Robot Wars Series 4 Heat D

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

That second heat melee was an interesting one - I don't think Mazakari was necessarily immobilized internally because the wheels were still spinning, but Iron Awe definitely did break down. I think Mazakari should have gone through

[@halkitchen1838]

Mazakari and Mortis seemed to be stuck together, refbot should’ve separated them. I agree Iron Awe were clearly immobile.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

Definitely. Mortis was stuck against mazakari, iron awe was dead. Mazakari should have gone through

[@tourdeforce17]

Steg 2 is a great robot, and for its time a hugely powerful flipper, but part of me always wishes they'd just stuck with brute force and drive power of the original. All they needed to do was upgrade the armour and give it a srimech and it still would have been a serious contender in this wars. Maybe my vision is slightly blurred because Steg-O-Saw-Us is one of my all time favourites and Steg 2 never quite lived up to it imo (we don't talk about 3 Stegs To Heaven...)

[@magicalrobster]

I liked stegosaurus too, steg 2 was well armoured with a massive weapon but had a lot of flaws which chaos 2 easily exploited. It was really lucky to get out of its heat. I felt the final should have been crusader and mortis

[@magicalrobster]

Ps 3 stegs was because if a team fall out

[@kinagrill]

Possibly a weight issue then.

[@233Deadman]

@@magicalrobster advantages of seeding. It had to be Crusader 2 vs Mortis in round 2 rather than the heat final because they kept the seeds separate until that point.

[@jonathandixon2896]

Looked Mazakari up (the word). Probably comes from the Japanese "Masakari" (鉞) which was a battle axe carried by samurai.

[@masterchief1992HHQ]

I don't get why mazakari was eliminated in the first battle, yes they were picked up but iron awe was immobilized at the end it should have been them gone

[@rlinders9972]

I love how Steg 2's nameplate is Microsoft WordArt.

[@randomchicken01]

I may be the only one but I think the Mortis team seem like super nice guys, especially Rob.

[@tylervielie6474]

Mazakari's stat is a big error. That was Mortis's stats.

[@XCAltoona]

Crusader II had LED decorations looong before it was cool.

[@PredictedCyborg]

Rob Knight seems so much more at ease here then he was in the last wars. Also, haha - they left the door to their control booth open during their fight vs Crusader - could just see a woman in a RW shirt behind them in the doorway. xD And Steg 2 here proves that it's the very definition of "wait your moment and strike"

[@Threadoflength]

I always felt bad for the Mortis team, with them having to deal with the ridiculous expectations heaped on them by the producers and commentators. The team themselves are clearly trying to stay humble (especially since in 3 wars they accomplished little) while everyone else around them hypes them up. Interesting that Craig makes an England National team reference towards Crusader 2 when the analogy seems more fit for "perennial underachievers" Mortis.

[@jordan9415]

Because it was one of the most expensive bots, £40,000 Is a lot of money especially 20 years ago, they should of achieved much more for what they invested

[@Mitjitsu]

@@jordan9415 They were the best robot in series 1 had they not got screwed over by a bad judges decision, and with the exception of Cassius they were the best robot in season 2. Poor driving and reliability seemed to be their biggest issues.

[@kinagrill]

They had a flawed design in the depth somewhere so it had those weaknesses that just could not be patched away. It destroyed itself with the axe use, the flipperrod was too weak and too small for precision use, etc. Overall a great concept. Just need a full rebuild from the bottom up to iron out those internal-looking issues.

[@raskulx1664]

In Series 1-3 Mortis were the cockiest team AND spent 40k on that thing. Their underachievement was thus sweetly enjoyed by many RW fans.

[@antcunningham1997]

@@raskulx1664 in series 4 though I actually thought they would win that series because of there improvements and there silicon carbide shell that was invulnerable to damage. But I guess it wasn't to be.

[@banjiu10]

I feel all three bots in the first match were good. All of them can move around fast and do something, which was not quite common in these early RW series.

[@tufty1990]

The heat final was a bit of an anticlimax, would've been a potential battle of the series if both robots had been working properly.

