Your Team's Dream Alliance
 

This question came up in my head in Minnesota when our team had a qualifying match with what would end up being the #1 and #2 seeded robots. I decided to wait to make a thread though until after Championship so everyone had a good idea on the robots of the world. Now that the season's over (excluding awesome offseason events) and you've had time to digest the Championship, what would your robot's dream alliance be? If you could pick any two teams to work with you, which?

In Happy Fantasy Land, I'd go with 2970 / 2826 / 1714. Our team already knows how well we can work with 2826's drive team, and 2970's an all-star team from Wisconsin that's worked well with us in the past and can get huge scores racked up fairly easily. We all have good HPs, too. 2826 and 1714 could convert empty cells as well, the any HP could roll or throw Supercells into any of the robots, and rack up even more points. When in need any of us could play defense for each other.

Got a dream team in mind?

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Definitely 870/1717/67. We can play killer defense and score a big dump once a game, 1717 can consistently score and we paired with them in Atlanta, and 67 is well...67. :P

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Please search.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...dream+alliance
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...dream+alliance

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This is different, this is about what alliance would you want to be on. Not the best alliance there could be. So who would you work with best?

For 857 i think it would have to be 217, 111, and us. We can get 1 good dump and run 2-3 EC a match and then play D and then 217 and 111 could do what they do best.

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During the Portland Regional, 2915 got the honor of being on a alliance with 488 and 2471. It was a ton of fun, and all of the robot's features complemented each other.

we got up to semifinals, and were eliminated due to technical problems (anyone who was at the Portland regional will undoubtedly remember the horrendous static problems)

488 is an INCREDIBLE team to work with, their drivers are great and their bot handles moon rocks like none other.

-Z

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We had the honor of pairing up with 45 and 234 at BMR in the quals. The drive team said the strategies were amazing, the communication between coaches & drivers was direct, clear, and effective, and the roles of each team within the alliance were well-defined and well-crafted to each robot's strengths. We would love the chance to ally with them again (IRI and/or CAGE Match, perhaps?).

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I say us, 67, and 217 and let the moon rocks rain in :yikes:

we have worked with both in the past and it was crazy each time, all three of us together would run out or moon rock stock ridiculously fast...

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I would have to agree 100% with noah us, 67, and 217 we all are from the same area and all are friends!!!:)

thats game! we win!!!

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For my team, it's been a dream alliance for the past two years, but it's never quite happened.

Each year we've looked forward to teaming up with 1771. We're really close at competition and we respect each other.

We have also gotten oppurtunities to team up with team 1746. They are among our most favorites, if the most favorite, and we enjoy teaming up with them whenever we get the chance.

So naturally we would like our dream alliance to be 1771, 1746, and 1261. We have all spent off-season time together, and we all have very didactic and animated players and members.

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1503, 67, 217

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Crap, I lost!

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Instead of a dream alliance I have a dream match,
2008 V 2009
1114,217,148 vs 111,67,971

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There are so many teams we love to work with it's hard to choose. 67, 217, 33, 494, 70, 469, 27, and 330 just to name a few. We love to be paired with HOT not just because they are awesome but because the alliance name becomes Freezerburn. So I think my dream alliance would be with 67 and 217 any year. Not just because both are crazy awesome but also because the alliance name would be the Freezerburned Chickens. :p

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I don't know about my team but my personal dream alliance would be with 45 and 111. I learn something from Raul and Andy every time I play with them.

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Exploding Sciborg Force!!!
1902, 1155, 126

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Madtown Marauder Gamers

1323, 11, 1771

This would be a fun team.

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That would be pretty epic...I want to see that really badly now.



My dream alliance would be my team 2079, 20 and 79...just for kicks.

I'd also like 2079, 67 and 217, that'd be pretty awesome.


I also want to add that 1403 and 48 are possibly the two coolest teams to be allied with. When we were allied with them they were both really nice as well as good at cheering and coming up prematch introduction poses/stances.

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I'm personally fond of all these choices...

Past 2009 Alliances:
- FrogCub #2851 - 1701, 503, and 2851
- Critically Built on Frogs - 85, 503, and 2188
- TNGator Force - 1250, 280, and 503
- OP SimFrogtics / Simtriotic Force - 1114, 2056, and 503

Dream Draft:
- Team MAGNA - 503, 1941, and 3115 (Awesome sister teams!)
- Chickenfrogs of Tomorrow - 67, 217, 503 (Because we NEVER get to play with 217 and rivalry triangles are fun)
- SIMWILDFORCE - 111, 1114, and 503 (Because we still feel bad for hitting Wildstang's control board in 2008)
- NC Phoenix Frogs - 1918, 703, and 503 (Because you scared us to death in West Michigan)
- Thundering Frogwranglers - 217, 148, and 503 (Because I personally have a robo-crush on Tornado and Roxi)

Nostalgia:
- The HOT Beach Force - 67, 330, and 503 (2005 World Champs)
- Pi Hi Frog Warriors - 573, 503, and 1015 (2007 Great Lakes Champs)
- Krunchy Husky Force - 79, 65, and 503 (2007 Galileo Finalists)
- Soaring Frogs of Tomorrow - 67, 326, and 503 (2008 Great Lakes Champs)

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Every year I hope that by some miracle we end up on a 39 / 842 / 1726 alliance, but I don't think it will ever happen.

