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Kims Robot 29-01-2014 15:22

[NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
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Alright Teams, we know that there are 2 more weeks of build, AND 6 weeks of District Qualifiers before we find out who is attending the big New England Event, but WHO's EXCITED?!?!

Come Join us on April 10-12th to see the excitement of the New England Championship Event at Boston University's Agganis Arena!!

This Email went out to Teams Today:

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Hello Teams!!

We hope you are all doing well as you work through Week 4 of Build Season, and that you are coming up with some great robots for Aerial Assist!!

We just wanted to take a moment to send you some updates on the New England Championship Event! As you all know, 53 New England Teams will qualify for the New England Championship in Boston and a shot at moving on to the World Championship in St Louis. While many of you are focused on your robots and the 9 upcoming District Qualifier events, we wanted to make sure you are considering a trip to the New England Championship in your plans!! Here are some details we don't want you to miss!

New Features!!
Back in the Fall we sent out a Survey asking what the teams liked and wanted to see at the NE CMP event. As a result of that and some of our committee's ideas we have worked hard on many new features. Check out the attached document for details!

Volunteers!!
We are still in need of plenty of volunteers to help staff our event. While we know that many of you do not know if your team will be attending yet, consider having some of your non-critical team members volunteer for our event (we prefer not to have volunteers sign up that will have to drop out if their team qualifies) and come join the excitement!
Spread the word & Sign up in VIMS today!

Connect with Us!!
Keep an Eye on our Event Webpage for Details & Updates
Subscribe to our Twitter Feed
Register for our Facebook Event

Charity Drive!!
This year the NE CMP is kicking off a District-Wide Charity Drive to collect New Toys for the Boston Children's Hospital. Currently Collections will be hosted at the Hartford, Rhode Island, Northeastern, Granite State, and Pine Tree District Events, in addition to the collection at the New England Championship. Stay tuned for more details!!

Alumni & Seniors!!
Is your team still in touch with your Alumni? How about those Seniors that are about to become FIRST Alumni?? The NECMP will be hosting an Alumni Lunch for All New England Alumni & Seniors on Friday. Have them register for the NE FIRST Alumni Network to receive more information.

Thinking Ahead??
If your team is thinking ahead to the New England Championship, there are a few things we want you to know to assist in your planning.
- Steele Meetings has blocked off Hotel Rooms for Teams & Volunteers
- Our event is a THREE DAY event, Qualification Matches start on Thursday Afternoon!
- Team Load-In will be Wednesday 6-8pm, this is the ONLY time you can use our Loading Dock (other options will be detailed in our Welcome Packet).


Whew that was a lot of information!! If you made it all the way through, thank you for your time! Good luck with the rest of build season, and we will stay in touch!! Feel free to contact us with event specific questions at <necmp at nefirst.org>. For general district information, qualification details, etc, please contact <info at nefirst.org>.

Happy Build Season!

Steven Donow 29-01-2014 15:32

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I'm already excited seeing that there's gonna be an organized, dedicated area for scouting

smurfgirl 12-03-2014 20:43

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Mark your calendars! We will be holding a team social event at the Museum of Science on Friday, April 11. Come join your fellow FIRSTers for more science, math, engineering, and fun.

Tickets will be free to teams. These tickets will give you access to the full museum, from right after the awards ceremony until museum closing at 9:30pm.

Food will be available for purchase at the museum - they will have the museum grill open for made-to-order food until 8pm, as well as grab-and-go sandwiches/salads and the museum cafe open until 9:30.

Ticket reservations will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Be prepared to get your tickets once reservations are opened! We will share the ticket reservation form with team contacts by email, as well as here on Chief Delphi and on the NE FIRST Facebook page.

Chi Meson 16-03-2014 11:03

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HEY KIM!
Nice job with the info so far. I like the idea of a team storage area. I wanted to do the same, but couldn't figure out how or where to do it. I'll scope it out when (if) we get there.

Question about the parking. It says "special" arrangements are made for busses. Is that a special "free" arrangement for a team bus?

Thanks in advance--and can you do something to, you know, make sure we get in?

Oh, did I say that out loud?

Kims Robot 28-03-2014 23:45

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More details were sent out earlier this week!

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New England Teams!

It's almost that time - Time for the New England Championship Event!! We have some important information to share with all of you, especially those attending the event!

Welcome Packet
The NE CMP Team Welcome Packet has been posted to our event website. Please MAKE SURE TO READ Section 5 and Section 6!! Also note that the schedule is different from a Regional or District event, Qualification Matches will begin on Thursday!!

Qualification
All official qualification details & invitations will come from NE FIRST, but here are some quick notes:
  • All 9 District Chairman's Award winners are prequalified to attend with their full team and robot
  • The additional 45 teams will be invited to bring their robots based on the points qualification system (remember there may be declines, so teams ranked below the 45 qualifying teams should still be prepared!!)
  • NE FIRST will update the rankings ASAP after Pine Tree Awards on Saturday, and will send invites to Team main contacts in TIMS. Main contacts MUST respond to this official invitation.
  • EI and RAS winners are invited to come interview for the EI and RAS awards regardless of robot qualification (but do not pay registration).
  • Registration for the event is $4,000. If funds are tight contact your Regional Director.
  • Contact NE FIRST at info-at-nefirst.org with questions on qualification and registration

Scouting Preregistration
Teams, if there is ANY chance you will qualify to attend the NE CMP with your robot, please preregister your scouting team!! See section 6.1 of the welcome packet for details and fill out this registration form. (Please only ONE submission per team, so contact your team leader to submit!)

Load In Registration
If your team has qualified and needs to use the loading dock for Wednesday night load in, please register by emailing Steve Cremer at scremer-at-usfirst-dot-org.

Team Social Registration
Teams that have qualified for the event can register for the Museum of Science Team Social on Friday night.

Educator Event
Teams - invite your School Principals, Administrators and Board Members to attend our Educators Event on Friday from 1-4pm!!

