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Re: FIRST records
Regarding the most matches in a season: The Blue Alliance data includes the IRI. During the "regular season", HOT played 87 matches and the Thunder Chickens played 85. I believe that both attended other post-season competitions in addition to the IRI, so their "overall" totals would be more than what shows on TBA.
Regarding dominant robots: Team 71 in 2001 was long before my time in FRC, but the fact that so many people still talk about it says a lot. Team 1114 in 2008 was the most dominant I have seen. Both these robots were able to "dominate" because they had a strong organization and a unique design. Every year it seems that most robot designs can be lumped into certain "types". In 2008, there were a lot of good hurdlers, but the Simbot dominated because its simple and effective ball collector was't just the best of its "type" - it was the only one of it's type and it worked great! From what I hear, the same was true of Team 71's robot in 2001 - it was the only one of its "type" and it worked great. You can have an excellent machine, but its hard to dominate when it is just the best its "type". A lot of "unique" machines do poorly (we have the experience to prove that!). However, when you come up with the killer design that others missed, and your team behind knows how make the most of it, then you can truly dominate the field.
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