Predictions: The Big Show -- Curie

[Rick]

Originally Posted by redbarron

Team 1270 is a Hanger/Climber hybrid.

Since when is a team that climbs a ramp and score a tube become a hybrid? There are many teams that can are only ramps. There are many teams that can only score tubes. A team that can score tubes and has ramps is in my opinion, and many others I've spoken with, a true hybrid.

I have no doubts in your ability to score tubes or climb ramps. But with that mentality, when does the hybrid classification stop? A ramp only team that can climb a ramp is now a hybrid according to this logic.

[CJV648]

Since teams still improve their robots throughout the competition I will make no predictions about which robot will win as part of what alliance, but I will predict that the winning alliance will have two robots that are specialists that play pretty much the same role in each match (e.g. scorer, blocker, or ramp) and one robot that is a hybrid in the sense that it plays different roles in different matches (eg. blocker one match, scorer the next) depending on match ups vs. the opposition. Scouting for that third robot is likely to be hard--driver quality and strength of drivetrain are harder to evaluate than tubes scored and robots raised. The "specialists" may have other good qualities in qualifying that are used at most rarely in elims.

I also think there has been too little consideration of autonomous scoring. Alliances that don't score (at least) one in autonomous consistently seem unlikely to win Einstein. An alliance that scored three in auton would be hard to beat if it could be assembled.

Alliance building will be fun to watch at the World Championship Event.

BTW watch for 111 coming out of one the other divisions--they are good, maybe the best I've seen for scoring vs defense, they may benefit from playing less conservatively in ATL.

[Donut]

Originally Posted by CJV648

I also think there has been too little consideration of autonomous scoring. Alliances that don't score (at least) one in autonomous consistently seem unlikely to win Einstein. An alliance that scored three in auton would be hard to beat if it could be assembled.

Shhhh, don't give away the secrets to the playoffs...

There's so many good robots in Curie, it's insane.

[MGoelz]

I think that an ideal alliance will have at least two scorers and a ramp or a hybrid. If you do your scouting, I will almost bet that you will be able to find a really good ramp bot or hybrid that won't be taken. We always have seemed to be able to find some ramp or hybrid bot that was able to perform their task really well, and defend if needed. I think we are all just going to have to watch very closely, and base decisions off of reliability, not necessarily seeding (although that is important too).

[Vince lau]

pretty good predictions..

well after day 1, 1305,1114, and 2166 are in the top 10

[MarcD79]

As go the Curie predictions, don't second guess team #176. They have been in the top ranks for years, faithfully counting off regional winners & finalsts, as well as finalists numerous times in thier division in Atlanta over the past 4 years. Make it happen!

[Joe Ross]

Tips:
48 - Division Finalists
60 - Division Quarter Finalists
67 - Division Finalists
176 - Division Quarter Finalists
234 - Division Quarter Finalists
1305 - Division Quarter Finalists

Locks:
118 - Division Quarter Finalists
121 - Division Semifinalists
126 - Division Semifinalists
330 - Division Champions
469 - Division Semifinalists
1114 - Division Semifinalists

Tips that made the elims: 6/6 = 100%
Locks that made the elims: 6/6 = 100%
Locks that were finalists or better 1/6 = 17%

Great record overall, but still hard to predict the finalists.

[redbarron]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

Since when is a team that climbs a ramp and score a tube become a hybrid? There are many teams that can are only ramps. There are many teams that can only score tubes. A team that can score tubes and has ramps is in my opinion, and many others I've spoken with, a true hybrid.

I have no doubts in your ability to score tubes or climb ramps. But with that mentality, when does the hybrid classification stop? A ramp only team that can climb a ramp is now a hybrid according to this logic.

It has been stated on other posts and I kinda took to it. Is there a problem with there being more than 1 type of hybrid? I mean if there is than I will spread the word. I kind of thought that saying ramp/arm or scoring/climbing or ramp/climbing was a little more useful but if it is not than I will stop using it.