User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5/@comment-24393094-20180613055950

South Africa goes out at the Group Stage (although this time it was not the host!): Yeborobo. Of all the robots that suffered malfunctions almost immediately into a battle, Yeborobo has to be up there as one of the worst. If filming was delayed to enable Yeborobo to be repaired, yet still failed to move at the start of the battle, something has gone badly wrong.

Consider this a save of sorts: Hippobotomus. Here me out on this one. Is Hippobotomus uncompetitive for Extreme 1 and Series 5? Yes, it is. However, it accomplished something that some competent robots have or would not have achieved: Survive Stinger to a judges' decision. I doubt robots like Axe-C-Dent, Rohog and Twister will survive even a minute. Heck, even the more competent General Carnage 2 grinded to a halt against the axlebot. Henceforth, while Hippobotomus should not progress too far into the tournament, it surviving Stinger means that it deserves to get past the first round at least.