User blog comment:CrashBash/Top 105 Heat Finals/@comment-4700688-20190603104644/@comment-2118191-20190603120651

I have no idea if this will make you feel any better (probably won't), but if it'll help you at the very least understand where I'm coming from with my votes, here are the scores for Mute vs Judge Shred 3.


 * Damage caused = 2 points. It's a flipper fight, it's never going to score too high on damage.
 * Aggression shown = 3 points. Both robots were actively trying to attack, but there was quite a bit of dead-space, either from Mute trying to right itself or, perhaps more crucially, the end where Judge Shred was handicapped.
 * Pace of Battle = 3 points. Good at first, but once Judge Shred lost drive it lost momentum.
 * Performance of Robots = 2 points. As I said at the start, BOTH robots should ideally be performing well.
 * Closeness of Fight = 2 points. Either Judge Shred was throwing Mute around the arena, or it was limping.
 * Enjoyment = 3 points. For Mute tumbling around the arena, obviously. That being said, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
 * Malfunction = -2 points. Didn't lose too many points since it was near the end, but doesn't change the fact that the "dominant" robot died, something that severely affected Pussycat vs Fluffy and Wheely Big Cheese vs Suicidal Tendencies. Which in turn brings me to....
 * Dubious Outcome = -2 points. This was always going to be an issue, regardless of whether you want to judge it based on what we saw or on what actually happened. If the whole outcome of this scenario was "Mute wins", then why didn't they show it actually being aggressive? Where were all the other attacks we know it performed? Even Jonathan's commentary on the matter felt forced.