Galileo 2009
 

Lets do this.


11, 20, 25, 40, 45, 47, 56, 65, 67, 71, 111, 115, 151, 168, 179, 203, 207, 226, 230, 279, 281, 303, 359, 418, 435, 440, 461, 494, 555, 704, 708, 716, 744, 753, 815, 870, 932, 967, 971, 973, 987, 999, 1058, 1124, 1195, 1208, 1250, 1261, 1270, 1318, 1332, 1450, 1477, 1540, 1551, 1598, 1601, 1646, 1662, 1676, 1710, 1717, 1742, 1745, 1772, 1829, 1836, 1872, 1885, 1902, 1923, 1941, 2214, 2230, 2234, 2348, 2550, 2579, 2638, 2642, 2729, 2741,
2775, 2844, 2910, 2936, 3059

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W00T!! Looking Forward to it :D
This year Atl is gonna rock!!

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Oh goodness....this is gonna get craaazy! Can you say stacked?

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My first reaction: "Well, at least we're not in Archimedes, I guess." That's always been the farthest from the entrance, making the walk from the stands to the pit even longer. I'm really stretching to find something to make me feel more calm about the TechnoKats being among such teams. :)

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I'm excitedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd :D

I'm doing Queueing for Gali, y'all ready to play??!? :ahh:

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first time there this is going to be lots of fun
team 1332 lets play

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My team is in Arch. but wow my money is on this one, too deep!:eek:

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yea but we have the furthest pits, it balances out. I just hope all these good teams don't consume a poor little rookie team like us :cool:

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this is going to be a tough division, so many awesome teams, just from my quick glance
45, 67, 71, 111, 744, 1902 and of course 179 ;]

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This is going to be a party!

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Wow some very good teams in here. Glad? to see we're one of them. :P

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Talk about your bargain 3rd picks, not to mention how many top notch teams will be packing up after qualifications. This will be such a blast to compete with all of you! Looking forward to it :)

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It balances okay for the drive teams, but anyone else in Archimedes gets the short end of the stick. The walk around to the far corner of the stands -- and back again -- was far and away my least favorite part of my 2004 Championship experience. Having to go all the way past the seats and turn back toward the entrance to go down the steps just added insult to injury.

It's much nicer to be on the field right by the entrance corner, with no extra change in direction required to reach a good place to sit.

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The UberBots are on Galileo! It looks like it will be a fun (but challenging) field. I can see some awesome alliances being formed.

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You can always find 359 in one of the hardest divisions.
We always seem to be in the same division as 71, 111, and 179 year after year.
Find the pattern in that and you solved this algorithm. :p

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I am pumped and ready to go, look at all these great teams :D

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Finally a year all the divisions are pretty much stacked.

NJ looks VERY well represented....11, 25, 56, 1676, 1923...Oh my.:cool:

So...can we get a little description of all bots attending? Me first

MORT Team 11
Pneumatic Dumper
NJ 4th Overall Selection- Semifinalist
Philly 4th Overall Selection- Quarterfinalist, 7th seed

Obviously Philly we upped our game.

Please post up a little about your robot!
Any possible alliance come to mind?

Woot Team Hammond! Can't wait to play with you guys again!! ^_^

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Well this is going to be interesting...

Does this mean I can't wear my Team 67 Jacket? :)

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Man....I just ran my eyes through the list again.

Uhhhhh can you say STACKED! This should be the best Championship yet.

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Wow...stacked lineup..I'll be happy if we're in as a second pick..

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Where did this list come from? I don't see a list on the FIRST website...

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You have to get your bot pass me. I'm inspecting for Galileo.
I can''t be bought, but I can be rented :D

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As always the competition looks tough. It's been a while since we have been in anything but Newton. It's been a tough but great year, so don't hold back. We are ready to have fun...

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There was no official announcement yet but this is an official list from the FIRST site (as noted by the OP)
By the way if everyone could post their offensive average from 1114's database please do.

