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Thread: A review of a weird annihilator. Woot anyway.

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    what would be interesting is if the judges scoring cards were made public

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    We werent offered the score cards and never thought to ask (we were too busy getting ready for the middleweight contest)

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    quoteMaybe because the judges scorecards mean squat against the decision of the programmes producer.

    Imagine the scene in the production booth. Theyre racking their brains and pacing up and down as the fight is taking place. Decision time, decision time......time for some contraversy./quote

    My thought exactly. Ever since the Roadblock/King B fight from the 2nd war, ratings have played a part in judges decisions or house robot activity (which took care of the aformentioned fight. Roadblock was in the PPZ - which meant instant defeat back then - in the clutches of Shunt, and Dead Metal came charging in to knock it free. After all, we cant have the champions dropping out before the grand final, can we?). 3rd and 5th round fights are the most vulnerable (Hypnodisc/101 anyone?), but 2nd round fights have seen plenty of it too (ie. give the weaker robot the decision so the seed gets an easier fight in the 3rd round). Examples from this war include Grim Reaper/Big Nipper (3rd round), Mantis/Kat 3 (2nd round, winner fights seed) and Judge Shred/Mute (3rd round). And of course the whole Mortis pinball incident (the biggest travesty of RW ever IMO) was done purely to set up a grudge match program.

    The fact is that as long as we dont know the scoring process or stats (like Battlebots), so-called controversial decisions will always appear to be rigged in favour of whatever (seeds, celebs, crowd favourites, ratings-winners etc.) And as RW is a TV show, ratings/entertainment always comes before sport/competition.

    BTW Carl: IIRC, didnt Penetrator lose in the tug-o-war and not in the battles?

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