IRI Predictions

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Every thread like this needs an outrageous prediction, so here it is.

1. 1114-2056-1310-1325
2. 148-118-624-2468
3. 2122-2826-1619-3130
4. 1730-1806-3824-225
5. 1023-33-27-67
6. 2338-195-1640-125
7. 1657-548-1756-2512
8. 330-234-233-16

The Canadian teams decide to team up with each other. The Texan teams follow along, with the alliance nickname of "The Appreciative CRypto-Robowranglonauts." The #5 alliance gets jealous and decides that they need the nickname of "The HOT Killer Rush Express." All the other alliances choose each other and don't create names, with the exception of Alliances 8 and 1, which choose to call themselves "The Pink-Blue Beach Squad" and "The Runnymede OP-Simbotics Paradox," respectively.

The eliminations begin with Bedford's alliance performing well against Driven's, thanks to the fact that Bedford can now make four six-stacks. The next round begins with a fantastic performance from Gear it Forward's alliance after the Tators' alliance realizes that three chute door robots on one alliance might not work too well. The Robowranglers' alliance kills it in the next round, as does Simbotics'. Both alliances they face perform respectably. In Quarterfinals 6, SWAT reveals a new autonomous mode that cuts out the center of the step with lasers, allowing it to be moved. When the match enters teleop, SWAT drives forward into the other side of the field, allowing it to steal totes and bins from the other alliance. That gives them a huge advantage over the other alliance, and Driven becomes the first alliance in the world to score over 300 points. The next round puts Bedford's alliance against Tators'. When autonomous begins, it is revealed that Tators has developed a new autonomous mode to cut out a new chute door from the wall, allowing the Tators' alliance to put up incredible scores. After the final two quarterfinals, the alliances that move on are Simbotics', the Robowranglers', Tators', and Driven's.

The semifinals show some truly impressive scores; there isn't a single match where an alliance scores under two hundred points. SWAT's lasers don't work during a match, which leaves them to have to use their own totes. Up-A-Creek sets a new record by placing a fifteen-stack on the scoring platform with bin and noodle. The Robowranglers pull off a successful autonomous every time. Simbotics scores five stacks in one match. While the final averages of all four alliances are within two points of each other, Simbotics and the Robowranglers are the ones that move on.

The finals have arrived, and the tension is in the air. The MC counts down to begin the first finals match. "3, 2, 1..." He is stopped just before saying Rush. The MC turns off the microphone and has a heated debate with the referees. They stop arguing and the field resetters begin to modify the field. The MC reveals some startling news to the anxious crowd: There will be a a third alliance, the green alliance, for the IRI finals. As the field resetters begin to add a third side to the field, the MC explains that the green alliance consists of teams that didn't realize how intense IRI would be until they saw the quarterfinals. They had all decided to form an alliance and fly to Indianapolis to attempt to get into the competition. It had worked. Their alliance name, he says, is known as "The Hawaiian Cheesy Citrus Shockwave." The crowd cheers, realizing the Cheesy Poofs will be playing after all.

The 1114-2056-1310-1325 alliance is given the red side.
The 254-1678-4488-359 alliance is given the blue side.
The 148-118-624-2468 alliance is given the green side.

Finals 1 shows an impressive autonomous for all alliances. The cans that were not grabbed are immediately snatched by Simbotics' harpoons as soon as teleop begins. Simbotics puts them to work. OP is at its best. Runnymede is killing it. Meanwhile, the Poofs and Citrus Circuits show just how well they work together. Shockwave is putting up an incredible amount of stacks, but accidentally knocks over one. The Robowranglers and Robonauts show that they can work really well together, but CRyptonite has connection issues, preventing them from doing their best. The match ends, and the scores revealed. With an impressive score of 327, Simbotics' alliance scores a win. One more is all they need.

