Specifically in the case of Storm II. As seen here and here, the producers of the show were unhappy about Storm II not using its 'active weapon' in its semi-final fight (which the revamped Series 7 rules stated must be on every robot, but not necessarily used), and so after failing to influence the judges to give the semi-final to Firestorm 5, tried (and succeeded) in the final to meddle with Storm II's chances of success: first in its fight against Tornado by raising the pit after they had been dropped down it, and secondly in its fight against Typhoon 2 by letting it repair damage to it in between the fight, not letting the house robots fight with it as normal, and not informing the judges of damage done to it (most notably Typhoon 2's drive chains having fallen off). This meant that the fight was given to Typhoon 2 in the judges decision, prompting large boos from the crowd (yet in post-production cheering was overdubbed onto the announcement). However, when the judges found out about this Team Storm received individual letters of apology from the judges.