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I would say 71 is like the tiger woods of golf. cant overlook the 4 national/world titles and the fact they were in the title match last year.
:D Anyone can have a great year.
As for most successful track record, even though no world titles, since their inception, IMO, hands down, the cheesy poofs! With a track record of winning about 90+ percent of regionals attended since 1999, that is simply amazing!
Of all the teams every year, I look forward to "their" bot every year!

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I think its more like 1114 to FIRST is like Lebron James to basketball

Hes (probably) the best player in basketball, but needs a team to win the entire championship.

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i think i've made that comparision before, i think in the gameday chat somewhere

FIRST=NBA
06" Team 25 Robot = Kobe Bryant
08" Team 1114 Robot = Lebron James

edit: the only thing that defeates this theory is: Lebron James put the Cavs on his back last year and took them to the finals...reminds me of 25 in 2006 (no disrespect to teams 195 and 968, they were great machines too.) and kobe needed someone to win: aka Shaq. i think 1114 will need this to succeed in Atlanta (217, 2056, 67 etc.)

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Those aren't mutually exclusive sets. :cool:

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Whatever alliance that has 2 teams in the top 20 of the OPR standings and doesn't choke on Einstein will win.

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So many people are talking about 1114 vs the world! wow.. Remember that 1114 will be high in the seeding of whatever division they are (almost a garuntee) and won't have bad partners. The championships have loads of good bots, 1114 has amazing scouting, therefore there will be good bots on 1114's team as well.

Remember its not a three vs one competition! 1114's team will be just as big of deal as 1114 themselves! :D

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They won't have bad partners, but they may not have the chance to form a superalliance. A team may "ride the wave" and be ranked first, breaking up the top 8.

Although its more than likely they will have a great alliance.

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and, if memory serves me correctly... 1114 has yet to be a number one seed anywhere... which means there are other teams that WILL get up there. i dont see 1114 running the table in any division.

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Just out of curiosity...
How does TBA get the list of who's going to CMP? Is it from who's eligible? Because I noticed that 876 and 1872 are listed on TBA but not on the FIRST website. I don't know if they are pending, but I was just wondering.

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Actually I believe they were ranked first in GTR
http://www2.usfirst.org/2008comp/eve.../rankings.html

They were 3rd in midwest and 3rd in waterloo

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well... ive been proved wrong yet again:p thanks for checking that:D

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They were number 1 in GTR, and they will probably be better in championships (assuming they don't crack under pressure), then in the GTR. They have improved in leaps and bounds with each competition they have been in, and I don't see them getting any worse lol:yikes:

EDIT: Drat.. beat me...

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i never said that they would get worse... im still holding out on the competition getting better:D

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From what I see, the championships are as predictable as the WPT :P

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I just wanna say that anything can happen at championships, and the least likely robots can win. This being said i would still go with the powerhouse teams due to the skill needed to put up high scores. My favorites are 217, 1114, 330, 1124 and finally 987 for the repeat.