Teams to Watch

[Walter Deitzler]

So now that the divisions are out and public, what teams should we be watching at Championships? What alliances could be formed with the potential of taking it all? What do you predict for Championships 2012? What underdog teams might do well?

[CalTran]

I predict Archimedes will be a bloodbath for division champions. The Hawaiian Kids 359 put up a solid performance at Lone Star, but were almost upset by the Cats from Atlanta 2415 in an amazing Semifinal match. Alas, there is also the number one ranked offensive robot in the world, and with 3 World Champion titles, they're itching to match Beatty for their 4th. The HOT Team 67 will be on fire when they line up to take shots. But, all three robots will have to band together if they want to even put a dent in the Canadian Powerhouse alliance of 2056 and 1114.

[delsaner]

Considering the spread of powerhouse team across the four fields, I feel that predicting an Einstein champion is going to be really difficult; there is at least three powerhouse teams on each division.

Some examples include...
Archimedes: 67, 1114, 2056
Newton: 111, 118, 469, 1717
Galileo: 16, 25, 148, 399
Curie: 233, 254, 341

...and they are only a few of many others! Whatever alliances come onto Einstein will be incredible. I will DEFINITELY be watching the Einstein matches.

[dodar]

I could see the main 2 teams from each field going to Einstein being:Archi-67/2056, Curie-233/341, Galileo-16/25, Newton-469/1717.

[Jefferson]

Originally Posted by dodar

...Galileo-16/1986...

Sounds like fun, but Titanium is over in Curie.

[jyh947]

The fight for the Number 1 seed in Archimedes is going to be huge in deciding who will represent that field on Einstein. Now the question is how political the coopertition bridge will get on that field.

[alschnelle]

Originally Posted by dodar

I could see the main 2 teams from each field going to Einstein being:Archi-67/2056, Curie-233/341, Galileo-16/1986, Newton-469/1717.

Team 1986 is in Curie.

[dodar]

Archimedes:

1. 67, 2056, 245 - W
2. 1114, 1592, 4001 - F
3. 1218, 2590, 190 - SF
4. 2826, 359, 2022 - SF
5. 1676, 1504, 781 - QF
6. 973, 1261, 1902 - QF
7. 1756, 195, 126 - QF
8. 234, 1311, 1403 - QF

Curie:

1. 341, 233, 830 - F
2. 987, 1986, 244 - W
3. 1477, 254, 1678 - SF
4. 971, 624, 51 - QF
5. 525, 1501, 1319 - SF
6. 3098, 78, 2180 - QF
7. 1507, 2474, 3929 - QF
8. 1985, 27, 85 - QF

Galileo:

1. 16, 25, 1583 - F
2. 48, 180, 1038 - W
3. 2337, 801, 3322 - SF
4. 33, 148, 1305 - SF
5. 1323, 2054, 125 - QF
6. 1718, 1732, 2169 - QF
7. 573, 399, 2016 - QF
8. 1714, 1918, 772 - QF

Newton:

1. 469, 1717, 86 - W
2. 548, 111, 45 - SF
3. 330, 118, 11 - F
4. 1023, 610, 2122 - QF
5. 222, 365, 816 - SF
6. 488, 1662, 375 - QF
7. 1126, 4294, 175 - QF
8. 340, 79, 107 - QF

Einstein:

Arch vs Curie - Arch
Galileo vs Newton - Newton

Arch vs Newton - Arch

[JABot67]

Oooo, predictions!

I've never posted predictions on Chief Delphi before but here goes:

Archi: 67/2056
Curie: 341/1986 (due to triple balance over 987/254)
Galileo: 25/148
Newton: 1717/469

Einstein: 1717/469

Guessing the third robot is way too hard, so I'm not going to bother doing that.

Teams to watch: 16, 25, 67, 341, 469, 987, 1114, 1717, 2056. That's who I was watch if I wasn't affiliated with any team and wanted to watch some good robots do their things.

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by CalTran

I predict Archimedes will be a bloodbath for division champions. The Hawaiian Kids 359 put up a solid performance at Lone Star, but were almost upset by the Cats from Atlanta 2415 in an amazing Semifinal match. Alas, there is also the number one ranked ranked offensive robot in the world, and with 3 World Champion titles, they're itching to match Beatty for their 4th. The HOT Team 67 will be on fire when they line up to take shots. But, all three robots will have to band together if they want to even put a dent in the Canadian Powerhouse alliance of 2056 and 1114.

This has an air of Looking Forward to it....

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Tubatroopa

This has an air of Looking Forward to it....

Naah, LF doesn't bold their "ands" between teams

[Tom Line]

It will be interesting to see what happens in the dome. There are some high-powered teams that have been relying on vision up to now, and doing that in the semi-translucent dome with changing lighting may be..... challenging.

In addition, the idea that 100, or even 50 teams can get out and tune their cameras at both ends of the field in 45 minutes should result in a very interesting situation. I hope FIRST realizes what they've done there. Each team will get what... 3 minutes per side of the field? Not including moving from one side to the other?

I'm calling Newton being the champions (with 469, 1717, and 330 (I think 330 will be feeding and playing D, though, but another feeder/defender could work)), and Archimedes will be finalists (I see 67, 2056, and another Canadian team).

[Feroz1325]

Though the bond between 1114 and 2056 is well documented and dominant through their careers, the fact remains that both of them are long bots. As we have seen, most dramatically by 148 at the Alamo, those 40 points can be the deciding factor in many cases. I believe that if either of the Canadian Powerhouses rank first they will choose Team 67 for an easier and more consistent triple balance. If 67 manages to grab the top spot, I believe they will ally with the better key shooter, Simbotics, to mitigate the risk of fender-bender defense. If HOT and Simbotics team up its hard to imagine an alliance to top that!
If anyone can, I presume it would be a 987 and 341 led alliance from Curie.
Just my 2 Canadian Cents

Team 1325 would like to luck to all teams, we will be cheering you all on!

[J_Miles]

I honestly believe that there will be two sure divisions represented in the finals on Einstein. Those are Archimedes and Newton.

On Archimedes, despite the history of 1114 and 2056, I honestly believe this year is not a dominant one for 1114, at least compared to their recent history. I think they're a phenomenal team that will do well on the field - and, I might add, are my favorites to enter the FIRST Hall of Fame this year - but I also think Team 67 is the most likely to seed first on that division. If that is the case, the first machine to come to mind is 2056. We've seen HOT triple with long robots before (548 at the Northville District), and I think a 67/2056 alliance could and would win that division. Teams like 359 and 973 will challenge, but it seems to be HOT's to lose.

Newton is the other very strong division. Against all odds - at such an event, it truly is a serious feat - Team 469 lost only a single match at the Michigan State Championship. On Newton, they'll be looking to go perfect, and they have the tools to do so. With their effective stinger, too, they'll score coopertition points with ease. If they seed #1, they'll have their pick of excellent partners to play with. Teams 548 and 1717 jump out to me as extremely attractive to 469, and an alliance containing either pairing has the potential to be world champions. This, however, could be upset by many other contenders, including the respectable 118 and consistently-excellent 111.

Curie will likely be dominated by Team 341, a robot that has seemed, at times, untouchable; however, with a strong remainder of the field, including perennial powerhouses like 254 and 233, as well as very respectable machines in 51 and 987.

As for Galileo...I'll hold my silence. I'll be behind the glass trying to ensure my own team seeds first, but I think that Galileo is the division with the least clear-cut favorites. It should make for an incredible event!