THE FIRST AND ONLY PALMETTO FANTASY FIRST LEAGUE (so far!)

[Billfred]

Alright, so I couldn't let my home regional go unmentioned. It's quite an impressive list (http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-lay=web&-format=team_list.htm&event=SC&event%20year=2005&status=registered&-sortfield=team%20id&-max=all&-find), IMHO. (I hear there's this one team going there, twelve-ninety-something, that's got some hot stuff coming up. :])

There are 40 teams signed up, so I'm going to set the size of the league at twelve, just in case anyone drops at the last second. (To paraphrase Wyclef Jean, when you walk into the Palmetto, anything can happen. What, what, say what, say what, anything can happen.)

Standard Fantasy FIRST rules apply, and since nobody had mentioned how they'll handle it...

If a standby robot is drafted, their efforts on the field will count for them, not the team that they replace. So, who's game?

(signs himself up in the first slot)

See? The slots are going so fast, they're getting picked before I can even post the message! :D

<edit>By the way, the draft will be after ship date. Everyone's insane enough already without Fantasy FIRST to add the gasoline.

[Koko Ed]

Of course I'm in.

[Corey Balint]

Ill definitely take a spot in this one.

[Arefin Bari]

I am game. :)

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Sign me up too

[Alex Cormier]

hey hey count tisk one in

[Goobergunch]

Consider me in.

[Alex Cormier]

SO FAR
Billfred
Koko Ed
Corey Balint
Arefin Bari
MATT kaplan108
Pit bull 1126
Goobergunch

[Billfred]

Alright, so now the team list for Palmetto has jumped to 43, so I'm willing to add a 13th (and 14th, if someone really presents a moving reason why) to the list.

Surely y'all want a piece of this action.

[tkwetzel]

Sign me up.

[Collmandoman]

count me in =)

[Alex Cormier]

SO FAR
1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

5 more spots open!

[tiffany34990]

okies i'm in for this too

this time arefin didn't make me do this... ;)
this time... yes another time.. Billfred did it.... :ahh:

what am i gonna do with you guys :confused:

[Alex Cormier]

SO FAR
1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.tiffany34990
11.
12.
13.
14.

4 more spots open!

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I suppose I'll join too :) Arefin wants me to join Florida, but Palmetto has better tea.

[Dorienne]

I'm game...I'll try this out! =) GENIA! TIFF! We're the only girls doin' this? Man this is sad...let's recruit some more chicks into this.

[Alex Cormier]

SO FAR
1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.tiffany34990
11.Eugenia Gabrielov
12.Dorienne Plait
13.
14.

2 more spots open!

[Arefin Bari]

I suppose I'll join too :) Arefin wants me to join Florida, but Palmetto has better tea.


No no no... you are just saying it now, just because you can't get into Florida one anymore. :)

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Dori's up there too...

[Dorienne]

Dori's up there too...

He got me no worries. =D

[Billfred]

So we've now got (same as above, but still)...

1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.tiffany34990
11.Eugenia Gabrielov
12.Dorienne Plait
13.
14.

And we'll run the points as described here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=345258&postcount=4). I'm toying with the idea of making Rookie All-Star worth 24 as well (same as Chairman's), but I'd like to get some group input. Thoughts?

[Alex Cormier]

yea, i posted it and went wow another one already...

yay thats my post. i like the thought of making it a 24 pointer due to the fact that we will have at least one rookie for each alliance.

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

No no no... you are just saying it now, just because you can't get into Florida one anymore. :)

I didn't even look at the Florida one sweetheart. :) Sorry. SAd to know I can't get in it tho...

[Billfred]

Just for reference, Alex's post was updated to reflect 15 for Rookie All-Star, which is fine with me (unless that'll cause half the league to bail out).

[Billfred]

Alright, just to get some dates on your calendar...

I'm going to close signups on the Monday after next (which would be March 14), with a draft occuring March 18th, which is the Friday of Week 3 of regionals. If you are competing that weekend, or just otherwise can't make it, you can either PM me your rank-ordering of teams (team list here (http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-lay=web&-format=team_list.htm&event=SC&event%20year=2005&status=registered&-sortfield=team%20id&-max=all&-find)) before then or submit to luck of the draw, courtesy of my TI-83 Plus. Any trades are allowed between you actually having a team to trade and 9:00 PM March 30 (the night before Palmetto).

[Elgin Clock]

Is it too late for me to sign up?

[Billfred]

Not at all...

1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.tiffany34990
11.Eugenia Gabrielov
12.Dorienne Plait
13.Elgin Clock
14.

One spot left! Get it while you can!

[jessjank.]

Can I take the last spot?

