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Originally Posted by Dr.Bot
While scoring the high goal effectively is good to have, being able to move and pass is more important. As a matter of fact the most important stat is assists. If you're in your eliminations, you pick an ally who assists score is bellow 200 you are cooked.
The stats don't lie:
Team Rank Assists Name
971 1 640 Moutain View HS
114 6 330 Los Altos HS
668 9 320 Pioneer HS, San Jose
100 26 160 Woodside
766 31 230 Menlo Atherton
----- Teams picked for finals, probably based on high goal ability or name recognition - I am guessing ------
1868 50 120 Space Cookies
115 51 110 Monta Vista, Cupertino
1351 52 100 Arch Bishop Mitty
In Sacramento - (the 1 rank 971 picked the 2 rank 1678, their third pick was 766 - who they modified to a pass through during lunch after alliance picks. They ended up winning, even though during one match 766 was dead on the field. 1868, 100, 115 and 1351 all made into the finals - and I am guessing they all had 10 point shots but not the consistency.
When 254 picked the lowest seeds at Inland I heard they were booed because people though they were being arrogant. That is BS. They picked teams who could pass the ball to them. So My advice is if you get to finals pick the remaining partners based on assists, not on rank.
BTW:
My team 751 rank 30 assists 310
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Please stop putting down 115, 1351 and 1868. All three teams are exemplary and have incredibly competent and hard working students who have produced awesome machines to play a very difficult game.
Also, we were devastated that 766 was out one match (1678 blew a main breaker one match too...) but very relieved when they got working again. We loved working with 766 and their robot was a steal as the 24th robot in the draft, much like 4161 was a steal at Inland Empire. There is no doubt in my mind that our success at both events has hinged on the two fantastic teams of 4161 and 766.
BTW: Your ASSISTS in ranking does not actually reflect your robot's ability to create assists. It reflects your alliances ability to create assists across all of your qualification matches. Theoretically, 751 (or any other team) could have sat on the field motionless every match and still gathered 310 assist points over 12 matches. This is why teams scout.