Galileo Division 2008
 

So who here is in the Galileo Division this year? from a glance, this teams to look out for seem to be 25,103,254,and 1114.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Don't forget 148, 494, 330, 469, and a whole slew of others...


I'm officially scared.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Oh there's plenty more!

121, 48, 148, 180, 217, 234, 330, 1503

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Galileo is STACKED this year

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

It's 384's division (for like the past 4 years), and it looks to be much much more intense this year.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

217 is in Galileo, and we're definetly pumped. Looks like there will be a lot of tough competition.

woot!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

1717, 980 (herder), 65, 70 (You got one set of Martians, how about More Martians?;)), 229...

You should be more than scared now.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Ho. Leee. Crap.

Wow this is one stacked division.

While we don't really stack up (pun intended) to the top scorers in offense, Paly Robotics will be bringing a good dosage of our (now improved) west coast Defense to Atlanta.

Can't wait!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Ha, this division will at least be very fun to watch, even if we get trampled every now and then :cool:

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Can't forget team 40 who was unstoppable in the Northeast this year winning both Boston & New Hampshire Regionals!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Galileo officially scares me, the alliances coming out of Galileo are going to be ridiculous.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

195 is happy to join the fray!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I have to say it:

Fear the SimChickens

What do you think are the odds of them getting together? Busting out these T-shirts?

Could Karthik and Copioli they have planned this all along?

Note: I am just joking around with the planning stuff. Don't start with any 686 dropped out on purpose conspiracy theories.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

wow what a great division. I hope the rookie team I'm helping out this year will be able to learn from some great alliance partners during the qualifiers :)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

25,40,70,121,148,217,330,469,494,980,1114,1717...

Just off the bat to name a few.
WOW.



GALILEO

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

i am officially scared to death... but believe me, we are gonna play our guts out! cant wait to see all of you guys this week!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Team 1629 (GaCo) is in Galileo.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

8
25
40
48
65
70
84
88
103
115
121
134
148
168
176
180
195
217
226
234
254
291
302
316
330
343
364
384
399
425
457
469
494
509
548
597
612
694
716
812
839
894
932
980
1023
1038
1089
1114
1138
1212
1254
1296
1319
1366
1390
1450
1503
1523
1540
1576
1595
1629
1676
1717
1739
1758
1816
1885
1983
2023
2046
2062
2165
2237
2340
2354
2423
2437
2468
2487
2549
2564
2599
2621
2638

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

This is going to be a blast.

SPAM is looking forward to the fun.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

whoop whoop! im ready!! nobody has mentioned us yet... were gonna be there, and we will be ready!:cool:

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I still cannot believe how stacked this division is..

Newton 06 repeat?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

MARS is thrilled (& afraid ... very afraid) to be on Galileo. All top contenders will be watched closely and robot alien autopsies are planned. Your secrets will be ours next year!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

wow i can't wait to get down there, from the looks of it every match will be incredibly exciting. I'm ready to play with the bestand so is 1629 go GaCo

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Holy moly...most stacked division I've seen in a long time, I can't wait/pray that 1138 plays against some of the great teams we haven't had the chance of playing yet. Amazing.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

1676 reporting for duty! Probably not going to be in the top 8, judging by the AWE-INSPIRING contenders in Galileo, but we'll do our darndest!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

My guess is that 1114 doesn't get #1 seed in Galileo. With a strong field but a high standard deviation (check the OPR thread), the odds that Simbotics are stacked against 2 good robots and paired with some maybe not as good are higher.

With so many good robots it's going to come down to a lot of luck with qualification matches.

On that note, even if they aren't #1 seed they'll probably get picked first anyway.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

This division is really stacked. I want to see how this plays out.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Oh boy! this will be an interesting division, I can't wait to see how it plays out.


I hope we just manage a good showing in the qualifiers after seeing how many amazing teams there are...!


See you all there.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Galileo reminds me of IRI - it's absolutely loaded with top FRC teams.

