IRI - 2014 Team Invitations

[Lil' Lavery]

The following teams didn't make the cut:

48
93
111
193
217
245
292
308
341
422
461
548
744
781
829
1058
1086
1089
1285
1311
1325
1511
1675
1676
1714
1720
1730
1806
2252
2338
2502
2587
2648
2826
2832
2950
3015
3193
3301
3337
3481
3504
3548
3641
3847
3928
3940
4004
4329
4499
4587
4607
4901
4954
4967
5188

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Karthik

- Team 1285, GTR East Champs, and who's only elim defeats this season were to some combination of 254/1114/2056, did not qualify for IRI

I don't think the IRI acceptance committee (or whatever their title is?) invites any "second" twins or multiple teams from the same school. They started by only inviting one of 70/494 a couple years ago. They also rejected 193.

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

Actually, 341 mentors let us know last week that they would not be able to attend, and withdrew their application.

Makes a lot more sense. I almost wrote a post expressing my shock at them not being invited.

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I don't think the IRI acceptance committee (or whatever their title is?) invites any "second" twins or multiple teams from the same school. They started by only inviting one of 70/494 a couple years ago. They also rejected 193.

Correct. If there are multiple teams from one school, we invite one and trust they will all join together. That lets us extend the invitation to more teams / more schools.

[AndrewPospeshil]

Congrats to all the teams who made it this year! This is gonna be an incredible competition, I can tell.

List of the 16 FiM teams competing:

1. 27 Team RUSH
2. 33 Killer Bees
3. 51 Wings of Fire
4. 67 The HOT Team
5. 74 Team C.H.A.O.S.
6. 107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
7. 469 Las Guerrillas
8. 494 Martians
9. 503 Frog Force
10. 573 Mech Warriors
11. 862 Lightning Robotics
12. 910 The Foley Freeze
13. 1023 The Bedford Express
14. 1718 The Fighting Pi
15. 2337 The EngiNERDs
16. 3098 The Captains

Sorry if I missed anybody, this is mostly off the top of my head. Again congrats, looking forward to seeing you all there!

[Link07]

Originally Posted by AndrewPospeshil

Congrats to all the teams who made it this year! This is gonna be an incredible competition, I can tell.

List of the 15 FiM teams competing:

1. 27 Team RUSH
2. 33 Killer Bees
3. 51 Wings of Fire
4. 67 The HOT Team
5. 74 Team C.H.A.O.S.
6. 107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
7. 469 Las Guerrillas
8. 494 Martians
9. 503 Frog Force
10. 573 Mech Warriors
11. 862 Lightning Robotics
12. 910 The Foley Freeze
13. 1023 The Bedford Express
14. 1718 The Fighting Pi
15. 2337 The EngiNERDs

Sorry if I missed anybody, this is mostly off the top of my head. Again congrats, looking forward to seeing you all there!

It seems like you forgot 3098 - The Captains

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

The following teams didn't make the cut:

[snip]

That list of teams* combine for 10 event wins this year, and an additional 13 finalist trophies.

And that's the group that didn't get in.

*341 is two of those wins, 1285 was one gold and one silver.

[Arefin Bari]

Team 108 is ecstatic to be invited to play with the big boys.

My kids are way too happy tonight to plan.

... But I know that IRI will receive our acceptance over the weekend.

[Jim Zondag]

Once Again, it will be the best event of the year!!!
Can't hardly wait!

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Jim Zondag

Once Again, it will be the best event of the year!!!
Can't hardly wait!

What do the axis' represent?

[Boe]

The Fighting Calculators are excited to attend for our second year in a row, should be a great competition as always!

Also happy to see our partners from champs 2056 and 399 being invited.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

What do the axis' represent?

Looks like vertical axis is adjusted uOPR, while horizontal axis is number of teams with at least that OPR. A cumulative uOPR distribution turned on its side... so that the difference in OPR is clear.

For example, looking at 60 on the x-axis gives the minimum OPR (on the y-axis) of the top 60 teams at the MSC, in Archimedes, or at the IRI.

Edit: that puts us about where I expected, right around the middle of the pack with a uOPR of 80ish (I think). This is going to be one crazy IRI!

[Jim Zondag]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

What do the axis' represent?

Y = Adjusted OPR Value
X = Teams ranked Highest to lowest OPR at event

at IRI, every team but one has Adj_OPR value of >40.
Will be most competitive event of 2014.

[Bryan1625]

Team 1625 is honored to be accepted, looks like its going to be some tough but fun competition!

[S.P.A.M.er]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

Really glad to see we got accepted along with our other two Florida teams 108 and 233

I'm happy that Florida will be well represented this year! And for PINK 233 to be able to show their stuff again.

My prayers are with you guys. Good luck and may the best Floridian prevail.

[Navid Shafa]

You know the normal qualification system needs work if 9/76 teams attending IRI didn't play at the World Championship.