[FRCTop25.com]- Premiere Night!

[Mike Starke]

Hello everyone!
Justin and I would like to present our newest idea! We are planning that on Friday, February 22, at 9PM Eastern, Mike and Justin in the Morning will be hosting our first annual black tie affair, "Premiere Night"!

Our goal for Premiere Night is to have teams send us their "2013 Robot Release Videos", and we'll have an all night party of watching team's 2013 robots and then talking about them, all live on the air!

For your team's video to be eligible to be shown on Premiere Night:
Your team's robot release video must not have been released in any other fashion yet (YouTube, Chief Delphi, etc). We want everyone to be seeing your team's robot for the first time

If your team has released small teasers on the web, that's ok, your release video can still be shown on Premiere Night.


We will show any, and all team's videos! If your team is interested in participating in Premiere Night, please send us an email at mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com! You will need to send us the file directly, so we can upload it to our livestream account and have it ready for the show.

We can't tell you how excited we are about this, and we hope you guys get behind this as much as we are! This has potential to be one of the funnest nights of the season so far!

As always, we will be live at www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm on the 22nd.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Mike and Justin

Teams that have confirmed a video for Premiere Night:
16
20
195
217
340
639
772
2791
4183

[jblay]

Such a good idea, I just hope teams can pump out there videos in time, they won't have a weekend to do it.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

A question, can the video be shown on the school's closed circuit broadcast channel first but not to any other FIRSTers?

[Mike Starke]

A question, can the video be shown on the school's closed circuit broadcast channel first but not to any other FIRSTers?

Sure! As long as it's not released publicly it's fine!

[akoscielski3]

i showed you guys a picture of our robot so far the other night, sure hope that doesn't count cause I REALLY want to do this with our teams video :D

[PayneTrain]

Such a good idea, I just hope teams can pump out there videos in time, they won't have a weekend to do it.

Yeah, that could be an issue.

Just curious, why not on the Wednesday before week 1?

[Mike Starke]

Just curious, why not on the Wednesday before week 1?

Yeah we thought about doing that, but a lot of teams release their videos pretty soon after build season ends. So we didn't want to make teams wait that long. Hopefully teams can crank their videos out by Friday. I've already started working on our teams...

[BJC]

This seems like a really interesting idea.

I'll ask my team what they think about it and get back to you. You really need to get 118/148/16 on board for it though. Hopefully, one of them will pop into this thread.

[Grim Tuesday]

This is an amazing idea, we are definitely on board.

[Anupam Goli]

is it bad that I'm almost as excited for 118's reveal video as i am for my team's competitions this year?

[Justin Montois]

is it bad that I'm almost as excited for 118's reveal video as i am for my team's competitions this year?

Not at all. It's always something I look forward too.

[nuggetsyl]

Let me know if you want 25 and I am sure I can twist 103's
arm.

[Justin Montois]

Let me know if you want 25 and I am sure I can twist 103's
arm.

Absolutely we do! We want as many teams that want to participate.

[Mike Starke]

I've edited the original post to include teams that have confirmed their involvement! Let us know if your team wants to participate!

[z_beeblebrox]

I'll ask my team today...

[Chris is me]

I'll tentatively confirm our team. There is always the possibility that we don't finish in time to get video.

[z_beeblebrox]

Tentative yes, assuming we get our video done in time.

[BobbyVanNess]

If we have the time, I'd love to contribute to this! I was considering making an unveil video anyway.

[Jay1986]

1986 Team Titanium has confirmed a video for premiere night.

[BJC]

I'll tentatively confirm our team. There is always the possibility that we don't finish in time to get video.

Tentative yes, assuming we get our video done in time.

If we have the time, I'd love to contribute to this! I was considering making an unveil video anyway.

This, this, and this. While their is a slight chance we won't be able to make one, if we do we'll happily air it on Premire Night.

[jeser#1772]

Add 1772 on your list!;)

[Mike Starke]

Ok, for some reason I can't edit my original post, so here's an updated list of teams that will be releasing a video at Premiere Night!!

Teams that have confirmed a video for Premiere Night:
16
20
33
174
195
217
229
340
639
772
907
1099
1165
1305
1716
1730
1772
1986
2408
2640
2791
3481
3528
3885
3929
4183

[ENeyman]

We are also planning on participating. We shouldn't have any issues doing a video.

How are teams getting the videos to you? Most of them will be way too large to email. Maybe if teams post the video to their YouTube channels and email you the links, you can make a playlist of all the videos.

[smistthegreat]

Put us down for a video. I think right now the plan is for the video to just feature 229, but it might end up having 4124 in it too.

Also, in regards to the email/upload problem, could the teams upload the videos to youtube ahead of time and just make them private/unlisted, and just give you guys the link? Either way, I'm extremely excited about this.

[Mike Starke]

How are teams getting the videos to you? Most of them will be way too large to email. Maybe if teams post the video to their YouTube channels and email you the links, you can make a playlist of all the videos.

Livestream used to have this awesome interface with YouTube, where we could upload videos based on their URL, but they got rid of it :(. I suggest using Dropbox, or another sort of file hosting website to email it to us. Thanks!

[Patrick Flynn]

How are teams getting the videos to you? Most of them will be way too large to email. Maybe if teams post the video to their YouTube channels and email you the links, you can make a playlist of all the videos.

My suggestion for teams to get the videos over to Mike and Justin would be to upload them to Google drive. Anyone with a Google account can do this and you'll have 5GB of storage.
You then will have to chose to share the video with mikeandjustinitm[at]gmail[dot]com.
They will then have access to the video. After the show on Friday you can delete if from your account and upload it to your team or personal YouTube account.
If anyone needs help doing this let me know.

[JohnFogarty]

I'll ask my team tomorrow.

[Kidney]

Team 2408 plans on participating, provided we get our robot finished of course. I'll send/e-mail the video when it's ready.

[Starke]

174 would be honored to participate with the Premiere Night!

[ParkerF]

3481 gives a tentative yarr.

