As I've said, never been to an event, but I've viewed my fair amount of fights online. I personally dislike it (as a member of the audience, be it a virtual audience) when there are 8 robots in a single fight. I can't see what is going on, all strategy is lost and I zone out. For me it's the strategy that keeps the fight interesting. I would prefer to see 2 or 3 boxes head to head than 8 flippers in one go.

I think the robots are fine, I think the arena is (mostly) fine. I think the way the fights are planned out is the problem. Lots of robots = no strategy / impossible to follow each robot = disinterest.