Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Hey Guys,

What type of ball will be used at the competition?

Is it the official FIRST boulder:
http://www.andymark.com/FRC16-p/am-3276.htm

or

Gopher FRC boulder:
http://www.gophersport.com/pe/pe-equ...n?sku_id=13898

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

We'll be using the gray FIRST boulders.

Will there be other merchandise (hats, 254 shirts, etc.) available for purchase?

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Yep, we'll have some 254 shirts for sale.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

A few more updates. Chezy Champs is just 9 days away.

Schedule
To ensure that each team gets a full ten qualification matches, we have decided to extend the event schedule slightly. We will now be running qualification matches until 7pm on Saturday night and will be starting matches at 9:30 on Sunday morning. An updated schedule is posted on the event website. We'll get a preliminary match schedule generated and sent out in the next week.

Pit Map
The preliminary pit map has been posted here. Note that this may change if we have any last minute drop outs or additions.

Swag Preorders & Pizza Sales
Limited quantities of event t-shirts, as well as pizzas, are still available for sale. Pre-order here, and forward this information along to your teams!.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Less than a week away. A few more updates.

Preliminary Match Schedule
We've posted a preliminary qualification match schedule here. This is subject to change if we have any no show teams or if any unexpected situations arise.

Rule Changes
We will be playing with four team elimination alliances. Full rule changes available here.

Load-In
Load in will be on Friday from 6pm-9pm and on Saturday morning from 8am onward.

Pit Map
The pit map has been posted here.

Swag Preorders & Pizza Sales
Pizza is still available for pre-order, and limited quantities of event t-shirts are still available for sale. Pre-order here, and forward this information along to your teams!.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Team 973 is looking forward to playing!

https://youtu.be/reMs3HtdNwA

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Apologies to those who tried to order and could not. The form has been re-opened until tomorrow morning. We have pizzas and limited supply of t-shirts still available.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Based on the Pit Map, there are 41 teams coming: ::rtm::
4 < Team 4 ELEMENT > Van Nuys, CA
114 < Eagle Strike > Los Altos, CA
115 < MVRT > Cupertino, CA
254 < The Cheesy Poofs > San Jose, CA
399 < Eagle Robotics > Lancaster, CA
604 < Quixilver > San Jose, CA
696 < Circuit Breakers > La Crescenta, CA
701 < RoboVikes > Fairfield, CA
766 < M-A Bears > Atherton, CA
841 < The BioMechs > Richmond, CA
846 < The Funky Monkeys > San Jose, CA
968 < RAWC (Robotics Alliance Of West Covina) > West Covina, CA
971 < Spartan Robotics > Mountain View, CA
972 < Iron Claw > Los Gatos, CA
973 < Greybots > Atascadero, CA
1351 < TKO > San Jose, CA
1671 < Buchanan Bird Brains > Clovis, CA
1678 < Citrus Circuits > Davis, CA
1836 < The MilkenKnights > Los Angeles, CA
1868 < Space Cookies > Moffett Field, CA
1967 < The Janksters > San Jose, CA
2073 < EagleForce > Elk Grove, CA
2135 < Presentation Invasion > San Jose, CA
3250 < Kennedy Robotics > Sacramento, CA
3256 < WarriorBorgs > San Jose, CA
3309 < Friarbots > Anaheim, CA
3476 < Code Orange :) > Irvine, CA
3663 < CPR - Cedar Park Robotics > Bothell, Washington
3859 < Wolfpack Robotics > Elk Grove, CA
4488 < Shockwave > Hillsboro, Oregon
4543 < The Illuminators > San Jose, CA
4904 < Bot-Provoking > Hillsborough, CA
5012 < Gryffingear > Palmdale, CA
5026 < Iron Panthers > Burlingame, CA
5499 < Berkeley High School Robotics > Berkeley, CA
5677 < The Subatomic Smarticles > San Jose, CA
5700 < SOTA Cyberdragons > San Francisco, CA
5803 < Apex Robotics > Seatac, Washington
5817 < Uni-Rex > Sanger, CA
5829 < AwtyBots > Houston, Texas
5924 < SI Robotics > San Francisco, CA

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Chezy Champs is two days away! We're expecting 41 teams - team list and preliminary match schedule are on The Blue Alliance. A few more updates:

Robot Radios
We will only be supporting the Open-Mesh radios used during the 2016 season. If you don't have an Open-Mesh radio, please reach out to us as soon as possible.

Load-In
Load in will be on Friday from 6pm-9pm and on Saturday morning from 8am onward.

Event Map
A map of load-in locations is on the event website. The pit map has been posted here.

Pit Power & Batteries
As a reminder, power in the pits will be turned off each night. We recommend that you charge your batteries before coming to the event so that they start off fresh on Saturday morning. Field-side pits are unaffected.

As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

That looks like a very well-thought-out competitor! I can't wait to see it in action tomorrow!

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

For anyone interested in some last minute predictions/stats:

Using the preliminary match schedule and some component OPR / averages calculations, I ran some match predictions, which I used to predict overall rankings.

The ranking predictions, match predictions, and data used are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=176192934

It should allow you to manually change match results to update the rankings automatically, but I haven't fully tested it out.

Here's a visual representation of the effect the match schedule has on teams (green = predicted rank is higher than opr rank, red = opposite):




More details on my formulas:
- Winning alliances are predicted on the alliances' total OPR
- Auto points are predicted on the alliances' total auto OPR
- Capturing is predicted on the alliances' total boulder OPRs (auto low, auto high, teleop low, teleop high), with 10 as the cutoff. Challenging/scaling wasn't taken into account .
- Breaching is kind of messy and I think I messed up the calculations somewhere (but every alliance is predicted to breach anyway so it doesn't really matter), but I used 4 as the cutoff for breaching a defense, with an alliance needing 5 to guarantee a breach (since defenses are randomized)
- Teams are ranked with RPs as the 1st order sort and auto points as the 2nd

Good luck to everyone!

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Rachel,

Your work is quite good.

Space Cookies at 22 might mean an alliance pick.

Looking forward to watching the webcast today while I grade papers, input grades, review IEP's, plan lessons, trim boxwoods, cut the grass...Rinse and repeat.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

Qualification defense schedule is posted here. We will be using the same schedule that was sent to teams and is posted on the blue alliance.

Re: Chezy Champs 2016
 

So,

If I would like to watch this "webcast" full screen, any suggestions.

Blue Alliance does not allow it.

Seems like web compatibility is a problem for everyone.