-Parker

[Samwaldo]

All I can say is nothing! I'm speechless about this line up. There are alot of great teams

THIS. WILL. BE. AN. EXCITING. NIGHT.

IF Team 1099, The Disco Techs, finish in time, we will send one.

[Gregor]

If I can get it finished, sign us up.

[nicholsjj]

3885 is Looking Forward to producing our First robot release video fthis year and we would love to share it on MikeandJustin in the morning. Is there going to be a time limit on the videos?

[Justin Montois]

3885 is Looking Forward to producing our First robot release video fthis year and we would love to share it on MikeandJustin in the morning. Is there going to be a time limit on the videos?

There is no strict time limits, but generally videos seem to fall into the 2-4 minute range. Please no 10 minute videos :)

As far as getting us the videos, Google Drive will be the preferred method. This allows us to upload your video prior to the broadcast. Note there is a 1GB limit on our side for uploads so please keep that in mind. You will have to 'share' your video with mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com

We are really happy with the amount of interest expressed so far and we can't wait to see what teams have come up with for Ultimate Ascent!

[z_beeblebrox]

Clearly, the videos will be shown at 9 PM Eastern time on the 22nd, but how much before then do you need them?

[Mike Starke]

Clearly, the videos will be shown at 9 PM Eastern time on the 22nd, but how much before then do you need them?

ASAP. It will take a while to upload/organize 20-30 videos. So the sooner the better. We wouldn't want a team to not get their video on the show cause they sent it to us last minute.

[Qbot2640]

Hotbotz 2640 would love to participate - again, provided we can get it done on time. Really looking forward to the show!

[DampRobot]

I'll ask our media team... I'd like to see a few more west coast teams on that list!

[BleakRNS]

We will be sending in a video.

[runneals]

Yeah, that could be an issue.

Just curious, why not on the Wednesday before week 1?

I know that our team won't be participating for this reason. We plan on waiting until KC to release our robot out to the public, but might have considered Wednesday before week 1... Secrecy is the biggest teaser of all :D

[Andrew Zeller]

Team 1716 will submit our unveiling video.

[Cody Burd]

ill ask today

[stingray27]

Team RUSH is a HESITANT yes. I have no idea if we will get one up or not (It would be up to a few students if they felt up to it) and if we get done in time. Plus we have never made a reveal video before....

[bvisness]

I'd love to participate, but I really doubt that we'll have the video ready in time. We'll probably be doing it on the weekend...

[PayneTrain]

It's tentative, but I know 422 is pushing like they want the video done the day after Stop Build so I expect it will be in this.

[MARS_James]

Put down 1523, the media team will give me the video by the 20th to give to you

[Mike Starke]

Here is the newest updated list. I'm changing the name of our list since so many teams are tentative.

Teams who have expressed interest in showing a video on Premiere Night:
16
20
33
174
195
217
229
340
422
639
703
772
907
1099
1165
1305
1523
1716
1730
1772
1986
2408
2471
2495
2637
2640
2791
2984
3481
3528
3885
3929
4183

[Tetraman]

That's a great list of great teams. I can't wait to see the show.

[THE DYNAMO]

2984 is in if I can get the video done in time. we're always short on that.

[Brandon_L]

We (2495) are in if we can get a video done in time.

[Impryzant]

Is there a deadline to submit videos?

[Mike Starke]

Is there a deadline to submit videos?

Not a set deadline, but keep in mind we may have 20-30 videos to get uploaded. The sooner the better. Thursday night would be great. But early Friday afternoon would be acceptable. If it's submitted anytime after that there may be a risk we can't get it uploaded by show time.

[cbale2000]

If we have a running robot before bag day I'll see if I can put something together for this. Sounds like a great idea.

[QueenBot]

Add 2471 to that list, Mike!! :)

[dudefise]

I can talk to my team. The bigger issue is filming it... We are really behind and may or may not have time to film our 'bot.

[Koko Ed]

I'm making a video of the robot shooting (there's video of the robot on our photobucket album) but I'm more likely to put up the robot card here than I have the video ready in time.

[JohnChristensen]

The Daredevils will have a video ready in time for Premiere Night. Consider us in...

[stundt1]

I am not sure we will have enough time to make a video, but if we do I will try to submit it.

Cant wait to see what 340 will be doing.

[Vikingtech2054]

You can count 2054 for a video, We were even planning an end of build potluck dinner and watch the videos together as team.

[cnepo]

It will be a tentative yes for 868. Hopefully I have enough time after work to edit it all!

[Ori1302]

Consider 4320 - The Joker in that list!

[Mike Starke]

Here's the newest updated list!

Teams who have expressed interest in showing a video on Premiere Night:
16
20
25
33
103
174
179
195
217
229
319
340
422
578
639
703
772
868
907
1099
1165
1305
1523
1640
1716
1730
1772
1986
2054
2408
2471
2495
2512
2637
2640
2791
2984
3481
3528
3885
3929
4183
4320

[Ty Tremblay]

Pending our ability to learn how to edit video, 319 would like to express interest in joining the festivities.

[dodar]

If every team limits their video to 3 minutes, thats still almost 2 hours worth of release videos. Dont you guys think thats a bit much?

[Mike Starke]

If every team limits their video to 3 minutes, thats still almost 2 hours worth of release videos. Dont you guys think thats a bit much?

Yeah, we have. Most of the teams on the list are "maybes". So we should be fine.

[Siri]

1640 would like to be added to the "maybe" column. Let's hope we get done in time! (The video and the robot :yikes:)

[Justin Montois]

If every team limits their video to 3 minutes, thats still almost 2 hours worth of release videos. Dont you guys think thats a bit much?

We've done 2 hour shows in the past without a problem and didn't lose a noticeable amount of viewers at all. If it gets to be to long, then you can simply close your browser :-)

It's going to be a really fun night and I hope everyone can stay the whole time to celebrate the accomplishments of all the participating teams.

[nuggetsyl]

IMO you should watch the videos and have a small panel rank the robots and make a top 25 previews.

