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Originally Posted by DonRotolo

You see, that's the thing: 1114 is successful because they work at it, tenaciously and incessantly. But it's no secret: Not only do they post reams of information for all to see, Karthik has spoken at CMP about their process for as long as I can remember. Most are recorded and available somewhere.

The way I see it, beating 1114 is easy: Just do what they do, only more better.

Even out here in Australia, I heard that 1114 started CADing during week 3, and in previous seasons, normally later. A team that is able to spend that much time dissecting the game is pretty inspiring to say the least.
The one thing elite teams do is not spend all their time trying to make mechanisms work.
We spend a lot of time trying to make our ideas work, thus not being able to afford the time spent to wait that long given our situation and mentor resources.

1114 can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure they can figure out where I heard it from.