Archimedes 2014!

[Ty Tremblay]

Who's excited?

Here's the team list:

20 The Rocketeers
27 Team RUSH
33 Killer Bees
51 Wings of Fire
103 Cybersonics
175 Buzz Robotics
195 Cyber Knights
229 Division By Zero
319 Big Bad Bob
329 Raiders
334 TechKnights
357 Royal Assault
378 The Circuit Stompers
399 Eagle Robotics
422 Mech Tech Dragons
457 Grease Monkeys
484 Roboforce
503 Frog Force
527 Dragons
548 Robostangs
639 Code Red Robotics
781 Kinetic Knights Robotics
900 Zebracorns
932 Circuit Chargers
1086 Blue Cheese
1089 Team Mercury
1477 Texas Torque
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1538 The Holy Cows
1540 Flaming Chickens
1625 Winnovation
1662 Raptor Force Engineering
1671 Buchanan Bird Brains
1816 The Green Machine
1918 NC GEARS
1939 The Kuh-nig-its
2056 OP Robotics
2067 Apple Pi
2137 TORC
2158 ausTIN CANs
2175 The Fighting Calculators
2180 Zero Gravity
2198 Paradigm Shift
2202 BEAST Robotics
2341 Sprockets
2444 Kamehameha RoboWarriors
2485 WARLords
2500 Herobotics
2502 Talon Robotics
2557 SOTAbots
2576 Chilean Heart
2590 Nemesis
2607 Fighting Robo-Vikings
2626 Evolution
2655 Flying Platypi
2834 Bionic Black Hawks (formerly Bionic Barons)
2907 Lion Robotics
2959 Robotarians
2978 Cavaliers
2996 Cougars Gone Wired
3158 TECBOT
3211 The Y Team
3318 RoboDragons
3354 TecDroid
3393 Horns of Havoc
3467 The Windham Windup
3492 P.A.R.T.s
3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
3616 Team Phenomena
3620 Average Joes
3959 Morgan County Mech Tech
3997 Screaming Chickens
4010 Nautilus
4013 Clockwork Mania
4077 M*A*S*H
4265 Secret City Wildbots
4296 Trident Robotics
4499 The Highlanders
4531 STEMpunk
4547 WestyTek
4583 Robosauras
4707 TEAM FORCE
4778 Stormbots
4911 CyberKnights
4914 Panthers
4925 The Resistance
4930 The Electric Mayhem
4933 Green Machine
4944 The Hi Fives
4946 ALPHA DOGS
4950 Centaures
5006 Apophis
5019 Gearbox Heroes
5030 The Second Mouse
5041 System Overlord Robotics
5123 Mechadogs
5134 RoboWolves
5196 Breaking Bot
5288 The Spartans
5299 Winger Tech

[Yipyapper]

After our success in 2011 and 2012 Archimedes, we took an unsuccessful break in Curie 2013. 781 is back and ready for Archimedes!

[Richard Wallace]

OMG Archimedes is ridiculous! And we're in it!

Yikes! :yikes:

----edit-----
Ten Michigan Teams in Archimedes 2014:
27 Team RUSH
33 Killer Bees
51 Wings of Fire
503 Frog Force
548 Robostangs
1918 NC GEARS
2137 TORC
2834 Bionic Black Hawks (formerly Bionic Barons)
2959 Robotarians
3620 Average Joes

[A Dog IRL]

Woo! I see some great teams. This'll be fun!

[Nathan Streeter]

1519 is excited to be back in Archimedes... we certainly hope to defend our Archimedes Division Champ Title!

Regardless of how the week ends, we're excited to be able to attend Championships again alongside many prestigious and familiar teams!

[tr6scott]

Wow! :)

[Ty Tremblay]

This is 319's first trip to Championship. It's fitting that we start with the division that starts with "A"!

[Bryce Paputa]

27 and 33 together again? As well as 1477, 2056, 51, 1538 and 1918 (and others). This is going to be fun.

[PayneTrain]

Archimedes is full of smart and talented teams looking for real breakthrough success on this level. It's exciting!

[reuven]

The Y Team 3211 is proud to represent Israel on archimedes!
it's going to be FUN!

[Dominick Ferone]

On behalf of 5030 I would like to say good luck to everyone and lets have a great division. Now its time to wait for the slowest week ever to end.

[Boe]

2175 is happy to be back in Archimedes for the first time since 2011. Good luck to everyone should be fun.

[pastelpony]

This is a going to be a tough field of competition, especially for a team who is making their debut on the national stage. I'm excited to see Team 20 again; last time I saw them, they completely blew away the competition in the 2012 Connecticut Regional.

[cjl2625]

This is a going to be a tough field of competition, especially for a team who is making their debut on the national stage. I'm excited to see Team 20 again; last time I saw them, they completely blew away the competition in the 2012 Connecticut Regional.

*international :P
Good year for you to make your CMP debut; you guys have a very nice robot this year. Looking forward to seeing you guys and some of our other NE buddies here on Archimedes.

And yeah, team 20 will be great to see and their 2012/2013 CT regional partner 195 also here.
These guys are really great; was really intense playing with them (and losing to them :P) in the finals in 2012/2013

And similar things can be said for so many of the other teams here.

