that's all hypothetical and the delivered product was nothing, because of all weapon designs, this one suffers especially greatly from not having its weapon.

Nominating: Guzunderbot

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Kliptonite, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

115. Kliptonite (CrashBash)
Tossed out by Lex Luthor: Kliptonite. Another largely forgettable robot in Series 5 that just stopped working for no reason and was thusly subjected to over-extreme torture by the House Robots. Dome and Guzunderbot were at least eliminated by knockout, and Rhino at least lasted a few minutes. It also doesn't help that Kliptonite is super generic.

Caught in the wind: Maximill. I think it's fair to say there's a reason the team made a new one immediately after its only fight.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Dome, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Maximill, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Warhog

114. Sabretooth (SpaceManiac888)
Do(o)med: Dome. While losing to Diotoir in seconds was bad enough, it also barely made an impact against Vader, losing its (ineffective) weapon and only winning because Vader got trapped on the pit.

Not praying for Gabe: Sabretooth. The present-day Sabretooth is actually pretty decent. The Series 5 version... was not, especially since it lost to Evolution.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Maximill, Nasty Warrior, Rhino, Sabretooth, Warhog.

113. Maximill (Timothy Sillery)
Don(e) Quixote: Yeah I'm going to choose Maximill to leave this round. It had a nice design but it was ineffective as all heck. Gone and Done in one match and I'm pretty sure it didn't do super later on in the Dutch Wars either. Just not that much of a super robot and not having much of a super weapon.

You know what made the dinosaurs extinct? I think it's time to finally pool in the robot which has failed to win a single robotic combat match. A robot which only won 1 football match and then was gone and done. Yeah when all you do is job you'd expect to be in the bottom tier. Pooling Velocirippa for consistently losing.

112. Nasty Warrior (HV Lobsta)
"Wood" it go far? Nope: Nasty Warrior had a weapon many people couldn't even see, it was made of, not carbon-fiber, as its makers said, but plain, old wood(although carbon-fiber wouldn't be much better. Just not effective, other than lucky splintering (heh, just realised Hypno-Disc beat, then was beaten by a Splinter)

Nomination for pool: V.I.P.E.R.-01

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Fighting Torque, Guzunderbot, Rhino, Sabretooth, Velocirippa, VIPER 01, Warhog

111. Fighting Torque (Hogwild94)
In the bin: Fighting Torque. The fact that they binned it after one fight and replaced it with Hippobotamus speaks volumes. I still reckon Team Torque's decline was down to the kids getting involved, and wanting a fun robot that they could get behind, rather than the boring but effective All Torques and Small Torque.

Into the pool: Mega Hurts.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Guzunderbot, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Velocirippa, VIPER 01, Warhog

110. Velocirippa (ToastUltimatum)
Ve-loss-irippa - Draven. Nah I'm just kidding, bin Velocirippa, it died to a slowly moving wedge.

Pooled - Black Widow.

109. Guzunderbot (Adster10005)
Binned: Guzunderbot, it didn't really do much in its fight, and was sent OotA anyway.

Pooled: Shear Khan

Pool: Black Widow, Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, VIPER 01, Warhog

108. Black Widow (Toon Ganondorf)
CUT: Black Widow. Man cutting the junk in Series 5/Extreme is just not as much fun because there's so much of it.

Pool: Widow's Revenge. Yes Toast, I know it beat Sumpthing but its not a good robot.

107. VIPER 01 (RA2)
De-fanged: VIPER 01. I bet you all were wondering who'd be the first English bot I cut, well here it is. The team made a very good middleweight in Hard Cheese, but they crumbled like feta here. Even if the bot could go 15 miles an hour, it was still equipped with a very ineffective weapon with very little hit range. The selection committee said they didn't want too many rear-hinge flippers in Series 5, fair enough, but you're telling me they disliked them so much that they'd rather take a virtually-weaponless generic wedge?

Nominating: Sumpthing. I believe it should be cut before Widow's Revenge.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, Rhino, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

106. Rhino (CrashBash)
Joining Sudan and hopefully having a peaceful life with him: Rhino. Such a neat looking machine and one of only two of the Armed Forces competitors to look like their force (the other being Sub-Version), so it looks really cool. But the fact still remains it was really slow and just fell apart really easily. Losing two battles doesn't help it either.

Joining a messy pool: NEAT Machine. Honestly I feel the least memorable of the World Championship competitors.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Sabretooth, Shear Khan, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

105. Shear Khan (SpaceManiac888)
Does this robot hate Sergeant Bash?: Shear Khan. Its weapon may appear to be decent, but its massive ground clearance and lack of srimech are weaknesses that are too great to ignore.