[dodar]

We've done 2 hour shows in the past without a problem and didn't lose a noticeable amount of viewers at all. If it gets to be to long, then you can simply close your browser :-)

It's going to be a really fun night and I hope everyone can stay the whole time to celebrate the accomplishments of all the participating teams.

Yes but I doubt you'd just have a stream of just straight videos; you will have to have cutaways to you guys and intros and talking, which could turn nito a 3 or 4 hour stream.

[Justin Montois]

IMO you should watch the videos and have a small panel rank the robots and make a top 25 previews.

This was also brought up in an e-mail but it's not something we want to do. For the rest of the season we will be ranking teams. Like I mentioned above, we want premier night to be a celebration of all teams.

[Akash Rastogi]

Yes but I doubt you'd just have a stream of just straight videos; you will have to have cutaways to you guys and intros and talking, which could turn nito a 3 or 4 hour stream.

If it turns out that long, I'd be okay with it lol

[dodar]

If it turns out that long, I'd be okay with it lol

Not if they start at 9pm EST, which I think they usually did.

[Gregor]

With a show like this, the longer the better.

[Basel A]

As someone who watched an impromptu M&J show at 2am a couple weeks ago, I couldn't care less when it starts or how long it goes. It's a celebration of all teams; it wouldn't be right to deny any team.

I do have one suggestion: go in order of descending team number.

[jeremy callahan]

With a show like this, the longer the better.

gregor i was looking for the like button on here i am to pumped for this show to start

[Siri]

I do have one suggestion: go in order of descending team number.This is very smart.

I'm new to the Top25 casts; are they archived? (Certainly everyone's reveal videos will be available permanently, but as far as the commentary, etc.)

[Swampdude]

179 is definitely a possible "maybe so", but we'll see. Could go either way...

[XaulZan11]

I do have one suggestion: go in order of descending team number.

I'd take it one step further and save the top 5 most impressive videos for last and do a count down. (My initial thought was to go in order of least to most impressive videos, but I'm not sure I'd want my team to have the least imperssive robot video...).

I cannot wait for the show!

[Littleboy]

I wouldn't put them from worst to best. [Some] people may lose interest and stop watching. Also, no one wants to be shown as the worst.
Instead, I'd start with a good one to grab the attention of everyone who normally doesn't watch/rookies. Then I'd proceed with semi-random making sure to scatter one's of well-known/good teams throughout to keep the attention of those watching. I'd also save the best few for the end.

[Justin Montois]

This is very smart.

I'm new to the Top25 casts; are they archived? (Certainly everyone's reveal videos will be available permanently, but as far as the commentary, etc.)

We TRY to archive. When we first started we were bad a remembering but we've gotten better. You can watch some of our archived shows on the link below. We hope you enjoy it!

http://www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm

[EricS-Team180]

179 is definitely a possible "maybe so", but we'll see. Could go either way...

...what Dan said... goes for 180, too. I shopped the idea around and need to get one of our NEMs/students to make this happen .

Thanks,
Eric

[Robby Unruh]

I wouldn't put them from worst to best. [Some] people may lose interest and stop watching. Also, no one wants to be shown as the worst.
Instead, I'd start with a good one to grab the attention of everyone who normally doesn't watch/rookies. Then I'd proceed with semi-random making sure to scatter one's of well-known/good teams throughout to keep the attention of those watching. I'd also save the best few for the end.

I guess I'll be the first to suggest that they draw from a hat. :)

[Mike Starke]

I'd take it one step further and save the top 5 most impressive videos for last and do a count down. (My initial thought was to go in order of least to most impressive videos, but I'm not sure I'd want my team to have the least imperssive robot video...).


I wouldn't put them from worst to best. [Some] people may lose interest and stop watching. Also, no one wants to be shown as the worst.
Instead, I'd start with a good one to grab the attention of everyone who normally doesn't watch/rookies. Then I'd proceed with semi-random making sure to scatter one's of well-known/good teams throughout to keep the attention of those watching. I'd also save the best few for the end.

I guess I'll be the first to suggest that they draw from a hat. :)

Justin and I aren't sure what we're gonna do yet, guess you'll have to wait and see! ;)

[Mike Starke]

Here's the newest updated list!

Teams who have expressed interest in showing a video on Premiere Night:
16
20
25
33
103
174
179
180
195
217
229
319
340
422
578
639
703
772
868
907
1099
1165
1305
1523
1640
1716
1730
1772
1986
2054
2408
2471
2495
2512
2637
2640
2791
2984
3337
3481
3528
3885
3929
4183
4320

[Akash Rastogi]

Have any teams delivered on this yet? Would be cool to get an update.

Mike and Justin - plans for length of the show/format?

As stated before, I think there are plenty of us robot crazed people who wouldn't mind being up for a while with this one. Those who can't can watch the recording or youtube videos anyway. No?

[stundt1]

Sorry, 578 wont be able to make a video this year.

[Mike Starke]

Have any teams delivered on this yet? Would be cool to get an update.

Not yet, we're assuming everyone is finishing up there robots, we expect to get some starting Wednesday/Thursday.


Mike and Justin - plans for length of the show/format?


Not yet, everytime we guess how long a show is gonna be, we're wayyyy off. So I guess it'll be a surprise to everyone!


As stated before, I think there are plenty of us robot crazed people who wouldn't mind being up for a while with this one. Those who can't can watch the recording or youtube videos anyway. No?
Weren't not crazyyyyyyy. ;)

[ParkerF]

Justin/Mike,

We won't be producing a video, but would you be interested in a reveal picture during transitions between other videos? We will more than likely have 'glamour' shots.

-Parker

[PayneTrain]

Justin and I aren't sure what we're gonna do yet, guess you'll have to wait and see! ;)

I know this is your show you're running here, but seeing as you have all three world champs committing to this, I think grouping them together at the beginning or end may be in order.

Also would it be ok if:
a)a teaser that wasn't the official video was released publicly
b)the video would be sent out to sponsors and supporters, but not available publicly until Saturday?