Chairmans & Deans List
We are still looking for submissions for our CA & DL Display. Any team that submitted for CA or DL in New England should submit!! Please use the Chairmans and Deans List Templates and send to Lisa at lisaperez-at-gmail-dot-com. There will also be a Chairman's Chat event Friday 3-4pm that all teams are encouraged to attend.

Charity Drive
Don't forget to bring in new toys for the Boston Children's Hospital Charity Drive!

Alumni Luncheon
We still have space for your seniors and Alumni at our Alumni Luncheon on Friday from 12-1pm. Have them register for the NE Alumni Network!

Questions??
If you have any questions about the event at all, please feel free to contact us at necmp-at-nefirst.org!!
Note: We hope to have non Google Docs also available shortly for those who have trouble accessing some of the files.

Lisa Perez 01-04-2014 20:24

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*NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP DISPLAYS*

We plan to have TV displays featuring all of the New England Dean’s List nominees and Chairman’s Award submitters, and we would love for your nominees and team to be among those featured!

Each display will be showing a video in the format of a PowerPoint presentation containing 1 slide (or 2 in the case of teams submitting 2 Dean’s List nominees) for each team. To make things easy for teams, we have created templates for each display:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...1E&usp=sharing

Can your team take 10-15 minutes to fill them out before Thursday, April 3? We've gotten responses from about 15 teams, we would like to see even more! Once filled out, please e-mail them to me at lisaperez [at] gmail [dot] com. These submissions will be kept private until the Thursday of competition.

We are looking forward to seeing your submissions!

Lisa Perez 01-04-2014 20:29

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*NEW ENGLAND MENTOR RECOGNITION*

We would like to recognize all New England mentors on a wall in the Mentor Lounge. Can your team take a few seconds to fill out this form with all of the names of your mentors?:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZnC...9syNk/viewform

If you would like to put in a quote about your mentors, as well, please fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/150x...hPp0M/viewform

CTbiker105 01-04-2014 20:34

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I look forward to spending as much time as possible in those VIP scouting seats. :D

Banderoonies 01-04-2014 23:10

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Is there any overnight parking for team cargo trailers after unloading?

Chi Meson 03-04-2014 08:33

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Originally Posted by Banderoonies (Post 1368213)
Is there any overnight parking for team cargo trailers after unloading?

Similar question, but modified:
Our bus is just dropping us off. Could we use the bus parking allocation for our truck/trailer?

Niezrecki 03-04-2014 09:42

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Originally Posted by smurfgirl (Post 1358372)
Mark your calendars! We will be holding a team social event at the Museum of Science on Friday, April 11. Come join your fellow FIRSTers for more science, math, engineering, and fun.

It's awesome that a team social is coming back. Hanging out with teams at the Science Museum in Hartford next to the convention center was such a great event. A great opportunity to make some FIRST friends.

Nathan Streeter 03-04-2014 09:46

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Originally Posted by Chi Meson (Post 1368752)
Similar question, but modified:
Our bus is just dropping us off. Could we use the bus parking allocation for our truck/trailer?

Similar question, but again modified:

We have no bus... but we do plan to have a fifteen passenger van and a pickup/trailer. Could either one of these use our bus parking allocation?

Post #: Team Daisy!

Brandon Holley 03-04-2014 09:54

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Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter (Post 1368773)
Similar question, but again modified:

We have no bus... but we do plan to have a fifteen passenger van and a pickup/trailer. Could either one of these use our bus parking allocation?

Another similar question, but also modified:

We have no bus, but the 0.7 mile walk from my apartment to the arena can be a rough one. Can we use our bus allocation to be super lazy? :-P


Just kiddinggggg. Looking forward to the NECMP in our hometown!

-Brando

Dantvman27 03-04-2014 10:08

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Cannot wait for this event. Wish this sort of thing existed when I was a student. Competition is going to be top notch and I'm looking forward to watching 3467 compete with everyone on the field, as well as off the field. .Nothing gets me more amped up for something than knowing we are competing against the best of the best. So proud of everything my students have accomplished this year so far. Good luck to all teams, let's make this magical!

Kims Robot 03-04-2014 11:35

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To all that have asked about trailers, I have contacted the venue to find out our options and will be in touch shortly (sorry we didn't think of it earlier!).

Andrew Schreiber 03-04-2014 13:03

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley (Post 1368776)
Another similar question, but also modified:

We have no bus, but the 0.7 mile walk from my apartment to the arena can be a rough one. Can we use our bus allocation to be super lazy? :-P


Just kiddinggggg. Looking forward to the NECMP in our hometown!

-Brando

Can we use it for my car so I can be super lazy? Heck, I'll even pick you up so you can avoid your .7 mile walk. There, now I'm a bus.

Ryan Burgett 03-04-2014 17:08

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I am so excited to participate in the VIP Scouting Seats myself, and for all those who are aware of how we scout, we call all out. SO pumped for NE Champs:]

Miss157 03-04-2014 22:09

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I'm super excited for Agganis Arena Champs!

Although, I did have a question I'm not sure can be answered here :x

For Dean's List nominated students whose teams did not make it to District Champs, what should we do?

We definitely want to volunteer, but we don't think our school will let us miss days unless we need to or are suggested to be there.

Any ideas?

Jay O'Donnell 03-04-2014 22:11

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Originally Posted by Miss157 (Post 1369032)
I'm super excited for Agganis Arena Champs!

Although, I did have a question I'm not sure can be answered here :x

For Dean's List nominated students whose teams did not make it to District Champs, what should we do?

We definitely want to volunteer, but we don't think our school will let us miss days unless we need to or are suggested to be there.

Any ideas?

I believe the award for deans list isn't given out until Saturday, so you wouldn't have to be there Thursday or Friday anyways since interviews were at district events.

Kims Robot 03-04-2014 23:50

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Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell (Post 1369033)
I believe the award for deans list isn't given out until Saturday, so you wouldn't have to be there Thursday or Friday anyways since interviews were at district events.

