Best matches to watch?

[johnr]

I am by no means an expert on FRC so if you could post the must see matches here it would help alot of people out with time management. Myself, i would like to know if 2337 will have a chance of getting a suspension.

[pakrat]

Match 100 in Curie Should be interesting. 111 ,888, and 469 vs 1114, 231, and 288.

[Janucik]

Newton match 87 - (910, 525, 932 vs 67, 668, 971) should be a pretty decent match.

[ttldomination]

I am by no means an expert on FRC so if you could post the must see matches here it would help alot of people out with time management. Myself, i would like to know if 2337 will have a chance of getting a suspension.

Team Krunch was on Galileo trying to work with team 100 on getting a suspension. They were having some trouble, but with Krunch's extremely high elevation and their fold out side bars, I believe they will get one.

[Dmentor]

Using 1114's least squares calculations, I estimated the final scores of all the matches and then ranked them based on total and delta scores. In case anyone cares about the details, I used the LS score from the last regional that each team participated in rather than some weighted combination. I then cross-checked the estimates from the matches that were played today and found a pretty good correlation between the predictions and the actual match scores. So encouraged, I figured I'd provide a list of potentially high scoring matches for viewing (here are the top 20):

Field Match Red 1 Red 2 Red 3 Blue 1 Blue 2 Blue 3 Red Blue Total Delta
Newton 87 910 525 932 67 668 971 12.2 17.4 29.7 5.2
Arch. 119 33 1111 233 254 330 45 13.5 15.2 28.7 1.7
Curie 100 469 888 111 1114 231 288 12.2 13.9 26.1 1.6
Arch. 86 2753 358 254 3256 1772 201 13.5 11.4 24.8 2.1
Curie 73 3142 2041 573 2410 2612 469 8.6 15.4 24.1 6.8
Curie 52 469 2345 2648 1912 191 1732 13.1 9.9 22.9 3.2
Newton 56 706 1208 1592 829 16 2771 12.5 9.6 22.2 2.9
Curie 122 573 2865 2583 1676 388 1986 8.9 13.0 21.9 4.2
Newton 110 801 1551 2614 67 612 772 7.6 13.8 21.4 6.2
Newton 104 3038 829 1718 842 2669 337 9.5 11.8 21.3 2.4
Arch. 87 1683 1647 1519 70 25 1503 6.4 14.6 21.0 8.2
Curie 112 2992 40 48 1114 3145 1676 4.6 16.3 20.9 11.7
Arch. 59 1622 25 330 527 1987 1629 13.7 7.2 20.9 6.6
Arch. 95 190 3157 3280 3256 33 3059 8.9 11.9 20.8 3.0
Arch. 63 1772 1124 33 1515 234 1547 16.0 4.3 20.3 11.7
Curie 141 1986 88 368 1764 2345 3145 13.0 7.2 20.3 5.8
Curie 107 231 1391 1649 1732 368 386 8.7 11.6 20.2 2.9
Newton 118 294 1073 16 3306 2669 2415 11.7 8.5 20.2 3.2
Newton 54 102 533 337 67 1902 3176 4.7 15.1 19.9 10.4
Curie 120 2630 537 3230 1391 1114 126 5.8 13.9 19.7 8.1

Several of these matches will probably be a tad one-sided though so I created a second list of high-scoring matches where the predicted score between the alliances is less than 4:

Field Match Red 1 Red 2 Red 3 Blue 1 Blue 2 Blue 3 Red Blue Total Delta
Arch. 119 33 1111 233 254 330 45 13.5 15.2 28.7 1.7
Curie 100 469 888 111 1114 231 288 12.2 13.9 26.1 1.6
Arch. 86 2753 358 254 3256 1772 201 13.5 11.4 24.8 2.1
Curie 52 469 2345 2648 1912 191 1732 13.1 9.9 22.9 3.2
Newton 56 706 1208 1592 829 16 2771 12.5 9.6 22.2 2.9
Newton 104 3038 829 1718 842 2669 337 9.5 11.8 21.3 2.4
Arch. 95 190 3157 3280 3256 33 3059 8.9 11.9 20.8 3.0
Curie 107 231 1391 1649 1732 368 386 8.7 11.6 20.2 2.9
Newton 118 294 1073 16 3306 2669 2415 11.7 8.5 20.2 3.2
Arch. 44 3403 1124 118 359 1583 330 9.6 10.0 19.7 0.4
Newton 141 308 1551 3123 1902 842 3125 9.8 9.8 19.6 0.0
Newton 77 308 1868 2137 3128 1718 525 8.3 10.9 19.2 2.6
Curie 143 624 816 1538 1126 469 340 9.0 10.2 19.2 1.2
Arch. 43 1547 3280 201 329 876 25 8.8 10.4 19.1 1.6
Arch. 83 359 1218 3411 233 190 180 9.9 8.9 18.8 1.0
Galileo 79 217 85 2122 230 1625 1446 10.1 8.7 18.8 1.4
Arch. 124 1772 1987 341 1124 70 2854 8.4 9.8 18.2 1.5
Curie 65 126 368 1649 175 138 2410 8.1 9.9 18.1 1.8
Arch. 135 1918 3157 41 329 70 2753 8.4 9.3 17.7 0.9

[David Brinza]

Archimedes #119 (33/1111/233 vs 254/330/45) on Saturday morning has "classic" written all over it. It's likely to draw attention from all of the Georgia Dome.

