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[Loose Screw]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Anyone know what happened to 1023? They had been leading the pack for quite some time, but suddenly they dropped off, along with their average and OPR - I haven't been able to watch any of the matches from school.

Match 113 they scored 2 42pt stacks, but their third was on their teather.

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by FIMAlumni

Match 123 was a killer for them. I think they missed the 20 point auton, 314 and 66 took the HP slots. 66 dropped a RC that was on a 6 stack, and 1023 isn't nearly as good from the landfill. If teams give 1023 upright RCs and a HP spot, 1023 is a consistent 3 6stack team.

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

Match 113 they scored 2 42pt stacks, but their third was on their teather.

Man, that's unfortunate. Thankfully not a mechanical failure or anything, good to hear.

[Aaron (Awe-Sum)]

We just played our last match of the day with 1023, and believe me when I say they are back on top.
20 point auto, folowed by 3 full 6 stacks
It was amazing to watch

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by Aaron (Awe-Sum)

We just played our last match of the day with 1023, and believe me when I say they are back on top.
20 point auto, foloowed by 3 full 6 stacks
It was amazing to watch

They are literally on top as well ending the day barely ahead of 33 as the #1 seed. I can't wait to see how they do in eliminations.

[Orthofort]

Also would like to point out that at the end of today, 101 out of the 102 teams have a qualification average over 100. This is fantastic!

Pretty much all of the rankings are very close, I expect to see them change very much before the exciting alliance selection tomorrow.

Any predictions on who the #1 seed, probably either 1023 or 33, will take for their first pick? I'm guessing 548, but there's so many strategies they could take.

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by Orthofort

Also would like to point out that at the end of today, 101 out of the 102 teams have a qualification average over 100. This is fantastic!

Pretty much all of the rankings are very close, I expect to see them change very much before the exciting alliance selection tomorrow.

Any predictions on who the #1 seed, probably either 1023 or 33, will take for their first pick? I'm guessing 548, but there's so many strategies they could take.

469 is my first pick. They are getting everything together when it matters..

[GaryVoshol]

Unlike districts, the rankings haven't stabilized yet, even with only 1 or 2 matches to go. Because the scores are so high, one bad match can cause a team to drop 15, 20 or even more places. And then it's hard to come back, even with good scores, more than 3 or 4 places per match.

And with so many teams, there are many congregated around score ranges. For example, there are 16 teams in the 155-165 range now. Somebody scores a 180 or 200, they jump up. Then another team gets a good score, and they pass them again. The teams keep going up and down.

It's going to be interesting to see who survives in the top 16, how much in-picking there will be, and how far down in the ranks the #16 captain was originally.

[Hadi379]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

469 is my first pick. They are getting everything together when it matters..

Yes

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

469 is my first pick. They are getting everything together when it matters..

A wise choice

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

469 is my first pick. They are getting everything ...

Yes, they are.

[kgzak]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

A wise choice

And then they never did it again. they also had the problem of being a ramp robot meaning that if they did their 4 container auto they couldn't do HP. In Elims they fixed this by tethering their ramp to a different robot but the alliance was eliminated in the octo-finals.

[IKE]

MSC now in the semis:
http://www.dptv.org/programs/first-robotics/