IRI Predictions??

[Kyle Love]

I will say, the likihood of 234 and 45 hooking up are good, two teams with similar strategies, and they just mesh well together. Will they win, I wish. But come one folks, it's IRI. The dream alliance could happen with the 4 most winning teams at IRI (I don't know who statistically are the top 4 I would assume 67 is #1). Likewise, it's hard to predict the dark horse who will play outstandingly and earn a win. I would like to see a diverse alliance, west coast, east coast, midwest and south all on the same alliance. Whoever wins will deserve it. IRI doesn't have "lucky" winners, the teams who win are truly the best alliance.

[Akash Rastogi]

my Darkhorse: EMS 1649

Still pulling for my teams from the East. Especially 1771

[AdamHeard]

Has a team ever gone undefeated at IRI?

[Rich Kressly]

1. Good teams will win
2. Scores will be high
3. Paul will do his best to embarrass Dave by mentioning "stupid rules" at some point.
4. In retaliation, Dave will do his best to embarrass Paul at some point (setting office fires may be a workable theme, but I'm just guessing here)
4. Baker's cult following will reach fever pitch, while Fultz will remain under appreciated
5. Karthik will do something very unique to embarrass himself at some point (and most hope it won't be singing)
6. Raul will look excited at field side at least once (or twice, or ten times)
7. The talent show and Dean Simmons and the Kamen's will be MUCH better attended than the drivers' meeting
8. Fishboy (He'd better be there. For those who disagree, you just don't understand )
9. MOE will take the field at least once without a battery and/or the robot turned on (sorry Dudek, but that one's for you )
10. JVN, after a bizarre electrical storm creates an unexplained force filed, will leave the event with a full head of hair.

Carry on, have fun all!!!!

[Novi Hopper]

Quick list. I anticipate a lot of odd pickings.

Alliance 1: 111, 67, 1771, 1649
Alliance 2: 217, 1114, 45, 503
Alliance 3: 2056, 1625, 148, 33
Alliance 4: 68, 47, 868, 2199
Alliance 5: 399, 254, 910, 70
Alliance 6: 71, 1538, 79, 245
Alliance 7: 1714, 2970, 330, 16
Alliance 8: 234, 1503, 222, 1038

Quarterfinals:
1 beats 8, 2 to 0
2 beats 7, 2 to 0
3 beats 6, 2 to 1
4 beats 5, 2 to 1

Semifinals:
1 beats 4, 2 to 1
3 beats 2, 2 to 1

Finals:
3 beats 1, 2 to 1

OP Robotics, Winnovation, Robowranglers, and Killer Bees will take home the gold. Karthik will sing as the sun slips below the horizon and everyone makes their way back home.

[Chris is me]

Alliance 7: 1714, 2970, 330, 16

Stop reading my mind about alliances I want D:

The joke I tell people is that 1714 has the most experience as a backup robot of anyone in Lunacy (1st backup bot twice), so people should know that when making Pick number 25-32. Hopefully my team won't fall that far but with this deep of a field it could rather easily be the case. My dream is Alliance Captain; we've made unlikely runs to alliance captainship before, with less-good robots than this one.

Full predictions coming soon from me. 47 is one of my top picks.

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

You don't think that Winnovation and Poofs could topple the #3 seeded alliance? And 1114 would pick 2056 over 111? Or 68 would pick 71 over 254, 1625, 148 or even 2753?

Could? Yes. I believe if they played eachother 9 times, it would rubbermatch until one alliance beats the other. At this caliber any team could have a good or bad match, and any alliance could beat any other. That being said, 222 has had matches where they look unbeatable, and 111 is still world champions. I have seen 1649 when a regional in person, and watched 245 score like crazy over webcast. I'll keep the nod to my second seed.

I do believe 1114 would pick 2056 over 111, both teams are amazing. My simulation drafts include a picking bias that pairs teams up that have been successful in the past. I think it is very likely that 67 could pair with 217, 1114 with 2056, 2970 with 79, so on and so forth. If teams already know they have a relationship with another team and know that their communication can win championships, why risk working with teams you are unfamiliar with? Thinking about it, if 222 were third seed and had the choice between 2753 and 111, I don't know why they wouldn't pick 2753.

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

1. 9. MOE will take the field at least once without a battery and/or the robot turned on (sorry Dudek, but that one's for you )

I am in the hotel lobby right now, getting ready to leave for IRI. Dudek has a message for you Rich -

"And what color is the Dawgma flagpole?"

(Is your prediction anyway connected to our improvement of your flag?)

[nlknauss]

Best of luck and have fun everyone! All of you are going to have a blast!

Especially those NJ and Philly area teams

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Carol

I am in the hotel lobby right now, getting ready to leave for IRI. Dudek has a message for you Rich -

"And what color is the Dawgma flagpole?"

(Is your prediction anyway connected to our improvement of your flag?)

Ohhhhhh I even forgot that I had to properly thank Bob and others for our green flagpole. I would have made an even worse prediction had I remembered that. My prediction was merely my sick desire to once again see Bob frantically running around the field like he did in the quarters in DC, "We don't have a battery, we need a battery!" It was perhaps his finest professional moment as a mentor and I would never want to let him forget it.

Maybe we'll make a nice maroon and black pre-match checklist for the 365 drive team for the 2010 season that includes these key items:
1. Be sure you have a battery, preferably charged, along with the robot when leaving the pit
2. Be sure the battery is on the robot
3. Be sure the battery we left the pit with that is most likely charged, that is on the robot, has its leads connected firmly to the corresponding leads on the robot (which is also along with us).
4. Be sure that conditions 1-3 are still satisfied when putting the robot on the filed for the match (oh yeah, and go get the controls in the pit NOW if we forgot them)
5. Ensure Kressly is at field side with extra batteries nearby, just in case we fail miserably at 1-4 above

In all seriousness, good luck at your first IRI team 365. As I told my team when we took our first trip out there a few years ago, "It's a pleasure to get your tails kicked by the best."

[Barry Bonzack]

Try to make a prediction how it will pan out now!

1       7
 \  4  /
  4-|-3
 /     \
4       3

1-980,111,135,222
2-832,2753,1771,179
3-1625,68,469,16
4-217,1114,399,1732
5-254 47 1503, 45
6- 503 71 234
7- 2081 245, 67, 70
8- 2775, 2056, 1538, 148

[Chris Hibner]

Why are only three teams shown for alliance 6?

[Kristian Calhoun]

I believe 365 is the alliance's fourth team, according to The Blue Alliance's data.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

Why are only three teams shown for alliance 6?

Somebody tell us who the 4th team is is and we'll gladly put them up.

BTW, Barry was spot on in the QFs.

Predictions for SFs:

1 and 7 (7 is the only one to win with 2 straight, and 3 is a little tired from a 4-match set.)

[Chris is me]

I predict that alliance 3 will take it all!