[stingray27]

Breakdown of Archimedes by max OPR:

1625 130.82413
2056 120.2609276
1477 108.2906152
2485 107.9331129
33 106.6375626
27 106.1132034
1918 105.4716077
2590 104.0051233
195 99.56449136
2175 93.05793626
781 89.76480106
3393 89.7215989
2959 88.05191166
1519 87.81222692
2137 87.3711239
3467 85.35711468
1538 84.86901126
357 83.74666413
175 82.6748454
4911 81.65759979
2607 80.39122043
51 79.48514509
1089 75.10012213
1671 74.54512276
334 72.1192571
319 72.10328759
1816 71.75829507
2067 71.56491476
4265 70.57931896
399 70.50167409
4914 70.2461717
2907 69.90890571
2180 69.71831055
503 68.27064098
20 68.06643107
3525 67.80713922
3158 67.19056481
4077 67.18602325
639 67.17898162
548 66.7337222
3620 66.47794164
900 65.38052872
2834 64.12404092
1540 63.28870536
4946 62.88369928
2158 62.11614547
4944 61.69090771
378 60.14897888
3318 60.12732096
329 55.20311192
2557 54.14035495
484 52.28663891
932 50.79891255
1086 50.6522161
2996 50.28392591
2655 49.35193901
2341 48.32174479
4930 47.92099092
1939 45.89823861
3959 45.33404847
4778 44.72675307
5030 44.6766682
2202 43.58854541
4925 41.91239511
5006 40.69169682
3211 39.90266328
457 37.99346266
2198 37.3066589
4296 35.03981002
103 34.63873019
5299 34.26348328
2502 32.10142263
2978 30.12290611
5041 29.31451592
4547 27.59387201
527 26.62936412
5196 26.46410224
3492 25.00500712
1662 24.07015172
2500 23.40915022
4499 23.10750915
2576 21.15604145
3616 20.73803775
4583 20.67354835
3354 19.76148894
5019 19.56616708
3997 19.29163422
4531 15.84341883
422 15.67823921
4933 14.84201502
229 14.07444721
5288 13.77327346
2626 12.19992689
2444 12.07865687
4013 11.79937555
4707 10.13262979
5123 8.127017434
4950 6.421890851
5134 -1.335013297
4010 -11.90470236

More details to follow in a white paper

[Bryce Paputa]

Here's a pre-competition scouting sheet, please fill in info for your teams, I'll do all of the Michigan ones I've seen. Feel free to suggest new columns or changes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CL6b8fOjVPt_gK-CImpa9loBYOHlK-sQEg2O870PAYI/edit

If you want to use it at the competition, don't forget to download it before leaving, internet will probably be sketchy there, even on good phones.

[PVCpirate]

Super happy that Big Bad Bob 319 is finally going to the championship! You guys were always one of the first working robots at GSR, glad you finally qualified.

[mwtidd]

Here's a pre-competition scouting sheet, please fill in info for your teams, I'll do all of the Michigan ones I've seen. Feel free to suggest new columns or changes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CL6b8fOjVPt_gK-CImpa9loBYOHlK-sQEg2O870PAYI/edit

If you want to use it at the competition, don't forget to download it before leaving, internet will probably be sketchy there, even on good phones.

How about adding autonomous?
1st ball (high/low)
2nd ball (high/low)
3rd ball (high/low)
hot
mobility :)
goalie

Super happy that Big Bad Bob 319 is finally going to the championship! You guys were always one of the first working robots at GSR, glad you finally qualified.

We are certainly stoked for the opportunity.

[BrendanB]

3467 is looking forward to their 3rd trip to Champs and 3rd time in Archimedes! Its also the third time with 33 in Archimedes!

3rd time's the charm right! :) ;)

[Jim Zondag]

33 is ready to defend our Archimedes title from 2013. :)
Looks like it will be a great weekend with all these great teams.

[Phalanx]

After 5 years away from Championships Team 1089 Mercury is excited to be back.
It's our first time ever playing in Archimedes!!!!
We're looking forward to playing with all the great teams here!!!

[DanTeam3158]

Team 3158 will be on Archimedes AGAIN!! We can't wait to see so many wonderful teams!!
We are proud to represent Mexico in this division with teams 4010, and 3354!

See you there!!
VIVA MÉXICO!!

[A Dog IRL]

How about adding autonomous?
1st ball (high/low)
2nd ball (high/low)
3rd ball (high/low)
hot
mobility :)
goalie


Added.

[bhsrobotics1671]

1671 is looking forward to playing with you all!

[pabeekm]

Team 900 is super excited to bring secret sauce to championships!

[Vince lau]

Rookie team 4914 is ready

[Ed Sparks]

Nice ......

Alabama is in Archimedies (3959)!

Ummmmmm ....... Roll Tide! Go MechTech!

[Kevin Phan]

Team 357 is excited to be competing with all of the teams in the division. Come by our pits and get our six pins and stay awhile to see the jester "up close".

[Mech-Mod]

Second year in a row on Archimedes. Counting the days down.

[Boe]

6 teams from minnesota!

2175 Fighting Calculators
1816 The Green Machine
2502 Talon Robotics
2500 Herobotics
4778 Stormbots
5299 Winger Tech

[Lightfoot26]

1625 is happy to be a part of such an excellent division! Haven't competed in St. Louis since 2011, and this is our first showing on Archimedes! Good luck to everyone!

Also, being in the same division as 2056 brings me back to the days of the 2010 champs in Atlanta, where we won Galileo with them and 3138! Ahhhh, gooood times! :D

[dellagd]

Unbelievably excited for champs. 2nd time the team has gone, first time for me. Cant wait to see the competition on a world stage.

2607 will see you there!

[pastelpony]

*international :P
Good year for you to make your CMP debut; you guys have a very nice robot this year. Looking forward to seeing you guys and some of our other NE buddies here on Archimedes.

And yeah, team 20 will be great to see and their 2012/2013 CT regional partner 195 also here.
These guys are really great; was really intense playing with them (and losing to them :P) in the finals in 2012/2013

And similar things can be said for so many of the other teams here.

Team 20 and 195 are almost unstoppable when they're together. Both never fail to put on a good show.

Can't wait to see your fantastic swerve drive in St. Louis. Your bot is always beautiful to watch with those swerve wheels. It makes me want to experiment with holonomic drivetrains.

[Ed Sparks]

I just secured the Lead Robot Inspector position for the Archimedes division. Looks like you guys have to put up with me again! Sorry about that. :cool:

[holygrail]

1939 is super excited to be on Archimedes this year! Looms like a great group of teams.

Looks like it is just us and 2978 from Missouri. Most of the other teams from MO seem to have ended up in Newton.

One week to go!

[Dancin103]

Lots of great teams across the board in this division! Some great MAR teams 357, 2607, 2590, 484, 2180, 1089, and us (103)!

[brinoc]

Team 195, The CyberKnights are pumped to be in this division with so many familiar and impressive teams!

