[petek]

My prediction is that the rack score will be the deciding factor in the majority of matches. If that is the case, defense of the rack will be a big factor and teams will have to hang ringers quickly to keep from being defended and scoring robots need to be very manuverable (or immoveable) to generate big scores.

"Why will the rack score be deciding?" you ask? Well, I believe that, except for a few "hero" machines, getting robots off the ground is not going to be a walk in the park, that's why. Recall how many teams had a hard time getting up a big, fixed, ramp last year and how often teams wait until too late to try for it? Now look at the size of the ramp or lift that they're going to be trying to get on in the last few seconds of the game. I expect to see some "interesting" piles of robots in the end zones this year.

Guess we'll find out in 18 days.