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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
The one thing that botehrs me about 254 is they like to get close to the ramp to shoot (or up on it) and at the championship teams aren't going to just let them do that. I want to see if they can still be effective is they are kept from their "sweet spot".
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I had the great fortune of watching 254 in the eliminations at SVR (through the webcast, of course...) While I thought it would be pretty easy to defend them from the ramp, they proved that any opening is a big enough opening, and fought their way each time to score the load of balls they had. Even when they WERE denied from the ramp, they had enough range to shot from off the ramp and still make 10 or so balls. The opposing alliance spent so much time trying to defend just 254, that they didn't do much of anything else. (No offense to the other finalists) I was thoroughly impressed with that bot, and especially their drivers.
However, I still think that there are a handful of other robots that can give them a run for the money. And, as I've predicted before, I believe that the finals on Einstein will be 6 extremely offensive robots, with 3-pt scoring balls flying all over the place. The teams that have the quickest turn-around time between loadings and firings will be the most successful. And, 254 (and it's twin) certainly has to be included in that bunch. Other teams that fit this bill include 126, 343, 125, 435, 229, 1126, 111, 1114 (and twins...) and I'm sure a slew of others that I haven't seen yet. I'm looking forward to some great, high scoring matches.
BEN