It goes down the list, it can't pick the same player twice in a map. In your example it would pick the third guy on the third round, and so on.

We changed the Giant selection system to pick the top scoring (and eligible) player after a load of poor experiences with bad, uncooperative Giant players. If a Giant player is unwilling to cooperate or even read up on what his Giant does, it ruins the experience for the entire server.

It's not exactly hard to get near the top of the scoreboard, you just have to be credit to team (lots of points are given for tank and giant damage, for example).

Also, after you ragequit earlier today the player you called out on becoming the Giant repeatedly said that he hadn't become a Giant at all that day, so there's that.

The update is out, the Scorch Shot's knockback has been reduced.

In order to keep things organized, I've split the PLR Giant stats into their own thread. The previous thread now only contains PL Giant stats.

Note that this list includes the upcoming changes from v0.8 (coming either 1/10/15 or 1/11/15). The full list of changes will be posted soon.

Here's a list of Giant Robots and their attributes on Payload Race maps.

Notes:

• Normal item attributes are included as well in the game, such as Guillotine critting on stunned targets. This list only shows things we've changed.
  
• If a primary or secondary isn't listed, then the giant spawns without a weapon for that slot.
  
• "Overheal" refers to the bonus health the Giant spawns with (in addition to normal Health). This bonus health cannot be regained.
  
• Health and Overheal values here assume there's 12 players on the opposing team, and may differ ingame based on player count.

Mobile, but weak, the Major League Scout is ideal at getting the job done quickly. It can only reliably kill one target at a time, but is perfectly capable of stunning or knocking away multiple enemies at once in order to clear a path. The quick move speed combined with the ability to triple jump allows the Major League Scout to take routes other giants could only dream of.

• Health: 1,050
  
• Overheal: 4,120
  
• Move Speed: 316 HU/s

Back Scatter

• +100% bullets per shot
  
• +50% firing speed

Flying Guillotine

• +20% damage bonus
  
• +65% weapon switch speed

Holy Mackerel

• +30% melee attack speed
  
• Third successful melee hit in a row always crits
  
• Critical hits knock back enemy players
  
• No random critical hits

Like a normal Soldier, this giant can manage just about any threat. However, it must take care to place its shots carefully, as there are no reload speed or clip size bonuses. Due to the lack of a Shotgun, airblast can be an effective means of defending your team against this giant. Although it's normally quite slow, it can also perform rocket jumps in PLR maps to traverse areas faster, or to make a quick escape.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 120 HU/s
  
• Can explosive jump

Rocket Launcher

• +75% damage bonus
  
• Level 1 Rocket Specialist effects
  
• Mini-crits targets launched airborne by explosions or enemy attacks
  
• +60% blast damage taken from rocket jumps
  
• No random critical hits

Shovel

• +35% damage bonus
  
• Knocks back enemy players

What the Giant 10-Shot Bazooka Soldier lacks in quality, it makes up for in quantity. As the name implies, up to ten rockets can be quickly loaded and fired at a time, making for deadly close-to-mid range barrages. Alternatively, rockets can be rapidly fired individually, resulting in a steady stream of damage output. However, the Giant 10-Shot Bazooka Soldier is relatively slow, and the rockets are extremely inaccurate at longer ranges.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 120 HU/s
  
• Can explosive jump

Beggar's Bazooka

• +7 clip size
  
• +80% reload speed
  
• +80% firing speed
  
• No overloading
  
• No blast radius reduction
  
• +5 degrees in random projectile deviation
  
• +70% blast damage taken from rocket jumps
  
• -40% damage penalty
  
• No random critical hits

Market Gardener

• +100% damage bonus
  
• Knocks back enemy players
  
• -50% slower melee attack speed

Some giants just want to watch the world burn. Others, like the Giant Pyro, just want everyone to get the hell away from them. Should you feel the need to get close anyway, you'll either be either enjoying a nice & warm shower of fire, or you'll be punted halfway across the map. Keep your distance instead, and you'll be relatively safe, so long as you don't feed it projectiles to reflect.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 180 HU/s