Finals 2 has Citrus Circuits reveal their just-developed autonomous mode of grabbing the two cans it can, then lining up to race Simbotics and grab the other two during teleop. Simbotics fires the harpoon just after the bell. Citrus Circuits deploys the rakers they're famed for. The whole thing takes less than a third of a second. Against all odds, Citrus Circuits beat Simbotics to the cans. They and the Poofs immediately put them to work, while Shockwave stacks and stacks. The Robowranglers do what they always do, as do the Robonauts, but CRyptonite still is plagued by connection issues. OP puts up stacks, but Simbotics, still in disbelief about how Citrus Circuits managed to beat the harpoons, accidentally drops a can without the time to get it. Runnymede does what it always does. The round ends, and the Poofs' alliance sets a new high score with 345, winning the match.

Finals 3 arrives, and everyone is tense. The new autonomous mode of Citrus Circuits works like a charm, and Simbotics is ready to fire the harpoons again. Meanwhile, the Robonauts grab their bins. The bell sounds, and Simbotics' harpoon doesn't fire due to technical issues. The Robonauts realize what just happened and manage to grab the other two cans before OP can get the chance. CRyptonite has managed to find the connection problem and fix it, and their machine performs better than ever before. The Robowranglers immediately work with the bins, along with the Robonauts and CRyptonite. Simbotics goes to work with the five bins they have, with OP and Runnymede taking some. During the match, Runnymede suddenly stops working. Citrus Circuits and the Poofs stack and stack, with Shockwave accompanying them. With 10 seconds left to go, however, the Poofs accidentally drop a bin. The round ends. While Simbotics' alliance did what they could with the totes, without the bins and Runnymede, they couldn't score as high as the others. The Poofs' alliance put up stacks, but not all were as highly scored as could be. The Robowranglers' alliance, however, managed to go through the match without a single can dropped or stack fallen. The match goes to them, but just barely. Everyone is incredibly tense as the IRI finals go into a fourth round.

Finals 4 had a few changes on each alliance. On Simbotics' alliance, the disabled Runnymede was swapped with Inverse Paradox, and the harpoons were removed. On the Poofs' alliance, Citrus Circuits' autonomous was perfected. On the Robowranglers' alliance, it was made certain that CRyptonite was good to go. The match begins with Citrus Circuits, Simbotics, and the Robonauts all successfully grabbing their containers. The Robowranglers get ready to use the bins. The bell sounds, and Citrus Circuits grabs the other two cans. All robots on all alliances create a fantastic display of six stacks with bin and noodle. Suddenly, CRyptonite stops stacking and grabs a single tote. Everyone wonders what the robot is doing. It was in this moment that CRyptonite chose to unveil their ultra-secret project they had kept under wraps until now: THE TOTE CANNON. Both the blue and red alliance had stacks fall to the ground as CRyptonite launched totes across the field. While everyone is stunned, they are also amazed that a team made a tote cannon. After knocking over a few stacks, CRyptonite returns to stacking. Later in the match, the Poofs unveil their secret weapon: THE STACK STEALER. Two really long arms emerge from their robot, move to the Robowranglers' side, and steal a six-stack from their alliance, successfully bringing it back and scoring it. They do this again with one of Simbotics' stacks, and then resume stacking. The match then takes a sudden twist when Simbotics and OP use their ramps as a method of getting onto the step to grab totes from it, since they have run out of nearly all their other totes. Two six-stacks are created from the step and scored by OP and Simbotics, with only two seconds remaining. The field is almost entirely clear. The scores come in. The score is really close, but 148's alliance beats 254's and 1114's by only one point. The Appreciative CRypto-Robowranglonauts win, and the IRI of 2015 is remembered as one of the greatest FRC events of all time.

Finally an exciting Recycle Rush match...

[Rachel Lim]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Every thread like this needs an outrageous prediction, so here it is.
[snip]

My thought process when reading that:
*Reads through it once*
What--???
*Reads it again*
Um...???
*Thinks about what I just read*
Okay...
*Thinks about it some more*
I really want to see that
*Thinks about it yet more*
This is making less sense each time I think of it so I'll just stop trying to make sense of it and accept that it's awesome.

[CTbiker105]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

Theoretical IRI Champions: 1114-195-1310-1325
SimVerse CyberMede

In my totally unbiased and completely objective opinion, this prediction sounds most accurate.

