User blog:ToastUltimatum/Completely Genuine Live Reactions/Heat C

Reactions took place on January 31st, 2018.

Heat C

 * Nick: man, the week's wait in between heats is dragging every time
 * Nick: but here we are again
 * Toast: yep, and I see Dantomkia, do you?
 * Nick: Indeed. It feels strange but nice to have a machine like Dantomkia lead an early heat
 * Toast: Yeah very different from when Chaos 2 was the seed, I have faith in it though
 * Nick: I recognise nothing in that second battle, by the way
 * Nick: Same, it looks the strongest in this Heat. At least King B is back
 * Toast: Yeah, how did they do last series, I can't remember
 * Nick: But when that seems Dantomkia’s biggest rival, this should be a comfortable win
 * Toast: Why is it called King B "Powerworks" rofl
 * Nick: Haha, what a strange name
 * Nick: Oh really, another Hassocks Hog. I do not need this
 * Toast: don't lose to Spam this year
 * Nick: There’s our seed
 * Nick: Number 5 seed
 * Toast: NUMBER FIVE??
 * Nick: um
 * Toast: Wow that Most Promising Newcomer award carries a lot of weight, huh
 * Nick: Yeah that must be it
 * Toast: So we know that we're missing someone from the Top 4 from last year and it's not Terrorhurtz (well sort of)
 * Toast: So someone else from the Top 8 must be seeded fourth, probably Dominator II, maybe Bigger Brother
 * Toast: then I guess Dantomkia above the rest on potential / Extreme / award?
 * Nick: Either of those would be suitable. That’d make sense if so
 * Toast: I know we said it was nice for it to lead an early heat but crikey
 * Nick: Let’s hope it lives up to the billing
 * Nick: Oh, that’s the Hog done already. What a shock
 * Toast: Surely it can self-right on its own flipper
 * Nick: Seemingly not
 * Toast: Dantomkia needs an oota now though, Rick and King B both invertible, Rick probably the more dangerous
 * Nick: Jesus christ, Dantomkia is on fire, nearly Rick OotAd
 * Toast: JP what does chewy chewy chewy suey suey suey mean
 * Nick: Where has King B even been for most of this fight
 * Toast: Yeah someone has to go through with Dantomkia, remember that!
 * Toast: Hassocks Hog is fully immobile now
 * Nick: I genuinely don’t know who I’d vote for to join it going through
 * Nick: A Mr. Psycho OotA!
 * Toast: Rick's taking more attacks, but that flip on Dantomkia is honestly putting it ahead of King B on first glance. Going to need those highlights
 * Nick: Really good fight, that. Yeah.
 * Toast: Well JP seems to think King B
 * Nick: King B punctured Rick at one point which may give it the edge, but Rick’s flip is more visually notable
 * Toast: I wasn't really watching King B at the start of the match, maybe we missed something. But we'll see who wins
 * Nick: It’s very close either way. I wouldn’t argue with either
 * Nick: Split decision wow it really was that close
 * Toast: Have we ever had a split decision on a melee? At least that proves Rick could've gone through
 * Nick: So King B could make its first Heat Final since Series 3 here, given the lack of notables in this second melee
 * Toast: They said this green one was from Team Vader, surely not the same one as the Vader from Heat A
 * Toast: Granted they're a similar shape but you can't have two robots
 * Nick: No, of course. Two Team Vader’s would be weird to have but it must be the case
 * Toast: Scorpion's run out of spirit then
 * Toast: I swear that's not how you spell tomohawk
 * Nick: I literally have no idea what to expect in this battle
 * Toast: Yeah, if Scorpion is the biggest veteran! I wouldn't have even thought there was a relation if not for Series 6
 * Nick': I think I’ll back Scorpion and Tomahawk. Experience and an axe. I just don’t know about IG-88
 * Toast: Scorpion and Stag died in silly ways last time, so definitely backing Tomohawk and maybe IG-88
 * Nick: Oh god, that’s Tomahawk done
 * Nick: Wow, IG-88 is impressive
 * Toast: yep I'm backing IG-88 now, whoa!
