Re: [FTC]: FTC FIRST ATLANTA NATIONALS
 

We just posted our scouting sheets for both divisions, that are available for anyone to use if they would like them.

http://www.technoguards.org/node/197

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Thanks!! I plan on using these!

Re: [FTC]: FTC FIRST ATLANTA NATIONALS
 

A 30 ball autonomous will guarantee a lock in probably 90% of the games it's successfully performed so long as the drivers use some common sense during defense.

Yet after the first time the probability of success is significantly reduced. You'd better have a backup plan for elims ;)

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The bad part is you are right, but I have another more shall I say annoying trick up my sleeve, which will have teams saying...Where did all the balls go xD

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I hope you all know that the team lists for Atlanta are out, so here's the team list it take up alto of space so I'm posting the links and not copying and pasting the lists

http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ListEdison.pdf

http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...stFranklin.pdf

Re: [FTC]: FTC FIRST ATLANTA NATIONALS
 

Yeah so our funny dream may come true with with you guys in Franklin

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lol it would be very funny

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Please tell me I'm not imagining this but Edison seems to have more strong teams than Franklin.

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If by "strong team" you mean "a team who we've talked about on here" then yes, Edison has many more. To assume we know all of the "powerhouses" or even to presume a team will do well at nationals just because they did well at a State level is a bit naive, don't you think?

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I've seen almost every robot in franklin i'm finding about 15-20 teams that can shoot at all, that's all I'm saying here. Though if you look at the main list and the divisions there is a pattern, they split it up by every other team.

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For what it's worth, our team has been trying to find as much info as we can on how teams qualified for the Championship. Since we're in Edison, we've focused there, and from our current data, Edison has:

24 winning alliance captains
13 winning alliance first selections
5 Inspire Award winners

And for Franklin, we've identified:
7 winning alliance captains
6 winning alliance first selections
9 Inspire Award winners

Obviously, our data (especially from Franklin) is incomplete, and we probably have a few teams classified incorrectly. Plus, we obviously can't assume that all competitions were equally challenging.

But, if you assume that performance generally goes "winning alliance captain" > "winning alliance first selection" > "Inspire Award winner", then it looks like Edison is going to be more competitive. Should be fun!

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but also I've been doing some "Internet scouting" and alot of Franklin teams are not high scoring robots.

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Given that most tournaments used 2-team alliances for Eliminations, and that only Alliance captains and Inspire winners were automatically invited to Championships, won't nearly every robot at the tournament fit into one of your three categories? How many teams in Atlanta are NOT alliance captains, first choices, or Inspire winners?

I don't pretend to be an expert on all the FTC teams in the world, but Edison looks like murderers' row to me.

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Yeah I've scouted Edison too for our other two teams and it looks like the most compeitive division ever.

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Hey! We may be a little late getting on the forums, but anyway - I'm Nathan from team 3539, Say Watt? from Edison, NJ. This is our team's rookie FTC year. We won Inspire awards at the Delaware, New Jersey, and Hudson Valley tounaments, and also were the winning alliance captain in Pennsylvania. Our coach is Jim Carr. We know we'll have a lot of fun, and we hope to meet you!