Flamethrower

• Airblast destroys enemy stickybombs
  
• +100% increase in airblast push force
  
• +40% airblast range
  
• +65% faster weapon switch
  
• +42% direct damage bonus
  
• +50% flame particle lifetime (flames travel further)
  
• +25% flame particle size
  
• No random critical hits

Flare Gun

• +350% damage bonus
  
• -40% slower reload time
  
• -45% projectile speed

Fire Axe

• +35% damage bonus
  
• Knocks back enemy players

Need some pills? This one's got plenty of 'em. It dispenses tons of hard-hitting explosives, although it's unlikely every one will hit its target. Despite being one of the slowest giants, it's capable of performing an explosive jump in PLR maps.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 126 HU/s
  
• Can explosive jump

Iron Bomber

• +75% firing speed
  
• +75% reload speed
  
• +1 clip size
  
• No random critical hits

B.A.S.E. Jumper

• Normal stats

Bottle

• +35% damage bonus
  
• Knocks back enemy players

Hits hard, hits fast, but has no ranged weaponry. Try not to get too close, as this giant is king of close quarter combat, and every kill will make him temporarily more powerful. It has no real means of dealing with Sentry Guns however, which means it must rely on teammate support to clear Engineer nests.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 168 HU/s
  
• More resistant to damage knockback compared to other giants

B.A.S.E. Jumper

• Normal stats

Chargin' Targe

• +30% charge recharge rate
  
• +100% charge impact damage
  
• Full turning control while charging

Scotsman's Skullcutter

• Critical hits knock back enemy players
  
• Third successful melee hit in a row always crits
  
• Restores 10% of the charge meter on hit
  
• +162% damage bonus
  
• +50% melee attack range
  
• +0.35s increase in charge length
  
• -20% slower melee attack speed
  
• No move speed penalty

Makes Michael Bay look like an explosive amateur. This one certainly lives up to its name, as it's capable of clearing large areas with a single shot. The large explosions leave a cloud of smoke, which can help teammates advance without being seen. However, it has very little means of direct combat, which makes Pyros, Scouts, and other close range attackers much more threatening.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 140 HU/s

Loose Cannon

• Always deals critical hits
  
• +285% damage bonus
  
• +180% damage vs buildings
  
• +100% explosion radius
  
• No fuse
  
• -75% clip size
  
• -20% projectile speed
  
• -80% slower reload speed
  
• -100% slower firing speed

Bottle

• Knocks back enemy players

When it's time to bring in the big guns, this giant's got you covered. It's the slowest giant when attacking, but pumps out massive damage in a constant hail of bullets. Like normal Heavies, it's more vulnerable to Snipers and Spies due to the slow speed and the "focus down individual targets" style of attacking.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 115 HU/s (revved down), 88 HU/s (revved up)

Tomislav

• +35% damage bonus
  
• +60% faster move speed while deployed
  
• -25% damage vs buildings
  
• No random critical hits

Gloves of Running Urgently

• +65% weapon switch speed
  
• +35% damage bonus
  
• +100% faster move speed while active
  
• Knocks back enemy players
  
• Marked for death debuff only lasts 1 second after switching away
  
• No damage penalty
  
• No holster time penalty

Ready to get literally blown away? Like the Giant Demoknight, you won't want to get too close, as it has the ability to kill any target in a single hit with a well placed shot. Unlike the Giant Demoknight however, it has no real means of closing the gap without slowly huddling your way, making ranged attacks more effective against it. Be wary that if it gets a kill with its melee weapon, it's going to be raining crits for the next five seconds.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 5,700
  
• Move Speed: 150 HU/s

Shotgun

• +900% bullets per shot
  
• +90% faster reload time
  
• Airblast-like knockback on target
  
• -130% firing speed
  
• -50% damage penalty
  
• No random critical hits

Eviction Notice

• Critical hits knock back enemy players
  
• Third successful melee hit in a row always crits
  
• +50% melee attack range
  
• +25% melee attack speed (stacks with natural EN firing speed bonus)
  
