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Who said our bot is the same as it was at Bayou? :D

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TIL Teams at IRI stack a lot. :P

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It didn't seem that different at fpl :o.

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Might just be me, but I can't get to the link.

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Not just you. Got excited to see upgrades to the swampthing. Instead a broken link :(

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It must be a secret.:D I'm terrified for what they have in store.

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Video for the modifications is in the plans. If it dosnt get made before IRI we will post a working facebook link with the video before the event.

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Kevin,

Grrrrr! We at 3824 never did like those silly noodles!! :cool:

I think we will see a lot less noodle throwing for a couple of reasons. The obvious reason is that we will be putting more of them in cans. 14 cans and 20 noodles - that is only 6 extra noodles. If cans split 7/7 and you are not noodling, you are in trouble. Also, with cans split 7/7 and every other point crucial, throwing a game object that the other team can use to get more points (by pushing them to the landfill) might be a questionable strategy.

Steve

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Very nice....

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Or, there might be more noodles because teams realize that as long as they land where they're supposed to, they're difficult to clear, get in their opponent's way (causing crazy things to happen sometimes), and are worth only two less points/noodle than if they were in cans. Plus, you still have three noodles to throw regardless that can be strategically placed with a good thrower.

If I'm up against an alliance I know I can't beat straight up in finals, and I need a miracle, I'm throwing all my noodles as close to my opponent's ramps and scoring platforms as possible and hoping they falter enough to give me the match.

That probably sounds terrible, and I hate noodles just as much as the next guy, but since they're a part of the game at IRI, I would use that however I can.

And no offense to 3824's robot- you guys have an incredible machine. Noodles screw up everybody.

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oh wow... I thought I saw you guys do that... and I forgot 33... just... oops...

Their auto started pretty rough at Midwest, but they definitely made improvements, whether that be in code or in placement of the robot. I expect the scaling improvements to continue.

predictions version 2:

1 2826 118 1619
2 624 1114 195
3 1023 33 548
4 1730 2056 1640
5 1756 2338 1218
6 2122 3130 330
7 67 1310 233
8 2468 16 107

QF Seeding:
1 624 1114 195
2 2826 118 1619
3 1023 33 548
4 1730 2056 1640
5 1756 2338 1218
6 2468 16 107
7 2122 3130 330
8 67 1310 233

SF Seeding:
1 2826 118 1619
2 1023 33 548
3 624 1114 195
4 1730 2056 1640

Winner: 2826 118 1619

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Let's do some generic picklists with 8 robots each:

Theoretical picklist if I'm a feeder robot:
Theoretical picklist if I'm a landfill robot:
It'll be interesting to see whether the top feeder robots that can't get 1114, 118, 33 or 2056 do first: pick a top tier feeder or the next best landfill.