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

Reactions took place on May 29th, 2018. This episode featured the second special guest of the series, as the wiki's very own O Raz3r O joins us for Heat J!

Heat J

 * Toast: Nick, I don't mean to alarm you, but there's someone I don't recognise on the sofa
 * Nick: oh boy: well indeed there is!
 * Raz3r: I don't know what you mean, I'm a well trusted citizen
 * Nick: channel 5's advertising must be reaching out far and wide!
 * Nick: I forgot Thermidor 2 was seeded...
 * Toast: Craig Charles dating all the way back to Extreme 1 to hype up a robot
 * Toast: literally opens the episode by saying "yeah we're probably going to lose another seed"
 * Toast: and he's not wrong, Thermidor will bottle it yet again
 * Raz3r: Kronic is one to watch, not Thermidor 2 JP
 * Nick: mighty mouse has a spinner ??
 * Nick: interesting!
 * Toast: Mighty Mouse is back... at all?
 * Toast: and why are they starting literally inside the CPZ
 * Nick: well hey: we've had some randomly good newcomers this series - maybe mobot can be that machine
 * Nick: oh "we're cannon fodder"
 * Raz3r: What's it made of?
 * Nick: Thermidor's added a what?
 * Toast: When Stuart McDonald let out the big "from Norwich" our heads all turned to the window
 * Raz3r: Like Dantomkia's thing?
 * Nick: Must be. Oh well: I'll go for Beast and Thermidor 2 here
 * Nick: would've backed Mobot, but can't after what the team said
 * Raz3r: Mighty Mouse has no chance with those weapons
 * Toast: Mobot is probably being modest, I'll back them to take out Thermidor's wheel and go through with eight six something
 * Nick: Thermidor has already lasted longer than last series!
 * Raz3r: Mobot's weapon is doing nothing
 * Toast: in fact, Thermidor looks to have sealed a KO on 86543!
 * Nick: oh wow!
 * Nick: well there goes mobot!
 * Raz3r: I don't think that undercutter will ever be viable! That was a solid ko
 * Nick: oh no that means mighty mouse is getting through another melee by doing NOTHING
 * Raz3r: Pity that Beast- I mean 8645T 2 is out
 * Toast: at least last time it could claim to be carried by a former champion. Now it got carried by... Thermidor
 * Nick: 8645 is the amount of times it can flip without successfully self righting
 * Raz3r: I mean, it did self right when it was first flipped
 * Nick: hahahaha
 * Raz3r: Wow that was a great floor flipper!
 * Nick: hahahah!
 * Toast: as if Mighty Mouse has just up and died in victory!
 * Nick: I can't tell if that melee was completely incompetent and naff, or absolutely brilliant
 * Toast: Beast's silliness was a great laugh, and we got an OotA - I'll definitely take that
 * Nick: shaping up to be a fun heat at least!
 * Raz3r: That was very fun, good KO from Thermidor 2, classic floor flipper moment, but whoever gets Mighty Mouse in round two is automatically through
 * Toast: ah it's that one!
 * Nick: ah it's pinser again!
 * Nick: was impressive in that special event
 * Raz3r: Pinser looks interesting. Wasn't that in a special event?
 * Nick: this could be a darkhorse for the heat you know!
 * Toast: what the hell they spelled the word Pincer wrong
 * Raz3r: Cobra looks... um... spiky?
 * Nick: FOUR OR FIVE SPIKE ATTACKS HAHAHHAA
 * Nick: OH NO
 * Raz3r: And we thought 101 had a bad spike
 * Toast: it's a good thing we do these things vocally on a couch, otherwise I have this feeling you'd both psychically predict Pinser's awful spelling long before it was revealed
 * Nick: and here's the wedgehog
 * Raz3r: Jayne is right, Kraken looks scary. Not sure about if it gets flipped over on it's side though
 * Raz3r: Kronic should ace this I think
 * Toast: Kronic's wedge looks likely it's been punched in the face, look how steep it is!
