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1987 is the best robot not going. They would do well with one that can cap their stacks. They only missed by one point going to elimination rounds at Buckeye. I was heartbroken watching that match. I can only hope and pray they will get invited from the waitlist.

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I'd like to cast a vote for 283. Only saw them play at Peachtree, but they were highly capable of putting up two capped six stacks by themselves from the HP. And highly deserving of being the number one overall pick by 1319.

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25
177
179
283
334
456
696
846
865
868
1126
1287
1507
1657
1731
1987
2077
2102
2175
2194
2472
2485
2509
3055
3117
3230
3299
3883
4500
4539
4655
4859
4917
5172

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3276 had a good performance this year(Awesome landfill bot). They were picked 1st overall at Lake superior.

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Looks like 25 just got added from the wait list.

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Actually the declines have finally been updated in the system, so teams from NE, MAR and FIM are getting added as teams above them decline their invitations.

Looks like 3 declines in MAR, 7 in NE and 1 in FIM.

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1987's robot can make 5 stacks of 6, but not capped. If they get picked from the wait list and are put in a division with a team that can consistently cap 6 stacks, noodle or no noddle, and can grab containers from the step. They will be a terrifying alliance to compete against. Especially if they can also get a team that is a landfill bot and can create several uncapped stacks on the platform not used by 1987.

Another amazing team that isn't going to worlds is 67. If I am not mistaken. They were knocked out of Quarter-finals at the Michigan District Championship. After winning both of the District Events they attended. And an average score of 126.83.

That is the sad thing about Districts. Amazing teams that deserve to go to worlds have a harder time getting there, as they have to score high in the point system to make it to the championship then they have to either win, get chairman's or get E.I.

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67 is an HOF team, so they should be qualified to go.

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67 is going to worlds. They are a Hall of Fame team, and they finished 10th in FiM.
http://frc-districtrankings.usfirst.org/FIM/67

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I believe there were only 2 declines from MAR (316 + 272)

EDIT: I stand corrected.

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I'm pretty sure districts makes it EASIER for good teams to qualify.

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Agreed. This is why MN is so underrepresented at champs without the districts system.

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4285 also declined their invite

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Well another reason is also that they lost 5/12 regional champ spots from their own regionals.

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True. Some non-MN teams did win at MN regionals. Even if those 5 slots did go to MN teams MN would still be underrepresented. Also keep in mind some of those slots were made up because teams like 525 and 2826 gave wildcards to the finalist alliances they faced as well.