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Re: 1114: Absolutely stunning record over the last few years

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Originally Posted by Rob Stehlik View Post
I couldn't agree more, both 1114 and 2056 are stellar teams. They should serve as an inspiration to the rest of us. My only complaint would be that Canada needs at least one more superpower to make things interesting. Every Canadian tournament in recent history has been won by 1114 and 2056. It's getting tiresome. With only two superpowers, that's the way it will always be. So who's going to step up and be a third contender to mix things up? We tried (harder then ever this year) but it seems like they have raised the bar far beyond our reach.
610, 188, 1075, 1241, 781, 1310, 1305, and more all stepped up their game big time this year, and it still wasn't even close to enough to unseat the ridiculously powerful powerhouse that is the NiagaraFIRST alliance. These teams doing so much better is likely an artifact of these teams all having been around in 2007, to learn from their own mistakes, as well as to play off of winning designs from 2007.

EDIT: Elims would have been alot more interesting with all the teams from East and West playing together. Top tier consisted of 1114/2056/1503, then 610 in a mid tier, then 188, 1075, 907, 3117, 1241, 1310, 1305, 781, 772, among others at the 2nd tier, and then all the low-OPR robots.

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