I've Gone About This All Wrong

   All this time I've looked at the 50 greatest Battlebots relative to their perspective leagues and eras. I tended to choose the robots with the most successful track records. This method works well in the context of other sports, such as baseball. Coverage of the Baseball Hall of Fame is my main project, and there's no conclusive evidence as to whether Major League Baseball was of higher caliber 100 years ago than it is today or vice versa. On the contrary, most robots competing on Battlebots today would annihilate the champions of the 1990's and 2000's. As technology grows stronger, so do combat robots. As recently as three years ago, Tombstone (number 2 on this list) was considered the deadliest combat robot on Earth. Now, it's just middle of the pack. That's all I'm trying to say - win-loss records mean less when the competition is inferior, and more when the competition is superior. You need to put everything in perspective, and I now realize that I've gone about this all wrong.