This is correct, Deans List will be given out on Saturday afternoon. While we currently have enough volunteers for saturday, you can always check in with us that day to see if we need any more. Plus we have a whole ton of stuff you can do - check out the awesome robotics companies, our merchandise vendor, bring items for our charity drive, interact with our sponsors, talk to other teams, etc.

In fact, if the Deans List students wanted to do some sort of get together on Saturday, we could probably even help set up a location/announce it.

Kims Robot 04-04-2014 00:01

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Originally Posted by Banderoonies (Post 1368213)
Is there any overnight parking for team cargo trailers after unloading?

So BU looked into this for us and this is what they came up with. Unfortunately they could not find anything free (this lot is $24/night), but its something:
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Based on several inquiries, we have made arrangements for this. If a team wishes to leave their vehicle overnight, we have made this available in the lot at 808 Commonwealth Ave. Lot F. Please see following link for reference. http://www.agganisarena.com/directions/parking.html
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Originally Posted by Chi Meson (Post 1368752)
Similar question, but modified:
Our bus is just dropping us off. Could we use the bus parking allocation for our truck/trailer?

Unfortunately no. This lot will be for busses and large trucks only. You can use the onsite C2 Lot behind the parking garage if your vehicle/trailer will fit in two spaces, but you will be charged for two spaces ($30/day) or you can use the offiste lot mentioned above.

Kims Robot 05-04-2014 16:53

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This email was just sent to main & alternate team contacts:

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New England Teams,
This is it! Today the New England Rankings are solidified and FIRST will be sending out official invitiations to the Main Team Contacts.

We have some big announcements for the New England Championship.

New Agenda!
FIRST has posted a new agenda for our event.
The two biggest changes were made to give teams more time and make the event safer and less hectic. The first is Load In Wednesday night has been extended in time (now from 5-9pm) and teams will be able to set up their pits, unbag and get their robot inspected if they wish. Teams are still restricted to 5 members per team, but we hope this additional time will make it easier for everyone to start qualifications on Thursday.
The second is that we have moved Opening Ceremonies on Friday and Saturday to 9:00am.

New Welcome Packet
Based on the agenda update, and some updates for some parking questions we have received, we have posted a new welcome packet. Make sure you have Version 2.0!

Don't forget to check out the NE FIRST Rankings Announcement and Live Commentary following the Pine Tree Awards!!

We look forward to seeing you next week!

BrendanB 05-04-2014 16:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kims Robot (Post 1369573)
This email was just sent to main & alternate team contacts:

Thanks for posting this I am really excited to see the change to Wednesday night! Glad to see the stress of Thursday morning will be spread out giving more time for the inspection process.

engunneer 05-04-2014 18:37

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The live webcast for DCMP selection has started - http://new.livestream.com/nefirst/events/2896457

The content starts in <30 minutes! (7:15PM EDT)

Jay O'Donnell 05-04-2014 21:27

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For my fellow scouts, here is a list of all 54 teams attending NE Champs and the 6 backup teams in numerical order. Time for scouting!
58
61
69
78
125
131
133
138
166
172
175
176
177
178
190
195
228
230
236
237
246
319
558
663
716
811
999
1058
1073
1100
1517
1519
1699
1735
1991
2064
2067
2084
2168
2648
2877
3323
3461
3467
3525
3930
4048
4055
4473
4555
4564
4761
4908
4909
4925
4958
5000
5112
5122
5129

Abrakadabra 06-04-2014 18:40

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The Welcome Packet has the following in a blue box on Page 13:

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Caution:
Teams cannot register on April 10th without a completed form for
each team member attending the event, including adults traveling
with the team. Persons under 18 years of age must have a parent
or legal guardian’s signature. Please contact your regional director
if you need to acquire consent forms.
Is this something different than the standard roster that we usually just print from TIMS? What is meant by these "Consent Forms"? Why do we have to have a form for each person, and why would we need to contact our Regional Director to get them? Are they not available elsewhere? (like on-line?)

If this is the same thing as the TIMS roster, then why not just say so?

(Sorry, but I've been burned by trivialities at Registration far too many times at past events, so I like to make sure I'm prepared.)

Kims Robot 07-04-2014 00:07

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Originally Posted by Abrakadabra (Post 1370066)
The Welcome Packet has the following in a blue box on Page 13:

If this is the same thing as the TIMS roster, then why not just say so?

(Sorry, but I've been burned by trivialities at Registration far too many times at past events, so I like to make sure I'm prepared.)

My apologies if it is slightly confusing, this wording is left over from the Boston Regional Welcome packet which is what I used to start this document. However, it is still accurate that consent and release forms must be submitted for all team members, it is just that most teams are now doing them electronically. C&R forms are still part of the FIRST manual, please see section 4.7.1 (below). If there are team members that do not submit electronically, they must submit at every event including the NE CMP.

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4.7.1 Consent and Release Forms
We highly encourage all FRC team members to submit their Consent and Release forms electronically.

FRC Team Mentors registered in TIMS will submit in TIMS: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso. Student team members will submit via the FIRST Student Team Information Member System (STIMS) at: https://my.usfirst.org/stims/site.lasso. Having your team members and mentors submit their Consent and Release forms electronically will make things much easier for you—no excess paperwork to collect and keep track of!

Please note if a team member decides to submit their Consent and Release form electronically, it will cover the team member’s attendance for the entire season – from Kickoff through Championship. However, if a team member chooses to turn in a “hardcopy” of the form (i.e., printed out from the website and signed) he/she will have to provide it at the Kickoff event (if attending) and at every competition. Details on the Consent and Release form process are available here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...d-consent-form.
Bold Emphasis mine.

But we are more than happy to answer any questions so that teams can make it to & through the event smoothly :)

Chi Meson 07-04-2014 11:48

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Oh if things weren't only that not unconfusing!

I found out at Rhode Island that they want a printed roster at each event anyway, even if you turned in the C&R info at a previous District event.

And wouldn't you know, that printed roster is the same thing that you would turn in for supplying the "C&R" documentation at the initial event.

