2015 Midwest Regional

[indubitably]

No Midwest thread yet, so here it is!

2338 is excited for what looks like a very competitive event, check out the changes we've made since Wisconsin: https://youtu.be/rJN1v6aPmEg

There are 9 possible wild card opportunities created by teams:
16, 111, 1625, 1756, 2039, 2062, 2451, 2630, and 4143

Team List here: http://www.ilfirst.org/frc/events/mi...red-teams.html

Stream available here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-midwest-regional

Quick Stats of attending teams that have already competed:

Team # Qual Avg  OPR
16	69.8	28.2
111	81	22.3
171	76.58	30.1
648	70.67	15.2
1625	38.2	-9.7
1675	54.89	14.1
1736	79.83	25.2
1739	67.67	14.5
1756	108.67	65.3
1781	52.33	14.9
2022	68.42	8
2039	74.17	20.8
2062	83.89	42.9
2077	95.56	55.2
2194	56.67	16.8
2338	98.44	68.4
2358	68.33	20.6
2451	104.8	62.6
2506	71.22	27.5
2630	49.4	12
2704	61	11.7
2709	49.22	3.5
2830	39.78	1.3
3061	40.2	10.2
3067	68.83	8.7
3352	50.33	20.3
4096	93.92	38.1
4143	111.33	66.2
4212	67.58	13.5
4241	59.25	13.9
4296	41.11	1.9
4655	97.89	56.4

[Sunshine]

Team C.O.R.E. 2062 looks forward to seeing our new friends on team 2338. The competition looks to be intense at Midwest. It'll be exciting to compete with old and new friends. This one will be interesting.

We have also made a few tweaks in preparation.
http://youtu.be/0QEs7GL9Bws
http://youtu.be/5SSjyFzY9Yc

[indubitably]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Team C.O.R.E. 2062 looks forward to seeing our new friends on team 2338. The competition looks to be intense at Midwest. It'll be exciting to compete with old and new friends. This one will be interesting.

We have also made a few tweaks in preparation.
http://youtu.be/0QEs7GL9Bws
http://youtu.be/5SSjyFzY9Yc

Videos are private

[avanboekel]

Midwest currently has 11 teams with a quals avg of 100 or more. This is the event to watch right now!

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

Midwest currently has 11 teams with a quals avg of 100 or more. This is the event to watch right now!

The stacks are certainly getting tall and frequent at Midwest.

Right now, Bedford has 16 teams with triple-digit QA, and four with averages greater than 150. Many of these high scoring teams have 30+ Recycle Rush matches behind them to date.

Based on Week 6, it appears that MSC, CMP, and IRI are going to be very high scoring affairs.
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edit: What's up with the Bomb Squad? They seem to be off their game -- robot issue, training new drivers, or ?

[XaulZan11]

Anyone know whats up with 2451? They didn't move their first match this morning and didn't even show for their last two. They are currently seeded 8th so I hope whatever issue they are having gets figured out.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Anyone know whats up with 2451? They didn't move their first match this morning and didn't even show for their last two. They are currently seeded 8th so I hope whatever issue they are having gets figured out.

From talking to a friend, they are having RoboRio issues.

[dodar]

2451 just bit the bullet and withdrew. Sad to hear that had to happen.

[BrendanB]

Disappointing finish to the weekend for 2451 and their amazing robot. Thankfully they still will be competing in St. Louis after their win at Rock City.

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Disappointing finish to the weekend for 2451 and their amazing robot. Thankfully they still will be competing in St. Louis after their win at Rock City.

I talked with 2451 during eliminations, it sounds like they figured out the issue and will continue to debug over the next couple of weeks. From what I understand the issue was isolated to the RoboRio and their code. I didn't see their robot running but they seemed confident that they solved the issue.

Congrats to 2338 for the Chairman's Award
and to the Winners 2830, 2062, 4143 for anyone who thinks this game is boring I would suggest you watch the playoff battle at Midwest it was awesome.

As for 3135 this was our best regional ever!

Ranking 10th with a Qualification Average of 98.2 (34.4 coming from noodles and Co-op)
We ended up being the 5th alliance captain after benefiting from 2451 removing themselves from eliminations.

