2016 Carson Subdivision

[jajabinx124]

Quals schedule here (https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2016manuals/Championship/Schedule_Carson.pdf).

List here (http://frc-events.usfirst.org/2016/CARSON).


11 MORT Flanders, New Jersey
41 RoboWarriors Warren, New Jersey
51 The Wings of Fire Pontiac, Michigan
60 Bionic Bulldogs Kingman, Arizona
135 Penn Robotics Mishawaka, Indiana
225 TechFire York, Pennsylvania
233 The Pink Team Rockledge/Cocoa Beach, Florida
296 Northern Knights Montréal, Québec
319 Big Bad Bob Alton, New Hampshire
525 Swartdogs Cedar Falls, Iowa
610 Crescent Robotics Toronto, Ontario
746 Gearheads Torornto, Ontario
868 TechHOUNDS Carmel, Indiana
904 D cubed Grand Rapids, Michigan
973 Greybots Atascadero, California
1024 Kil-A-Bytes Indianapolis, Indiana
1126 SPARX Webster, New York
1137 Rocket Sauce Mathews, Virginia
1156 Under Control Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
1159 Ramona Rampage Alhambra, California
1258 SeaBot Seattle, Washington
1369 Minotaur Tampa, Florida
1533 Triple Strange Greensboro, North Carolina
1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics Longmont, Colorado
1718 The Fighting Pi Armada, Michigan
1918 NC GEARS Fremont, Michigan
1939 THE KUHNIGITS Kansas City, Missouri
1987 Broncobots Lee’s Summit, Missouri
2052 KnightKrawler New Brighton, Minnesota
2067 Apple Pi Guilford, Connecticut
2122 Team Tators Boise, Idaho
2137 TORC Oxford, Michigan
2202 BEAST Robotics Brookfield, Wisconsin
2403 Plasma Robotics Mesa, Arizona
2445 RoboKAP Kapolei, Hawaii
2474 Excel Niles, Michigan
2485 WARLords San Diego, California
2486 CocoNuts Flagstaff, Arizona
2526 Crimson Robotics Maple Grove, Minnesota
2590 Nemesis Robbinsville, New Jersey
2655 The Flying Platypi Colfax, North Carolina
2761 IronHorse Robotics Fresno, California
2771 Code Red Robotics the Stray Dogs Grandville , Michigan
2978 Cavaliers St. Louis, Missouri
2996 Cougars Gone Wired Colorado Springs, Colorado
3021 The Agency Escondido, California
3352 Flaming Monkeys 4-H Robotics Club Belvidere, Illinois
3538 RoboJackets Auburn Hills, Michigan
3688 Norsemen Suttons Bay, Michigan
3824 HVA RoHAWKtics Knoxville, Tennessee
3970 Duncan Dynamics Fresno, California
4026 Global Dynamics Decatur, Georgia
4028 The Beak Squad Cincinnati, Ohio
4121 Vikings North Canton, Ohio
4131 Iron Patriots Renton, Washington
4135 Iron Patriots Modesto, California
4264 The Fellowship of the Springs Rogersville, Tennessee
4362 Gems Brighton, Michigan
4592 M3 Mighty Mechanical Mustangs Hollywood, Florida
5084 Team FridgeBot Corunna, Michigan
5167 Vi-Bots Marysville, Michigan
5332 Toaster Tech Decatur, Georgia
5454 Wild Fire Rogers, Arkansas
5572 ROSBOTS San Antonio, Texas
5663 Ground Control Perth, Western Australia
5712 Hemlock's Gray Matter Hemlock, Michigan
5879 Shadow of Orion Beijing, Beijing
5895 Peddie School Robotics Hightstown, New Jersey
5897 Apex Robotics Calgary, Alberta
5907 CC Shambots Novi, Michigan
5913 Patriotics Pequot Lakes, Minnesota
5931 Bots of Prey Caldwell, Idaho
6025 Adroit Androids Istanbul, Istanbul
6098 bIrobot Beaver Island, Michigan
6144 Angelbots Gold El Paso, Texas


Team 2052 KnightKrawler is excited to compete in the Carson division this year. There are a lotta good teams and I can't wait until next week!

