Who are your top team picks this year?

[Beth Sweet]

I'm foreseeing the Triplets, Wildstang, 1625 & 1732 (sorry, I don't know your teams' names) and the Martians all being among top Atlanta teams. Obviously that's a viewpoint tainted by the regionals I've been to, however they're all spectacular.

[thatphotochick]

Originally Posted by Matt Hynson

A few teams off of my head that I really liked this year:
135
1038
1024
Martians

I really enjoyed competing with all of the teams from the Boilermaker Regional as well as the Buckeye

thanx! you guys are awesome and your robot is AMAZING! thank you for picking us at BMR. it's a shame we weren't in the finals, but yall have a rocking robot and there isn't enough words to compliment it.

[Katlyn_Butzin]

Originally Posted by Gillz

I've only been to the GLR, but here are my pics (Not including my team, obviously)

Team 33
The GM Triplets
The Feds
Team 66
Team 47

I'll try to think of more later.

yay! u want to pick my team!! heh
((*katy*))team 66

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

As for an alliance capable of winning Atlanta, I'd say 296, 25, 195 (or a similarly defensivly godly robot that has a decent shooter).

I must say. That is one FINE prediction.

[Mike Starke]

Originally Posted by rees2001

one word...Sparx

1126

Ditto.

[LightWaves1636]

Team 159 Alpine Robotics ( My Fav )
Team 1158 Eagle Corps
Team 662 Rocky Mountain Robotics
Team 1800 Hot Tamales
Team 935 Railer Robotics
Team 1332 Swift
Team 1619 Up-A-Creek

[tecnomonkey]

269 is awsome is all i say

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

The herding bots to me can have some advantages yes, but personally, I would take 177(your decent shooter and defender) and any of my shooters over a dumper bot any day.

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

And thats why 25 wont win in Atlanta...

Turns out the dumper is pretty effective doesnt it Corey

However it does seem that Corey was right (by about 4 points.)

I just found those posts funny. For any one who doesnt know 25 and 195 were alliance partners in the finals in Atlanta.

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

Turns out the dumper is pretty effective doesnt it Corey

However it does seem that Corey was right (by about 4 points.)

I just found those posts funny. For any one who doesnt know 25 and 195 were alliance partners in the finals in Atlanta.

For the alliance we set up it was perfect. Besides, I loved 322 and 195. The A-Bomb idea had been discussed before, and we knew those two teams could pull it off, it was just a matter of getting them which we thought would be the problem.
All in all, it comes down to who is available and when. Things could have been much different if we had a different first pick or a different second pick..diff division, so on and so forth.

But for our alliance, the dumper was key.

And it was just a friendly little ribbing between me and tom.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

For the alliance we set up it was perfect. Besides, I loved 322 and 195. The A-Bomb idea had been discussed before, and we knew those two teams could pull it off, it was just a matter of getting them which we thought would be the problem.
All in all, it comes down to who is available and when. Things could have been much different if we had a different first pick or a different second pick..diff division, so on and so forth.

But for our alliance, the dumper was key.

Kinda on the notes of "who is available" etc.
Supposing 176 doesn't pick you first over-all, and 987 picks you (and you know they would have) 2nd, would you have accepted? On a similar note, if 254 isn't picked by 176, do you pick them or 968 first?



And if I'm building an alliance around 116 (on the topic of the original post):
469
254
968
1114
1503
111
71
494
70
25
233
365
1731
1523
1680

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Kinda on the notes of "who is available" etc.
Supposing 176 doesn't pick you first over-all, and 987 picks you (and you know they would have) 2nd, would you have accepted? On a similar note, if 254 isn't picked by 176, do you pick them or 968 first?



And if I'm building an alliance around 116 (on the topic of the original post):
469
254
968
1114
1503
111
71
494
70
25
233
365
1731
1523
1680

Another discussion tom and I had today. Similar at least, we went through random things as such. One of which is what if we seeded first. And to answer your question, i would have many answers for many different variables. However, my team and I did not see eye to eye on how we wanted the top 5 teams ranked. I could tell you both sides, however that may take a while.

