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Originally Posted by JJG13
The problem with predicting is that no one has seen all the robots in action and robots improve as time progresses. Nevertheless, here are my predictions (mostly based on my observations at the Florida and Palmetto Regionals followed by what videos I've seen):
Newton - Just as I predicted 1114 would not be the first seed in Curie, I don't think 25 will be the first seed for similiar reasons. Newton has even more great offensive robots than Curie and I think other teams will take advantage of the fact that 25 is a low shooter. Just as I said 1114 would not pick 1680, 254 will not pick 968. Team 11 will be the big suprise at Newton. At the Palmetto Regional they started sinking 10 balls in autonomous during eliminations. Expect them to be in the top eight. My prediction for 71 is similiar my prediction for 86 in Galileo. Even though they are a great shooter, they are too easily pushed around. Plus Newton is so tough I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't make the top eight after qualifying rounds. 322 will the top ranked dumper in this division. I don't know who will win Newton I think the winning alliance will have a robot with a high-shooter(exception: 25), camera-aimed turret allied with a top of the ramp shooter. That is 25, 11, or 987 with 254 or 968.
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I agree with that^, Alot of the known teams that have done very well, 25 obviously, wildstang, Mort(team 11, they have a great history and strong bot, I have seen them do the above mentioned), and 254, 968. Since most people know those bots and have seen them, the other teams are going to lockdown hard on them. W/o a doubt. Now, saying that, that makes Autonomous even more important in my book. But even good strategy can beat skill, we've all seen it. Alot of the "better" teams have great scouting, ect. So we know tere are powerhouse robots, but it will come down to there partners working together as team, Instead of us all saying, "Wow! there really good, they can definitly win", sure they can win, but the game isnt 3vs1, its 3v3. What groups of robots compliment there weaknesses and strengths as a team? when I was at the Vegas regional, after one of our matches, a team came up to us and said, "Wow we studied your robot for an hour!, and you still beat us!" and i'm thinking whats wrong with that? Mayby if you studied the alliance for an hour it would of probably been a differnt story i think. My predictions for the top teams and other mumbo jumbo, I dont want to say anything about Newton other than what I've said. But think about it!