• +65% faster weapon switch speed
  
• Does not increase damage taken while active
  
• No random critical hits

This giant excels at enhancing its team's offense, although it only has basic means of defending itself, along with having a low health pool. It can build Giant Mini-Sentries, which, while powerful, can be taken down quickly with focused fire. Its Giant Dispensers can be erected and upgraded quickly, which then dispenses ammo and health over a large area. Its Teleporter Exit becomes the team's respawn point, although both teams will be alerted of its presence. The Giant Engineer is particularly vulnerable against enemy Spies, since its buildings can still be sapped. Note that when this giant dies, all of its buildings are destroyed as well.

• Health: 1,200
  
• Overheal: 4,120
  
• Move Speed: 225 HU/s
  
• Builds Giant Dispensers and Giant Mini-Sentries
  
• Robot teammates respawn at the Teleporter Exit

Widowmaker

• +30% faster firing speed

Gunslinger

• Critical hits knock back enemy players
  
• +50% melee attack speed
  
• +75% faster construction rate
  
• +20% faster weapon switch speed
  
• Teleporter build speed increased by 100%
  
• Sentry Gun build speed increased by 175% (normally 150%)
  
• -75% slower repair rate

Construction PDA

• +570% max building health
  
• +150% Sentry Gun damage bonus
  
• +700% Dispenser range
  
• +60 metal regenerated every 5 seconds on wearer
  
• -40% slower Sentry Gun firing speed

Destruction PDA

• Allows user to demolish sapped buildings

Essentially a walking Uber dispenser, the Giant Medic becomes very deadly when surrounded by friendly combat classes. However, the relatively low health and lack of personal firepower makes it vulnerable the moment it doesn't have teammates nearby.

• Health: 500
  
• Overheal: 4,920
  
• Move Speed: 224 HU/s
  
• Nearby teammates recover health automatically
  
• Nearby teammates recieve the effects of the Ubercharge when deployed

Crusader's Crossbow

• +14 clip size
  
• +90% faster reload speed
  
• +1 degree in random projectile deviation
  
• -20% damage penalty
  
• No random critical hits

Medi Gun

• +320% Ubercharge rate
  
• +50% max overheal (buffs teammates to 200% health)
  
• +65% faster weapon switch speed
  
• Ubercharge duration reduced by 3s

Ubersaw

• Knocks back enemy players
  
• No random critical hits

I'll see if it can be toned down a tad for the next update.

Originally posted by Eye:

Make it equivalent to the airblast, that would be nice. But currently, its overkill. In some moments, it can even cause fall damage.

Giants don't take fall damage at all (for good reason, it would do thousands of damage).

Thanks for the report, I'll put that on the list for the next patch.

Thanks for posting, but it's known. It's not planned on being fixed, as it's not really a bug, just a terrible place to drop the bomb.

Updated with the changes coming on 12/15/14.

-Major League Scout changes:

• Removed reload speed penalty on the Force-A-Nature.
  
• Increased recharge rate of the Flying Guillotine.
  
• Teammates now respawn much faster compared to other Giants.

-Giant Medic changes:

• Nearby teammates will now recover health automatically.
  
• Kritzkrieg has been given a +50% max overheal bonus.

-Giant Soldier changes:

• Increased move speed penalty to 60% slower (PL), 40% slower (PLR), from 50% and 30% respectively.

-Giant Rapid-Fire Huntsman changes:

• Increased Huntsman damage bonus to +100% (from +85%).
  
• Arrows now penetrate enemy players and buildings.

-Giant Engineer changes:

• Building health now scales to player count.

Turns out both of us were wrong since the stats page was incorrect. The reload penalty is actually 80% slower in the Giant CFG file (not 20% slower), bringing the minimum time inbetween shots to ~3.43s

Thanks for the report. We already know what causes this, however, and it's going to be fixed in the next patch.