[Billfred]

I dunno, can you? :D

1.Billfred
2.Koko Ed
3.Corey Balint
4.Arefin Bari
5.MATT kaplan108
6.Pit bull 1126
7.Goobergunch
8.tkwetzel
9.Collmandoman
10.tiffany34990
11.Eugenia Gabrielov
12.Dorienne Plait
13.Elgin Clock
14.jessjank.

That ends the signups...the draft order will be as follows:

Round 1 (picked at random by my calculator):
Dorienne Plait
Koko Ed
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

Round 2 (Round 1 reversed):
Corey Balint
Tkwetzel
Goobergunch
Tiffany34990
Collmandoman
Jessjank.
Pit bull 1126
Arefin Bari
Elgin Clock
MATT_kaplan108
Billfred
Eugenia Gabrielov
Koko Ed
Dorienne Plait

Round 3 (Random again):
Goobergunch
Jessjank.
Tkwetzel
Collmandoman
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Koko Ed
Pit bull 1126
Dorienne Plait
Elgin Clock
Corey Balint
Tiffany34990
Arefin Bari

<Edit>After looking at how the other leagues are doing it, I'll open things up for folks to draft now as they happen to come to the board, with the clock-driven drafting coming during Week 3. With that said...

Dorienne Plait........GO!
Koko Ed
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

<edit again> And the team list is here (http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-lay=web&-format=team_list.htm&event=SC&event%20year=2005&status=registered&-sortfield=team%20id&-max=all&-find).

[jessjank.]

I dunno, can you? :D

Well apparently I can, thank you very much! : P

[Corey Balint]

Round 1 (picked at random by my calculator):
Dorienne Plait
Koko Ed
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint




Wow, i hope a certain team drops lower here, then it did in another FF.

[Dorienne]

Okie doke..I choose Team 25..I got faith in my buddies! <3
;)

[Billfred]

Round 1:
Dorienne Plait.........25
Koko Ed................GO!!
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

[Corey Balint]

Okie doke..I choose Team 25..I got faith in my buddies! <3
;)
Wow...Second time this year...interesting...I am kind of scared now.

[Billfred]

You shouldn't be scared--be happy that people think so highly of your team as to steal your team's point-amassing abilities from you! :D

Man, this'll be an interesting draft.

[Bharat Nain]

Wow...Second time this year...interesting...I am kind of scared now.
Guys, stop picking Team 25.. Not like Corey and I know how to drive anyway.. we are the drivers entirely by luck:rolleyes:

[Billfred]

Guys, stop picking Team 25.. Not like Corey and I know how to drive anyway.. we are the drivers entirely by luck:rolleyes:
In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.
By the way, Ed's still up.

[Koko Ed]

By the way, Ed's still up.
The page is down. I don't even know who is there.

[Billfred]

Touché.

Here's the team list...


11
34
86
147
157
179
180
247
281
301
312
337
342
343
415
507
582
588
665
803
804
807
845
900
1026
1028
1051
1102
1251
1287
1293
1302
1319
1320
1336
1398
1436
1466
1539
1553
1618
1650

(I went ahead and pulled off 25, as it's been picked. If you need team names and such, IM/PM me...for the early rounds, I figured numbers should handle most of the group.)

[Koko Ed]

I'll take 343.

[Billfred]

Alright, then...


Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov GO!!
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

[Corey Balint]

Wow...i just noticed im last... :(

Maybe i can pull a huge comeback. :cool:

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I think I'll go with 180

[Billfred]

Well that screws me up...I'll pick 179.
(And woe to the person who picks 1293 before my turn comes around again. :D)


Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 179
MATT_kaplan108 GO!!
Elgin Clock
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Team 312- Heatwave!

[Billfred]

Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 179
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock GO!!
Arefin Bari
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

[Elgin Clock]

Going on several instincts, a few coincidences, and a post I read today, my first pick will be:

Team 157 - Aztechs

[Billfred]

By the way, you can get an updated team list at:

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Billfred]

Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 179
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari GO!!
Pit bull 1126
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint


http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Arefin Bari]

I pick team 1293.

[Corey Balint]

I pick team 1293.
THATS A BURN!!!

[Alex Cormier]

I pick team 1293.
you shall discontinue that team till the second round....

[Billfred]

And in what might just be the fastest trade in Fantasy FIRST history, Arefin has traded 1293 for 179.

Furthermore, Pit bull 1126 selects 281.


Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 1293
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari 179
Pit bull 1126 281
Jessjank. GO!!
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint


http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Arefin Bari]

And in what might just be the fastest trade in Fantasy FIRST history, Arefin has traded 1293 for 179.


Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 1293
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari 179
Pit bull 1126 GO!!
Jessjank.
Collmandoman
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint


http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt


HECK YEA... CHILDREN OF THE SWAMP!!!!!!

Whose mean... Whose green... SWAMPTHING.

