User blog comment:CrashBash/Ragnabot 2 - Semi-Finalist Analysis/@comment-33147466-20170310155648

8 'new' machines and 8 pre-Series 8 machines. There's still no guarantee anyone can win, although there are a couple who are guaranteed to lose. I would like to point out on a second article that X-Terminator did beat Terrorhurtz in a live event once, and I think S3 is a wretched shape for Terrorhurtz too. To be fair to S3, the shapes of the flippers of Firestorm and Bigger Brother helped out in their wins over the spinner. I do hope some of the pre-Series 8 robots reach the Grand Final, even just one. X-Terminator and Typhoon 2 made the Grand Final in my tournament from this Last 64, so I don't see why it can't happen again.