Please disregard the fact that I may or may not be associated with one of the teams included in your prediction. That clearly has nothing to do with how I feel about said prediction.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by CTbiker105

In my totally unbiased and completely objective opinion, this prediction sounds most accurate.

Please disregard the fact that I may or may not be associated with one of the teams included in your prediction. That clearly has nothing to do with how I feel about said prediction.

Right, 1806 seeding first and getting rejected multiple times is most accurate.

Realistically, if I were one of the good landfill robots, I'd accept 1806. They're an incredible feeder station robot with a 20 point autonomous, and you get the first pick of the second round.

I wouldn't put much faith in my predictions .

[Chris Fultz]

I would have to say 148 is a really, really, really long shot for 2015.

(they have decided not to attend IRI this year).

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I would have to say 148 is a really, really, really long shot for 2015.

(they have decided not to attend IRI this year).

So it's official now. That's a shame.
I guess I'll have to make some revised predictions
Also, that "maybe" list is very interesting:

1	68	Truck Town Thunder
2	118	Robotnauts
3	125	Nutrons
4	179	Children of the Swamp
5	195	Cyberknights
6	1711	Raptors

Considering on this list is a world champion, a divisional champion, two divisional finalists, as well as two other awesome teams.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett

If I recall correctly, 1114 and 148 were switching between 1st and 2nd throughout the entirety of qualification matches. Now I'm not sure if we're going to be seeing the same performance that was at champs, but if 148 is ranked 1, they will most likely pick 1114, therefore splitting up the 2056+1114 combo.

it was really decided based on their alliances, in my opinion 1114 performed slightly better, but 148 had the luck of the draw a little bit. of course that's all relative since they're both fantastic... with them both having fantastic robots an no lack of cans consistently, another team could just as easily come out on top (195, 2056, etc)

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Every thread like this needs an outrageous prediction, so here it is.

1. 1114-2056-1310-1325
2. 148-118-624-2468
3. 2122-2826-1619-3130
4. 1730-1806-3824-225
5. 1023-33-27-67
6. 2338-195-1640-125
7. 1657-548-1756-2512
8. 330-234-233-16

The Canadian teams decide to team up with each other. The Texan teams follow along, with the alliance nickname of "The Appreciative CRypto-Robowranglonauts." The #5 alliance gets jealous and decides that they need the nickname of "The HOT Killer Rush Express." All the other alliances choose each other and don't create names, with the exception of Alliances 8 and 1, which choose to call themselves "The Pink-Blue Beach Squad" and "The Runnymede OP-Simbotics Paradox," respectively.

The eliminations begin with Bedford's alliance performing well against Driven's, thanks to the fact that Bedford can now make four six-stacks. The next round begins with a fantastic performance from Gear it Forward's alliance after the Tators' alliance realizes that three chute door robots on one alliance might not work too well. The Robowranglers' alliance kills it in the next round, as does Simbotics'. Both alliances they face perform respectably. In Quarterfinals 6, SWAT reveals a new autonomous mode that cuts out the center of the step with lasers, allowing it to be moved. When the match enters teleop, SWAT drives forward into the other side of the field, allowing it to steal totes and bins from the other alliance. That gives them a huge advantage over the other alliance, and Driven becomes the first alliance in the world to score over 300 points. The next round puts Bedford's alliance against Tators'. When autonomous begins, it is revealed that Tators has developed a new autonomous mode to cut out a new chute door from the wall, allowing the Tators' alliance to put up incredible scores. After the final two quarterfinals, the alliances that move on are Simbotics', the Robowranglers', Tators', and Driven's.

The semifinals show some truly impressive scores; there isn't a single match where an alliance scores under two hundred points. SWAT's lasers don't work during a match, which leaves them to have to use their own totes. Up-A-Creek sets a new record by placing a fifteen-stack on the scoring platform with bin and noodle. The Robowranglers pull off a successful autonomous every time. Simbotics scores five stacks in one match. While the final averages of all four alliances are within two points of each other, Simbotics and the Robowranglers are the ones that move on.

