User blog comment:O Raz3r O/Did Series 7 really have an issue with Flippers?/@comment-3048006-20171015160906/@comment-25770073-20171015171719

The reason for less flippers in Series 8 was because the producers wanted more diversity in comparison to Series 7 and the Live events which are considered flipper dominated, Series 7 less so but still people complained as flipperbots dominance meant more people thought they were boring, therefore to make people sit down and enjoy the reboot fipperbots were and still are severely decreased.