CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

Is anyone ready to rock the house? So who is going to be the next National Champion out of the Curie Division? The possible alliance combinations out of this division are ...... ?


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16
34
48
60
67
74
86
97
108
118
121
126
141
159
176
180
195
224
234
246
269
291
314
330
339
343
357
365
395
456
469
498
527
545
558
612
648
694
716
771
830
862
910
967
1001
1015
1033
1065
1087
1114
1137
1155
1218
1270
1305
1341
1418
1502
1510
1523
1535
1539
1563
1617
1636
1647
1675
1700
1714
1732
1811
1826
1850
1872
1929
1950
2010
2046
2054
2067
2100
2137
2165
2166
2252
2283

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

Hey! Don't scare the other divisions!:yikes:

1114, 67, 469, 330, 118--Some of the biggest guns this year, and at least three of those five have won a regional. I'm not going to make any predictions about alliances until the picking.

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I think the hybrid ramp/ringer bots will be the key to victory in Championship elimination rounds. Curie has 3 of the best in 330, 469, and 1114.

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I said I wouldn't make any predictions, except now I will make one.

No more than two of the following teams will be on the same alliance, barring a miracle: 67, 330, 469, 1114, any other good hybrid-class robot.

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I completely forgot HOT was a hybrid too

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Cyberblue will be coming into this division with 2 regional victories at Boilermaker and LI.

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We're a hybrid, too.

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Wow Gael Force (Boston Winner), 558(amazing ramp bot, winner of UTC piggybacking 195 and 1124)

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1065 is a hybrid too, but we're going for a new strategy for champs, we are planning to be able to change the function of the robot to best fit our alliance.


Looking forward to seeing everyone there and having a great competition :)

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Barring any more additions to the team list or changes to the algorithm, the Algorithm of Death Predicts...

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I'm speechless...............seriously.........I am.

At the same time, I'm really pumped for this division, due to the level of competition and the headache pretty much everyone has to go through for the alliances.
I'm also happy to see that our partners in crime from NASA/VCU (semi-finalists) 343 and from Chesapeake (Finalists) 339 are in the same division. May be if the stars allign well, we can group up again and rock this division ;)

612 is indeed a hybrid bot........but we are also known as
We'll see that ATL has cooking for us. I'm ready :cool:


Imad

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Team 141 is a hybrid as well...and we're pumped for the championship.

It shall be a good division. I can't wait =D

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Ramps are going to be big factor. This was proven during the finals at the Palmetto Regional. Hybrid robots combined with great defense is going to be huge.

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*FYI
1535 is not a rookie team, last year we were half of team 1596 - the International Instigators - but grew too large and split into 1596 and 1535. This is our 3rd year and 2nd time in Atlanta (2005 Rookie All-Stars at GLR in Ypsilanti). Looking forward to joining all of our friends again this year.
see you all in ATL!

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Wow... Curie is going to be intense. Good luck, teams

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Where exactly do you find what devision you are in. I saw another user list us (1102) in curie, but I'm not quite sure. We only got in after winning an award so we may just not be on this list....anyone know where to find it?

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=56549 has the official list linked.

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Uh-oh! Curie is pretty stacked. I'm a bit worried...

...in a good way, of course!

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With all you dual purpose bots you'll need a good sole-purpose tube scorer in 648 *thumbsup*.

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Team 357 is a Dangerous hybrid too. we can not only score ringers but we can also lift flat

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Is the Jester Drive in operation this year?

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of course. and with some new mods.

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Yes it is, and it has been working effectively at both regionals we have competed in.

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Some more info from me

48 - Regional Champ , Regional Finalist
60 - Regional Champ
86 - Regional Champ
118 - Regional Champ
121 - Regional Finalist
126 - Regional Champ
176 - Regional Champ , Regional Finalist
195 - Regional Champ
234 - Regional Champ (2x)
330 - Regional Champ (2x)
339 - Regional Finalist
469 - Regional Champ , Regional Finalist
545 - Regional Champ
558 - Regional Champ
612 - Regional Finalist
648 - Regional Finalist
694 - Regional Finalist
771 - Regional Champ
1015 - Regional Champ
1087 - Regional Champ
1114 - Regional Champ (2x)
1155 - Regional Finalist
1270 - Regional Champ
1305 - Regional Finalist
1502 - Regional Finalist
1539 - Regional Champ
1636 - Regional Champ
2165 - Regional Finalist


1114 and 234 just scream out at me as a perfect alliance. just my thoughts

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wow, no rookie champions? lol, that's so cool, we're in Curie(sorry, first timer excitment:D ).

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You forgot 558 on your list Tim, they were UTC regional Champs with 195 (also in Curie).

