[FRCTop25.com] Final 2014 Rankings LIVE tonight at 9PM!

[Patrick Flynn]

Originally Posted by Thad House

You guys really missed a lot of teams in the PNW. 1425 was one of the only 2 teams to win 2 districts in the PNW this year. 4911 did amazingly this year, and won EI as a rookie, which I don't think I've ever seen before. If you run down the list of rankings we have ALOT of new up and coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd year teams in the PNW, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent chunk of them do well at worlds this year. 6 of the top 12 teams in our rankings are 1-3 year old teams, with a few chairmans and EI's among those teams.

I think a lot of the reasons we miss these teams are very similar to the reasons we have been called out in the past for missing MAR teams.
First it is very hard for us or nearly impossible to look at a list of teams and know who everyone is. Without seeing them perform all season I couldn't tell you the difference between a Dozer bot and the next 2056. Numbers are just numbers sure I can look at who has the most points but that doesn't tell a good story.

Second there is a lack of video footage in a viewable location. MAR seems to have the same issue. I went looking for some match videos to see what teams had done, and simply couldn't find any, this may totally be my fault for not looking in the right location. There is nothing better than being able to watch what a team did on the field and it makes it much easier to speak too. FiM has knocked this out of the park with their instant YouTube upload.

Third as PayneTrain pointed out we know the east coast teams better. At some point in our careers we have competed with them or against them. This gives us some better insight into how they function.

We are always looking to help better covering these west coast teams. If you have insights or videos we should be watching drop us an email. We are always hoping to better cover each region but need some more help in doing so.

[Link07]

^ Just for future reference, MAR matches are actually pretty well documented by Team 1676 on their Youtube. They have full match footage of all of the matches from Mt. Olive, Clifton, and Bridgewater, as well as the MAR Championship this weekend probably. Full archived streams of Hatboro and Chestnut Hill can also be found on Mid-Atlantic Robotics youtube. I don't know if Lenape was archived or not by anybody.

[Drennael]

Originally Posted by Link07

as well as the MAR Championship this weekend probably...I don't know if Lenape was archived or not by anybody.

1676 will be posting all of our MAR Championship match footage closely following the event. We try to archive all of the competitions that we go to, since we know that lack of footage in MAR has been a problem in the past. (Perhaps putting the team numbers in the description box would make it easier to find?) Lenape-Seneca footage can be found here, on the Iron Devils (1647) Fans' page. For future reference, most of this footage can be found by searching the event name on YouTube.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Link07

^ Just for future reference, MAR matches are actually pretty well documented by Team 1676 on their Youtube. They have full match footage of all of the matches from Mt. Olive, Clifton, and Bridgewater, as well as the MAR Championship this weekend probably.

Originally Posted by Drennael

1676 will be posting all of our MAR Championship match footage closely following the event. We try to archive all of the competitions that we go to, since we know that lack of footage in MAR has been a problem in the past.

^ What they said . You'll be able to find our full-field match footage (and also videos of Alliance Selections and the Awards Ceremonies) from the 2014 MAR Champs after the event on 1676's YouTube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Team1676.

[Thad House]

It took a few weeks, but currently most of the week 4,5 and 6 matches are posted on Washington First Robotics's youtube channel located here https://www.youtube.com/user/FIRSTWAVideo
I believe the PNW Championship will be posted there as well.

[Lil' Lavery]

When will the rankings be posted to the website? Does anyone know what they were?

[Nathan Rossi]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

When will the rankings be posted to the website? Does anyone know what they were?

You can find them on the "Rankings" tab. I believe the week 6 results are the final rankings. http://www.frctop25.com/rankings2014/

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

When will the rankings be posted to the website? Does anyone know what they were?

They're up.

Rank	Team Number	Team Name	Points	First Place Votes
				
1	254	The Cheesy Poofs	3327	67
2	2056	OP Robotics	2594	3
3	1114	Simbotics	2526	5
4	118	Robonauts	2467	6
5	33	Killer Bees	2304	5
6	148	Robowranglers	1719	2
7	67	The HOT Team	1691	2
8	1986	Team Titanium	1527	6
9	16	Bomb Squad	1517	6
10	971	Spartan Robotics	1451	7
11	624	CRyptonite	1218	1
12	610	The Coyotes	1184	3
13	1241	THEORY6	1155	8
14	469	Las Guerrillas	988	0
15	1678	Citrus Circuits	943	1
16	1477	Texas Torque	929	0
17	987	HIGHROLLERS	862	0
18	359	Hawaiian Kids	843	0
19	125	NUTRONS	754	2
20	1285	The Big Bang	699	5
21	368	Team Kika Mana	618	2
22	233	The Pink Team	573	0
23	4039	MakeShift Robotics	547	1
24	3683	Team Dave	545	1
25	188	Blizzard	478	1