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Unread 24-02-2004, 23:19
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

Successful robots will rely on there alliance more this year in previous year. There will be few robot who do everything effectively and almost none that can consistently win matches by themselves.

Those who do everything will do well in Qualifying but will be knocked out in the finals.

Small balls were overlooked by many teams.

Effective small ball gathering almost gurantees you a spot in finals.

Human Players with no balls will be hugely ineffective.

The 2x ball and hanging will make the show though.

People will be angry about how penalties are called.

Everything won't be the same from competition to competition.

It will take an amazing alliance of robots to win this.

2 minutes will seem shorter this year.

It will be fun and exciting, maybe more than normal.

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Unread 25-02-2004, 00:09
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

ngreen... you did mention that effective small ball gathering will get you to finals... only IF!!!!! they have a good human player... and a good strat w/ the other human player...

cordination between the two HP's will be HUGELY critical before the match starts... like who gets the first throw and to tell eachother when they are out of balls... or if one is not skilled... passing the balls to the other may be a huge part if your team has one of the best robots, but a skill lacking HP...
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

- Hangers are the eye catchers

- neglecting the small balls will be a loser

- most success will have the alliances that compliment each other best

- small ball gatherers seem to be rare - I predict those will be preferred picks in the finals

- herding will be difficult, and a lot of alliances will take each other out because of them darn little red balls ....

- vacuum cleaning between the matches to get all those lost bolts, nuts, and other robot parts off the field will be common!

- WE WILL ALL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN! (anybody wanna challenge that prediction?)
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

One thing is for sure - this year is going to be a ton of fun! When the game was unveiled, I knew it was going to be good, perhaps the best I've been in ('99 is still my favorite). After the open house at Team 537 on Sunday, my initial thought was confirmed. There is just so much going on in this game that a boring match will be very rare. The eliminations will be very unpredictable because like someone said, even a box on wheels can disrupt the best strategy this year. I just can't wait for regionals to start!

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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

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i will HIGHLY disagree with this... once autonomus is done, the mobile goal is pushed to the wall, 1 HP shoots into the mobile, the other into the stationary... while the goal is being pushed the 2x is taken off, and holds onto the ball... caps 2!!! yes 2 of the 2x and thats AT LEAST 60 points... not inculding if you hang thats 110 right there with no extra small balls....

likely no.. but its still like something thats going to be highly needed for teams that are ONLY working w/ small balls and not worrying about hanging... espically teams with hoppers...

so this is why the capping the 2x WILL make it into the finals AS LONG AS they can herd balls like mad good and have a good HP =D
who says that if a bot has a hopper that it can't cap a goal?
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

"WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN!"
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NO ONE can deny that playing a tweaked version of basketball and 'hanging' robots is some serious fun.

Anyway, my predictions:
#1. Those who hang will be victorious over those who are grounded.
#2. 2x multiplier strategy will not beat hanging. However, it is good to
have a system ready for a goal with 10 balls in it. (100 pts.)
#3. Balls will be everywhere. In AND outside the field.
#4. MANY robots will tip over on the steps to the bar.
#5. Alliances will just park their robots in front of the corral.
#6. There will be a huge Magic: The Gathering tourney after each regional
and nationals. :-)
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Re: Predicitions For The Rest Of Us

~Lots of people will get in trouble for flipping other robots i.e. Someone's coming onto the platform you're on and you run into them in a ratehr nasty fashion...penalty flag for you.

~The controllers and drivers of robots with arms are going to have to work extremely well together.

~Having a quick math human player is goign to be almost as important as making sure that person can hit 95% of their shots.

~At least one team will get a penalty flag or DQ for throwing balls at an opposing robot.

~In the finals all of your multplier balls, small balls, and hanging space are belong to us.
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