 * Nick: This is surprising. Flashbacks to S3 here
 * Nick: WHAT THE HELL STAG
 * Nick: HAHAHAHA
 * Toast: Scorpion why are you fighting IG-88, you're through!
 * Nick: Omg it lost a whole panel! What is going on here - this is mental
 * Toast: I can't believe how bad Tomahawk was, I only backed it because it looked to have good armour
 * Toast: Clearly not if it lost armour to the drop zone!
 * Nick: Well that was another mental melee
 * Toast: I'd sell that one on to another team and do away with it
 * Toast: This Heat looks surprisingly high quality suddenly
 * Nick: Yeah, I think it needs repainting it’s that bad
 * Nick: Literally everything needs changing pretty much
 * Nick: Special event!
 * Nick: Spinner battle?
 * Toast: No way would they actually do a spinner battle
 * Toast: Who would volunteer to fight in that
 * Nick: Hypno-Disc, S3, and Disc-O-Inferno?
 * Toast: oh well I suppose Infernal Contraption won't cause too much damage
 * Nick: What the hell infernal contraption. That’s the sacrificial one then
 * Nick: Shredder??
 * Toast: LET'S GO SHREDDERRRRRRRRR
 * Toast: I don't care if it's a terrible spinner, I loved that last year
 * Nick: Well you can tell that the big spinners don’t want to risk damage then
 * Nick: Okay, Barber-Ous is nice. Two Heat Finalists from Series 6 at least
 * Toast: But its weakness is spinners!
 * Toast: They could've given us Fluffy or something, but then again, I don't want Shredder to take damage
 * Toast: Come on Shredder, find a way like you always do
 * Toast: call me biased but I think Shredder is doing damage
 * Nick: Holy crap Barber-Ous tore off one of Shredder’s wheel brackets
 * Toast: Where is Matilda, the spinner house robot
 * Nick: WHAT ON EARTH
 * Nick: PSYCHO YOU MONG
 * Toast: ESPECIALLY WHEN PSYCHO DOES THIS
 * Nick: Infernal Contraption has lost drive here
 * Toast: but to be fair, Infernal Contraption is dead, so this could be a Shredder win!!
 * Toast: One of the worst spinners in Robot Wars wins Battle of the Spinners on survival as it always does, fine by me!
 * Nick: It’s actually going to win!
 * Nick: And there we have it. The most Shredder win ever
 * Toast: No complaints here, looks improved too, hopefully they have a good crack in the main series
 * Nick: Yeah those spinners could be solid when not up against other spinners
 * Nick: This second round should be Dantomkia and IG-88
 * Toast: Yeah I'm very convinced by IG-88 and Dantomkia needs to throw something out of the arena
 * Nick: Yeah, and Scorpion’s weapon offered nothing in the melee either
 * Toast: but no seed has won a heat yet, so you never know!
 * Nick: Only IG-88 could trouble Dantomkia I’d imagine. After all, S3 beat it last Series
 * Toast: But then they beat Hypno-Disc
 * Nick: I’d trust Dantomkia against horizontals more though
 * Toast: either way, I need an OotA after The Grim Reaper wasn't strong enough
 * Nick: True, M2’s Heat suddenly feels a long time ago
 * Toast: Dantomkia's still new, I don't mind cheering for the seed on this one, after it lost in such a boring way last year
 * Nick: Oh wow Scorpion tore into it there
 * Toast: IT WENT OUT
 * Toast: AND NOW IT'S BACK IN
 * Toast: Surely that counts as a KO!
 * Nick: Wow the lighting equipment fixed the fight. These damn producers
 * Toast: Luckily Dantomkia is winning anyway, but the Judges could just give it to them no matter what happens
 * Nick: Yeah I’d expect a win giving in retrospect if needed
 * Nick: There’s the OotA!
 * Toast: Fair enough, we're getting two OotA's in one head-to-head!
