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Thank you. And Corey Balint for the clarification. I wasn't really into who was in what division last year. :o Off topic here but, it is nice to know that not all the divisions are named after male scientists. :o (please no one get mad at me for saying that)

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Yeah! You probably should wish that you have not that said that!

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My prediction is that the #3 seed in Newton wins it all!

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I had the same thought! I saw 22 great teams in Newton (own personal opinion), leaving the 3rd seed with a great 2nd pick, but not the second or first. And since there are so many good first round robots in the division, the first pick of the 1-3 seeds are going to be on about the same level, assuming they all pick "well."

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Marie Curie, anyone?

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So when do we break each of these divisions off into thier own threads?

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TechTigers in Curie this year

I just wanted to point out that last year we were in a division with a lot of strong teams and it ended in a lot of strong teams not qualifying so high in the rankings

just a personal prediction on to what might happen to newton this year because of all the really outstanding robots

maybe we can see some of the medium rank teams picking high ranking teams?????

sebas

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awesome 1038 in galileo. has a lot of good teams from both of our regionals and a possible collaboration with MOE this time? lol. can't wait!!!

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I know that a lot of goofy things can happen and unknown teams rise to the top of the charts while strong teams are ranked lower, but this years game tends to put stronger teams at the top of the rankings.

It will be interesting to see on Galileo because at least one team that one a regional won't be picked. I predict five regional winners won't be picked. I know I'm not Car Nack but with 16, 27, and 173 all not winning regionals I'm sure them and another mystery team will be picked, knocking 4 more teams out of picking.

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I believe that they already have... I have seen Curie and Newton so far as very active so..... just search for 'em!

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all 4 have indivual threads, they can be found in the championship event forums

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In this competition, you never know what could happen! I mean you could be pair with one highly capable strong robot for each match and basically win and be in the top 16!

I am always rooting for an underdog to pull out and win.

Take for instance, Team 1708,Natural Selection from last year. Basically had a chassis and drive system and all they did was play defense. Out of 85 Teams, they were rank 28th.

Who knows what will happen!

Re: Official 2006 Championship Divisions
 

Based on a modified OPR list, these are the average OPRs of the robots in each division:

Newton - 13.673465116279
Galileo - 13.592719965116
Curie - 12.765133023256
Archimedes - 12.677355232558

According to this, Newton and Galileo are almost identical in "quality," with Newton being a bit better. You then see a gap, after which follows Curie and Archimedes. It seems to be inline with what most people think.