There just might be a bit of confusion with Team 4911, ALSO named the CyberKnights :P Quite the coincidence!

[Kevin Leonard]

This ought to be one heck of a competition. Some of the alliances capable of being formed here are downright scary. A lot of good power forward types. I'm pumped up.
I've been thinking about alliance composition and strategy since I saw the division list and it's driving me nuts. Why can't next week come a little faster :D.

[Zeromonkey]

Here's a pre-competition scouting sheet, please fill in info for your teams, I'll do all of the Michigan ones I've seen. Feel free to suggest new columns or changes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CL6b8fOjVPt_gK-CImpa9loBYOHlK-sQEg2O870PAYI/edit

If you want to use it at the competition, don't forget to download it before leaving, internet will probably be sketchy there, even on good phones.

Wow. Our Projected OPR is 222...
Where'd that come from? ha ha
Care to explain for my lack of understanding?
Looks like we have some proving to do. See you all on the fields, have the best of luck!

[Leafonthewind]

Team 195, The CyberKnights are pumped to be in this division with so many familiar and impressive teams!

There just might be a bit of confusion with Team 4911, ALSO named the CyberKnights :P Quite the coincidence!

Yes. Hello! I am a senior on 4911 the CyberKnights. We are a rookie team to FRC this year. Our school mascot is the Knight so it seemed only natural to pick the name CyberKnights. It wasn't until about halfway through the season that we realized team 195 had the same name, except for their's has a space in between the two words (in the FRC Spyder App).

I am so PUMPED for worlds! Good luck everyone!

[Banderoonies]

Yes. Hello! I am a senior on 4911 the CyberKnights. We are a rookie team to FRC this year. Our school mascot is the Knight so it seemed only natural to pick the name CyberKnights. It wasn't until about halfway through the season that we realized team 195 had the same name, except for their's has a space in between the two words (in the FRC Spyder App).

I am so PUMPED for worlds! Good luck everyone!

The Cyber Knights (Team 195) from Southington CT hare happy to share our name with you! Sometimes our name is together and sometimes separate depending where you look.

Wishing your team all the best and congrats on making it to STL as rookies!

[Phalanx]

I just secured the Lead Robot Inspector position for the Archimedes division. Looks like you guys have to put up with me again! Sorry about that. :cool:

Awesome news... I worked with you doing inspections last year at Championships. Remember the team with the head light?

My team qualified this year and is in this division, so we'll get to work together again.

Now if I could only get to inspect my own team... LOL!!!

[MCMechTech]

3959 is super excited to be attending our first championship! We look forward to competing with some of the legendary teams in FIRST.

[neshera]

Is there a word for anxious/frightened/excited/ready for a challenge/happy - all rolled into one? :confused:

[BigJ]

Is there a word for anxious/frightened/excited/ready for a challenge/happy - all rolled into one? :confused:

Hype

[Ed Sparks]

...... Remember the team with the head light? ....

Hahahaha ....... How could I ever forget the Headlight?! Looking forward to seeing you again and thanks for volunteering!

One of you guys will have to inspect 3959 for me ......

[Richard Wallace]

One of you guys will have to inspect 3959 for me ......Got you covered on that one Ed.

[kelseysea]

I'm still in awe that 4531 will be at Champs as a second year team. I never expected to be going back so soon after our Rookie year.
Archimedes looks like a great division to be in!

[68SS]

Team 484 excited to be going to our FIRST Championship along with some GREAT teams for MAR. Can't wait !!!

[Dominick Ferone]

i remember playing with stempunk last year in newton. It was fun to work with you guys, cant wait to see you again.

[orangelight]

My first time at the championship's!

[dellagd]

Here's a pre-competition scouting sheet, please fill in info for your teams, I'll do all of the Michigan ones I've seen. Feel free to suggest new columns or changes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CL6b8fOjVPt_gK-CImpa9loBYOHlK-sQEg2O870PAYI/edit

If you want to use it at the competition, don't forget to download it before leaving, internet will probably be sketchy there, even on good phones.

Shouldn't the defensive column be green when low and red when high because a low DPR indicates good defensive performance?

EDIT: It appears this was now found and fixed. Thanks!

[stingray27]

Predicted rankings based on preliminary match schedule (based on max OPR):

