[Kims Robot]

The triplets are truely a force to be reckoned with... but only championships will tell. I do believe that it was the alliance of these truely consistant robots that really makes them powerful. I think separate, they are powerful, but not as scary!

I wanted to say one thing to a question early in the thread. I dont think any of the triplets would purposly throw matches to be low and be in an alliance with the other two. They are just not like that. Now if two were in the top 8 would they decline? Likely. Any team that had won 3 regionals with another team would be silly to not try and create that alliance again. Is it fair? who knows. But is it smart? yes. Does it scare the rest of us?? Heck yes!

I saw a lot of matches from behind the "black table" in Toronto, and I observed a couple things that lead me to believe they are stoppable. In one match, 45 was able to keep 1503 from crossing the centerline, and defeated them purely by staying in their way. However, once a triplet parks at the goal, its nearly impossible to move them. I saw a few teams do this, but it might have only been 3 times in the entire regional, in all of their matches on the pontiac field.

Another thing is that I was shocked to see the match in which 229, 217 & 4 danced their way around the 2/3 triplet alliance. 217 founded the match by scoring more balls than both of the triplets together! Without a camera, the triplets take a long time to line up before a match, and it seems if they are a bit off, it just isnt as powerful in automode as some of the teams that use the camera.

But their robots are solid & amazing designs, rarely seem to fail, and the consistancy with which they play their matches is really amazing, and what makes them among the best in FIRST.

Im looking forward to seeing what Champs brings them (hopefully separate divisions or we are all in for a shock! lol).