Prediction: Veterans take off the gloves in Week 3

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Maybe we can split this into another thread. I feel like i'm highjacking it...

Yes, I concur. This thread is not about O vs. D or D vs. O. Take it to another thread.

Joe J.

[JESTER357]

guys what about the Bayou Regional that happened in week 2 and there was very good teams there

[George A.]

As far as the NY regional is concerned...there are a LOT of good teams there. 56 is coming off a good weekend as well as 375. 375 won NYC two years running, so they're going for a threepeat. That's not even counting the other teams in the running. I'll be there working the field in some facet, so I'm sure it'll be fun.

Your Silicon Valley predictions are great and all based on past experience, but it seems to be quite different. Here's how I think it will go down tommorow:

254: Amazing bot, looking really good. Driver needs practice, and it's a bit easy to defend against them. Expect to see them rank very very high (even though they lost two matches)

190: Wow. Enough said. Expect to see them on a finalist team as a key ramp and defense bot.

100: Hoooolycrapizzle. These guys have scoring down to a science. In their first match today, they put 4 up on the back side of the rack. Expect to see them in the finals.

114: (my team) A player out from left field. We've gone undefeated so far, with multiple matches having scored 6 to 7 tubes by ourself. We may not be that well known, but expect to see us in the finals.

668: Apes of Wrath, looking very solid as an alliance member. Their strength is augmenting whatever needs them. Look for them in the finals.

[sdcantrell56]

I would have to agree with Jester about the Bayou. Overall the teams there were incredibly strong. 118, 364, 701. I must say when we saw that 364 and 118 formed an alliance I thought the whole competition was over. That is until we played probably some of the best defense that I have ever seen us play on them. We were able to keep 364 from scoring at all and held 118 to scoring only 3 with half of our drivetrain. I would have to say 364 is the best scoring robot that I have witnessed in person or possibly on video too and we kept them from scoring at all. I believe 364 could score a ringer every 5 seconds if undefended just to show how efficient they were. Our alliance put together a great strategy and everyone played there role perfectly and we were able to go through eliminations without losing a single match. It just goes to show how important defense is when played well as well as the need for a ramp bot when trying to win by using defense. Also aginst many good scorers you need a strong drivetrain to effectively stop them because many of them like our team also have very strong drivetrains to resist defense. I believe that defense can win but only when the alliance follows a strategy perfectly.