1114 vs. 469

[Agentarrow]

It saddens me that there is so much focus on us this year. It detracts from other teams that put just as much, or more effort into their robot than we did. They may have taken a more traditional approach, but these teams are all still innovative and creative with their robots. 33, 67, 148, & 217, just to name a few, should all be commended for having great robots, each as different as night and day. (Except 148 & 217, but that is beside the point. ) Even newer teams with only a couple years under their belts are doing well. 2612 seeded at both of their events and made it to the finals at Cass Tech. They have an amazing robot this year also.

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by Agentarrow

It saddens me that there is so much focus on us this year. It detracts from other teams that put just as much, or more effort into their robot than we did. They may have taken a more traditional approach, but these teams are all still innovative and creative with their robots. 33, 67, 148, & 217, just to name a few, should all be commended for having great robots, each as different as night and day. (Except 148 & 217, but that is beside the point. ) Even newer teams with only a couple years under their belts are doing well. 2612 seeded at both of their events and made it to the finals at Cass Tech. They have an amazing robot this year also.

Your post is very gracious and terribly sweet. But you should ENJOY your team's amazing accomplishment and all the attention. Congratulations!

[Swan217]

I know that this is gonna be a shocker to Karthik, but given the choice, I'd pick 1114 hands down. Why? 1114 defended can still score 10+ goals. If 469 gets successfully defended in autonomous, they are down for the count (which Killer Bees semi-successfully proved at Troy last weekend). With a deep enough field, such as Great Lakes or Atlanta, a serpentine pick could easily play defence against 469 and clear the middle zone of balls in the first minute. Once that happens, it doesn't matter if 469 locks in at that point, because two good scoring bots can have at it at that point, with that 3rd bot assisting from the middle. 1114 on the other hand, you'd have to defend all 135 seconds, and still get your robot run circles around.

For Great Lakes? Now that 33 has exploited the 469 weakness, I would take a high scoring pair over one high score + 469. Nobody has been talking about HOT, but they with 217 or 33 or 51 could run the board against any 469 combination. Championship? Look for a 16/33/51/1114 combination to beat the 217/469 pairing in Division Finals (Prediction - they'll mostly end up in the same division, other than 67)