Prediction: Veterans take off the gloves in Week 3

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

my understanding of the game is just fine, thank you. it's a combined score for BOTH alliances. that means 50-60 points for each side. with and average of 15-60 "bonus" points per game that means 2-5 ringers per side per match. That IS alot of Defense, when you stated that one scoring bot can place 5 rings through one defensive bot. A good alliance should have two bots that can score and a Defense/ramp bot. You are not going to see rings of 5-7 in a finals match. The teams are just to good. The Defense has too much of an advantage in this game.

you know what's great about predictions? in 4 days we will see who's right. Enjoy your weekend.

These matches (all regional finals) beg to differ.
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...hp?matchid=412
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...hp?matchid=413
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...p?matchid=1135 (video not available)
These are the 3 finals matches I know of with rows of 7+.

If you count quarter and semi final matches as well, the list grows even significantly more (the highest score, 316, so far was in a QF match).

There are multiple ways to configure a championship alliance, and some put more emphasis on scoring than others. Regardless, almost any configuration would appreciate the ability of one "big scorer" to aid in the alliance, and that's what most of these predictions are (although a few have been ramp bots). Just about any bot (with a good driver) can play some mean defense, so it would be much harder to look into the future and see which defensive bots will end up on an alliance that can win. Not every bot can score consistently and quickly, making these scoring bots more likely candidates to end up winning than any particular defensive bot.