[Corey Balint]

Okie doke..I choose Team 25..I got faith in my buddies! <3
;)

Interested in trading at all. :cool:

[Alex Cormier]

Interested in trading at all. :cool:
DON'T TRADE 25!

[Dorienne]

Haha nupe sorry buddy. <3 ya though!

DON'T TRADE 25!

Heck no! =P

[Arefin Bari]

Jess isn't going to be online for a while so I am picking for Jess...

She would like to pick team 665.

[Billfred]

Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 1293
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari 179
Pit bull 1126 281
Jessjank. 665
Collmandoman GO!!
Tiffany34990
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Collmandoman]

1466

[Billfred]

Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 1293
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari 179
Pit bull 1126 281
Jessjank. 665
Collmandoman 1466
Tiffany34990 GO!!
Goobergunch
Tkwetzel
Corey Balint


http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

By the way, starting Monday at 6:00 AM, I'm going to go ahead and start a 12-hour time limit before going to the List of Fate. (Why 6:00 AM? So if whoever is next has school or work, they have until 6:00 PM to get their pick in.)

[tiffany34990]

okies me choose...34


next victim is up i'm done...

[Goobergunch]

I'll select team 11.

[Billfred]

Duly noted...and tkwetzel sent me a list, which reads 1028 as his pick.

With that...


Round 1: Selection 1
Dorienne Plait 25
Koko Ed 343
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Billfred 1293
MATT_kaplan108 312
Elgin Clock 157
Arefin Bari 179
Pit bull 1126 281
Jessjank. 665
Collmandoman 1466
Tiffany34990 34
Goobergunch 11
Tkwetzel 1028
Corey Balint GO!!

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Corey Balint]

1051 and 1251

[Billfred]

And Tyler picks 247 by way of the list.

So, enter round two...


Round 2: Selection 1 Selection 2
Corey Balint 1051 1251
Tkwetzel 1028 247
Goobergunch 11 GO!!
Tiffany34990 34
Collmandoman 1466
Jessjank. 665
Pit bull 1126 281
Arefin Bari 179
Elgin Clock 157
MATT_kaplan108 312
Billfred 1293
Eugenia Gabrielov 180
Koko Ed 343
Dorienne Plait 25


http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

I'm gonna work on this formatting thing.

[Goobergunch]

I'll select team 900.

[Billfred]

Alright, since for some reason I can get a text file to outdo the code tags on the forums, all of the information is right here:

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

Tiffany is next.

[tiffany34990]

okies i choose... 342

[Collmandoman]

147

[Billfred]

And Jess picks 86.

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

Alex is up.

[Billfred]

Alex picked 1102, Arefin picked 845.

Elgin is up.

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

<edit>Woohoo!! 1,293 posts!!</edit>

[Elgin Clock]

By process of Eany Meany Miney Moe, I have selected team 507.


<wish the FIRST site was up so I can see who the heck team 507 is>
<Oops.. CD Crashed when I first submitted this.. :ahh:>

[Billfred]

Got the update: http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

Matt is up next, followed by me, Genia, Ed, and Dori, in that order.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

I choose 301

[Billfred]

I'm going to pick 1319. I think that they're gonna come with it at Palmetto.

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I'll go for 1302

[Billfred]

Updated: http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

Ed's up. Remember, the twelve-hour clock starts at 6:00 AM (Eastern).

[Billfred]

The clock is up, and the List of Fate picks team 337 for Ed.

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt has been updated. Dori will be ending Round 2.

[Billfred]

Dori picks 1026. Updated through Round 2 (http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt)

The round 3 order, if you've forgotten...
Goobergunch
Jessjank.
Tkwetzel
Collmandoman
Eugenia Gabrielov
Billfred
MATT_kaplan108
Koko Ed
Pit bull 1126
Dorienne Plait
Elgin Clock
Corey Balint
Tiffany34990
Arefin Bari

Goobergunch is up.

[Goobergunch]

I'll select team 1398.

[Billfred]

Good pick. Jess (via Arefin) picks 804. Tyler (via list) picks 415.

(updates http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt )

Collmandoman is up.

[Billfred]

Collmandoman selects 807 thanks to the List of Fate.

http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt is updated.

Genia is next, then me, then Matt and Ed.

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

1436 is my pick.

[Billfred]

Genia picks 1436, and I select 1650.

Matt is up, the file (http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt) is updated.

[Billfred]

Hmm...it seems that the draft stalled while I was in Florida.

That said, I'm going to restart the twelve-hour clock. Matt is still up.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

582 is my pick

[Billfred]

(wonders how the heck he missed this post)

Updated http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt

Ed's up.

[Koko Ed]

I'll take 588.

[Billfred]

Alex is up. (http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt)

[Alex Cormier]

803

[Dorienne]

I got 1553, dude. =D

[Elgin Clock]

I guess I'm up.. and I choose.

