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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

1197 at Los Angeles was not low bar capable.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

1197 was first seed alliance captain at Los Angeles, and was not low bar capable. However, they were Sally Port capable.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

B.o.B. was the #1 seed at FIM Lakeview, and we're quite low bar-capable!
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

Greater KC, 1986 is low bar capable. (Really, they're everything capable, but that's a different thread...)
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

Alamo; 148 is low-bar capable.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

Orlando: 233 was #1 and Low Bar capable.
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1418 was first seed in greater dc district in chesapeake and low bar capable
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

1126 was the #1 Seed at Greater Pittsburgh. They were able to pass under the Low Bar.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

2767 Stryke Force seeded first at FiM St. Joseph, and is low bar capable.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

T-Rex 4935 is low bar capable and was #1 seed in Raleigh NC Wake County.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

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Not surprising. However it will be the tall 2nd pick that will win stronghold.
Actually we won our first event with all low bar capable robots and we actually managed to beat alliances with tall robots that were very good high shots.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

319 was #1 at North Shore and was low bar capable.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

Team 1425 at Wilsonville PNW was low bar capable
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

2122 came in under the low bar to take the #1 seed at AZ North.
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Re: First seed alliance captain: Low Bar or not?

So after two weeks of competition, there's been only 1 non-low bar capable #1 seed. Guess even the powerhouses decided to go low.
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