Robot Wars Series VIII - Week 5 Discussion

[Matt]

Gabriel looks like a robot that is very easy to underestimate. Chompalot seemed like it would've had the best chance against it had it not been so severely damaged in the first round, as it was the only one to even get its weaponry anywhere near to the chassis of the robot at any time. It really was sad to see Chompalot withdraw from the competition under those circumstances, but it made for good TV, didn't it?

I don't really see the controversy with Pulsar, although the Gabriel/Beast decision was a bit unusual - clearly Gabriel won the fight but the decision to declare it a knockout was a bit strange. But as far as producer interference goes, I don't believe that there was anything like that going on because I don't see what the producers could gain in terms of making the show more spectacular for the viewing audience by interfering with that decision, as really, it just meant that we didn't get another explosive clash of two different types of spinner in the heat final.

Judging by some of what I believe to be spoilers in the form of those short clips in the trailers and the intro to the show which appear to show Thor fighting TR2 and Carbide, I suspect that Thor was the one that got the wildcard place in the grand final. Even without these clips that seem to suggest it, I wouldn't be surprised, however.