Team Wins Losses Assists Auton Teleop Truss/Catch
1477 9 1 772 575 709 240
27 9 1 645 629 576 252
2056 9 1 583 641 747 417
2485 9 1 537 561 847 295
357 9 1 497 606 729 308
399 8 2 591 606 484 271
1089 8 2 571 609 519 330
2180 8 2 568 599 525 285
195 8 2 479 550 668 368
2175 8 2 457 555 651 383
503 8 2 452 466 591 321
1625 8 2 429 653 760 448
1538 8 2 426 558 689 367
1540 8 1 384 529 484 284
2137 7 3 648 653 547 326
33 7 3 618 630 582 258
4925 7 3 561 376 360 195
2959 7 3 559 543 616 295
2590 7 3 546 730 519 275
2834 7 3 542 553 514 267
548 7 3 510 542 584 295
781 7 3 499 479 636 301
378 7 3 451 584 524 237
3158 7 3 434 511 443 325
484 7 3 409 568 465 278
4911 7 2 396 546 662 344
175 7 3 394 501 694 391
639 7 3 369 473 495 330
5196 7 3 337 446 438 220
1918 6 4 574 558 637 240
3467 6 4 539 643 562 350
4914 6 4 515 480 460 395
3393 6 4 509 491 741 365
2907 6 4 504 568 453 334
2067 6 4 491 520 478 287
329 6 4 472 430 412 378
51 6 4 466 552 607 232
4946 6 4 460 438 545 367
457 6 4 423 455 484 190
3318 6 4 407 443 520 351
900 6 4 400 508 313 401
334 6 3 365 384 568 254
2557 6 4 349 448 504 327
2607 6 4 318 561 469 292
5041 6 4 317 369 469 251
932 6 4 308 601 387 233
4077 5 5 431 452 647 293
1086 5 5 417 442 540 230
1816 5 5 415 497 463 359
1519 5 5 411 531 459 334
20 5 5 391 390 678 259
5030 5 5 381 338 736 308
2500 5 5 377 435 471 203
2341 5 5 351 430 628 280
3354 5 5 218 378 444 278
319 4 6 517 350 562 299
4296 4 6 461 426 422 245
4547 4 6 442 437 226 209
2655 4 6 433 434 430 239
422 4 6 432 414 321 246
5006 4 6 397 377 655 167
3525 4 6 385 495 416 276
1939 4 5 361 367 350 211
4583 4 6 348 418 286 213
1671 4 6 341 486 675 286
2158 4 6 327 480 537 304
2444 4 6 298 426 356 204
527 4 6 284 487 433 252
103 4 6 283 477 292 289
2502 4 6 217 445 451 235
2576 4 6 183 462 344 214
2996 3 7 464 535 460 261
4265 3 7 408 480 468 290
3492 3 7 396 371 286 210
3620 3 7 391 446 676 199
2202 3 7 384 543 221 344
2198 3 7 357 466 564 240
4499 3 8 351 515 298 175
5123 3 8 331 446 446 216
2626 3 7 319 368 300 191
3211 3 7 309 494 343 226
4013 3 7 263 396 464 177
229 3 6 233 340 229 162
4010 3 7 224 355 95 131
4930 2 8 448 512 182 262
3997 2 8 431 305 275 152
5019 2 8 376 331 254 219
3959 2 8 296 424 473 284
3616 2 8 290 463 328 289
4778 2 8 277 507 446 272
4933 2 8 261 424 328 189
1662 2 8 231 410 401 230
4531 2 8 215 460 376 199
5288 2 8 202 352 322 167
4944 1 9 443 414 628 191
4950 1 9 304 329 330 124
5134 1 9 262 265 224 210
5299 1 9 236 347 300 188
2978 1 8 209 347 255 182
4707 1 9 196 394 176 214

[AGPapa]

Predicted rankings based on preliminary match schedule:


Which OPRs did you use here?

[stingray27]

Which OPRs did you use here?

Max OPR.

Assist, Teleop, etc. points calculated by summing the assist, teleop, etc. OPRs of the 3 robots they play with for each match they play in.

The sub-OPRs for each team is from the regional the team scored their highest overall OPR at.

[Ed Sparks]

Sweet! We (FRC-3959) have a YouTube channel now!

Check it out ......

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQy5X_W1_3nrwzPSANtNyQ


BTW, Our Bayou performance was much better than our Crossroads performance. We played a lot of "D" at Crossroads because we got pretty good at it and our shooter needed some work. At Bayou, We added shooter improvements and some "O" to our game. I'm looking forward to proving that we're better than what our OPR indicates.

[czielinski]

It's really great to see a lot of Michigan teams in Archimedes! The competition is going to be fierce. We are all so excited and can't wait to watch!

[holygrail]

Match I'm most looking forward to watching:

Match 59
RED: 357 2485 1918
BLUE: 2137 1477 2056
Predicted match outcome: Red: 297 to Blue: 316!!!
Four robots with 100+ OPRs. All 6 Robots are over 80.

Match I'm most looking forward to playing in:
Match 78
RED: 4265 195 1939
BLUE: 51 548 1625
Predicted match outcome: Red: 216 to Blue: 277

Hoping to pull out a win on that one. Should be a good battle!

What matches are other teams most looking forward to?

[Kevin Leonard]

I think we should try again on these schedules. :/
On the bright side some of these matches look absolutely amazing!

[Banderoonies]

Match I'm most looking forward to watching:

Match 59
RED: 357 2485 1918
BLUE: 2137 1477 2056
Predicted match outcome: Red: 297 to Blue: 316!!!
Four robots with 100+ OPRs. All 6 Robots are over 80.

Match I'm most looking forward to playing in:
Match 78
RED: 4265 195 1939
BLUE: 51 548 1625
Predicted match outcome: Red: 216 to Blue: 277

Hoping to pull out a win on that one. Should be a good battle!

What matches are other teams most looking forward to?

195 is looking forward to this match up and looking forward to playing with both 1939 and 4265 :)

[cjl2625]

Wat, they released a match schedule already?

[pabeekm]

Wat, they released a match schedule already?

Yup. Check out this thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=128919

[Dominick Ferone]

I never belong the predictions last year my team was supposed to go 2-6 we went 5-3 almost 6-2 and the our opr doesn't do justice when we never shot once at tech valley.

[Richard Wallace]

...our opr doesn't do justice...It usually doesn't.

[Boe]

Does anyone have any pictures of any of these teams:
2444
2626
2978
4013
4707
4950
5019
5134
5288

I cant seem to find any.

[Gregor]

5288:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=821554964525730&set=a.336493256365239.98114.164422480238985&type=1&theater

[davidfv]

Does anyone have any pictures of any of these teams:
2444
2626
2978
4013
4707
4950
5019
5134
5288

I cant seem to find any.

Has anyone completed a picture book yet? I find it surprising that many teams do not have a picture of their robot on webpage, facebook, or CD. We are having to go to match videos and doing screen captures.

Could every team or if you have scouted a team before go to the pre-champ scouting google doc and fill it in for teams? Anything we can do before getting to the event would be time saved.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CL6b8fOjVPt_gK-CImpa9loBYOHlK-sQEg2O870PAYI/edit#gid=0

Thanks in advance

[Banderoonies]

Does anyone have any pictures of any of these teams:
2444
2626
2978
4013
4707
4950
5019
5134
5288

I cant seem to find any.

Here are three of them:

[A Dog IRL]

Here are three of them:

He didn't ask for our robot's picture. ^^ In the doc we linked a video and picture.

[Boe]

Here is a google doc with an image of every team in our division. Some of the pictures aren't the best but there is something for each team.
They are listed in numerical order.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR3AnnOZ6ox79g-MQEyzOfWgPZxCAXIE0b5lOHSgVec/edit

[Banderoonies]

He didn't ask for our robot's picture. ^^ In the doc we linked a video and picture.