What I will be doing:
Print out the roster of the team from TIMS, include any hardcopy forms for whoever has not completed the online consent/waiver. In other words, the same thing. The worst that can happen is there will be no problem during sign in. I can live with that.

Samwaldo 07-04-2014 11:53

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So any word, on how many backup teams have been called on so far?

brinoc 07-04-2014 11:55

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Originally Posted by Chi Meson (Post 1370443)
What I will be doing:
Print out the roster of the team from TIMS, include any hardcopy forms for whoever has not completed the online consent/waiver. In other words, the same thing. The worst that can happen is there will be no problem during sign in. I can live with that.

As Pit Admin in Southington, that should be all you need if district Champs work like the District event registration.

You have to print out a TIMS Roster and bring it to each event you attend in order to register, or you wont get your drive pins until you can get a hold of a printed copy. The TIMS roster shows if any students have or haven't filled out their consent forms online. If they havent filled them out online, they need to have hard-copies attached.

Make sure any students not attending on your roster are pointed out as so or just let the Pit Admin know, therefore he/she knows that you don't have to be hunted down for any student's forms, and registration just goes quicker overall.

gafftron 07-04-2014 11:56

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Originally Posted by Samwaldo (Post 1370447)
So any word, on how many backup teams have been called on so far?

So far it doesn't look like any. However 190 had mentioned that they were not going, but are still showing up on the list as registered on the FIRST site. So its hard to know for sure if any teams have made it unless they post about it.

bkahl 07-04-2014 12:07

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I was told that 3461 was called in.

Rosiebotboss 07-04-2014 13:23

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chi Meson (Post 1370443)
Oh if things weren't only that not unconfusing!

I found out at Rhode Island that they want a printed roster at each event anyway, even if you turned in the C&R info at a previous District event.

And wouldn't you know, that printed roster is the same thing that you would turn in for supplying the "C&R" documentation at the initial event.

What I will be doing:
Print out the roster of the team from TIMS, include any hardcopy forms for whoever has not completed the online consent/waiver. In other words, the same thing. The worst that can happen is there will be no problem during sign in. I can live with that.

And that is exactly what the Adminstrative Manual asks you to do...Paragraph 4.7.1

Steven Donow 07-04-2014 14:51

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Samwaldo (Post 1370447)
So any word, on how many backup teams have been called on so far?

4555 are no longer listed on FIRST's website and 663, the first "backup" team are now listed.

gafftron 07-04-2014 14:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Donow (Post 1370554)
4555 are no longer listed on FIRST's website and 663, the first "backup" team are now listed.

It also appears as though 5129 has disappeared off the list as well.

M. Lillis 07-04-2014 14:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gafftron (Post 1370555)
It also appears as though 5129 has disappeared off the list as well.

That's really odd, because 5129 was really excited about going to Boston when we played with them in Elims at Hartford. Weird.

gafftron 07-04-2014 16:25

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Down to 49 teams registered now. With the following teams not on the registered list who qualified:
190
236
4555
5000
5112
5129

and 663 registered as the first team off the wait-list.

Brandon Zalinsky 07-04-2014 20:07

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kims Robot (Post 1369573)
The two biggest changes were made to give teams more time and make the event safer and less hectic. The first is Load In Wednesday night has been extended in time (now from 5-9pm) and teams will be able to set up their pits, unbag and get their robot inspected if they wish

Can we work on the robot Wednesday night?

dsmoker 07-04-2014 20:26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Lillis (Post 1370558)
That's really odd, because 5129 was really excited about going to Boston when we played with them in Elims at Hartford. Weird.

I'm so disappointed to see that. They were such great alliance partners.

Kims Robot 07-04-2014 20:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Zalinsky (Post 1370774)
Can we work on the robot Wednesday night?

With 5 Team members ONLY, teams will be allowed to Unbag (with inspector signoff), and do what they need to do to get the robot inspected. We will not have the full venue setup (no Machine Shop or Practice Field until Thursday morning), but if teams need to do work to their robots to pass inspection it will be allowed.

The goal for Wednesday night is to get as many teams loaded in, and have pits setup safely so that we can roll on Thursday morning, and allow teams to finish inspection in time for Qualification matches.

Kims Robot 07-04-2014 21:08

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Latest Email Blast Update:
Quote:

New England Teams,
Only a few more days to the Big Event!!

Schedule
We have another small change to our schedule to announce:
Start of Loadin is moved to 5:30pm on Wednesday!!
We apologize for any inconvenience, but we realized that we were going to conflict with the time of staff leaving the venue and want to make it a good experience for both teams and BU staff. (Note: the welcome packet has not been updated yet, but the FIRST Schedule takes precedence).

Invites
Official Invites from FIRST went out this morning to main TIMS contacts, and they are working down the list of teams as they receive declines. If your team is not planning on attending, please let FIRST know ASAP.

Hotels
If your team is still trying to figure out lodging, please contact Steele Meetings directly. Phone: 561-292-3314 email: MSMILGIS-at-steelemeetings.com

Reminders
  • If you need to use the Loading Dock Wednesday night, please contact Steve Cremer scremer-at-usfirst.org to schedule your load in.
  • Remember to follow the standard Bag & Tag Procedures!! If you have ANY questions at all, please check the FIRST manual and contact FIRST directly.
  • Don't forget to reserve your tickets for the Museum of Science Team Social!!
  • We still have room at the Educators Event for your adminstrators!
  • Alumni and Seniors can register for the FREE Alumni Luncheon on Friday by signing up for NE FIRST Alumni Network.
  • Remember to bring your donations for the Charity Drive!!
  • VIP Scouting Space is tight, but if you are interested, register your team here.
  • There will be NO WiFi access provided at the Arena, and teams are not allowed to set up their own WiFi hotspots.
  • EI and RAS winners coming for just an interview without their robots will get a table on the upper concourse. All teams that qualify with their robot can use their pit to display materials.
Can't wait to see so many of you later this week at the New England Championship!

lf3307 08-04-2014 01:58

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Here's a bit of late night data crunching.