We'll be lucky to survive!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Nobody has mentioned 1540 Flaming Chickens

Oregon Winner (1st Seed)
Las Vegas Semifinalist (3rd Seed)

And again the list goes on of great teams in Galileo

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I have not done the math but i am willing to bet that this division has more regional wins the any other 2 divisions combined.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

894 is in this division! Rock On!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

1114: 3
330: 1
1717: 2
980: 1 (The above three won L.A. together.)
25: 1
254: 2
103: 1
1540: 1
217: 2
148:1?
Those are the ones I can think of--total for now is: 15. Add more, quick! (And correct me if I'm wrong, of course.)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

40 :2
121 :1
134: 1

*40, 121 and 134 were the winning alliance at BAE

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

115: 2
469: 1

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I'm scared and excited all at the same time!
1089 can't wait to join this group of teams!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

84: 1
343:1

EDIT: On second thought, here's the list

25: 1
40: 2
84: 1
103: 1
115: 2
121: 1
148: 1
217: 2
254: 2
330: 1
343: 1
469: 1
716: 1
980: 1
1114: 3
1296: 1
1319: 1
1540: 1
1576: 1
1717: 2
1758: 1
1983: 1
2046: 1
2062: 1
2165: 1
2354: 1
2487: 1
2549: 1

Total of 35 wins

Archimedes: 25
Curie: 24
Newton: 33

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

If my math is right there are 29-30 Regional Winners. Among those there are two time winners (40, 115, 217, 254, 1717) and a three time winner (1114). That makes for a total of 36 wins. This is really exciting! I doubt there will be a dull match. I can't wait to see what happens! :D

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

oh my god. I am scared. Hopefully team 1089 can make the most of some good alliance partners we are sure to have.

Newton Division has 33 regional wins. thats only 2 behind Galileo. I expect a shootout in Newton as well as galileo!

good luck to all teams!!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

You should probably think about seeing how many Alliance winners as alliance head there are in this division.
Now here, i can bet that it will be more then others, by far.

EDIT:
imagine this match in QM:
1114,217,40 vs 330, 103,254
(sorry 115 and 1717 :P)

who takes it?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I though there was more multi regional winners in our division.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Wins as Alliance Captains by divisions:

Galileo: 11
Archimedes: 8
Curie: 7
Newton: 15

Multiple Regional Winners by Division:
Archimedes: 1
Curie: 1
Galileo: 6
Newton: 6

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

WOW.
i suck.
well, Einstein's gonna be fun =]

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I am at a complete and total loss for words.... this is soooooooo amazing stacked! :ahh: This totally deserves another crazy face! :ahh: Ok... there will be more crazy faces later... Oh and I'm calling it now, somewhere in qualifiers the 200 point mark will be broken. :D

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

dude... thats bold:ahh: (theres my edition to the crazy faces)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I would say 1114, 217, 40 in a close one. All of them are good teams, but I still think 1114 tops them all.
And no need to apologize for not including us, everyone should know that our robot isn't exactly one to expect to win two regionals. I don't think there's a team this year that is as lucky as we are. So if you're looking for some luck in the eliminations, maybe you should consider picking us:rolleyes:. Just kidding on that(maybe).

I'm just excited to be going to Atlanta. 115 is going to Championships for the first time since 2003, so none of the current students have ever been there. And I'm excited and scared like others about being in such a stacked division. This will be fun to watch for sure.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

We used the algorithm to see what kind of matches we were in for(I know it can vary). And i noticed something in all 3 different algorithms We rarely ever went against a high number team. Most of the time it was 1500 or lower???? Any one know why? Also in the 3rd set look for match 58 you will get a kick out of that.

3: 148 25 70 121 1023 254
18: 302 234 25 316 168 217
31: 457 176 384 226 40 25
44: 88 84 364 103 48 25
57: 1983 2046 226 2638 2340 25
73: 134 88 25 115 343 65
88: 425 25 168 8 180 716


1: 25 115 812 40 343 1319
16: 84 597 25 115 103 70
29: 1576 25 180 1816 84 8
49: 425 1089 399 25 839 694
62: 932 469 302 134 226 25
74: 65 226 254 48 168 25
86: 217 148 291 25 176 65


2: 115 88 168 1254 25 148
15: 8 48 597 2423 25 234
29: 2165 25 65 2437 180 176
44: 25 48 195 84 812 217
58: 217 25 121 65 254 364
75: 226 612 1023 25 316 384
89: 176 25 70 457 469 1114

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Few More Historical Stats

Past World Champions-8
25(2000), 48 (1999), 65 (2003), 148 (1993), 176 (1999), 217 (2006), 330 (2005) 469 (2003), 494 (2004)

Past World Finalists-9

25 (2003, 2006), 84 (1999), 121 (1998), 180 (2002), 195 (2006), 254 (2001, 2005), 343 (2003), 469 (2004), 494 (2003)

More division winners than I have time to count tonight.

