INsight: Indiana State Championships

[Theseusgoats]

We have enough just high goal shooters to only have them make it to worlds, which probably won't happen. Also 71, 4103, 4982, and 1741 are very underated in this and 234 doesn't even appear somehow. Seems almost like the dark horse picks should be switched with the "valuable alliance selections" (IMO)


So don't really take these predictions to heart.

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Theseusgoats

and 234 doesn't even appear somehow. Seems almost like the dark horse picks should be switched with the "valuable alliance selections" (IMO)


So don't really tke these predictions to heart.

I noticed this as well and wasn't offended. Can't wait to compete with all these great teams. I definitely see 1741 being a really high pic if their high shooter continues to be as good as it was in day 2 of Perry. Can't wait to see who all added climbers for DCMP (been waiting all season for 1024's. Hope they made one. I'm not sure at all). With DCMP essentially being 60% of points (as it's weighted 3x), playoff performance is a very big key this week. Good luck to teams using their bag time this week (hopefully everyone). Can't wait to see you all there.

P.S. Thank you INsight for all these posts. They've been great all year. I'm not sure if you planned to do this or not but when divisions for worlds is realeased in a couple of weeks, you should make and INsight post for worlds and see how you think IN teams will do in their division.

[BoilerMentor]

As always, thank you for your kind words INsight. I can only hope we perform up to your expectations this weekend.

I'm very much looking forward to this event. I think this event presents an opportunity to prove as a district, yet again, that there's more than corn in Indiana. I'm optimistic for everyone.

[BigBen]

My take on this is that all of the robots listed (especially those listed lower) and even a few not listed (234, 4103, among others), really most of the field going to this competition could be at the top of the field come the end of quals. This is a game that really shows the variety of strategy and design that is possible with a lot of different designs being very competitive.

The vast majority of the teams coming to the state championship have shown themselves to be capable of coordinating at a very high level to take the defenses down and capture the tower at a level not seen at very many competitions. The ability of teams to coordinate, strategize and then change plans on the fly, playing to the strengths of the design for each team will dictate who comes out on top.

Where the high shooters have the advantage is that they are also capable of defeating the defenses, but have the added scoring capability. They really shine when paired with a defense specialist low goal shooter that can provide boulders to keep their cycle time down. If you think about the high levels of breach and capture so far, what really set certain teams apart was the ability to score just a few more points or slow the other alliance down, even if it meant a decent high goal shooter playing defense to slow down a strong alliance that together could score more points.

What I think will be the most interesting thing about this competition is to see the modifications (mostly climbers I expect) or improvements (again expect it on a lot of climbers ) since the previous competitions. Three weeks is a lot of time (two for 868 ) to refine the systems teams were having any issues with.

I think defense will play a much bigger roll in quals and the tournament as well. That might be the only thing keeping some of the scoring down and maybe more of the towers going uncaptured.

In my opinion this is going to be competition at the highest level and a preview of what to expect from some of the best matches at worlds.