[FRCTop25.com]- Week 1 Voting! [Archive]

Mike Starke

04-03-2012, 18:15

After a great weekend of competition, it is time to vote for the Top 25 teams in FRC! Head on over to http://www.frctop25.com/VoterPage.html to vote!

Please remember some criteria for voting!
- You can't vote for your own team
- You can only vote for teams that have competed so far (you can't vote for a team that competes in week 2 for instance).
- You can vote for a minimum of 15 robots!
(If any of the above are violated, your list will be voided.)

Be sure to tune in on Wednesday night at 10:30pm EST at http://www.frctop25.com/MikeandJustinITM.html as Justin and I count down the Top 25 teams from Week 1. We also will have lots to talk about, as it has been such an interesting weekend of matches! Please tweet us @MikeandJustin, or email us at MikeandJustinITM@gmail.com if you have a topic of discussion you would like us to talk about, or if you saw any cool plays or strategies from week 1! We will also preview week 2 on the show!

Thanks for all your hard work! See you on Wednesday!

Alex Cormier

04-03-2012, 18:17

Your sites will not load for me.

akoscielski3

04-03-2012, 18:20

Your sites will not load for me.

Same :P

kenavt

04-03-2012, 18:21

The link should be http://www.frctop25.com/VoterPage.html ; the second http:// is ruining the link. You'll find this page is live.

Mike Starke

04-03-2012, 18:23

Your sites will not load for me.
Same :P
You'll find this page is live.

All fixed! Thanks guys! :)

Zach O

04-03-2012, 18:28

You missed the colon in the hyperlink in your 2nd link in the first post, Mike

Mike Starke

04-03-2012, 18:32

You missed the colon in the hyperlink in your 2nd link in the first post, Mike

Guess it wasn't fixed. Thanks Zach! Guess Justin should post from now on. Totally noobing it right now.

smistthegreat

04-03-2012, 18:34

For the sake of this poll, is San Diego included? Also, what about Israel? I assume San Diego is week 1 and Israel week 2, but I'm not positive. Thanks!

johnmaguire2013

04-03-2012, 18:39

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\

Mike Starke

04-03-2012, 18:39

For the sake of this poll, is San Diego included? Also, what about Israel? I assume San Diego is week 1 and Israel week 2, but I'm not positive. Thanks!

Thank you for bringing this up!
Yes, San Diego will be included in Week 1 voting, while the Israel Regional will be included with the Week 2 voting!
Thanks!

372 lives on

04-03-2012, 18:53

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\

truth.

Mike Starke

04-03-2012, 18:57

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\

truth.

Well last year, you HAD to vote for 25, so we're cutting ya'll a break ;)

We encourage you all, and want you all to do some research! 15 teams should not be hard to come up with at all.

Alex Cormier

04-03-2012, 19:02

Well last year, you HAD to vote for 25, so we're cutting ya'll a break ;)

We encourage you all, and want you all to do some research! 15 teams should not be hard to come up with at all.

Yeah... if 15 is too much. Then just don't participate. That simple.

Lil' Lavery

04-03-2012, 19:44

Just vote for 341 fifteen times. ;)

Zach O

04-03-2012, 20:00

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\

I think 15 is definitely more manageable than last year's 25. Plus, if they only let you vote for 5 teams, it would quickly turn into "FRC Top 5"

Justin Montois

04-03-2012, 20:38

Yeah... if 15 is too much. Then just don't participate. That simple.

This. We thought we were doing everyone a favor...

bduddy

04-03-2012, 20:40

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\Nothing personal (this would apply to me too), but if someone doesn't know at least 15 teams that they think deserve to be in a top 25, then their vote will probably hurt the rankings more than it will help.

johnmaguire2013

04-03-2012, 20:53

I guess my worry is that it's only week 1. By week 1 I've only seen 40 teams, and I don't remember all of them because not all of them were exactly memorable. I remember maybe 10, and even so, it's hard to rank all 10 in an order (especially by an overall ranking.)

While the point that "pick 5" might turn into the "FRC top 5", I don't think that's a valid issue in the first couple weeks. Everyone is coming from different districts and has seen different robots.

In the later works it may be more reasonable to pick more than one, or have a poll based on what was already submitted.

But that's just my opinion.

Zach O

04-03-2012, 20:55

I guess my worry is that it's only week 1. By week 1 I've only seen 40 teams, and I don't remember all of them because not all of them were exactly memorable. I remember maybe 10, and even so, it's hard to rank all 10 in an order (especially by an overall ranking.)

I usually hold off until week 3 or 4 to start voting. Once I've seen archived match videos, gone to regionals on weeks we don't compete, and watch webcasts, I feel like I get a good sense of the teams out there and start voting.

coldfusion1279

04-03-2012, 21:36

I don't know if this thread is really meant for campaigning, but 341 and 1218 were stellar this weekend. It was clear from the moment I saw these teams in person that they would be in the finals/win. If you don't believe me, go look at the OPR for both. The only thing they didn't do together was the 3-bot balance. They deserve some cred.

