[NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!

[gafftron]

Originally Posted by Samwaldo

So any word, on how many backup teams have been called on so far?

So far it doesn't look like any. However 190 had mentioned that they were not going, but are still showing up on the list as registered on the FIRST site. So its hard to know for sure if any teams have made it unless they post about it.

[bkahl]

I was told that 3461 was called in.

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by Chi Meson

Oh if things weren't only that not unconfusing!

I found out at Rhode Island that they want a printed roster at each event anyway, even if you turned in the C&R info at a previous District event.

And wouldn't you know, that printed roster is the same thing that you would turn in for supplying the "C&R" documentation at the initial event.

What I will be doing:
Print out the roster of the team from TIMS, include any hardcopy forms for whoever has not completed the online consent/waiver. In other words, the same thing. The worst that can happen is there will be no problem during sign in. I can live with that.

And that is exactly what the Adminstrative Manual asks you to do...Paragraph 4.7.1

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Samwaldo

So any word, on how many backup teams have been called on so far?

4555 are no longer listed on FIRST's website and 663, the first "backup" team are now listed.

[gafftron]

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

4555 are no longer listed on FIRST's website and 663, the first "backup" team are now listed.

It also appears as though 5129 has disappeared off the list as well.

[M. Lillis]

Originally Posted by gafftron

It also appears as though 5129 has disappeared off the list as well.

That's really odd, because 5129 was really excited about going to Boston when we played with them in Elims at Hartford. Weird.

[gafftron]

Down to 49 teams registered now. With the following teams not on the registered list who qualified:
190
236
4555
5000
5112
5129

and 663 registered as the first team off the wait-list.

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by Kims Robot

The two biggest changes were made to give teams more time and make the event safer and less hectic. The first is Load In Wednesday night has been extended in time (now from 5-9pm) and teams will be able to set up their pits, unbag and get their robot inspected if they wish

Can we work on the robot Wednesday night?

[dsmoker]

Originally Posted by M. Lillis

That's really odd, because 5129 was really excited about going to Boston when we played with them in Elims at Hartford. Weird.

I'm so disappointed to see that. They were such great alliance partners.

[Kims Robot]

Originally Posted by Brandon Zalinsky

Can we work on the robot Wednesday night?

With 5 Team members ONLY, teams will be allowed to Unbag (with inspector signoff), and do what they need to do to get the robot inspected. We will not have the full venue setup (no Machine Shop or Practice Field until Thursday morning), but if teams need to do work to their robots to pass inspection it will be allowed.

The goal for Wednesday night is to get as many teams loaded in, and have pits setup safely so that we can roll on Thursday morning, and allow teams to finish inspection in time for Qualification matches.

[Kims Robot]

Latest Email Blast Update:

New England Teams,
Only a few more days to the Big Event!!

Schedule
We have another small change to our schedule to announce:
Start of Loadin is moved to 5:30pm on Wednesday!!
We apologize for any inconvenience, but we realized that we were going to conflict with the time of staff leaving the venue and want to make it a good experience for both teams and BU staff. (Note: the welcome packet has not been updated yet, but the FIRST Schedule takes precedence).

Invites
Official Invites from FIRST went out this morning to main TIMS contacts, and they are working down the list of teams as they receive declines. If your team is not planning on attending, please let FIRST know ASAP.

Hotels
If your team is still trying to figure out lodging, please contact Steele Meetings directly. Phone: 561-292-3314 email: MSMILGIS-at-steelemeetings.com

Reminders

• If you need to use the Loading Dock Wednesday night, please contact Steve Cremer scremer-at-usfirst.org to schedule your load in.
• Remember to follow the standard Bag & Tag Procedures!! If you have ANY questions at all, please check the FIRST manual and contact FIRST directly.
• Don't forget to reserve your tickets for the Museum of Science Team Social!!
• We still have room at the Educators Event for your adminstrators!
• Alumni and Seniors can register for the FREE Alumni Luncheon on Friday by signing up for NE FIRST Alumni Network.
• Remember to bring your donations for the Charity Drive!!
• VIP Scouting Space is tight, but if you are interested, register your team here.
• There will be NO WiFi access provided at the Arena, and teams are not allowed to set up their own WiFi hotspots.
• EI and RAS winners coming for just an interview without their robots will get a table on the upper concourse. All teams that qualify with their robot can use their pit to display materials.

Can't wait to see so many of you later this week at the New England Championship!

[lf3307]

Here's a bit of late night data crunching.

Looking at qualifying matches only... I used official district results to get stats on each team's average offensive production, and the twitter feed to get average points allowed (sadly, Nashua and Groton data were not in the twitter feed).

I then compared each of the top 63 (why not?) teams' stats to the average of those 63. Above average offense is a good thing. Allowing fewer points than average per match is a good thing. Doing both is even better!

The resulting "points/game above average" metric suggests how a team contributed in qualification matches compared to the 'average' of all these above-average teams! Of course, the data, measure, and causality are all imperfect...

Still, my top 20:
Team Points/ game above average
195 49.2
3467 36.3
78 33.5
125 30.1
131 28.8
176 27.8
61 26.5
237 24.7
2067 22.1
175 20.5
236 20.1
319 19.8
177 17.0
5122 16.2
4048 15.4
3525 15.0
58 14.6
558 12.8
716 12.3
4564 12.3

Hope that someone else finds this interesting or even helpful! Comments always welcome.

Best of luck to all who earned the opportunity to compete this weekend. Make the most of this great event!

Dan Hudnut, mentor
Team 885, Randolph, VT

[who716]

thanks for that, Hopefully we will see you at battlecry!!

[loyal]

Still only 49 teams registered. Is that all that's going I wonder?

[M. Lillis]

Originally Posted by loyal

Still only 49 teams registered. Is that all that's going I wonder?

It says that the open capacity is only 3. Does this mean that they are limiting the number of teams attending to 52? I thought that it was 54 teams total.