11's World Offensive Average
93rd percentile woot!

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But Indiana teams get a free pass right? :]

Looking forward to meeting all the teams in Galileo and playing alongside & against many of you! It seems we have a real big list of notable teams from the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast & South; I'm really pumped and I know the rest of our team's students and mentors are as well. Swing by 1646's pit and let's talk!

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Hoorah, Galileo two years in a row :cool:

<--- First prediction: The HammandHotStangs will edge out the Midnight RaiderKats with a score of 152 to 144.

Statistically speaking, anyways :x

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Somehow I would be surprised if any of those teams were around to be a third partner... although there are a lot of great teams on Galileo this year.

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and that's where you like to be ; )

Galileo is going to be a real blast. Will fate finally strike!!!

Many of our friends are in the shark tank with us. Gonna be blood in the water....


WC

(got my Water Buffalo Killer knife just in case)

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Team 1710 is pumped for Atlanta and to be able to play with some incredible teams!

I am also excited to be in the same division as WildStang after we won the midwest regional with them two years ago.

Good Luck Everyone and Stay Safe!
=]

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What are we waiting for, lets get the cheer going early!

GALI-

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-LEO!

Galileo and Archimedes have the coolest sounding cheers.

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LEO!

and while I'm at it...

Oink Oink BOOM!

the first of many to come!

I'm pumped to see everyone next week! This should be pretty great!

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Sorry, I beat you to it. (:
With your team in this division, the thread and the field are sure to be full of fun cheers though.

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ohhhhh man this is going to be a ridiculous division!
someone asked for team stats so here we go:

Team 744 Shark Attack
Power dumper
hopper holds up to 16
we manage to dump a filled hopper about 3 times per match.
Florida Regional Finalist (lost by 8 points)
Ranked 4th (3rd seed alliance captain)

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Galileo for the second year in a row for 115! And for the second year in a row, what a division! It's going to be fun watching our robot compete alongside such awesome teams!

Good luck to all the teams, can't wait til next week!

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Don't forget 303!

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Looking forward to connecting with you all and sharing secrets of the trade.

I am the lead engineering mentor for Bacon, love to connect with other mentors in the same role and compare notes.

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Team 1261
Robolions
Gravity/Power Dumpers
Capacity of 15 balls (safely)
Empty Cell transferring focused (average 2.3 per match
Reached quaterfinals at P'tree and semi-finals at Palmetto.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Jake: First you traded the Cadillac in for a robot. Then you lied to me about the band. And now you're gonna put me right back in Galileo!

Elwood: They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from Dean.

...

Please be kind to the nun behind the glass. The TechnoKats are excited to be back in Galileo.

Andy B.

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We get to see Andy as a penquin!!!! I'm even more excited now!

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Galileo has been the "best" field for the past two years.

It is also the first field you see when you enter the Georgia dome from the normal visitors entrance.

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"It's 600 miles to Atlanta, we have a full bus of students, half a cooller of Mt. Dew, it's dark and the drivers are wearing sun glasses"

"Hit it"

Good Luck Team 45 TeknoKats

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Defense will test a lot of the "great" teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The one that carry an alliance despite heavy defense and traffic will be far and few in this field of teams.:yikes: :yikes:

I'm looking forward to watching Andy Baker as a coach for 45 on the field. Perhaps we will be together again like in '03 eliminations. We just had a few laughs talking about it. Andy has a great memory and can remember every detail.

I say that the CA will come from this field also!

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Man I didn't even see you there! My bad. And there's a rookie joining us too! Cool.:cool:

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Me thinks the Championship Chairman's winner will be from Galileo:cool:

*knocks on wood*

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I google mapped all the teams in the Galileo division, see it here:

Galileo Google Map

Great to see a great variety of teams! Some from Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Israel! Surprisingly none from Canada though. I made it editable by anyone, so feel free to move your team in your exact locations and add a little additional info, I just put the teams in their cities that they provided on the FIRST site.

