Wow...
I'm impressed we got the mention! Thanks!!
There was actually a six-way tie for first at Finger Lakes, and we squeeked by with the highest tie breaker. All were good, of course, and some were undoubtedly actually a bit better than we humble Warlocks - but don't let my team know I said that!
Having worked some mathematical "magic" (hey - we're
Warlocks, right?) with all the match scores in prior competitions, though, I have to report that our sister team, #0378, who helped our team get started several years ago, had almost an identical potential for point-scoring in that competition - and
they actually advanced to the final round, getting the silver.
I bring up
#0378 (Circuit Stompers) because they are also here, at the GTR - they really deserve equal mention in any prediction-making. Expect to see them in the top 8!
As best I can tell (from that mathematical analysis), the top 10 at GTR should be, in order:
1114, 2056, 1507, 0378, 0188, 1310, 1565, 2200, 1006, and 1503.
Sound reasonable? That's just how the numbers came out. There's nothing subjective to it, but there are teams who haven't played in other Regionals yet that could be missing from having been considered. As far as "The Great Divide" goes, how's this: 2056 came out about 50% ahead of the next best team (us), while the next seven in the top 10 all came out within 50% of us. My apologies to #1676, who have been mentioned elsewhere on this thread, but didn't fare so well in that analysis.
Hopefully, your improvements will change things markedly. Hey - we have an elevator, too!
Anyway, "that's
my prediction, and I'm sticking to it!"