A diamond pickaxe could easily mine through it: Obsidian. Was bullied around by S.M.I.D.S.Y., had a generally ineffective axe and broke down under mild pressure.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Draven, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

104. Draven (Timothy Sillery)
(B)eating Crow: I'm going to eliminate Draven due to how not only did they never win a match but also they failed to qualify for Series 5. No matter how terrible all the other first round losers are, at least they qualified. But Draven never once won a fight, via qualifying or otherwise so I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to can Draven.

This is a potential break up bot: Sorry Ally but I'm going to have to pool Ajjay. Similar to Draven only without a working weapon. Ajjay could beat like 2% of all competitors, I believe but that's all. There's another robot I'm thinking of pooling but to quote The Beat I'll Save It For Later.

EDIT: Pool: Ajjay, Clawed Hopper, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Warhog, Widow's Revenge

103. Warhog (HV Lobsta)
The Hogs of War are silent: Warhog while its weapon was the first dangerous ring spinner on Robot Wars, it broke down in almost every single one. Losing to Napalm isn't a good thing to put on your résumé either.

Pooled: Ansgar. While it was somewhat well-protected, I don't think that dinky little weapon would be able to beat any competent sort of Series 5/Extreme bot.

Pool: Ansgar, Ajjay, Clawed Hopper, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

102. Ajjay (Hogwild94)
In the bin: Ajjay. A robot that would work great as a 'full body spinner' on AoD, but didn't in real life.

Into the pool: Immortalis.

Pool: Ansgar, Clawed Hopper, Immortalis, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Obsidian, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

101. Immortalis (ToastUltimatum)
Mortal: Immortalis. Did it even have a weapon? Lack of a srimech and random breakdown adds to it all.

Popping In: Destruct-A-Bubble. It did get a Round 1 win, had a fairly active weapon and decent speed, but the loss to Rick is very hard to forgive

100. Obsidian (Adster10005)
Binned: Obsidian - okay machine, but needed to be better for Series 5 standards.

Pooled: Oblark - Like Mortis, but not as efficient.

Pool: Ansgar, Clawed Hopper, Destruct-A-Bubble, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge

99. Destruct-A-Bubble (Toon Ganondorf)
Cut: Destruct-A-Bubble

Pool: The Executioner

98. Ansgar (RA2)
Glad to have much better representation in the World Cup: Ansgar. This robot has no reason to continue now that all the robots it "beat" in the German Melee have been eliminated. The crank-shaft weaponry looked good, but had no real power behind it - they got under their German comrades a few times but could not lift them. And the less said about the spike, the better. I like the team; they were very sporting, and made no illusions of their chances against Chaos 2 and Manta. They cleared the top 100 and I think that's pretty good

Nominating: Evolution.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sabretooth, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge

97. Sabretooth (CrashBash)
PrayForGabeToCalmDownOnceHeDiscoversWhoIsBeingCut: Sabretooth. The first of a series of disappointing performances with a machine that looked really wonky and had all sorts of exposed parts, which showed after its weapon was one-shotted by Evolution of all machines. Thank goodness that later Sabertooths were more refined and effective.

Speaking of which: Cataclysmic Variabot somehow hasn't come to our attention and we need to rectify that.

Pool: Cataclysmic Variabot, Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge

96. Cataclysmic Variabot (SpaceManiac888)
Cut (as in out of this tournament, not by shortening the name): Cataclysmic Variabot. Poor performances in both its qualifier and Mayhem condemn it to being cut just after it was nominated.

Surprised CrashBash has not yet nominated: Wowot. Sure, it did grab Lambsy (although I heard that Lambsy was suffering from technical problems during that battle?). However, it died simply due to Sir Killalot grabbing its rear. Not a great way to go out.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, The Executioner, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

95. The Executioner (Timothy Sillery)
Executed: I'm going to get rid of The Executioner mainly because I'm surprised how a robot which appeared in both Extreme 1 and Series 5 and crashed out in round 1 both times has lasted this long. Maybe if they had easier opponents and maybe if they had better driving in Extreme 1 they could do better I don't know but for now you're gone.

Dog Dead Afternoon: I'm going to have to pool Mastiff the most notable thing they did was cause Chaos 2 to beat Chaos 2.

Pool: Clawed Hopper, Evolution, Mastiff, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

94. Clawed Hopper (HV Lobsta)
Hopping on one leg out of here: Clawed Hopper. The least effective at fighting left in the pool, I think, even if it was decently fast for a walker, and no, it wasn't the first walker to win a battle, that was Jim Struts (also first walker to appear on Robot Wars)

Pooled: Shockwave: I don't really see much effectiveness in that weapon, and considering it was shoved around by both Anvil and Sub-Version in its only battle, it deserves to go before them.

Pool:Evolution, Mastiff, Mega Hurts, NEAT Machine, Oblark, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot.

93. Evolution (Hogwild94)
In the bin: Evolution. Looks great, but sadly just not a good robot in practice. At least Mastiff's weapon might just work slightly.