[Brad Hanel]

Team 1126 is looking forward to seeing you all on Carson! :D

Be sure to inform yourselves on our glorious leader. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson)

[Leila Silver]

There are some good teams on this field (233, 610, 2122, etc). Pretty deep! Eliminations are going to be very fun to watch.

[TheBoulderite]

Looks like a great division! Lots of good teams, I'm excited to see how the competition turns out! I'm looking forward to seeing and meeting you all in half a week!

[Edxu]

Looking forward to see our good friends MORT 11 from the Hawaii regional last year, Northern Knights 296 from GTRE and an old face in Coconuts 2486 from 2014, our old alliance captain.

Looks like a pretty decent division!

[Liam Fay]

Happy to see that 51 and 1918, our 2014 Archimedes alliance partners, are here with us again! Looks like a stellar division.

[Josh F.]

Carson subdivision is going to be fun! There's a lot of teams my team hasn't met before, so I'm glad that we'll get the chance.

Shout out to team 6144 Angelbots Gold for us being the only two Texas teams in Carson :D #Represent!

I would also like to say that I'll be glad to see teams:
6025 Adroit Androids from Istanbul, Istanbul
5897 Apex Robotics from Calgary, Alberta
5879 Shadow of Orion from Beijing, Beijing
5663 Ground Control from Perth, Western Australia
1156 Under Control from Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
746 Gearheads from Torornto, Ontario
610 Crescent Robotics from Toronto, Ontario
and 296 Northern Knights from Montréal, Québec

Of course I'll be glad to see all the teams, but one of the things I've always loved about FIRST is meeting teams from other countries.
I want to wish a good luck to everyone on Carson, and cheers to a great season!

[samthesnake]

The Cyborg Cats created a global sheet for all teams going to worlds. It is currently being updated on a per division basis. It is found here. (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F9E708D6DA8DCC02!508&authkey=!AG-mu6LGdUM4LmE&ithint=file%2cxlsx)

[Josh F.]

The Cyborg Cats created a global sheet for all teams going to worlds. It is currently being updated on a per division basis. It is found here. (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F9E708D6DA8DCC02!508&authkey=!AG-mu6LGdUM4LmE&ithint=file%2cxlsx)

That's a pretty impressive sheet! Is that what y'all plan on using for your scouting, or is that just to act as a database for numbers?

[AdamHeard]

Interesting division, almost exclusively blockable low shooters. I expect to see a lot of easy defense here able to greatly affect match outcomes.

[araniaraniratul]

Interesting division, almost exclusively blockable low shooters. I expect to see a lot of easy defense here able to greatly affect match outcomes.

I'd take a closer look

[jajabinx124]

Interesting division, almost exclusively blockable low shooters. I expect to see a lot of easy defense here able to greatly affect match outcomes.

I'd take a closer look

I think there are many courtyard shooters IMO.. that's where the easy defense comes in when bots can push other bots around. Outerwork shooters will be highly valuable.

[Josh F.]

I think there are many courtyard shooters IMO.. that's where the easy defense comes in when bots can push other bots around. Outerwork shooters will be highly valuable.

I can agree with you there. As the season has gone on, more and more teams have learned how to properly defend the courtyard. There are a lot of teams that can shoot really well and really consistently, but the fact that some of them are required to be in particular places, at particular distances can really change their match shot averages whilst against a good defender.

Never the less, this subdivision is gonna be fun for scouts!

[AdamHeard]

I'd take a closer look

Took another look, still mostly blockable teams.

[rich2202]

Quals schedule here (https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2016manuals/Championship/Schedule_Carson.pdf).



Thanks!
Any practice match schedule?

[Josh F.]

Thanks!
Any practice match schedule?

Do they usually post the practice match schedules? I may just be blind or clueless(because that's never out of the question), but I have never been able to find a physical list. It's a little frustrating for the scout team, we just end up skipping practice matches and just focus on qualification matches.

[jajabinx124]

Do they usually post the practice match schedules? I may just be blind or clueless(because that's never out of the question), but I have never been able to find a physical list. It's a little frustrating for the scout team, we just end up skipping practice matches and just focus on qualification matches.

I don't think they do. They just hand the practice match schedule to your team Wednesday morning to my knowledge.

[Josh F.]

I don't think they do. They just hand the practice match schedule to your team Wednesday morning to my knowledge.

Okay, that would make more sense as to why I can never figure it out. Thanks!