Gee thanks for pointing out I grabbed the wrong picture

[Tim Sharp]

That's awesome. Forwarding it to the scouting teams now. Thank you.

We'll team up in match 148 against 319, 2834 and 1540. I haven't gotten that far in my match analyses, but it looks to be a good match.

[dmaciel10123]

This is really looking to being an interesting competition. I'm looking forward to it.

[David8696]

Here is a google doc with an image of every team in our division. Some of the pictures aren't the best but there is something for each team.
They are listed in numerical order.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR3AnnOZ6ox79g-MQEyzOfWgPZxCAXIE0b5lOHSgVec/edit

Thanks so much for the list. I just went through and added text team numbers for each picture, for the dual reasons of the team numbers being obscured in some pics and the ability to cmd/ctrl-f and quickly locate a specific team. All I ask in return is that 2485 be one font size larger ;) a little free promo never hurt anyone.

[mkausas]

Check out our championship promo video! So excited to compete in Archimedes this year!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=128962

[dmaciel10123]

Check out our championship promo video! So excited to compete in Archimedes this year!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=128962

That autonomous is really impressive and your robot looks outstanding.

[Boe]

Here's a quick highlight reel from our two regionals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIT3eTgrhhE

[holygrail]

I was just looking at our match schedule on the Google Docs pre-scouting spreadsheet and saw that our schedule difficulty was -39. I knew it was a tough schedule, but as I scrolled around, I saw that it was indeed The Toughest schedule on Archimedes.

After having a ridiculously tough schedule on Curie last year, I have to say that it is a bit frustrating. We don't mind being the underdog sometimes, it can be a motivating force. However, in a game that is so reliant on alliance partners, it can be a bit demoralizing.

I'm hoping that the flaws in using OPR to predict match outcomes are big enough to give us room to give us a fighting chance. Otherwise, we are just going to play our best, help our alliance partners as much as we can and hope for scouting magic.

[wilsonmw04]

I'm hoping that the flaws in using OPR to predict match outcomes are big enough to give us room to give us a fighting chance. Otherwise, we are just going to play our best, help our alliance partners as much as we can and hope for scouting magic.

Don't put any weight into the OPR. It's ugly and its momma dresses it funny.

[holygrail]

Don't put any weight into the OPR. It's ugly and its momma dresses it funny.

That's what I like to hear!

Match schedule aside, we couldn't be more excited if we were meta-stable nuclear isomers.:]

[ZeroGAdam]

Hey everyone! Here at Zero Gravity, we're excited to play with a lot of you on Archimedes! Here is just a recap video of our entire season!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYax2uZIkcs

It's disabled on all mobile platforms unfortunately :/
We can't wait for this week!

[Ed Law]

However, in a game that is so reliant on alliance partners, it can be a bit demoralizing.
I'm hoping that the flaws in using OPR to predict match outcomes are big enough to give us room to give us a fighting chance.
That is why I don't like this year's game. The outcome of the match depends too much on your partners.
Don't worry what the OPR predicts in terms of wins and losses. I would not completely ignore it like somebody else says. Teams that went to multiple events and have a high OPR at every event got that for a reason. It is not by luck. If the prediction is 200 to 100 against you, chances are it is 99% (I just picked a random number, not based on statistics) certain that you will lose. In that case you should try something drastic because you have nothing to lose. There is also a small chance that one of your opponents robot malfunction, so never give up. On the other hand, if many of the predicted matches that you will lose is only by less than 30 points, it is a 50/50 chance you may win. Most people that does prediction use max OPR. It does not tell the whole story. You should also use last OPR and world OPR to predict to see if it is any different. Data is never ugly. It is only how you use it that can be.

[stingray27]

That is why I don't like this year's game. The outcome of the match depends too much on your partners.
Don't worry what the OPR predicts in terms of wins and losses. I would not completely ignore it like somebody else says. Teams that went to multiple events and have a high OPR at every event got that for a reason. It is not by luck. If the prediction is 200 to 100 against you, chances are it is 99% (I just picked a random number, not based on statistics) certain that you will lose. In that case you should try something drastic because you have nothing to lose. There is also a small chance that one of your opponents robot malfunction, so never give up. On the other hand, if many of the predicted matches that you will lose is only by less than 30 points, it is a 50/50 chance you may win. Most people that does prediction use max OPR. It does not tell the whole story. You should also use last OPR and world OPR to predict to see if it is any different. Data is never ugly. It is only how you use it that can be.

I can attest to this as well. Predictions by OPR were 91% accurate on Saturday at MSC and around an 82% accuracy overall in any regional/district. Close matches are a toss up. But I'd say above a 50 point differential and you will have to come up with a pretty crazy strategy...

[cmrnpizzo14]

Match 155 - 20,900,1939. If 20 and 900 can incorporate 1939 well then they very possibly could run 41 point cycles in under 15 seconds. Think secret sauce to the HP then HP passes to 20 in front of the goal. That has the possibility to be one of the greatest matches this year.

[PayneTrain]

I wonder what predictions look like if you change OPR this year to an adjusted number like percent of OPR rank at event.

[holygrail]

Match 155 - 20,900,1939. If 20 and 900 can incorporate 1939 well then they very possibly could run 41 point cycles in under 15 seconds. Think secret sauce to the HP then HP passes to 20 in front of the goal. That has the possibility to be one of the greatest matches this year.

We definitely plan to incorporate into the plan. This match is going to be fun!

[Ed Sparks]

Don't put any weight into the OPR. It's ugly and its momma dresses it funny.

Dang Skippy ..... Get out there and show what 'ya got. The smart teams are paying attention and scouting reguardless of OPR.

[GennyKorn]

Team 4296 will be posting videos of all matches in Archimedes on our Youtube channel after everyday to help with scouting.

https://www.youtube.com/user/WTHSFIRST4296

[RobotarianMom]

To all our fellow teams on the Archimedes Field who want to make alliances on the field and off. Our team's version of "Chozen" (a parody from Frozen):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wxQS8fuVI

Good luck to everyone and lets have some fun!

