Pieman wrote:Ah, all sorts of memories from my youth here! Like most people who followed the show I was a Cassius fan, was gutted when it was beaten by Panic Attack in series two's final (I've wondered about that one since - as Panic Attack was competing for charity was there an incentive to let it get as far through the series as possible?)
I actually used to enjoy the Gauntlet and other challenges, mainly because they showed off the driver's skills and intelligence rather than just smashing seven bells out of each other wrestling-style. Still, wanton destruction is what the masses probably wanted.
They did have the other challenges as separate competitions during the third wars at least. Which I feel was a little for the best as I remember quite a few decent robots getting knocked out of these just because they got stuck or broke down. Plus we never got to see Psychosprout in battle.