Curie #100 is intriguing as well, with 469 pitted against 1114. There's been plenty of speculation that 469+1114 will be playing late on Saturday.

Breakaway has generated a great deal of excitement with some awesome, thrilling, and surprising matches. Of course, the elimination matches are certain to be even more riveting.

What a way to close out FIRST Championship in Atlanta!!

[s_forbes]

I'm surprised by how many matches are great to watch despite not having big name teams in them. Everyone seems to be stepping up their game and we're seeing a lot of exciting matches and high scores.

[neilsonster]

Wow, Newton match 87 was awesome!

(red) 910/525/932 vs 67/668/971 (blue)

Blue wins 20-16.

[efoote868]

Wow, Newton match 87 was awesome!

(red) 910/525/932 vs 67/668/971 (blue)

Blue wins 20-16.

I'm glad I witnessed that on webcast. I'm still blown away at the score. And to think it would've been higher had 910 not been disabled for a good portion of the match.

[pakrat]

Well Curie Match 100 Ended up being rather exciting indeed. Not what some people expected I'm sure.

6v0 with 1114 and 111 cleaning up any balls 469 didn't score and 888 helping while 231 and 288 blocked the blue goals to make sure that no balls went in blue goals. 32-0 before penalties and 29-0 after penalties. (DOGMA becasue there were so so so so so many balls in the goals)

Edit: This match Resulted in 1114 being Launched to 1st seed and 111 being thrust up to 2nd seed.

[MooreteP]

Match 119 on Archimedes at 9:09.
Poofs, Bees, Pink, Beach.

[johnr]

Match 119 on Archimedes at 9:09.
Poofs, Bees, Pink, Beach
Now that is how you play this game! 38 points-new high

[EricH]

You guys are forgetting the Kats...

I overslept, so I'll try to watch it on video whenever the video comes out.

[IKE]

Match 119 on Archimedes at 9:09.
Poofs, Bees, Pink, Beach
Now that is how you play this game! 38 points-new high

Don't forget 45 and 1111. i.e. 254, 330, 45 vs. 233, 33, 1111 That match was an absolute blast! 1111 really did a great job as a recently converted deflector bot.;) 330 did a fantastic job seeing this and adjusting their defense. What a cool match.

[pfreivald]

We were very happy to get a tie in #110 vs. 67 -- even if the tie was due to a penalty.

Unfortunately, in #141 it was our fault that our alliance got killed, and it was largely because the warranty apparently ran out on our robot -- we dropped a chain, our kicker failed (although in post-match diagnostics it worked *fine* and we have no idea why it failed and couldn't reproduce the failure), and our tremendously reliable lift failed to lift (due to, of all things, a loose set screw).

[Zach O]

To answer your original question (which I know this is VERY late, but there was no wifi at the hotel/comp site after I got a match schedule), we did have a few chances for one suspension. Our first match, the team was too slow and wasn't able to get up in time. A few matches later we had the chance, but the team didn't come to midfield to even try to hang off of us (people think we can't hold other robots, when in reality we can hold 4, 120 lb. robots off of our bars). A few matches later, we had the chance, but due to some good defensive playing, we were just barely unable to get to the tower. And, during one of our last matches, the team put there hooks up fast enough, but missed coming from the side to try and hook. Disappointing, but oh well. There was nothing we could have done to fix it.

As for a double suspension, we had absolutely no chances for one. Watch for it during the off season though. Were hoping we can squeeze it out before the game is completely over.

[Steven Zehner]

Don't forget 45 and 1111. i.e. 254, 330, 45 vs. 233, 33, 1111 That match was an absolute blast! 1111 really did a great job as a recently converted deflector bot.;) 330 did a fantastic job seeing this and adjusting their defense. What a cool match.

I drove for 45 in Atlanta (more specifically, match 119 on Archimedes), and by far, most amazing match ever (it's up there with the 67, 111, and 45 match from last year that I also got to drive for). I think by the end of it I was shaking as much as our final match at Boilermaker with 868 and 2171. Great match and thanks to the other 5 teams for making it awesome.

[CalTran]

If you're looking for some good matches, I'd suggest not only looking at the Championship videos, but also just getting on TBA and looking at the Finals from all the different Regionals. I do suggest Michigan State Championships Qualifications Match 80. I think this is the only match of the season I've seen a suspended robot. 2959 off of 2337. Correct me if I'm wrong, I really would LOVE to see more suspensions.

[IzzieB]

Newton 87, Einstein 2, and of course the final Einstein were some of the best/most interesting I've seen.

[Chickenonastick]

Any match in Archi with Team 86 involved - man that was some funny stuff.

[Zach O]

I do suggest Michigan State Championships Qualifications Match 80. I think this is the only match of the season I've seen a suspended robot. 2959 off of 2337. Correct me if I'm wrong, I really would LOVE to see more suspensions.

TBA video is a low quality one. Here is a 1080 res one we took up in the stands (we record all of our matches, and recently ALL matches).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXxvgInsI0

[CalTran]

Definitely watch off of Youtube, just beware of the slow loading times for higher res! Plus, Youtube has a number of videos TBA doesn't.