2008 Ultimate Alliance

What alliance of any three robots would be absolutely unbeatable this year? I know it's only week 2 but this is based on what we've seen so far.

Mine would be 217, 1114, and 118. Maybe 58, 118, and 121?

Who is your ultimate alliance??

[Tottanka]

i think that the ultimate alliance has to include 3 hurdlers, just in case one gets blocked all the time.
For know, mine is 1114, 16 and 217. (if 217 and 16 improve their hybrid)
By what i can see, 330 could easily replace any of those, but i haven't seen it yet

[Danny McC]

I'd like to see what it would be like if 816, 1114, and 103 were on an alliance. I can only dream.

[fredliu168]

1114, 103, 1625

[Grant Cox]

Edit: nevermind. 931, 217, 288. Green aah-liii-aance

[T3_1565]

121, 1519, 1565 (us)!! only because we all look the same and have different drive systems XD

[Kellen Hill]

Personally, I think you should go with to fast hurdlers and the fastest lap bot ever. They should all have good hybrid modes and even a defensive hybrid thrown in there. These are the alliances you will see do well in coming regionals and nats.

I really enjoyed watching 1114's alliance at Midwest. They had excellent strategy and had 2041 bring the 2nd ball around while 1114 had the other, and 1114 would hurdle the 1st ball and turn around and take the ball 2041 had left there and hurdle it. I thought this was a great idea and use of the 3rd robot on a team.

[Dan Petrovic]

1114, 217, and 148

[SSMike]

Personally, I'm going to see how the rest of the regionals pan out. Don't worry I'll come back to this.

[SSMike]

Originally Posted by SSMike

Personally, I'm going to see how the rest of the regionals pan out. Don't worry I'll come back to this.

Man I almost forgot about this. Well I Better get an alliance out before Eliminations.

I think that the best alliance will have 2 elite hurdlers; robots that can easily take charge of an alliance's offense. At least one will be able to cap, but ideally, both could cap a trackball.

The third robot is much harder to peg, however, an elite alliance must have a robot that is capable of playing some type of defense. This is essential, because hurdlers on opposing alliances will need to be slowed/shut down to get a W. This defensive robot could be a lap bot or another hurdler, but whatever their primary scoring method is, it must be fast, because they probably won't be using the trackballs to score a lot.

Something that I think is essential to an "ultimate" alliance is minimal penalty point deductions. While this late in the season penalties should become scarce, they aren't (although they have decreased). A team that hardly ever gets penalized will go far.

[T3_1565]

lol... 121, 1114, plus someone...

thats my final offer on this matter lol

[Magnechu]

1124 alliance vs 1114 alliance in the finals of Einstein!

[MegaSparks]

You are all looking to the past. What about the teams who have action plans in place to either improve to or to exceed the levels of the best robots out there? The best teams never settle for the status quo, but keep looking for that edge that will turn a good robot into a great robot. The students of 2062 have taken on an ambitious improvement schedule that when complete could push that team up to where the Chickens are or beyond.

We will have to wait and see but I know these young men can turn this bot around into a great one. Yes, it will be a bit of a time crunch doing all the work at the regional but we have come through in the past and will this year also. Wisconsin regional here we come!!!

[thefro526]

Personally I'd love to see 71,118,148 vs. 1114,217, 330. That'd be an epic match...

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

This match gets my popcorn poppin' based on the regionals so far!

1114 217 449 vs 103 118 1980

The Sim-Chicken-Robot Project vs the Cybersonic Robo Brigade