 * Nick: "no wheel guards"
 * Nick: ha, like mighty mouse and co are going to damage it!
 * Nick: okay, so i'll go kronic and pinser
 * Toast: Yeah same
 * Raz3r: Kronic to win comfortably, and Cobra goes through as its invertible.
 * Raz3r: Not sure if the others can self right
 * Nick: Kronic wasting a lot of early flips wow
 * Raz3r: Pinser looks slow to crush
 * Toast: yasssss take it to 'em Pinser!!
 * Raz3r: Wow, they're really going for it, aren't they?
 * Toast: Meanwhile, as Pinser dominates this melee, The Kraken and Cobra could try to do SOMETHING
 * Nick: I honestly can't tell if cobra's armour is okay or not
 * Raz3r: Kraken's claws are so weak
 * Toast: Pinser is now wasting its time attacking a dead robot
 * Raz3r: Has Kronic run out of gas? They don't seem to be flipping much
 * Nick: come on, Mr. Psycho - unpin these two
 * Toast: Yeah Pinser has an easy win here, just needs to get free
 * Raz3r: Cobra is no Beef Cake Psycho
 * Toast: WAIT DID IT GET COUNTED OUT
 * Nick: wait
 * Nick: no no no no
 * Raz3r: Are you sure?
 * Nick: This can't be happening - surely psycho is just getting stuck in because pinser is stuck?
 * Toast: please tell me it was just Cobra that got counted out
 * Raz3r: JP sounds very excited by this tussle
 * Toast: I don't even see Kraken or Kronic moving
 * Nick: Kraken and Kronic have literally left the arena it seems
 * Raz3r: No no, I saw Kronic top left!
 * Nick: OH NO IT ACTUALLY WENT OUT
 * Nick: PINSER IS GONE
 * Toast: I'm so upset
 * Nick: I... am speechless
 * Raz3r: That was disappointing, Pinser was the most threatening machine by far
 * Nick: OOOH world championships at least!
 * Nick: time to make up for that farce!
 * Nick: WHAT
 * Raz3r: Oh no
 * Raz3r: riptilion ?????
 * Toast: not bloody Riptilion!!!
 * Nick: great: and it'll be in a heat in series 7 itself then
 * Raz3r: I mean, it's quite fast?
 * Nick: did he just say... hard?
 * Nick: he did
 * Raz3r: Hard doesn't look like much to me
 * Toast: 4mm stainless steel is pretty thick, it should prove to be the end game for the New Zealanders
 * Raz3r: Yeah, that spinner won't do much unless it hits the wheels
 * Nick: well, Hard should be through to the world championships here then
 * Toast: yeah not a Hard prediction to make
 * Raz3r: We've had bigger surprises so far in this heat
 * Raz3r: Riptilion's spinner seems to take a while to spin up
 * Toast: hang on, which country is Hard representing?
 * Raz3r: Belgium
 * Toast: so..... is Belgium going to have two entries in the World Championship then?
 * Nick: That's true! Philipper got second in the European Championships after all
 * Raz3r: I hope we see Philipper 2 at some point in this series
 * Toast: the Belgian champion must get automatic qualification, if indeed it hasn't lost that title since Extreme 2
 * Raz3r: Did Riptilion just die?
 * Toast: it did, but look at Hard's armour, it's been ripped up!
 * Nick: well that was... a fight?
 * Raz3r: All the way from New Zealand...
 * Raz3r: The Floor Flipper is enjoying itself this heat
 * Toast: and there we have it, New Zealand will never do well in robotic combat ever
 * Raz3r: Those eyebrows though...
 * Nick: wait
 * Nick: eyebrows guy just said "better than the other fights"
 * Nick: um
 * Raz3r: Did we miss a heat with Hard in it?
 * Toast: has he just spoiled his record from the main championship?? I didn't realise they were filmed out of order but I guess it makes sense
 * Toast: if he said 'fights' then it must creep through a melee like The Kraken and Mighty Mouse and then completely bottle it after that
 * Raz3r: Maybe he meant the Dutch championships?
