Disclaimer: I am just a FRC fan and this thread is not meant to "leave out" any team at IRI, but to provide an entertaining view point of pre-IRI.
What a year it has been in 2013. Ultimate Ascent has provided a game in which teams have played through blizzards, ascended pyramids, and hurled frisbees across the court. Now we have finally made it to the "all-star" event for FIRST Robotics, the Indiana Robotics Invitational. At this event, the FIRST World will be given the opportunity to see some of the greatest teams that played Ultimate Ascent. Here are a few predictions of mine as I looked into the field for IRI.
(On a side note it is a shame that both 254, 610, and 1986 were not able to attend IRI. These teams had fantastic machines that could put up some big points.)
- The number of backpacks has increased by ten each year according to the IRI webpage. I predict that FRC teams will provide over 115 backpacks for the community.
- There will be no undefeated team this year at IRI.
- There will not be a match in which an alliance will have over 50 climb points.
- Each elimination alliance will have a FCM and a 7 disk auton.(Full Court Maker)
- There will be more Canadian teams in the eliminations semifinals than Michigan teams.
- Finally, if the trend holds true, FRC Team 1538 will win IRI since they won the Chairman's Award at Championships this year.
Elimination Bracket:
1. 2056-1114-1310
2. 33-469-3467
3. 987-118- 862
4. 1538-67-1241
5. 3928-148- 234
6. 111-1477-2590
7. 2054-303-11
8. 359-2468-71
1 beats 8 in 3 games
2 beats 7 in 3 games
3 beats 6 in 2 games
4 beats 5 in 2 games
4 beats 1 in 3 games
3 beats 2 in 3 games
4 beats 3 in 3 games
Good Luck to every team that is competing.