Chezy Champs 2016
 

Team 254 Presents: Chezy Champs

When: Saturday & Sunday, September 24-25, 2016 (With Friday Night Load-In)
Where: Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California
Registration: $300 ($600 for field-side pit)

Team 254 is excited to announce that Chezy Champs is returning for the third year! This will be an off-season FRC tournament and we will be playing the 2016 FRC game, Stronghold, with some modifications. As in past years, the focus of the event is on the team experience and we hope teams will have a great time while enjoying an entertaining show.

Applications
Fill out this application form. If more teams than we have room for apply before the deadline, selections will be made based on criteria that include competitiveness, locality, and other factors.

Timeline
Application Open: May 25
Application Closed: June 10
Team List Finalized, Invitations Sent: June 13

Volunteers
We need many volunteers to make Chezy Champs a success! If you are interested in helping out, please fill out this form.

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Sounds fun. Application sent.

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We're stoked! Application sent.

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Awesome! Can't wait for the game updates!

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sent in a volunteer form! :)

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When will game updates be announced?

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Applied!

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Application in progress. This is a great event and a wonderful trip to the Bay Area for us. We hope to attend for a 3rd year!

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Applied. Excited to play at the best CA offseason.

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Applied on behalf of Team 4276!

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Applied for 2073.
Volunteer app submitted.

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Is there a way I can sign up to volunteer only if we aren't accepted?

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The volunteer form will be open for a while after we announce invited teams.

Great, thanks!

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Applied!

Always a fun event. Can't wait to see what rule changes will be implemented.

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We hope you will consider us again for a place. We have a great time down there with our new friends...

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SOTAbots are applied and ready to go! Hope to see you all down there!

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Reminder to all that we'll be closing applications on Friday.

Application form is here.

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We'll be accepting application up to midnight tonight (PST). Please reach out to us if you have any issues with the application.

We have received quite a bit of interest and will likely not be able to fit all the teams who applied. Teams who are not accepted or who apply late will be put on a wait list.

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Invites still going out today?

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Invitations will go out tonight. All teams who applied will receive notifications on if they were accepted or waitlisted, sent to the primary contact on the application.

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Are there plans to post who has been invited, or will there only be a post of who has been accepted?

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Thanks, sounds good.

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Invitations have been sent. The list of invited teams is posted below. If you did not receive a response via email that you were either invited or waitlisted, please let us know.

Note that the event currently has a wait list. If you do not intend on coming, please let us know so that we may free up your spot.

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Awesome! We're really excited. Excited to play with everyone, looks like a great group of teams. Also happy Apex is coming down!

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Team 701 is also super excited to compete with some of the best teams in the world!

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Awesome list of teams. Can't wait to compete along side the best in the west :)

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Here are the rules we will be playing with at Chezy Champs:

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Chezy gets it right again...

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Rule 6 uses CROSSES instead of crosses when talking about moving over the defense, is it intentional to prevent a spybot from going back into the neutral zone and crossing the midline without again entering the opponents courtyard?

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+1

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+2 :)

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The intent here is to provide a factor of safety for teams who want to pick up a second ball from the midline, or start teleop back in the center without risk of coasting across while disabled. We don't want to enable any defensive shenanigans.

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For those a little rusty on the team numbers :confused: , here are the names and locations of teams on the Chezy Champs 2016 current list: :yikes:
8 Palo Alto, CA Team 8
114 Los Altos, CA Eagle Strike
115 Cupertino, CA MVRT
254 San Jose, CA The Cheesy Poofs
399 Lancaster, CA Eagle Robotics
604 San Jose, CA Quixilver
696 La Crescenta, CA Circuit Breakers
701 Fairfield, CA RoboVikes
766 Atherton, CA M-A Bears
841 Richmond, CA The BioMechs
846 San Jose, CA The Funky Monkeys
968 West Covina, CA RAWC (Robotics Alliance Of West Covina)
971 Mountain View, CA Spartan Robotics
972 Los Gatos, CA Iron Claw
973 Atascadero, CA Greybots
1197 Torrance, CA TorBots
1323 Madera, CA MadTown Robotics
1671 Clovis, CA Buchanan Bird Brains
1678 Davis, CA Citrus Circuits
1836 Los Angeles, CA The MilkenKnights
1868 Moffett Field, CA Space Cookies
1967 San Jose, CA The Janksters
1983 Seattle, WA Skunk Works Robotics
2073 Elk Grove, CA EagleForce
2135 San Jose, CA Presentation Invasion
2557 Tacoma, WA SOTAbots
3250 Sacramento, CA Kennedy Robotics
3256 San Jose, CA WarriorBorgs
3309 Anaheim, CA Friarbots
3476 Irvine, CA Code Orange ;)
3663 Bothell, WA CPR - Cedar Park Robotics
3859 Elk Grove, CA Wolfpack Robotics
4276 Huntington Beach, CA Surf City Vikings
4488 Hillsboro, OR Shockwave
4543 San Jose, CA The Illuminators
4904 Hillsborough, CA Bot-Provoking
5012 Palmdale, CA Gryffingear
5026 Burlingame, CA Iron Panthers
5499 Berkeley, CA Berkeley High School Robotics
5677 San Jose, CA The Subatomic Smarticles
5803 Seatac, WA Apex Robotics
5817 Sanger, CA Uni-Rex
5829 Houston, TX AwtyBots
5924 San Francisco, CA SI Robotics
5940 Burlingame, CA B.R.E.A.D.