The second one sounds ok, but I dunno about the first one.

[Mike Starke]

I know this is your show you're running here, but seeing as you have all three world champs committing to this, I think grouping them together at the beginning or end may be in order.
We did notice they all were interested! We'll have to see!


Also would it be ok if:
a)a teaser that wasn't the official video was released publicly
b)the video would be sent out to sponsors and supporters, but not available publicly until Saturday?


Perfectly fine :)

[Justin Montois]

Justin/Mike,

We won't be producing a video, but would you be interested in a reveal picture during transitions between other videos? We will more than likely have 'glamour' shots.

-Parker

Sure man, we'd be happy to show some pictures!

[Justin Montois]

Just a reminder, before you put your robot in the bag, shoot some video for Premier Night!

It's only 3 days away!!

[Andrew Lawrence]

Will the webcast be recorded somewhere for those of us who may not be able to make the live showing?

[Chris is me]

Do we really have to keep it secret until the video comes out? I'd like to post a picture or something to Facebook... :/

[Dancin103]

Team 103 would like to send you a video, can I email the video as a private youtube link?? The file is too large to email. Please let me know! Thanks!

[Mike Starke]

The videos have started to come in!

We have received videos for:


25
103
2054
3266

Keep em coming!

[akoscielski3]

Do we really have to keep it secret until the video comes out? I'd like to post a picture or something to Facebook... :/

Its okay, I want to post mine too, so i just sent videos to some people on messenger lol

Im gonna try to not see our reveal video until premiere night, though i was driving when we were filming...

[ENeyman]

So was it decided that teams are using Google Drive and sharing the video with you?

[Patrick Flynn]

So was it decided that teams are using Google Drive and sharing the video with you?

Google Drive or directly emailing them the video would be the best way. If your not able to do this let me know and we can work out another set up to get the video to Mike and Justin.

[barn34]

we were finally able to get some awesome footage tonight and we are hoping to be able to get a video edited together in time. ...after some much needed sleep, of course.

put 2481 down and hopefully we can get the video to you in time.

also, this is a pretty awesome idea, guys!

[Cody Burd]

a picture will be ok right?

[Mike Starke]

a picture will be ok right?

We're primarily looking for robot videos. But if you wanted to make a picture slideshow movie, we could show that!

[Akash Rastogi]

25
103


From what I've heard from Shaun about these bots....

http://i.imgur.com/JdpYT.gif

[Cody Burd]

We're primarily looking for robot videos. But if you wanted to make a picture slideshow movie, we could show that!

ignore the pictures i sent then

[JB]

From what I've heard from Shaun about these bots....

http://i.imgur.com/JdpYT.gif

This just made my day...but from what I have seen its a good choice.

[peetam22]

I finished the video for Team 180 S.P.A.M. last night and gave it to the mentor who will be sending it to you! You should recieve it either today or tomorrow at the latest. Worst case senario is I send it to you myself! Hope you enjoy it :D

-Todd Porter
2013 S.P.A.M. Team Captain

[Kidney]

Looks like my team won't be submitting a video after all. We barely got the robot running, been a rough season.

[Kristian Calhoun]

25
103From what I've heard from Shaun about these bots....
http://i.imgur.com/JdpYT.gif
That this was the 103rd post in the thread is very fitting.

I'm excited to see everyone else's videos and take part in the discussion that follows. Friday night can't come soon enough!

[Mike Starke]

Here's the updated list!!


We have received videos for:


25
103
597
2054
3266
3885

[Brandon_L]

2495 did not get to shoot a proper reveal video, so we'll be clipping together some videos and pictures to get something out. I'll have it submitted tomorrow night, if thats not too late.

[Mike Starke]

Here's the updated list!!


We have received videos for:


25
33
103
180
319
597
2054
3266
3885

There's still time to submit your videos! Get them to us by Friday early afternoon!

[Joon Park]

The two videographers and the composer of Team 639 are hard at work on the trailer, we hope to get it done today!

[snowmobiler9]

706 should have a video sent after the school day. Just have to get it approved first.

[Ty Tremblay]

Can we get an updated list of submissions?

[Calvin Hartley]

Sorry if this has already been asked/answered, but will the Premier be availible for viewing after the showing? I don't know if I will be able to make it at that time... Looks like it's going to be a blast though. Great idea!!

[rai337]

if i want to watch it, but i probably wouldn't have the opportunity (i'm from israel), will i be able to watch a replay? can you upload the stream to youtube or something? (your 9 pm is our 4 am.... )

[akoscielski3]

Quick Question:
Do we need to send you the video FILE or can we email you a link to a YouTube link??

[Ty Tremblay]

Quick Question:
Do we need to send you the video FILE or can we email you a link to a YouTube link??

They need to have the file on hand in order to stream it. Just upload it to Google Drive and share it with "mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com".

[Brandon_L]

They need to have the file on hand in order to stream it. Just upload it to Google Drive and share it with "mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com".

May I dropbox ours and PM a link?

[Patrick Flynn]

if i want to watch it, but i probably wouldn't have the opportunity (i'm from israel), will i be able to watch a replay? can you upload the stream to youtube or something? (your 9 pm is our 4 am.... )

Mike and Justin will do their best to record the live stream, someone remind them at the start of the show.

After the show the recording will be hosted on their live stream account, http://www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm and you will be able to watch it there.

[Patrick Flynn]

May I dropbox ours and PM a link?
Yes send the link over to their gmail account. Although they would prefer Google drive if at all possible.

[rai337]

Mike and Justin will do their best to record the live stream, someone remind them at the start of the show.

After the show the recording will be hosted on their live stream account, http://www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm and you will be able to watch it there.

oh, thank you very much (:

[akoscielski3]

Mike and Justin will do their best to record the live stream, someone remind them at the start of the show.

After the show the recording will be hosted on their live stream account, http://www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm and you will be able to watch it there.

I'll try and remind them. I'm usually online 15 or so minutes before they start the show anyways.

1 more day!!!!!!

