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Definitely 968, 100 and 1280. Saw these personally, except well a blue version of the first one. ;) I'm surprised 100 isnt going, as I thought they were already attending in some other division.
Ironic since last season 100 almost made Einstein and 968 did.

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103, They would have rocked Atlanta!

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1280.

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definitely 1280, 330, and 968. 1280 is the best team to get the least recognition on Chief, as far as I have seen.

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610 for sure. They had an amazing power dumper that could also play amazing defense. They had me shaking in my seat all throughout the elimination matches.

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thanks. we will be at Atlanta though ready to play some lunacy. good luck 1918.

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330 is the best bot not going to Atlanta. I wish we had the chance to compete again with them this year. Maybe if we can both make it to IRI we could pair up again there.

-Keaton

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A championship without 330, 968 or 103 just doesn't seem right...
1241 would have been heard from if for nothing else their dynamic Payload Specialist. 610 and 910 were serious bots to deal with and would have been picked.
Hopefully they will all find a place to give the bots one more go around in the off seasons.

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I agree with all the teams above, but there's one team that isn't going that should. That's 1388. They seeded 2nd in San Diego and barely lost with us in the finals. They seeded 1st in Los Angeles and had some bad luck and good defense played against them.

While they were not an elite 'bot, they were more than capable of carrying their alliance. Plus they have one of the best and most consistent human players this year. She was consistently scoring moon rocks from half court and scored pivotal super cells at the last minute.

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what about 1100, very good bot

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I would like to add 2041 to the list, they were semifinalists at Midwest Regional and they were the team captain of the alliance that shut out 71 and 1114, which is no small feat.

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I was really impressed by 425, was sad to see they didn't get to go. They were a powerhouse scorer with some excellent drivers.

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743 put on what was in my opinion the best defensive performance of any bot this year. they shut us down in the semi finals in ny. in hartford in two qualification matches they hounded us and in one match they handled the fan powered 121 very well.

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Unfortually for the second straight year I am saying 910. After playing aganist them a couple of times this year their robot is as always awesome. They made alot of headway with the target system they were using, and I watch them put countless hours on the pratice field, to make there robot perfect. I would watch out for them at all the off-season events IRI, MARC and Kettering(asuming those are the ones they will partice in).

I can't believe after facing them on Curie last year in the Quarter-Finals, that tteam 100 isn't gonig be gonig to the chapionship. They bulid great robots year after year and its a shame to see this happen to a very sucessful team.

The goes for team 330. Never would I except to metion that team in this thread, it breaks my heart. But somebody has to sit out. I say that because we are a team that is sitting out for the first team in 6 years. :( This is another team to watch out for come IRI time.

Frankly I say all the teams that are sitting out are good robots and teams. Everyone put six hard weeks of work in to the program, and all set out to solve a problem. Good Job to all teams!

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A rookie team DARC out of alabama is a really good team the were seeded no.1 going into the qualification matches, but they didn't win rookie all star, and lost their final matches. They are really good it's team 3025.