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Originally Posted by johnr
No predictions, but a question. Lets say Curie ends early and 1114-469- ? are teamed up before you make picks on the other fields. Do you biuld your alliance to win your field and hope it is good enough to bet the before mentioned alliance or do you build your alliance to beat super alliance and hope you are good enough to win your field? Are they the same thing?
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I, personally, am a strong advocate of the belief that 1114 and 469 will ally, but it is possible to beat them, just as I believe 469 can be beaten alone. I believe the alliance to get to Einstein with three robots adept at both pinning and midfield scoring will have a strong shot. If an alliance can effectively pin 469 in midfield for the entire 2.25 minutes, which has not yet been done but only valiently attempted best I believe by the killer bees and More martians, or both 469 and the third partner using one robot and the other two robots or even one can just quickly score from midfield starving 1114 of balls, this alliance can be possibly defeated. I don't believe you can build an alliance for your division separately from an alliance to win Einstein, you have to build the best possible alliance. In no way should the best possible alliance be thrown together without considering the versatility and full advantage of each partner on the alliance. From the captain to the third partner, every robot on the alliance can and should be dominant.