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I wouldn't want to either, but if I had to I'd know exactly who I'd want on my side...wanna know...it's a secret.:cool:

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dont know what you mean. I didnt mention any "less competitive" regionals. However, they ARE out there.
To say that teams 25 and 254 are not in the top 10 cannot be argued by the MAJORITY. There are others of course, but with all the teams out there, who can keep track of them all. I'd put money that one of the NJ and LA regional winners will win another regional next year again!:D

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*slightly biased as well*

I have to agree with this. Even though we've had some tough luck so far this year, I think we've past proven the fact that we're a strong bot. We've made it to elim rounds at both regionals, and had a tough call in the second one. I feel we would've gone far at WMR if we hadn't been knocked out based on a technicality.

See yall in less than a week!
Good luck teams!

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*Even more biased*
We've had a tough year so far, usually getting double teamed in all of our matches. I'd bet that if we had a strong defense bot with us, we'd have a better bet. We had a strong alliance at WMR, and I also think that we would have possibly made it to the finals if we hadn't been called out on a technical blip.

However, 1114 is a force to be reckoned with, this much is for sure

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To reiterate what some others have said about GLR, 57 did have problems in both of the matches in which 67, 1114, and 57 lost. The matches were also very close if I recall correctly.

Either way, we have had tough luck this season because we have had heavy defense against us (2 against one can be kinda hard sometimes). This was seen at WMR when our end-effector got bent *pobre hotbot*

Anyway.. That's all I've got to say about those "sore" topics. Any other teams aside from the ones mentioned already that anyone's worried about?

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997
They have great tracks, great drivers, pusing power, and always get 30 from each side...

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Watch out for 1732, the Hilltoppers. With two semi-finalist finishes they are flying under the radar but they are a definitely a threat. One, if not both, of their eliminations appearances were cut short when one of their alliance partners broke. We liked them so much we picked them second at Wisconsin. 1732 can put tubes on the lower and middle levels really well and they have a powerful drive train. They may not have had a lot of publicity without any regional victories but their robot is very solid.

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hmmm, does it have anything to do with a spoiler by chance?

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And they can lift after the bell. There's more time for scoring that way.

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The best robot I saw was 190 from WPI Good scorer and a terrific double ramp.

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Like it has been said before one of the most powerful robots at nationals will not even be on this list. The way the matches are done this year could make a great team look mediocre, but the thing is when you get into eliminations and have a selected alliance pairing to favor your strategy your robot that didnt stand out could shine its way all the way to einstein. And whoever has been to a regional this year knows exactly how rough these matches are this year since they changed how they form alliances, this is why you see powerhouse teams seeded high at one regional and low at the next. You actually need a little bit of luck on your side in order to be a top 8 team. One robot can only do so much, especially if the opposing three got the luck when it came to the pairings for that match.

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That's really quite true, especially after going to WMR and seeing how low teams 111 and 67 were and yet both of them were picked for alliances. I think with this game though, almost every team has an equal shot to be picked for alliances and deadly, because alliances in elimination will have a more specific strategy in mind, which can be available and adaptable to most robotss. (It's kinda early for me, so this sounds like word-vomit in my head.. honestly, I'm really not this incompetant.)

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The biggest threat is the alliance that comes out of Galileo. They have the deepest field of all four divisons this year. Watch Out Archimedes and Newton I think your dominance might end this year.

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NEWTON OR BUST!!!

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Biggest threat in Atlanta? Lightning.