User blog:NJGW/vs. Series 7

As you may well know: me and Toast closed off our Top 18 Series list with Series 7 at the peak of the entries. As part of this final part, the active weapon rule was brought up as a negative - primarily Stinger and it's subsequent non-role in the final series of the show's original run. So, because me and Toast are weirdos and do everything together, let's try to remedy that lack-of-Stinger-in-Series-7 factor by... making it face the entirety of Series 7! If we can be bothered, this can expand, and feature other machines that weren't in the Seventh Wars either. We'll see...

Stinger vs. Series 7: (A deadlocked fight is considered half a point in the overall score).

Deadlocked fights: (YOU help decide these ones!) Killerkat Gyrobot Lightning Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit Fluffy I Bot One Beta Scraptosaur Mantis Mute Edge Hog Tough as Nails Firestorm 5 Blue and Black Mechaniac

Heat A: M2: L - some consideration from Toast for a Stinger win, but he joined me in backing the blue flipper. Tiberius 3: L - Tiberius 3's robust, wide front was considered controlling enough to best Stinger. Shell Shock: W Vader: W - Vader's mysterious reliability problems hinder it here. Roobarb: W Pussycat: L Twister: L - Twister's weapon was considered plenty good enough to job the job with no Pussycat around to lock it in place. Brutus Maximus: W (4/8)

Heat B: Kan-Opener: W - Kan-Opener's low jaws and flat top plays into Stinger's hands (tyres). Grim Reaper: L Big Nipper: L Barbaric Response: W '''Killerkat: D - Our first deadlock. Nick was happy for Stinger to deals out the blows to do in Killerkat, while Toast thought the kitty's blade looked potent enough to kill of Kevin Scott's machine'''. Jackson Wallop: L '''Gyrobot: D - Two deadlocks in a Heat! Nick thought that Gyrobot's ring could be comfortably dented by Stinger's mace, while Toast wasn't having any of it, and thought Gyrobot's 360 defence-and-attack coverage would do the job.''' (3/7)

Heat C: King B Powerworks: L - Toast wasn't sure initially, with King B's drive unreliability being considered as a factor, but he joined me in going for the Buxton. Hassocks Hog 2: W Dantomkia: L Rick: W IG-88: L - Vader may have lost, but IG-88's more potent weapon and better reliability completes revenge for Team Vader. Scorpion: L Tomahawk: W The Stag: W - Toast considered the potential of a controlling Stag victory, but agreed with me that the wheels looked too obvious a target. (4/8)

Heat D: '''Lightning: D - A passionate deadlock this. Nick was convinced Lightning would win, with its incredibly slopped angles allowing it to bundle Stinger around, leaving it no room to move into. Meanwhile, Toast claimed that Stinger would only fall off Lightning, and would be able to strike enough in response'''. The Alien: W Herbinator: W 13 Black: L Thor: W - Thor's recklessness and long sides were considered too big a handicap for it to win this. Promise was given for Thor's wedge, but Jason didn't use it in a controlling sense, so that was snuffed out, too. Hydra: L - A loss for Stinger, although Toast refuted Nick's shout that Hydra's flipping arm would be a consistently key factor. Gravity: L Hodaf the Bad: W (4.5/8)

Heat E: Tornado: L Sawpoint 2: W Ewe 2: W - Ewe 2's boxy shape and limp flipping arm plays into Stinger's hands (tyres...). Devastator: W Leveller 2: W Tetanus Booster: L - Tetanus Booster's robust looking flanks and potent weapon takes the win. '''Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit: D - Two halves to this. Nick thought Stinger would be killed in one massive hit; Toast thought that Barber-Ous would die.''' (4.5/7)

Heat F: X-Terminator: L Tsunami: L Major Tom 3: W Diabolus: W Constrictor: W Fluffy: D - Toast gave Fluffy the benefit of the doubt considering it lasted until a Judges' decision in Series 7, while Nick thought a Series 6 repeat was on the cards. Killer Carrot 2: W Scarey-Go-Round: W (5.5/8)

Heat G: S.M.I.D.S.Y.: L Atomic: L Cygnus X-1: W Terror Turtle: W Araknia: W Mean Streak: W Hellbent: W - Hellbent's wheels were considered too obvious a weakness. I Bot One Beta: D - Nick easily gave Stinger a win against the limp breakdowner, while Toast was convinced the spinning speed of the 10kg bars would grant a German victory. (5.5/8)

Heat H: Ceros: W - Ceros didn't seem it'd take well to blunt trauma. Mega Hurts LT: W Metalis: W Ming Dienasty: W Revolution 3: W '''Scraptosaur: D - Scraptosaur's narrow shape and long sides were considered too big a handicap for Nick to go Dutch. Toast counted this by believing that Scraptosaur's front could act like Steel Avenger's pointed front ala Extreme 2.''' St. Agro: W - St. Agro was considered too easy a target and not potent enough to shake Stinger. The Scrapper: W (7.5/8)

Heat I: Mayhem: W Rhino: W Storm 2: L Supernova: L Shredder Evolution: L - The improved, chunky, faster Shredder should be able to slash away at Stinger. Trax: W - Trax's slippery, skidding nature hinders it. Sub-Version 1.1: W Steel Avenger: W - Despite Steel Avenger's win in Extreme 2, the pitting on a struggling Stinger was considered a unique moment, so we gave Stinger the rematch. (5/8)

Heat J: Mighty Mouse: W Mobot: W Thermidor 2: W - A limping Stinger may have notably been flung from the arena in Extreme, but Stinger did crack a knockout blow to the top of Thermidor 2 in Series 6, and that's what we gave greater weight to. 8645T 2: L - 8645T 2's pace was considered a big factor to knocking Stinger about. Pinser : W Cobra: W The Kraken: W Kronic the Wedgehog: W - Kronic was thought of as too fragile to blunt impacts to win.