[BrendanB]

After a scary morning teams 3467 and 4925 are more excited to be on Archimedes this weekend. 12 hours before our bus was leaving New Hampshire we were told our bus had broken down with no replacements available!

Thankfully we snuck 4925 on the remaining seats on 811 and 319s bus and 3467 was able to rent some vans at the last second and 133 and 58 were able to take our equipment at the last second.

Phew what a weekend and I cant wait to compete!

We may need to borrow a driver station laptop to run some practice matches as our main team will be arriving tomorrow evening.

[Gregor]

We may need to borrow a driver station laptop to run some practice matches as our main team will be arriving tomorrow evening.

You can borrow our spare. Ships with cheesy vision. ;)

[Boe]

One more quick video before champs. This one is a animation of our robot CAD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpBiKoRoQV8

[Cataclysmatic]

Stopped our bus for a quick break and ran into 1918 NC Gears... Not paired up currently based on schedule so no early strategy though...

[mwtidd]

Flew on an A319. I'm all for good omens.

[Nathan Streeter]

Team 4296 will be posting videos of all matches in Archimedes on our Youtube channel after everyday to help with scouting.

https://www.youtube.com/user/WTHSFIRST4296

Sounds good to me, particularly since I won't be there!

Will you be doing the same for the official practice matches?

[Cataclysmatic]

Sounds good to me, particularly since I won't be there!

Will you be doing the same for the official practice matches?

Our video taper (s) said if they are there, they will be recording every match they are there for.

So, if they get there on time, yes they will.

[carlgrass32]

All 4 divisions will be fun but I gotta give the competitiveness to Galileo and Archimedies

[Boe]

So is the preliminary schedule holding, I didnt hear yes or no in the pits today.

[Shu]

I expected to get a schedule before we left today since we have matches starting at 9:00AM tomorrow. A lot of time has been put into pre-scouting and it would really throw teams for a loop if it changed at this point.

[Bryce Paputa]

Schedule is the same as all teams showed up. Main contacts got an email or a tweet or something about it.

[FIRST4296]

Sounds good to me, particularly since I won't be there!

Will you be doing the same for the official practice matches?

Yes we will be filming all the matches.

[Nathan Streeter]

For the Archimedes webcast, I'm currently getting a page with just "encrypted" text... The other fields provide the appropriate video feed (not any live video yet, though).

[jlmcmchl]

For the Archimedes webcast, I'm currently getting a page with just "encrypted" text... The other fields provide the appropriate video feed (not any live video yet, though).

The blue alliance is working fine for me.

[Cullenwelch88]

No sound in any of the streams?

[PVCpirate]

Looks like we have our first surprise of the event, Wisconsin rookies 5019 are sitting high up in the standings in the early going. Gotta love seeing yourselves ranked first, even if only for a couple matches.

[Nathan Streeter]

Yes we will be filming all the matches.

Awesome! I see that you have most of the practice matches up and have begun uploading Thursday's matches... will you be continuing to upload Thursdays' matches? Is the process more tedious than you had been expecting?

I certainly appreciate the effort and I know that the FIRST community as a whole certainly will after the Championship, if not during the event!

[Grim Tuesday]

Looks like we have our first surprise of the event, Wisconsin rookies 5019 are sitting high up in the standings in the early going. Gotta love seeing yourselves ranked first, even if only for a couple matches.

I am thoroughly enjoying how the standings have played out so far.

[Cataclysmatic]

Awesome! I see that you have most of the practice matches up and have begun uploading Thursday's matches... will you be continuing to upload Thursdays' matches? Is the process more tedious than you had been expecting?

I certainly appreciate the effort and I know that the FIRST community as a whole certainly will after the Championship, if not during the event!

Sadly we had to leave and missed the last maybe 10 matches or so today, every other one should be recorded and in process of being uploaded... I know they are limited a lot by the rather slow internet of our hotel.

We also have go-pro footage of every match with our robot, and will upload those probably, but those are a bit more for the fun of it.

As for tedious and such, I will wait on our recorders and such to respond to that... I just drive the robot haha.

[Ed Sparks]

Wow ....... tough weekend for us. I never would have thought we would go 0 of 9 at the end of day 2. Good news is that our robot is working well, our drivers are playing well and the students are still excited to be here. Here's hoping for a win in our last match tomorrow. :)

[evanatch]

Wow ....... tough weekend for us. I never would have thought we would go 0 of 9 at the end of day 2. Good news is that our robot is working well, our drivers are playing well and the students are still excited to be here. Here's hoping for a win in our last match tomorrow. :)

We're in the same boat - 0 of 9 but having a blast! As rookies, we're thrilled to have the chance to compete here and to expose our younger players to the greatest teams FRC has to offer. Good luck with your final match tomorrow! :)

[Peyton Yeung]

We're in the same boat - 0 of 9 but having a blast! As rookies, we're thrilled to have the chance to compete here and to expose our younger players to the greatest teams FRC has to offer. Good luck with your final match tomorrow! :)

And this is what FIRST is about, getting kids hooked on STEM and inspired to be like the best.

[David8696]

Does anyone have a link to the video of our first quarterfinal match with 51, 1918, and [781] against 2056, 399, 2175, and [2834]?

[Kevin Leonard]

Does anyone have a link to the video of our first quarterfinal match with 51, 1918, and [781] against 2056, 399, 2175, and [2834]?

I will by tomorrow.

[GBK]

This is the video. So glad we could be part of this alliance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_1EqSJoCU&feature=youtu.be

[Wayne TenBrink]

Does anyone have a link to the video of our first quarterfinal match with 51, 1918, and [781] against 2056, 399, 2175, and [2834]?

Here is a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_1...ature=youtu.be

It was the highest unpenalized alliance score (370 of the 390), the highest unpenalized total score (626 for both alliances combined), and the highest total score for matches where penalties were included (646). I'm not sure, but I suspect that 256 was the highest unpenalized losing score of the season, too. QF 1-3 was the second highest total score at 575. Those were some exciting matches.

(Edit: Greg beat me to it on the link)

[mom-bot]

Here is a shout out to team 27 RUSH: Congratulations on winning the Chairmen’s Award!

