Galileo Division 2008

[Sunshine]

This thread has been very entertaining to watch. There also seems to be a lot of chest pounding and politicking going on. Some of you make it appear that the other divisions should just stay home.

Spend some time on other threads talking about other alliances and you'll obviously get a different perspective about everyones chances.

My two observations would be:

Watch out for the dark horses. Many of you have already declared your picks without considering other good robots who have quietly done well this year. Although prescouting is fun and possibly rewarding, continual scouting will be very important in Atlanta. How many teams have come up with plans to improve their robots? How many teams have less stellar robots than you predict because the toll of doing multiply regionals have taken a hit on the structural integrity of their robot? How many teams have strategized great defense maneuvers to compliment good offense?

My second observation may be a sensitive bias because we are a second year team. But do not rule out teams that happen to have numbers above 2000. There always appears to be an underlying notion that only teams who have been around for several years will do well. You may be setting yourself up for a disappointment because you did not look at other teams strictly because of their assigned number.