Team 1678's 4 RC Autonomous

[Daniel_LaFleur]

OK. I'll bite.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Let's check the scoreboard on this one... 1678 is 2 for 2 in Einstein trips from the 1 spot the last two seasons. I trust their judgement.

1678 is not 'most teams'. The quote I was questioning is that each team will make 2 stacks. I said nothing about 1678.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Week 0 events aren't usually a valid baseline for the year. Top teams don't go to them, and the teams that do aren't generally ready.

Top teams don't go? I doubt you've been to suffield then. Week 0 is a good indicator of the 'average' team, not the top tier teams. But the quote I was bringing into question was that each robot will make 2 stacks.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I'm confidant many Einstein alliances can hit 6 stacks.... but they DON'T NEED to if they have the 4 center containers. Some simple math shows that if the other alliance only has 3 containers, you don't need to score all 7 you control to likely win (I'll leave this exact calculation as an exercise to the reader).

'Most teams' are not Einstein alliances. Simple math shows that if teams have issues making a single stack, then grabbing all the RCs is useless.
In the eliminations things will obviously be different, but elimination teams are again not 'most teams'.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I'm certain 1678 understands they are less likely to seed 1st if they do this in auto every seeding match... but I'm also certain they have this all factored in.

Again, 1678 isn't most teams. I wish they were the 'average' team (as this would raise the level of competition), but they are not.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Small minded thinking won't get you to Einstein, you need to think big.

Personal attacks are not needed here. Please argue your facts.
... and it takes a LOT more than thinking big to get to Einstein. A lot more.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

It's frustrating to see so much negativity in response to such an awesome team, posting such an awesome feature, that has some awesome technical difficulty to accomplish.

My response was to a post about every team making 2 stacks. I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic.

Every team will not make 2 stacks every match. Especially not during the seeding matches. I doubt you will see many 6 stack matches (2 stacks per team) even in the playoffs.

My prediction: 50 points will win 90% of the week 1 seeding matches.