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when i first saw the list earlier at work... i was like "wow, this division is stacked" the 1st AC can't go wrong during alliance selection, just look at all the great teams, 20 ,25, 40, 45, 67, 71, 111, 179, 359, 744, 987, 1318, 1646, 1902, 1923... this division is amazing

it's a shame Archimedes is on the opposite side of the dome...

11:45am Saturday morning.... this will be fun to watch....

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Do you have a suggestion as to which team it might be?

I'm kinda biased, but I'd really like to see 236 win... so I'm rooting for Curie.

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*quickly knocks on wood too!* We're not in the running this year but for everyone else!

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Good Luck...Hoping for another Banner for you guys!:] :yikes:

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GALI

Anyone want to make a new signature bar this year? I'm really excited to do this! Let's prove that Galileo is the best field out there!

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well, we're very hopeful also after winning CMP EI last year. :p

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Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now....

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NJ teams have much love for the Hawaiian Kids, and I'm always a sucker for an original legacy team, 45.

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LEO

The stands are going to be as exciting as the action on the field! This is going to be incredible.

Not only do many of these teams know how to make noise - they are just plain awesome in so many ways. And the pits, oh wow.

Edit: How many Hall of Fame teams do we have? I count 4.

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Ok, I can agree with you there.
Obviously I'll be happy for whoever wins. :]

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I'll think we'll fit in nicely to a shark tank.;)

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Me want to see this happen in Atlanta

http://www.technokats.org/gallery2/d...2/natls11a.jpg

:D

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I look forward to meeting the other mentors as well, please stop by our pit and say hi!

Our robot will be easier to see this year, too. (it's clear, but it's a lot bigger then our 2008 rabbit).

Also, We have at least one WA team on each of the four fields. Be sure to check out 1983 (Curie), 488 (Archimedes), and 360 (Newton), IMHO three of the top WA teams.

Shout out to 359, glad to see you again after a fun time in Oregon.

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I'm not going to be in ATL this year (I guess there's something called college that's semi-important and I can't manage to get out of it...hahah) but I am SOOO excited to watch all of you teams on the webcast! This is an amazing group of teams, and I can't wait to see you all raise the bar of competition.

I'm already planning a Galileo watch party with friends...so stoked! :D

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Me too! I have good friends from 115 and 1208, and somehow all of our teams are in the same division, so it's going to be really easy to plan a webcast party. :D

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For those that didn't see my predictions

here is how I believe Galileo will turn out

Galileo
1. 67, 71, 1646
2. 45, 987, 1902
3. 111, 1717, 418
4. 1250, 744, 2775
5. 40, 25, 20
6. 179, 56, 1923
7. 359, 65, 1332
8. 1208, 494, 1742

Backup bots will be 973, 1195, 11, and 932. 230 will continue giving everyone a lightshow.
Feel free to make predictions of your own. The only thing I have learned about making predictions is that one can gaurantee they'll be incorrect.

GALI-

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I would have prefered to not be an alliance captain and selected with the 16th pick (24th team). :D :D
Or be on the 5th alliance team with the middle team.
And another note: We have never been with any of these teams at CMP, only AGAINST most of them. Because Galileo has so many low-numbered teams compared to the other divisions, assuming veteran presence makes a difference, some teams will luck out with scheduling. I'd bet on it with only 7 matches to play in a field of 87.

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I'd put 973 up there as a first selection. And maybe replace 1646 with..oh let's say..11:rolleyes: (Hey I can see that happening)


There's so many good teams in this division that it's going to end up like the MSC with A LOT of good teams going unselected. I'm just hoping we're not one of those in such a deep field.

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[quote=Barry Bonzack;847946]For those that didn't see my predictions

here is how I believe Galileo will turn out

Galileo
1. 67, 71, 1646
2. 45, 987, 1902
3. 111, 1717, 418
4. 1250, 744, 2775
5. 40, 25, 20
6. 179, 56, 1923
7. 359, 65, 1332
8. 1208, 494, 1742

Backup bots will be 973, 1195, and 932. 230 will continue giving everyone a lightshow.]

