-In 1/3rd of matches, the hybrid score will be greater than the teleoperated score.
-Average autonomous scores will be 12-24, with an occasional huge score.
-VERSITAL autonomous modes will win, with all the robot out there.
-Most hurdlers will average 1-2 hurdles, with a select few getting 3-4, and 71/111/1114/other elite teams maybe getting an occasional 5.
-Impeding track penalties will be improperly enforced at half of regionals, and overly prevalent at 1/4th of them. This will become the most common complaint from people going "OMG this game is horrible"
-After week one, the lap indicator system will be heavily modified in the team updates.
-75% of launchers will perform poorly, but the remaining 25% will be forces at their regionals
-Most Ackerman steering designs will perform poorly, but swerve/crab/holonomic drive designs will do well.
-Good herders and racers will be rare, and under high demand, especially the racers.
-The infrared system will be used by most teams, but truly effectively by about 1/3rd.
-A rookie team will come up with something that revolutionizes robot designs for years to come.
-A rookie team will win a prominent award in Atlanta, other than Rookie all-star.
-An international team will make it to Einstein.
-Scissor lifts will make a reappearance, and at least one scissor lift robot, defying all expectations, will win a regional.
-1 to 3 teams will come up with an ingenious and effective suction system, most other suction robots will not do well.
-Many teams, particularly launchers, will get burned during inspection due to the wedge rule.
-50% of matches will be decided in autonomous, however, those that aren't will be undecided until the last few seconds.
-Autonomous and driver practice will be more important than usual.
-player station guards, like those in 2005, will be reintroduced, after a launcher shoots over the player station.
-The winning alliance on will have an arm-based hurdler, from a team that competed in 2001, a launcher that can also catch a falling trackball, and a racer, using one of the most impressive swerve drives FIRST has ever seen.
-Segments of at least 2 regionals, the championship, and maybe even an offseason event will be televised, thanks to dean's homework.
Says who we have to limit this to FRC?
Quad Quandary:
-Goal scoring will be the prominent form of scoring. So much so, that the SECOND place alliance will not be able to score rings for more than 2 points (you didn't think 1114 would settle for that, did you?
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-Getting 3 or 4 goals in autonomous will win most matches.
Power Puzzle:
-An RCX will win, with the huge bonus they get.
-Scores above 350 will be extremely common come atlanta, 400s will be rare, though