Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Made it with 2 days to spare!

1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)
12. Untouchables (Tyler Olds, EricLeifermann)
13. CircuitRunners (ghostmachine360, Wing, & james7132)
14. 1676 (Hallry)

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Is Chief Delphi being down for this weekend for maintenance going to affect the drafts at all?

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

I don't know.

However, it will at worst force us to double/triple up drafts later on, probably the week of the 5th; at best, no disruption. I've posted in the announcement thread asking for a more specific time so we can reschedule if needed ahead of time instead of after disruption. (I also posted the typical draft-night schedule in that thread.)

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Can you post a link to that thread? I can't seem to locate it.

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Right under the Battery Beak announcement on the Portal...

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Sorry, thanks, I thought you were talking about something else. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

No problem. Actually, I was thinking that I should repost the FF schedule on this page so it's available for quick reference. Drafts should start around 7 PM Eastern unless otherwise arranged.


November 25th
Alamo Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
November 26th
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
Hatboro-Horsham MAR FRC Qualifying Event
November 27th
Smoky Mountains Regional
Kettering University MI FRC Qualifying Event
November 28th
Israel Regional
November 29th
Autodesk Oregon Regional
November 30th
Greater Toronto East Regional
December 1st
Lake Superior Regional
December 2nd
Chesapeake Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
December 3rd
Finger Lakes Regional
Northville MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 4th
Orlando Regional
Chestnut Hill MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 5th
Bayou Regional
December 6th
Boilermaker Regional
December 7th
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
December 8th
Peachtree Regional
December 9th
Sacramento Regional
Utah Regional
December 10th
San Diego Regional
Traverse City MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 11th
WPI Regional
Waterford MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 12th
New York City Regional
December 13th
Arizona Regional
December 14th
Buckeye Regional
December 15th
Colorado Regional
December 16th
St Louis Regional
Boston Regional
December 17th
Los Angeles Regional
Rutgers MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 18th
Virginia Regional
Detroit MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 19th
Waterloo Regional
December 20th
Wisconsin Regional
December 21st
Washington DC Regional
December 22nd
Central Valley Regional
December 23rd
Las Vegas Regional
Spokane Regional
December 24th
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
December 26th
Midwest Regional
Lenape MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 27th
Hawaii Regional
North Carolina Regional
December 28th
Palmetto Regional
Lone Star Regional
December 29th
Greater Toronto West Regional
West Michigan MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 30th
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional
Niles MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 1st
Dallas East Regional
Dallas West Regional
January 2nd
Seattle Cascade Regional
Seattle Olympic Regional
January 3rd
Oklahoma Regional
Livonia MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 4th
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Mount Olive MAR FRC Qualifying Event
January 5th
Silicon Valley Regional
Troy MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 6th
South Florida Regional
Queen City Regional

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

I want to participate, but I don't think I have the time. I have been curious about this for a while, though. I will be watching...

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

can some one be a draft runner for me???
i need them on sundays and fridays and saturdays

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Why don't you just PM in your list of choices in advanced?

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Thx so much my parents are divorced so i am down my dads house every other weekend so it would be diffucult to do the draft. i also work on fridays and saturdays

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Cody:

So, if you know that you will not be present for a draft, (I believe, but PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong) you should PM your drafts in advance to usually either EricH or Koko Ed.

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Precisely.

For example, I know for a fact that on some days I won't be able to draft (or run drafts). I will send my lists for those days in to Ed ahead of time.

You also don't need to give a full list. You can do as many or as few teams as you like. (I do every single team... but I can crank out a list in about 20 minutes with some help from Excel. Basel listed a few he wanted and took chances with the randoms after that.) Or, if you really don't know anything about the event/haven't had time to learn, declare random for the draft. (This should only be used in emergency situations, though.)

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

You will tell us in advance who will be running the draft, correct?

Also, EricH, can you explain what the program above is/how it works? The computer I use 95% of the time is a school-issued laptop, so we cannot install outside programs. Is it necessary for drafting?

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Yes. Whoever posts the draft is running the draft. Up through 12/16, it'll be either Ed or myself on double-draft nights; Ed on single-draft nights unless otherwise noted.



Yes, I can explain what it is. No, it is not necessary for drafting.

The program is designed to assist whoever is running the draft to run it. Unless you are running a draft (not to be confused with drafting, where you're picking your teams), you won't need it. Now, there will be a few days where there are two drafts and possibly only one available runner. So on those days, I highly recommend that whoever fills in use the program.



A little history on the program in question: Around the time of the 2008-9 drafts, after we'd worked out the kinks with the 2008 season (long story which I can go into later if there's demand), some of us began noticing a lot of double picks (teams being picked twice in the same tier). I decided to do something about it. I coded over a summer and a bit, and tested the system in some of the 2010 drafts. It worked, so I released it to the general Fantasy FIRST public--with a note that the source code was available on request. Not long after that, 2x Elgin Clock winner Vikesrock requested the code. By the time of the 2011 season's drafts, he'd put together a GUI and improved the program. That's the program you see today, and it's been tested through a full season of being used in drafts.