Nats Alliances

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Bongle

Maybe part of it is that when the triplets were all together, tactics-development proceeded at three times the rate. 1503/1680 might try something with their robot, and say "hey, this worked for us", and so their tactics would evolve quickly.

Or maybe people shouldn't make assumptions about the inner workings of a team. Especially when it's so easy to come to us and ask. The situation you described is completely inaccurate in describing the 2005 & 2006 NiagaraFIRST collaborations.

[Barry Bonzack]

2165 and their alliance is out. What a great rookie year from a team in smalltown Bartlesville Oklahoma!

[tkwetzel]

Go 116!!!

They advanced to the semi-finals with 93 and 1595 knocking off 45, 217, and 2272!

[Corey Balint]

Newton: 8 seed won. 4 seed. 2 seed. 3 seed
Galileo: 8 seed. 5 seed. 2 seed. 6 seed.
Archimedes: 1 seed. 2 seed. 4 seed. 3 seed
Curie: 1 seed. 5 seed. 2 seed. 3 seed.

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

Newton: 8 seed won. 4 seed. 2 seed. 3 seed
Galileo: 8 seed. 5 seed. 2 seed. 6 seed.
Archimedes: 1 seed. 2 seed. 4 seed.
Curie: 1 seed. 5 seed. 2 seed. 3 seed.

Wow, Galileo had three upsets!

[Bongle]

I really didn't expect whatever alliance 2056 ended up in to be a ramp-dependant alliance. I figured they'd just be scoring monsters.

If you look at their actual robot, I think it's more advanced than last year

Oh yeah, the robot is amazing. I still can't really figure out how it goes from normal->ramp mode. It's just a blur of motion, and BOOM: there's a ramp. But I guess it is probably the game as well this year: a well-picked alliance of 2 boxes-on-wheels and a ramp that quickly blocks off your scoring chances can be a big threat to a scoring-heavy alliance. Picking strategy this year is more important than last, where it was more or less all about the ball output.

[Corey Balint]

Curie: 330, 910, 1270
Newton: 987, 190, 177
Galileo: 173, 1902, 1319
Archimedes: 233, 71, 179

[dachickindapit]

Alliance 2 just won Galileo

[Corey Balint]

Sounds like it is
Newton vs. Galileo
Curie vs. Archimedes

Curie: 330, 910, 1270
vs
Archimedes: 233, 71, 179

Newton: 987, 190, 177
vs
Galileo: 173, 1902, 1319

Speculation though...this is what it was last year, they normally change it every year.

[Corey Balint]

WOW.
190 987 177
WOW

[SU 39]

great play putting the tube on the ramp. i tried doing that at one of our regionals, but i coudltn get it to work.
good job team 190 and 987.
we were teamed with 987 at SVR and we eventualy lost to 190's alliacne in semifinals. they later went on to win SVR. congrats to all 3 teams in their alliance.