Predictions: The Big Show -- Newton

[Chris Marra]

Originally Posted by MasterChief 573

Oops my bad correction

1038
573
696
501
1503
33
148
247

How's that?

Personally, I think you are underestimating some powerhouse teams with advantageous numbers (1124) who ought to seed much better, as well as some Vets (75 and 111), who will certainly be able to put up lots of ringers and counter the many ramp-bots.:
1038, 111, 696, 75, 1503, 501, 148, 1124

Unlike in 2006, where strong defensive teams who got lucky with the random match generation could easily win the game by shutting down other teams, I feel defense this year cannot win a team the game alone, match generation will make it or break it for teams. Above, 75, 148, and 111 are all excellent scorers in the "Veteran" match tier, and I expect them all to hold their own despite alliance pairs they get. With the exception of maybe 1503, I think rookies end up pushing the rest of those robots above into the "Middle" tier for matches, and as a result, they ought to get very advantageous match pairings along with defensive and ramp bots. Based on regional performances and how schedules have been thus far, I suspect strong scorers under defense to be the ones who can hold it on their own when on the field, and only defensive bots or bots who don't score well under defense who get very lucky will end up in the top 8, instead serving as first round picks, or second round steals.