[Corey Balint]

Since I have a 5 hour break in between classes three days a week...here it is.
Note: All below is pure opinion of what would have happened, with some insider info thrown in.

If we seeded first:
Team Consensus
25-111-122
176-1503-195
987-968-1718
254-71-753
229-11-85
66-93-868
133-322-397
1519-40-1646

This has little variation to what actually happened in the second round of selections.
I am not sure who 987 would pick, but I think that they were going for that defensive third shooter bot. However, I know that 968 had 195 high on their list.
I know 1503 would not let 195 get past them. If we had in the actual competition, I know 987-1503 would definitely have selected them.
The third pick here, we would go with what happened on Newton, 122 was a good shooter, but could be pushed, but we decide to go with the shooting focus because we think wed be able to outscore all.

1>8
2>7
3>6
4>5

1>4
2<3

1>3

If 176/987 swapped picks:
25-111-573
176-968-294
987-1503-195
254-71-753
229-11-85
66-93-868
133-322-397
1519-40-1646

176 and 968 go for a fast shooter who, if left alone, can put up a ton of points.
We decide to go for a more powerful drive train with a good shooter now because of that above, and wed need someone to fend of 195.

1>8
2>7
3>6
4>5

1>4
3>2

3>1


My Idea if we seeded first: I was really torn between 987/1503.
25-987-753
176-111-294
254-1503-195
229-968-85
66-71-868
133-322-397
1519-11-40
122-93-868

1>8
2<7
3>6
4<5

1>5
3>7

This is one heck of a finals if you ask me.
25-987-753>254-1503-195

OR:

25-1503-195
176-111-294
254-987-753
229-968-85
66-71-868
133-322-397
1519-11-40
122-93-868

1>8
2<7
3>6
4<5

1>5
3>7

Again, one heck of a finals.
25-1503-195 > 254-987-753


Now with your ideas put in…Supposing 176 doesn't pick you first over-all, and 987 picks you (and you know they would have) 2nd, would you have accepted? To answer, yes we would have. It would’ve been the exact same pattern as I said above…

176-111-294
987-25-753
254-1503-195
229-968-85
66-71-868
133-322-397
1519-11-40
122-93-868

1>8
2>7
3>6
4<5

1<5
2>3

2>5


On a similar note, if 254 isn't picked by 176, do you pick them or 968 first?

176-111-294
987-1503-753
25-254-195
229-968-85
66-71-868
133-322-397
1519-11-40
122-93-868

1>8
2>7
3>6
4<5

1<5
2<3

3>5


On that note. My dream alliance would have been 25-987-195 or 25-1503-195. Although I do think with the A-Bomb, the 25-1503-195 alliance would have been more successful.

[Kim Masi]

corey, you have wayyyy too much free time at college.

[Lil' Lavery]

First off, you have 868 going twice in at least 4 of your mock competitions.

Secondly, why do you think 1503 would have faired better with the A-Bomb? I know some within the Triplets had considered such a "robot make out", and had also been concerned with their intake speed from the ground not being able to match the output of many herders. Also, 987 (at Arizona I think) did pull off an "A-Bomb" like maneuver with another team (I remember them posting video).

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

First off, you have 868 going twice in at least 4 of your mock competitions.

Secondly, why do you think 1503 would have faired better with the A-Bomb? I know some within the Triplets had considered such a "robot make out", and had also been concerned with their intake speed from the ground not being able to match the output of many herders. Also, 987 (at Arizona I think) did pull off an "A-Bomb" like maneuver with another team (I remember them posting video).

Haha. Copy+Paste=Female Dog. Ill fix that eventually.
With the way 195 was designed, they could sit in front of them loading them and not have to worry about msising a shot. And 1503 was very hard to push. While 987, while still hard to push was a bit easier to do so.