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Rookie team 5920 VIKotics excited to be on Carver.

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1902 is excited to be taking the field on carver next weekend! Lots of fantastic teams!

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Shouldn't carver have some surrogates or am I just not seeing them?

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I'm super excited to see the Carver list! It looks like a ton of fun. :)

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5326 isn't on frc.divisions.co But is on the official FIRST Lists.

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thanks, they were a late add

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Team 1529 here and ready to soar. Go CyberCards

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This is the friends division for me, because almost all of the teams I know first hand are in this division.

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Curtin FRC 5333 is excited and ready for battle. Looking forward to some very good matches.

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Should be a very interesting division. Will be exciting to see how it all plays out. Not looking forward to our first three matches though. :eek:

Quick rundown of the OPR spread for this division. OPR taken from 2834 OPR data.

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Team 1648 is excited to be in the Carver division! Hoping to showcase some improvements from state champs.

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4301 is super excited to be competing with all the wonderful teams in Carver Subdivision! It looks like it's going to be a really fun weekend!

5980 is ready to 'Make Carver Great Again' :p


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It will be the FireBears team 2846's first champs! We'll have fun playing with you all.

Also, I made a quick Anki deck of the robots from the photos on Blue Alliance if you wish to use it :D

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5...2xlbUxKNkQ3bGc

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4607 can't wait to defend and climb our way through Carver! We have a ton of fun matchups with many of the top scorers. Can't wait to go toe-to-toe and see how things stack up. :yikes:

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AIR STRIKE 78 is ready to make shots in Carver!

For those not familiar with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3oBpWDyqKg

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https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...ule_Carver.pdf

Viper Drive is honored and ready to compete for the Carver Division Title. Good luck to all the teams and we look forward to being part of the alliance.

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Here's a short highlight video that I threw together for 4607. I'm pumped that we get to compete with so many high class teams. I'm really looking forward to talking with many of you while I'm inspecting.

Highlight Video

A little bit about 4607:
- Low Bar Capable
- Max height blocker + we can reach 15" outside our frame perimeter to block
- We have our best driver (and drive team) in team history
- Robust robot, the only thing we've had break has been our climbing hook, but the issue has since been fixed
- Cross in Autonomous, working on scoring
- High Goal/Low Goal capable
- ~9 second climb from the time we reach the batter (improvements for the climber to be implemented at champs)

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5870 ready to represent Canada and tear it up!

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FRC 1086 Blue Cheese is packed and ready to roll.

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228 will be there! I'll get a recent picture up after work.

Some stuff about us:

• Crosses all defenses quickly (except drawbridge, and the moat is a bit sketch)
• Huge utility arm is a piece of lexan away from being an articulated shot blocker
• Flywheel shooter with articulated hood can score high around the batter (outer works is... in the works)
• Drop down intake and experienced drivers make us good at starving balls from the field
• Like everyone else, we're working on a hanging mechanism
• >10 lbs to work with even before weight reduction techniques

We had a pretty good season this year, winning the Rhode Island District Event by playing smart and getting lucky, so hopefully we can continue that on Carver.

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very nice video, lots of capability. Good luck in St Louis

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4451 has packed up our garage and is ready play in the Carver division!

Here's a few robot features we've used this season:
- External ball intake
- Internal 2 wheel / 2 angle shooter with speed control for multiple high goal distances
- Camera aiming
- 10 wheel single speed drive train
- Cross all defenses solo except Category C
- Gyro assisted steering for crossing defenses
- Low bar autonomous with high goal shot
We've made a few modifications to add a bit more variety for our alliances.
- Added batter shot and outer works shot
- Added autonomous crossing and shooting for defense positions 2 through 5

See you Wednesday.

David

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I believe in the underdog! Here's to all the underdogs! Cinderellas too! They make for great stories when the upset the predictions! Cheers to a great divisional competition!

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Team 360 is prepared for the fierce competition to come. We wish all the best of luck.

I think our bot best speaks for itself when you see it in person. We do what we do, and we do it well. Infer what you will.

Go Carver

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Thanks that seems to fit our little rookie team VIKotics 5920. We had hoped to make the PNW Championship and now we are at the BIG DANCE. Excited to play and learn from everyone on Carver.

