Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

Agreed, especially in the first few weeks because of the penalties that will be called. This year could have the highest penalty count assesed on teams.

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

Winning Qualifying Score: 10

Winning Elims Score: 14

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

Winning Qualifying Score: 9

Winning Elims Score: 15

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

Im going to deviate from the norm.

I think the High score for all weeks will be around 40. The mean score will be somewhere around 15-20. Call me crazy. We will see.

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

You may have something... I can see three moderate teams scoring 15 points without defense, and we won't be seeing much D this time, thanks to the new ranking system. As for 40 points, it's possible: that's a goal every 9 seconds for every robot. Maybe a really good alliance can do that. We'll see...

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

I'm gonna go ahead and say an average week one score will be 5. I think a decent alliance will score 6 balls in during a match, and get a hanger or two up. I think there will also be a lot of penalties. Teams have a propensity to skim the rule book, and there are lots of penalties that will result from this, I think. I bet lots of robots get caught up on balls and get hammered with the 3" penalty. So, I expect a fair number of zero matches.

I think this is similar to Overdrive (2008). At BAE, which is a week 1 regional. The top tier (10 robots-ish) averaged 2+ hurdles over Friday's qualifying matches. Corralling trackballs was hard. I think corralling these soccer balls will be just as difficult. In the most recent with soccer ball sized items, there were lots of them (2004, 2006, 2009), so it wasn't too hard to come into a clump of them. This year will be different.

I don't think suspending robots will be the bees knees until eliminations. During qualifications it'll be hard to get good partners who are reliable hangers. And I think most teams won't have the guts to build a robot with an emphasis on suspending (though five bucks says 190 does it). I suspect the ones that do it well will be top picks (and one of them will be on the winning alliance in ATL).

Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2010's Week 1 Regionals
 

at least 1 :)