2 Hall of Fame teams

254 (2004), 103 (2003)

This is easily the toughest division I have ever been a part of, is this the year that history changes, 254 or 1114 breaks their streak of bad luck? Are one of our 8 previous winners going to get a second victory? Can 1114 seed number 1? Will they pick 217? Where do 25, 40, 121, 254, 330, 469, 494/70, and 1717 fit in? And most importantly for whatever insane alliance comes out of this division, IS THIS THE YEAR GALILEO FINALLY GETS TO TASTE A CHAMPIONSHIP?

Count me gidy with excitement.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I can't wait for this! So many good teams around... qualifications will be intense, elims will be even better ^.^

Personally, I foresee the "blocking" strategy being used again to tear apart the top teams. All 8 alliances will be one really great hurdling machine, one good hurdling machine, and a good lapbot/moderate hurdler/defense bot.

However it turns out, I'm SURE it would be a blast!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Ok ok, we know all of the unimportant stuff now.
Now for the most important part of the division....


WHOS GONNA BE THE MC???

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Or even more importantly, who's the head ref?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

LOL... this division will for sure be fun to watch. I just can't believe how many top tier robots are in Galileo. It blows my mind

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Can I apologize to them now for the anticipated blood-bath-to-come?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

My thoughts exactly..

*waves hi at good, good friends Frank Kusiak and Ron Webb, with whom I spent much time in the question boxes this year*

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

195 was a world finalist in 2006.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

25 was World Finalist in 2006, not 2005.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I'm soooo excited, it is going to be INTENSE. And I can't wait to do the WAVE with 399!!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Looking over this thread

I just want to cry... dont know if its because I'm scared or because im so excited to be a part of it...

hahaha LETS GO GaCo(1629)

We are going to give it our all and hopefully all teams do the same!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Can you say Dream Team!
254, 330 and 1114.

I think by far and away the best team combo out there. I think your going to need three hurdlers, that way if a bot goes down your still in the match, you just can't make up the difference making laps.

Other great combos?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Odds of any of the three being left for the second round of selection? Nil. That's why it's a dream team.

Standard dream team: 1114/*insert your team here*/any hurdler. You hope that'll happen. Or, 1114/hurdler/other robot that complements them, hurdler or no.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Anyone else wanna see two more balls on the field in this division?

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

any of the following teams instead of any of the named above, but 1114, still makes an equally awesome alliance.
217
25
103
39
40
1717

and a few more i'm forgetting here =]

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I know everyone wants to dance with 1114. But with such a deep field does seeding number one give a disadvantage? I am thinking being in the 5 or 6 spot is the best.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Depends on your goal. Some teams will get disappointed if they don't play in the finals.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I think hybrid mode and the ability of the alliance to be able to cross lines without obstructing your partner's track will be huge. I can easily see alliances putting up 50-60 points in autonomous. If the robots in an alliance cannot avoid one another, then this number could be decreased immensely. Alliances that have RoboCoaches stearing the robot during hybrid could benefit immensely.

If you can outscore your opponents by 30 points in autonomous, that will put a lot of pressure on your opponents...especially in such a competitive division.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

..LEO

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I am proud to say that I will in fact be making it to my 7th straight championship event...not with team 125, nor team 11...but with one of 125's rookie teams, this year they won rookie all-star in boston, and needed some engineering support, so I will be repping the 2423 down in atlanta...go KwarQs!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

You know it! Lets make our quarter of the dome the loudest!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

343 is there and i am SIKED I cant wait another week cant wait to start playing

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

There are 7 regional champions (captain and first pick) that played together. That's more then double any other division. Should make alliance selections interesting.

LA: 330, 1717
BAE: 121, 40
NJ: 103, 25
St Louis: 148, 217
Detroit: 469, 217
Peachtree: 1319, 343
Seattle: 1983, 2046

In addition, the entire LA and BAE alliances are together.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

should be lots of fun! im ready for this!

i would like to know what the scouters here are looking for. i know that the main thing i am looking for is a defensive robot, b/c the hurdlers are usually easy to spot out. just trying to find other's opinions:D

EDIT: whoop whoop! 343rd post!!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I got the teamlist in an email (which I read on my phone) yesterday, and I did a double-take. I didn't think it was real, because the teamlist just seemed too good to be true. I can't wait!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

We'll be coming in playing D, so our scouts will be trying to figure out how we stop the unstoppable forces that are present in Gali, and figuring out who we work with well. If we somehow end up in a picking position, we'll probably look for reliable hurdlers with a good hybrid mode.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Team 2468 is a Rookie team and we excited about our trip. We are representing the LSR as the Rookie All Star. We are trying to figure all this out. It is going to be fun to see such a high level of competition in all divisions but this one is going to be great what I am reading.

