[ngreen]

Okay. I revise my winning statement. The robots that maximize their score (and opponents score) while minimizing the number of bad alliances will win. Last year I saw some team really prescouting their alliance early in some cases. Particularly I remember a team working on another team's robot tread problems all Friday because they had a match together Saturday. That is a championship type team. You won't play every round with a world champion robot by your side but you can still perform well in most situations. The teams that are able to manage these situations so that the match is successful will be champions. Know your alliance partners well and be able to work with them to win. A single robot has a hard time winning this game. In most cases you could tell the alliance that knew each other fairly well and could work together well. In some cases that was a kit of parts pusher that drifts to the left and a hanger. In the elims. the team that can maximize this teamwork will win. Those who work best together will be best. Team 34 had a sign last year that said "Team 34 works well with others." and they won two regionals last year. I think that is a good lesson and prediction for this year.