Divisions 2012

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by nahstobor

From just the look at who's in which division, this is the most balanced CMP I have witnessed in a long time. If the superstars can't lock up the #1 seeds, expect a lot of parody.

Its a bit harder for any one robot to seed #1 in a larger champs division. With 100 teams in the division, and only 9 matches, you have a maximum of 18 unique partners and 27 unique opponents. There will be some schedules much easier than others. Having a larger field of participants, fewer qualification matches, and continuing the diverse qualification structure (over 50% not directly based on robot performance) almost ensures this.

If you are a great robot you can always guarantee one great robot on your alliance. That puts the odds in the favor of great robots, but it's not always enough. I predict 5 of the top 8 will be outstanding robots. 3 will make you scratch your head at the system. The #1 seed may be one of those 3 head scratchers.

Originally Posted by EricH

The only thing more predictable is Curie not winning it all.

I remember losing in the finals on Curie in 2010 to 1114, 469, and 2041. We all thought that would be the year. This is now 1986's 3rd consecutive year on Curie. To borrow a slogan from the last place KC Royals "It's Our Time" The curse will be broken!