Most likely division to produce the champs

[meaubry]

Eenie, meenie, miney. moe....

Anybodies guess as this year many of the top teams will not be seeded (as many have already stated), due to the god aweful alliance algorithem and the limited number of seeding matches.

Once the dust settles, the alliance pairing in each division will be interesting to witness, as about 25% of the lowered numbered teams will be selecting partners without much experience at scouting or strategizing.

Most of the power house teams will be selected, rather than be selecting.

The only saving grace, is that in a super big regional the 3rd round of the serpentine draft will still provide the higher number seeds (last selecting) some really good machines.

The weaker higher seeded selecting teams, that get their on the backs of the stronger partners in seeding matches, will be exposed easily. It's gonna be really tough for 2-8 seeded teams to give up their picking ability, by accepting a request from a weaker (shouldn't really be seeded) team.

The division champs will be the most robust (it's gonna get rough out there).

Once the division champs are determined, its a crap shoot. Any of the divisions have a chance to take home the prize.

That's how I see it - Good Luck to all - Have some fun!

[chessking132]

I belive if their is a lot of teams in a devison that they will wind up destroying each other and the alience that goes to the finals will not be very good.

My bets are on Newton

[Donut]

I really don't know how badly the match scheduling algorithm will effect seedings. Yes, there will be one team in the top 8 who probably shouldn't be there, but I certainly don't see it being a #1 seed as this thread is claiming (really, in every Regional webcast or event I've seen so far I have NOT seen a #1 seed that didn't deserve that spot).

I hope Curie produces the Champs (obviously biased), but it really doesn't make any sense to guess, as there's at least 3 robots in every division that if partnered together would form an "unstoppable" alliance. I think Einstein field will produce the Champs though.

[Bharat Nain]

Curie for the win. They seem to have the strongest bots.

[Grant Cox]

I think that Newton, Curie, and Galileo all have the teams to potentially create a deadly alliance. The way the seeds are going to work out though, it will be tough to actually get that "dream alliance." I personally think it will come down to who has the right scouting ability to create the "perfect" alliance within their division (there's certainly enough robots to pick from).

[Daniel_LaFleur]

1824 will be in Archimedes, so of course I'll have to choose Archimedes (especially since no one else is ).

That said, I believe all divisions are strong enough to win and the team that does their homework and scouts the best will win. I believe that the championships will be won by the team that picks their 3rd partner the best. Watch for a strong, but not very well known team, picked as the 3rd team in an alliance to be the difference maker.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

It's not that every division is strong enough to win, but whether the teams that weather the storm of their division eliminations will be strong enough to compete on Einstein. Like I said earlier, there may be an alliance that really got onto Einstein on a whim and feather.

[BBnum3]

Remember last year when Archimedes seemed like the weakest division? They won. I think something similar will happen this year. As some people have said before, some team will come out of the woodwork and surprise everyone. They might team up with a powerhouse in a "weaker" division and go very far. My bet is on Newton for the title this year. Everyone knows about how Newton or Archimedes has won every year, plus it's my division. We're likely going to see the strongest divisions battle so hard during eliminations that they aren't at full capacity for Einstein. The alliance with the easiest path to Einstein will win it all.

[Greg Needel]

Archimedes. with enough unknown teams to shake a stick at, once all the biggies in other divisions tear each other apart guess who will sneak in for the win. Archimedes is where my money is.