Leet's little annoying brother:

1336.

Go Leeb!! :rolleyes:

[Billfred]

Corey's up. (http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt)

[Corey Balint]

1539 looks good.

[tiffany34990]

okies i pick 1618

thanks to my crazy logic and arefin's random picking..thanks arefin :)

next victim...

[Billfred]

And Arefin picks 1287.

Thus, the drafting is done...the final list is at http://www.wuscchallenge.com/remainingteams.txt (note the irony that the final picks are at remainingteams.txt).

The trading deadline is Wednesday night at 9:00 PM. Remember, one for one.

<Edit>And if anyone wants to trade for 1320, the sole remaining team, that trade will be automatically approved.</edit>

[Billfred]

NEWS FLASH!

I was looking at the FIRST team list today, and it appears that two teams have dropped Palmetto.

Teams 147 (Collmandoman, round 2) and 1436 (Genia, round 3) are no longer on FIRST's list, but there's only one team still in the draft pool. And since the draft is completed, I think it'd be quite silly to drop the last person in (jessjank.) now.

Here's my proposal: In the place of 147 and 1436, create two dummy teams, 8888 and 9999. Each of them will score the average score of all the teams over the course of the regional.

Thoughts? Comments?

[Alex Cormier]

NEWS FLASH!

I was looking at the FIRST team list today, and it appears that two teams have dropped Palmetto.

Teams 147 (Collmandoman, round 2) and 1436 (Genia, round 3) are no longer on FIRST's list, but there's only one team still in the draft pool. And since the draft is completed, I think it'd be quite silly to drop the last person in (jessjank.) now.

Here's my proposal: In the place of 147 and 1436, create two dummy teams, 8888 and 9999. Each of them will score the average score of all the teams over the course of the regional.

Thoughts? Comments?
how about you give both of them the one team who is left over? (saving time for you)

[tkwetzel]

You could also allow each of them to pick another team that was picked in the same round that the now defunct team was picked in and just have two people with those teams. Unless of course, either or both of them want the left over team.

[Billfred]

Alright, here's the only way I can see to do this.

Genia and Collmandoman can either go average score, take 1320, or carbon-copy a round team in the same round of picking (Round 2 for Collmandoman, Round 3 for Genia).

Either way, I need to know by the time I get off the air tomorrow night (10:00 PM). PM/IM/send smoke signals/spot me at Palmetto, as appropriate.

[jessjank.]

...I think it'd be quite silly to drop the last person in (jessjank.) now.


I'm fine with being dropped. It's no problem really and if it makes things easier I'm cool with it! :) I know it's past your requested time for a response, but if you are still in search of a solution and since you haven't responded with any solution you can randomly give the two of them each one of my teams or something. Hope that helps.

[Billfred]

(drags himself into his room from the Palmetto team social, ears still ringing and miscellaneous soreness everywhere)

Well, since nobody else mentioned anything else, I'm just going to plug 1320 in for both Genia and Collmandoman. (I don't recall them doing too bad today.)

Hopefully it won't mess the math up too much! :D

[Billfred]

Alright, now the regional's done, and it's time for everyone to rest and relax...except for me.

I'll be scoring it up tonight, using the most recent version of the scoring for regionals. It happens to look like this:

20....1st seed
12....2nd and 3rd seed
6......4th through 8th
3......9th through 12th
2......12th through 16th

15.....Rookie All-Star
10.....Rooke Inspiration
8......Woodie Flowers

4......Quarter finalists
10.....Semifinalists
20.....Finalists
30.....Winners
36......EI
42....Chairmans

2......Win(s)
-2.....Loss(es)
1......Tie(s)
8.......Highest score / Highest Rookie Seed

5....... Judges Award
2.......for every non-placement award, except previously mentioned

It'll be up later tonight, probably as a white paper.

[Billfred]

And they're up...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/papers.php?action=single&paperid=481

For those without Excel (cough)openoffice.org(cough), here's the final scores:


Username Score
Corey Balint 135
Arefin Bari 69
Dorienne Plait 67
Collmandoman 66
Tiffany34990 66
MATT_kaplan108 48
Koko Ed 31
Goobergunch 27
Eugenia Gabrielov 26
Elgin Clock 20
Jessjank. 7
Pit bull 1126 2
Billfred -10
Tkwetzel -14

Memo to self: Never, ever trade 179 away again.

[tkwetzel]

Awesome...thanks for the quick results Billfred! Wow...I never thought I would do so poorly in any FF league. Negative points :ahh:.

[Corey Balint]

Wow, my 2nd league that i have dominated in...hehe. Thanks for the attempt at competition all...jk jk. Greatly run league, and congrats to all that participated.