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When are the Championship divisions published.
I can't wait to see who were up against. |
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Not until the week after all regionals and the Michigan Championship.
FIRST needs to allow all of those qualifying teams to register, and fill the field with waitlist teams. |
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In 2002 through 2004 the divisions were released the Tuesday 9 days before the beginning of the championship. That ended up ranging anywhere from before the last regional ended (2003) to 10 days after the last regional ended (2002).
In 2005, the divisions were released on a Monday, 10 days before the beginning of the championship (9 days after the end of the last regionals). In 2006, the divisions were released on a Friday, 13 days before the beginning of the championship (13 days after the end of the last regionals). In 2007, the divisions were released on a Wednesday, 8 days before the beginning of the championship (4 days after the end of the last regionals). In 2008, the divisions were released on a Wednesday, 8 days before the beginning of the championship (3 days after the end of the last regional). |
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What about match schedules? Are they released prior to the Championship or is it like the Regionals-you get it the day of?
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Well you'll just have to wait, Jenn.
Hah. |
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Ok, I'll open the can of worms. Where are the division prediction threads/TBA page?
Of course, any predictions are going to be horribly inaccurate because the Michigan State Championship is set to inject a guaranteed 18 new teams (in addition to the 25 already registered). These teams should have a variety of numbers that will really mess with the 1-2-3-4 scheme. Minnesota will have some impact as well, but those teams are largely high numbers and some are already registered (and they dont pass on the qualification like FiM). Plus, after all this is done there should still be wait list spots. On a side note, wait list teams did pretty well last year with an Einstein Finalist (348) and a Xerox Creativity award (1771). Oh well it is fun to see the predictions anyway :D |
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Here you go.
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no i dont want to wait ! i want to know like now :)
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i want ur profile picture :)
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i hateeee suspence :) |
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I'm not complaining, the more qualified Michigan teams at Championship the better for the level of competition. A high number of points after 2 (3) District Events and State Championship is good enough credentials to me, better than wining some regionals. Even with those 18 teams, there were more a few MI teams at championships last year. I truly want the best level of competition at championship which is why it is a shame when good teams can't qualify (like 40, 330, 968, 1153, 1279, 1391, 2068, 2199 off the top of my head). Unfortunately, the Michigan point system cant be easily ported to regionals for a variety of reasons, and obviously we can't just subjectively pick team that are good but didnt win a regional. None of that was really my point. I was just saying that those 18 teams MI teams (with their variety of numbers) make it difficult to predict divisions early, which is not actually important. MN teams tend to have high numbers (amazing growth in that area) so they will not shift divisions that much and some of the teams are registered already (like 79, 93) that cant pass off their qualification (goes to waitlist). There are 310 teams registered now and with 30 more qualifiers (18 MI + 12 MN) we can get up to 340 teams like last year without waitlist teams. If some wanted to, they could make some good predictions Sat night if there are no waitlist spots (no preregisters MN teams qualify) and they went through the FiM rankings to find who would be invited. |
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Hijacking this thread a bit here, so why would other high FRC team number states not want to adopt this pilot program for their state? Michigan has 132 teams, New York 122, California 145, Texas 91 ... As of 1:30 CDST April 2nd Texas has 13 registered with maybe a couple more finding the cash to pay for their winning bid by Friday. So maybe it is a non-issue. Texas has 2 regional events as of this year so without a team(s) winning both that gives 3 champions, 1 Chairman, 1 Engineering Inspiration, 1 Rookie All-Star at each for a dozen teams guaranteed to World Championship if they are all Texas teams as we do have several veterans who like to come to Texas for some strong competition. What are the con's for adopting the Michican district model? |