Looking at qualifying matches only... I used official district results to get stats on each team's average offensive production, and the twitter feed to get average points allowed (sadly, Nashua and Groton data were not in the twitter feed).

I then compared each of the top 63 (why not?) teams' stats to the average of those 63. Above average offense is a good thing. Allowing fewer points than average per match is a good thing. Doing both is even better!

The resulting "points/game above average" metric suggests how a team contributed in qualification matches compared to the 'average' of all these above-average teams! Of course, the data, measure, and causality are all imperfect...

Still, my top 20:
Team Points/ game above average
195 49.2
3467 36.3
78 33.5
125 30.1
131 28.8
176 27.8
61 26.5
237 24.7
2067 22.1
175 20.5
236 20.1
319 19.8
177 17.0
5122 16.2
4048 15.4
3525 15.0
58 14.6
558 12.8
716 12.3
4564 12.3

Hope that someone else finds this interesting or even helpful! Comments always welcome.

Best of luck to all who earned the opportunity to compete this weekend. Make the most of this great event!

Dan Hudnut, mentor
Team 885, Randolph, VT

who716 08-04-2014 10:51

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
thanks for that, Hopefully we will see you at battlecry!!

loyal 08-04-2014 11:05

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Still only 49 teams registered. Is that all that's going I wonder?

M. Lillis 08-04-2014 11:10

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by loyal (Post 1371115)
Still only 49 teams registered. Is that all that's going I wonder?

It says that the open capacity is only 3. Does this mean that they are limiting the number of teams attending to 52? I thought that it was 54 teams total.

Kims Robot 08-04-2014 11:43

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Lillis (Post 1371120)
It says that the open capacity is only 3. Does this mean that they are limiting the number of teams attending to 52? I thought that it was 54 teams total.

We are planning for and have space for 54, my guess is that it's just an artifact of the registration/payment/confirmation/decline process.

Roger 08-04-2014 12:17

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
I'm bringing some spare 4-inch white gaffers tape, just in case.... :)

PVCpirate 08-04-2014 13:20

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
I'm pretty sure the deadline to register is tonight at 5. My guess is the necessary backup teams have already been notified and will start being added to the list once 5 pm passes.

Roger 08-04-2014 13:29

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
It's a nail-biter, for sure.

Samwaldo 08-04-2014 13:57

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
I'm assuming 6 teams have dropped and some haven't even decided, due to the fact that we were notified that were next up in line for being called off the wait list. (Crossing our fingers, because we already have hotel, transportation, etc. all planned out)

Chi Meson 08-04-2014 15:50

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Team 2168 will have a display of the upcoming, 2015-season control system.

Check out the table, with our 2013 robot, Phoenix, retro equipped with it's new controls. General info with facts and FAQs will be on posters at the display.

We are still kind of a small team, so our lead mentor on the Alpha Testing Project will be kept busy with the never-ending task of improving the code on our current robot.

We do plan to have the table staffed when possible, but until we know our match schedule, it's hard to know when exactly that will be.

If you have burning questions, drop by the 2168 Pit and ask for Kevin Harrilal (mentor) or Vittorio (student), our leads in the project.

We will also have a question box for you to drop in your questions when the table is left unstaffed. We will get back to you ASAP.

Best luck to all teams. Dang! Is load-in tomorrow?

Banderoonies 08-04-2014 16:37

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
1699 were on the list….then an hour later were off the list :confused: Bummer. Anyone know if they are going?

PVCpirate 08-04-2014 16:51

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
We're at 52 teams, 2 more slots to fill. Looks like 3323 and 1099 are next up to accept or decline.

MikeE 08-04-2014 18:05

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Now at 53 teams with 3323 added to the attendee list.

PVCpirate 08-04-2014 18:16

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Due to Samwaldo's post above, looks like 1099 will round out the field of 54.

Ryan Burgett 08-04-2014 18:54

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
So is there a final list of the 54 Teams up yet?

lf3307 08-04-2014 18:54

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by who716 (Post 1371106)
thanks for that, Hopefully we will see you at battlecry!!

Working on it!

piersklein 08-04-2014 18:59

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Burgett (Post 1371385)
So is there a final list of the 54 Teams up yet?

Its on the US First site at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...egional-events then go to the New England Championships and choose registered teams

engunneer 08-04-2014 20:46

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
4761 checking in!

We have a few robot upgrades since RI and NU :D
  • 2.5 times faster intake roller (installed at NU)
  • Dump assist belt to make us more compatible with taller robots (We can now dump where a human player typically would)
  • 50% faster arm and basket movements
  • Hot zone detector (125 style)
  • Motor support upgrades to even out loads and prevent the jam that hurt us at NU Saturday morning

We look forward to playing with such an excellent field of alliance partners.

PVCpirate 08-04-2014 21:31

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Burgett (Post 1371385)
So is there a final list of the 54 Teams up yet?

Looks like we're still waiting on one more. I think it's going to be 1099.

Kims Robot 08-04-2014 21:53

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Right now it looks like 1099 should make it in (though do not take my word as official!), and also team 663 has informed us that they have dropped out, so I believe that means there is one more slot beyond 1099 to make the 54.

Samwaldo 08-04-2014 21:59

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
You could say were officially in panic mode. We have everything planned out, but still no invite. It seems like were next and we were even told we were. The hotel is getting impatient with us so we wish we knew today. We were told we will get a call from FIRST tomorrow by 9am. We plan on accepting AND HAVE EVEN UPGRADED THE ROBOT so cross your fingers we get the invite we are hoping for. Thats the only challenge left, and the biggest.

Bill_B 08-04-2014 23:21

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
This season's theme song for the disco techs should be the BeeGees Stayin' Alive! I hope your robot upgrade did not involve opening the bag since this is a 3-day event and the open bag rules don't apply.

Ah - ha - hah - hah - hah - Stayin' ALIVE! :D Best of Luck.

Samwaldo 08-04-2014 23:24

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Of course we didnt open the bag. (It sucks looking at it though). We have everything though for when we can in boston. New wheels, program, hot goal detection camera, etc.

elfenari 09-04-2014 07:11

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
It's sooo stressful! I brought my suitcase to school today, and I still don't know if we're going!