 * Toast: ahhhhh right
 * Toast: look at this draw though!
 * Toast: These semi-finals will be cakewalks, but I see what they've done with this Heat Final!
 * Raz3r: A rematch of Series 4 beckons!
 * Nick: Right, well I literally don't know what to make of the Kraken. I'll have to back the seed
 * Raz3r: Agreed
 * Raz3r: Thermidor 2 should win quickly
 * Nick: maybe two ootas in a row for Thermidor 2!
 * Toast: Yeah Thermidor broke its first-round curse, still did well in the Annihilator it entered, should be a very interesting heat final against Kronic the Wedgehog! Yeahhhh!!
 * Raz3r: Did Thermidor win in one flip?
 * Nick: well that follow-up flip was limp
 * Toast: has Thermidor stopped?
 * Nick: Kraken is actually fighting back here
 * Raz3r: What is Kraken's claw made of? It's bent!
 * Nick: oh come on, Thermidor 2 - stop taking the mick and get it over the wall
 * Toast: as if it messed up both of those attempts
 * Raz3r: I like the way Kraken wheelies on its back, good style points should it go to a judges'
 * Nick: OH MY GOD
 * Raz3r: Oh my goodness Thermidor...
 * Raz3r: That's perhaps the worst attack I've ever seen
 * Nick: THERMIDOR 2 CAN'T GET AN OUT OF THE ARENA BUT IT CAN GET AN OUT OF THE PIT EVIDENTLY
 * Toast: booooo, Thermidor, booooo! M2, you are not! Pathetic attempt to flip The Kraken into the pit
 * Toast: I mean, if we were in the sea, a Kraken should beat a bloody lobster
 * Nick: yes, but in this case, Thermidor 2 is sea-ded
 * Raz3r: Where's the crushtacean when you need it?
 * Toast: Krakens are masters of the sea, they can beat any lobster, shark or anything else that comes near it
 * Nick: EYYYY IT'S FINALLY DOWN
 * Raz3r: That fight was about two minutes too long
 * Toast: that match was absolutely awful, but completely saved by Craig saying "Kraken took a right good smackin'"
 * Nick: Craig saying that made it worse
 * Raz3r: I worry about Thermidor 2 for that rematch with Kronic
 * Nick: same
 * Nick: Kronic is a longer, awkward shape to flip
 * Toast: Kronic didn't exactly do well in Round 1, but it was good enough in Series 6 to win this heat
 * Raz3r: Kronic got Terrorhurtz'd last Series, it should be alright in this heat
 * Toast: Team Lobster: "uh, well we're happy to have come this far, I guess we're reeeeasonably confident"
 * Toast: Craig: "THERMIDOR ARE CONFIDENT, THEY SAY COME AND HAVE A GO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE HARD ENOUGH"
 * Raz3r: Mighty Mouse was smoking? As if things aren't against it enough
 * Toast: The Mighty Mouse team shirt style is literally "wear a football shirt"
 * Raz3r: I just noticed, Kronic doesn't have its wheel guards this series
 * Nick: Hey: Kronic could get its first ever oota here!
 * Raz3r: That's more like it Kronic! Some good flips there
 * Toast: good effort there!
 * Raz3r: If they'd been closer to the wall, Mighty Mouse would have flown out
 * Toast: Mighty Mouse has absolutely no interest in using its rear discs
 * Nick: at least mighty mouse can claim damage points by knocking off the spines!
 * Nick: what...
 * Nick: kronic...
 * Raz3r: Oh no...
 * Nick: move...
 * Nick: please move...
 * Nick: this is ridiculous...
 * Raz3r: No it's OK, the flipper is just wedged on the wall...
 * Nick: ah good spot
 * Nick: or not!
 * Toast: they're joking...
 * Nick: for goodness sake
 * Raz3r: So Mighty Mouse does nothing...... AGAIN?
