[Wayne TenBrink]

Here are my predictions - documented so I can eat them later:
- Early season average winning scores in qualification matches will be below 50. Early average losing score under 15. Late season average winning score around 100. Late season average losing score around 40. Late season elimination round scores will be higher and closer - around 120 to 90. High score 145.
- The impact of defense will decline as more alliances realize that their struggling partners are more valuable as feeders than as blockers. Fast hangers will be limited by tube supply and a feeder could increase their supply by a full Logo per match.
- More tubes will be thrown as the season goes on. It is faster than driving if done properly, and loose tubes won't turn out to be that big of a benefit to your opponents. You can afford to lose a few unless you plan on hanging 18 tubes a match. Besides, would you drive across the field to pick up a loose tube in a herd of bots if your feeder had just laid one in your safe zone? And how many robots playing defense will be good enough at floor pickup or herding to steal it from you?
- Floor pickup will be to Logomotion what ball handling was to Breakaway.
- The minibot race will become more exciting as the season goes on, but their actual influence will decline. If there is only one that works in a match, those 30 points will define the winner and be predictable. When there are four in a match, the net point margin will be less but it will be very fun to watch.
- I would like to see Logomotion turn into a speed contest with feeders and hangers working as a team, and where dedicated defense bots are seen as a sign of desperation by an alliance that knows it can't win the hanging race. I would like to see the rack scores close enough that its anybody's game going into the minbot race (except maybe when my team is out there).