[Mike Starke]

Can we get an updated list of submissions?

Here is the latest list of teams who have submitted videos!

25
33
103
180
319
597
2054
2471
2512
3266
3885

Getting so excited for tomorrow!

[coachgallina]

3015 should be sending it over today or early tommorow. Talk to Rob

[dodar]

3015 should be sending it over today or early tommorow. Talk to Rob

But you guys already revealed your robot.

[JTN]

I am about halfway done with 16's video. We had an ice storm last night so no school today! It should be finished by tonight. Where do you want us to upload the video?

-JTN

[Mike Starke]

I am about halfway done with 16's video. We had an ice storm last night so no school today! It should be finished by tonight. Where do you want us to upload the video?

-JTN

Upload it to Google Drive and then "Share" it with mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com

Can't wait to see it!

[nuggetsyl]

233 teaser will be the actual robot, a bunch of parts they will assemble at the first event. Win that event and then their division. I have learned my lesson againt those guys pick them at the first event no matter what. lol

[dodar]

233 teaser will be the actual robot, a bunch of parts they will assemble at the first event. Win that event and then their division. I have learned my lesson againt those guys pick them at the first event no matter what. lol

Its just one of the few truths in FIRST; 2056 will win their regional, 177 plays on Einstein, Michigan plays the best matches, always pick Pink.

[Nuttyman54]

Its just one of the few truths in FIRST; 2056 will win their regional, 177 plays on Einstein, Michigan plays the best matches, always pick Pink.

It's more than just always pick Pink. It's the corollary that you pick them no matter what shape they started the event in. Pink is just known for showing up at their first regional with the robot in an unfinished state (or doing a complete disassembly first thing out of the crate/bag), and you just think "man, they'll never get it running in time". And somehow, magically by the end of qualifications it just works, and they win (or at least play at a level well beyond their draft order).

[nuggetsyl]

At champs I think my new rule will be to pick any florda team. We have been to einstein a few times with a florda team on our allince. I think their an over looked part of the country when it comes to robots.

[Swampdude]

Its just one of the few truths in FIRST; 2056 will win their regional, 177 plays on Einstein, Michigan plays the best matches, always pick Pink.

If you remember 2010, we got together ( 179 & 1592) as #1 and #2 seeds and then we didn't pick 233.... the rest is history. I just remember walking back to the pit after selections and passing Andy, he says "hey we just got everything working". Well then we got our butts kicked while they weren't even in elims!

[z_beeblebrox]

What video formats do you accept?

[MARS_James]

Just sent you the link to get our video

[Mike Starke]

What video formats do you accept?

Pretty much anything except .avi

Also try to keep it under 1GB, and livestream only let's us upload 1GB movie files.

[Justin Montois]

Just sent you the link to get our video

Got it, thanks!

[George1902]

At champs I think my new rule will be to pick any florda team.
I approve of this on general principle. :-)

Also, greatly looking forward to the show!

[dodar]

At champs I think my new rule will be to pick any florda team. We have been to einstein a few times with a florda team on our allince. I think their an over looked part of the country when it comes to robots.

Im good with that. :D

[MARS_James]

always pick Pink.

Usually true though their has been exceptions since I have been around (Florida 2006 & 2007 ring to mind, as well as most of 2009)

[dodar]

Usually true though their has been exceptions since I have been around (Florida 2006 & 2007 ring to mind, as well as most of 2009)

2007 should not be on a list of years to not pick Pink; that can be argued as one of their best years.

[Nuttyman54]

Usually true though their has been exceptions since I have been around (Florida 2006 & 2007 ring to mind, as well as most of 2009)

I don't know about Pink's 2006 bot's state out of the crate, but they were a force to be reckoned with at Florida that year, as well as going on to win Boston and eventually lose to the World Champions in division finals.

Pink's 2007 story is the quintessential "Pink effect" moment. At their first regional, they tore apart their entire arm at Florida, missed several qualification matches and were seeded last, 51st out of 51 teams. They were picked by 180, and were the primary tube scorer on their alliance, going to 3 matches in semifinals before ducking out to 179, 1902 and 108 (who sat the match out for mechanical problems). They scored a keeper and 4 or 5 tubes in their first quarterfinals match (http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2007fl_qf4m1), putting up 104 points. Simply put, nobody but Pink tears down their robot, misses almost all of their Friday qualification matches, seeds last, and then is a first round draft pick and primary scorer on an alliance. You just don't do that.

Pink would go on to win the Archimedes division as an alliance captain with 71 and 179, before losing in 3 close matches to the Newton alliance in Einstein finals.

[RedLeader342]

team spork plans to submit but its not yet done. whens the submit deadline?

[Justin Montois]

team spork plans to submit but its not yet done. whens the submit deadline?

We would like all videos by tomorrow by 4pm

[Samwaldo]

update of submitted videos? Please and thank you

[Walter Deitzler]

Also, will there be a youtube playlist of these for those of us who miss the broadcast?

[Mike Starke]

Here is the latest list of teams who have submitted videos!

25
33
103
180
319
597
77Who?
868
1099
1523
1730
2054
2471
2512
3266
3885
3958
4183

[z_beeblebrox]

Video submitted!

[cnepo]

Consider it shared! Also, thanks for doing this guys!

[Qbot2640]

2640 regretfully declines...this year's Hotbot went through a major transformation over the last two days of build season, and as such it was all we could do to get it bagged up in time. Didn't manage to get any video to assemble.

[Siri]

1640 also regretfully declines; unfortunately our media leads are out of pocket and we won't have a video in time. We look forward to the broadcast, though!

[Grim Tuesday]

639 would like to confirm you will be receiving a video from us at some point late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

[THE DYNAMO]

2984 will have the video in soon, sorry for the delay.

[ENeyman]

2984 will have the video in soon, sorry for the delay.

Same with 3929!

[AcesJames]

Team 229's video has just been sent in!