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Here are some bogus predictions for the fun of it:

1. 2481 1114 1775 360 (SF)
2. 842 330 4451 4607 (F)
3. 230 5460 3419 3478 (QF)
4. 27 359 85 4536 (W)
5. 133 3536 3452 834 (QF)
6. 78 3357 141 1305 (SF)
7. 1836 1086 2767 120 (QF)
8. 503 1058 20 910 (QF)

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5822 is excited and ready to compete

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I'm honored by your confidence in our ability to be effective at not playing. :p

Or did you just want another MN team on Einstein...

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Another prediction: A majority of the 4th robots on playoff alliances will see some playing time. I'd love to see another Minnesota robot on Einstein! I'd especially love for that robot to come from Carver :cool:

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That's awesome!!!

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Very excited to be on this field with so many great teams! I can't wait to compete in the Carver Subdivision, though I have one small item request.

Our team is in need of green halo LED ring lights for our vision processing system. If you are able to help us out we would be very appreciative! Please respond to this post if you're able to help and we'll come to your pit as soon as we are able to.

Thank you for your time and good luck to all!

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Team 503 is ready to hop into our matches and shake things up a bit with a few improved features

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How's everybody feeling after the first day of qualifications?

4607 is ecstatic. We've shut down most of the robots we've gone against, including a match were we prevented an alliance from getting a single boulder in the tower. Look for us to climb more consistently tomorrow, changing some gear ratios :D

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Trying to prop up your stock value come pick time a bit? :p

If everyone was shut down, I am not sure you would only be 3-2.... :D

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Absolutely. I'm going to talk up my team, especially when I think we do a good job. I'm a proud mentor and alumni. I'm actually very happy with our 3-2 record given our match schedule. We beat a couple of fantastic alliances, and fantastic teams.

Thanks for the added motivation. Good luck with the rest of the event!

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Carver Predictions!

330-1114-2648-360 F
2767-27-834-3452 SF
133-2481-1058-228 W
3357-85-573-3536
842-1836-141-190 SF
230-359-20-3419
4451-1305-910-384
78-1648-5460-1775

I don't actually know the teams in Carver that well but I couldn't resist anyway

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I mean one of the best robots in FIM is 2-3 so... your record doesn't show the whole story.

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Agreed! Just don't like chatter that is solely meant as an attempt to prop up someone's stock (comes across as "pick me pick me"....many good teams, including theirs in this division!

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There are a bunch of great teams in the division. I'd love to hear from all of them.

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I endorse this prediction.

In all honesty I actually have no idea who 133 is

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133 (BERT) is a fantastic bot!

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They make ALL the high goals

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Let's keep this thread in a positive direction and no need for the sarcasm or back handed remarks. I don't want to have to close this thread, so let's remember the core of FIRST, gracious professionalism.

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Unfortunately I missed NE Champs and Twitch streams are blocked at work :(

Luckily archived footage is already up, which I'm stoked about!

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Archived footage for Champs, or for NE Champs?

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Champs!

https://www.youtube.com/user/FRCTeamsGlobal/videos

They are being continuously uploaded it seems, which is awesome.

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Anyone see Q116? 27's auton goal was not counted for some reason and they ended up losing by 2 points. The refs wouldn't go back and view the video. It's playing a major role in the rankings. I don't think there's video uploaded yet for it, but it was a normal shot. It didn't pop out of the goal or anything like that. Does this sort of thing happen very often?

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In other news, I'm assuming 57 sitting at 10 seed is going to end up picking, which is moderately terrifying, since we have all of 5 students there.

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I was on the side of the field and saw it go in and not bounce out. It was shot relatively early in auton if I remember correctly so that shouldn't have played a factor. I spoke with the head ref and FTA about it and when I was done with the conversation it felt as though something would be changed.

The field didn't really slow down to figure things out. They just moved on with the next match very quickly. Really disappointing to see something like this happen to such a great team. Knowing you guys, you'll power through and be very successful despite falling in the rankings due to a miss counted auton shot.

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It's disappointing to see VOLUNTEER who aren't looking out for the best interest of all teams.

Who is the VOLUNTEER on Carver?

Moderator Edit [Dez]: I am very disappointed by you trying to call out a specific volunteer. This will not be tolerated at all.

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Do you have a list? Maybe ask 27 or 1114 for help?

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While we were disappointed our shot was missed, the refs and FTA did give us a lot of their time trying to sort things out after the match was over, and followed the correct protocols as far as I understand.

