Predictions Week 5: On the Bubble

[Kellen Hill]

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

Not to mention they are the defending champs of the regional. My guess is they will have worked out all the kinks from GKC and will be at the top of their game this weekend.

Thank you for the kind words. The main issue we faced at GKC was the variation in ball condition as the event went on. This made a major impact on our shooting percentage as even though we had some of the higher numbers in regards to balls shot, we were struggling to make a high percentage of those shots. We have plans to add a device for testing ball compression and adjusting wheel speed on a per ball basis. If we can effectively implement this device, we will greatly improve our overall game to include being effective in hybrid and teleop to go along with our solid bridge game.

Should be an interesting regional. Lots of work to get done tomorrow.

[Garten Haeska]

Team 2861 will be at 10k lakes tomorrow also, saw a lot of robots when we dropped off our but when we left we saw a lot that also weren't passing their bag and tag inspection? Wonder why? But yes last year it was quite fun to see 525 win, would have been better if we would have been with you, but besides that good luck this year and make sure you stop by the 2861 pit to pick up your FIRST Robotics Chap stick that we give out every year, make sure to get there early because we only brought half of what we brought last year which was 1500 tubes.

Week 5 is gonna be so exciting! Can't wait for SVR! 12.5 hours to go!

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Leeland1126

Ouch... that's kinda harsh. Maybe I'm just partial because those 'nubmuffins' were our alliance captains

Sorry, I meant no offense to any other upstate NY teams, I was trying to make a joke about 2791.

[LeelandS]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Sorry, I meant no offense to any other upstate NY teams, I was trying to make a joke about 2791.

Oh, no, no offense taken. I thought you were making fun of 174

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Leeland1126

Oh, no, no offense taken. I thought you were making fun of 173

And I thought he was making fun of 174! Speaking of them, it will be fun to see a similar nubmuffin face at DC tomorrow!

[LeelandS]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

And I though he was making fun of 174!

Okay, NOW I have egg on my face

Thought I messed something up. Struck me like a rock after I turned my computer off I got my numbers mixed up!

[Kaushal.K]

Originally Posted by Garten Haeska

Team 2861 will be at 10k lakes tomorrow also, saw a lot of robots when we dropped off our but when we left we saw a lot that also weren't passing their bag and tag inspection? Wonder why? But yes last year it was quite fun to see 525 win, would have been better if we would have been with you, but besides that good luck this year and make sure you stop by the 2861 pit to pick up your FIRST Robotics Chap stick that we give out every year, make sure to get there early because we only brought half of what we brought last year which was 1500 tubes.

Teams must not have left their bag & tag forms with the robots.. No forms means they have to be done on Thursday morning, which could cause a slight delay in un-bagging if there are many teams!

[Ziv]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

522 is going to throw a massive wrench into the alliance selections at Long Island. Does a high seeding team pick them and give up scoring capability? Or do they let a lower seeding team get them and win with triple balances. I very highly doubt that they'll be left open for the second round.

522's unique geometry was useful because of 1635's angled frame (and, to a lesser extent, ours). They will be a priority pick for long bots that are either very front heavy or have angular sandwich shenanigans planned, but I don't see an analogous advantage for them in triple balances involving two other wide bots.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by engunneer

Every team at North star with 111 should start writing code now to feed 111. 2151 did at their request for elims, and it made our two iffy 2 pt shots into far more reliable 3 pt auto baskets. If we had known in our qual match with 111 that this was possible, it would have been a very exciting auto.

I'm sure there are numerous feedable Auto teams competing in wk 5. Plan now and stand out as a great alliance partner...

Our partner fed us in 7 elimination matches to great success; EVERY team with an intake should write a passing mode. We have one written even though we plan on shooting ourselves.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Our partner fed us in 7 elimination matches to great success; EVERY team with an intake should write a passing mode. We have one written even though we plan on shooting ourselves.

Good point Adam.
Our team has already written code to accept balls from other teams in auto, and will keep that in consideration during alliance selections, should we place in the top 8 or if the alliance captain needs help selecting at our event next week.

[George Nishimura]

Definitely going to watch Connecticut this weekend. A lot of teams we saw at WPI are going to be there [including GUS] as well as the Robonauts, 2168 and others.

I also might check out Troy just to see some of their teams [67] live, and GTR-West because the Canadian regionals have been fun to watch so far.

I'm happy the 2-1 strategy is popular, and also the variation of that I first saw at GKC with 16/1986 and later with 1114/2056 of at least one [or alternating] offensive robot going over the bump to steal balls. And people understanding that you shouldn't double balance with your two best shooters, leave one to notch up some points in the last thirty seconds.

[Racer26]

176's finalist was at Montreal, not BAE.

[Botwoon]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Our partner fed us in 7 elimination matches to great success; EVERY team with an intake should write a passing mode. We have one written even though we plan on shooting ourselves.

Having lost to 973 in LA due in large part to the points they scored in hybrid, we approve of this strategy.

[lynca]

Dallas West is poised to have a relatively level field of competition, with no team capable of absolutely dominating. 935 does appear to have an edge over most of the other competitors, but 1421, 1296, and 2468 should be able to keep it very interesting.

Fair prediction, however I am going to give props to the Houston teams, and say 441, 3847 and 1429 will keep it more interesting than 1421,1296 and 2468.

Houston is the original home of FIRST in Texas (despite what Dallas thinks) and Houston teams will take home the big awards !