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I liked being with 195 and 1155 at the championships......

they were alot of fun:rolleyes:

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From what I have personally seen, an alliance I would like to see is 111, 2753, and 1771.

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I would like to see these alliances:

1 - 234 - 56

123 - 45 - 67

111 - 222 - 33

... and this alliance would be singularly awesome:

Juggernaut (1) - Team Mort (11) - Wildstang (111)

I must say, in my 12 years of being on a FIRST team, I have not seen a qualification match like that of Galileo match 42, where 45, 67, and 111 were all on the same alliance. People were saying that if we did not win, then we should walk home. Thankfully, we won. The silly thing is that our 3 teams strategized for that match for about 20 minutes, thinking of all of the crazy things that our alliance were going to do to us ("turtle defense", etc.).

Andy B.

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1918, 904, 67

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I'll stick with 1717, us and 330. Great people, should be a fun match.

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Who would I want?...hmm....:D

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That reminds me, I'd also be stoked about 254, 971 and us. Also a bunch of good people.

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That would have been cool too.

At our regional, we very nearly got another dream alliance when 1868 (before their upgrade) almost fell to us and 254 with the last pick. (the 3 of us practice together at 1868 and 254's lab)

That would have been lots of fun.

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Personally my dream alliance would be us (423), 816, and 2753
That would have been amazing!!! ^_^

The dream alliance that my team actually did have this year was us, 103, & 1923 that was probably one of our best matches at the New Jersey Regional

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In VCU we had a Dream Match... straight out Cinderella Story. 1086 and our partner team Sparky 384 were picked last in the Finals, us on the second seed and them on the first. We pretty much looked each other in the eye at that point and said, "See you in the Final Match!"

Both of us managed to go all the way, and finally we met up in the end...



And then...

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45, 47, 48

As far as I know, it's never happened.

Throw in 46 as the backup bot....

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Dream match:

1771, 1746, and 1261 vs. 343, 342, 1319

It'll happen one day...

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I'd like to see that. I don't want to start any fights, but my money is on the 1771, 1746, and 1261 alliance.

I just want to get our 2655, 2415, 832 alliance back together at Peachtree next year. That would be epic. So that is my dream alliance.

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I wouldn't mind doing it again with 67 and 217 or with 910 and 67

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816, 399, 222. Wall Of Orange.

We'd have 3 of the fastest, best driven bots on the field.


If I had to go for an alliance that would happen, (399 is west coast) I'd go with 25, 11, and 816. That'd be quite a bit of awesome.

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Ideal partners for me over here on the East would be 2753 and 816 or 103

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Honestly there are some truly amazing teams. My personal Dream alliance would include a combination of, not in any specific order, 1114, 67, 71, 234, 1717, 217, 1625, and 1902 (Cause I have a huge soft spot for the exploding bacon). I really would love to be with 71, it would be great to be with them than having to go against them.

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I have a few

#1 - 503 Frog Force - 247 - Da' Bears - 280 TnT -
#2 - 503 Frog Force - 67 HoT - 280 TnT -
#3 - 503 Frog Force - 111 WildStangs - 280 TnT-
#4 - 247 Da' Bears - 1114 Simbotics - 280 TnT
#5 - 1250 GatorBots - 1114 Simbotics - 280 TnT -
#6 - 1250 GatorBots - 67 HoT - 280 TnT
#7 - 1250 GatorBots - 111 WildStangs - 280 TnT -
#8 - 1250 GatorBots - 503 Frog Force - 280 TnT -

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I was going to say 330, 1717, 980, but then I got to thinking...

330, 67, 980. 330 and 67 have this annoying tendency to win when they pair up in elims... (2 for 2, 2005 CMP and 2008 IRI). Same for 330 and 980 in SoCal...

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Dream alliance:
8th seed + second to last seed + last seed

Of couse this is going on the idea that this dream alliance wins.

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Yeah, 399 had pretty good drivers. Our team liked to refer to them as the nuke; they might only strike once a match, but once was enough. 222 also had the honor of taking a rookie team to Einstien field, but moreso upset the alliance I expected to make it there - 1114, 2056 and 503.

Go ahead and guess how I came up with the 3 of these:
1. 148/217/1114
2. 65/67/217
3. 188/217/1717

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27, 33, 910

Killer Bees are my best friends at competition because they're always next door, yet we haven't paired up in elims since...2003 Sweet Repeat (from what I've heard, someone can confirm that) Foley Freeze is just an awesome team who we love to be around, plus I really liked their chassis this year (anyone from 910 will get the joke).

