[FRCTop25.com] Week 1 Results Broadcast LIVE tonight!

[Justin Montois]

First off, a huge thank you to everyone who voted this week. Voter turnout was awesome and we can't stress enough how happy Mike and I are with the amount of submissions we got this week. (Even if it means a heck of a lot more work for us!)

Tonight at 10:30PM EST we will be hosting another LIVE episode of Mike and Justin in the Morning where Mike and I will release the Week 1 Rankings of the Top 25 teams in FRC. Last week we topped out at 122 viewers, can we break that record this week?

As always, if you have anything you would like to discuss, shoot an email to mikeandjustinitm@gmail.com and we'd be happy to bring it up. Also, if you want to give us some insight on something you saw this past weekend that you think is noteworthy please let us know, as much as we would love too, Mike and I can't watch every match or be at every event.

Also, we have two viewer videos to show that are AWESOME! If you would like to create your own segment please email us and we would be happy to talk to you about it. It could be anything from previewing a particular regional or making your own predictions or anything!

We can't for the show tonight and we hope you can join us!

[Joohoo]

Can't wait to see the show!

[tsakshaug]

have to see the "tape" still at work at that time, unless it is really slow

[Justin Montois]

Thanks for everyone that tuned in! We had a great time! We hope you guys did too!

[Drivencrazy]

It was a good cast. Still surprised to see 341 down in third but oh well. BTW did you get any pizza?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

It was a good cast. Still surprised to see 341 down in third but oh well. BTW did you get any pizza?

Clearly people voted without actually watching all the events, because 341 was hands down the best team competing in week 1.

[Koko Ed]

How is 118 and 148 ahead of 1477 who won the event ? What an insult.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

How is 118 and 148 ahead of 1477 who won the event ? What an insult.

I don't know all of the stats, but I will say that 118 tops 1477 in my books.

As two machines going head to head, 118 definitely showed to be the more dominant robot, with 1477 playing a close second. 118's alliance was simply eliminated from the event because their elimination alliance failed to balance a bridge in their last match vs. a three robot balance, which is a devastating deficit to overcome with pure hoop offense.

The three robot balance might also be a reason why people prefer 148 over 1477 as well. Not saying that 148 was solely responsible, but their little stinger has received a lot of attention.

Nothing away from 1477, they have an excellent robot and deserved every ounce of the Alamo win, but I think these rankings really depend on what different people saw and what different people value.

- Sunny G.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

I don't know all of the stats, but I will say that 118 tops 1477 in my books.

As two machines going head to head, 118 definitely showed to be the more dominant robot, with 1477 playing a close second. 118's alliance was simply eliminated from the event because their elimination alliance failed to balance a bridge in their last match vs. a three robot balance, which is a devastating deficit to overcome with pure hoop offense.

The three robot balance might also be a reason why people prefer 148 over 1477 as well. Not saying that 148 was solely responsible, but their little stinger has received a lot of attention.

Nothing away from 1477, they have an excellent robot and deserved every ounce of the Alamo win, but I think these rankings really depend on what different people saw and what different people value.

- Sunny G.

That's like saying the Green Bay Packers should be rated over the New York Giants who won the Superbowl because the Packers offense is more spectacular.
118 and 148 are more known in the FIRST community (you don't see very many threads even mentioning 1477 while there are threads dedicated solely to 118 and 148's robots. So matter what they did they wouldn't get the respect they deserve).
Results are what count not style points.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

That's like saying the Green Bay Packers should be rated over the New York Giants who won the Superbowl because the Packers offense is more spectacular.
Results are what count not style points.

No it isn't.

You are no better than your alliance when it comes to win loss. That doesn't mean that the winner necessarily had the best robot. It means they had the best alliance.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Cory

No it isn't.

You are no better than your alliance when it comes to win loss. That doesn't mean that the winner necessarily had the best robot. It means they had the best alliance.

So what's the point of doing this dog and pony show if people are just going to vote for the teams they heard of and blow off teams that don't get as much exposure? Just put the usual suspects up and ignore the rest then.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

So what's the point of doing this dog and pony show if people are just going to vote for the teams they heard of and blow off teams that don't get as much exposure? Just put the usual suspects up and ignore the rest then.

I fail to see why it's implausible that people legitimately believe one team is better than another, even if the team they think is better didn't win the regional.

The best robot doesn't always win. Nor does the best golfer/tennis player/swimmer/etc. That doesn't stop someone from being ranked #1 in the world even though they don't always win.

[Squeakypig]

Despite 2337 winning the Kettering district (which their alliance deserved to win) I feel like team 3322 should have ranked higher than them. Also, I believe 85 B.O.B. had a more impressive competition at Gull Lake than 51 did at Kettering. I think we will see better rankings around week 4. Until then, it really is gonna be about who the top names are, who posts the most videos on chief, etc.

Edit: Just saw 33 at the number 6 spot. For a team that didn't get their shooter working correctly until day 2 of competition...I don't think we saw them compete enough to put them that high...at all...I think they have the potential to do very good, but we haven't seen it in it's effect yet.

[PayneTrain]

341 gets high score of Week 1;Finishes Third...
Well, now I have motivation to vote. That's just silly.

[c.shu]

Looking at the top 10 it seems to be a popularity contest. But I am glad to see a few new teams make the list too.