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Originally Posted by tindleroot
Looks like you're a fan of the Archimedes #4 alliance.
My prediction is that the #1 seed will face off against a low seed (6, 7, or 8) in the finals, where the #1 alliance comes in on the blue side, but manages to pull a victory in the end due to a capped 3-stack placed in the last 5 seconds. I'm thinking my odds are pretty high  |
The thing about that alliance (195-1310-1640-217) is that the rule changes help all of them quite a bit. 195 can start pre-loaded with a container, 1310 can use the tote stack auto in their first landfill stack, and 1640 doesn't have to race their opponents anymore for autonomous cans. All three are also very consistent with high upsides.
However for that alliance to make it as far as I predicted, they'd need some serious luck.
Teams also tend to pick teams they can work with well, so teams often end up on the same alliance a few different times.
I also have 33 and 624 together again (they allied together at last year's IRI)