User blog:NJGW/Ranking the Seventh Wars Heats

In a Skype call with the other massive Series 7 fanboy - Toast - the other day, we both looked back over his Series 7 Heat ranking list. With me and him disagreeing here and there, Toast himself egged me on to write up my own version of the list - so... here we are!

My three categories are:
 * Heat Winner performance level - I've decided to venture away from the 'unseeded' factor, and instead see just how explosive the Heat winner actually was. Atomic and Thermidor 2 had equally easy Heats, but one of those machines takes the bull by the horns much more in delivering an entertaining product for the viewing audience.
 * The Super (?) Seven - This category covers the remaining 7 machines vying for Heat victory, and looks at whether they help the Heat rank highly, too. One of the reasons I love Series 7 so much is that so many machines perform to their level - from X-Terminator to Brutus Maximus; from Mantis to Rick, so many robots use their fundamentals as well as they can. Rarely a limp breakdown, and even machines like Scarey-Go-Round lasting the distance in fights - this category will help edge out the tightest of Heats, and can help cover up a poorly-performing Heat winner.
 * Battle Quality - Battle Quality explains itself, and will be the deciding factor if two Heats are tied.