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Peachtree Regional
It's hard to think of an event in Atlanta involving as many championship invites since the big show left the Georgia Dome. Five teams are packing potential wild card spots, opening the door for more Georgia teams than ever to be represented at Championship. Human player-fed machines will be in no short supply. 2974 won Orlando by making 3 fully capped 4 tote stacks by themselves. 1261, 1746, and 1319 all have great human player-fed machines that have previously built stacks of 5, fully capped. 343 and 4026 were both close to pulling of three tote autonomous modes back in week one, and have had four weeks to nail down their routines. No one in the state was able to match 1648's efficiency at stacking the landfill in the opening weekend, however they will have a hard battle to maintain their "best landfiller in GA" title against the likes of 4468. There are sleepers in the field as well. 4509 and the return of 1771 may turn a few heads their way, and watch out for the changes to 2415 has made since they took home gold as the final pick in alliance selection at Alamo.
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These are some pretty cute predictions here. But...
The 2015 Peachtree Regional is shaping up to be the most exciting Georgia event since Championships was in town. Don’t believe us? Well, keeping reading.
1648,
2974,
1319, and
2415 have already competed in their respective events and are bringing some serious hardware (and banners) into the Peachtree Regional. Look for these teams to build on their first-event successes and create some mad stacks at Peachtree.
If history has taught us anything, having a regional win doesn’t mean much at Peachtree.
1261,
1746,
1683,
832, and
4189 had amazing performance at their first events. Between finalists, engineering inspiration awards, and many achievements in between, each one of these teams has a reason to be playing on Saturday afternoon.
But you know what? Even teams who are just hitting the field for the first time tend to make a big impact at Peachtree.
4509 and
1771 will both be hitting the field for the first time, and with the amount of talent on those teams, the question is not ‘if’ but ‘when’ these teams will hit their stride.
And the craziest part? This isn’t even the tip of the iceberg. Don’t lose sight of
108, who lead ‘The Blue Alliance’ to victory last year at this very regional. Keep an eye on
4026, who was one good line of code away from a 3-tote auto. Keep a watch for
343 and their supposed 3-tote auto.
With 66 teams at this massive regional and an event staff that ran a smooth regional in week 1, expect the Peachtree Regional to be nothing short of spectacular.
- Rotten Peach Alliance
