2013 Greater Kansas City Regional

[Alpha Beta]

Morenet has a test file up to make sure you will be able to view the stream. It worked well for me with IE, but not with chrome (which matches their suggested set-up).

FYI: It doesn't appear to play nice with my iPhone...

[CalTran]

So, here is Cal Tran's Pre Event Scouting data:
(Tried to keep the same format as the data posted to OKC last year.)

Teams that have previously competed:
1986 Team Titanium (Hub City Regional, Ranked 1)

55 Teams are attending; One team is attending their second regional, 54 teams are competing for the first time.
Of that one team, one team (1986) has made it to Eliminations. One of those one teams made it to the finals of their regional, and won it all.

Congratulations to the following accomplishments:
Team Titanium, 1986, on their Regional Win at Hub City as the Number 1 Seed
Team Titanium, 1986, for going undefeated for 17 straight wins at Hub City.
Team Titanium, 1986, for their Entrepreneurship Award at Hub City.
Team Titanium, 1986, for their Quality Award at Hub City.
Jay Urban, of Team Titanium, 1986, for being a FIRST Dean's List Finalist at Hub City

As you may have gathered, Team Titanium had a successful first weekend at Hub City.

Their average qualification match score was 86 points, with a median of 84 points. They have a standard deviation of 19.6 points. The minimum score in their qualifications was 60 points. Their high score was 130 points. (To put it in perspective, the average score for Week 1 Friday Night was 41.4 points (median of 38 points), not including CVR or HH.)

Come Eliminations, Titanium definitely stepped up their game. Average Elimination match score for them is 107.5 points, median score of 114.5 points. Standard deviation of 25 points. Minimum score, again, was 60 points, with a high score of 138 points.

Note: The scores that Titanium posted at Hub City are WITHOUT utilizing their 30 point hanging ability and strictly sticking to their 10 point hanger. Will the competition at GKC be stiff enough that they have to break out their 30 point guarantee? They have one of the fastest, if not the fastest, 30 point climber in attendance. Edit Edit: They did, at a point, use their 20 point hanger.

Edit: For those who care about OPR and CCWM, they have an OPR of 64.6, ranking them 4th in the world, and a CCWM of 59.6, ranking them 4th in the world.

Only time will tell as to whether 1986 will be able to repeat their performance at Greater Kansas City, and join the club of teams that win GKC two years in a row. Last year, 3784 got them admission into the club, and it will be interesting to see who Titanium brings as their guest.

All data taken from The Blue Alliance and Team 2834's Scouting Database v2.1 (By Ed Law)

[jspatz1]

Last year Time-Warner Cable Metro Sports provided some very nice, "ESPN style" coverage of the GKC elimination rounds on a tape-delayed basis, and rebroadcast it on 2 or 3 other occasions. I have inquired with TWC as to when that broadcast will be this year. If anyone knows please post it here.

A segment from the 2011 edition of that coverage is on this page: http://www.kcfirst.org/programs?qt-p...=0#qt-programs

[Jay1986]

Wow Caltran, you really do your homework!

[Basel A]

A comment for the general Kansas City-attending public: 1986 has qualified for the CMP at a previous event (as CalTran noted). Therefore, if 1986 is a regional champion at this event, the captain of the finalist alliance will qualify for the CMP. This may have interesting implications for alliance selections, but I'll leave you to figure those out.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by CalTran

55 Teams are attending; One team is attending their second regional, 54 teams are competing for the first time.
Of that one team, one team (1986) has made it to Eliminations. One of those one teams made it to the finals of their regional, and won it all.

The known is not quite as scary as the unknown. There are 54 teams coming to the KC regional who have yet to show their hand for Ultimate Ascent, and they are each occupying a great deal of our attention as we prepare.

There is a reason no team has been able to captain the winning alliance two years in a row. The field in KC is very deep, and the qualification scheduling algorithm can have a major impact with 55 teams attending. In the 5 times we have attended the KC regional we have been regional winners only once, and finalists... never.

We've completed the first step in trying to bring a wild card to KC, and if we find ourselves fortunate enough to captain or be invited to join a top alliance our scouts excel at finding excellent late draft pick robots to compliment the alliance. Looking forward to seeing everyone's awesome machines in a couple of days.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Note: The scores that Titanium posted at Hub City are WITHOUT utilizing their 30 point hanging ability and strictly sticking to their 10 point hanger.

Minor correction: we did hang for 20 once in Lubbock. You are correct about no 30-pointers.

I'm with Aaron...this is a deep tournament, and it's going to be fun. We saw some interesting capabilities during the pre-bag "open house/week 0/whatever you want to call it" at LSHS; MOREnet's stream is going to be getting some traffic.

[Woolly]

Practice day is tomorrow, so good luck to all the teams, stay safe, and have fun.


Oh, and be sure to watch out for Identifiable Frisbee Objects. Those hurt when they're fired out of a robot and into your face or any other body part for that matter.

[holygrail]

We saw tons of extremely impressive robots today. It is going to be a deep field like usual in KC. Not too often that you see over 100 points scored in practice matches.

Good luck to all the teams!

[Alpha Beta]

Some concerns today that if anyone on the field uses more than their allotted bandwidth it can introduce lag into other robots on the field. Teams are starting to check the camera/bandwidth settings for their alliance partners and perhaps should look at their opponents too to make sure they won't be affected. Seems like coopertition all over again.

Looks to be a very competitive regional. We may not be the only robot that can hit 7 discs in auto. All types of climbers, including one robot without wheels at all. May even see a defensive robot with a small fan as part of their blocking scheme. Can't wait to see how effective these designs prove to be in tomorrow's qualification matches.

[CalTran]

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

[SharonO]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

http://www2.usfirst.org/2013comp/eve...eduleQual.html

Lucky you- facing 1986 first thing

Sharon
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[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

FRC Spyder has it.

Lucky you...facing Winnovation first thing.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by SharonO

http://www2.usfirst.org/2013comp/eve...eduleQual.html

Lucky you- facing 1986 first thing

Sharon
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So I think I discovered why no one wrote our opponents up in the pits...That first match'll be rough for us.

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by CalTran

So I think I discovered why no one wrote our opponents up in the pits...That first match'll be rough for us.

While we're at it..
Lucky you, facing RaileRobotics first thing.