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hmm i wonder why you say that...is that because we were on your alliance in long island lol...but the competition looks tough but you never know what bad luck some teams can run into to and you never know what luck some teams can get so GOOD LUCK ALL!!

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Also thanks for considering us for being a perfect alliance

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The link below will take you to the team list. The list now shows the Division. Y'all are in Newton. Good Luck and Congratulations for winning Palmetto Regional Chairman's Award.

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....&sort=division

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I hate to point this out, but 1539 is a Regional Winner, not a finalist.

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Wow I can not wait. I didnt think we'd have a chance to play with 330 this year. So many good teams!!

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Why do you "hate" to point that out? Say it loud and proud and fix that problem!

Although, being a 3 time silver medalist, I wouldn't know how to say it loud and proud if I won a regional. But since we'll be winning on Curie this year, I'm going to scream it out very loud. Everyone will be able to hear me. :D

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that list of champs and finalists is pretty long. do we have the most in our division or just the best? we haven't got the chance to show it yet, because of the need to score, but 910 is always ready for a little defence.

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Im not sure how big ramps are going to be though. In all of the finals at Midwest, not one team used ramps to the best of my knowlege, even though they had them at their disposal. Team 1000 played defense the whole time and we never even tried to climb up on their ramp. Wildstang had a ramp, but no-one ever climbed up even though they deployed it a couple of times. Two excellent tube scorers and an okay def. bot can outscore any other robots with ramps.

Malhon

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There is another type of hybrid people are forgetting about.

The Tube scorer and Ramp climber!

These are the teams who focused on tube scoring and a drivetrain to be able to climb ramps. A lot of really good tube scorers sacrifice part of their ramp climbing ability for more manuverablity. I do know that mecnums, omni's, swerve, 2wd, 4wd and so on can drive up ramps - but how reliably and fast?

Nothing beats a 6wd with a exposed wheel to eliminate any ground clearence problems. Yes thats what 1015 got guys and gals, a tube / climber hybrid!

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Yes, tube scorer and ramp climber. We never got to try climbing up on ramps in competition because most of the ramps we got paired up with did not decide to work in the match. We have excellent traction, and enough power to pull ourselves up about any ramp including last years which we tried in practice.
Malhon

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This is going to be an interesting division.

Lots of good hybrids, arms and ramps.

By the way, 180's ramp is big enough to land a plane. And the arm is quite sweet.

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Links to match videos, photos, and FIRST's team information for each team can be found on The Blue Alliance's Championship Portal which will have more and more information added to it over the week left until Championship!

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Now that a new version of the "hybrid" has been introduced, the scorer/climber, hows about the "double hybrid"? We are a four ramp, two platform (totaling around 45 square feet), ramp climbing, tube scoring (best was 5 at West Michigan) robot. After replacing our camera at the end of the West Michigan regional we were able to place six of six keepers in auton on the practice field.

The bottom line here is this. There are 344 exceptional robots heading to Atlanta as I write this. Every robot headed there can do one, two, three or more things well and will each be a threat on the field. How well we all work together with whatever assets we each bring to the field will determine the outcomes.

Congratulations to all and Good Luck!

Does anyone want to start a scouting type forum for Curie, or did I just miss it?

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Are those scouting threads useful? I have yet to see one, but I'm not looking.

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Team 291 is a regional Champ

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I can't wait to see the finals in CURIE, its going to be great. Good luck to everyone!

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This division seems like it'll be as intense as West Michigan was. It'll be good to see some old alliance partners here :) (141, 1114).. I think the HOT team has a thing for 1's and 4's ;)

Good Luck To All Teams!! Let's make Curie the BEST Division and the Championship winner :D

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We'll be on Curie again (our team has been on Curie every year at the Championship). Lots of good teams, it's going to be quite a challenge!

And don't automatically assume manuverability means bad ramp climbing, we've been lifted 3 times despite a 4 wheel with omnis set up. Good drivers are key!

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Here is the link to the photo of 180 with the ramps down (arm not shown in this picture):
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27427?

Here is the link to the photo with the ramps up and arm shown:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27513

Go Rookies Go
 

I'll be pulling for the Florida teams and my friends on 86, 108, 180, and 1065.


...But I'll be rooting hardest for my Rookies in Oklahoma 2165! Go Big Blue!

