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

Reactions took place on February 6th, 2018.

Heat D

 * Toast: Can't wait to see what 13 Black's ACTUAL seeding is
 * Toast: It's definitely not 3, lol
 * Nick: I wouldn’t rule it out with the seeding issues we’ve seen so far though!
 * Toast: I don't think they'd go as far as to use the same seed twice, haha
 * Nick: Craig, Hypno-Disc is still the king of spinners, go away!
 * Nick: They’ll prove why when we see Hypno-Disc later
 * Nick: Ooh, Hydra is here! That could be a Heat winner this time around
 * Toast: That sounded proper daunting "used to be in the tag team, now competing alone", not sure about Lightning though
 * Toast: The Alien should be absolutely fine
 * Toast: Let's go Huddersfield!
 * Nick: Alien may find things awkward against the shape of these machines, mind
 * Toast: Herbinator looks boxy enough for it, but it can flip an elephant!!
 * Toast: SEVENTH?
 * Nick: Number 7 seed, then - a bit high...
 * Toast: WHAT ON EARTH HOW
 * Nick: Though it got to the final of the All-Stars, in its Heat
 * Toast: It must purely be because of that
 * Nick: Beating Dominator 2 one vs. one would carry some weight
 * Toast: I guess technically they survived for longer than Wild Thing in the losers melee, do they get the higher seeding than Wild Thing because of that?
 * Nick: Probably so
 * Toast: It's got some positives but I can't get my head around SEVENTH, it MUST be the All-Stars
 * Toast: Not living up to it either, smoking!
 * Nick: Wow 13 Black is taking a pounding here
 * Nick: NO WHATS HAPPENED TO ALIEN
 * Nick: It’s bloody stopped
 * Toast: Really? I didn't notice
 * Toast: I do still love 13 Black so I guess I'm OK with that, but Lightning much better than expected
 * Nick: Wow this is certainly Lightning’s melee
 * Toast: They even flipped 13 Black!
 * Toast: That's the worst performance from The Alien ever, isn't it? I had high hopes for them this series.
 * Nick: It was doing well, too
 * Toast: Thinking about it, you might be right about the All-Stars. If that's a factor in the seeding, that would explain why Dantomkia is seeded above S3 and maybe Dominator 2
 * Toast: THOR ASDJIEOBSGONKEGGG
 * Toast: LET'S GO NEW BLOOD
 * Toast: He wants a seeding in Series 8, quite a lofty goal but not impossible!
 * Toast: Why is "team captain" the weakness, Jason looks alright to me!
 * Nick: This is a really good Heat
 * Nick: Gravity looks pretty cool - maybe a bit fragile though
 * Toast: Gravity is a Dutch heat finalist, not sure if that's good or bad
 * Nick: Might equate to second round here, not sure
 * Toast: You would think the actual heat winners would be competing
 * Toast: Or maybe they have to be in the next Dutch series
 * Nick: Cool to see foreign representatives at least
 * Nick: What the hell is this thing?
 * Toast: Hoedaff the Bad, was it?
 * Toast: whatever it is, he's another Yorkshire lad! Maybe I can get on his team, I live close enough
 * Nick: Wait, Herbinator’s in this melee too!
 * Nick: Ah, a camera error
 * Toast: Thor through for free, Gravity could be alright but Hydra is a past heat finalist
 * Nick: Thor and Hydra, personally
 * Toast: WHOA
 * Nick: Jesus Christ what a flip! Man, that Gravity has some thrust to it!
 * Toast: need to see it flip again, next one might be weaker
 * Nick: Seemingly not, based on that!
 * Nick: WOW THIS THING
 * Nick: How strong is the Dutch Wars!
 * Toast: How did this lose in the heat final???
 * Nick: OH MY GOD
 * Toast: THEY CRUSHED THE WALL
 * Nick: WHAT
 * Nick: AN OOTA AS WELL THAT WAS INCREDIBLE
 * Toast: HYDRA ABSOLUTELY ERASED FROM EXISTENCE
 * Nick: But cease was called because of the arena wall, so maybe Hydra makes it to the Judges’ decision
 * Toast: Please don't disqualify Gravity for breaking a camera
 * Toast: Thor surely through, I remember it getting a hit or two
 * Nick: Alright, that seem fair enough
 * Toast: Gravity and Thor through, do you think Hydra was part of that decision?
 * Nick: I’m not sure. Would’ve been a close call either way
 * Toast: 13 Black against Gravity already??? But they gave 13 Black the seventh seed!
 * Nick: American bots! Awesome
 * Toast: American robots MUST be good
 * Nick: What the fuck are Spartacus are Flipper?
 * Toast: They'll probably have a second qualifier or put Panzer Mk 4 / The Revolutionist through by default
 * Nick: True
 * Toast: Will be good to see them on-screen after all that video gaming
 * Nick: Spartacus looks okay I guess
 * Toast: yeah whoever won the US championship will go through immediately, Spartacus alright, let's see Flipper
 * Nick: Okay it’s spelt Flippa - what the hell
 * Toast: well my mistake
 * Toast: At least it's slightly more original
 * Nick: Nothing else to say about it - looks like nothing special though
 * Toast: I swear we didn't get a stat board for Mechaineac
 * Nick: Oh my god Flippa’s not even moving
 * Toast: Oh they have a drum. But moving?
 * Toast: Didn't Flippa drive into the arena though? What happened?
 * Nick: Well that was pathetic. At least JP was entertaining
 * Toast: Thank god for whichever American went through by default, that qualifier was miserable
 * Toast: Let's hope we never see Flippa again
 * Nick: Yeah it should be annihilated for that performance!
 * Toast: Quite weird hearing American accents on Robot Wars isn't it
 * Nick: Yeah, imagine a whole series of that!