Pooled: Derek(!)

92. (ToastUltimatum)
Mega-Hurt: Mega-Hurts. No offensive output at all, poorly driven, lucky to have any wins

I will be pooling Mega Morg (EXT) for being cumbersome and poorly driven, with a weapon that completed one wttack across three fights, all of which burnt out its motors.

91. (Adster10005)
Not so neat: NEAT Machine - it nudged W70, before getting flipped and failing to self-right doesn't make it a strong contender.

Pool: Onslaught - supposedly improved, but eliminated in Round 1.

90. Derek (Toon Ganondorf)
CUT: Derek. The "best engineered" limp breakdown.

Pool: Ruf Ruf Dougal

Pool: Ruf Ruf Dougal, Mastiff, Mega Morg, Oblark, Onslaught, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot

89. Mega Morg (RA2)
6 feet, sorry, 1.829 metres under: Mega Morg. This represented a very minor improvement from the bot who almost won its heat by doing nothing. Its flipper was decent but as Toast said, only deployed once. The loss to Plunderbird is grounds alone to dismiss it, but it kept eating its speed controllers and had a very weak shell. You ahre the weakest link, goodbye.

Nominating: Napalm

Pool: Mastiff, Napalm, Oblark, Onslaught, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Shockwave, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge, Wowot

88. Wowot (CrashBash)
I love you, SpaceManiac: Wowot. I don't understand why people legitimately like this robot. It's terrible. You ever heard of the term "glass cannon"? It describes when a robot has a remarkably effective weapon but is extremely fragile all around - basically great offence, terrible defence. This is the perfect way to describe Wowot......'s successor, 259, who despite its frail design still had a good flywheel. Wowot, on the other hand, had a really cumbersome set of jaws that were too awkward to grab anything, could do nothing if it HAD grabbed onto anything and supposedly had the ability to lift another robot, aside from the fact that if it had done so, it would have toppled over. And then it died when Sir Killalot pinched it, only slightly. It's not a glass cannon...it's literally just a pane of glass.

Reeled into the pool: Philipper. We're starting to get through all the robots that just didn't perform in Extreme 1, and its knockout of Panzer Mk 2 doesn't change the fact that Philipper lost both its battles that series, when every other robot in that position has either already gone out, has been nominated or, in the case of Gemini and S.M.I.D.S.Y., has some victories in Series 5 to fall back on.

87. Shockwave (SpaceManiac888)
No Aftershock: Shockwave. To be honest, I find Shockwave to be overrated by some. Sure, its weapon does LOOK powerful, but in its only fight, did little in terms of damage to either Sub-Version or Anvil. In addition, poor control was another critical weakness of this machine, costing it in its only battle.

1-4: Comengetorix. Had a terrible time in Extreme 1. Yeah sure, the robots it lost to included Tornado, Pussycat, Diotoir, Bigger Brother and Disc-O-Inferno, but what did it actually do to ANY of them? In addition, the reason it won a battle was due to Spawn Again carrying it.

86. Napalm (Timothy Sillery)
Apocalypse How?: I was really fighting with myself about this because I wanted to get rid of it but there's others in the pool which did worse. But I'm going to get rid of it anyways. I'm choosing to eliminate Napalm. Yes it won a match in Extreme and S5 but it didn't win due to it being good it won because other robots beat themselves. They have weak armour, weak weaponry but they still won matches. *sigh* I just can't rate them.

Pool: 101 Super antiquated and I believe the only match they won was due to King B breaking down.

Pool: 101, Comengetorix, Mastiff, Oblark, Onslaught, Philipper, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge.

85. Comengetorix (HV Lobsta)
Come and gone: Comengetorix. Limp is the word I'd use to describe Comengetorix's battles. It did improve in Series 6, but that's not in discussion here, of course

Pooled: Ming 3. Never really been that effective in my opinion.

84. Oblark (Hogwild94)
Fired: Oblark. Done well to get this far in, but now is its time. It definitely deserves to be in the top three for the Forces robots, I'll give it that.

Pooled: Panzer 'Wrath'.

Pool: 101, Mastiff, Ming 3, Onslaught, Panzer Wraith, Philipper, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing, Widow's Revenge.

FOG OF WAR (ToastUltimatum)
It's time for a Fog of War!!!

The new pool: Cerberus, Mastiff, Mini Morg, Panzer Wraith, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sub-Version, Sumpthing, T-Bone, Widow's Revenge


 * The robots that got added: Cerberus, Mini Morg, T-Bone, Sub-Version
 * The robots that remained: Mastiff, Panzer Wraith, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Sumpthing and Widow's Revenge
 * The robots that got saved: 101, Ming III, Onslaught, Philipper

Please note that no other Fogs of War may be played until after Toast's next turn.