[efoote868]

135, 868 and 1024 are going to represent Indiana! This will be fun to watch!

[tindleroot]

135, 868 and 1024 are going to represent Indiana! This will be fun to watch!

It's funny...the past few years, 135 has been in very Indiana-influential divisions. 2014, we were in Curie with 447, 1501, and 3301. Last year, we were with 234 and 5403 (taking seeds 2 and 3 together, and 5403 also made elims). Now 135 gets to play with 868 and 1024, which are again two of Indiana's best.

Carson also has a pretty good international representation this year. There are several Canadian teams (more than usual, or do a lot usually make it?), as well as a team from Brazil, Turkey, Australia, and China.

[Edxu]

It's funny...the past few years, 135 has been in very Indiana-influential divisions. 2014, we were in Curie with 447, 1501, and 3301. Last year, we were with 234 and 5403 (taking seeds 2 and 3 together, and 5403 also made elims). Now 135 gets to play with 868 and 1024, which are again two of Indiana's best.

Carson also has a pretty good international representation this year. There are several Canadian teams (more than usual, or do a lot usually make it?), as well as a team from Brazil, Turkey, Australia, and China.

I'm pretty sure that it's less than usual, at least it is for me. In 2015 Curie, there were 5 Canadian teams, in Newton 2014 there were 6 Canadian teams and in 2013 Galileo, there were 10 Canadian teams.

However, the drop can be partially attributed to the +4 divisions I guess, but I think that there are still a lot of Canadian teams at Worlds this year.

[ghesla]

1156 is very excited to play in Carson representing Brazil! Will be a lot of fun.
Qual 27 will be nice to watch.

[Josh F.]

I'm pretty sure that it's less than usual, at least it is for me. In 2015 Curie, there were 5 Canadian teams, in Newton 2014 there were 6 Canadian teams and in 2013 Galileo, there were 10 Canadian teams.

However, the drop can be partially attributed to the +4 divisions I guess, but I think that there are still a lot of Canadian teams at Worlds this year.

I can agree with you there, 2015 Curie WAS very diverse. I'm sure it does have a lot to do with the addition of divisions. That probably means that these next couple seasons are gonna make it feel sparse with diversity, since they're spreading out even more with Championships.

[Ben Martin]

225 is looking forward to playing with the other great Carson teams!

Out of the last four years we've went to champs, this will be the third time we're in the same division/subdivision as 973 and 2052. 3rd year in a row for 973.

[TechWaffle]

Good luck to all the teams on the Carson subdivision!

[Koko Ed]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154230492164444&set=pcb.10154230494434444&type=3&theater

[vikesrock777]

Quals schedule here (https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2016manuals/Championship/Schedule_Carson.pdf).

List here (http://frc-events.usfirst.org/2016/CARSON).


Blah blah big list of teams...
5931 Bots of Prey Caldwell, Idaho
Few more teams...



In comparing the team list in the link with what you have, it appears as if we have replaced 5931 with 1625. Prepare to Winnovate?

I wonder if that means they'll be rerunning quals schedules, or just replacing every instance of 5931 with 1625. Anyone know if there is precedent for this?

[ATannahill]

In comparing the team list in the link with what you have, it appears as if we have replaced 5931 with 1625. Prepare to Winnovate?

I wonder if that means they'll be rerunning quals schedules, or just replacing every instance of 5931 with 1625. Anyone know if there is precedent for this?
The precedent is to scrap the old schedule and run a new one, that would happen if a team didn't show up to a regional. The FMS does not have the ability built in to do a straight team replacement in quals. The creators of the system might have a trick up their sleeves.

[ghesla]

http://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2016/CARSON/practice

Practices are online.

Anyone know something about the new schedule?

[mwtidd]

I don't think they do. They just hand the practice match schedule to your team Wednesday morning to my knowledge.

I had to try to figure out the URL myself. The navigation paths on the FRC Results pages aren't the most intuitive.

http://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2016/CARSON/practice

[Joey1939]

Pit Admin just confirmed that a new match schedule will be generated when all teams have arrived.

[mwmac]

Pit Admin just confirmed that a new match schedule will be generated when all teams have arrived.

Time to make a sacrifice to the scheduling gods...

[Cullenwelch88]

Are we able to watch the practice matches today?