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841 is definitely excited - our Slack chat lit up the morning that the email came in :)

Good rules changes, too.

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Wow! The team list looks stacked! This'll be a fun event to watch for sure!

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In regards to the rule changes, one rule that i have seen many off season competitions remove is the driving over a boulder while in possession of a boulder foul... Will this rule change be used at Chezy Champs?

Thanks,

Niklas Murray

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It's not actually an explicit rule, just a situation that some referees interpret as a violation of G38.

The referees at Chezy Champs are instructed to use common sense and always give the benefit of the doubt to the teams, so if a robot drives over a boulder and isn't obviously trying to control it, by that token they won't call a foul.

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Hey Patrick

Thank you for the clarification. I can't wait for Chezy Champs.

Niklas Murray

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I know it may be a little early for this, but does anyone want to trade shirts? I've got a whole bunch of 5940 shirts left over from Champs, and I am happy to trade with anyone in attendance.

Additionally, there are a few things I'm looking for in particular: a 1678 shirt, an 1868 snap-back hat, a 971 hat, any 254 shirt, and a 5803 shirt. For those items in particular I'm willing to trade a normal team shirt, one of our special "Rookie All-Star" shirts (has "2016 Silicon Valley Regional Rookie All-Star Award Winner" on the sleeve and a different design on the back), or just pay cash.

PM me if you are interested!

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As part of our Chezy Champs coverage this year, GameSense is going to be creating some video content featuring YOUR team's story!

If your team is going to Chezy Champs, fill out this survey by 9/9/16 and tell us about yourselves! If we decided to follow up on your team, we'll record some interviews with you in the pits at Chezy Champs and feature your team during the event on the big screen in the venue, and on the webcast.

The better and more thorough your responses are, the more likely you will end up being featured on the broadcast!

We're excited to be back for a third year, and we can't wait to talk about our new surprise for this year's event very soon.

:ahh:

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Hey everyone!!

The Awtybots are excited to attend Chezy Champs! We look forward to meeting everyone and making some new friends! We've made some change to our robot and should be ready to have some fun. We're also going to be bringing some shirts for trading so if anyone wants one, let me know so I'll make sure to have your size!

See y'all soon!

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Hey Everyone,

I'll be out with some 701 shirts for trade in any size. Some specific shirts that I'm looking for are a 1678 shirt, a 1983 shirt, and a 3476 shirt. That being said I'm willing to trade with anyone. If you are interested, please send me a pm and we'll make it work.

Niklas Murray

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Regarding alliance selection, does Chezy Champs go 1-8, 1-8, 8-1 like IRI? We found video of the 2014 alliance selection where the official method was used and couldn't find anything for 2015. We also couldn't find anything about it in the rules. Thanks!

Edit: One additional question. Your original list included 45 teams, but the website now says there are only 43 teams going. Can we please get an updated list of attendees?

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We will be drafting the same as at official FRC events 1-8, 8-1.

We will post an updated team list when payment is finalized.

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Thanks, Cory! :D

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Here's a little peak into what GameSense has in store for Chezy Champs this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhX_MCr3LY

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Sounds awesome for the people watching at home! Everything about CC this year is looking great :D

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Everything will also be live in the venue, so the folks in attendance can see it as well!

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Even better! I can't wait to see our mistakes clutch plays on the big screen :p.

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Seems like a great addition to what has already been great event coverage for the past two years! Chezy Champs and Gamesense are setting the bar yet again!


How about one of the best clutch plays ever? That would be something to see as instant replay on the big screen :p

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We're excited to open pre-orders for t-shirts and pizza at Chezy Champs 2016!
Reserve yourself a 2016 CC Shirt by ordering by Thursday, Sept 8. After the 8th, quantities will be limited.

Click here to pre-order.

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Has the 2016 edition of Cheesy Arena been released at this point? Searching I can find the last two years, but not FIRST Stronghold. Am I just flaking and missing it?

