User:ToastUltimatum/Completely Genuine Live Reactions

A recent trend that Nweston and I started on Discord was the idea of watching a Series 7 heat on Challenge, then "live-reacting" to the episode as though we were still in the year 2004, with many ironic guesses that go horribly wrong. It's great fun, here's our conversation while watching Heat A to get you all started. Note that we don't really start faking our reactions until Shell Shock enters the arena.

Series 7, Heat A

 * Nick: Hey, hey, Toast, M2's heat is on Challenge in 30 minutes
 * Toast: You caught me, oh boy, and here I thought Coronation Street would be the best thing on telly tonight
 * Nick: M2 > Phelan
 * Toast: HE KNOWS. You know the exact reason Corrie is so entertaining right now. Did you know that M2's qualifier for the aforementioned heat of Robot Wars was recently posted to YouTube???
 * Nick: Oh flip's sake
 * Toast: Nick you have to reupload Series 7 for a second time so that it has the new Concussion-style Challenge logo
 * Nick: I wouldn't be against that. Yay, M2 is in the arena. Hi, Sam Smith
 * Toast: He's changed the back end completely. And M2 were cautious of Vader hahaha
 * Nick: Whey, Fat Boy Tin Evo. LOOKATHISLITTLEFACE
 * Toast: "my face en't cute"
 * Toast: The captain is called John Lewis lol. This year's Christmas special will be about a snail, calling it
 * Nick: Oh no. HA WE LAUGH IN THE FACE OF FIBREGLASS
 * Toast: I think Vader has a good chance of going through, it was a heat finalist after all
 * Nick: Oh flipping hell of course Shunt's in the arena
 * Toast: Tiberius randomly broke down last year and M2 is inexperienced
 * Nick: OH NO BASH AS WELL
 * Nick: I'm backing Shell Shock
 * Nick: THATCERSAINLYISOIYSHRLLSHOCKHONE
 * Toast: Bloody hell M2's good! Tiberius did nothing, that team won't achieve anything in Robot Wars
 * Nick: Yeah, Sam Smith has reached his limit
 * Nick: "Shell Shock, is well, shell shocked". This is why I'm making a Craig Charles worst moments video
 * Nick: Ooh, Pussycat
 * Toast: What IS ThAT HOUSE ROBOT
 * Nick: Hopefully it gets back to past glories. It looks awesome, some pneumatic hammers at the front. Those should do damage
 * Toast: Bloody Channel 5 having ads
 * Nick: Wait why do we have iPhones in 2003
 * Toast: isn't Roobarb the one that kept failing an oota in the new blood? yeah they just mentioned Mute. I hope Mute qualified for Series 7, it looked like something I could get behind
 * Toast: does Pussycat look quite silver to you?
 * Nick: Two blades instead of one.
 * Nick: "I won't touch this"
 * Nick: Does so
 * Toast: No more Fluffy-style decapitations then
 * Nick: TWISTER
 * Toast: Is this the first foreign robot in the main competition?
 * Nick: Armament. YAY UNDERRATED
 * Toast: dammit nobody told Jonno Pearce
 * Nick: BRUTUS, BRUTUS
 * Toast: Going for Twister and Pussycat.
 * Toast: Brutus Maximus attack boys
 * Toast: Was that Nick Adams in the audience? Does this mean Wild Thing isn't back?
 * Toast: I think Twister's weapon died 😞
 * Nick: Pussycat to win the Heat now
 * Toast: Yeah they took that horizontal spinner head-on
 * Nick: With Brutus Maximus out of the way
 * Toast: Wait Pussycat vs M2 already??
 * Toast: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
 * Toast: OH SUPERNOVA
 * Nick: Hope it's in the main competition too. You'd fancy it to go far
 * Toast: what is that house robot?? Mikaneac got wrecked haha
 * Nick: Wow look at the damage. He has a flamethrower
 * Toast: ok fair enough this boxer's alright. The Meccaniach team are dressed like prisoners lol. That orange box-shaped flipper is looking a little rusty
 * Toast: Did the austrian team confirm a Series 8?
 * Nick: You'd hope so, Channel 5 signed a five year contract
 * Toast: Crikey Tiberius does a proper Razer there, shame we have to wait until Heat P to see it. Actually yeah why isn't this Tornado's heat
 * Nick: Maybe Tornado isn't in Series 7. I didn't see it in the preview intro
 * Toast: I wouldn't mind that tbf. Imagine Robot Wars without Razer though haha
 * Toast: so Pussycat is the ninth seed, why are they here? Either way M2's armour is too thin for this and I don't see Pussycat going out of the arena
 * Nick: Exactly. M2's inexperience will obviously show
 * Toast: whoa great fight
 * Nick: Oh wow
 * Toast: I think we might actually lose a seed in the first episode
 * Nick: Since when do seeds lose in the heats
 * Toast: If it's true, M2, Tiberius or Roobarb will join the ranks of Dantomkia, S3 and 13 Black. ngl I'm a big fan of M2
 * Nick: I think I'll back Roobarb from this stage but it'll be good to watch
 * Toast: Does Tiberius actually have a srimech
 * Nick: I actually never realised M2's link hung out the back left of the robot lmao, talk about exposed
 * Toast: at least they're done with spinners in this heat, that new house robot might be able to punch the link out
 * Nick: What's that sign next to Sam Smith?
 * Toast: but spinners are the main problem and noone in this heat has any experience with them
 * Nick: A nice new Ming machine
 * Toast: Really? I didn't see it. Does it still have a crusher? It'd be nice if Ming got a good draw this year without a big seed involved.
 * Toast: Haha Jonathan suggested a crusher oota, imagine
 * Toast: that's another surprise, pit cam is clever
 * Nick: Still no answer as to if Tiberius 3 has a srimech. This'll be an interesting Heat Final
 * Toast: I don't see one, so it has to be M2
 * Nick: Yes
 * Toast: Has a crusher other than Razer ever won a heat?
 * Nick: You'd fancy one flip and done at this stage
 * Toast: either way it'll be a fun heat winner going through, but I have to root for M2 after that double oota
 * Nick: Yes, and with how timid Tiberius was itself during the melee
 * Toast: Did we just see one of the best fights in Robot Wars history?? What a comeback!
 * Nick: Wow what a heat final
 * Toast: M2 is a hot contender for my new favourite robot
 * Nick: Wait for a good grip. It looks like a good robot for the semis. Poor Sam smith will never get through a Heat will he
 * Toast: That near-loss suggests M2 might lose in the next round, but I certainly hope not. Every fight in that episode was superb, Series 7 is looking seriously good
 * Toast: did you see a seeded robot in the next heat?
 * Nick: Is Kan-Opener seeded because of the Annihilator?
 * Toast: I guess if they're going from 12 heats up to 16 then they had to seed some extras. Even still, why's it in Heat B, I guess they're done with the old formula
 * Nick: Maybe they're saving Hypno-Disc and Razer for the later heats
 * Toast: they picked a good opener though, Pussycat already gone!
 * Nick: For sure. I look forward to seeing what comes soon
 * Toast: we have to wait a whole week for a new episode of Robot Wars though 😕
 * Nick: It should be worth the wait at least. I hope Heat A rates well
 * Toon Ganondorf: With all these messages I thought for sure the website had updated