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

Similar to what was originally posted, here is a deeper look at the curie division:
16 Semifinalist Kansas
34 Quarterfinalist Bayou & Palmetto
48 Won Buckeye; Semifinalist Toronto; Finalist Pittsburg
60 Won Arizona; Semifinalist Las Vegas
67 Semifinalist Great Lakes; Quarterfinalist Michigan
74 Quarterfinalist Michigan & Midwest
86 Won Florida
97 6-4 Boston
108 Finalist Florida; Quarterfinalist Las Vegas
118 Finalist Bayou
121 Finalist Boston
126 Won Boston
141 Quarterfinalist Michigan & Boilermaker
159 Quarterfinalist Colorado
176 Won Toronto; Finalist UTC
180 Semifinalist Florida
195 Won UTC
224 3-4 New Jersey; 1-5-1 Chesapeake
234 Won Long Island; Won Boilermaker
246 4-6 Boston
269 Quarterfinalist Wisconsin; 5-3 Toronto
291 Won Buckeye; Semifinalist Pittsburg
314 Quarterfinalist Detroit & Pittsburg
330 Won San Diego & Las Vegas
339 Finalist Chesapeake; 3-3-2 VCU
343 Semifinalists VCU & Palmetto
357 Semifinalists Philly & Bayou
365 Quarterfinalists Phillidelphia & Finger Lakes
395 Quarterfinalists New York & Philadelphia
456 Quarterfinalists Bayou
469 Won Michigan; Finalists Detroit; Quarterfinalists Great Lakes
498 Quarterfinalists Arizona
527 Quarterfinalists Long Island
545 Won Long Island
558 Won UTC
612 Finalists Chesapeake; Semifinalists VCU
648 Finalists Midwest
694 Finalists New York
716 Quarterfinalists UTC; 4-3 New Jersey
771 Won Waterloo; 3-4 Toronto
830 Semifinalists St. Louis; Quarterfinalists Waterloo; 3-4 Great Lakes
862 4-4 Great Lakes
910 Semifinalists Michigan; 3-4 Great Lakes
967 Quarterfinalists St. Louis
1001 3-4 Buckeye
1015 Won Great Lakes
1033 Quarterfinalists VCU
1065 Quarterfinalists Florida
1087 Won Northern Pacific
1114 Won Toronto & Waterloo; Semifinalists Great Lakes
1137 5-3 VCU
1155 Finalists New Jersey; Quarterfinalists New York
1218 Semifinalists New Jersey; 4-2 Chesapeake
1270 Won Florida; Quarterfinalists Buckeye
1305 Finalists Toronto & Waterloo
1341 4-4 Florida
1418 Semifinalists Chesapeake
1502 Finalists Detroit; Quarterfinalists St. Louis
1510 Quarterfinalists Northern Pacific; 4-6 San Diego
1523 Quarterfinalists Florida
1535 5-6 Waterloo
1539 6-4 Palmetto
1563 1-6 New York
1617 3-3 New Jersey
1636 Won Colorado
1647 Semifinalists Philadelphia
1675 4-3 Buckeye; 1-6 Wisconsin
1700 4-2 Silicon; 3-5 Northern Pacific
1714 Quarterfinalists Wisconsin; 3-5 Buckeye
1732 Semifinalists Midwest & Wisconsin
1811 2-4 New Jersey
1826 Semifinalists Colorado
1850 Won Midwest; 3-5 Wisconsin
1872 Quarterfinalist Boilermaker; 4-3 Buckeye
1929 4-4 New York
1950 Won Israel
2010 Quarterfinalists Pittsburg; 5-3 Buckeye
2046 Quarterfinalists Northern Pacific
2054 5-4 Michigan
2067 4-5 UTC
2100 5-3 Florida
2137 3-5 Great Lakes
2165 Finalists Kansas
2166 Semifinalists Waterloo; Quarterfinalists Toronto
2252 3-5 Buckeye
2283 Semifinalists Detroit

After taking that information and giving point values to how well the teams did (4- Won...3 Finalist....etc. and if they didn't make the playoffs i used there winning percentage) and then averaging them by the number of regionals and then multiplying by a consistency value (1 for 1 regional and .3 added to that for however many regionals they went to such as 1.6 for 3 regionals) here is how our division breaks down accordingly:
1. 234
2. 330
3. 1114
4. 48
5. 176
6. 86
7. 126
8. 195
9. 545
10. 558
11. 1015
12. 1087
13. 1636
14. 1950
15. 469
16. 60
17. 291
18. 1305
19. 612
20. 1270
21. 118
22. 121
23. 648
24. 694
25. 2165
26. 771
27. 1850
28. 108
29. 343
30. 357
31. 1155
32. 1502
33. 1732
34. 339
35. 16
36. 180
37. 1418
38. 1647
39. 1826
40. 2283
41. 67
42. 2166
43. 830
44. 1218
45. 910
46. 34
47. 74
48. 141
49. 314
50. 365
51. 395
52. 1599
53. 456
54. 498
55. 527
56. 967
57. 1033
58. 1065
59. 1523
60. 2010
61. 2046
62. 269
63. 1872
64. 716
65. 1510
66. 1714
67. 1137
68. 2100
69. 1700
70. 97
71. 1539
72. 2054
73. 862
74. 1341
75. 1617
76. 1929
77. 1535
78. 2067
79. 1675
80. 1001
81. 246
82. 2137
83. 2252
84. 224
85. 1811
86. 1563

There are a lot of great teams, good luck to everyone

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

We actually won San Diego & Los Angeles, not Las Vegas...

