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Originally Posted by Herodotus
Not to say 71 didn't have an amazing bot in 2001, I really wouldn't know since I wasn't around, I'm just saying you have to think about more then just how many awards a bot has won when considering which is the best.
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Very true. Let me expand on my reasoning. Yes, Beatty brought home all the trophies in 2001, but this isn't why I consider them the best of all time.
Team 71 was utterly dominant in 2001. There was no way anyone could beat them, unless 71 were to make a mistake. In the elimination rounds, they never did. Now, in the 2001 game, you didn't have to deal with defense. The only way to beat a team was to form a better alliance than them. No one was able to do this. At no point during the 2001 season, did I ever feel Beatty was close to being challenged.
The 2001 game was a pure engineering design challenge. Beatty simply out smarted and out engineered every one. Just thinking about that robot and it's dominance makes my spine tingle.