User blog comment:Hogwild94/Top 9 Original UK Series/@comment-4700688-20180411194511

Well done on the list, it was nice to see another take on the same format we'd just introduced, but there's a comment mixed into the #1 that I just can't ignore.

"Series 4 had one mediocre semi-final enlivened by the Chaos 2 fights"

I am in disbelief at the concept of this thought, as I thought the community was quite universal in labeling Semi-Final 1 of Series 4 as one of the best episodes of all time! To go through it one-by-one:


 * Chaos 2 vs Steg 2 - fantastic back-and-forth, but the only Round 1 match not to go to the Judges. Despite your belief that Chaos 2 was the saving grace of the semi-final, I actually thought this was the weakest fight of the episode, and that's even while calling it fantastic.
 * Tornado vs Wheely Big Cheese - brilliant battle which comfortably qualified for Nick's Top 100. Wheely Big Cheese got its biggest flip of the series, Tornado hounded it until the wheel fell off, and the resulting Judges' decision was very close.
 * Pussycat vs Thermidor II - the lobster started so well! It seemed to have no hope, but they blasted Pussycat so high that it left the camera screen! After an extremely promising start from Thermidor, it left the match in tatters, and lost what was still a close Judges' decision. Also in Nick's Top 100.
 * Dominator II vs Firestorm II - a battle so close, there was only a one-point margin separating the two. How could you go wrong with a decision that close? Also in Nick's Top 100.
 * Chaos 2 vs Tornado - this was the other fight you actually credited, but what a way for the Top 8 to kick off!
 * Pussycat vs Dominator II - a really underappreciated effort from Dominator II which landed axe blows on the slippery target and hounded it into the CPZ, but in the end Pussycat's blade was so significant that Dominator's entire shell was lifted. Great stuff.

If I've ignored something that makes this semi mediocre, do remind me. I'm even more confused at you calling Razer vs Dantomkia a great fight...