Team 254 Presents: Chezy Champs

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Cory

There aren't enough teams to effectively do 1-8, 1-8 without giving #1 a massive advantage.

I like the serpentine draft--and we've been the #1 or #2 seed in every competition the last 2 years. It makes for a great challenge in creating the draft. But more importantly the seeding order too often can be influenced by random events and qualifying round alliances. The serpentine draft levels the playing field to reduce the influence of those random occurrences.

[kevincrispie]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

I like the serpentine draft--and we've been the #1 or #2 seed in every competition the last 2 years. It makes for a great challenge in creating the draft. But more importantly the seeding order too often can be influenced by random events and qualifying round alliances. The serpentine draft levels the playing field to reduce the influence of those random occurrences.

Weren't you ranked 7th and on the 6th seeded alliance in 2013 at Central Valley? (still counts as </= 2 years as far as I'm aware.)

Just because you played the draft intelligently and ended up winning the competition with a solid robot doesn't mean you can claim a number 1 or 2 seed out of it.

Anyway, overall, rule changes are nice. I'm hoping to see some interesting strategies develop. I also have a feeling that the Chezy Champs trophies are going to look pretty cool as well...

[NickE]

Chezy Champs is less than a week away! This message contains some important information about the event.

Food Options
We have a couple of food options available for Chezy Champs:

• Pizza Preorders will be conveniently delivered to the concessions area on Saturday and Sunday.
• Concessions: We will be selling Pizza by the slice as well as other things at the event.
• Food Trucks and Vendors: On Saturday, we have Sticks and the Hula Truck. On Sunday, we will have the Gold Rush Eatery.
• Local Eateries: We have compiled a list of local eateries.

Schedule
Our planned event schedule is as follows:

• Friday
  6pm – 9pm – Pits Open to Teams
  6:30pm – 9pm – Practice Matches
• Saturday
  8am – Venue Opens
  9:30am – 10am – Opening Ceremonies
  10am – 12pm – Qualification Matches
  1pm – 6pm – Qualification Matches
  6:30pm – Venue Closes
• Sunday
  9am – Venue Opens
  9:30am – 10am – Opening Ceremonies
  10am – 11am – Qualification Matches
  11:30am – 12pm – Alliance Selection
  1pm – 4:30pm – Elimination Matches & Closing Ceremonies
  6pm – Venue Closes

Preorders
Preorders for pizza and swag are still open at chezychamps.com. Quantities of everything are limited - the preorder form will say when something is sold out.

Power & Wifi
Unfortunately, it's looking like the power in the pits will be shut off overnight during the event. Premium pits are in a different building and are unaffected. Also, we are trying our best to ensure reliable wireless internet access for teams at the event but will not be able to guarantee anything.

Rule Changes
Thanks to everyone for the feedback on rule changes. We will be adding one additional change: Yelling of 'robot' in the pits will not be permitted.

Hope everyone is looking forward to what is shaping up to be a great event! More information about logistics and a pit map will come later in the week.

Originally Posted by NickE

Rule Changes
Thanks to everyone for the feedback on rule changes. We will be adding one additional change: Yelling of 'robot' in the pits will not be permitted.

Thank you based EJ.

[sanddrag]

What are the rules/specifics on the mentor matches?

[NickE]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

What are the rules/specifics on the mentor matches?

We scrapped mentor matches in favor of more qualification matches for teams.

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by NickE

We scrapped mentor matches in favor of more qualification matches for teams.

+1

Originally Posted by NickE

We scrapped mentor matches in favor of more qualification matches for teams.

How many qualification matches would you estimate are planned per team?

[NickE]

All,

We've had a last minute drop and have an open spot for Chezy Champs this weekend! If any teams are interested in participating, please email us as soon as possible at cc@team254.com

Nick

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by NickE

Rule Changes
Thanks to everyone for the feedback on rule changes. We will be adding one additional change: Yelling of 'robot' in the pits will not be permitted.

Is there going to be an opportunity to give feedback on the consequence of violating this rule?

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Is there going to be an opportunity to give feedback on the consequence of violating this rule?

What do you mean? We don't like people yelling robot when a simple and quieter "excuse me" works just as well. There won't be any consequences other than us telling those people/teams who are yelling it to kindly refrain from doing so.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

What do you mean? We don't like people yelling robot when a simple and quieter "excuse me" works just as well. There won't be any consequences other than us telling those people/teams who are yelling it to kindly refrain from doing so.

It wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

[ThunderChief]

Andrew Lawrence asked: How many qualification matches would you estimate are planned per team?

With 8 hours of Qualification Matches scheduled, and estimating 6 minutes per match, you could squeeze in 82 matches which would mean 14 matches for each of 35 teams plus 2 teams playing a dummy match. (82 matches * 6 team slots = 492 divided by 35 teams = 14 matches per team with a remainder of 2 dummies.) The more matches, the less luck in finding the Alliance Captains.

How many matches per team do you plan?

When do you think you will you post a Match Schedule List?

We are excited to be making our first trip up to a Bay Area competition.

[Pat Fairbank]

We're planning on running a more relaxed cycle time than six minutes, to allow time for GameSense commentary. Count on 10-12 matches per team.

We probably won't be able to post a match schedule in advance of the event, as we are still waiting for a couple of teams to confirm their attendance and send payment.

[NickE]

We're excited to see everyone tomorrow. Here's a bit more information about the event.

Load-In
Load in will be on Friday from 6pm-9pm and on Saturday morning from 8am onward. See the map below for the load-in location.

Pit Map
A pit map is available here.

Awards
We will be giving out the following awards:
- Winner (3x)
- Finalist (3x)
- Quality Award
- Professionalism Award
- Most Improved Team
- Programming Award
- Judges Award
- Golden Corndog

Due to a generous sponsorship from NASA, the winners of the Quality and Professionalism awards will each be awarded $1000 towards their 2015 FRC Registration.

Parking
Parking is available in any of the on-campus lots except for the marked Jesuit community parking. Do not park in the Jesuit community parking.
A map of parking is provided below.

Access to the main parking lots is from 960 West Hedding Street, San Jose.

For spectators, we recommend the arena parking lot.
Arena parking is located at 799 Emory Street, San Jose. Arena parking is not accessible from the Bellarmine main entrance.

Campus Map
The event is at 960 W. Hedding St, San Jose.

A map of the campus is below with the load-in location marked is below.
There will be signs on campus with arrows towards the event.

A PDF of the map is available here.