I beg to differ. I think a team like 948 could be a pure full court based on how good they are at full courting. Of course, being able to cycle like 1806 wouldn’t hurt either.
We have a robot like that…I figure we have a 50-50 chance of getting into elims, and a 1 in 8 chance of winning division, if we get to play.
233,16,67
Does anyone else think that the number of discs may be a problem in Einstein? Some of those robots throw out a lot of discs, and especially if an alliance is running a FCS as a backup. Will teams be picking up a lot of discs?
Archimedes: 469 seeds second behind 254, grabs 33 and 51 one their way to creating the first Michigan alliance since 2009. Win the finals against 987 and 254 in 3.
Curie: 2056 seeds first despite losing one late Saturday. Picks up 67 and 968 as a powerful linebacker. It’s tricky, but they squeeze past 1310 in the semis and 1717 in the finals en route to the division title.
Galileo: 1241 seeds first thanks to a lucky schedule and their multi-disc auto. 1114 turns down their invite and picks 111 and 2337 from the 3rd seed. End up beating the number 8 alliance in the finals en route to Einstein.
Newton: 1986 seeds first and plows through elims with 1538 and 2194. 341 gives them a run in the finals as the 6th seed with 2826 and 217, but the Thunderchickens’ lack of a climb costs their alliance in the end.
Einstein
Archimedes takes the first match, but limited FCS defence allows 968 to pin down 469. In the end, Archimedes loses to Curie’s climb and dump, even though they lead after auto all three matches.
In a match this tight, it’s all about the dump. Galileo ekes out the win over Newton in two matches, but only wins by 10 points each time.
Curie vs Galileo, and the only thing that’s certain is Dave Verbugge’s epic speeches. 968 manages to box out the beastly drivetrain of 2337, letting 67 unleash a barrage of unblocked full court threes. 2056 switches between scooping up the (few) misses and playing interference on 111. Last second dumps keep it close, but Curie wins in 2 matches. The Curie Curse is broken, HOT joins Hammond in the 4-wins club, everybody stops asking where the old RAWK went, and 2056’s drive team is actually spotted smiling (I kid… mostly)
I think the only predictions that will be proven right are that 1114 and 67 will be the number one selections of the draft in Galileo and Curie, respectively.
I’ll also predict that even if my alliances are way off, there will be at least one Canadian team on Einstein and at least 3 in the four division finals.
My prediction for champs: 1114, 118, 2169
469/254/11
Ground pickup, climb, and cycling
Fixed that for you 
We can’t just let our friends on 67 tie Hammond’s record first, now can we?
Ouch. This thread is really not Curie friendly…even with the likes of HOT and OP, they still think the curse lives on.
1114, 118/111/610, Third Pick is a Toss-Up…there is no way 4334 would be left over if 1114 is first seed.
All i have to say is that any ground pickup team will have a solid feeder station bot that make 4-6 trips every match
I really doubt 1114 will seed first, given their cap at 18 points in auto. I’d love to see them prove me wrong.
I’m definitely betting on 118 seeding first as they nail that 7 disk auto basically every time, also they’re tele-op scores have an incredibly high ceiling which should put them undefeated except for one loss given a decent schedule. Their ground-pickup and 7 disk auto greatly complements 1114’s climb and dump and feeder rounds, though they will be seeded 4 or less. A third bot would most likely be a FCS-blocker that, if there’s any left, does either one of the following: 1. Climb 30, or 2. Gets 3-disk auto and hangs 10.
1114 and 118 will have targets on their back. If either has a bad match or loses well fought battles, I’d expect 1477 to take the cake in regards to 1st seed.
Archimedes: 987 seeds first picks 254 and 1714, plays in finals against the 2nd seed 469,33,71…987,254,1714 advance to Einstein in 3 hard fought matches while creating the new national high score of 285.
Curie: 2056 seeds first picks picks 67 and 2168 plays in finals against 1717 148 and 2383. number one alliance wins in 2 matches.
Galileo: 610 seeds first with a great performance and schedule, they pick the 3rd seed 1114 and 4334 to start the new EH Team they face #3 seed 1241,111,125 to win and advance to Einstein with the new EH Team.
Newton: 1986 seeds first and picks 1538 and 217. and faces 341,2826, and 190 in finals. Contrary to some believes 217 climb works to perfection and becomes the steal of the alliance selection. With the a long hard 3 matches 1986,1538,217 is too much firepower for 341,2826,and 190 to handle.
Einstein
With one of the best showings of teams a lot is on the line for 67 to join the 4 championship club and try to break the curse,and an all Canada team fights to show the world that Canada is where the title of 2013 World Champions belongs.
Curie (2056,67,2168) defeat Archimedes (987,254,1714) in two quick matches,showing everyone the Curie curse is ready to be broken.
Galileo (610,1114,4334) defeats Newton(1986,1538,217) in three very tough matches
Galileo vs Curie in finals: OH CANADA!!!
Through three matches the Eh Team takes the title of World Champions to Canada.
The curse remains alive in the Curie Division.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL TEAMS AT CHAMPIONSHIPS. REMEMBER TO PLAY YOUR GAME AND IF THAT WORKS ALL SHOULD GO WELL. YOU WILL WIN YOUR FAIR SHARE AND HOPEFULLY PLAY AFTER LUNCH ON SATURDAY.
353 will not be as lucky with the schedule in St. Louis as they were at Hofstra.
Sorry, but you never know in St. Louis…
TORNADO ALLEY and huge hail hope it is not like last year…i think that parking garage is gonna fill really fast.
As we say around here: “Don’t like the weather? Wait 24 hours!”
More like “Wait 5 minutes!”