User blog:Adster1005/Ragnabot 3 Summary Recap

With Ragnabot 3 almost at the Grand Final stage, I thought it would be best to do a recap - Jonathan Pearce style.

Recap
Over 800 robots from featherweights, lightweights, middleweights, heavyweights, and super heavyweights took part in our main competition, but our main event, we had a smaller event, running with the machines that were too light to battle in the main competition. Here's how the Antweights fared in Rantnabot.

Rantnabot
We kicked off Rantnabot just over 8 months ago, with Militant vs Minimalistic starting the competition. It proved to be our first whitewash, with Militant defeating Minimalistic 6-0. Hades also beat Mesmer 2 6-0, and Anto beat Pants 4-2. Anty B also beat Anty Geddon 6-0. Little Nipper proved too much for Razzler, and Combat Ant beat The Serpent 5-2, Lower also beat Legion 8-0, and lastly, in Round 1, Chroma beat Buzzant 8-0.

In the quarter-finals, Lower climbed higher than Anto, and Combat Ant defeated Hades. Anty B beat Little Nipper, and it was no change of routine for Militant, who commanded a win over Chroma.

Next up, the semi-finals and Combat Ant beat Lower in a 6-2 decision. Militant, however, couldn't topple Anty B who went on to the grand final after a 7-1 decision. Our third-place play-off, between Lower and Militant, proved to be the closest battle out of the 16, will a 3-4 split, in favour of Militant, who earned a third-place finish. On then to the grand final, where Combat Ant fought Anty B. As much as Combat Ant tried, after a 6-0 decision, Anty B became our first Rantnabot Champion.

Ragnabot 3
So, on to the main event, and Ragnabot 3 consisted of just over 800 robots. And that meant we were oversubscribed, but that's what our qualifiers are for, and 34 machines who fought were eliminated here. Let's go over the... highlights....