User blog comment:Jimlaad43/Ragnabot 3 preparation/@comment-4700688-20190603231402

I've compiled my full thoughts, would be good to get some discussion going here:

FORMAT
 * Perfect, I love it.

NAMING CONVENTIONS
 * Namazu is written in allcaps, NAMAZU.
 * The Mouse should be known as Eubank the Mouse.
 * The Brute should just be Brute, the version of the machine with a drum spinner.
 * Killertron should use its Extreme guise, there's no advantage in restricting it to the Series 4 version.
 * A.M.C.V. should be AM CVn, the official name from the team.
 * Personal opinion, but I don't like the idea of having names like Thor and Thor 2, UFO and UFO 2, Tsunami and Tsunami 1 etc. I really don't see the issue with just calling them Thor (S7) and Thor (S10), the most accurate names possible without having to invent anything new. Let's face it, the Series 10 machine was far from the second version of Thor.

MAJOR TOM
 * I can't believe we're having this discussion again, but we cannot deny Major Tom 3 a place in the tournament. There is no valid reason to deny it a place. I would personally remove the Series 4 version to make room, but I'd even settle for three Major Toms just to make sure we are not excluding the most up-to-date iteration of the machine.

LOANERBOTS
 * The Green Mouse should be Squirmin Vermin, the more up-to-date machine which was 11kg heavier.
 * The Green House should be Vert-I-Go, the more up-to-date machine with a much better driver.
 * Silver Box and Zanzara should remain separate, I disagree with Space on this. The robots may use the same body, but they're functionally different - one was an undefeated invertible box, while the other was a comedy flammable robot with no srimech. They're plenty different enough.
 * I think we should properly discuss the situation with Arena Cleaner, Cathadh, Kadeena Machina and Diotoir. As they're all reboot spinners, they will all do very well, despite being two robots across four names. Including all four is the "fairer" thing to do, but just having two would be more fun, without clogging up the tournament with reboot spinners - especially as Arena Cleaner was over the weight limit. Should we just include Cathadh and Diotoir, or will we include Arena Cleaner and Kadeena Machina too?
 * And on this topic, this might be controversial, but do we include both Pulsar and Magnetar? The latter was only named Magnetar after Pulsar failed to qualify for Series 10, they would have been the same robot. I of course understand if we do need to include both, but from personal experience, Pulsar and Magnetar both do extremely well in Ragnabots and it's a pain. TBH I think the ideal solution would be to put Pulsar and Magnetar against each other in the qualifiers!

REMOVALS (ordered from most-to-least important)
 * MaxiMill (EXT) - While the robots were separate build, they used the same name, team, and spinning disc. Neither are going to do well anyway. No need to have both, stick with the Dutch Series version.
 * Robochicken-Evo - Much as we love Robochicken, that doesn't really justify it a second entry, with Robochicken-Evo having the same design principle as the Series 7 version. The Robochicken website doesn't even call it Robochicken-Evo, it was just regarded as another "Robochicken" outside of the stat board.
 * Knightmare - Agree with Space.
 * Sabretooth (S8) - This robot is such a difficult thing to work with. Sabretooth S8 plagued Ragnabot 2, passing through its heat with wins against Cyclone 2 and Lightning along the way, despite noone really knowing how to judge a robot which was clearly competent, but was flipped by Eruption in seconds. Now that we have a Series 10 Sabretooth to judge fairly, we don't need this mysterious Sabretooth as an additional X-factor, which realistically would probably win another heat on concept alone.
 * Sabretooth (S6) - Also this Sabretooth was just rubbish so we might as well just represent Team Legion at their best, with the Series 10 machine.
 * Twister (DS 2) - Even though the weapon failed quite quickly, the Series 7 machine is otherwise just an enhanced version of this robot, I don't think we need both (there are enough Twisters already, thank you Team Berserk)
 * Tomahawk (S7) - Not a definite shout, but with Tomahawk S7 being so unreliable, and its weapon being exactly the same as TMHWK in Series 10, just one is probably fine.
 * Napalm (S3) - Personally I'm OK with having two versions of Napalm for novelty purposes, but if some people think that Napalm should just be represented at its best (Napalm 2), then the option is there.
 * Demolition Man (S6) - Another robot which is probably fine to keep, but if an extra removal helps with the qualifiers, I wouldn't miss the original Demolition Man.

ADDITIONS
 * Mean Streak - An oversight, obviously going back in.
 * Mad Cow - Despite the naming similarities, Mad Cow is completely distinct from Mad Cow Bot. It's not on the list because Mad Cow originally shared a wiki article with Psycho Chicken (the two share the same base but with different identities and weapons), but this has now been fixed.
 * ORAC - Has a separate wiki article to Orac's Revenge, both very different machines, let's have both.
 * Medusa Oblongata and Medusa Oblongotta - These two machines technically have separate names, and the robots were completely distinct. The list currently includes "Medusa Oblongata", which is the Season 1 name, but obviously the Season 2 machine (Medusa Oblongotta) is the top priority. We might as well have both.
 * Chimera (S8) - This is a wildcard suggestion, and nobody has to agree, but Chimera and Chimera2 exist separately, with both robots even having separate pages in the Robot Wars Handbook. It might be fun to see how the old Chimera does against classic series opponents.

NOMINATIONS FOR QUALIFIERS
 * Pulsar (against Magnetar)
 * Ellie's Little Pink-Bot
 * Flippa
 * Mauler
 * Pain
 * STOMP!
 * Terror Australis
 * The Parthian Shot
 * Thorgrim
 * Yeborobo
 * The Series 2 lightweights
 * Kat 3