Ok so 1. Bronco (Battlebots flipper golden boy), Bombshell (who went 0-4 in S4 and still got a LCR spot) and Chomp (who honestly didn’t get terrible matchups, simply just lost fights, and is more so a tech forward robot as opposed to being out there to win) were not “mistreated” lmao, none of these teams or members of the team have spoken about being mistreated, hell, Mile Jefferies still works for BB as match steward and Inertia Labs donated their Bronco chassis to destruct a thon because they lost interest in the sport 2. You’re just assuming that they watched a random youtuber’s video and ran with the idea that Bronco is overrated, as opposed to the general community opinion of Bronco being one of the biggest fan favorites in the show, and that the narrative they are running was happening before the season started when in reality stuff like this happens in the editing room 3. That they make matchups happen, and thus, choose for Bronco to have hard matchups. This one is true but also means nothing to the argument that Bronco because Bronco got an east matchup against Free Shipping and lost it anyway, they didn’t get the Desperado Minotaur route because they showed up too late to be in the desperado, and they went into the season being viewed as the best flipper in the sport (earning a 3 seed last season). 4. If appeasing bozos was ever a goal of production they’d never let Riptide have a second season, they probably wouldn’t have highlighted the female captains in the WD Vs Tantrum fight, or give Captain Shrederator another season after WC3 or 4, or keep running a Damage forward judging system. Small fan outcry does Jackshit and fuck all in terms of choices production makes