Edit: It's official, we made it! Good luck to all the teams, looking forward to see you all there.

dustinjeremy2k 09-04-2014 10:39

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Can anyone confirm that 663 dropped? Right now 1153 is 'rumored' to be in the 55 slot and we have to inform teachers/administrators and parents by 2:00 this afternoon! Tick, tick, tick....

mwtidd 09-04-2014 10:59

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill :) [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

Steven Donow 09-04-2014 11:03

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lineskier (Post 1371619)
I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill :) [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

This is unfortunately something that isn't directly NEFIRST's fault. Last year in MAR, we even had a team dropping out the day of, leading to one less team. With a week 6 event, stuff like this will always happen.

The only thing I'd like to see is extending invitations to mathematical locks (like PNW did)

Brandon Zalinsky 09-04-2014 11:10

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dustinjeremy2k (Post 1371612)
Can anyone confirm that 663 dropped? Right now 1153 is 'rumored' to be in the 55 slot and we have to inform teachers/administrators and parents by 2:00 this afternoon! Tick, tick, tick....

I believe 348, Norwell Robotics, is next up, followed by 1153, 3499, and 213. However, they could have been invited and declined, I have no idea.

dag0620 09-04-2014 11:18

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lineskier (Post 1371619)
I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill :) [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

This is actually an HQ issue, as they are the ones that send out the formal invitations. So while this stinks for us, PNW and Michigan (and to somewhat of an extent MAR) are all going through the same thing right now.

With that said, this needs to be improved moving forward. The turnaround times for both DCMP and District Teams going to CMP are way to small.

Roger 09-04-2014 11:18

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lineskier
I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future.

Well, they do have about another five hours of immediate future to still get thru, when the doors open at the Agganis...

Next year, perhaps a "live" website with the team list showing the status?

Samwaldo 09-04-2014 11:21

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Team 1099 is in, and accepted. Cant wait to compete and be back in Boston

MikeE 09-04-2014 11:22

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger (Post 1371626)
Well, they do have about another five hours of immediate future to still get thru, when the doors open at the Agganis...

Next year, perhaps a "live" website with the team list showing the status?

Perhaps like the FRC Leaderboard website http://www.district.firstwa.org/ (also see this CD thread)

Not only does FRC Leaderboard show live(ish) status but it's also an awesome educational tool for teams to understand how the district point system works.

Jay O'Donnell 09-04-2014 11:22

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Samwaldo (Post 1371627)
Team 1099 is in, and accepted. Cant wait to compete and be back in Boston

Glad to see you guys get in after not knowing for so long!

TD78 09-04-2014 11:24

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeE (Post 1371628)
Perhaps like the FRC Leaderboard website http://www.district.firstwa.org/ (also see this CD thread)

Not only does FRC Leaderboard show live(ish) status but it's also an awesome educational tool for teams to understand how the district point system works.

The PNW leaderboard is just plain awesome. And according to the website, other districts could be added to it. I love being able to click on any team and see exactly how they earned points at their two events.

78Grimey78 09-04-2014 12:21

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Team 78 AIR Strike is very excited to play in the first ever NE District Championship! Good luck to everybody competing there this weekend!

engunneer 09-04-2014 13:06

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 78Grimey78 (Post 1371652)
Team 78 AIR Strike is very excited to play in the first ever NE District Championship! Good luck to everybody competing there this weekend!

Here's hoping we get a match together as partners :)

gafftron 09-04-2014 13:35

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
1153 made it as the 54th team. Woo!
So the site has updated with what I'll presume is the final 54 teams:
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BrendanB 09-04-2014 13:37

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gafftron (Post 1371674)
1153 made it as the 54th team. Woo!
So the site has updated with what I'll presume is the final 54 teams:
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131
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Congrats 1153!!! Glad to see you made it in!

For the first year yes there are things to improve but kudos to the NEFIRST volunteers for what has been a very smooth transition to the district model!

3467 is very excited for this weekend!

esquared 09-04-2014 15:20

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gafftron (Post 1371674)
1153 made it as the 54th team. Woo!

Start driving!!! At least you're not in Maine, you might miss the load-in entirely ;)

TedG 09-04-2014 15:52

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by esquared (Post 1371730)
Start driving!!! At least you're not in Maine, you might miss the load-in entirely ;)

Hey wait a minute... what is supposed to mean? ::ouch::

esquared 09-04-2014 16:16

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TedG (Post 1371751)
Hey wait a minute... what is supposed to mean? ::ouch::

Team 5122's drive time to load-in with no traffic

4 hour drive for our furthest Maine team (and a Rookie!)...be tough to find out at 2pm that you're in! :ahh:

MooreteP 09-04-2014 16:55

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
So why are there only 53 teams listed as registered?

I need to create my spreadsheets.

MotorHead 09-04-2014 16:59

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by esquared (Post 1371764)
Team 5122's drive time to load-in with no traffic

4 hour drive for our furthest Maine team (and a Rookie!)...be tough to find out at 2pm that you're in! :ahh:

I would still take a phone call tonight and be there in the morning. Will be there on Saturday to watch the awesome competition though.

Steven Donow 09-04-2014 17:04

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MooreteP (Post 1371793)
So why are there only 53 teams listed as registered?

I need to create my spreadsheets.

Based on our records it was 3323 who dropped

M. Lillis 09-04-2014 17:08

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Donow (Post 1371797)
Based on our records it was 3323 who dropped

Wow, both 3323 and 5129 played with us in elimination alliances this year. Hearing that neither of them will be attending Boston (after qualifying) is pretty disappointing news.

Kims Robot 09-04-2014 18:39

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Teams,
HUGE HUGE HUGE Apologies for the last minute notice, but we were just notified that teams need to bring their Driver Buttons from Past Competitions to the Championship Event. An email to all main contacts will be sent shortly, but please spread the word!!!!! Thank you!!