 * Toast: has Mighty Mouse just won a match by doing absolutely nothing for the third time in its career!!!!
 * Nick: reminder that we had a heat final of X-Terminator vs. Tsunami, and now we have one of Thermidor 2 vs. Mighty Mouse...
 * Toast: this is just sad...
 * Raz3r: That was a stunner, and not in the good way
 * Toast: AAYYYYYYYYY THUNDERBIRDS COSPLAY IN THE CROWD! I had that same Virgil costume!
 * Nick: International Rescue is needed to save this heat...
 * Toast: and I also want that Kronic model that Craig is holding
 * Nick: maybe it's one of the next pullbacks!
 * Toast: they don't deserve it now!
 * Raz3r: Craig's single praise for Mighty Mouse is that it's fast
 * Raz3r: Did Craig just call a mouse a beast?
 * Toast: AT LEAST Thermidor will get a second OotA this series
 * Toast: we've waited weeks for the seeds to win heats, and then it's blimmin' Storm II and Thermidor II doing the job!
 * Raz3r: That replay of the Kraken vs Thermidor 2 is painful
 * Nick: I mean I'm acting like Thermidor 2 will win this, but mighty mouse has won via opposition breakdowns, and what is Thermidor 2 best at doing in the last two series?
 * Toast: I mean... how did they even manage to have a heat line-up this weak? Compare this to X-Terminator, Tsunami and Fluffy in one episode!
 * Toast: Nick don't even go there!!
 * Nick: Screw it: I'm actually predicting Mighty Mouse to win this
 * Raz3r: I'm going for the outrageous Mighty Mouse win too
 * Toast: I'm going to hold some semblance of a grip on reality and say Thermidor throws it out
 * Toast: Thermidor did beat Mighty Mouse in Round 1 already
 * Raz3r: You could argue Mighty Mouse was distracted
 * Nick: Yeah but Thermidor 2 is going to have to chase more in a one on one. It's probably going to burn itself up
 * Toast: Mighty Mouse is literally spending the entire match running away, and I have to admit, it's really funny
 * Nick: It's funny as long as Thermidor 2 doesn't do a Kronic
 * Toast: this is a very very different Heat Final to the past eight but it's still enjoyable in a really weird way
 * Raz3r: Ooh, Killalot rammed Mighty Mouse up the back
 * Nick: by god what has happened to Thermidor 2's flips
 * Toast: still waiting for the OotA though
 * Nick: gone are the days of Behemoth cartwheeling out of the arena
 * Raz3r: Credit to Mighty Mouse where it's due, it could survive this
 * Raz3r: Killalot can't do that! Mighty Mouse wasn't counted out
 * Nick: well doesn't that say a lot about Thermidor 2: it couldn't even KO Mighty Mouse yet it will win the heat
 * Toast: I think Mighty Mouse could only drive backwards and forwards, good fun but an unimpressive heat win from the seeded(!) Thermidor II
 * Nick: this is just making me literally beg for dominator 2 as our next seed
 * Raz3r: 'I think we all know who's gonna win' Nuh, I thought Mighty Mouse won on control and style obviously...
 * Toast: I think it's fairly obvious that the Mighty Mouse team will never have a competitive design ever, but they're good fun
 * Raz3r: Yeah, not sure about their spinners
 * Nick: b-b-bulldog... breed is... seeded??
 * Toast: Craig Charles rhymed "Robot Wars" with "Thermidors", the madman!!
 * Toast: Was that Typhoon???
 * Raz3r: Was that Typhoon?
 * Nick: they're entering a middleweight into the main tournament hahaha
 * Raz3r: Also, whatever lifted Bulldog Breed looked menacing
 * Toast: Bulldog Breed is yet another awkward seed, but if it's the heavyweight Typhoon from the Annihilator, we could have a surprise next time!
 * Raz3r: We know it doesn't like spinners after all...
 * Nick: I wouldn't imagine so. Can only see Bulldog Breed flipping it over instantly like Raging Reality did, but we'll see