[@seasoner13]

Twice they say Steg only got to the Semis, such a short change. They got to the Grand Final, Johnathan and Julia could have at least have got that right and given the machine the respect it deserved and earned

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

It wouldn't be the first time. In Series 2, everyone kept calling Killertron grand finalists when they only made a heat final

[@kaledmasterme]

It's such an obvious mortis pushing tactic, they did this from the day mortis turned up in series 1. Calling the result "a turn up for the books", when the steg team made the grand final last time. They made a fuss of the other 3 grand finalists but the treatment of steg 2 felt muted in comparison.

[@sgtpepper6654]

​@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Killertron made grand final of series 1, that's why they said that

[@ashurarbaces8069]

Seems like a lot of action got cut from the steg 2 vs Iron awe battle. Hell, this entire episode feels like interesting stuff got cut during editing.

[@andrewduffield2322]

You're right, it's really strangely edited

[@TheLegacyofHitchcock]

Both of Iron Awe’s uncut fights in this Heat have been uploaded elsewhere on KZbin, and personally, can see why chunks were taken out. Robot Wars is pretty notorious for its editing decisions (especially when it comes to presenting fights that went to the judges). In this case though, there‘s a lot of dead air and Steg 2’s slow turning is even more apparent. Not really what the producers wanted for keeping viewers invested.

[@lafeelabriel]

Masakari is a Japanese battle axe for those wondering.

[@cr10001]

Crusader was impressive in the first heat - plenty of speed and pushing power. At one point it looked as if it was pushing both other bots around. Sadly, defeated in the semifinal by TWO house thugbots, Shunt (always excessively trigger-happy with its axe) plus Killalot.

[@joeandrews7329]

Mortis won the series 4 war of Independence v the States later in the series, but Tornado followed in his footsteps, he did the same thing in the Extreme Warriors series 2 international championship episode too!. From Joe. X

[@kinagrill]

Hilarious part is that Robot Wars wasn't really a pay-to-win thing back then. Plenty of insanely expensive machines appeared... and then we had 101 that was a 9 dollar budget with salvage yard visits for the rest XD. And that thing's been in semi finals and finals iirc. It shows that a robot you can control and is sturdy is important.

[@233Deadman]

Eh, some of the stted costs were essentially underblown. 101 for instance had so little spent on it in part because Mike Franklin recycled parts from his previous robot Robodoc.

[@rob_4227]

Mazakari, what is up with that disc? It's got the rpm of a disco ball.

[@jimhjortsberg2990]

It a bit late, but according to the team the battery for it was simply faulty.

[@ogre7699]

Shunt really shouldn't have waited that long with Katerkiller there.

[@bami2]

19:15 dead metal in the back screwing around with the giant ball

[@carribob1992]

The Stinger Team looking like they were about to go on Holiday after their Pinball attempt.

[@debut71]

they went to the airport after it

[@Jimjamatic]

Man it's a shame Crusader 2 didn't return, there were owning steg 2 pretty badly there!

[@Mitchcraft.]

Knowing TV and the culture today they would probably be called out as a fucking hate crime lol

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

Yeah, they did awesome in the eliminator!

[@Diotoir]

Heat D already?! Fantastic!

[@93MANIAC]

It's a real shame that Crusader 2 did not make it further because it was a really well designed and effective robot that almost took out Steg 2 in the first round and by the way did anyone else Google the word Mazakari to see what it actually meant only for the first thing to show up was Mazakari on the Robot Wars Wikia ? 9:24

[@Toffeehammer]

Steg 2 was so close to going out instead of Cronos in that first fight. I kind of wish they had so my favourite Mortis would have reached the semi-finals.

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

I know, I was really rooting for Mortis this time! Never been a fan of the Steg team for some reason. Mortis deserved to have done better.

[@antcunningham1997]

That seires 4 morits design, it's silicon carbide shell was invulnerable to damage. I mean if there weapons and drive were more reliable then they could have had a real chance at winning series 4, but it wasn't to be.

[@guitarguy6581]

for anyone curious as to what Mazakari means, or what it is, it's a place in Nigeria: geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2808014&fid=4312&c=nigeria

[@Glyxis.]

