Car Nack Predicts 2010-4

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

Week 4 ... Boston?!? Akash, you said you were making changes, but I didn't expect this!

LOL

I know Tom will be laughing at this post when he reads it.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Yah, where is the 254 bot? No video or even a picture!

Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle

Are we foreshadowing something???

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I know Tom will be laughing at this post when he reads it.

All I was trying to say is that there's tons of teams who haven't competed yet. The ball catcher isn't exceptionally difficult to build, so its within reason that we could see a few more of these.

I'm not saying 469's robot isn't wonderful (because it is). I just try not to count my chicks before they hatch.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

Week 4 ... Boston?!?

Team 125 the Nu-trons are the other ball defelecter that is out there so far if they ever get it working. They were having troubles at the Suffield shake down but it looked like their plan was to hang, fold out and redirect.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The number one reason is that Beatty has not fielded a robot yet.

I like the way you think.

And I'm fully confident that a 30 point score will be broken, it will be at a Regional or District, in a Lucky Match and with Lucky Pairings. I'd guess that it would be a QM, where the opposing alliance is weak, and 469 is involved, but we'll see.

Also, dependent on how 6 Vs. 0 Matches play out, we could see a 6 vs 0 turn into a 30 point match.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

It's only week 2... I'm sure there are at least a few other ball redirecting robots we haven't seen yet.

Yah, where is the 254 bot? No video or even a picture!

I agree with Nathan. I can see 469 getting a 35 point match at champs if they are in a 6v0 match and all robots work hard to get the balls in cycle and stay out of the way. And I do see them on Einstein.

Predicting robots to get on Einstein is not bad in week 2. By now, most good robots have made a debut whether on youtube or a regional and we are not saying, "Well we might as well hand over the trophy because they are going to win!". Predictions are different from facts. Anything can happen and everything will happen between now and Atlanta. So 469 has a very good chance of making it to Einstein, but we aren't asking for the trophy to be handed over.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Predicting robots to get on Einstein is not bad in week 2. By now, most good robots have made a debut whether on youtube or a regional and we are not saying, "Well we might as well hand over the trophy because they are going to win!". Predictions are different from facts. Anything can happen and everything will happen between now and Atlanta. So 469 has a very good chance of making it to Einstein, but we aren't asking for the trophy to be handed over.

There are two main reasons to not predict in week 2.

The number two reason is that strange new strategies or countermeasures may pop up, like the "A-Bomb".

The number one reason is that Beatty has not fielded a robot yet.