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The original was posted on /r/battlebots by /u/bandit-survivor-YT on 2025-05-11 20:05:19+00:00.

As the title suggests I've been watching some parts of S7 in my free time and was always curious as to why Riperoni was given a very tough schedule. Two T16 robots from the prior season, one being a former champ, a two time T32 robot and a S5 T32 robot that won its bounty (but lost to the eventual boss). There were many other veterans like HiJinx, Malice, Shatter, Lucky ect. that got far softer competition over a brand new robot. Even comparing Riperoni to any other newbie robot's strength of schedule yields noticeable jumps in challenge. While the robot achieved a 3-1 record (and was the only new robot to make the T32 in S7) why was it that it was given such a nightmare schedule for a rookie?