Quote:
Originally Posted by BetaHelix
Best in Iowa:
525
5576
167
3928
967
Only 525 qualified for champs.
(4646 my be there too but I'm not going to say so myself.)
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My votes for the best in
Iowa:
525: The best robot (in my opinion) in the state this year is definitely 525's. 2 regional wins, a chairman's award, the Swartdogs have done it all with a very capable breacher, and a high quality catapult.
5576: Team Terminator earns my vote for the second best robot from Iowa. They had a very good high goal shoot, (once they got their shooter dialed in), which when coupled with a good hanging mechanism, makes them a team to put on the list of top robots that did not qualify for champs.
3928: Team Neutrino built a robot that one could argue had more potential scoring than any other robot in the state. Consistency was a issue for them this year, and resulted in them often times running low goal cycles, as opposed to the high goal cycles that I am sure they would have preferd to running had they had their shoot fully dialed in.
967: The best of the full time low goalers, the Iron Lions focused their efforts on running cycles over many different defenses and low goals. While they likely had hoped for a better season than going unselected at the Iowa regional, and a 5th selection at the North Star regional, it was still a strong performing robot, (when they were not having problems with break-downs).
167: The Children of the Corn combined a very good shooter with a treaded drivebase that was great for defense crossing. A robot that could be very easily over-looked if not scouted well.
I did not include my team (
4646, Team ASAP) as my opinions are biased. An arguement could be made to put us in this list, but each of these other teams (in my opinion) are all very deserving of the positions in their own ways.
Midwest: (I am defining as North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois.)
5172
2481
1986
525
2451