[Mike Starke]

The list keeps on growing! (New teams are in bold)

16
20
25
33
103
180
229
319
597
77Who?
868
1099
1523
1730
1986
2054
2471
2512
2984
3266
3885
3958
4183

[Matt704]

Team 704's has been shared to you on google drive. Hope you recieved it!

[BobbyVanNess]

Team 20 is in! Looking forward to tomorrow night!

[synth3tk]

Also, will there be a youtube playlist of these for those of us who miss the broadcast?
I'll do my best to compile one in case they don't.

[Mike Starke]

I'll do my best to compile one in case they don't.

All of the videos we have, we've gotten by teams sending us the files. If/when all the teams post their videos to YouTube, someone could make a playlist.

[Akash Rastogi]

Mike, 3929's should be shared with you before your deadline today, the student who finished it went to sleep....

Also, 2495 was unable to finish a good one in time, so they're out.

[Justin Montois]

Just a reminder, we need all videos by 4PM today. Mike and I can't wait for tonight!!

[Grim Tuesday]

Please confirm you received our entry.

[Cody Burd]

Is a windows Movie maker format ok

[Patrick Flynn]

Is a windows Movie maker format ok
Answer
Pretty much anything except .avi

Also try to keep it under 1GB, and livestream only let's us upload 1GB movie files.


I'll do my best to compile one in case they don't.

I don't think that anyone should compile and host other teams videos on their YouTube account without each teams permission. Let each team post them on their own account, some students put in many hours of work making these awesome videos let them get the credit for them.

If you wanna watch the archived show head on over to Mike and Justin's live stream and watch it there!

[Mike Starke]

Is a windows Movie maker format ok

We would prefer like a .mov .mp4 .wmv or other similar mainstream file.
Other files have been having trouble uploading.

[Cody Burd]

all i could send was a Windows Movie Maker as that is all the school has. Sorry

[Justin Montois]

all i could send was a Windows Movie Maker as that is all the school has. Sorry

I think the issue you're having is you're saving the project, which is in the Movie Maker file, and what you need to do is actually export the project in a video format.

Check out this link.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Publish-a-movie-in-Windows-Movie-Maker

[Cody Burd]

I think the issue you're having is you're saving the project, which is in the Movie Maker file, and what you need to do is actually export the project in a video format.

Check out this link.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Publish-a-movie-in-Windows-Movie-Maker

thanks for the help once it gets done exporting i will send it
EDIT: Sent

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Our team never signed up, but due to being rushed we didn't have time to get footage and can't participate.

[synth3tk]

I don't think that anyone should compile and host other teams videos on their YouTube account without each teams permission. Let each team post them on their own account, some students put in many hours of work making these awesome videos let them get the credit for them.
Nobody was saying to host the videos for the team. On YouTube, I can create a playlist from the videos that each team uploads, so that all of them are in one place.

[nikeairmancurry]

Can we play the 118 video during the broadcast? I don't mind watching it some more..

[Walter Deitzler]

Can we play the 118 video during the broadcast? I don't mind watching it some more..

Agreed, I could watch that video again and again and again. Maybe as a opener or a finale?

[PayneTrain]

422 finished theirs last night but I was caught up in the midst of the robotics equivalent of an existential crisis after watching the 118 video, so our comparative mediocrity will be incoming very soon. :cool:

EDIT: In the can, yo.

[Mike Starke]

Here is the updated team list!

16
20
25
33
103
179
180
229
319
422
597
639
704
77Who?
868
1099
1165
1523
1730
1986
2016
2054
2471
2481
2512
2984
3266
3607
3710
3885
3929
3958
4057
4183
4320

Please let us know if you submitted a video but you don't see your team number on that list.
______

[BleakRNS]

Video sent.

[Alex.q]

I was wondering the past few days why there were so few reveals on CD. Now I know. I'll definitely be watching.

[Justin Montois]

I was wondering the past few days why there were so few reveals on CD. Now I know. I'll definitely be watching.

Spread the word!!! :)

[Drivencrazy]

Here is the updated team list!
...
179
...
______

Didn't they post a reveal on Chief within the last day?

[Justin Montois]

Didn't they post a reveal on Chief within the last day?

Yes but there was a miscommunication between Mike and I regarding their video. We feel we owe it to them to show it on our show anyway.

[barn34]

wow, this is quickly turning into quite the lengthy list. this shall definitely be an awesome show!

[Drivencrazy]

Yes but there was a miscommunication between Mike and I regarding their video. We feel we owe it to them to show it on our show anyway.

Fair enough. Can't wait for the show. It's a sick line-up!

[snowmobiler9]

Uploading our video to google drive right now. Sorry for getting it finished so late. Our team's media computer was locked away at school so I had to pull some chains to get it.

The line-up looks great!

[Justin Montois]

... Our team's media computer was locked away at school so I had to pull some chains to get it....


Did you pull the chain or cut the chain? ;)

Thanks for participating!

[jspatz1]

Can we play the 118 video during the broadcast? I don't mind watching it some more..

Seems there has been ample 118 worship without making an exception for them in the premiere show. They chose how and when to do their reveal. Let's be fair to the premiere participants who have patiently waited for Friday.

[Patrick Flynn]

As of 2:10 EST these are all the teams that have video in for the show.
If you sent a video and it isn't listed here shoot an email over to mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com and we'll go looking for it.

16
20
25
33
103
179
180
229
319
422
597
639
704
772
868
1099
1165
1523
1730
1986
2016
2054
2471
2481
2512
2552
2984
3266
3607
3710
3885
3929
3958
4057
4183
4320

Its gonna be a great show!
EDIT: 2485 and 706 was added at 2:15

[Chris is me]

I've submitted 2791's video to you guys. With 90 minutes to spare!

Okay, just realized I didn't hit "Done" on the share window until now. At least there's 30 minutes to spare...

[Saberbot]

No 148? There videos are usually my favorites.

[engunneer]

how are you going to pick the display order?

[Hallry]

...
16
20
33
103
...

Did 25 drop out?

[Kristian Calhoun]

Did 25 drop out?

Nope.

[Mike Starke]

Did 25 drop out?

