-Aaron Hill, who piloted Tantrum to a semifinal run in season five, passed the reigns to new captains, while he debuted rookie flipper Blip. Blip did pretty well for itself, making it all the way to the quarterfinals, while Tantrum won the Giant Nut.
-Zack Goff took a season off and gave Copperhead's controls to new captains, who went out in the round of 16.
-DUCK!, Minotaur, and Yeti made returns after a season off. DUCK! went winless, Yeti lost out in the round of 32, but Minotaur made it to the quarterfinals and took out defending champion End Game.
-Dave Moulds, owner of Cobalt (and legendary British robot Carbide) had a child in the offseason and decided to sell Cobalt to a group that included Matt Maxham (former captain of Stinger). Cobalt made it to the quarterfinals before falling to eventual champion Tantrum.
-9th tournament seed Glitch was forced to forfeit in the round of 32 since it couldn't get its weapon working in time, so the selection committee chose Mammoth to fight the 24th seed, Witch Doctor. It lost.
-Tournament favorites Tombstone and Lock Jaw had disappointing seasons. Lock Jaw went 0-3 and missed the tournament, while Tombstone lost to JackPot in the round of 32 (although a case can be made that JackPot should have been counted out instead).
-A very exciting rookie, Riptide, sported an egg beater drum spinner, using it to go all the way to the quarterfinals and take out the vaunted Uppercut in the round of 16.
-HYDRA went 1-2 in the regular season, but got a freebie into the tournament as the 31st seed. It made it all the way to the final four, but only because the referee decided to count out Ribbot while it was still fully mobile in the round of 32.
-Minotaur was eliminated from the tournament by Witch Doctor in the quarterfinals on one of the worst judges' decisions in history. Similarly, HyperShock went 2-0 in the regular season (certain impressive robots made it in after two fights), but fell to P1 in the round of 32 on another terrible judges' decision.
That about does it. I might consider finishing the blog with this post, as I can't stand to watch Battlebots anymore (or, frankly, any other robot fighting competition). As for my top 50, Blip and Riptide would make it in if I were to redo it, and Tantrum would be featured much higher on the list.
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