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Christopher149 02-03-2014 23:03

[FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Well, since it doesn't exist, let's make a thread for the inaugural UP event in Escanaba, week 3 of 2014. 12 of the 35 teams are rookies. Interestingly, we will have Southfield winner 107, Southfield finalist 862, and Centerline #1 seed 1023 all here.

Team list:
66
107
857
862
1023
1596
1711
2153
2246
2586
2959
3537
3602
3617
3618
3641
4375
4376
4391
4392
4715
4827
4835
4970
4983
4988
4995
5072
5110
5175
5183
5213
5230
5247
5314

Good luck and have fun!

sodizzle 03-03-2014 08:38

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
The driver for 1023 here, and I have an extensive T-shirt collection.... I'll have some shirts to trade to expand my collection. Just saying.

Squeakypig 03-03-2014 08:44

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Team 2851 doesn't seem to be on this list...but I assure you Crevolution with their robot Athena will be in attendance.

For some of our students (and I as a mentor) it will be our first time in the U.P.

We look forward to playing with/against 1023 once more along with the rest of the teams in attendance.

thmeans06 03-03-2014 09:07

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66 is looking forward to Escanaba, our first competition of the season! After seeing Southfield, I must say it looks like it's going to be a great competition!

Christopher149 03-03-2014 10:15

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeakypig (Post 1352463)
Team 2851 doesn't seem to be on this list...but I assure you Crevolution with their robot Athena will be in attendance.

Well, I took the list from the FIRST website.

Squeakypig 03-03-2014 10:24

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher149 (Post 1352515)
Well, I took the list from the FIRST website.

This is the 3rd event we signed up for so it makes sense. This isn't the first time the site has been wrong (although it seems to happen much more often in Michigan than any other place).

Jim Schaddelee 03-03-2014 13:31

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I am looking forward to Escanaba, except for the snow and the cold and the drive. I think I will be tired from Southfield for a least a week. But not to sound to negitive, I cant wait to play again. I think we will have to step up our game because thier will be some good competion there.

Christopher149 04-03-2014 21:20

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeakypig (Post 1352463)
Team 2851 doesn't seem to be on this list...but I assure you Crevolution with their robot Athena will be in attendance.

For some of our students (and I as a mentor) it will be our first time in the U.P.

We look forward to playing with/against 1023 once more along with the rest of the teams in attendance.

Well, you crawled onto the list finally :]. So, 36 teams now!

afera 12-03-2014 03:17

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee (Post 1352691)
I am looking forward to Escanaba, except for the snow and the cold and the drive...

But that's the whole point of living in Michigan!!!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this event, too. For being in such a far drive for some teams, I think it will be a really good event!

hardcopi 12-03-2014 07:23

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
Everyone from 2959 is looking forward to going to the UP (well before today's snow storm, hopefully it will clear up before we leave tomorrow). Our first competition of the year.

Squeakypig 12-03-2014 07:24

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
There will now actually be more snowfall here in Metro Detroit than there will be up in Escanaba...maybe not as much snow on the ground but it's the fresh stuff I'm worried about :P.

Team is leaving tomorrow morning, see you all there!

Dragonking 12-03-2014 11:52

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Since there are only 4 teams that have played an event I figured we should give some advice as to what strategies work and which ones don't from week 1 and 2. Hopefully this will make the event even more competitive.

1. If you can't score in autonomous or can't score over 80% then don't put a ball on the field
2. If the ball is by the low goal and you can easily just push it in, don't waste time picking it up, lining up and trying a high goal. It is much more important to either get out of auto immediately or to start a new cycle. The only exception is if there are no additional points attached to the ball (no assists yet)
3. Truss catches are usually a waste of time. It takes too much extra time to line up and even more time if you don't get the catch (especially with defense). Team 33, which won southfield, has one of the best catchers I've seen so far and they stopped using it during eliminations.
4. Instead of truss catches, hit a truss shot to the human player, get the quick 10 points and don't loose possession of the ball.

techvikesmom 12-03-2014 13:40

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3. Truss catches are usually a waste of time. It takes too much extra time to line up and even more time if you don't get the catch (especially with defense). Team 33, which won southfield, has one of the best catchers I've seen so far and they stopped using it during eliminations.

I won't underestimate truss catchers, 2054 caught twice in one elimination match at Gull Lake District with heavy defense.:) Catches were important and very exciting for all to see in eliminations.

1918 has a great catcher, too.:)

Carolyn_Grace 12-03-2014 13:45

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Drive safe, Troll friends! I'll be watching from the webcast.

...there WILL be a webcast, right?

Jim Schaddelee 12-03-2014 18:05

Re: [FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014
 
I hope people didn't misunderstand my comments about the cold and the drive, it was bad sarcasm. Although this is our second competition and I think we will be better than Southfield , I still am nervous about this event. Good luck to all the teams and stop by our pit if there is anything your thing we can help with or just say hello.

Jim
Team 107


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