The finals have arrived, and the tension is in the air. The MC counts down to begin the first finals match. "3, 2, 1..." He is stopped just before saying Rush. The MC turns off the microphone and has a heated debate with the referees. They stop arguing and the field resetters begin to modify the field. The MC reveals some startling news to the anxious crowd: There will be a a third alliance, the green alliance, for the IRI finals. As the field resetters begin to add a third side to the field, the MC explains that the green alliance consists of teams that didn't realize how intense IRI would be until they saw the quarterfinals. They had all decided to form an alliance and fly to Indianapolis to attempt to get into the competition. It had worked. Their alliance name, he says, is known as "The Hawaiian Cheesy Citrus Shockwave." The crowd cheers, realizing the Cheesy Poofs will be playing after all.

The 1114-2056-1310-1325 alliance is given the red side.
The 254-1678-4488-359 alliance is given the blue side.
The 148-118-624-2468 alliance is given the green side.

Finals 1 shows an impressive autonomous for all alliances. The cans that were not grabbed are immediately snatched by Simbotics' harpoons as soon as teleop begins. Simbotics puts them to work. OP is at its best. Runnymede is killing it. Meanwhile, the Poofs and Citrus Circuits show just how well they work together. Shockwave is putting up an incredible amount of stacks, but accidentally knocks over one. The Robowranglers and Robonauts show that they can work really well together, but CRyptonite has connection issues, preventing them from doing their best. The match ends, and the scores revealed. With an impressive score of 327, Simbotics' alliance scores a win. One more is all they need.

Finals 2 has Citrus Circuits reveal their just-developed autonomous mode of grabbing the two cans it can, then lining up to race Simbotics and grab the other two during teleop. Simbotics fires the harpoon just after the bell. Citrus Circuits deploys the rakers they're famed for. The whole thing takes less than a third of a second. Against all odds, Citrus Circuits beat Simbotics to the cans. They and the Poofs immediately put them to work, while Shockwave stacks and stacks. The Robowranglers do what they always do, as do the Robonauts, but CRyptonite still is plagued by connection issues. OP puts up stacks, but Simbotics, still in disbelief about how Citrus Circuits managed to beat the harpoons, accidentally drops a can without the time to get it. Runnymede does what it always does. The round ends, and the Poofs' alliance sets a new high score with 345, winning the match.

Finals 3 arrives, and everyone is tense. The new autonomous mode of Citrus Circuits works like a charm, and Simbotics is ready to fire the harpoons again. Meanwhile, the Robonauts grab their bins. The bell sounds, and Simbotics' harpoon doesn't fire due to technical issues. The Robonauts realize what just happened and manage to grab the other two cans before OP can get the chance. CRyptonite has managed to find the connection problem and fix it, and their machine performs better than ever before. The Robowranglers immediately work with the bins, along with the Robonauts and CRyptonite. Simbotics goes to work with the five bins they have, with OP and Runnymede taking some. During the match, Runnymede suddenly stops working. Citrus Circuits and the Poofs stack and stack, with Shockwave accompanying them. With 10 seconds left to go, however, the Poofs accidentally drop a bin. The round ends. While Simbotics' alliance did what they could with the totes, without the bins and Runnymede, they couldn't score as high as the others. The Poofs' alliance put up stacks, but not all were as highly scored as could be. The Robowranglers' alliance, however, managed to go through the match without a single can dropped or stack fallen. The match goes to them, but just barely. Everyone is incredibly tense as the IRI finals go into a fourth round.

