[tindleroot]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Your game robot analysis seems a bit odd. Honestly I wasn't that impressed with 254 this year not saying they didn't make an amazing bot but I never thought they were going to Einstein. 1114, 118, 1678, 2826, 1657, 148, 179, 4488, 4039, 971, and 1538 are just some of the bots that I think had a way better design then 254 this year. I love 254 but I think after 2 years of making the community go crazy they missed their mark a bit.

I agreed with this completely...until SVR happened. Since then, 254 has blown me away by their abilities. No team, I repeat, NO TEAM, can score over 200 points BY THEMSELVES as consistently as 254 can. 254, time and time again, has scored 20+42+42+36+36+40=216 (given their opponent completes Co-op), hence their average over 200 at their final events. For them not to make it at LEAST to Einstein semifinals I thought was crazy - until it happened. Regardless, their robot made me "go crazy" after they improved for SVR.