Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

Coolest match i ever played in... all you could hear from that stands was "GREEEN ALLIANCE!!"

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

1114, 118, and 1024
Joey

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

Too bad it's impossible for three teams all in the top 8 to pair up ;)

It's far too early to cast my vote for ultimate alliance yet, I think I'll need to see how the other 5 weeks of Regionals play out first. I do believe it will be a shooter, arm, and herder/racer alliance though.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

It's too early. Maybe around Week 3, I'll weigh in. Actually...Hold that, between the last week of regionals and the Championship.

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As of now I'd have to say 1114, 573, and 148 but that could change.

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Since 217 and 1114 are both able to scoop the ball up immediately after hurdling, a 3rd hurdler might be ineffective. I would think they would rather have a racebot like 148 as their 3rd partner.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

85, thunderchickens, 148

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from wat i have seen so far i think that 217...111....and...either of the martians(70 or 494) would dominate overdrive

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You all forgot the ultimate sleeper who can do everything well 2062

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

Perhaps so, but the question is not about individual teams. It's about alliances. What generally wins competitions is not a robot's ability to "do everything", but the team's ability to work effectively with others.

Doing everything well is often less effective than doing one or two things exceptionally well. The RoboChickenPack alliance at St. Louis had a team with exceptional speed and agility, a team with exceptional ball-handling ability, and a team with exceptional tactical skills. They won against alliances with very good robots that individually did everything well...just not as exceptionally well.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

1114 1024 and 103

i wonder if 2056 is any good this year, 1114 and 2056 complemented each other to form an almost unstopable alliance (3 contests won, only 3 losses during elims, Waterloo Finals match 1, GTR semi's match 2, and IRI, i think Quarterfinals.)

check back with me tomorrow, i might have a totally diffrent alliance...

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

Just a friendly reminder...

Plugging your own team for the ultimate alliance is like saying that your report is the best in the class and should get an A just because you wrote it. Neither is necessarily true. If you haven't competed yet, you're self-grading the report before the teacher does--and if you've seen "A Christmas Story", you know what can happen with that.

I'm not saying that you don't have the best robot, I'm saying that you'll need to show that it deserves a place on the Ultimate Alliance.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

1114, Team X, Team Y

Break out your lotto number drawing machines because it just doesn't matter.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

I would go with 1114, 16, and 148 for my week 1 alliance. Two of the best hurdlers of week 1 and one of the fastest lap bots of week 1. There still plenty of regionals left and I am sure more great bots will emerge as the weeks go on.

Re: 2008 Ultimate Alliance
 

It most certainly does matter, the 2nd alliance at MWR played very close matches against the 3rd alliance, even defeating them once.