This is knexroboteer's first FMRW.

Pre-YouTube Tournaments:
Knexroboteer created 4 series before going global on YouTube.

Pre-Season 1:
The series was completed with the arena being knexroboteer's desk. He had 8 robots created: Slash, Easily Amused, Spinning Disc of Doom, Helter Skelter, The Triumph, Pure as Gold, King, and Pink Pearl. A normal 8-entry bracket was used as the format for this tournament. The results are below.

1. Slash
2. The Triumph
3. Helter Skelter
4. Pure as Gold
5. King
6. Pink Pearl
7. Spinning Disc of Doom
8. Easily Amused

Pre-Season 2:
The series was completed with the arena being one of knexroboteer's math textbooks (good for a table-top arena). He still only had the original 8 robots created. A normal 8-entry bracket was used as the format for this tournament. The results are below.

1. Slash
2. Pink Pearl
3. The Triumph
4. Spinning Disc of Doom
5. King
6. Helter Skelter
7. Pure as Gold
8. Easily Amused

Pre-Season 3:
The series was completed with the arena being the lid of one of knexroboteer's Tupperware lids (once again, good for a table-top arena). He still only had the original 8 robots created. An 8-entry round robin bracket was used as the format for this tournament. The results are below.

1. Slash
2. The Triumph
3. Helter Skelter
4. Pink Pearl
5. Pure as Gold
6. Easily Amused
7. King
8. Spinning Disc of Doom

Pre-Season 4:
This series was completed with the arena being the Robot Wars arena from the Robot Wars board game (he jokes that he is now finally "affiliated" with Robot Wars now.) This series saw 8 newcomers enter to the arena. They are as follows: Green Dragon, Iron Eagle, The Claw, Hammer-On, Hardly Phased, Suck-Up, Golden Blade, and Power Box. A 16-entry round robin bracket was used as the format for this tournament. The results are below.

1. The Triumph
2. Slash
3. Green Dragon
4. The Claw
5. Hammer-On
6. Suck-Up
7. Power Box
8. Pink Pearl
9. King
10. Pure as Gold
11. Hardly Phased
12. Easily Amused
13. Helter Skelter
14. Iron Eagle
15. Golden Blade
16. Spinning Disc of Doom

Ranking (W-L) (%) for Pre-Seasons 1-4
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1. Slash (25-3) (.893)
2. The Triumph (22-6) (.786)
3. Green Dragon (10-5) (.667)
4. The Claw (10-5) (.667)
5. Hammer-On (9-6) (.600)
6. Suck-Up (9-6) (.600)
7. Power Box (9-6) (.600)
8. Pink Pearl (15-13) (.536)
9. King (13-15) (.464)
10. Helter Skelter (12-16) (.429)
11. Hardly Phased (6-9) (.400)
12. Pure as Gold (11-17) (.393)
13. Easily Amused (9-19) (.321)
14. Iron Eagle (4-11) (.267)
15. Spinning Disc of Doom (6-22) (.214)
16. Golden Blade (2-13) (.133)


YouTube Tournaments:

Season 1:
This series contained 24 bots that competed for a place in the grand final. It saw 8 more newcomers. They are as follows: Whirling Dirvish, Bodyhammer, Technophobia, Not Another Shell Spinner, Saber, Lightning, Ram, and Epic Flail. There were 4 heats of 6 robots each. The format was similar to that of UK Robot Wars Series 4. Links to the YouTube videos are below.

Heat A: Part 1/Part 2
Heat B: Part 1/Part 2
Heat C: Part 1/Part 2
Heat D: Part 1/Part 2
Grand Final: Part 1/Part 2/Part3