What the actual FUCK!!? In the first fight Cronos got absolutely raped by the house robots! It WAS NOT out of the battle yet but Sir Killalot carried it to the pit and Cronos lose the fight because of it... I understand that they can attack and cause damage when robot enters their territory, but wasn't that just purely unfair? Like the house decided that Cronos will be eliminated.

[@halkitchen1838]

Apparently Cronos were immobile, although the edit doesn’t really show that.

[@cr10001]

Either the editing is completely fucked, or the house thugbots just decide to attack anyone at random. Or both. The series would be so much better and fairer without them. The only time they provide any entertainment value is when a competing robot has a go at them (like Steg 2 did).

[@andrewobrien8325]

I agree and Steg 2 also wasn't okay. They seemed to be having some issue that I think should have meant a judge's decision(But in series 4 I don't trust the judges. Stinger beat Panic attack Aye right! And then lost to Chaos 2?! I actually disagree with both those decisions). Besides even if Chronos was immobilised, he may not have been before Sir Killalot pretty much guaranteed they were

[@nitelast]

@@andrewobrien8325 If i recall there were issues with audience interfering with judges decisions (as they're repeatedly shown with children hanging off the seats behind them)

[@andersonhill3484]

I'll explain. As Chronos' driver explained, he lost control of the robot and it was not doing what it was being told to do through that transmitter. For safety reasons, that is considered as immobilization. Sir K's driver was probably told to pit it ASAP for saftey concerns. The same thing happened a year later when 101 and King B had their vengaence battle in Extreme 1. King B went nuts, so Sgt Bash and Shunt pinned it in a corner and then threw it in the pit.

[@MichaelAaronWindle]

11.48 where's Mazakari's axe and lifting weapon like the statistics state. and is that disc just a styling accessory or what? lol

[@mothtolias]

looks like it got replaced by the Mortis information. whoops!

[@davidfearis7335]

I think Mortis has to be The Most Expensive Robot to be built:- £40,000 Total Cost

[@joeandrews7329]

He won the war of independence. From Joe. X

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Iron Awe should've been eliminated, not Mazakari. The fight should've been paused to get the latter off Mortis' lifting arm; Iron Awe was the one that properly lost mobility. I also like how people complain about Razer holding onto its opponents indefinitely when the team never did that (at least not on purpose), but don't act as if Mortis did so with Mazakari here. Also, why was the pit so shallow in the Pinball Warrior Tournament here? It's supposed to be deep enough to contain the big sphere, yet it's not even deep enough to prevent the small balls from getting knocked back out.

[@Mitjitsu]

Never liked those 3 way battles. I'd much prefer having 8 bots with single elimination.

[@andrewobrien8325]

I honestly think the house robots went too far with Kronos, their intervention saved Steg 2 who I think was immobilised but Kronos wasn't till Sir Killalot pitted them which I think is against the rules because it's way too much. Steg 2 were I think if not immobilised they weren't in full control and Kronos were, the damage Sir Killalot did wasn't right.

[@elijahmanwarfield4869]

iron awe lost its hammer

[@thehairygolfer]

I'm watching these through again. I've always felt the house robots interfere too much and take out robots who could have won their fight.

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Most likely why they just had 2 house robots after this series onward

[@burzaburza2970]

Stinger Barrels Balls and 50 points = 75??

[@teamtsunami7035]

Barrels were 5 a piece and only three were knocked down, so that's 15. They hit the 50 point target after, so that's 65. Releasing the balls gets you only 10, and each bowling ball that went into the pit is 5 a pop. So... that's how they only got 75.

[@burzaburza2970]

Bad matchup, first one is too powerful, 3 really good robots

[@cr10001]

First semifinal. the house thugbots were a bit too eager to move in on Iron Awe. Full credit to Steg 2 for giving Matilda the bum's rush, I loved that. I'm pleased Steg 2 won the heat, just for that :)

[@burzaburza2970]

Really Mortis, really... Steg has like 10% of its power

[@joeturton6627]

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