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Re: What will be the highest average RP in week 1/2?

My assumption is that the first pick Average RP for Week 1 or 2 is going to below 2.0

Unlike last year, those additional ranking points are going to be very hard to come by.

The first thing to realize is that the 2 points for a win is the most important thing. All great teams will try to win first before getting the bonus points.

So about those bonus ranking points.

* 4 Rotors by one bot is highly unlikely so it will require two great gear bots paired together. But it will only be sporadic during elimination rounds during week 1 or 2. (Playoffs with its 100 point incentive are different story)

* 40kPa is 120(!) balls in the high goal during teleop which is a whole lot of made balls -- even more unlikely is that it takes 360 by a dumper bot. Autonomous changes things, but I think very few excellent teams are going to be concentrating on scoring balls in autonomous during week 1 or 2 as the 20 extra points for the autonomous gear is the clear preference.

Either of these require great teams paired together. That will open happen a few times during the elimination rounds week 1 or 2.

And even the great teams sometimes get paired with bad partners and don't win every match. So I'm fairly confident that the winning alliance will be have an average of less than 2.0 RP.

I suspect this will change drastically by week 6.
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