HQ was called, and ruled that the sensor was to be checked. If it was bad, then a replay would take place (a replay which could've turned out any number of ways, especially considering 1836 [I'm pretty sure it was them] had issues for most of the match). The FTA checked the sensor, which appeared to be functioning, and considering the rest of the matches afterward seemed to run without a hitch, it appears we just got supremely unlucky somehow.

At the end of the day, all else equal, it was the difference between us seeding 3rd instead of 4th, and what's done is done. I'm not sure exactly how it affected our partners.

This did get me thinking a little about how some sort of video review could be implemented. Maybe in a highly restricted set of circumstances, like only for scoring actions similar to this? That way we could avoid the hassle of every penalty call being questioned or what-have-you.

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My friends team was on that alliance. According to him the officials recognized there was a mistake but they could not change it. It was too bad but I guess stuff does happens. It did end up dropping the "losing" teams several spots in the rankings compared to where they would be with the win.

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Favorite moment from Carver:


Sorry about the huge image... uploading from my phone and I have no idea how to decrease the size.

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We have a list, I'm just mildly concerned about being a low goal only bot picking 7 or 8. I was more expecting to be a 2nd or 3rd pick, but then our coach had to keep winning matches...

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3 FIM teams on carver #5, excited to see how the alliance will work out. :)

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Didn't the exact same thing happen during New England championship semifinals and HQ ruled the match would be replayed?

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But is consistency from HQ really that important to you?

/s

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I'm not familiar with the details of that situation, so I'm afraid I can't comment on any similarities or differences.

Thanks to everyone on Carver for a great competition, and congratulations to the new World Champions! I'm still trying to process 330s double self-right from the semis, let alone what was the most competitive set of finals matches that happened all season.

I'd also like to send a special thanks to our alliance partners:

5924, you folks were a great late pick. Being called upon in such a high pressure situation can't have been easy, but you did everything you could to give us a chance to win, and I know we wish you nothing but the best in the future.

20, being able to snag such a high-caliber team so late in the draft was something that I thought would really give us a fighting chance against anyone, even some very powerful alliances at 1 and 2. Fingers crossed that next time we get to play together goes a bit more smoothly.

1114, I know I personally (and I'm sure just about everyone in FRC would agree) have been wanting to play with you for practically my entire FIRST career. Our alliance had tremendous potential that unfortunately just wasn't quite fully unleashed. Now I can't wait for the next chance we get, and hopefully that chance is sooner rather than later.

Last, and certainly not least, thanks to all of the Carver volunteers. Aside from the aforementioned, for lack of a better term, controversy (which again was handled with a great amount of professionalism and effort to make the right call), the refs, FTAs, and the rest of the crew couldn't have been better.

Until next year, St. Louis. Or maybe Houston? But we all know probably STL because geography.

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It was an honor to play with so many incredible teams this year at Champs.

Team 27, we can't thank you enough for giving us the chance to join you, Team 20, and the legendary Team 1114 in eliminations/playoffs. It was an experience our rookie squad can use as a foundation for success in the future, and over the years we can only hope to emulate the professional programs all of you run year in and year out.

A huge congratulations to Teams 330, 2481, 120, and 1086 for winning the last singular world championship! #CarverPride

Team 330, playing with you in our last qualification match, capturing the tower, and getting those 4 ranking points helped teach us what it truly takes to work as a team in a high pressure situation, give it everything you've got, and play hard to (just barely) beat a formidable opponent like the one led by Team 2767 in Q123. You had the entire stadium rocking during Einstein with your ability to "get up off the mat" when you flipped over as well as your "slam dunk" shot while climbing. We hope to come to SoCal in the future to have the chance to team up with you again.

Thank you to ALL of the teams at Champs for such a life-changing experience. With our pit being right on the robot transit path, we were continually mesmerized by the insane variety of high quality robots that passed by on their way to matches, and the creativity expressed by so many teams. I see you guy dressed as a dragon, people clip-cloppin' around with coconuts Monty Python style, full-chain-mail-suit dude, and girl driving the motorized robot cart/chariot.

Finally, a huge amount of gratitude and respect is due to the teams that helped us get started as a rookie team. 2144, 3250, & 4159, thanks for showing us the ropes very early on, and for answering so many of our questions.