Small typo. Thanks for noticing! Pat fixed it.

[Squeakypig]

Did 217 drop out?

I was really looking forward to seeing them...I've heard great things!

[Justin Montois]

Did 217 drop out?

I was really looking forward to seeing them...I've heard great things!

Nope! We just received their video!

We're looking forward to tonight!

[StAxis]

Might I suggest doing 180, 25, and 16 back to back to back as the finale? Seeing as they are the current defending world champion alliance and all.

[Justin Montois]

Might I suggest doing 180, 25, and 16 back to back to back as the finale? Seeing as they are the current defending world champion alliance and all.

That is the plan! :)

[Iaquinto.Joe]

Did 217 drop out?

I was really looking forward to seeing them...I've heard great things!

We sit around and tell made up stories about the super teams and their robots. We joked that 67 climbs the pyramid just to shoot discs and then climbs back down to go get more, or that 469 hooks on to the feeder station for automated disc scoring.

[Treadus]

As of 2:10 EST these are all the teams that have video in for the show.

1730
1986

Its gonna be a great show!


Two Lee's Summit teams back-to-back. This must happen.

They've both put out great robots year after year. It's is going to be awesome.

Maybe we can release with them next year!

[Patrick Flynn]

As of 7pm EST these are all the teams that have video in for the show.
If you sent a video and it isn't listed here shoot an email over to mikeandjustinitm@gmail[.]com and we'll go looking for it.

16
20
25
33
103
179
180
217
229
319
422
597
639
704
706
772
868
1099
1165
1523
1730
1986
2016
2054
2352
2471
2481
2485
2512
2552
2791
2984
3015
3266
3607
3710
3885
3929
3958
4057
4183
4320

If anyone is trying to submit a video last minute please send an email to mikeandjustinitm@gmail[.]com so that we can be on the look out for it.
At this point there are no promises that we will be able to include it, but we will try our best!

This looks to be a very exciting night I can't wait to see everyone's bots!

[Ty Tremblay]

40+ teams at 5 minutes a piece (video and talking) is over three hours of robots! Will we have any idea of the order of the videos?

[PayneTrain]

Here is the updated team list!
...
77Who?


As of 7pm EST these are all the teams that have video in for the show...

772


This looks to be a very exciting night I can't wait to see everyone's bots!

Way to kill the suspense...

[peetam22]

...what Dan said... goes for 180, too. I shopped the idea around and need to get one of our NEMs/students to make this happen .

Thanks,
Eric

I'm trying to follow the thread but got lost, what is this a response to Eric?

[Gregor]

166 viewers half an hour before the set start time, impressive.

260 with 15 minutes to start.

WOW, 502 at show time, and still climbing.

[Drivencrazy]

Don't forget to record it for us poor souls missing the excitement live.

[synth3tk]

Don't forget to record it for us poor souls missing the excitement live.
You're not missing much so far. They're having some technical difficulties. :(

[Jaxom]

You're not missing much so far. They're having some technical difficulties. :(

So far, no worse than a week 1 regional.... :eek:

[engunneer]

The chat was going crazy. I'd like to propose that the livestream chat be used for student chatter, and http://webchat.freenode.net/ (channel #FRC) for more serious analysis and discussion.

Takers?

[Woolly]

So far, no worse than a week 1 regional.... :eek:

Well, maybe this is because GKC last year to me was a haze of standing on the edge of our pit programming, and running back and forth to the practice field, but I don't remember it having quite this much technical difficulty.

[MOOcow]

Sorry guys, I was the one responsible for 1986's video. I must have uploaded the wrong version. Here's it on YouTube WITH audio: http://youtu.be/uKy-IKDq_6o

[CalTran]

Anyone know if 16 has uploaded?

[Calvin Hartley]

Thanks for the show, Mike and Justin!! It was great, looking forward to a lot of great bots this year.

[Meredith Novak]

Anyone know if 16 has uploaded?

Going on YouTube now. Probably be an hour or so. Don't wait up. :)

[CalTran]

Going on YouTube now. Probably be an hour or so. Don't wait up. :)

Thanks. We're attending both GKC and Razorback, so I gotta study your video as much as possible to figure out a way to beat it. :)

[Mike Starke]

Thank you to everyone who tuned in! We had a blast. Don't forget to tune into our show this coming Wednesday before Week One Regionals!

The archive for this episode will be available on our livestream page at www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm momentarily.

Thanks again!

[JohnSchneider]

Going on YouTube now. Probably be an hour or so. Don't wait up. :)

We were relieved to finally see a belly climber.

Hopefully we can see it in Lubbock...if the dust isn't blowing in our eyes.

[JTN]

16's video will be uploaded in just over 30 minutes. I will post it here, on the FRC-Designs.com thread, and in a new thread if you want to see a second encore!

-JTN

[Gregor]

Thanks for a fantastic evening. I think you peaked at around 750 viewers.

[Meredith Novak]

We were relieved to finally see a belly climber.

Hopefully we can see it in Lubbock...if the dust isn't blowing in our eyes.

We wanted to climb on the corner to leave the middle open for others, but it is very difficult. The video footage is not a good climb, obviously. We were missing some surgical tubing and had no automation - working on the controls. But we blew a gearbox right before bagging and didn't take time for more video.

And, yes, I have only been to Lubbock once and dust is what I recall.

[Grim Tuesday]

If I may make a few suggestions for next year, I would like to suggest:

-Allow all submissions as you did this year; it's great for lesser known teams to be able to be shown to the whole community like this was.

-Keep random order with a couple superpowers at the end. The format was great for letting us see robots of teams we wouldn't have normally recognized by dangling the really good ones randomly. It was also pretty exciting wondering when our video would get pulled.

-Cap video length at 2 minutes. As amazing as the robots were, it gets rather fatiguing to watch video after video. The long videos got, honestly, boring and weren't fair to those who ended up being pushed back to very late at night.

-Define exactly what you want in a reveal video; keep build season footage to a minimum.