I ask due to an offseason I am FTA'ing in October that is planning on using it and want to familiarize myself with the software before I get to the venue.

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We haven't released compiled binaries for Cheesy Arena yet and might not before Chezy Champs, but the source code is updated for 2016 so you can check it out from source and run it that way for now.

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Reminder to order t-shirts by tomorrow to reserve your shirt. Limited quantities will be available after 9/8.

Click here to pre-order.

A 2016 release is available here. Be sure to check Github before your event to check for any updates.

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We're expecting the following teams at Chezy Champs. This is still subject to change if we have any last minute drop-outs.

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Just had to wait until after I pestered Pat royally over the past few days while I got it running from built source, didn't ya? :D Thanks for the help Pat! Twas a good exercise.

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I've been fortunate enough to have it running for a few weeks now. Pat and I were working on an LED lighting project that allowed me to get access a bit earlier than normal. Unfortunately, the Addressable LED string version is on the shelf this year.
That aside, I have CA 2016 running on an Raspberry Pi 3 and on a Windows 7 PC, both from source. I must say, the RPi actually handles this process extremely well! We will be testing the RPi server in our shop for a few weeks. It may even run Capital City Classic if it has no issues in the shop.

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Hey everyone, just a reminder that we're still looking for more info from teams on this. Get it in ASAP, as tonight is the deadline!

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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

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We'll be using the gray FIRST boulders.

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

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

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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!.

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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!.

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Team 973 is looking forward to playing!

https://youtu.be/reMs3HtdNwA

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Fixed Problem.
Chose https://chezychamps.com over Blue Alliance.

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Are scores being posted to TBA?

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Sorry about that, minor issue with how TBA was embedding the twitch stream. It should be fixed now

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Refresh GameDay on TBA and full screen should work. If not, try control+F5 to force a refresh.

We changed the Twitch player recently and didn't realize full screen was disabled by default.

Edit: Phil is too fast.

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They should be, we're looking into it.

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No Problem Phil. Thank you or your attention to this and all of the very good work that TBA does for FIRST.

Darn Interwebs.

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No problem! Must have just been a kink in the intertubes, stopping all the 1 bits from getting around the corner ;)

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It would be great if Game Sense uploaded their robot intro photos to TBA.

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Can we all just acknowledge how great Chezy Arena looks? This is way better than the official FMS and I'm honestly not sure why FIRST doesn't have anything better. My only issue is that it doesn't show the rankings for the teams that played at the end of a match.

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As evidenced by the 58 match flood that just hit, I'm going to guess it's fixed? :)

Side note, apparently quite a lot of teams at CC are being followed by the slack bot. Enough the Slack API throttled me. :eek:

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We will be opening early this morning at 8am and running our replay matches from 8:30-9:00 am.

As a reminder, there are several road closures this morning relating to the San Jose Sharks event which will impact arrival at the event. A map of how to enter the main event parking lots on Hedding St. is here.

To reach the arena parking lot instead, take 87 to the Taylor St. Exit. Proceed under the train tracks and turn right onto Stockton. Take Stockton until the road turns and you reach the parking lot.

We do apologize for the late notice.

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All matches are being automatically recorded and uploaded by STEMtv and can be found here or on The Blue Alliance.

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Alliances:

1) 971 1678 604 2135 (W)
2) 254 973 5924 696 (SF)
3) 4488 3250 1868 2073 (F)
4) 5803 3663 5829 701 (QF)
5) 968 114 5012 5817 (SF)
6) 3859 3476 1967 841 (QF)
7) 1671 3309 846 5026 (QF)
8) 4 5700 399 1836 (QF)

No declines.

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It was interesting to see 6/8 of the alliances use their 4th robot for at least one match.

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Congratulations to everyone that participated in this event. I would like to give a special shoutout to the Cooler Master teams that took part:

1868 Space Cookies
3476 Code Orange

Can't wait to see how this season goes!

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Wow.

Congratulations to 971, 1678, 604, and 2135 on winning Chezy Champs! You all put on an awesome performance, and the win was well deserved. Also, a shoutout to 4488, 3250, 1868, and 2073! Upsetting a 254-973 alliance is no small feat, and you guys have much to be proud of on making it to the finals.

Thanks for putting on a great event, I enjoyed watching it!

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Team 5803 would like to thank team 254 once again for inviting us to Chezy Champs to compete with the best! We all had a blast!

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Thanks to of the teams who attended Chezy Champs 2016 and to all of the volunteers who helped make this event as fun, exciting as pleasant as possible for all attendees. We hope that everybody had a great time and hope to see many of you back next year. Final event results and many of the match videos are available on The Blue Alliance.

If you have any comments or feedback regarding the event, we'd appreciate hearing what you have to say. Please fill out this form.