[tr6scott]

https://www.twitch.tv/first_carson

[tr6scott]

does anyond know the status of the schedule.

[Mastonevich]

Not going to lie, a new schedule sounds pretty good when we were calculated to have the 4th hardest on Frcdivisions.co. I wish scheduling could be more balanced, as that is just better to watch.

[Cullenwelch88]

Not going to lie, a new schedule sounds pretty good when we were calculated to have the 4th hardest on Frcdivisions.co. I wish scheduling could be more balanced, as that is just better to watch.


Where do I find the final schedule which have been confirmed? Can anyone paste a link?

Thank you

[Mastonevich]

From a post above, it will be generated when all teams are on site.

[forbes]

Where do I find the final schedule which have been confirmed? Can anyone paste a link?

Thank you

Will be here: http://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2016/CARSON/qualifications

Other divisions are getting their official match schedules posted now.

[maddy233]

Super Bummed about not getting to go to champs... but cheering on my team from home! :D :D

[forbes]

The new schedule has been released.

[efoote868]

Ouch... TechHOUNDS went from a relatively easy schedule to tied for 2nd most difficult. Here's to hoping that season OPR doesn't translate to performance at the Championship :ahh:

[mwmac]

stream still down:(

[mwtidd]

stream still down:(

appears to be back up now.

[mwmac]

appears to be back up now.

Yup, just in time for lunch...:)

[Qcom]

I'm so proud of 2996 this year, keeping it in the top 20! Championship is such a great expirience, i'm glad they made it.

Overall, carson has had some impressive players in it. I look forward to watching Einstein tomorrow!

[YoJoe360]

It's been an unbelievable 2 days. I can't wait to see alliance selection tomorrow.

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[sastoller]

Time to make a sacrifice to the scheduling gods...

Looks like we sacrificed enough potatoes!

[TheBoulderite]

I had a blast during this last week, and all of us from 1619 had a ton of fun competing with some really great teams. Congratulations to teams 2122, 2052, 3538, and 41 on winning! Thanks to our awesome alliance partners, 525, 4028, and 3352! We had a great run, and got close to the finals! I'd also like to give a shoutout to teams 225, 1024, and 5895. They had incredible robots, and I was impressed by them. Good luck on Einsteins, guys!

[jajabinx124]

Team 2052 KnightKrawler had a blast competing in the Carson subdivision this year which was filled with high caliber teams. A huge shout out to our alliance partners Team 2122 The Tators, Team 3538 RoboJackets, and 41 RoboWarriors. (especially Team 2122 The Tators for picking us) It was a wild ride to Einstein and it certainly was a great ending to champs this year for 2052! I'd also like to congratulate the Finalist alliance which consisted of Team 5895 (seriously.. these guys are rookies and were stunning to compete against. Future powerhouses for sure), Team 1024, Team 233, and Team 3688. I also want to give another shout out to the 7th seeded alliance consisting of Team 1619, Team 525, Team 4028, and Team 3352. This alliance was putting up 60 point autos and they were killing it in teleop during quarters and I thought they would go into the Finals for sure, but due to some issues with 4028 they had to put a backup in and they lost in semis.

Overall, this was a thrilling 4th year at championships for me as a senior on our team! I'm feeling the blues that this is the last year going to championships as a student on 2052 for me, but I'm happy our team ended it in such a fashion. :o

EDIT (thought of this later to add to post):
Also, our vision processing broke down after quarters 2 at Carson. Our driver was adjusting manually to shoot into the high goal using cross-hairs for the rest of Carson elims and Einstein quarter-finals.

[lovelj]

Looks like we sacrificed enough potatoes!

Congrats on a great tournament Taters. 3824 looks forward to playing with you, rather than against you, hopefully sometime soon!

[russellgoldman]

Team 610 had a great time competing with you all in Carson. A special thanks goes out to our alliance partners, Team 973: Greybots, Team 2474: Excel and Team 319: Big Bad Bob. It was a pleasure to work with you all!

Finally, congratulations to the Carson Division Winners (2122, 2052, 3538, 41) for their amazing performance this weekend!

We hope to see many of you next year in St. Louis!

[Mr. Tatorscout]

Congrats on a great tournament Taters. 3824 looks forward to playing with you, rather than against you, hopefully sometime soon!

Thanks a bunch. Looking forward to seeing RoHawktics in Houston next year!