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All i have to say is that any ground pickup team will have a solid feeder station bot that make 4-6 trips every match

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I really doubt 1114 will seed first, given their cap at 18 points in auto. I'd love to see them prove me wrong.

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I'm definitely betting on 118 seeding first as they nail that 7 disk auto basically every time, also they're tele-op scores have an incredibly high ceiling which should put them undefeated except for one loss given a decent schedule. Their ground-pickup and 7 disk auto greatly complements 1114's climb and dump and feeder rounds, though they will be seeded 4 or less. A third bot would most likely be a FCS-blocker that, if there's any left, does either one of the following: 1. Climb 30, or 2. Gets 3-disk auto and hangs 10.

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1114 and 118 will have targets on their back. If either has a bad match or loses well fought battles, I'd expect 1477 to take the cake in regards to 1st seed.

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Archimedes: 987 seeds first picks 254 and 1714, plays in finals against the 2nd seed 469,33,71......987,254,1714 advance to Einstein in 3 hard fought matches while creating the new national high score of 285.

Curie: 2056 seeds first picks picks 67 and 2168 plays in finals against 1717 148 and 2383. number one alliance wins in 2 matches.

Galileo: 610 seeds first with a great performance and schedule, they pick the 3rd seed 1114 and 4334 to start the new EH Team they face #3 seed 1241,111,125 to win and advance to Einstein with the new EH Team.

Newton: 1986 seeds first and picks 1538 and 217. and faces 341,2826, and 190 in finals. Contrary to some believes 217 climb works to perfection and becomes the steal of the alliance selection. With the a long hard 3 matches 1986,1538,217 is too much firepower for 341,2826,and 190 to handle.

Einstein
With one of the best showings of teams a lot is on the line for 67 to join the 4 championship club and try to break the curse,and an all Canada team fights to show the world that Canada is where the title of 2013 World Champions belongs.

Curie (2056,67,2168) defeat Archimedes (987,254,1714) in two quick matches,showing everyone the Curie curse is ready to be broken.

Galileo (610,1114,4334) defeats Newton(1986,1538,217) in three very tough matches

Galileo vs Curie in finals: OH CANADA!!!!!!!!!
Through three matches the Eh Team takes the title of World Champions to Canada.
The curse remains alive in the Curie Division.

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL TEAMS AT CHAMPIONSHIPS. REMEMBER TO PLAY YOUR GAME AND IF THAT WORKS ALL SHOULD GO WELL. YOU WILL WIN YOUR FAIR SHARE AND HOPEFULLY PLAY AFTER LUNCH ON SATURDAY.

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353 will not be as lucky with the schedule in St. Louis as they were at Hofstra.

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Sorry, but you never know in St. Louis...

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TORNADO ALLEY and huge hail hope it is not like last year.......i think that parking garage is gonna fill really fast.

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As we say around here: "Don't like the weather? Wait 24 hours!"

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More like "Wait 5 minutes!"

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Ohh believe me I know that live in Indiana the Midwest is home to the most bipolar random weather ever it can be snowing one day then amazing the next day

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I know Archimedes is deep, but I doubt it'll be deep enough for 71 to go as a 2nd pick. Even with near perfect scouting, teams with a reputation like Hammond rarely go last.

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I understand that was rethinking it, we were the 14th pick in Wisconsin but things could change could maybe even be pickers ya never know i guess i was just hoping to play with them would be a good alliance.

Sidenote: looking forward to playing with you guys May 18th at the Indiana state tournament you guys have an amazing shooter

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I'm really curious how the top seeds are going to pick their alliances. Aside from 1986, and 1114 most of the top tier teams in each division are ground pick-up robots and most alliances with 2 ground pick up bots don't do very well unless one of them can also grab frisbees from the feeder station. It looks like the top seeded teams are going to have to choose between a double ground pick up alliance with another powerful robot, or a less offensively powerful robot with feeder station pick up.

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Galileo: 1114, 118, 2630
You all know 1114 and 118, but 2630 is the key for this alliance.
They will upgrade every alliance. Their robot, Spitfire is one of the accurate FCS in the Championship. With very skilled drivers and great shooter, they also can play cycles very well.

Newton: 1986, 1538, 3339.
1986 with 7 discs autonomous and very fast cycles, 1538 with good ground pick up, and 3339 as a 3rd robot with a very effective 50 points climb& dump.