User blog:CrashBash/Series 3, but with a loser's bracket

Something I wanted to experiment with. Some early US robotic combat events...and a few recent ones as well, tend to have two "brackets" going on at the same time. Alongside the standard championship bracket, there's also a "loser's bracket" where all the losers fight each other until the eventual winner fights the main bracket winner. I thought this would be fun to experiment with, so I decided to take a Robot Wars series and see what would happen if there was indeed a loser's bracket.

Because it was a simple knockout tournament all the way through, with no melees to complicate things, I decided that Series 3 would be the best one to try. In nearly all cases, the line-up parallels the actual line-up.

Heat A
Round 1
 * Stinger vs Brimhur - Eventually, Brimhur is going to die
 * Forklift's Revenge vs Red Dragon - Neither look effective, but in fairness, Forklift's Revenge had a decent wedge

Round 2
 * Weeliwako vs Stinger - The battle of the axlebots will probably end with Stinger winning provided it can keep away from the pit, since it has some speed and durability to it at least
 * Raizer Blade vs Forklift's Revenge - Raizer Blade may struggle with Forklift's front wedge, but it is still a fairly aggressive robot and its weapon, even if it doesn't flip Forklift, will still show some aggression points.

Round 3
 * Stinger vs Raizer Blade - I just don't feel Raizer Blade is the right sort of robot to be able to control Stinger

Heat Final
 * Suicidal Tendencies vs Stinger - Note: as per the actual series, the pit is blocked off from here on out. This gives Suicidal Tendencies nothing it can do to hold off Stinger

Heat B
Round 1
 * Sump Thing vs Abaddon - Because at least Abaddon didn't die after one hit
 * Robocow vs Shark Attack - Shark Attack's lifter looked like it was fairly decent, so it could probably overturn Robocow, who can't do the same in return as easily

Round 2
 * Technophobic vs Shark Attack - Here, I've swapped the robots around a bit to avoid rematches too soon - in this case, Technophobic would have fought Abaddon again straight away. I can't see Technophobic overturning Shark Attack, and Shark Attack's scoop could certainly lift. Close, but the larger scoop gets it for me
 * General Carnage vs Abaddon - Similar to Technophobic's battle with the beast

Round 3
 * Shark Attack vs General Carnage - Similar logic to with Technophobic

Heat Final
 * Behemoth vs Shark Attack - ...well, there was going to be a rematch eventually. I tried