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Re: UNH District Predictions: Northern New England, Part 2

Thank you for the predictions again!

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Originally Posted by NEpredictions View Post
[size="6"]Week 1 did affirm the importance of a successful autonomous. 1519 and 177 both used double-ball autos to boost their scores, but the Finals at GSD also showed that putting all your balls in one robot can be risky… missing autonomous shots is a huge loss in points and also means the first portion of the match will have to be mop-up. Arguably, all three Finals matches at GSD were decided during those first 10 seconds.
Definitely agree about the importance of auto in general, and as a deciding factor in each of the three finals matches. We have some ideas for what caused our double-ball inaccuracies in the Finals... but it was definitely stunning! That had been extremely consistent all day!
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