TedG 10-04-2014 07:36

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by esquared (Post 1371764)
Team 5122's drive time to load-in with no traffic

4 hour drive for our furthest Maine team (and a Rookie!)...be tough to find out at 2pm that you're in! :ahh:

Ahhh yes, thanks for the clarification, that's a bummer.
In this situation it's not fun if you don't know you're competing or not.

JohnBoucher 10-04-2014 08:07

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
When does the Webcast begin?

Drew4564 10-04-2014 08:53

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Teams 4564 and 5122 have started the long ride down, and are over halfway there. Neither of our teams can wait to compete with all of the great teams that'll be there!

Eric O 10-04-2014 11:49

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher (Post 1372065)
When does the Webcast begin?

It's up now, but all I am seeing is the sponsors ads and the score at the bottom. No audio. Is anyone else having this problem?

Joe195 10-04-2014 12:24

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric O (Post 1372092)
It's up now, but all I am seeing is the sponsors ads and the score at the bottom. No audio. Is anyone else having this problem?

Yes! I hope it starts working in time for qual matches.

Joe Ross 10-04-2014 12:39

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Here are predicted standings based on world OPR

Code:

Rank        Team        Wins        Losses        Ties        Matches        QP        Auto        Teleop        Truss        Assist
1        176        11        1        0        12        22        513        502        330        586
2        4048        10        2        0        12        20        421        406        449        609
3        195        10        2        0        12        20        432        554        356        588
4        237        10        2        0        12        20        428        562        306        588
5        5122        10        2        0        12        20        456        429        317        557
6        175        10        2        0        12        20        477        546        316        533
7        125        9        3        0        12        18        489        418        316        615
8        177        9        3        0        12        18        499        380        407        590
9        3467        8        4        0        12        16        509        409        339        664
10        1519        8        4        0        12        16        426        443        325        584
11        2877        8        4        0        12        16        467        374        332        576
12        716        8        4        0        12        16        497        331        331        570
13        2067        8        4        0        12        16        477        472        252        564
14        131        8        4        0        12        16        500        414        348        550
15        4564        7        5        0        12        14        462        359        365        633
16        133        7        5        0        12        14        443        375        267        603
17        1735        7        5        0        12        14        364        435        243        594
18        3525        7        5        0        12        14        460        391        318        593
19        228        7        5        0        12        14        441        439        262        583
20        61        7        5        0        12        14        537        208        412        578
21        58        7        5        0        12        14        423        401        286        569
22        246        7        5        0        12        14        459        396        242        503
23        78        6        6        0        12        12        339        342        294        677
24        1100        6        6        0        12        12        465        226        336        556
25        172        6        6        0        12        12        363        384        317        548
26        1073        6        6        0        12        12        316        397        261        533
27        138        6        6        0        12        12        294        446        295        516
28        4761        6        6        0        12        12        380        395        267        505
29        1153        6        6        0        12        12        482        327        272        471
30        319        6        6        0        12        12        623        381        286        468
31        230        5        7        0        12        10        437        327        257        638
32        4055        5        7        0        12        10        446        307        286        566
33        558        5        7        0        12        10        511        305        317        540
34        2168        5        7        0        12        10        421        398        333        540
35        1991        5        7        0        12        10        376        406        241        536
36        811        5        7        0        12        10        353        511        248        518
37        3930        5        7        0        12        10        495        298        280        513
38        166        5        7        0        12        10        495        322        230        499
39        178        4        8        0        12        8        500        276        284        548
40        69        4        8        0        12        8        317        358        223        534
41        1099        4        8        0        12        8        430        291        345        519
42        2084        4        8        0        12        8        467        214        333        495
43        2648        4        8        0        12        8        413        377        247        466
44        4473        4        8        0        12        8        364        378        197        462
45        4925        4        8        0        12        8        578        330        206        440
46        4958        4        8        0        12        8        311        364        291        435
47        2064        3        9        0        12        6        406        316        220        506
48        4909        3        9        0        12        6        504        203        254        505
49        1517        3        9        0        12        6        440        354        240        442
50        1058        2        10        0        12        4        354        295        277        515
51        4908        2        10        0        12        4        553        273        257        512
52        999        1        11        0        12        2        325        289        234        511
53        3461        1        11        0        12        2        426        250        269        492