254, 1678, and 971, thank you for sharing so much knowledge and expertise with us. Some folks only know you for your epic robots, but we can attest to your significant outreach efforts, and willingness to help teams work to get better.

Have a great offseason everyone. Stronghold was one for the (middle) ages.
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I'm mildly frustrated about our bot never breaking down once until the World Championship where encoders got shredded, field carpet got caught in our tracks, our robo-rio kept crashing, our battery somehow shifted and disconnected our arm, among other things and our robot wasn't back to MSC usability until after lunch Friday. But what I am grateful for is having the chance to play either with or against all four world champions. It was a fun Saturday and only wished we could have started FIRST at our school before my senior year.


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Hey Carver teams!!! I was one of the referees on Carver this weekend, and the field crew found one of the Chairman's award ribbons from a team standard. If your team is missing their standard ribbon for a Chairman's award, please send me a PM and I will get it shipped back to you ASAP!

Teams that I could find on TBA that won Chairman's this season:

85
230
384
503
1086
1305
1648
1902
2212
2648
3478
4607

If I missed anyone, I apologize, I just wanted to get a quick list of who won at least a District Event Chairman's Award so that I could narrow down my search!

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I hope that my teams aggressive triwheel defense bot managed to put some smiles on peoples faces.

Every single match I drove I loved it, even Q3 where we lost a wheel and kept defending then got to the batter. Lifting the front wheels off the ground, blocking shots, that thrash battle Q44, getting stuck in auto.... it was always a great time.

I want to thank everybody for the great experience we had, from the teams who came over to our pit and gasped at our wheels, to the teams who trash talked us on the way to the field and especially the refs who were always very nice and fair to us (sorry for making your job harder)

This event was the best thing in my life in every single way and while I'm sad it's over I'm also extremely happy it happened. Again, I hope we were able to pull some smiles from you guys and I hope to see you all again next year!

(P.S, sorry again for breaking your tracker light team 85, we really didn't mean to)

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I absolutely loved the aggression you guys were able to play with while not committing excessive fouls. 5870 definitely had a spot on 20's defense pick list and the number was brought up and considered as our alliances third pick. I'm glad that your team had a great time and I'm looking forward to seeing what 5870 brings to the table in the future!

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Well it seems that Carver had the right stuff! Congrats to 330, 2481, 120, and 1086!
Thanks to our alliance partners 2767, 4451 , 1058 for joining us in the elimination matches. Hope to see you all in again next year!

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Just a quick heads up for those that were in Carver division to look out for a black CIS jacket with the name "Wilson" on the side.

This jacket has very valuable corrective dental pieces that I would like to get back. Please if you see or know about this jacket, reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your help and time.

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4607's Highlights

Sorry this is so late! 4607 had a great time on Carver! I'd like to thank all of our alliance partners that we had throughout the event. I'd especially like to thank our Playoff alliance partners: 503, 359, and 228. You were all incredibly cool people, and I wish we had more time to work together!

I'd also like to apologize to any of the teams whose robots we may have broken. We played aggressive defense, but the intent was never to break anything.

Congratulations to 330, 2481, 120, and 1086! I had the pleasure of speaking with many of you at the event and from the brief interactions I had with everybody, I would say there couldn't have been a nicer and more professional group of teams to win.

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One thing I heard was that some members of Blue Cheese (1086) were absolutely shocked that my team was not picked (1529). I think that is one thing that I love about FIRST is that other teams care about you and how you do in these events, it truly is a great thing to see such professionalism from other teams. Also congrats to 330, 2481, 120, and 1086 for making Carver proud and taking home a world championship, we were cheering you guys on the entire time.

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That's a t-shirt I'd buy.


I echo the sentiment about working together. The hustle and rush of eliminations is so fast-paced that it didn't really sink in until the next day that we were working with people I read every day on CD... Ginger Power, Chris is me, and of course Glenn Lee who I greatly admire as a coach, and whose team is a role-model to us all. I would have loved the chance to talk more.

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Rookie team 5920 would like to thank all the teams on Carver. It was a true honor to play with so many great teams. Many of you took the time to help a small team learn the ropes at Championship.

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Where can I find all the matches played on Carver ?

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http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2016carv

It's missing a few, probably because they hit coverage gaps or (more likely) TBA hasn't been notified about 'em. (It's also possible that they're on their way.)