-Start earlier. We had a viewing party for it and had to miss the best of them because everyone's parents wanted them home by midnight.

Overall an excellent event and one you guys should absolutely do next year. FIRST should make a Release Video competition judged on videography and actually give a legitimate award for it.

[Justin Montois]

If I may make a few suggestions for next year, I would like to suggest:

-Allow all submissions as you did this year; it's great for lesser known teams to be able to be shown to the whole community like this was.

-Keep random order with a couple superpowers at the end. The format was great for letting us see robots of teams we wouldn't have normally recognized by dangling the really good ones randomly. It was also pretty exciting wondering when our video would get pulled.

-Cap video length at 2 minutes. As amazing as the robots were, it gets rather fatiguing to watch video after video. The long videos got, honestly, boring and weren't fair to those who ended up being pushed back to very late at night.


-Define exactly what you want in a reveal video; keep build season footage to a minimum.

Yes, yes, yes, AND YES!

Great suggestions. Thanks for participating! See you next weekend :)

[JTN]

I agree with Grim Tuesday with exception to the video length cap and video details. The video cap should be 3 minutes, as 2 minutes is sometimes too short to fit everything in. The video should have recommendations, but not an exact video guideline, as that ruins the variety seen in videos. Those are just some of my thoughts as the Bomb Squad's video producer.

-JTN

[Grim Tuesday]

I agree with Grim Tuesday with exception to the video length cap and video details. The video cap should be 3 minutes, as 2 minutes is sometimes too short to fit everything in. The video should have recommendations, but not an exact video guideline, as that ruins the variety seen in videos. Those are just some of my thoughts as the Bomb Squad's video producer.

-JTN

I definitely agree with this. Guidelines are better than caps and rules; if someone thinks they can make a better video not following the suggested lengths or topic matter then by all means they should be allowed. I always remember 33's Chairmans videos where they do little skits. It's completely unorthodox and they end up winning Chairmans without the classic informative/interview video. As 639's video producer, I much prefer the short and sweet style we and 340 did but it isn't fair to force it on everyone: see 118 this year.

That said, I think some sort of hard length cap might be required to keep the entire event engaging for all the teams taking part in it, especially if more come next year.

[Barry Bonzack]

If I may make a few suggestions for next year, I would like to suggest:

-Allow all submissions as you did this year; it's great for lesser known teams to be able to be shown to the whole community like this was.

-Keep random order with a couple superpowers at the end. The format was great for letting us see robots of teams we wouldn't have normally recognized by dangling the really good ones randomly. It was also pretty exciting wondering when our video would get pulled.

-Cap video length at 2 minutes. As amazing as the robots were, it gets rather fatiguing to watch video after video. The long videos got, honestly, boring and weren't fair to those who ended up being pushed back to very late at night.

-Define exactly what you want in a reveal video; keep build season footage to a minimum.

-Start earlier. We had a viewing party for it and had to miss the best of them because everyone's parents wanted them home by midnight.

Overall an excellent event and one you guys should absolutely do next year. FIRST should make a Release Video competition judged on videography and actually give a legitimate award for it.

Had a great time watching while staying at work late. Thanks for doing this, certainly think its a cool thing for some teams to participate in, while other teams choose to release video throughout build season, which I also think is important.

I would like to offer a few suggestions

I would cap video length at 1:45 seconds, and specify that a maximum of 15 seconds are allowed to be pictures of video of something other than video of a moving robot. This can be epic introduction, pictures/video of the robot being built, credits, or thanking sponsors.

Randomize the the play list before the production begins, and keep the order secret. This will allow you to queue the next video without having to spend time to search for it.

Having a set play list and knowing whats coming up will also allow you to prepare what to say next, so you have a little time to prepare while the videos are playing.

Overrall great work, thanks for the entertainment

[synth3tk]

I think if we're watching a robot reveal video, it should feature the real robot at least once, and for more than 10 seconds at the end.

[JTN]

http://youtu.be/ekZ1BR2rZsc

16's video.

[lemiant]

Is the archive up yet?

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Is the archive up yet?

No.

[Mike Starke]

No.

Hang with us. Livestream had a
some issues with a couple of the clips. Hopefully they'll get resolved soon and it'll be up tomorrow sometime! Thanks for
watching guys!

[Justin Montois]

No.

Still working on it.... 3 clips of 104 are giving me a hard time. Please be patient. :)

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Still working on it.... 3 clips of 104 are giving me a hard time. Please be patient. :)

Yes, no rush. :) I'm just happy that most of the release videos will be in one central place.

[racesick222]

Does anyone have the 25 and 103 reveal videos from last night?

[nuggetsyl]

Does anyone have the 25 and 103 reveal videos from last night?

103 and 25 will be releasing a new video next week. We put one together quick for the show and lets say the robots were missing a key part.

[Hallry]

lets say the robots were missing a key part.

Oh boy...here comes a 30 pt climb.

[Steven Donow]

103 and 25 will be releasing a new video next week. We put one together quick for the show and lets say the robots were missing a key part.

Hopefully that picture posted in the chat will be put into motion...;)

[nuggetsyl]

Oh boy...here comes a 30 pt climb.

Maybe.

[synth3tk]

While you wait for the M&J archive, here's a YouTube playlist of robot reveal videos, courtesy of FRC-Designs.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeoD3jO2uho&list=PLuCPd1I3_wVIrtSzp8e48njfEn4l1LEjj

Submit your videos here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114201

[Mike Starke]

Is the archive up yet?


Yes, finally!

Thank you everyone for your patience! The stream is finally up! We had a few clip casualties though. 3 out of the 104 clips didn't make it, for reasons that are beyond our control (Livestream had some issues apparently that they can't fix). I'm not sure which exactly ones they are, but 101/104 clips isn't too bad huh? ;)
To get to the video... head on over to our page at http://www.livestream.com/mikeandjustinitm, and right under the main video box you'll see "Latest Videos" where the "Premiere Night" video is.

Thanks again for watching our show! It's something Justin and I won't ever forget! Can we get to 1000 viewers next year...?