Tetraman

04-03-2012, 23:28

If you run out of teams to rank, pick a few from this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=104208

Justin Montois

04-03-2012, 23:52

I usually hold off until week 3 or 4 to start voting. Once I've seen archived match videos, gone to regionals on weeks we don't compete, and watch webcasts, I feel like I get a good sense of the teams out there and start voting.

I would ask you to vote each week because even if you voted solely based on teams you saw in Michigan, it would balance out the people who are voting just based on the robots they saw in Hartsboro, or Alamo, or KC.

Zach O

05-03-2012, 00:22

I would ask you to vote each week because even if you voted solely based on teams you saw in Michigan, it would balance out the people who are voting just based on the robots they saw in Hartsboro, or Alamo, or KC.

I never thought about it like that. I'll try to throw together a list and submit it tomorrow.

jblay

05-03-2012, 00:28

During week 2 voting, are you going to only allow teams that competed week 2 or teams that have competed week 1 as well?

Justin Montois

05-03-2012, 00:48

During week 2 voting, are you going to only allow teams that competed week 2 or teams that have competed week 1 as well?

Once a team has played, they are then eligible to be voted for each week thereafter.

J_Miles

05-03-2012, 01:21

Has the voting closed? Or is anyone else having trouble submitting a list?

Mike Starke

05-03-2012, 01:49

Has the voting closed? Or is anyone else having trouble submitting a list?

Voting has not closed yet. I just submitted a test submission and everything seems to be running properly. What browswer do you use? I use Firefox, and everything is good. Make sure you have the correct link- http://www.frctop25.com/VoterPage.html
Thank you for your willingness to vote! If there's any further problems, please PM me! Thanks!

IKE

05-03-2012, 08:19

I think the minimum of 15 is a lot. I'm too lazy personally to go and find fifteen teams and rank them. :\

I believe that is kind of the point... If you can't find 15, then your vote is without context of the rest of the events that have happened.

Justin Montois

05-03-2012, 21:59

Thank you to everyone who has voted this week! The amount of submissions we have had is by far the most we've ever received in a single week.

If you haven't voted yet, this is a reminder that voting closes tomorrow at 6pm EST.

Thank you all for your participation and we can't wait to share the results with you on Wednesday night!

Alex Cormier

05-03-2012, 22:02

GoSparx

05-03-2012, 22:37

Where are you doing the show? Tice's place or your place?

Word is Tice's place. Festivities post FLR setting up......

Justin Montois

06-03-2012, 00:21

Word is Tice's place. Festivities post FLR setting up......

Live audience?

Alex Cormier

06-03-2012, 05:31

Live audience?

Do you need my table and lighting? I still have them in the back of the truck from when we filmed the infomercial at their place.

GoSparx

06-03-2012, 08:24

Do you need my table and lighting? I still have them in the back of the truck from when we filmed the infomercial at their place.

Alex will let you borrow any lighting you need.................as long as you can put up a massive Two Pencil Designs banner in view of the webcam

Alex Cormier

06-03-2012, 10:21

Alex will let you borrow any lighting you need.................as long as you can put up a massive Two Pencil Designs banner in view of the webcam

No... I just want to show the infomercial. :p

Justin Montois

06-03-2012, 15:43

Less than 2 hours left for week 1 voting!

http://frctop25.com/VoterPage.html

Mike Starke

07-03-2012, 01:27

Thank you to everyone who voted! We are working on research for the show as I type this! Tweet us @MikeandJustin with your guess to how many voters we have... winner will receive a special prize! :)

Austin2046

07-03-2012, 01:37

Thank you to everyone who voted! We are working on research for the show as I type this! Tweet us @MikeandJustin with your guess to how many voters we have... winner will receive a special prize! :)

sry... i dont tweet... but i'll guess... 60? i really have no idea. Looking forward to the show tomorrow tho.

IKE

07-03-2012, 07:50

Thank you to everyone who voted! We are working on research for the show as I type this! Tweet us @MikeandJustin with your guess to how many voters we have... winner will receive a special prize! :)

Is this expert and public combined? Also, are we playing "price is right" rules (i.e. closest without going over).

gyroscopeRaptor

07-03-2012, 07:56

Is this expert and public combined? Also, are we playing "price is right" rules (i.e. closest without going over).

If we are, then 61.

Mike Starke

07-03-2012, 08:15

Is this expert and public combined? Also, are we playing "price is right" rules (i.e. closest without going over).

We don't have an expert poll this year, so yes, it's total number of voters.

I'll just take closest- even if you're over! :)