[FRCTop25.com]- Week 3 Voting NOW OPEN!

[Mike Starke]

Hello everyone! It's that time of the week again! Now that all Regionals/Districts have finished through week three, voting is now open.

A gentle reminder about voting:
You can only vote for teams who competed in week three competitions (don't forget about Israel and Australia!)

To vote, head on over to http://www.FRCTop25.com/Vote.

And as always, we look forward to revealing the results live on Tuesday at 9PM EST at http://www.FRCTop25.com/Watch

Thanks everyone, happy voting!

[Hallry]

(don't forget about Israel and Australia!)

I would highly recommend to everyone to go watch the Australia Regional Finals matches. They were some of the most exciting and close Recycle Rush matches that I've seen, and featured some awesome robots, some being amazing rookies.

[Nathan Streeter]

To help inform people's voting, I created a spreadsheet (based on Ed Law's OPR/CCWM spreadsheet) with the teams that competed in week 3. It includes OPR, Qual Average, and Elim Average. I then created a basic 'Total Score' that is (25% of the team's OPR) + (25% of the team's QA) + (50% of the team's Elim Average). I pulled the Qual Average and Elim Average manually from the TBA so there are likely some errors.

The attached spreadsheet should also give all the teams competing in Week 3... feel free to sort by team number or any category or tinker around with the weights. I'm unsure particularly between whether a 25%/25%/50% vs 30%/30%/40% weight is better... in one way, weighing elim performance equally with qual performance makes sense; however, elim performance is very dependent on who teams partnered with... depth of event, presence of powerhouse, and such become very large factors. There is obviously the presence of co-op in quals and absence in elims.


Here are the top 30 by that Total Score...
Team Total Score
2056 147.3
624 141.4
1619 137.4
1519 137.4
2852 132.3
1023 124.2
1983 123.1
1730 121.4
330 116.4
2974 115.3
230 113.3
744 113.2
973 113.1
3339 111.9
1296 111.3
2122 109.6
3604 109.4
1574 108.9
192 108.3
234 107.5
3230 107.1
2468 104.1
1318 104.1
135 103.9
1806 103.3
1523 103.0
225 99.6
4451 99.3
1197 94.9
662 93.6

[Justin Montois]

We're going LIVE at the top of the hour! Please join us!

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[sergioCorral842]

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Team 842 will be revealing their robot on the show as well, so make sure to tune in!

[Mike Starke]

In case you missed it, here's (http://youtu.be/xt8fDDDCvkU) the archive form last night's show!

[MARS_James]

Did Pink Team really get 233 points or were you all being cheeky? Lol

[Justin Montois]

Did Pink Team really get 233 points or were you all being cheeky? Lol

The pink team really did receive 233 voting points! 359 achieved 360 points, so close!

[Mr. Tatorscout]

"No offense to Utah..." Justin! When you have to preface something with that you are setting yourself up to imply something offensive. I'm trying to keep things positive, but remarks like that make it a little difficult. So, I'll just say, please come visit a Utah regional sometime instead of assuming that it's weak. You do a disservice to all of those Utah regional teams who've worked so hard all season just to be dismissed by you and be surprised that so many alliances could put up so many points in Elims. Next year, I expect to see you there, watching it happen so you can speak from personal experience.

[Justin Montois]

"No offense to Utah..." Justin! When you have to preface something with that you are setting yourself up to imply something offensive. I'm trying to keep things positive, but remarks like that make it a little difficult. So, I'll just say, please come visit a Utah regional sometime instead of assuming that it's weak. You do a disservice to all of those Utah regional teams who've worked so hard all season just to be dismissed by you and be surprised that so many alliances could put up so many points in Elims. Next year, I expect to see you there, watching it happen so you can speak from personal experience.

To be clear, I admire your enthusiasm for your area, and I don't doubt there are good teams there. However, I believe that many people were surprised by the numbers that were scored in the elimination rounds. I wasn't trying to be offensive (Hence, "No Offense") but I was being honest.

For the past 5 years, Mike and I have asked teams to send us information about their area so we can use it on the show. This would be a perfect opportunity for you to tell us about all the great teams that I wish we had the time to research ourselves. Another cool thing that would help would be to organize a rapid posting of match videos so that it's easy for people to watch the great matches played in Utah this past weekend. I don't think it's much of a coincidence that Canada, California, and Michigan, three of the most well known regions in FIRST also have the highest quality webcasts and the quickest posting of their match videos. Bringing worldwide attention to your region isn't easy, but there is a lot of support available if you're willing to put in the work.

We were glad to have Team Tators on the Top 25 again and good luck in Arizona.

[Mr. Tatorscout]

Fair enough. Utah regional is on YouTube, but the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Guess I never realized the importance of trying to sell a regional. I still invite you to come next year. I don't think you will be disappointed. And the scenery is beautiful, too.

[Justin Montois]

Fair enough. Utah regional is on YouTube, but the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Guess I never realized the importance of trying to sell a regional. I still invite you to come next year. I don't think you will be disappointed. And the scenery is beautiful, too.

If I had the time and money I would love too! Mike and I wish we could be at a different event every week, trust me. :cool: