Last call for bold predictions before competition begins!

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

No robots with Rhino tread modules will make Einstien.

No robots with swerve drives will make it to Einstein.

[Procolsaurus]

The 2016 Palmetto regional will be the most watched regional during week 0.5.

It will also be the most watched palmetto regional ever.

[Anthony Galea]

Here's my set of predictions:

1) There will be at least one regional where the event is decided by a crossing that is missed by a referee, causing Chief Delphi to grab their torches and pitchforks.

2) There will be at least three alliances in the top three seeds throughout the season that picks a random third robot, only for their capture to fail because that third bot rolls off the batter when they try to park on it.

3) More than 70% of winning alliances will capture in the finals matches that they win.

4) At the Championship, out of the 24 robots that play on Einstein, there will be less than 10 that scale.

5) Barring a robot comms issue, every match on Einstein will have a breach on both sides.

6) The Einstein winning alliance will have at least one robot that does not go under the low bar.

7) The most high goals a single team will score in a match is 10.

8) 1678 will be on Einstein again, moving into the sole owner of second place for the record of consecutive Einstein appearances (177 is in 1st, 1678 and 67 are tied for 2nd)

9) Michigan will have their 4th HoF team.

10) The following countries will be represented on Einstein: USA, Canada, Israel, Mexico, Australia.

11) A district championship winning alliance will have two of their alliance members on the same alliance on Einstein.

12) A VERY controversial call will knock an alliance out in some level above the division semifinals.

[ks68]

The rough terrain will be the least common defense this season.

[Hjelstrom]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

I sure would like to know how that will happen. I keep hearing whispers about cheesecake lifting, but that sounds crazier than cheesecake can burglary last year, which I don't think ever happened.

Here are some cheesecaked canburglars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssRfFHOz2tM
Cheesecaked lifting sounds crazy though.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Hjelstrom

Here are some cheesecaked canburglars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssRfFHOz2tM
Cheesecaked lifting sounds crazy though.

Which robot? There were like four can burglars in that video.

[carpedav000]

Several winning alliances at the regional level will be composed of three low goal only robots.

Cheesecaked climbing devices will be somewhat common at state/dcmp

179, 33, and 1477 will be on Einstein

2 Indiana teams will make it to Einstein

118 and 4334 will beat 1114 and 2056 at GTR

[Jared Russell]

Bold prediction:

More than half of the predictions in this thread (as of the time of this posting) will be wrong.

[Sperkowsky]

1. There will be a Tortuga on Einstein.

2. A regional will be won without a single high goal

3. There will be at least one backup robot playing on Einstein

4. Not a single Rhino Track drive will be on Einstein

5. The winning alliance on Einstein will have 3 hanging robots

6. Not a single 3 ball auton will be completed

7. There will be at least one IFI team on the winning alliance

8. There will be one robot that will catch on fire during elims at a regional

9. There will be an instance where a robot landed on top of another.

Is This Bold enough for you?

[Bluman56]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Bold prediction:

More than half of the predictions in this thread (as of the time of this posting) will be wrong.

If a bold prediction predicts that a bold prediction is wrong, does it make it a bold prediction?

I think we need to amp up the boldness.

[efoote868]

The starting STRENGTH of the TOWER will not be increased.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

For the first time since an equivalent statement was added in 2012, FIRST will act on the blue box under section 3.1.4 of the game manual, re-scaling the tower strength for championships. People will be disgruntled by this.

Originally Posted by efoote868

The starting STRENGTH of the TOWER will not be increased.

So we've had bold predictions for both Value raised at Champs, AND Value NOT raised.

Well, which is it; they both can't be bold. Fight, fight, fight!!!

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Bold prediction:

More than half of the predictions in this thread (as of the time of this posting) will be wrong.

I have to agree with this.

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

118 and 4334 will beat 1114 and 2056 at GTR

4334 isn't attending an event with 1114 or 2056.

[Shrub]

I will singlehandedly win Champs.