Thanks to 1736 and 4212 for being our alliance partners. We probably built the best alliance we possible could from our standings.

Compared to last year and ranking 38 I'm sure we can get to the top spot next year.

[Sunshine]

Thank you teams 4143 and 2830! You were amazing alliance partners and fun to work with. And of course a nice job to the 1756, 2338 and 171 alliance. There were certainly some tense moments in playoffs, and everyone played great. A special shoutout to Gear It Forward! You are fierce competitors, so happy to see you win the chairman's award. Our team can't wait for St. Louis.

[RyanShoff]

4143 Mars/Wars would like to thank 2062 C.O.R.E and 2830 RoboTigers for joining our winning alliance. We formed a reliable alliance with a plan to make 4 capped six stacks and executed it. No cheesecake was needed.

It was our first ever regional win and the first time we earned a spot to the Championship since getting the rookie pass in 2012.

We also look forward to seeing our friends Cheese Curd Hurd and Argos at the Championships.

I was really hoping to see us and Pwnage form a #teamswerve or Bombsquad and us form a #teamslipring, but one blue banner reminds me that #teamNOtether was the way to go.


A couple of notes:

During the eliminations, the practice field was full of teams cheesecaking canburgulars.

During F-1, automode executed twice for at least our alliance. It cost us the robot set and nearly damaged our forks when we collided with the landfill. We won the match so we didn't make a big deal about it. I haven't seen video, so I don't know if it happened to the other side too.

During F-2, our 4th capped six stack was not counted because we were touching it. I feel we were clearly not supporting it, and it should have counted.

During F-3, we were surprised when all 4 bins were finally stolen from us. Our litter thrower made up the difference.

The FIRST API still has not spit out F-3.
The last two matches on Friday did not show up until Saturday.

Did I mention our noodle thrower was really good in the finals?

[avanboekel]

Thank you team 1756 Argos, and 171 Cheese Curd Herd for being incredible alliance partners. Both of you were a pleasure to work with, and we look forward to playing together in the future.

To 2062, 4143, and 2830: You all put together an amazing alliance and were well deserving of the win. We figured we'd need to try something big in finals 3 to give ourselves a shot. 4143 didn't go straight for the cans all elims, so we took a chance. It would have payed off too if it wasn't for your amazing human player. 2062, we'll be sure not to make the same mistake 3 times this year . Congratulations, and we look forward to seeing you all at champs!

Originally Posted by RyanShoff

During F-1, automode executed twice for at least our alliance. It cost us the robot set and nearly damaged our forks when we collided with the landfill. We won the match so we didn't make a big deal about it. I haven't seen video, so I don't know if it happened to the other side too.

We did not have this issue. Was it all 3 teams on red?


Mrs. C, congrats on volunteer of the year award! Very well deserved, and I'm proud to have called you my mentor.

Neil, extremely deserving of Dean's List Finalist. You've done an amazing job leading Ctrl-Z, and your team is quickly becoming an Illinois powerhouse. If you need a team to hang out with at champs, you know who to talk to .

The 2015 Midwest Regional has been by far the most exciting in recent memory. 2338 had a blast, and looks forward to seeing all these great teams again next year.

Also, does anyone know if the stream will be archived somewhere?

[RyanShoff]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

We did not have this issue. Was it all 3 teams on red?

All three teams concluded that auto ran twice on the field. But that was after just winning our first finals match, so emotions are high and there is a lot going on. I'm going to check the driver station logs to look for anything funny. Hopefully a video will get posted. I would really like to know if it was something with the FMS or with our robot. We script autonomous movement from the DS so our bot isn't a typical case.

I really thought you had us once you switched strategy to get all the bins.

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by RyanShoff

All three teams concluded that auto ran twice on the field. But that was after just winning our first finals match, so emotions are high and there is a lot going on. I'm going to check the driver station logs to look for anything funny. Hopefully a video will get posted. I would really like to know if it was something with the FMS or with our robot. We script autonomous movement from the DS so our bot isn't a typical case.

I really thought you had us once you switched strategy to get all the bins.

Not sure if related (new control system and all), but a similar thing was happening last year - see http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...80&postcount=4 and related thread