of course there are teams with solid histories.... and i think this thread is good for rookies to get an idea of some of the teams that they need to be sure to scout..... we all know 71 will probably have something insane...... but there will most certainly be some new teams, or underdog teams that will crawl up from the shadows and bite those who did not scout them properly because they were prematurely fixated on another team... so make sure you overlook noone this year

and those of you feeling a little left out because you are not in the spotlight.... trust me sometimes its better when nobody is paying attention to you.... if everyone considers you a threat they will spend an excessive amount of time trying to come up with a way to take you down

My Predictions
 

we may not have done that well last year, but two years ago we had a great year, so just watch out for 177

237 will probably be a threat too, as they always are

and 173 will use the same basic end effector that they have been using for who knows how long (not meant to be taken as an insult, just an observation)

No no. You see, the plan is to appear nonthreatening.

:p

"We're planning on sucking this year."

Well, at least you have a plan. Which is more than I can say for most rookie teams I assume!!!

Observation time,

with a few exceptions, teams have posted that teams are only putting teams in their region of the country...

Just pointing out the obvious ;)

I think I know the reason to that DJ.
At the Nationals it is really hard to get noticed. You essentially get lost in the crowd unless you have a really noticable gimmick. The team's you see the most are obviously the team's at the regional events that you attend, which are more likely than not close to your region. So therefore you have a whole weekend to see how well the teams near you do as opposed to a weekend to see how the other hundreds of teams do at Nationals.
Also you have to factor in the mini comp aspect. You tend to see local teams even more at the mini comps as well, so you begin to see patterns in their competitive behavior and see how durable they are as a team.

As absurd as this thread is I have to include 639. They were tough last year and I can only see them getting better. We’ll see you guys up in Toronto. Good luck!

All the teams that I would have said have been said, except for one.

340

It's hard enough making the elims at nationals 3 years in a row, but they've done it in thier first 3 years of existence.

Team 254 is going to have an awesome bot this year - with a name "Cheesy Poofs", how is it possible to be not awesome?:]

Might be a little in your past, but Most of our team stills remembers 1997's Rumble at the Rock.

Plus, it's always cool to have a *rival*, even though we wanted to ally with you more than once.

Uggggg.

Team 64 GM
Team 65 GM
Team 66 GM
Team 67 GM
Team 68 GM

Lol. Least he didn't say Boeing, Toyota, or Nissian.