We know and have seen you work for years toward this and it’s great that all now recognize the tremendous program you have run for years. Great job & welcome to the HoF.

With this said, this is also a BIG THANK YOU for choosing us as your fourth alliance robot. You, along with team 33 Killer Bees and team 334 TechKnights, absolutely made our season. It was particularly fun since we were the only “Yellow Alliance” I remember ever seeing. It was also exciting sitting with all you folks because you enthusiasm is contagious.

We look forward to an opportunity to work again in the future. Hopefully we see you soon once inter-district play is allowed, and, there is always Championship!
(To Killer Bees, I am leaving my antennas on for the CT State Championship on May 17th, just for fun!)

[orangelight]

Can someone explain what happened with the score in the quarterfinal match with 2137, 548, 2067, 1477, 2590, 1625?

[Lightfoot26]

Can someone explain what happened with the score in the quarterfinal match with 2137, 548, 2067, 1477, 2590, 1625?

In the Game Manual Section 5.4.4 says:
In the Elimination MATCHES, Teams do not earn Qualification Points; they earn a Win, Loss or Tie. Within each series of the Elimination MATCH bracket, the first ALLIANCE to win two (2) MATCHES will advance.

In the case where the MATCH score of each ALLIANCE is equal, the tie is broken by awarding an extra point to the ALLIANCE with (in the following order):

highest number of FOUL points awarded (i.e. the ALLIANCE that played the cleaner MATCH)
if FOUL points are equal, highest number of ASSIST points
if ASSIST points are equal, highest number of AUTO points
if AUTO points are equal, highest sum of TRUSS and CATCH points

If the criteria above are equal, the MATCH is a Tie. Additional matches will be played if needed.

The score was 231-231 at the end of the match. So the refs looked at who played the "cleaner" match. There was a technical foul on the opposing alliance and the win was subsequently awarded to the 2590-1625-1477-3467 alliance.

[Kevin Leonard]

Does anyone have a link to the video of our first quarterfinal match with 51, 1918, and [781] against 2056, 399, 2175, and [2834]?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQybUEM0Jo
Here's 20's video of QF1-1.
We have the rest of Archimedes Eliminations, as well as all the Einstein matches up on our channel.
Enjoy!

[Charles Boehm]

Qurt 1-1,2,3 Were the best matches I have seen all season! For me they were even more exhilerating to watch than Einstien!
Congrats to the 8th seed on there win over us, you definitly deserved it, that strategy was AMAZING. Very well played you guys!

[Boe]

All I can say about this division is wow. A lot of people were saying before champs that Archimedes looked a lot weaker then the others but the elims in Archimedes were easily the closest and most exciting elims that i have ever watched in my first career. I felt that every one of the 8 alliances had a chance at winning the division. Congrats to all the award winners especially 27 on their chairman's win, hope you guys come back to duluth it was really fun competing with you. Also congrats to 2158 on your EI. Finally thanks to 399 and 2056 for inviting us to join your alliance, and congrats to 1625, 2590, 1477, and 3567 on their division win.

[Wayne TenBrink]

If you consider high losing scores to be an indication of tough matches, consider this:

Of the 9785 matches that were played in 2014, the six highest "unpenalized" losing scores occurred during eliminations on Archimedes:

265: SF 1-1, 1477/2590/1625 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 285 to 315)
260: QF 1-3, 399/2056/2175 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 260 to 315)
256: QF 1-1, 399/2056/2175 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 256 to 390)
253: SF 1-1, 27/33/175 to 1477/2590/1625 (Raw score 273 to 285)
251: SF 1-3, 51/2485/1918 to 1477/2590/1625 to (Raw score 251 to 285)
245: SF 1-2, 51/2485/1918 to 1477/2590/1625 to (Raw score 245 to 265)

(Data derived from a spreadsheet that "Ether" posted in the "High Score 2014" thread showing match data for all competitions all season long. In F-1 at Waterford District, 1718/3098/3773 also put up 245 in their loss to 67/51/4994, so 51 was in 6 of the top 7)

[AlecMataloni]

If you consider high losing scores to be an indication of tough matches, consider this:

Of the 9875 matches that were played in 2014, the six highest "unpenalized" losing scores occurred during eliminations on Archimedes:

265: SF 1-1, 1477/2590/1625 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 285 to 315)
260: QF 1-3, 399/2056/2175 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 260 to 315)
256: QF 1-1, 399/2056/2175 to 51/2485/1918 (Raw score 256 to 390)


(Data derived from a spreadsheet that "Ether" posted in the "High Score 2014" thread showing match data for all competitions all season long)
#1918-death-cycle4ever

Seriously, though. I think this was my favorite alliance at the championship. Watching the 1st seed get upset with the world highscore was a sight to see.

[Lightfoot26]

I just wanna give a special shout out to 3467 Windham Windup for being a super awesome 4th bot to pick up. Although their robot never touched the carpet throughout elims and on Einstein, they were one of the best pit crews I've personally ever had the opportunity to work with! They were ready and willing to help contribute to the alliance in any way possible. They were an essential key to success for the 5th seeded alliance, and I want to extend my personal thanks to them as well as 2590 and 1477 for a great weekend!

[David8696]

Qurt 1-1,2,3 Were the best matches I have seen all season! For me they were even more exhilerating to watch than Einstien!
Congrats to the 8th seed on there win over us, you definitly deserved it, that strategy was AMAZING. Very well played you guys!

Thanks so much! You guys were definitely worthy competitors; congratulations to 399, 2056, 2175, and all other teams on a fantastic season!

[Chris Hibner]

Wow - what a great event. Everyone on our team had a great time and our students came away with an increased passion for FIRST. Inspiration ran amok which is probably the best indicator of a great event.

A huge thanks to 2485, 1918, and 781 for being such great alliance partners. Those matches were a lot of fun. We couldn't ask for better partners, and they were an even better group of people to work with.

I'm sorry we never got 781 in a match, but those guys did a lot to help contribute. They help a lot with keeping strategy on track, and they were great with putting an extra coach in the box - that was very valuable.