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At both Palmetto and Peachtree ramps were a big factor. A good combo for an alliance is two good scorers and 1 good defensive robot. Kell did very well at Peachtree. That alliance made it to the finals with a combination of good scoring and Kell's defense and ramps.

At Palmetto, the finals came down to the ramps. One alliance had 3 scorers the other had two and a defensive ramp bot. The ramp team got 60 bonus point in each of their two wins in the finals which lead to them being Region Champs.

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395 Quarterfinalists New York & Pittsburgh

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Just Wondering....

How do teams, 2165 and 2166, get into the same division??

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FIRST changed the 1,2,3,4 division sorter slightly.
Check out the odd sequence here
Notice a repeating pattern? cause I don't

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I don't think 365 deserves a spot only 4 places ahead of us, they performed far better at their Regional events than we did. It's just for fun anyway though, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Going off that list though, I predict that at least 1 of the Curie winning alliance members comes from below spot #50 on that list.

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

i thought maybe first was dividing countries evenly, but a quick look shows we have five from canada and archimidies has none.

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HOT can't wait! This division looks amazing....And a special shout out to team 2283 Panteras (We love you guys!). Good luck to everybody, and an early congrats to whoever wins this crazy thing :D

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Wow! I haven't even realised that they were in our division. I'm super excited now! I loved them when they visited us, they were so adorable at GM and then when we visited them at Detroit Regional. I hope that ya'll do awesome!

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This division is definitely looking tough..Has anyone started a Curie scouting thread yet? Anyways good luck to all teams and lets make the world champions from Curie this year.:D

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See the thread http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=56608
It has a sample format for each team to modify with robot data and a picture
:D

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

It appears that FIRST went out of their way to distribute the regional finalists and champions equally among the four divisions. That is why the 1, 2, 3, 4 sorting model was not followed in 2007. Each of the other divisions has roughly 30 champs or finalists.;)

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Thanx I posted our team info on there I think everyone should post their info on there so that we have a good scouting information database on the Curie Division.

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I would keep an eye on team 1675...They always seem to struggle in the regionals but pull it all together in Atlanta.

They finished 10th in their division last year and was the #1 back up robot for the final rounds. They got in when another robot broke down (remember the Leher report on PBS) and performed well but were defeated by the alliance that eventually won the division.

It surprising they didn't get picked up by an alliance. They're my sleeper pick for 2007.


BC

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Similarly, I'd look out for 2 out of the top 3 on that list to team together to form a very, very dangerous alliance.

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I don't think you will really be able to pinpoint at all where the members of the alliances will come from, which is why it's going to make Curie more competitive and exciting.

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For the record: 97 made the semifinals at Boston.

Thanks for the scouting info!

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Why did this thread get so quiet? We have one of the toughest divisions and nationals start in 4 days lets see some type of talking lets get fired up because our champions on einstein are gonna take it this year.:) Good luck all teams

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I think everything that will be said from now on would be repeated from earlier in this thread. ie, "Watch out for 1114 and 330!!!"

Does someone have something unique to post? Like... I don't know. Unique... not something about who's going to win, because I can assure you that there's a good chance that it won't be who you think. I donno... just an idea

My $0.02

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I know there was a thread on where everyone is staying for nationals but I'm gonna ask again so we can see who all from Curie is staying together.
Team 1270 will be staying in the Westin.

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1155 is staying at the Country Inn at the Airport

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I watched video of the first 10 teams on the Curie list. IMO 67 had the best bot among those. It looked like they just had bad luck/strategy in the elims or they would've done better in regionals. Keep an eye on them.

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There are couple of other threads going on discussing what kind of alliance can win the match and what kind of robot is yours.....

So I'll just share what I, personally, think about the division as a whole. I think this division has the potential to actually win the Championship. If you take a look at the list again, you can easily find awesome scorers, awesome def bots, and awesome ramp climbers and deployers. Its all going to boil down to alliances. I really cannot say what kind of alliance can win the Curie and the Championship, as everything is possible. It's going to be all about the strategy and who you're playing against.
I would say for sure that good hybrid bots (scorers and ramps) are going to be really helpful, and might play a key role in an alliance. Other than that, I just cant wait......:D

w000t! for Curie!

