[Brandon Holley]

I have just spent like 20 minutes reading EVERYONEs post in this thread, like others, i see a lot of well shooter can do this....and arms can do that...and my team has done this...and this team has done that...

The goal of this thread was to predict what was going to happen.

In my honest opinion, if we have simply 1 shooter vs. 1 arm, the shooter is going to win. However, this isn't goign to happen because we have 4 other robots on the field who are shooters/arms/herders/racers/younameits. While I feel shooters 1 on 1 will be more effective, the alliance is where games are won and loss.

If you ask me, the best alliance you can have is 1 of each of these main categories (arms/shooters/racers). I think while these threads are fun, a lot of the time they should jsut be left as fun. Wait until you see what is going on at teh week 1 regionals. Chances are it will be different than what every one of us is thinking. You will see shooters do well, some will do extremely well, however you will see shooters do very poorly as well. You will see arms do well, some will do extremely well, however you will see arms do very poorly also. FIRST always balances itself out. Well made robots, good strategy, and a bit of luck...as always, the keys to success.