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Unread 05-02-2003, 17:36
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Dew Wager Anyone?
O.K.,

This is the perfect time to bring up a Mountain Dew Wager.

First, my position on the subject:

While I agree that an effective stacker might be hard to come by, it is not quite the black balls of 2000. The biggest difference: The 2000 black balls were only worth 5 points and stacks are multipliers. Look back in FIRST history. When were multipliers not a factor? Could this be the first time the multiplier will not make the difference?

My wager is that the multiplier will be the difference, but that 25 point robot position does put some doubt in my head.

I think that to be an effective ramp dominator, you will need to spend your entire life on the ramp and that basically makes it a 2 v. 1 game. And make no mistake that there will be robots very effective at relocating bins from one side to the other without using the ramp (Chief Delphi, this is my prediction for one of your functions). While I agree that there probably will be a few robots capable of taking control of the top of the ramp, they will be doing that the whole match.

Any takers? I say the multiplier will be the difference again this year.

-Paul