User blog:Anderson9132/The Series 4 seeds: How it should have been

This one was always on the card, wasn't it? Partly because I've already done Series 2 and 3, but mainly because it is the series with the most controversies when it comes to seedings. It was almost obvious that I was going to do this one, so let's not waste any more time and get on with it shall we.

Series 4 seeds
1. Chaos 2

2. Hypnodisc

3. Firestorm 2

4. Panic Attack

- This is self explanatory, with the exception of Panic Attack. Chaos 2, Hypnodisc and Firestorm had podium finishes in Series 3 and whilst Steg-O-Saw-Us performed very well and deserved its place in the Grand Final, I believe that its lack of experience compared to the former champions Panic Attack far too great to give it the fourth seed, so Panic Attack just nabs it.

5. Steg 2

6. Gemini

7. 101

8. Razer

- Steg 2 deserves the 5th seed because of its predecessor making the Grand Final. I gave Gemini the 6th seed because Mace and Mace 2 both made the Semi Finals in the prior two series and it was an original and unique concept at the time. 101 gets the 7th seed because of its Semi Final placing in both Series 3 and the World Championships. Speaking of which, I agree Razer deserved a high seeding due to it winning the World and International Championships, but the 3rd seed is a bit over the top, so I gave the 8th seed instead. Still a fair seeding in my opinion.

9. Evil Weevil

10. Wild Thing

11. Gravedigger

12. Spawn of Scutter

- It was hard to decide who deserved a higher seeding between Evil Weevil, Wild Thing and Gravedigger, considering all three dominated their heats in impressive style. However, I went for Evil Weevil first simply because Kevin Pritchard who was in the Panic Attack team during the second wars built it, meaning it was built by a former Robot Wars winner. I gave Gravedigger the lower seeding of the three, simply because of a lack of experience and due to both Evil Weevil and Wild Thing losing to Hypnodisc and Panic Attack respectively, who both had more pedigree than Steg-O-Saw-Us. Scutter's Revenge in my opinion was very lucky to make the Semi Finals, hence why I gave its successor a lower seed than it got in real life.

13. Bigger brother

14. Behemoth

15. King B3

16. Pussycat

- Being the only Semi Finalist left, I gave Bigger Brother the 13th seeding, because in my opinion, it was the weakest returning Semi Finalist. I gave Behemoth the 14th seed because it was easily the strongest Heat Finalist of Series 3 and had a lot of pedigree, being runners up in the World Championship and being former Semi Finalists. King Buxton was also a powerhouse in Series 3 and being a former Semi Finalist deserved the 15th seed in my opinion. As for Pussycat, the team had bags of experience, were former Grand Finalists and pretty much won their heat in Series 3, being disqualified in an unlucky fashion.

I would just like to say that I personally would only have had 16 seeds in Series 4, because 32 seeds is far too many. Think about it, in Series 4 a THIRD of the robots were seeded. Talk about overkill! However, in the sake of interest, I will place below the 17th - 32nd seeds how I would have done it.

17. Diotior - Series 3 heat finalists and World Championship semi finalists

18. Wheely Big Cheese - two time heat finalists

19. Berserk 2 - heat finalists and Super Heavyweight finalists

20. Cerberus - heat finalists, World Championship quarter finalists and the quickest battle record holder at the time

21. X-Terminator 2 - heat finalists and nearly beat Panic Attack

22. Mortis - former semi fnalists, World Championship quarter finalists and highly fancied

23. Shadow of Napalm - former semi finalists and heat finalists

''24. Aggrobot 2 - heat finalists and beat Razer. 'Nuff said''

25. Suicidal Tendencies - heat finalists and highly improved

26. Invertabrat - heat finalists

27. Darke Destroyer - heat finalists

28. Weld'or 2 - heat semi finalists and World Championship quarter finalists

29. Small Torque - former heat finalists and heat semi finalists

''30. Dreadnaught - easily the worst returning heat finalist, but a returning heat finalist none the less. Still less impressive than Weld'or and Small Torque though''

31. Centurion - heat semi finalists and a unique design

''32. Plundebird 4 - I was going to give this to Onslaught, but because they pulled out, much like Blade's Big Bruva and Trident, it would have been replaced by a different seed. Due to Plunderbird 4 having a lot of experience and being former semi finalists I decided they deserved it most.''

I look forward to reading how you all think I'm wrong down below :) Merry Christmas to all!