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1625 Definitely
217 or 111 for 2nd robot

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2009, 330 and 980 lost at LA with 1726 in the semis to the awesome alliance of 1717, 294 and 597.

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20 40 121

we always compete against each other, but there's never been a time when all three of us have been together =[

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423, 816, 2753

In one match, 423 actually worked with 816 and 103; it was awesome! However, I would prefer 2753 because I feel their robot is just faster and better; especially after seeing it at PARC with the modifications from Atlanta. That robot is a beast!

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I think that exclusively from west michigan it should be 3357 (COMETS), 2771 (Code Red) and 1918 (NC Gears)

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Hmmm...for Breakaway I would like no specific alliance because I hate leaving teams that do have the same aspects that I will mention not be mentioned.

One bot would need to be a great 3rd zone defense player and a stellar kicker. The other bot would need to be an all-around player who can successfully kick balls either into the near zone or score. From there, we could either strike in the near zone or play with our deflector. Both should be able to hang as well.

I really didn't care about the specific partners but if the team can do those then we definately want you :D !

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For breakaway I'll take 469 in the mid zone for obvious reasons. 67 to start in the far zone then move to the mid zone to get all the balls in the cycle. And of course us in the near zone doing what we do best, scoring any misses and flipping defenders (gotta love double drive trains).

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To be fair, "three good scorers" wins a lot of games. :P

Obvious 469 alliance: 2791 cleaning up in front, 469 mid, 294 playing defense and scoring from the back zone.

Avoiding the obvious "1114 and 67" and trying to come up with some partners we actually could have had at regionals: 2791 in front, 230 midfield, 20 in back.

On paper, we initially were aiming for an alliance that had a solid back autonomous that could either defend or clear balls depending on the need, and picking up a front zone cleaner in the second round. Then we made a strategy change when our kicker was never up to snuff and became a frontzone "striker", seeking a solid midfielder with the first pick and a "3-and-D" with the second.

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I would have,

801 in back defending,

79 in the midzone shoveling and hanging,

1557 up front plowing.

It worked great at Florida until we broke down :(

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I would want a good looper, like 469, in the middle. That way, they could funnel balls to us. 469 specifically would be good because they aren't easily moved from their position. For defense, that's harder, because the robot would ideally be able to kick from long range, cross over bumps, have the ability to hang, and be able to keep up with the offensive robot. I can't think of an particular team that fits that description right now, so I'll leave it at that.

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1519: Mid/far
1718 or 1086: Near zone being amazing as always
2337 or 79 (494 and 70 are also close behind, but cannot hang but are still amazing mid zone bots): Redirecting, hanging, and moving balls forward.

I know that 469 is not listed as a mid zone robot party because I feel that either of those 4 plus 1718 or 1086 in the near would do far better! Yes it is a gamble but it would make for an insanely high scoring match!

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As a team with a deflector/looper bot and suspension bot, I'd really like some hangers and scorers, somewhat obviously. And since we're in Michigan, that opens us up to a bunch of realistic dream alliances. But this is what I'd like to do:

Near bot: 910, The Foley Freeze. They're a great scorer - genius scorer, actually - and they're always great fun and great friends! They're an easy pick.
Middle bot: 2337, us/EngiNERDs. We can deflect, suspend, and move balls pretty well - good enough to feed 910.

That leaves a last, far feeder/maybe defender bot, someone who can clear a bunch of balls to us and 910, and then finish them off. Ideally, we'd have a hanger who could suspend off of us here... but none spring to mind. So:

Far bot: 1114, Simbotics. They've always been a team we've admired, and they can move, score, and hang (but not with us).

The three matches we've had with these two teams have been Kettering qualification match #38 w/910, MSC qualification match #88 w/910, and Curie qualification match #84 w/1114. Scores: 12-2, 19-5, 10-1. Bring on the competition!

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217, 1676, 1086

217 playing near zone, 1086 in the middle, and 1676 hoppin back and forth helping control the mid and put away goals.

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Personally, I liked our Alliance from Oklahoma City Regional. Team 1987 in the back clearing balls, 935 playing midfield, and Metal Mustangs (2410) playing offensive and doing what we do best.

I know that most people would love to be on a 469 team, and I would to, but we played with them at Champs, and we didn't really have much to do. All we did was put in what they missed, and keeping the defender busy. Not exactly the super exciting job we usually have as striking.

Just my 2 cents. Enjoy =)

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I think I got my dream alliance...294, 67 and 177! Our robots and strategy completely complimented each others and we all knew instinctively what we needed to do next.

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Hmmm... that sounds familiar... but I don't think that alliance would be very good at all. :rolleyes:

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I think they'd do okay, but they've got no chance of beating 469 and the Simbots. :ahh:

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They might be able to pull it off, with 177 playing defense... :P
(Note: ^is not ignorant [joking])

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I don't know, a world championship against two other amazing robots may prove this to be an amazing alliance but I don't think so! ;)

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Ditto.

Hahahaha. That's what everyone would have expected.