2008 Greater Toronto Regional!

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Originally Posted by Vince lau

I have to disagree with you here, First, no team even knows they are going to win for sure, they might be favourites, but they aren't guaranteed to win, there are always upsets.
and by saying that they pick a ok or bad robot as a second pick, just so they look good and so there will be less competition at the championships. i think you just disrespect the all the hard work those teams put into their robot. I'm not speaking for 1114, but i think that they pick the best team out of the remaining teams that they think will be best for the alliance. 2006 Waterloo for example 1114 and 1503 picked 1281 as the last pick, the reason they picked us was because of our drive system and from their scouting they knew that we would be able to play good defense for them.
1114 knows how to scout and I think they have some of the best scouts out there.

yes i know that they do chose by scouting but what i said came out the wrong way to people i meant to say that from what i see not from every year 1114 has chosen a team that is doing good in the competition and a team who has had some bad luck with their arm or manipulator.

Ok i know they properly don't know that they always are going to win but every regional that has 1114 in it always had 1114 in the winning alliance. I know that they do not know if they are going to win but the only time i have seen 1114 lose is in Atlanta with the better American teams. for example last year when the were pushed into the rack by 2 teams and their arm fell off with no penalties, so they lost in the semi's. All i am saying they don't think they are going to win the regional but everybody else does know they are going to win the regional