Predictions: A cynical view of reality

[Dan Richardson]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I feel like a broken record. In 2006, the game was structured in a way that an individual robot could take over, and claim it's spot as the most feared robot of them all. 2008 is a game where no robot will be able to win them all (or even come very close) without partners that can cooperate and aid it.
Yes, we all know an alliance will win. But, no individual robot will come out with the most wins, on any level (match, regional, championship, etc) without the aid of their partners in some form.

I disagree, robots will dominate, but it will have nothing to do with Arm/Shooter. I realise this thread is mostly directed to shooter / arm strategies but I don't believe you are looking at the game as a whole

Mark my words, this game will be decided by autonomous, a Robot who can knock off both balls and continue around the field, and do this Effectively and Efficiently will win 90% of their matches. Teams dominated in 06' because of autonomous, not because of the game.

If you can score ~ 32 points in auton, some of the time but around a 24-28 point average you will win, and you will dominate most of the time. The only time you'll be challenged is by teams with equivalent autons. Even after that point I believe your bot, shooter or arm could be "just average" and you'd win most of your matches.

This isn't the case usually tho, good autons usually come with good bots ( historically 233, 1114, 111 etc.. ) These type of robots, if they show up with dominating autons, will dominate this game, regardless if their an arm or shooter.