Best Up-And-Coming Teams

[BrendanB]

5813 Morpheus had an incredible rookie season taking home the trifecta of Rookie awards at their first two events and were the #5 alliance captain on Galileo. They made a Poofs clone during the off-season and were one of New England's best shooting robots in Week 2.

4909 Bionics have been doing very well for themselves over the past three seasons and these two are some of the stronger young teams in New England on the northern half.

[kyle_hamblett]

4678 has had a super strong season this year; Ranked 6th at Waterloo, 5th at GLR & finalists. Newton division champions this year. Winners of the North bay Regional last year as well as being the #1 pick of the 5th seeded alliance at champs.

[scottyoung]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

5813 Morpheus had an incredible rookie season taking home the trifecta of Rookie awards at their first two events and were the #5 alliance captain on Galileo. They made a Poofs clone during the off-season and were one of New England's best shooting robots in Week 2.

4909 Bionics have been doing very well for themselves over the past three seasons and these two are some of the stronger young teams in New England on the northern half.

Thank you very much ! Also, I will second your thoughts on 5813. We picked them for eliminations at UNH and together we almost managed to take down the number 1 seeded (and eventual champion) alliance of 319, 1519, and 1512 in the semifinals (we lost by only 3 points in the tie-breaking match). I was very impressed with their robot and team as a whole.

[tindleroot]

No one from Indiana has chimed in yet - I'll give it a go. Indiana is improving on a massive scale (the majority of teams are getting better each season) but the few teams that catch my eye in particular are:

4103: This year they really broke out into the spotlight, captaining the winning Indiana alliance and captaining an alliance in Archimedes too.

1720: Last year they had arguably the best landfill robot in Indiana, and won their first banner this past season. Their robot wasn't quite as impressive as last year's but I imagine they'll hit the mark several times in the future.

5484: Solid robots the past two years. A little slow this year, but once they got the vision working they were doing pretty well. And they're building full fields and even hosted a scrimmage during build season. I expect them to do well soon.

You could arguably include 1747 in this list, but they have already been solid in the past, so they're not really "up-and-coming". This year has locked them as a powerhouse, though...

[gcgeobuff]

The rookies this year amazed me. It may be that I haven't paid attention in the past but this year's class seemed especially notable. I'm definitely missing some in this list but of the teams I'm more familiar with, in team number order:

5817- A rookie with a swerve and one of the scariest shooters I heard all year. They made playoffs at both of their regionals as well as RAS. Had a few issues on an incredibly stacked Newton but had a few good matches.

5818- Already been talked about on this thread, I know, but we had the pleasure of playing a match with them at Idaho. Excellent robot, and I definitely would not have thought they were rookies by their robot and the way they conducted themselves.

5895- Mentioned many times on this thread already and many have already said what I've wanted to. They had an amazing run on Carson and an excellent robot.

Obviously there are many more amazing teams that I missed, but these are the ones that really stood out to me this season.