Early Favorites

[Adam Y.]

I say team 564 will get an award because our robot will have a dirt cheap bom and yet (hopefully) be effective. I also think team 666 will burn up the competition.

[Rick]

Originally posted by Todd Derbyshire
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what would make you say that? oh now i remember. all those victories against you guys.

[Trashed20]

the teams i'm looking forward to are the ones that aren't mentioned here. I'm expecting someone new, or not so famous to come out of the woodwork and kick the pants off of everyone. This isn't a sport, you can base a teams performance on previous years. You can't estimate how many points they'll get by previous matches. You get 25% new people every year, while loosing 25% of your veterains. How can you choose someone as the favorite when you don't know how games will run, how their new people opperate, and how their robot will perform?

sorry if i sounded like a butthole.....

[Team238-aholic]

^^^ totally agree!

[VPalum-238what]

Yea saying who u thinkwill be good, is not so good all the time guys. i mean u havent even see anyones robots and u cant judge a team without seeing there robots. Maybe a last place team from last year will come and suprise you guys so i say u shouldnt judeg any teams till u see them because its just not fair..........you end up counting out teams that were underdogs before but could now be better than you.........i say everyone is a good team and everyone gets a fair chance till the robots are revealed and seen in action!!

[Elgin Clock]

I wonder how many of these posts are based on past performances of robotic designs, and how many are virtual "shout outs" to friend-teams??
I'm guessing probably 50/50.

I personally want to also see how the Gunn Team from California will do this year. I was truly impressed my first year (2001) with their ramp balancing design and would like to see how they do this year.

I also had the opportunity to talk to one of the members of Team Gunn at the after party last year, and I want to see if one of his cool ideas for robot design will happen this year.
I can't tell you all specifically what it was but it definitely involved teams to co-operate with each other in the design stages.

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally posted by JosephM
Wow. Don't you think this is kinda silly? We're guessing based on previous challanges how a team will do. I really think this isn't a good idea.

No one is predicting anything as far as I can tell it seems to bee just a pat on the back to those who have done well in the past.

[Cory]

This isnt even so much a showing of what are known as -good- teams, but more what teams are best known to the FIRST community. I know so many teams that are excellent, but they are not known because they dont post on CD, they didnt seed well, they havent won regionals, etc. And as much as I want to toot my own horn, im not gonna

Cory

[Clanat]

I would like to see some of those rookie teams from last year really get something impressive. Our team was also a rookie team last year, and this year we actually have a nearly completed design, as opposed to last year, where we were just started thinking about what we wanted our robot to do.

I think a lot of rookie teams from last year will actually figure out what they need to do to succeed, and I predict quite a few teams doing well that nobody has ever heard of, even though some may deserve notice (like team 753, who won the Seattle regional last year)

Anyway, I predict that there will not be a traditional "powerhouse" on the winning alliance at the championship this year.

[XMATT237X]

OK here's my faves for this year

151 (they always build strong, tough bots)
190
173 (RAGE!! what else is there to say)
I hear 229 has something up their sleeve
The titans (358?? i'm not good with numbers, they showed their strength in NYC last year, and i think it will carry over to this season)

[D.Viddy]

In any annual competition, you have to make a name for yourself. This year is our year. Look out for team 998. We will be the one in the corner with no "snazzy" giveaways or gimics. You will know who we are by our robot. Just cringe when you see us on the other side of the glass....

[Todd Derbyshire]

Originally posted by Ricksta121
what would make you say that? oh now i remember. all those victories against you guys.

Pleasure to hear from you Ricksta121. Missed you there for a while. Don't worry we will see you guys I believe in Manchester which if I remember correctly someone was thrown in the corner for the duration of the championships. I look forward to see you guys across the field let "Stack Attack Begin Baby!"

[Greg Perkins]

yea you are right matt, 151 will be tough this year....hehehe.... you will find out whats up our sleeve shortly


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[JVN]

Originally posted by XMATT237X
I hear 229 has something up their sleeve

Nope, nothing special this year. It sounds like we'll be downright boring. No one should pay us any mind...

*This isn't the robot your looking for*

[Ricky Q.]

Originally posted by JVN


*This isn't the robot your looking for*

You're not looking for this robot either,