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Originally Posted by Thunder910
(like 1918- seriously how did a 5-disc auto and a 50 point climb get left to the second round of picks?!?!)
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Curie was exceptionally strange and unpredictable this year, but I wasn't surprised 1918 didn't make it until the second round. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love 1918's robot and approach. In fact, in my opinion, they were very close to the ideal design solution this year.
The number one reason they dropped to second pick, boiled down to speed. With the gear ratio they had on their drive base, they were painfully slow moving around the field. Without defense, they could still score a slightly above average amount of cycles. However, eliminations at champs can be brutal when it comes to defense. Their autonomous cycle was fairly reliable, but occasionally their collection device seemed to have trouble scooping discs up. Their climb worked great with only a few mishaps during the season, yet it didn't get used in several elimination matches, IIRC.
Had the selections on Curie played out differently, it would have been very likely that 1918 could have been a first pick, assuming more inter-picking amongst the top 8.
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