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However, the teams already play each other almost exclusively. L.A. doesn't get many out-of-state teams (other than 188, 1726, and 69--the only repeat out-of-state teams I know about in recent years), but is always full. SVR and Sacramento are more of the same. SD gets more, but not very many. To put it frankly, you'd pretty much be doing the same thing as normal. The question is, where are you going to put the districts? If you split each regional into two, you get 8 district events in 4 areas. And then you get the MI UP dillemma: Do you leave the district zone and go to Vegas (or Oregon, or AZ), or do you travel to your closest district event (which requires staying overnight)? The only way to make the district system work in California would be to also include Nevada and Arizona. This is to avoid the MI UP dilemma (as now Vegas is in the district area, and AZ, which supplies many teams to Vegas, is as well) and give a bit of a "buffer zone". But now you need more districts, maybe about 10-12, and that increases costs. And where on earth do you hold the "Zone" championship? How about the number of qualifying teams? Con #1, though, is the district system is still "buggy" in some respects. The point system is the notable one, though that seems to be working (mostly). But, before the district model goes nationwide, I for one would like to see the pilot program run for one more year with changes to verify that any bugs are out. It may be that the district model only works in MI, but certain aspects like event format can work elsewhere. I'd like to see the parts that work implemented nationwide, but the parts that don't work removed. |
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As a member of a team with a strong goal of visiting new places and meeting new people, I would find those restrictions uncomfortable. Whether or not the reduced expense would make up for it is a matter of debate. |
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The only Pro I see for the district event (to my specific team, not evaluating the program as a whole) is going into champs with WAAAAAAAAAY more matches than everyone else. |
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IF the district system did go nationwide, it would probably look very different than it does now. For example, what about smaller states like Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana? You can't run a district system in a state with 3 teams, can you?
I would imagine larger states like CA, MI, TX, etc would become their own district systems and then large groups of smaller states like the ones listed above will become their own. The western region would probably look something like:
Each group would have their own district systems until the need for district realignment came up. |
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Events with an "off-season" feel (though team spirit of a regional). A complete restructuring of the infrastructure. More volunteers needed. Not a viable option in most states/regions. |
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I'm glad that before even the regionals end.....1114, 217 and 148 are in the same division they were last year....It's always a comforting thought. :yikes:
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IF districting went nationwide, FIRST isn't going to leave the smaller states like MT, ID, AK, ND and SD out in the cold. This means that at least in the beginning they will be lumped with other states. However, I think this thread should be returned to it's original topic. |
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Usually, are the TBA algorithms correct? And which algorithm is used ecah year? Normal or serpentine? |
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If I remember correctly, the last few years have been A,B,C,D,A,B...
However TBA has it set up, it's still pretty far from being settled. There are still 12 teams from the MSC that have yet to receive invites, as well as 12 teams from the two MN regionals this weekend. I imagine there are also several teams that will get their payment in at the last minute and be added to the list. |
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I still wouldn't mind seeing an AAAA, BBBB, CCCC, DDDD ...... arrangement.
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http://www.thebluealliance.net/cd/divisionparse.php |
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Too bad there are more regionals. :mad:
Having 25, 368, 987, and 1983 in the same division would be AWESOME!!! |
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I like the normal algorithem. It puts us in Curie for a shot at completing the set...
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I am now wondering how many teams will be at CMP this year. There are currently 320 teams registered and 30 more can qualify tomorrow. Hopefully the field will run smoothly for all these matches |
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I thought what happened was that they had posted out the list, but as more teams joined, they just threw them on to the back of the divisions.
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When's the latest time for the teams who just qualified to register? Do they have to do it at the event, or is there a certain window?
If they have to do it at the event, does that mean the list on TBA is pretty accurate? Assuming FIRST uses that algorithm of course. |
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Hehe, i just killed myself looking at Curie after updating. Btw 67 needs its own color code!:yikes:
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Wow, look at Curie so far. Would hate to be in that division. When was the last time, Curie was stacked compared to the others?
Archimedes looks pretty good. ;) |
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Sounds like Galileo last year. 1089 was in that division, and let me tell you, it was STACKED... take a look at the team list for the division if you dont remember how ultimate it was...
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv.../2008gal/teams |
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According to these predictions Galileo is going to be a beast, 254, 1114, 217, 111, 148 , 179(hehe) its going to be fun!