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Yet another stellar event in the books. Chezy Champs did not disappoint in any regard.

Congrats to the winners, 971, 1678, 604, and 2135. It was fun playing against you guys in the semis. The win is well deserved.

Four beautiful robots from 4488, 3250, 1868, 2073. Congrats on your run into the finals.

Thanks to our partners 968, 114, and 5817. We were stoked to finally get to play with 968. They're on the up and up again and we can't wait see how they do at Beach Blitz and the 2017 season. 114 and 5817 - Thanks for the solid defense and ball shuttling. This was key to our alliance's success in the quarters and critical if we were to have a fighting chance in the semifinals.

Thank you to the volunteers and planning committee for another successful event. One big thing that I think merits recognition is how quickly and open to communicate Nick Eyre and the rest of the crew were. They were quick to notify teams of nearby road closures, schedule adjustments, etc.

Thank you and congrats to everyone else!

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I, and Team 4, would also like to thank everyone that was at Chezy Champs this past weekend. 254 really knows how to throw a fun and professional event. Thank you to all the volunteers for your efficiency and generosity. There were only two of us setting up the pit on Friday evening (rest of the team flew in late) and a few very kind volunteers helped us out. Also, thank you to all the other teams who offered help to set up.

It was very fun playing with old friends again. And also very inspiring playing with and learning from teams we've never got to compete with before. I personally learned so much from many different teams. I now know the correct way to mount encoders.

Big shout out to teams 5700, 399, and 1836. Thanks for joining our alliance and having the patience with us for our robot and communication issues.

Special shout out to Keit for head reffing like a boss.

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Congratulations to all of the teams who competed hard with some of the best robots in the world at Chezy Champs.

Once again, Travis and 254 put on a stellar event to bring FRC to a whole new level of excitement. Thank you to all the volunteers for making every team's experience one to remember.

Thank you to our dear friends, 971, for picking us and helping us put together a solid alliance. We were astonished that 604 and 2135 were both still available for our second and third pick. You are both solid teams and added that extra ingredient necessary to go up against the formidable 3rd seed alliance.

Talking about the third seed alliance, when 4488 picked 3250, 1868 and 2073, I was already thinking that this would be our toughest opposition and that proved to be right. I especially want to give a big shout out to our friends 3250 who worked very hard in the off-season to improve their robot. You came out on fire from the beginning and continued to impress throughout the competition.

I'd also like to mention a few other teams that continue to impress me. 5924, you followed up your great rookie season with a strong showing at Chezy Champs and showed us all that young teams can still build great robots. 3859 and 5012, you worked hard in the off-season to redesign or improve your shooters and ended up being two of the best high-goal robots in the competition.

Lastly, kudos to 5499 for sticking in there when things were not going too well. After many frustrating matches and breakdowns, you finally pulled it all together in match 10 and scored several low-goal shots to help your alliance to a win and 4 RP's.

1678 is looking forward to seeing many of you at the next off season event, Capital City Classic, on October 22nd and 23rd.

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The first thing I would like to say about CC 2016 is a huge THANK YOU!!
Once again 254 put on a fantastic event!
A specific Thank You goes to Nick Eyre for the incredible amount of hard work you put in for this event!!

Now, as for Elliminations.....
I can barely express our gratitude to 4488 Shockwave for seeing in us the potential we have. They masterfully used all four alliance partners to execute 7 match strategies that were a thing of beauty. Trust me when I say, upsetting 254-973 and then going toe to toe with Giants like 971, 1678 and 604 and coming as close as we did is the highlight of my time in FIRST. Let's just say, today I have no voice.

I also want to point out, if it were not for the help of our friends on 1678, we would not have been able to compete in the Finals match. We literally had our robot on it's side in the front of their pit at the beginning of Finals 1. With their help, we completely removed one of our drive transmissions and rebuilt it due to a stripped 2nd stage pinion. It was reassembled and ready to play in Finals 2, where we faced 1678. Tell me, where do you see that kind of behavior except in FIRST?

I would be negligent if I didn't tip my hat to 3250, Kennedy Robotics. You guys absolutely KILLED it the entire tournament! It was an honor to stand shoulder to shoulder with you facing Giants!

And as always, 1868 was another class act! It was a pleasure playing along side you again! We look forward to competing with you in 2017!

Congratulations to 971, 1678, 604, and 2135 on winning Chezy Champs!

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While I was not able to attend the actual event, it was clear that everyone was having a great time and still satisfied with the performance. I know I speak for many others when I say that I look forward to working with you again, soon.

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Alliance #3 (4488, 3250, 1868, and 2073) deserves some extra recognition for being gracious professionals and using their time-out card for alliance #2 when they needed more time before their match. There's a reason these teams got to the finals - they "get it".