I have my ideas, so I won't post specific things but heres how I see it:

#1 Seed?: This is a hard call you have so many great ball bots in: 173, 45, 111, 234, 47, 269, etc.... I believe it will be one of the stronger ball bots getting the #1 seed and I believe it will come down to the wire on QPs.

Alliances?: Also another hard one, if you can seed highest, then you can pick the best goal grabber, which was the trend in the finals this year, However I'd like to see an all-ball alliance go far in the finals, will it happen? Who knows.....I think an alliance of the high seed ball grabber and 2 goal bots will take the IRI, I'll proabably be wrong though.....

Just my thoughts.....

[edit] Oh yes I forgot about the top 6 rule, That will make it very very interesting, making the best go against the best, not with them.....[/edit]

guesses
 

at this time i will not even begin to guess who will come out on top. the competition is going to be hard. that is a pretty stacked list of teams that r coming. though i am sure 93 will do well of course. just becuase we r the best. lol just kidding. it will be hard and a good time. should be a better competition then we have seen yet. but we will see what happens.


by the way ricki very excited about the party u r holding in ur room. cant wait. lol see u all there

A Ball Bot Hybrid will take Number one seed and at least 1 ball bot hybrid will take the IRI championship....you can't survive without them...

Any other teams staying at the Comfort Suites? or are we Californians the only ones willing to make that long trek :D everyday for cheaper rates and free breakfast?

Long live the Hybrids!!

Ball bots
 

Yeah ball bots rule. Without ball bots all the scores would suck...LOL

Another New Registration
 

team #33 the Killer Bees have registered:D :cool: Keeps getting better every day!!

Updated List.
 

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That's the list of IRI teams as of July 8. Currently 29 teams.

oh my that list keeps getting better everyday. i cannot wait for iri. it is going to be so much fun. i didnt get to go last year becuase my team didnt take freshmen so i am excited to get to go this year. it should be some really kick %%% competition.

BeachBot should be on his way by now. He was supposed to leave early this morning and should be crossing the Mojave desert by now.

The rest of us will follow by air a week from Thursday. See you there!

*intercerpts crate*

*drives beachbot around* :D


We'll see you there in a few weeks

This is exactly why we are taking our with us, can't trust that DJ :D

Yep - that was our reason for buying our trailer (well at least one of our reasons)... Don't want anyone sabotaging TOBOR V before the competition! ;)

- Katie

stepping out on a limb...
 

Since Clark brought up predictions, here are mine (most aren't very daring):

For the #1 seed, take your pick from the long list of hybrid bots (33, 45, 47, 65, 111, 173, or 269). It will come down to strategy, pairings, and a lot of good fortune.

The #1 pick will be:
71, 308, or 469

The winning alliance will a hybrid, and a strong 2 goal grabber, and either a fast 1-2 goal grabber or another hybrid.

The TechnoPig will be repeat hit.

One of the refs will misplace his flags.

Baker will be the toughest head ref ever and will DQ everyone. Ok, maybe that's a stretch, but under his guidance the refs will call 5 penalties and will DQ one alliance, minimum.

The Great Carnak I am not, I'm still waiting for his predictions.

Mike

I can see it now... Sean tries to pull out his flag to call a penalty, but to his surprise it is no longer in his pocket. He turns to his left just in time to see the back of Mike's head as he runs off with the rewards of his nice pocket-picking...

I wish I could be there this year :(. I guess there's always next year.

That's why he's running around loose in the back of a pickup. So that if malefactors get past his fierce guardians, he can bite their hands off, or any other appendages that are handy. Even people on the team can barely handle him, I wouldn't advise it for strangers....:eek:

You didn't think we'd trust him out our sight if we didn't have to did you?

i figured.... :D

Not necessarily, at Battle Cry two very powerful goal grabbers 237 and 190 picked two really good hybrids (190 & 121) (237 & 173). It seemed that with such as high percentage of ball bots, it gave the powerful 2-goal grabbers a really big boost in QP. I wouldn't be really surprise if 469 or 71 got to pick first.

For the finals, I do agree with you that it will like mostly be an impossible 2 goal or 3 goal grabber (469 & 71) and a hybrid (173,45,47,111) that will win it.

IRI is like the Battlecry of the Mideast, there are going to be the best teams from there, and it will be as fierce as Battlecry.

Registration for the IRI is now closed. thanks for all of you who are participating this year. its going to be the competition of the year!!!:cool: :D

More Predictions
 

Here are some more random predictions:

1. A suprise team will get #1 seed.
2. There will be no entanglements, but the carpet will get damaged, resulting in a DQ.
3. A new high average QP score will be achieved.
4. The Lady Truck Town Thunder team will seed higher than the boys Truck Town Thunder team.
5. The refs will have 2 or 3 flags each.
6. Friday's hog roast/party will be a hoot.
7. There will be some major robot damage on the field, due to carefree driving and all out bashing.
8. An all-Indiana alliance will win the competition
9. A good time will be had by all.