Congratulations to the Archimedes winners. Getting knocked out is always a little easier if you get knocked out by the champs, and you guys were very worthy champs.

Hopefully we'll be able to see everyone at IRI.

[echin]

I just wanna give a special shout out to 3467 Windham Windup for being a super awesome 4th bot to pick up. Although their robot never touched the carpet throughout elims and on Einstein, they were one of the best pit crews I've personally ever had the opportunity to work with! They were ready and willing to help contribute to the alliance in any way possible. They were an essential key to success for the 5th seeded alliance, and I want to extend my personal thanks to them as well as 2590 and 1477 for a great weekend!

Thanks for picking us as the 4th bot on your alliance! It was an awesome way to end an extremely hectic trip for us, even though we never ended up playing.

[Gaurav27]

Unfortunately after losing early in Curie quarterfinals, I had a chance to walk over to Archimedes to catch their semifinals and finals matches. Those matches truly exemplify how this game should be played and they were definitely played at the highest levels! ..absolutely incredible scores as well..

[Gregor]

I just wanna give a special shout out to 3467 Windham Windup for being a super awesome 4th bot to pick up. Although their robot never touched the carpet throughout elims and on Einstein, they were one of the best pit crews I've personally ever had the opportunity to work with! They were ready and willing to help contribute to the alliance in any way possible. They were an essential key to success for the 5th seeded alliance, and I want to extend my personal thanks to them as well as 2590 and 1477 for a great weekend!

I was totally baffled that 3467 took so long to get picked. They had 5 2014 medals going into worlds. 2x EI, Chairman's, and 2 district wins as #1 pick and #3 captain. Was very happy to see them add a 6th medal and fourth banner to their 2014 pile.

[Ed Sparks]

I'd like to thank all of the Archimedes teams for their outstanding cooperation during the compressed inspection process at CMP. As you know, we were able to resolve all 100 robots before match play began on Thursday morning. I appreciate the positive attitude and understanding of the very few that had to make some changes. My hope for future years is that inspection will be a positive experience for everyone. I’m proud of each and every one of you and I hope I’ll be given the opportunity to serve at future events.

[dellagd]

Is anyone planning on putting all of the quals online? Ive only seen a few up so far.

[BrendanB]

I just wanna give a special shout out to 3467 Windham Windup for being a super awesome 4th bot to pick up. Although their robot never touched the carpet throughout elims and on Einstein, they were one of the best pit crews I've personally ever had the opportunity to work with! They were ready and willing to help contribute to the alliance in any way possible. They were an essential key to success for the 5th seeded alliance, and I want to extend my personal thanks to them as well as 2590 and 1477 for a great weekend!

Thank you Seth! While our robot may have never touched the field being able to play with three amazing teams was worth the experience! I told our guys that our main goal as a team was to keep those three robots on the field and it was great to see our guys offering assistance wherever possible. After a whirlwind of a week with travel problems playing with three powerhouse teams, making it to Einstein, and adding medal #6 to our 2014 season was awesome! We didn't have the best run in qualifications with our share of bad matches and our robot didn't start off on good foot Thursday but thank you to 2590, 1625, & 1477 for inviting us to join your alliance we hope we can play with you all in the future!

[Yipyapper]

Hey, does anyone know where we can find some qualification matches for Archimedes? Warren Robotics posted a few videos but it has a lot of missing matches that 781 wants for stuff like IRI applications.

[Cataclysmatic]

I can contact the person who did the recordings during school tomorrow for you... He told us he was in the process of uploading videos. Yet, due to the lack of videos actually being uploaded I'm not so sure on that one haha.

Any QM's you are looking for specifically? I can try to get him to prioritize ones for you.

[Yipyapper]

I can contact the person who did the recordings during school tomorrow for you... He told us he was in the process of uploading videos. Yet, due to the lack of videos actually being uploaded I'm not so sure on that one haha.

Any QM's you are looking for specifically? I can try to get him to prioritize ones for you.

That would be awesome, thanks! We really wanted to see quals match 43, 54, 74, 93, 104, 119, 149 and 160 (all of the ones we played), but if it's really tight for time, then 43, 119 and 160 are the three we want to see the most.

[cjl2625]

That would be awesome, thanks! We really wanted to see quals match 43, 54, 74, 93, 104, 119, 149 and 160 (all of the ones we played), but if it's really tight for time, then 43, 119 and 160 are the three we want to see the most.

I'd also love to see 43. Got to win against 2056, and it was our highest scoring match. Well, that might be because the other alliance had a dead robot, if I remember correctly.

[Cataclysmatic]

Just sent him a message, so as soon as I know regarding the videos I will update both of you as well.

Yeah, 2056 is always nice to beat... We were on the other end, winning a 2v3 with them (Being the 2) due to our third having a technical problem if I remember correctly.

[Yipyapper]

I'd also love to see 43. Got to win against 2056, and it was our highest scoring match. Well, that might be because the other alliance had a dead robot, if I remember correctly.

We did have a dead robot (forgot which team number it was). It was unfortunate. Still, 190 points was cool to put up with only 2 robots functional!

[Kevin Leonard]

Hi everyone- I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted to mention that I'm currently in the process of uploading all the Archimedes Qualifications matches to the Team 20 Scouting Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRGnwHs5b1jPVGhpjsoLKQ

I currently have Qualifications matches 1-55 uploaded and I should be finishing up to match 70 today. I've also been putting them into the TBA spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApRO2Yzh2z01dExFZEdieV9WdTJsZ25HSWI3VUxsW Gc&usp=sharing) as I upload them, but if I miss any, let me know.

We are also missing match 151 for some reason, so if anyone has that match, they should upload it and post it to TBA.

Sorry it took so long to get these up, but I had to get them from our head scouts and then there was discussion as to whether we should upload them to our public channel or our scouting channel. We decided not to clutter up our public channel anymore.

Enjoy!

EDIT: Matches posted up to match 90.

[hammerhead_399]

Hi everyone...

Woo! Thanks for this. These are great to watch before IRI :)