 * Toast: What's the basis for putting the seventh seed against the strongest flipper of the series so far
 * Nick: This is an interesting fight. 13 Black is vulnerable but Gravity’s armour looks poor
 * Toast: not that 13 Black should be that high but you can't back out on it now
 * Nick: Still, I’m backing Gravity
 * Toast: Oh they DO have a self-righting mechanism but they're still fixing it
 * Toast: If the srimech works then it's quite even. Gravity superb though
 * Nick: Yeah, Gravity looks a serious contender. Might be a one-fight wonder though
 * Nick: OR NOT
 * Toast: well that was prompt
 * Toast: it's not self-righting is it
 * Nick: It’s done for
 * Nick: Aw, Gravity should’ve tried the OotA
 * Toast: they've even lost a disc so they can't crabwalk for laughs, that's the end of the fight
 * Nick: Gravity genuinely looks unstoppable
 * Nick: OH ITS BACK
 * Toast: OK Killalot bringing it back! Was that more than 30 seconds?
 * Nick: AND BACK OUT
 * Toast: HAHAHAHA
 * Nick: 13 Black was on its wheels for about 7 seconds that whole fight!
 * Toast: Two for two! What on EARTH beat this in the Dutch Wars? Must've been the champion
 * Nick: Imagine if they’re both in Series 7!
 * Toast: Then again didn't we see the Dutch champion in Extreme 2? I don't recall that impressing
 * Toast: It certainly wasn't as good as Germany's Black Hole - that BETTER be here
 * Nick: Yeah Black Hole could go deep into the competition if it’s here
 * Toast: Hey here's a thought - 16 heats, maximum of eleven heat winners from last year, space for a Black Hole seeding even
 * Toast: Now I underrated Lightning last time, but Thor still got third in the New Blood and should self-right quite easily
 * Nick: Thor should be explosive enough to win this one, but Lightning was strong in Round 1
 * Nick: This is an amazing Heat
 * Toast: If Lightning proves me wrong and beats Thor then it'd probably win the whole series or something
 * Nick: It would be Pitiful if Lightning can’t even make a Heat Final, but Thor is worthy too
 * Toast: SUNGLASSES "WAIT FOR THE THUNDER"
 * Toast: wow Thor improved its shape so much since last time but they keep missing
 * Nick: Yeah Thor is wasting energy here
 * Nick: Lightning isn’t really offering much either though
 * Toast: The team have given me a good laugh so it would be fun if they went through
 * Nick: Oh goodness! They’re both immobilised!
 * Toast: do you give it to Thor because it's attacking, or to Lightning because it was winning?
 * Nick: Oh well!
 * Nick: Lightning’s back
 * Nick: AND A PITTING
 * Toast: And they won!!
 * Nick: WOW
 * Toast: beautiful beautiful pitting
 * Nick: Will this Heat have a bad fight!
 * Nick: Well... Thanks, America
 * Toast: Craig forgetting that Lightning flipped Thor into the pit
 * Nick: Well two worthy robots in this Heat Final
 * Toast: So I've underrated Lightning for the past two rounds, can it possibly prove us wrong about Gravity
 * Toast: It JUST occurred to me that we have ANOTHER unseeded heat winner
 * Nick: Haha, indeed we do! And if these are the type of newcomers we get then so be it!
 * Nick: And I’m not discounting Lightning. It’s well paced, consistent, and low to the ground
 * Nick: But another flipper Heat winner, too!
 * Toast: where were all of these robots in Series 5-6?
 * Toast: Haha Essex vs Holland, that's one way to put it JP
 * Nick: This should be good
 * Nick: Jesus christ, great flip
 * Nick: Though Lightning is sharp to self right
 * Toast: You'd think the cameras would've learned to angle themselves higher in Gravity battles!
 * Toast: did they just damage its armour with their wedge haha
 * Toast: How do you flip so high with THAT little purchase?
 * Nick: And that’s Lightning finished. Gravity is bloody relentless! And its flips don’t seem to weaken either!
 * Nick: Well I change my title shout from Dantomkia to Gravity already!
 * Nick: Imagine if they faced each other - that’d be a back-and-forth encounter!
 * Toast: A flipper win for the first time since Chaos 2?
 * Nick: Hahaha! Gravity making a House Robot cartwheel through the air - ridiculous!
 * Toast: BRILLIANT
 * Toast: Surely Dead Metal is asking too much though
 * Nick: OMG DEAD METAL IS OVER TOO
 * Toast: NO WAYYYYY
 * Nick: That’s a first!
 * Toast: No robot will EVER do that again!
 * Nick: The House Robots sent on an Apollo space mission, there!
 * Toast: M2 good, The Grim Reaper just OK, Dantomkia very good, Gravity AMAZING
 * Nick: Yeah, Gravity is just next level stuff
 * Toast: As long as Gravity doesn't encounter its mystery Dutch nemesis, easy Grand Final surely
 * Nick: Ooh, he’s scared of crushers!
 * Toast: Gravity captain afraid of vertical crushers, yeah I admit Razer might still beat it but you never know!
 * Nick: Razer vs. Gravity Final??
 * Toast: I'll cheer for the outsiders for sure!
 * Toast: wait wait wait
 * Toast: Tornado IS back!
 * Nick: Omg
 * Nick: Another twist for the seedings! Well that’s bizarre
 * Toast: so either Razer/Firestorm is gone, or someone just got criminally underseeded
 * Toast: With 13 Black in seventh, surely it's the former
 * Toast: God I hope it's Firestorm that finally gave up
 * Nick: Yeah, well the show wouldn’t let a Grand Finalist, and World Champion retire
 * Toast: Team Firestorm probably accepted the Commonwealth Carnage and gave up
 * Toast: RIP Firestorm, I admit I won't really miss it