[PerpetualMotion]

I don't think anyone can argue that it was 1114/469's championships to lose. They were favorites going into the weekend, and rolled through just about every alliance they saw in elims without much trouble.

And thats exactly what happened, the Curie alliance lost it. I don't mean to take anything away from the Newton alliance, because even with the Curie alliances failures, it still takes an awesome alliance to beat them.

I think the strategy the Curie alliance used was the right one. Once they have 6 balls in their system, no alliance should be more efficient then 469 at getting the balls in the goal, so let the Newton alliance do what they wanted with the balls they had. Would having an extra ball or two in the system be better? Absolutely, but it probably wasn't worth the effort.

From the first video, it is clear that 469 wasn't hitting the shots they usually make. As a result, 469's efficiency was less than 67 + 177 so surprise surprise, the Newton alliance was able to out score them, barely.

The second match 2041 was stuck in a goal for over half a match. The Curie alliance came within 3 pts of tieing the match which just shows how dominant the Curie strategy is when it worked for 55 seconds. Had 1114 got 2041 out of the goal 15 seconds earlier, it could have been a very different match. Add in the fact that 469 sat in the tower and did nothing for at least 30 seconds when they had no balls in the system. 469 could have got out of the tower and slowed down 67 or even got a ball or two out of their system. Even more, 2041 blocked a 469 shot toward the end of the match. 1114 looked very slow as they went to hang, which leads me to believe they had a bad battery. Had 2041 not blocked the goal, and 1114 had hung, we suddenly have a tie game.

The second final match was ridiculously close given all the challenges the Curie alliance saw. Had that match been a tie or a win for the Curie alliance, I think it would have been very interesting to see the next match or two.