User:Diotoir the son of nemesis/Controversies in UK Robot Wars

Throughout the course of the seven championships, there have been a numerous times where something has ether upset the audience or the roboteers themselves. These controversies have mostly been about Seedings or the judges decisions, but there have been times when it's about something else entirely.

Series 1

 * Grunt which was not a real competitor, but a robot supplied by the robot wars team. Because of this Grunt was not permitted to pass through the Trial stage. Thereby, after completing the Gauntlet in the second fastest time, it drove straight off the Sumo platform in the Trial. This made it, along with the other Stock Robots very unpopular with others teams, particularly Barry, who was eliminated in the Gauntlet and denied the opportunity to test its strengths in the Sumo.

Series 2

 * For some strange reason Mortis was seeded 2nd in the competition when it lost in its heat final mean while Chaos and Cassius, who managed to get to the grand final, were given lower seedings.
 * Griffon, which was the heavy weight successor to Cunning Plan, was ignored in the seeding selections. This is because the producers weren't impressed with the new robot so it was only chosen as a reserve, and only competed because Reckless Endangerment pulled out at the last minute.
 * Just like Mortis, Killertron was also seeded very high even though it had gone out in the heat final of series 1.
 * Fans felt as if Rex Garrod purposely let Panic Attack win the championship.

Series 3

 * In the heat final of Heat M of series 3, Pussycat was equipped with a hardened steel blade which shattered, resulting in Pussycat being disqualified.
 * In the heat final of Heat D, Big brother fought strong against Ultor however the judges voted in favour of Ultor. After the match, the Ultor team disagreed with the judges, and handed the victory to Big Brother instead.
 * In the First World Championship, Mauler, who was competing for the USA was due to fightCerberus from Cyprus in the first round. However Mauler's weaponry was considered too powerful for the UK arena, so it was disqualified and Cerberus went through to the Quarter Finals automatically.


 * Rex Garrod harboured an intense resentment for several of the Robot Wars rules, as he felt many were unnecessary whilst some other areas were grossly inattended.

"For one accident to occur is bad, but for two of the exact same fault to occur in my book is nothing short of criminal. I have no intention of returning to Robot Wars until I'm satisfied that safety is up to the standards I am used to in my profession (Special effects for T.V Films & Advertising). After these almighty cock-ups things have taken a giant step forward, but from information received by many of the last wars contestants, it still has a long way to go. And self important people still rule, both in safety and common courtesy"
 * — Rex Garrod

Series 4

 * In the first battle of Heat A, Indefatigable was flipped out of the arena and eliminated even though Atomic self righted, it didn't move, and didn't move for over 30 seconds, so should have been counted as immobilised.
 * In heat B, Razer suffered an enormous amount of damage from Pussycats blade after it was counted out. Ian Lewis was mainly angry due to the fact that the pussycat team and razer team made a gentleman's agreement to not attack each other after immobilization.
 * Stinger was seeded 30 even though it went out in round 1 of series 3.
 * In the heat final of heat C, Firestorm and Morgue both fell in the pit. Firestorm fell in the pit fully while The morgue was just over the put however Firestorm went through because the judges felt as if the morgue went in the pit first.
 * Razer and Behemoth’s places in the top 6 have been seen as unfair, despite their prowess in the First World Championship, they both performed comparatively poorly in the main competition, reaching the second and third rounds respectively.
 * Steg 2 was only seeded 7th, this the lowest seed given to any Grand Finalist of the previous series in Robot Wars history.
 * The number of seeds granted in Series 4 has been seen as unnecessary, with so many robots seeded, numerous roboteers felt that the seeds had lost their meaning.
 * Killerhurtz was seeded 16 dispite losing it's four UK battles.
 * Despite being a Heat Finalist from the previous series, Suicidal Tendencies was only seeded when Blade's Big Bruva pulled out, when many of the other seeded robots, such as Sir Chromalot, Wel-Dor and Stinger, failed to reach the Heat Final in the Third Wars.
 * Mazakari is eliminated even though Iron Awe hardly did anything.
 * Mazakari is eliminated even though Iron Awe hardly did anything.

Series 5

 * Mega Morg was seeded 19, outranking one semifinalist and three heat finalists with more pedigree than it. Heat finalists Bulldog Breed and The Steel Avenger also had more pedigree than Mini Morg but were not seeded at all.
 * 101 was only seeded 23 despite being a previous Semi-Finalist in addition to its heat final finish and Tag Team Terror Champion status from the preceding war.
 * Strangely, Hypno-Disc which was seeded 3 and Atomic 2 seeded 22 were drawn against each other in the second round rather than in the Heat Final. The motivation behind this is unclear.
 * Prizephita Mach 2 team felt cheated as they used a lot of aggression against Wild Thing, however the judges voted for Wild Thing to go through.
 * Hypno-disc vs Dominator 2 was mainly a long and drawn out battle as Hypno-disc wouldn't go near Dominator while Dominator was not moving at all yet was not counted out.

Series 6

 * One of the most controversial Grand finals and judges decision occurred when Tornado was equipped with a "anti razer ram" and won the championship. The fans were unhappy and felt that Razer had been cheated especially when Tornado was unable to be pitted.

Series 7

 * The move to Channel 5.
 * Terrorhurtz was still seeded yet the producers knew full well they wouldn't be able to compete.
 * A new policy was given, stating that all robots must have a active weapon. This meant robots such as Stinger did not compete.
 * Another rule was created that said that no robot could enter the main competition or any side competitions if they were garbed in any snagging material or mesh. This was because they put all spinners at a great disadvantage. However, Bulldog Breed was caught using a mesh to protect its pneumatics in the first round of the heat, but was still put through on the judges' decision that the battle resulted in. Another incidence was the fact that Brutus Maximus used a mesh to hold off Mean Streak in its qualifier battle, regardless, Brutus Maximus still qualified for the main competition.
 * Interchangeable weapons came with new restrictions - the body panels had to be the same in each configuration, and the weapons could not add defense. This meant that several of Tornado's weapons became outlawed, including its never seen anti-axe and anti-spinner weapons, as well as the anti-crusher frame that saw it to victory in the year prior.
 * Cassius Chrome was an unpopular house robot mainly due to its uselessness.
 * Storm 2 controversies
 * Typhoon 2 had smashed the arena wall causing the match to be stopped due to safety measures. Ironically, Gravity and Matilda has destroyed the arena in the past yet the matches were not stopped.

Extreme 1

 * In Killertron's last melee, Sir Killalot had wrongly attacked Killertron when Killertron was still active.
 * Stinger won it's battle against Ajjay, when Ajjay shown the more aggression.

Extreme 2

 * Razer won it's match against Tornado when Razer was showing smoke. The judges gave the win to Razer. Razer later forfeited the next round to Tornado.