[EWCP] Championship Prediction Cast

[notmattlythgoe]

Thanks for picking is to be part of The Peach Alliance!

[Cam877]

I have trust in you Drost.

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Thanks for picking is to be part of The Peach Alliance!

I think 2363 will surprise a lot of people at championships and make a lot of noise. You guys have an amazing robot that not many people are talking about!


I was kind of surprised at how much research it took to make some of our picks, but I guess I just find researching teams to be a lot of fun. I had a blast during the cast and preparing for the cast, and I'd definitely do it again in the future if y'all want me back.

On the last note, are there any suggestions for the twitch stream and how that could have been improved?

[Woolly]

7th Seed Captain, eh? I'm pleasantly surprised to see us go that quick. We'll try to justify that pick on the field!

As far as the twitch stream goes, the only things I could think of would be to improve the sync between the hangout and the picking screen, and maybe using the official FRC alliance selection display if possible.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Anupam Goli

I think 2363 will surprise a lot of people at championships and make a lot of noise. You guys have an amazing robot that not many people are talking about!


I was kind of surprised at how much research it took to make some of our picks, but I guess I just find researching teams to be a lot of fun. I had a blast during the cast and preparing for the cast, and I'd definitely do it again in the future if y'all want me back.

On the last note, are there any suggestions for the twitch stream and how that could have been improved?

Thanks. We've felt like we've had a very solid season to this point, seeding 3rd and 4th at both regionals and going as the #1 pick at Chesapeake. Had we not missed our last shot at VA we'd have had at least a finals and a regional win this season. We look forward to making some noise and showing what we can do.

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by Woolly

7th Seed Captain, eh? I'm pleasantly surprised to see us go that quick. We'll try to justify that pick on the field!

As far as the twitch stream goes, the only things I could think of would be to improve the sync between the hangout and the picking screen, and maybe using the official FRC alliance selection display if possible.

I think 1806 has a great robot! You guys played some very close finals against powerful teams like 1986 and 118!

There was already like a 10 second lag on the twitch stream from what we were live, and to add to that, that audio and video on the overlay was actually taken from youtube (I was essentially rstreaming the youtube version of the hangout to my computer and streaming that to twitch), so the lag between what we did on the spreadsheet and the youtube hangout feed was different. We were always a good 10-15 seconds ahead of what the stream was saying, so we apologize for any timing inconsistencies. If we go with the same route next time, I think we'll plan how we broadcast earlier so we aren't scrambling and using such a simple middle-man setup.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Woolly

As far as the twitch stream goes, the only things I could think of would be to improve the sync between the hangout and the picking screen, and maybe using the official FRC alliance selection display if possible.

Yeah, the picking screen was kinda a last minute "Oh crap we need this" thing. There was some custom code that was supposed to cross out teams as they were picked but I couldn't get it working in time. For the IRI show (that MAY be happening) we should have an improved display, improved overlays, and hopefully better sync. We're also revisiting the scoring system.

We had a blast doing this and enjoyed working with the GameSense folks. I'm looking forward to working with them on future endeavors.