| Andrew Lawrence |
19-04-2012 09:13 |
Re: Divisions 2012
New list:
1. 469, 1717, ???
2. 111, 118, ???
3. 488, 330, ???
I'm not good at predicting yet, but this is my pick.
469 and 1717 are the two best shooters in the game, so one of them will be seeding first, and picking the other. Then, most likely a feeder bot that can play a little defense (256 would fit in perfectly here...) will be a 3rd pick. Most matches will be the same: 1717 and 469 score immensely high in teleop. The third robot will be on the opponent's side by the 115 second mark, and will feed balls over until the 40 second mark. Then, I see a triple balance coming. The second alliance will have 111 on it, and most likely 118 will have worked on their shooting enough to get a faster and more accurate shot, so 111 will choose 118. Their 3rd team will either be a pure-offensive bot, or a bot that does a little bit of offense, and feeds balls to them, though the former is more likely than the latter. It's a bit of a tossup here. Both 111 and 118 are great offensive machines in teleop and hybrid, but when it comes to the bridge will they be able to pull off a triple? If they can, they are definitely getting to the finals of Newton, but if they can't it looks like the third alliance will. The third alliance will have either 330 or 488 as captains, choosing the other. Both are very accurate scorers, and I think they'll both see that as an advantage in each other when they get on the field together. Both 330 and 488 have had a lot of practice playing great defense, so though they'll be doing offense, they'll want a partner who can play a near equally well offense, and can control their alliance bridge. Balance it, tip it to a side, anything, as long as they have control of a bridge, they're good. 330 can play awesome defense, and feed well, too, so in teleop we can expect to see them crossing over a few times and messing up any fender shooters. When it comes down to finale time, 488 has experience with bridge defense, so I think it'll be stalling out the opponents. 330 will mess with them too, but at the last second go do a double balance with the third alliance partner.
@O'Sancheski: It's the dream alliance. Very unlikely, but in the rare chance it does...
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