Predictions Week 5: Last Stop Before the Big Show... ...Part 2

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

I just looked up what happened to 2158 AusTIN CANs in TX. I see they won Rookie Allstar, no surprise there, but... ...they didn't get picked?!#!? I know that teams don't have a right to be drafted but, honestly, I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY WERE NOT PICKED!!! Really, what were the folks in TX thinking?

What gives?

#2158 is not on the list of teams for the Championships. The Rookie Allstar award gives them the right to go doesn't it?

Are they going?

If you have the scoop on this awesome rookie team, do tell...

Joe J.

I posted this under the "2007 best tube scorers" Page 10 at the bottom.

Unfortunately many teams do not understand this concept. I saw some bad calls at Lone Star and they seemed as if they did know what was going on. I think that many teams went unrecognized at the LSR because of this lack of scouting and this "blind faith" in seeding stats. Kryptonite and the ausTIN CANs were some of THE best bots in their class, but due to a combination of bad alliance partners and good opponents they stood no chance.

That is what happened Dr. Joe.

Everybody sees seeding scores, but not everyone sees in depth data of every team from every bot they've picked up to every tube they've scored and on which spider leg.

I was rooting for 2158 the whole time. They scored all 8 in a practice match Thursday, but its a shame that no one remembered that Saturday.

Pavan.