User blog:CaliforniaKingsnake/Series 7 Awards Ceremony

We've been seeing many "what if" tournaments lately on the Wiki, but there's one thing I've not seen on the Wiki is the Awards done for Series 7.

I'll be honest, Series 7 is among my least favorite. OOTAs lost their charm, more than half of the veterans had gone and the seeds were about as impressive as the newcomers half the time. But among my problems with Series 7 is the lack of awards which gave even first round dropouts great achievements. It's about time someone did their picks for the awards of Series 7

Best Design
My nominations go to:
 * Mantis. Mantis was a beautiful robot for its time and the three-pronged lifter/crusher combo was mighty impressive. It was sad to see it go out so early but if it was in another heat maybe it would have made Heat Final?
 * Mega Hurts LT. Say all you want about Mega Hurts, I'll always love the designs and LT was the best of the bunch. I wish we could have seen more of it.
 * St Agro. Invertible dual flipper. Need I say more?
 * Barberous 2'n a Bit. Again always loved this design and it is very unique

But who should the award go to? It's a tough call but I'm going with Mantis. The weapons synergy was beautifully implemented and used to great effect against Jabber and even Bulldog Breed. So I feel that Mantis deserves this great achievement.

Best Engineered
Nominations are:
 * Gravity. The bungee flipper system that would become standard in robot combat and was beautifully done. It could have tossed out pretty much everyone.
 * Crushtacean. The way the claws work is extremely good engineering
 * IG-88. This was the first true vertical spinner in my eyes. Sure there were S3 and Daisy Chopper, but IG-88 was super deadly and didn't need fibreglass Plunderbird to prove it
 * Killer Carrot 2. I may be plucking at straws here but I mean it was a flipper version of Wild Thing. It would not die.

The award here simply cannot go to anyone else but Gravity.

Most Original Entry
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