(7/8)

Heat K: Mantis: D - Nick backed Mantis based on the length and width of its front prongs, while Toast was happy for Stinger to knock around the fragile looking parts. '''Infernal Contraption: D - Stinger's consistency and stronger impacts convinced Nick. Toast voted for Infernal Contraption because he's weird.''' Bulldog Breed: L Jabber: W Hard: L Velocirippa: W T-Wrecks: W - Revenge! Kat 3: W - Nick gave the win to Stinger pretty quickly. Toast considered the potential of Kat 3 pulling off a snipe kill, but conceded after some thought. (5/8)

Heat L: Demolition Man: W Corkscrew Two: W Judge Shred 3: W - Judge Shred 3's rounded shape was considered smooth enough for Stinger to skid over. The armour factor was very key, too. '''Mute: D - Nick felt the compact Mute would be knocked aside too often. Toast backed his second favourite machine to thrust Stinger around because it's a machine Mute can actually get 'under' '''. Tartarus: W Crushtacean: L - Crushtacean's fragile armour was a talking point, but the crab's drive power and hugging ability was enough to seal the deal for the South Africans. Behemoth: L UFO: W - Toast wanted to consider the potential of another front-hinged flipper victory, but UFO's lack of explosiveness in general was too much to overrule. (6.5/8)

Heat M: Panic Attack: W Mega Morg: W Edge Hog: D - Edge Hog was considered too poorly constructed for Nick's liking, but Toast was happy with Edge Hog's hit-and-miss ratio with its axe to give it a win. Spin Doctor: W '''Tough as Nails: D - One me and Toast had no idea on. Toast eventually went for Stinger, thinking it could climb away from Tough as Nails' 'hug' it tends to have as apposed to a completely firm grip. Nick wasn't sure, so backed TaN, because it's such a tight fight'''. Blades of Destruction: W Disc-O-Inferno: L Robochicken: W - The fragile armour of Robochicken is a nice one for Stinger to hit. (6/8)

Heat N: Spawn Again: W - Toast took the lead, stating that Stinger's hits could still damage Spawn Again's armour which could easily suffer from reliability problems again. Chip: L - Chip's weapon was taken as potent enough to do the damage needed. NEATer Machine: W Revenge of Trouble 'n' Strife: W - Stinger to hold its own against the ring spinner, while denting the top. Topbot: L - Are we weird for unanimously going Topbot? The speed of the Irish machine, and the potential of its weapon to be decent was considered enough. R.O.C.S.: W Raging Knightmare: W - Raging K-nightmare's cardboard armour to haunt it. The Executioner: W (6/8)

Heat O: Colossus: W Bigger Brother: L U.R.O.: W Typhoon 2: L DisConstructor: L - Another solid spinner to take Stinger out. Xenomorph: W Hammerhead 2: W - We would've liked to go with Hammerhead 2 but it's too rawly driven to consider overall. Iron-Awe 2.1: L - Iron-Awe's axe to be good enough, not to mention the flipper. (4/8)

Heat P: Daisy-Cutter: L - Daisy-Cutter is slow, but we thought Stinger's sit-and-spin potential was negated here, and it would only suffer damage in truly try hit Daisy-Cutter with overhead attacks. '''Firestorm 5: D - Toast jumped on the Stinger-randomly-beating-a-top-tier-machine bandwagon. I didn't.''' Bamm Bamm: W '''Blue and Black: D - Nick reading out the competitors' names in funny ways inspired the hilariously crap 'Blue and Black' here. Toast backed the diddy drum spinners. Nick laughed it off.''' Reptirron the Second: W - Reptirron's flipper is solid. The armour? Not so. Ripper: L - An aggressive, smothering Ripper win. Aggrobot: W Zorro: W - Stinger to bend the framework of the less-than-robust Zorro. (5/8)

The extras: '''Mechaniac: D - Toast was happy to support Mechaniac's flipping capabilities. Nick thought it was too far-fetched, with Mechaniac's retracting issues.''' Spartacus: W Flippa: W Riptilion: W Ansgar 3: L - Ansgar 3's bar and thick armour should be fine. Reaper NP2: W Snake Bite: W PulverizeR: W - Toast wanted to back PulverizeR, but conceded that the Dutch champion's weapon just didn't get going in the Third World Championship. Rawbot: W - What a final fight that is. (7.5/9)

OVERALL SCORE: 91.5/135 (Not confirmed as totally accurate)