Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/4/2001 2:34 PM EST
Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT!
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In Reply to: Car Nack Predicts
Posted by Bill Beatty on 2/4/2001 12:31 PM EST:
: Car Nack predicts.
: 1. Less than one percent of the robots will be able to go under the bar, less than six machines Nation wide.
: 2. As the Competition progresses, bridge balancing will become very easy and common with a greater than ninety percent success rate in the National elimination matches.
: 3. Less then ten percent of the robots will be able to go over the bar, less than fifty machines Nationwide.
: 4. No high meet score (regional or National) will be a 29 second, 3x multiplier match.
: 5. FIRST will hire a large crew of carpet layers to repair the bridge surfaces during the competition.
: 6. No high meet score will be created by laying the goals on their sides.
: 7. The stretcher will be used in more than half the elimination matches at the Nationals.
: 8. The high meet score will always occur in the elimination rounds.
: 9. There will be a surprising number of 1x muiltiplier rounds.
: 10. Except for the small regionals ( under 30 teams) the high meet score will always be a 59 second, 2.5x muiltiplier match.
: Car Nack has spoken.
i already know 6 robots going under
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