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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. Last edited by ngreen : 25-02-2004 at 01:00. |
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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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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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"WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN!"
-IndyStef 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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~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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