Galileo Division 2013

[cmrnpizzo14]

I believe that 4334 is a FCS as well, correct?

[hiyou102]

Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14

I believe that 4334 is a FCS as well, correct?

We sure are!

[JohnFogarty]

I'm sorry I've never heard of the term unblockable.

[Boe]

Originally Posted by compwiztobe

hmm... looking at this picture, it looks they have an empty hinge out back...

now that is a very scary thought

[fr05ty27355]

hmm... looking at this picture, it looks they have an empty hinge out back...

No, that's for attaching their bumpers:

http://www.simbotics.org/files/gtr_east_2013_043.jpg

Let's not make everyone panic just yet.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by fr05ty27355

No, that's for attaching their bumpers:

http://www.simbotics.org/files/gtr_east_2013_043.jpg

Let's not make everyone panic just yet.

Actually that bar holds their climber in. Pop the bar out, the climber comes out.

[prerob96]

2169 and 2612 are very solid teams, both can 10 point climb and are very accurate at the full court. At the northern lights regional, they were both tearing it up.

[rzoeller]

Originally Posted by prerob96

2169 and 2612 are very solid teams, both can 10 point climb and are very accurate at the full court. At the northern lights regional, they were both tearing it up.

Thanks for the compliment! But I believe you mean 2512 not 2612.

[prerob96]

Originally Posted by rzoeller

Thanks for the compliment! But I believe you mean 2512 not 2612.

Yes it is. Accidentally hit 6

[1629GaCo]

1629 GaCo is ecstatic to be in this division!!!! We will get to play with some heavy hitters in the FIRST community!!! Good luck to all teams and have safe travels.

[Woolly]

There's a lot of good competition in this division, it will be interesting to see how it unfolds.
We won't really know until Saturday the 27th.

[camtunkpa]

222 is excited to be in this awesome field of competitors. Glad to see 1218 and 2729 are also in this division representing MAR! Also glad to see we have our friends 125!

[akoscielski3]

1114 put a "Picker-upper" on their robot at the end of GTR East. In fact they have had it this whole time, Waterloo and GTR West.*

*their "Picker-upper" is a joke, they put a sticker on the front of their robot in GTR East that says "Picker-Upper"

-1114 has no weight or room for a pickup. Dont expect one from them. Their climb and dump has been perfected over the seaon and I believe no one else has a more consistant/fast 50 pt climb. Their cycles are fast and are expected to seed high. The only down fall is their limit of 18 Auto points. If they are tied in Qual pts they will likely fall to 2nd, probably being picked by the 1st seed.

-It'll be interesting to find out how 610 comes into the event. They had a pickup in Waterloo, I wonder if they decide to keep it on or take it off. If they stay cycling consistantly they will be a power house.

-118 showed us their potential with their release video. They had a 30pt climber but rumours suggest they were over weight, forcing them to remove it. If they are able to put it back on, or bring a new one to champs they will be a force on the field.

-1477 has been a great team in texas these past years. They have a 7 discs auto that has proven to be a decent feature for them. If it works every match we will see them excel in the division, likely to be a 1st pick or an alliance captain.

-That little robot that could is back with a pretty decent full court shooter, 4334. Last year they were a critical part of the EH Team on Archimedes, winning the division with 1114 and 2056. If they are able to get a bit more accurate for champs with full court shooting they could again be a great asset.

Some other good looking teams are 111, 1241, 245 and 125

[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by hiyou102

610 isn't a FCS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc_cT...YdSlRb_rLXUTtM

http://youtu.be/YDOuAbKbWx0

Our robot is a FCS. Depending on the strategy we do cycling or FCS. We've definitely cycled more than we have FCS so far this season.

[joelg236]

Some initial scouting data based off the open scouting sheet. Looks like it's a pretty FCS heavy division, with less blockers than FCS. That is bound to change though, considering the blockers are probably the teams who don't have much data filled out.

By my estimates (admittedly not going to be very accurate), this is what ranking will probably look like:

1. 118
2. 1477
3. 1114
4. 111
5. 447
6. 2169
7. 1806
8. 2729

The most surprising thing about this is that 610 and 2000 aren't in the top 8. I think that might not end up being true, seeing how close 4th-14th are in OPR. If 610 gets floor loading working and a 7-disk, they have a good chance.

111 has slipped under a lot of people's radars this year (in terms of performance). I think they have a lot of potential as a first pick.

1114 is going to have a tough time, as a lot of people have said, ranking extremely high. I'm really hopeful their climb and dump put them so far ahead that auto won't matter, but that's to be seen. (who would have guessed they would rank 66 last year!)

Galileo looks like the perfect division for a second pick. It has the best distribution of OPR (more balanced), so the 17-24th best robots are bound to be pretty good. My bet right now is that the winner of Galileo will come from a 2nd, 3rd or 4th alliance.

I can't wait to see what a lot of these teams have in store.

* Keep an eye on 2337. Trust me.