and predicted match results

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Match        Red 1        Red 2        Red 3        Blue 1        Blue 2        Blue 3        RScore        BScore
1        61        4048        1099        131        319        1153        161        151
2        2067        133        1519        58        2084        2168        163        123
3        230        69        1517        4055        176        177        114        174
4        1058        999        3467        811        166        5122        117        132
5        125        1735        4564        3525        1991        4908        163        134
6        1100        716        237        558        4473        4761        153        102
7        4958        4909        178        228        172        78        102        145
8        2648        175        246        2877        1073        195        140        157
9        2064        4925        138        3930        3461        1735        126        114
10        4761        61        811        558        58        125        134        157
11        3525        1153        172        2067        1991        4055        138        129
12        1099        1058        1517        69        1519        78        99        140
13        999        2168        228        4473        131        2064        118        121
14        178        2084        176        4048        175        4564        142        189
15        4958        138        1100        230        3467        195        112        193
16        133        166        716        2648        177        4908        135        134
17        3461        4909        319        246        2877        3930        117        129
18        237        4925        176        5122        1073        1153        176        126
19        230        131        172        4564        2084        4761        153        123
20        178        177        716        999        1099        2064        158        102
21        3461        61        4908        195        1058        1519        128        156
22        1991        246        1735        1100        558        166        124        123
23        1517        2168        78        4048        138        1073        130        141
24        237        228        4958        4925        69        2648        145        102
25        811        3930        3525        175        2877        5122        138        173
26        4909        4055        3467        319        58        133        138        148
27        2067        178        78        4473        125        716        149        130
28        246        1100        2064        2084        1099        138        123        114
29        4908        4958        230        811        237        2168        118        150
30        5122        4048        999        4761        133        1991        140        120
31        1153        3461        2648        1517        4473        175        99        119
32        1735        195        177        3930        228        2067        185        145
33        176        4564        558        166        4925        4909        177        109
34        1073        172        69        1519        319        3467        106        179
35        2877        4055        3525        61        1058        131        146        145
36        58        1099        5122        125        2648        195        142        163
37        133        1100        228        811        78        3461        140        127
38        230        237        2067        3930        178        166        170        111
39        138        2877        4761        4958        69        4564        128        118
40        999        61        4909        1517        176        1153        110        141
41        2064        4908        558        319        1073        175        128        154
42        2084        177        246        3525        1058        1735        141        131
43        4473        4925        1519        125        3467        4048        117        195
44        58        1991        172        131        2168        716        124        158
45        4055        69        1100        2067        4908        5122        106        150
46        4564        1153        3930        1073        78        1058        130        112
47        3525        4761        4925        195        166        228        137        160
48        1099        175        1991        138        4909        58        144        122
49        176        811        2648        4055        1519        178        142        133
50        131        2877        133        2064        125        1517        161        135
51        2084        4048        4473        177        558        4958        113        146
52        3467        2168        172        999        1735        237        156        129
53        246        230        3461        716        61        319        126        160
54        131        1100        178        133        4925        1058        141        117
55        2064        1073        166        1153        4055        1099        110        113
56        125        175        177        172        138        237        196        147
57        2168        4908        195        4048        2877        176        156        185
58        4909        1991        78        2648        2084        61        120        117
59        228        811        4564        2067        1517        716        151        141
60        3467        69        58        3525        558        3461        148        142
61        4958        1519        3930        246        999        4761        123        99
62        319        230        4473        1735        5122        4909        120        132
63        2064        2648        133        138        61        4564        119        157
64        4055        2168        166        178        3461        3467        116        143
65        3525        2084        716        4925        4958        1517        142        105
66        69        999        175        4048        1100        230        120        153
67        4908        2877        1099        172        2067        4761        128        133
68        319        195        237        131        811        1991        188        140
69        1735        78        4473        176        58        246        115        161
70        3930        5122        177        1153        558        1519        158        143
71        125        1058        172        1073        228        230        128        136
72        2168        3525        4048        1100        2648        4909        169        100
73        166        175        61        69        811        4473        160        91
74        178        2877        1153        1519        1735        716        127        153
75        131        228        558        138        176        5122        163        169
76        78        2084        125        4055        195        999        144        130
77        1058        2067        58        319        4958        2064        130        123
78        1517        133        4564        1099        237        246        139        146
79        177        4761        1073        4925        1991        3461        136        111
80        3930        176        131        4908        3467        1100        169        147
81        58        2877        228        230        999        1153        149        108
82        2648        138        166        2084        5122        319        107        138
83        1073        4958        4473        133        61        4055        82        142
84        78        3467        1099        175        2067        4925        162        167
85        1517        558        1991        178        1058        4908        118        104
86        1519        4048        3461        3525        237        4564        154        180
87        2168        3930        2064        246        125        69        122        135
88        195        716        811        177        172        4909        166        140
89        1735        1517        319        4761        4958        175        130        133
90        1073        237        58        2877        2084        1100        144        120
91        3467        4925        61        246        228        4908        169        133
92        131        125        4909        177        166        69        155        133
93        2648        2067        558        999        3461        172        135        95
94        4761        195        1153        133        2168        178        145        134
95        1058        138        811        4473        3525        176        111        149
96        1735        4055        4048        716        1099        3930        145        127
97        5122        1519        1991        230        2064        78        148        143
98        4564        319        178        61        1100        177        149        163
99        4908        125        1153        4958        3461        2084        136        94
100        999        1073        716        1735        69        138        106        119
101        4761        237        3467        2064        1058        4909        168        99
102        230        558        1099        78        3525        133        139        161
103        811        246        2067        131        4048        2648        142        155
104        4473        5122        195        2877        4564        1991        146        143
105        172        176        166        1517        3930        58        147        116
106        4055        4925        228        175        1519        2168        130        170


lf3307 10-04-2014 23:19

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Thirty matches in and average points are running in the low 140s, compared to the mid-80s in the district events. Wow! Hats off to everybody for dialing in their 'bots, and I guess this is what happens when everyone team is above average! I really look forward to watching some of the matches!

I am impressed that OPR has picked 22 of 30 winners so far! My plus/minus system is only at 17 of 30, which is close enough to 50/50 to be humbling. And even where the two systems pick the same winner, the OPR almost does as well on its own. Of course, with the better pool of teams and the higher scores, past data is understandably a questionable predictor of future performance!

Congratulations to 716 and the other teams that are strong out of the gate! Hope tomorrow is a great day for all,

Dan H.

Francis-134 11-04-2014 22:55

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Here's a link to the wrap video from Friday! http://youtu.be/Lr7p_dzcQjU

PVCpirate 11-04-2014 23:15

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis-134 (Post 1372748)
Here's a link to the wrap video from Friday! http://youtu.be/Lr7p_dzcQjU

Check out 4048's autonomous block vs 1519 at 2:23. Play of the day for me.

Francis-134 12-04-2014 10:47

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by PVCpirate (Post 1372762)
Check out 4048's autonomous block vs 1519 at 2:23. Play of the day for me.

Ill make sure to post the full clip of that after the event!

PVCpirate 12-04-2014 14:28

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis-134 (Post 1372840)
Ill make sure to post the full clip of that after the event!

That would be cool, because the webcast didn't catch it. I think they blocked the second shot as well.

Yipyapper 12-04-2014 16:43

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Been rooting for 177, and their alliance's play has been pretty solid so far. I still can't believe they haven't made champs since that unfortunate Einstein finals in 2011—a team like Bobcat not making champs two years in a row still boggles my mind.

EDIT: See you in St. Louis, 177!

Joe195 12-04-2014 17:46

Re: [NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!
 
Big congratulations to the winning alliance of 230, 177, and 4055! You guys dominated those elimination matches!


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