Not much, I know. But hey, I'm doing my part to keep this thread going.

Andy B.

ScoreFIRST1.72IRI - Feature List
 

And here's something else to look forward to...my current new feature list for the version of ScoreFIRST which will make its debut at IRI:
-Timer display with background logo for those events not using video switching
-Real-time scoring capabilities
-Activation of a "placeholder team" mode which allows, with a little work after alliances are generated(going through and manually "scoring" any matches with the placeholder team), any number of alliances to compete in the finals.
-A slightly changed alliance selection display, showing who plays against who in the first round of play.
-Notification on the match results display if a new high score has been reached.
-Multiple options for field controller use
-Real-time access to a Wireless LAN setup running a live-update information server(SSID: iri_net)
-Miscellaneous other operator-side enhancements(read: things you'll never see)

I'm sure there's something I've missed(I don't have the newest version of the code in front of me right now), so you'll just have to wait until next week to see everything! See you there!

[EDIT]Also, just an FYI...for those of you who were watching my work on the web information system, it has been taken offline until I arrive at IRI. With registration closed, I am starting to generate actual competition matches, and if the web system remained online at this time, it would allow unrestricted access to the match information.[/EDIT]

Re: More Predictions
 

I can agree to that! :D :D


Those are some obvious predictions... :rolleyes:
But definately true! All will have fun!

Are we going to have to have an invisible Wisconsin team?


:p

Re: stepping out on a limb...
 

Ummmmmmmmmm... Where is 93????

Re: Re: stepping out on a limb...
 

It is ok, us teams from Wisconsin will be right in there.

Katelyn

Car Nack Predicts
 

Car Nack Predicts

1. The IRI will again be great fun and a huge success.

2. The final match will be a tremendous pushing contest which will tear the carpet somewhere between the alliances and result in a pile of bunched up carpet under each of the robots. Because the lines of the zones will be moved the winner will have to be determined by the highest pile of carpet under the robot.

Car Nack has spoken

Since my name is on the line for the gym floor as long as we are not measuring piles of saw dust I am with Car Nack ;)

A couple of things about the IRI

1. If you can we would appreciate your teams using the concessions in the facility. The proceeds go in full to next years rookie team “Team Lawrence”. So the money you spend there is going to a good cause. The group that is working the concessions will be the team leaders for this new team so encourage them when you get a chance.

2. There will be shirts for sale at $6.00 per shirt. We are working on getting all the teams listed on the back of the shirt so you can brag to the fact that your team competed in one of the strongest pound for pound tournaments around. These are very nice shirts for $6.00

3. Due to some late sponsorships there may be few extra $’s left after the tournament is over so the three host teams have agreed to take the left over and offer a scholarship to a student on a team that attended the IRI this year. This is still in the planning stage and applications hopefully will be available at the competition. No word on the value amount yet.

4. You may want to bring a power strip and a small extension cord. You will have access to one outlet at your pit area.

5. Enjoy your stay here in Indy and I can’t wait till next Friday.

Re: Car Nack Predicts
 

I can agree to that Car Nack...but what would our fine group of referees would think about number 2?

Re: Re: Car Nack Predicts
 

I plan on making 2 flags for each ref... and actually got the material for the flags during lunch today. With Car Nack's prediction in mind, I may have to make some more!

Also, maybe the refs (or a ref) will wear a hat so that when the run out of flags, the hat can be thrown, kinda like in football.

Andy B. ... have flag, will travel

Sounds good, but please don't have a giant outline Indiana anywhere on the shirt. I have an IRI shirt from 2000 and the front is a big, yellow Indiana. I'm kind of embarrased to wear it in IL :D

Mike

/me pulls out flag and throws it at Mike.

OK, then why don't you wear your "Illinois Robotics Invitational" shirt instead? Oh, yeah... you can't do that, 'cause there ISN'T one!

I think that you're just jealous of the fact that the Hoosier state is much more technologically advanced than the Land of Lincoln.

:D

Andy B. ...makes a mental note to watch 111's cleats and file cards

New results screen shot
 

Look at the new features...
-High score notification
-Rankings after match listed

Andy,

I wear my IRI shirt all the time, and I think the picture of Indiana should be bright orange so that it can be more easily seen from the air.

Kevin ... "This is not the carpet damage you are looking for ..."

ROTFLMAO
 

Kevin,

That may simply be one of the funniest quotes I've seen on here since the "I'll eat my hat" quote from Dr. Joe a few years ago.

