A Powerhouse division by far. It does eliminate some of the teams that may deserve to be on Einstein along the way, but as so often quoted, Dean said FIRST isn't fair. Look at Archimedes in 2004, the field that 188 was on. That division was absolutely stacked with 71, 111, 60, 33, 494, 571, 56, 45, 269, 1272, 1002 and the list goes on, but that didn't mean the other fields did not have any kind of competition or that they did not stand a chance against them. Even with what seems like a massive concentration of talent, there will always be teams sneaking under the radar, teams that have won a regional or two but lack the star power of some of the big names as well. I don't think in either scenario will you ever have a lack of competition. You want to be in a division or paired with the best robots possible, so you want to be in the stacked division. If your robot performs well, even with a shoddy win-loss record due to poor luck or what not, the legitimate teams that pick at the end of the day well notice (a la 610 in 2006). By Championships, the big teams that do end at the top of the divisions should have a scouting system worked out. There is more than enough depth across all FIRST teams to have a wild Championship event, especially this year.
Then you just have to make the right call on who to pick, and sometimes it can turn out agonizing. 111 or 71 anyone?
