2015 Curie Divison

[MrJohnston]

Originally Posted by MonteCristo578

3309 can do 3 Five stacks and has a three tote auto, so let's not count them out. They also have the 3rd highest OPR in Curie, closing the gap between 148 & 1114's monster OPRs.

I would bet money that 148 and 1114 are already working together. They are both sponsored by IFI and they both are masters of strategy. They probably have a trick up their sleeves. Let's be real here.

610 being the third robot in 1114's 1st seed alliance is probably impossible. They're too good to be the 2nd pick of 1114.

Nobody is counting out the Friarbots: They are a very good landfill stacker. However, they do not match well with 1114... They are a better fit for 148 or other feeder station bots. My big question about the: They should have learned in Las Vegas that they need to be able to get to the center RC's during autonomous if they are going to hold their weight in eliminations in St. Louis as a landfill bot. Did they? It does not look like they had anything the following weekend in Arizona.

Unless a lot more bin snatchers appear in Curie before qualification rounds, the Friarbots will do very well in qualifications. However, without some manner of grabbing bins in autonomous, they are not likely to be an early pick... Rather, they will hope to be a captain (not unlikely) and will have to choose between picking up a bot that can snatch bins and one that complements them well at the feeder station.

Frankly, I am guessing that they will add the bin-grabber before qualifications begin... If so, they could be the second best landfill bot (next to 1114) and a very possible partner to 948 (my team).

As for 610... It is a very good robot, but there are a lot of good robots in Curie. As I have started to familiarize myself with all the stronger robots in Curie, I figure there are two *really* good ones (148 and 1114) and about 20-25 other strong ones - one of which is 610. 610's OPR ranks them at 22 in Curie, which, from the video I have seen, may be about right for their performance so far this year... We'll see how they (and everybody else!) plays in St. Louis, but Curie is strong enough that seeing 610 as a late second pick is reasonable. (Right now, I'd project them as an earlier 2nd pick - but I still have a lot of robots to watch.)

Are 148 and 1114 already working together? Texas and Canada? Maybe by phone? I don't think so... Still, it really doesn't matter: They are the two strongest bots in Curie - but a solid margin - as things stand right now and, as they compliment each other very well, are very likely to choose each other for eliminations. It is up to the rest of us to find a way to take the #1 from them in qualifications an break up that nasty alliance.