"May the Torque be with you"

Andy B.

I predict that most of the predictions are wrong.

Oh come on Kevin, quit sucking up to the head ref! I don't think it will get you anywhere (but of course if it does, bring us along for the ride so we can share the repeat victory with you :) ).

Mike

*ahem* What? Is Andy the head ref? I had no idea...:D

Besides Mike, it's more likely we'll be looking to you to bring us along for the ride to the repeat.

Kevin

We shouldn't have any rules issues at the IRI. We have a new team member in charge of rules compliance and we're going to bring him along with us to the competition. His name is Ben Franklin, and he's been known to do a VERY good job at helping avoid DQ's.

Chris,

My understanding is that Ben was actually planning to join the judges for the IRI, in order to remain completely impartial. I'm certain that while Andy pays closer attention to Team 45 (only natural), Ben will be looking out for us.

Kevin

all teams, please note what he just said.

and here is what the logo for the t-shirts that we are selling will look like. fanning outward from the state will also be all of the team names that are attending. a nice souvineer to take home. they are also going to be priced at a VERY low. i'll post another updated version once we get it.

At least it isn't bright yellow... hehe. Actually I think the state that should be shown should best represent the teams that are attending. I think that MI takes 13/28 spots. We should therefore change the name to MRI and have an outline of the Great Lakes State. Anyone with me here?

Since it's being held in Indiana, I have no qualms about it being called the IRI. I do, however, appreciate the nice tribute to the wolverine state with the color scheme. :D

Hrm, you guys have to push it dont you? :D

Lets read from the book of Baker, modified for the situation:


"OK, then why don't you wear your "Michigan Robotics Invitational" shirt instead? Oh, yeah... you can't do that, 'cause there ISN'T one!

I think that you're just jealous of the fact that the Hoosier state is much more technologically advanced than the Wolverine's . "
:D

lol
 

I'm trying to recall some of the chapters, like..

1. How to drive a cheap, crappy car.
2. You too can misplace tools at the TechnoKat shop.
3. Pig wrestling is fun!
4. Hicks are people too.
5. Yes, the Universtiy of Evansville DOES have an engineering school.

Kidding aside...

Speaking of books, I'll have have a 37-page copy of the TechnoKats' latest white paper available for each team who is attending the IRI. It's called...

"6 Motor Drive Assembly w/ Pneumatic Shifting of 4:1 Gearbox"

I just got it done, and it looks nifty.

Andy B.

there is also going to be a special guest (or 2) attending the IRI.:D

Yeah, I am so excited to see these shirts...they should be awesome...hmmmm...i wonder who these guests are gonna be...it should be fun.

Katelyn

if you by some way know, or you were in Andy Bakers email, PLEASE don't say who the special guests are!!! it's going to be exciting to see everyones reaction when they arrive to the competition. :cool:

Special Guests eh...? This should be interesting... I'm predicting.. Sigfried and Roy?

It has to be the Incredible Klements' Racing Sausages !!! Sausage Race!!!:D

w00t to that!

The Klements' racing sausage is the best part of miller park

Ricky...could you be any more obsessed with the Brewers???...LOL...I know you love the Brewers...Just have to pick on you...


Katelyn

1 Special Guest
 

Now it seems that there will only be 1 "special guest" at IRI....Do to circumstances this guest has to appear somewhere else..although i hear there is a slight chance he may be able to attend.... :(

thats really a bummer man. i was really looking forward to being in this guests presence. why would they choose to go to something other than IRI?:(

Whats wrong with the Brewers?!

Go Brewers!
:D

oo and im bummed that one of our guests wont be there

Max Score
 

Hey Students - I think the maximum score is actually 85 to 85.
With "mini-me's", each robot could actually be in both ends of the playing field, scoring 80 robot points, plus 30 goal points, plus 40 ball points.......

Well actually nothing is wrong with the brewers...Ricky makes fun of me every chance he gets...now it is payback...LOL

Katelyn

Re: Max Score
 

It is true that the max qualifying score is 255 (85 * 3), although that would mean utilizing all 60 balls.

That it would, which would reqiure lots of skill and some luck

You'd also need Two empty halves of coconut that can be banged together, and the secret formula of a Krabby Patty.

we are sorry to inform you, but RAGE will not be able to make it to the IRI. :( they had some things come up and couldn't make the trip. we hope to have you guys here next year though.

Re: New results screen shot
 

Nate-

Not that you haven't done enough, but what about an alliance that ties the high score? What if both alliances have the high score (i.e. Match #1 was a tie 30-30?) Is this only for Qualifying rounds or does the code apply to eliminations as well?

Hope the event goes well.

Later,
KA-108