Re: sleepers for nats
 

OH! If were speaking about sleepers at competition, add an ex-108 mentor (name will not be disclosed). Hehe, sleeping at the judges desk is a baddd idea. Especially during competition.

Seriously though, I think our Broward Rookie teams will do well. That's 1251 and 1345 (don't know if they managed to qual for nats or not..) I believe. They've shown tremendous growth, can't wait to see em in action!

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How about RAGE 173.....

Rage has always been a team that progressively gets better as the season go's on. Even though they have a young drive team this year i believe they have proved they have what it takes to be qualified as a major sleeper, or just a slow waker. They are able to unCap, collect small balls with ease and best of all they hang well. With the power in there drive train can control the top before hanging. :rolleyes:

that is my .02

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I would put my money on Team #188. They have a beastly gearbox, and heavy chains on their drive system. I heard they ran into some bad luck at the Canadian Mega-Regional. Although I have not seen them in action, I will still go for them. They have a highly organized team, and I was fortunate to see them in action at the Canadian Regional in 2002, the first year this regional opened up. I also say this since I am "slightly partisan" since I have them as my second pick for FANTASY FIRST. :rolleyes:

People in the Galileo division better watch out for Rookie Team #1405 (Finney Falcons). They seeded second with a undefeated record of 7-0-0, and became the Chesapeake Regional Winners. Extremely good for rookies considering that on my team's rookie year, our robot "technically" moved, as in other robots can push it around as a method of transportation around the field. Okay, I think I am over exaggerating, regardless, I just to want to let you guys know they have potential to do well at Nationals. Only time will tell. ;)

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Hey guys, keep RoBBE Xtreme in mind too..we won the NJ Regional with teams 273 and 303...we were the 5th place seed there...and in Philly we were 2nd Place seed. :D

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I think this is turning into a "these guys might win" thread. It was started about sleepers. Keep looking for some. A lot of teams posted on here have done very well and aren't so much considered sleepers *cough 56, my fantasy fist number 7 pick cough*. And watch the self promotion. No offense to anyone, but this is what other people think of you, not what you think of you. It isn't a place to get your name out. If you feel you do have an unmentioned sleeper go ahead, post it up, just saying tone down.
Wew, my $.02.

To add onother sleeper, I think the Robotic Eagles did good, and have a very nice machine. They didn't win anything to my knowledge, but watch out. :)

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Ah yes, all the runner-ups at MWR... 65 and 648, along w/ 447. With great alliances each can do great things! I may be a little biased but watch out for teams that fell just short of winning.


EDIT: I have been trying to get 648's name out for a while but it hasn't worked so I have given up. Sorry I didn't read all the way through the thread. :D

Re: sleepers for nats
 

Thats fine, as long as you believe your robot is a true sleeper. I have just noticed this self ptomotion thing a lot lately. I am not saying I haven't done in once or twice back in the day, but I don't think it is the greatest thing to be doing. There is no reel need to be sorry. Those were just my thoughts. Jeez, now I am turning this thread into a better posting how-to guide. Ok, time for a new sleeper of mine...
I think 341 is a pretty big sleeper. They had to make weight at chessy, and barely did it. Great job, tons of lbs lost. But they got things working ok. I see great potential in thier machine.

Ching Ching, My 2 again.