2008 Ultimate Alliance

[andrew348]

From what I saw last week, mine is

1114, 121, and 25. But, this will all change in the coming weeks.

[Aren_Hill]

Originally Posted by cricket66

You all forgot the ultimate sleeper who can do everything well 2062

Believe me you'll have to prove yourself to get mentioned by another team in this thread, i'm surprised my teams been mentioned after not to good of a show at chicago.

but when you see a well respected person from an elite team mention your robot as part of the "ultimate" alliance the recognition is a great feeling.

so prove yourself worthy

[Dominicano0519]

hey i have on question what type of alliance is the utlimate

three hurdlers all fast

or two hurdlers one lapbot

[hillale]

Originally Posted by Dominicano0519

hey i have on question what type of alliance is the utlimate

three hurdlers all fast

or two hurdlers one lapbot

From what I have witnessed, 2 epic hurdlers and 1 very quick lapbot seem to do the best. But if you have 3 hurdlers that are all fast, designating one of them as a lap bot will also work. That's what we did at MWR and it worked very well.

of course, having 3 swerves didn't hurt

[Dominicano0519]

Originally Posted by hillale

From what I have witnessed, 2 epic hurdlers and 1 very quick lapbot seem to do the best. But if you have 3 hurdlers that are all fast, designating one of them as a lap bot will also work. That's what we did at MWR and it worked very well.

yeah that was my original idea, three hurdlers all really fast could do the same job and on top of that if one of them breaks down its a realitively small loss becuase the desinated lap bot could just start hurdling.

however the only disadvantage i can find(its not too big either) to having another hurdler is that you would have another tall obstruction of your view while trying to hurdle; meanwhile if you had a small low lapbot you could easily just bob and weave through jams and no matter what happens you can easily rack up points and to the hurdlers there will only be 4 other bots in their way instead of 5

[CurseofDragon33]

1126, 1629, and 148

[Storcky]

Originally Posted by CurseofDragon33

1126, 1629, and 148

the only problem i see with that alliance is that only 1126 can get the ball down.

I'm surprised that 1731 hasn't been mentioned, but i'm not sure who i would say is the ultimate alliance yet.

[Matthew2c4u]

330,987,968

[NoahTheBoa]

Originally Posted by Matthew2c4u

330,987,968

They are all great teams, but you really only need 2 hurdlers in an alliance.

I think 330, 968, and a lap bot vs. 1114, 217, and a lap bot would be intense.

987 and 1717 should also be considered.

[thefro526]

1114,1024,217. I know I chose three hurdlers but, should someone break there are still 2 hurdles left. Also 1114's auto is the best I've seen yet, and If i remember right 1024 and 217 have kick butt auto's as well so they might set an Auto record. Also this alliance may be capable of breaking the 200 point barrier.

[Jetweb]

Originally Posted by thefro526

1114,1024,217

that would be scary.....and awesome. depending on which side you are on...

[lukevanoort]

As it stands right now, my ultimate alliance is 1114, 330, and 148. If 1726 can upgrade their hybrid to be more competitive with 148's, I would go with 1114, 330, and 1726 due to 1726's considerable prowess at knocking off balls (especially compared to 148's lack of any knock-off mechanism). If 1625 can chase out the mechanical gremlins, I would go with 1114, 1625, and 1726/148.

[GoSparx]

Hmm maybe I shouldn't post my own team but whatever.

My ultimate alliance: 1114 , 1126 and 2228.

Hmmm I wonder why the first 2 teams sound sooo familiar

[waialua359]

You may get a glimpse of it in Hawaii this weekend, week 5, as many of the "top tier" teams will be competing.
Just to name a few.
254, 968, 25, 233, 337, 368 (all of whom are 2008 gold winners after week 3). If teams like 330, 103, 987 and others ever decided to come in '09 with the same group as '08, that would be scary.
Other regional finalists/winners from '07 and '08: 1138, 597, 2024, and 359 attending. There are no slouches for all of the veteran teams participating.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by waialua359

You may get a glimpse of it in Hawaii this weekend, week 5, as many of the "top tier" teams will be competing.
Just to name a few.
254, 968, 25, 233, 337, 368 (all of whom are 2008 gold winners after week 3). If teams like 330, 103, 987 and others ever decided to come in '09 with the same group as '08, that would be scary.
Other regional finalists/winners from '07 and '08: 1138, 597, 2024, and 359 attending. There are no slouches for all of the veteran teams participating.

Glenn,

How many regionals do the Hawaiian kids go to?