 * Nick: Scorpion did well considering what we’re used to from it but Dantomkia looks seriously strong
 * Toast: If Dantomkia gets King B, they're through to the semis
 * Nick: Honestly, Dantomkia looks like a title contender here
 * Nick: I wonder if Mike Lambert will drop back down to earth though
 * Nick: But right now, it’s defying the laws of Gravity
 * Toast: they actually painted Dantomkia's motors yellow
 * Nick: Jayne asking if sticky-out bits are good or bad. Oh Jayne
 * Toast: Interesting how King B severing the aerial is actually possible, it is all over the shop on the side of IG-88
 * Toast: But still backing the spinner
 * Nick: Yeah and IG-88 has a sloped back to ride up on
 * Nick: Ooh that hit didn’t do much. Maybe King B can actually grind it down
 * Toast: oh massive hit!
 * Nick: That on the other hand!
 * Nick: King B still took little damage it seems
 * Nick: Oh but it’s done for
 * Toast: you can see the damage now, smoke too
 * Nick: Aw that’s a shame. But what a blow
 * Toast: King B, it has the power, but not the works
 * Nick: IG-88 should’ve been in the Spinner battle
 * Nick: King B “Power”
 * Nick: What is Shunt’s axe. That’s pathetic
 * Toast: Making Sgt Bash look godly!
 * Toast: I think King B might be retired after that attack, Bash has ruined the chassis
 * Nick: Hopefully King B comes back and rebuilds for Series 8
 * Nick: Maybe taking off the back weapon and bulking up the armour would help it against spinners
 * Toast: How do you think Rick would've done against IG-88? We haven't really considered its self-righting yet
 * Nick: That’s true. Would’ve been an interesting fight - Rick for back-to-back Heat Finals possibly
 * Toast: It would be a bit of a limp robot to get two Heat Finals out of two, probably for the best that King B went through
 * Toast: IG-88 is super impressive but surely we're backing the seed this time
 * Toast: This is the first time we've even had a seed in the Heat Final!
 * Nick: Now will Dantomkia make that step or will a seed now lose in the Heat Final
 * Toast: whoa so if Dantomkia does win, that's three flippers out of three
 * Nick: And it’s clear that Dantomkia’s the only one in with a genuine chance at getting past the first round of the Semis
 * Nick: Seems to be a lot of filler before this fight
 * Toast: Hmm, not really Dantomkia's style to flip something over and leave it, but with a spinner this strong...
 * Nick: “This is the Grand Heat C Final” what the hell Jayne
 * Nick: Yeah, Dantomkia isn’t the most durable it seems. Maybe another unseeded heat win after all
 * Toast: Where's Cassius Chrome been? I want more of the new house robot!
 * Nick: Maybe he knocks out one of the two machines here
 * Nick: They may have kept him back for Heat Finals
 * Nick: Or not
 * Toast: Cassius Chrome wouldn't have pitted Barber-Ous 2
 * Toast: OMG IT'S OVER
 * Nick: WHAT
 * Toast: THEY ENDED HIM
 * Nick: WELL THERES THE FILLER REASONS. WOW
 * Toast: New record??
 * Nick: To dispose of a spinner that good that quickly, that’s staggering
 * Nick: Well I certainly understand the number 5 seeding now!
 * Toast: I have no idea what the old record for quickest fight was, we need a website for that kind of information
 * Toast: But we have a new one now, and out of the arena too!
 * Nick: The first Heat Final OotA since Heat C last series!
 * Toast: It just seemed to... disappear over the wall with such a gentle flick, did the spinner pull them over?
 * Nick: That’s true actually
 * Nick: I guess Dantomkia’s pace helped there too
 * Toast: So we have a seed through, who's in the next one
 * Nick: Hopefully Dominator 2 soon
 * Nick: Number 3 seeds 13 Black WHAT
 * Toast: HAHAHAHA that was blatantly an error
 * Nick: Did JP just say that
 * Nick: Or did it replace Terrorhurtz in that regard
 * Toast: Terrorhurtz was #3, it seems more likely that 13 Black is seeded 13
 * Toast: so they're mixing up the order again like they did with Pussycat
 * Nick: Still there didn’t look like much in the way of competition for it
 * Nick: So we should have two seeded heat wins now
 * Toast: don't count your chickens before they've hatched, lad
 * Toast: well we'll find out next week