We are in the process of trying to figure out how to scout and what we need to do at Championships.

We hope we can hold our own with our autonomous and ball handling speed bot.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Hurdlers are gonna go quick in alliance selections so the really good hurdlers will go first and the works some of the hurdlers will be picked second

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

It will be interesting to see how strictly penalties are called at Nationals; At the Boilermaker Regional, penalty flags were flying out of control so defense could not even be considered. At the West Michigan Regional, physical played was allowed, and defensive robots were cutting hurlers off in the turns and fighting over the balls. It made for great play and less predictable outcomes.

Hopefully the refereeing is consistent on all five fields (and I expect it to be). I would hate to see a physical team and alliance win a division and then get penalized continuously on Einstein.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

WOW!!!! what a division i cant wait to compete with some of the greats this yr. we hope to bring a strong defense like we did to the florida regional where we ended up 12th there. can wait to see 1114,330,217, and the many awesome robots of this yr. good luck to all and see u there.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Just put the most relaxed refereeing division refs on Einstein.:P

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

the refs are gonna be the best and the most trained i would think so yeh
it will be even better calls

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

From what I've seen, penalties and reffing in general have become more consistent the longer we got into regionals. I don't know whether that's because we had refs who volunteered at multiple regionals, or everyone just got their acts together, but I think we definitely should have a great ref staff in Atlanta.

I always say, as does my dad, that I don't care if there are poor calls made, as long as those calls are consistent all weekend. If I know a bump is going to get me a penalty on Thursday afternoon, then at least I know what to expect Friday and Saturday. =)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Not only the most competitive division, but probably the most competitive competition of the year. There are a ton of unknown factors here and picking for alliances will be the most thought intensive ever.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

horray for scouting!!:D

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

:eek: No kidding! The other divisions are gonna have a really tough time trying to beat whatever alliance comes off this field.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

assuming two of the top teams get together... a lot can happen in qualifications

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

For sure!! (We're getting thunder sticks!)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

swweeettt!!:cool: i want it to be really loud down there:D

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

And you can't forget that the other divisions can have two of their top teams allied together, and any alliance like that can match any divisional alliance unless something happens leaving one of the "big" teams for second round for one of the super alliances.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Oh boy! We are so ready for this!!!! This is going to be an awesome division to play in.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

I plan on having a black book of secrets that contains tailored strategies to work with and against most teams in Galileo. If you're nice, maybe you can view it ;). After further analysis of the 84 teams' statistics today, I know for certain that the recon I do this weekend will be anything but dull.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

That must be only because you've never seen them in person. Again, you haven't seen 1114.

I
Am
Scared

Is it too late to stay home??

:D Don

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

LOL agreed, 1114 is scary in person!!

Elims in Galileo are going to be crazy INSANE!!! probably the best FIRST matches I have ever seen in my life!!!

I can't wait, and I'm not even going to be there lol!! good luck to all teams, especially all the teams I met this year at Waterloo and Toronto!!!

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

1114 may not seed first. I'll say it myself. It's all a luck of the draw in ATL depending on YOUR alliance partners and the ones you play against. Who knows, you could have to play several very difficult matches, in which you loose, and it lowers your rank. However, good scouting will see past the actual rank of teams.

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

IT"S OVER GALILEO IS GONNA TAKE IT.

If 1114 is gonna team up with 217 then Galileo will definitley take the champsionships...

Our team's in archimedes and i'm easily admitting that...

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Man, the teams in this division make me REALLY wish that I could make it down to Atlanta this year.

Stupid college, always getting in the way...

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

remember... it was "over" last year when the divisions were out... everyone said that Curie was gonna take it w/ 1114 and 330, that never happend. im not saying Galileo wont win, but i wouldnt be guarenteeing it;)

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

Galileo is going to be a non-stop (eye-popping-jaw-dropping) party, and WE are glad to be a part of it!

-Imad

Re: Galileo Division 2008
 

yeah... i have a feeling when we get the match schedules on thursday... we will find that there will not be very many dull matches:cool: keeps all of us very entertained, and very focused. everyone (yes, including 1114:eek:) will have to be on thier game to stay alive in this division.