Imad

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dude, curie is gonna be great!!! im at my computer and i am shaking i am soooo excited. maybe we'll get to hook up with our friends from chantilly (612) again. u guys are awesome.
we are siked to be in such an awesome division. it's gonna be tough. for the alliance parings, the second pick will be very important, just remember that. especially for the first few alliances. because there are enough amazing robots in curie that the 8 seeded alliance can get 3 very, very strong robots.
so my message is.... DO YOUR SCOUTING!!

my $.02

Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship
 

Couldn't agree more. Team 180 had the BEST ramp in Florida, just to give you guys an idea... take last year's (2006) ramp and fold it quite a few times, you have SPAM's ramp.

The division is packed, I already know which division I will be walking around the most at championship. So many good robots to see in action, and so much to learn from these teams. Definitely looking forward to it.

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1510 wildcats are very excited for Curie division this year!

I wish we had shown what we could do at San Diego a little more. Our BaneBot gearbox broke literally 5 minutes before they kicked us out of the pits on thursday night. The next day we quickly put in a new one (missing the opening ceremony and one match) but when we plugged the electronics board back in, the lower arm pot was put in backwards so it burned out and we spent 2 matches trying to find the problem. We changed the pot and were finally out for one of the matches, but our arm presets were oscillating like crazy because of the new pots. By the time we finally got everything figure out, it was Friday after all our matches... yay for a series of unfortunate events.

However, we have tested our autonomous (Saturday morning and two matches on Saturday) and we have it working at 100% (about 7 tries). Also, our arm is working perfectly again, and we found out we can do human loading (over the wall) easily as well. So we hope to show everyone what we can really do this time.

I can't wait to see this competition. So many good teams, its going to be amazing. See you all there and the best of luck to all of you at the competition. Hope all you robots stay alive and running the whole time ;)

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Hey everyone I figured I would put the code for the curie division userbar here so that you guys could put them in your signature if you wanted.

[*IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/daunte2moss07/FIRST/curieuserbar.jpg[/IMG*]

Just be sure to take out the *'s :D

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Wow, what an amazing division-- we had a blast taking part. Huge thanks to Teams 67 and 48 for being such awesome alliance partners!!!! You guys were the greatest. (All from the same hotel too!)

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Thanks but it would not have been possible if you guys and team 67 for selecting us to be the third bot in your allience. So big thanks to team 1732(Hilltopper Robotics) and team 67 (Hot Team(Heros of Tomorrow) for being great allience partners. You guys were the best.

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Just wanted to say congratulations to all the Curie teams, Curie is ALWAYS the field to be on at the Championship.

A couple special shoutouts -

Thanks to team 599 (whom didn't even have a FRC team at the Championships) and team 1114 for their extensive efforts with 1617 which enabled them to have a running robot to play with. Because of you guys, not a single team was unable to compete on Curie.

Team 612 - You guys are awesome, I had a great time inspecting your robot (even when you guys made me autograph it :D That signature might be worth something some day)

Team 330 - Amazing performance this year, and not just at the Championships. Winning 2 regionals and a Championship division says something about you guys. Especially with such a simple arm. Awesome job, we'll see you next year at the CA regionals. (I was expecting you guys to give those other 3 fields a run for their money on Einstein, but we couldn't let you guys win too many championships, can we? :p ) Oh, and Elijah .. you're crazy.

Team 365 - I was a bit worried during your inspection, but was glad to see you got all the kinks worked out and made it into the final matches. Congratulations on the Chairmans Award, you guys really deserved that. Can't wait to see what you come up with next year! Was cool talking to you Lucas, been waiting to meet you for awhile.

Team 180 - SPAM! My personal favorite this year - I loved the ramps, but the arm was awesome - I saw pictures of it, but didn't understand how it worked until I saw it, very cool. Was really disappointed to see your final ranking, with the random qualification paring, you sometimes get the short end of the stick. I was expecting you guys to get picked second round, but it doesn't always work out that way. Sorry about the miscommunication on the flag holder, I know you guys got tired of me with my clipboard in your pit :p Tell Scott I said hi, and that he owes me a SPAM shirt :D. (edit - hah! I just realized that I have 180 posts .. hehe)

I could go on for hours with all the teams, but I'm going to stop here. All you guys on Curie were just awesome. Can't wait to see you guys again next year, only 364 more days till the next Championships in ATLANTA! (for those of you who don't know .. 04/16/08 - 04/19/08 :) )