That sounds perfect to me. I'm just happy we got a mention :D

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all I have to say about this is that 20 will not be a 2nd pick, they are a first round team or an alliance captain lol

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I hope your predictions are the most accurate ones ever made :)

It's really going to be a cut throat battle to the finish in Galileo. FIRST GP style, of course.

-LEO

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I think the one thing that can be predicted accurately is that the teams who make it to Einstein will have earned it. I look forward to the competition on Galileo and watching all of the teams compete together. I also look forward to trying to follow what is going on in the other divisions with all of those incredible and intense team efforts in play. Einstein is going to be spectacular, 2009-style.

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Prediction: 67 will not seed in the top 3.

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Who will then?

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Hmm, interesting that the #2 seed in the prediction would beat out the #1 seed. I'd agree with you because statistically #2 has a 3.94% advantage OPR and SoS-adjusted CCWM-wise, however ... it's team Hammand and team HOT ... somehow those guys just know how to get a W at the end of the day on Einstein.

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No love for the west coast huh? Along with 1717 and 987, 971 and 973 are two devastating dumpers who each have a banner under their belt already. I wouldn't be surprised if two of these four teams seed in the top 8.

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Hmm, that's a possibility. HOT is going to be one of the main "teams to beat" so they're going to face a lot of defense and get a lot of attention to be blocked. This might end up in the opposing alliance ignoring a slightly higher scoring robot to defend against and dooming them, allowing HOT to triumph.

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I love West Coast robots. The designs that come from the west coast are some of my favorites of all time. In the past we have worked well with both 330 and 987 (ex. 2005 Champs and 2008 IRI).

I have not seen many of these robots, since we have been competing for the last 4 weeks straight....but I know that 1717 is very similar to 217...and we have had a lot of success with that style of robot watching our backs.

I am very interested to see how well we will do outside of Michigan. It appears the style of play varies throughout the country.

Looking forward to Friday morning!

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What would you classify/describe Michigan's style of play as? I only know that the north east is notorious for lots of defensive play although this year lot of teams broke out of that as killer offensive robots. But even still, all us :D northeast teams have that defensive skill inherent in our drivers, hehe.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Well I sponsor a rookie team and we are excited to be part of Galileo. We are a small team, only 6 members. So we are looking for a team that would like some extra help with scouting, since we cant do much alone.

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No question that if 67 and 71 team up, they will be hard to beat.
However, lets not forget 71 and 1114 at Midwest this year, beaten by a well-rounded 8 seed. I think what's more important is who they would pick as the 3rd alliance member. 1646 in that scenario would be the key to that alliance.
With a deep field this year, I'm not so sure an 8 seed will be as successful like in the past, 7 vs 2, etc. #1 seed can still create a well-rounded alliance.
I dont think defense will prevail as much as in regional play. There are just too many offensive scoring machines in this division.
During seeding matches, scouters will have to identify those machines that dont really score and adjust their strategy then.

In '08 you only had 2 trackballs for 3 teams and no one really shared the trackball in hurdling.
In '07 you had the deadly bonus rampbots and an 8 seed could pick the best one out there.

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Did somebody say defense? I heard someone say defense.

But in all honesty we do have the ability to score & do super cells. We've had better luck in a defensive role vs. an offensive one in most matches.

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Oh, nothing to worry about over here on the West Coast....

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got that right...shades of Orlando !!

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This is going to be the most exciting division, In my opinion, not just because 1902 is it in. But because to the depth of teams. I will be here in Orlando rooting and cheering my heart out.

OINK OINK BOOM

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And 2729, we're a part of the new kids on the block! We hope to learn a lot from all of these awesome teams. Can't way to see this...

Start another one!

GALI-!

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-MEDES!