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no, those were not the divisions from last year, that is the predicted for this year. However i did make a mistake, 1114 is not in Galileo
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Just for fun, I did an AAAA, CCCC, GGGG, NNNN, etc. sort on the current team list. Doesn't seem like too bad of a distribution of talent:
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Including the honorary ghost of Team 46.... http://web.archive.org/web/199805290.../teamlist.html |
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Any periodic sorting should give a nice stackup of teams in each division. This is due to two factors:
1) there is no correlation between team number (mod 4) and effectiveness. 2) there are a LOT of impressive teams this year That being said, I hope we end up somewhere other than Newton, but only because it is the furthest field from the pit, and it takes a LONG time to walk all the way around the dome every time. |
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I've changed the script to color teams who have won three or more events solid red. Team 67 was messing things up.
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its not that big of a change you'll only move every body after you one space, every body after you will still be together in the same divisions as they were before you signed up.
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The sig bar used to only display 4 events. It was modified to display 5 after 1114 participated in 3 regionals, a division, and made it to Einstein last year. |
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FIRST: We don't raise the bar, we say "What bar?" as we go through it.:P |
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MI rankings are up!
Can anyone add the Auto Qualifiers from MN, MI, and Atlanta nominees 1-15 (65 won and is included as #7, should take 14 total) as from the FiM rankings and make a speculative Division prediction list? P.S. Sorry to The Suspects (team 440) for a typo in my last post in The waiting list thread listing 410 not 440 as qualifying. Congrats on your EI award and spot at Champs! |
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Archi Curie Galileo NewtonBy the way, Archimedes looks stacked (and I'm not just saying that because the whole Philly champ alliance is in that division :D ) |
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or worse 2056 67 and 1918 together. that would be trouble.
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45, 67, 111, 234, 254, 2056 just at first glance, wow.
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is anyone else having trouble getting to TBA?
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OK, so somehow I had 280 duplicated :o (must have added over the weekend) here is a new one where 67 and 2056 are not together but Archi is still very good. Tell me if you see any other errors
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I've got my fingers crossed that the 233 and 365 remain in the same division.
We should sit together during practice rounds and see if the robots really can track our jerseys from the field. |
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910 will not be attending. money:(
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OMG! If the predictions on TBA come true with the "normal" selection, 67 and 217 could go for another reunion tour :yikes:
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I'm hoping that the Curie division stays the same so that my team, 1519 and my brothers team 1058 can stay be on the same field.
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Is there a deadline for week 6 winners and MI qualifiers to register for CMP?
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Dont the final divisions come out today?
Or is it next Tuesday? |
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Historically, they have always come >1 week before the Thursday of Nationals. Thus, they probably are due within the next few days.
This is going to be a lot of fun! Good luck to all teams. |
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As of right now (329 teams), 67 and 217 will be together regardless of algorithm.
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Lets just hope team 100 decides to show up for Atlanta so that 67 and 21 dont end up in the same division lol
why isnt 100 already signed up for atlanta anyways? |
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Because they didn't win a regional?
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There are several VERY scary combinations that can come out of Newton according to TBA.
The teams that jump out at me: 39, 67, 111, 179, 148, 217, 368, 399, 973, 1114, 1332, 1538 If everything stays the same, it should make for an interesting finals. |
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FIRST says 336 teams are registered, TBA still shows only 329....
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....e nt_type=FRC http://www.thebluealliance.net/cmp09/divisions.php Getting close! |
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Actually, you might be surprised about that. Every alliance has a weakness, you just have to know how to use it to your advantage.
At West Michigan, the top two ranked teams were together and everyone thought they would be unstoppable. But they ended up losing. Whatever happens, the winners will be the ones who had the best strategy that went according to plan. |
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so who do you have that TBA hasnt added yet?
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Holy moly. Things are going to be interesting. 67 and 217 are together no matter which algorithm is used *happy dance*. The other divisions look pretty scary as well. I CAN'T WAIT!
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:ahh: This is getting scary. |
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744 and 79 possibly together again? Nice!!
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Serpentine Archimedes is currently an absolute powerhouse.
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Patience is a virtue...........................we shall find out soon enough. :)
My only hope is to finally be in the same division as 368 as we have never been all these years. So far, so good. Would be nice to have 25 also (which it was), but it looks like we all moved when 65 entered. |
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