Re: Predictions Championship 2009: Lunacy for Lunacy
 

I don't know if I believe that Galileo will be won in the alliance selections... I'll have to evaluate that upon seeing the alliances. (:

Re: Predictions Championship 2009: Lunacy for Lunacy
 

You know better than that. :D
It's the best alliance that wins the regional/division/Championship not the best team, and this has become far more apparent in the 3 team on the field era from 2005 on. Prior to that 1 superstar team could carry partners and win everything. In 2005 that changed and not having good deep pick list would bite high seeds more and more in ATL. In a 90 team division it's easier for a lower seed to unseat a high seed because of the depth of the field, by picking wisely.

My $0.02.

Re: Predictions Championship 2009: Lunacy for Lunacy
 

That's what I'm saying... it's not evident that any particular team is destined to seed first and seize the field, which is why I'm waiting until Saturday afternoon after alliance selections before I make any predictions.
My third pick on Archi last year was all about well-rounded alliances ;)

Re: Predictions Championship 2009: Lunacy for Lunacy
 

Also, the key to using this database effectively is to use the built in Excel filters. To get the data on all regional winners attending the championship, I simply had to go to the "World Sortable" tab, filter out "Not attending championship" in the division column, and filter in "Regional Winner" & "State Champion" in the result column. Using these filters you can generate all sorts of interesting data.

Re: Predictions Championship 2009: Lunacy for Lunacy
 

This alliance appears to have a lot of potential. I see 704 with a lot potential in itself. Since apparently they haven't gone to the championships before, they may be overlooked by some championship regular teams.

Items of interest, in Lonestar regionals, they had 2 or the top 3 scores in qualifying and in the 2nd round of the regional finals, one alliance robot had electrical problems and wasn't moving. They still only lost by 2 points.