("Quick! An interloper! Chase him away!") :)

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I agree. The depth of this division is simply fascinating. I'm not interested in the 2nd picks this year than I am about the 1st picks, simply because there are so many teams to pick from.

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We won't chase you away if you can get more cool Bob Jadloski for us. :)

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Bob used to take team pics for everyone outside in the plaza, but I believe he told me FIRST was doing something else this year. If he attends the Championship (not a given), he isn't sure what he'll be doing.

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Wouldn't mind seeing someone from our division but I'm pullin for 217. Go Thunder Chickens!

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Anyone wanna trade a shirt for a MORT bandana? Ellen I believe you owe me an uberbots shirt from last year;) I gave one of your members the bandana last year to hand to you, don't know if it ever got there.

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Yeah, somehow we never ended up crossing paths at all. I never ended up with the bandana either... I'll have to find out who the bandana bandit is! I'm already making people do my t-shirt trading dirty work since I'm not going to be at the Championship this year... maybe I can coerce them into getting you a shirt at long last.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Agreed! In a division like this the level of competition will be fair but with the number of "average" teams the qualifiers won't be extremely difficult (unless you're really unlucky). Eliminations will be drastically different and much harder.

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Similar to what I did last year, I ran through 200 simulated qualification match schedules (all 102 matches, using the FIRST match generator). I used each team's average opr for their contribution to a match. I calculated the standings for each of the 200 simulated qualification schedules, and then looked at some statistics from the aggregate results.

When I went back and looked at last year's data, a team finished within 1 standard deviation of their average seed 60% of the time, and within 2 standard deviations 95% of the time. Only 3 teams seeded higher/lower then their min/max seed.

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I'm hoping to not be seated that far down ;) 1270 is hoping to turn a few heads. We have been working very hard on everything we could, we got the bot working at the end of the Buckeye so our averages are way down from where we are hoping to be. This is a stacked division this year, I haven't been on Galileo since 2003.......... Good luck to everyone!! I know I'm looking forward for some intense matches.:cool:

Team 1270
Red Dragons

Shooter 0-10' range
Shooter pivots 45 degrees left and right 90 degrees total
Hold 15-18 Orbit balls
We have been working on a scoring autonomous mode

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Joe, would you be so kind as to do this for Curie also? And I'm sure the other divisions wouldn't mind.

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I think we're gonna sneak up on you guys =) GOOD LUCK!!
GALI-

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(Re 1->81) So basically, we could be anywhere. Looking forward to it!

Short description:
IRS Team 1318
Power Dumper, serpentine ball path
OR 7-0-0 in Quals, 1st Seed, Champions
WA 8th Overall Selection - Semifinalist, 13th seed

We scored in autonomous at least 3 times, and have lined up enough to score in the first 5 seconds at least 3 other times.

Please describe your robot. :)

-LEO

Re: Galileo 2009
 

It has already been said but wow this is going to be an amazing field! Can't wait! To be honest I think this division is so deep with quality that making predictions of elimination outcomes is just going to go out the window. I suspect epic matches, and predict amazing plays.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

With so many good teams playing during qualifications, you guys think that this year especially, that there's a chance for a mediocre robot who got paired up with great partners each match to be ranked #1? I don't know if its happened before at the Championship, I know it happens at regionals, but how bout at the big show?

Re: Galileo 2009
 

I'd say it's possible, however, I've never been to a championship before (I'm a freshman). But I bet it could happen. I doubt it would bring them to #1 but i can imagine the top 8. It's still unlikely.

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Naa, top 8 is understandable, but has a team gotten lucky with alliance partners and gotten to 1st seed at Champs?

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It has happened before. I know some will say 1732 in 2007 that got lucky and seeded #1 on Curie. One would be crazy to say we were on the same level of 1114 and 330, but I feel we were one of the better tube scorers and with only seven qualfication matches and an easier schedule, a lot can happen. I'm not sure its a good idea to call out various teams and say their achievements were lucky, though. But yeah, it has happened before a couple of times.