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Originally Posted by Looking Forward
With the variety of strategies and codependence of partners in achieving high scores, manual scouting is more important, and more complicated, than ever. Don't expect some of the puzzling alliance selections to stop, as teams will have very different priorities and methods of analyzing data. One thing's for sure, you better be able to sell the advantages of your robot on and off the field.
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I definitely agree that this year should generally feature surprising alliance selections because of how difficult good scouting is... but at the same time I was (pleasantly) surprised at how good the alliance selections at GSD seemed this past weekend! Some of the teams I was hoping would slide to be our alliance's second pick (#2 alliance) didn't make it... we got a strong 2nd pick, but we've often been able to get a team for the 2nd pick that probably should've gone as a 1st pick. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, perhaps?) we didn't get that chance...
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Originally Posted by Looking Forward
[*]A number of teams fell victim to the infamous "back bar" of the goal during week one. Provided FIRST's solution works, few teams will be more relieved than 131. The Granite State finalists will look to take home medals in back-to-back weeks and help cement themselves into one of the top spots in the NE FIRST standings this weekend at UNH. While a number of other competitors, including 126 and 319, won't make it easy, CHAOS looks to be the favorites heading in.
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Yeah, I doubt anyone's more thankful than 131 about that lexan being added! While I know this isn't meant to be comprehensive list, 3467 is definitely a "team to watch" at UNH who may be able to challenge 131 in elims (if not partnered with them)...