Predictions on how the games are gonna go!

[Jason Morrella]

Originally Posted by Killraine

I can't imagine that FIRST would EVER get rid of the 6 weeks/ship date. This policy is the only thing that comes close to balancing the early vs late regionals. If you are in the last regional and you don't have to ship, you have a whole extra build season!

You're forgetting one thing - at any event, no matter where it is during the season/calendar, every team will have had their robots up until that point, so the "build season" for each team is the same as any/all teams they would ever be competing against. Effectively, the build season for every team will be the same - from the kickoff until the end of the last event they compete in that season (if other teams play at a later date, that doesn't matter or impact the finished teams at all).

PS - I'm not saying I'm in favor or not in favor of prediction # 3 (pros and cons both ways), it's just a prediction, that's all.

I agree with Vikesrock about prediction # 2. The only way to really tell will be by looking at those groups of teams as a whole - the perennial top teams and the ones that might not have been as successful the past couple years. What percentage of those teams made the finals at events, how many seeded at the top, how'd they do at events outside of Michigan and so on. If nothing else it'll be a nice statistical analysis that might show something or nothing.