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For Washington this year,

1) 1983 - Made it to the finals of every regional they attended (Portland, Seattle Cascade, and Spokane), finally pulled off the win in Spokane, and added a Chairman's award as well. Extremely consistent shooter and overall an excellent robot that was the top of the state.

2) 488 - Seeded first and selected 118 at the Alamo Regional to form a dominant 1st alliance, lost to the surprise triple balance from 148, 922, and 2936, and then came back to be finalists in Seattle Cascade and win the Chairman's Award. A very consistent catapult design made them hard to beat.

3) 2471 - Paired with 2046 to win at the Seattle Olympic Regional, with their unique design helping them sink shot after shot from the fender. At Championships, they were selected by 1717 and 469 and made it to the semis. Coming off of a year where they won two regionals in 2011, they put together a solid showing in Rebound Rumble.

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I would have to say for NH it would be 1519, 131, and 3467. 1519 made it to the finals of the granite state regional and won the North Carolina Regional, made it to the semi finals of Newton, and has won battlecry and Mayhem in Merrimack. 131 won GSR and did well in the Boston regional, Battlecry, and Mayhem in Merrimack. 3467 was one of my favorite robots, and they did very well in GSR, Hartford, Battlecry, and Mayhem in Merrimack. Lots of other great robots to choose from but these are the top 3 in my opinion.

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Wisconsin:

1. 2826
2. 1732/1714 (tie)
3. 171

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I may be a bit biased in my picks for Indiana

#1 829 Andy Baker said so.
#2 868 Really hope they start building practice bots, they would be hard to beat.
#3 234 Always build a great bot, this year was no exception.

Honorable mention to super rookies 3940 and 3947

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I'd have to say my top teams from Idaho, in no particular order, are 2122 for their consistently excellent robots, 3456 for their outreach and inspiring RCA win in their second year competing, and 1569 for mentorship and great robots. But I love all the Idaho teams :D

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I put 1511 in over 191 for this year because after FLR. 1511 improved a lot in my eyes though they were at a tough second regional. 191 and 1511 were very close in overall robot performance but I think 1511 was a little better this year.

This is asking for robot performance of 2012 and not any other year right ? If its over multiple years then my vote would be different.

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North Dakota:

1 - 876
2 - 877
3 - probably our 2009 lunacy bot that we used for testing :)

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Haha North Dakota represent! We hope to see you in Duluth again next year!

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There's always been talk of a practice bot, unfortunately it's always talk.

My top 3:
829
234
3940

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What he said.

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I'd go with 341, 1218, and 357 personally.

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I've been having the same argument in my head of 1511 v 191. I can absolutely see why you'd pick 1511, and I was very close to as well. They had an amazingly designed robot and played the game very well. I, however, picked 191 because I felt like they used their design more effectively. 1511 could definitely do more in a match than 191, but I felt that if you broke it down to scoring and balancing, 191 had the edge. That said, 1511 is an insanely close second, and if we were picking the top 4 team, at least we'd all agree on who New York gets :)

And yeah, I think it's just for 2012. If it were all years, HAVE to give the edge to 191. You can't argue with 21 years!

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agreed

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I'd have to agree that 357 was a major player in MAR. 222 had an amazing machine in the early events but made some late changes to their shooter which seemed to adversely effect shooting accuracy.

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Based on purely on performance this year, I suspect that 2130 Alpha+ should be somewhere in the list, - even though 1891 and 2122 didn't get a chance to play with them. Personally really like Justin's sentiment about loving all of the Idaho teams, and especially those teams like 4086 who made it to the Championships based on performance as rookies - way to go Idaho :)