Finals 4 had a few changes on each alliance. On Simbotics' alliance, the disabled Runnymede was swapped with Inverse Paradox, and the harpoons were removed. On the Poofs' alliance, Citrus Circuits' autonomous was perfected. On the Robowranglers' alliance, it was made certain that CRyptonite was good to go. The match begins with Citrus Circuits, Simbotics, and the Robonauts all successfully grabbing their containers. The Robowranglers get ready to use the bins. The bell sounds, and Citrus Circuits grabs the other two cans. All robots on all alliances create a fantastic display of six stacks with bin and noodle. Suddenly, CRyptonite stops stacking and grabs a single tote. Everyone wonders what the robot is doing. It was in this moment that CRyptonite chose to unveil their ultra-secret project they had kept under wraps until now: THE TOTE CANNON. Both the blue and red alliance had stacks fall to the ground as CRyptonite launched totes across the field. While everyone is stunned, they are also amazed that a team made a tote cannon. After knocking over a few stacks, CRyptonite returns to stacking. Later in the match, the Poofs unveil their secret weapon: THE STACK STEALER. Two really long arms emerge from their robot, move to the Robowranglers' side, and steal a six-stack from their alliance, successfully bringing it back and scoring it. They do this again with one of Simbotics' stacks, and then resume stacking. The match then takes a sudden twist when Simbotics and OP use their ramps as a method of getting onto the step to grab totes from it, since they have run out of nearly all their other totes. Two six-stacks are created from the step and scored by OP and Simbotics, with only two seconds remaining. The field is almost entirely clear. The scores come in. The score is really close, but 148's alliance beats 254's and 1114's by only one point. The Appreciative CRypto-Robowranglonauts win, and the IRI of 2015 is remembered as one of the greatest FRC events of all time.

this is ridiculous. 4488 would never knock over a stack, their stack placer is far too precise

[Kevin Leonard]

Let's make some new predictions, shall we?

1) 1114-2056-1640-217
2) 118-624-1619-1625
3) 2338-1023-1806-3130
4) 2826-33-548-67
5) 1310-195-2590-125
6) 330-16-234-1024
7) 469-1756-3824-233
8) 225-1730-2122-1218

2826 rejects 2338

The infamous 1114-2056 combination is your #1 seed, as the hours 1114 and 2056 have played this game together overpower all other considerations for a selection. 1114 grabs cans and clears the landfill, 2056 hits a 3 tote autonomous and uses a tethered ramp, and 1640 makes stacks from the feeder station.

118 selects their friends on 624, and then picks up 624's Utah alliance partner 1619 in the second round for a killer alliance with every robot doing exactly what they like to be doing. 118 grabs cans and makes landfill stacks, 624 hits the 3 tote autonomous and makes feeder stacks of their own, and 1619 makes stacks from the feeder as well.

2338 reunites with their championship alliance partners, 1023, as well as 1806. The consistency of all three robots is top-notch, with 2338 in the landfill, and 1023 and 1806 making feeder stacks with their respective ramps.

2826 managed to form quite the alliance from the #4 seed, with 33 and 548 having chemistry from their run in Hopper together. What sets them apart is their ability to grab missed cans in teleoperated mode immediately due to 33's claw. They use this to take advantage of a few low seeded alliances to move on to semifinals.

Alliances 5-8 have consistency issues in their quarterfinals matches that keeps them out of the top 4 moving on to semis. Perhaps the closest to moving on was the 8 seed alliance, with 225 sitting out, instead playing 1730-2122-1218. They fail to move on by slim margins since 1218 was only building stacks of 5.

Going into semifinals, the alliances are ranked 4-1-2-3, with alliance 4's extra cans setting them apart in quarterfinals.
In semifinals, team don't miss cans, but they do mess up in other ways. 2056 accidentally hits their ramp and it becomes misaligned with the feeder station. They spend nearly half the match fixing it carefully, and as a result, post a low score in their second semifinal, causing them to be eliminated.
Similarly, 2338 drops a can off a stack when a haphazard piece of litter gets caught between their wheel and the scoring platform. They too, are eliminated.

Moving on to finals are the #2 seed (118-624-1619-1625) and #4 seed (2826-33-548-67)

Finals #1 has 548 miss a can in autonomous. 118 and 33 race to get the can before the other, and 33 prevails. 1619 drops a stack for the first time in eliminations, and the #4 seed prevails.

Finals #2 sees both alliances get two cans in auto, a tote stack, a container set, and even a robot set for an even 32-32 split after auto. Both alliances play at maximum capacity, and the 2 seed prevails since 548 was making stacks of 5.

Finals #3 has the 4 seed bring 67 on the field in place of 548 in hopes of making up that difference between stacks of 5 and stacks of 6. Unfortunately for them, 67 misses a can in autonomous. 33 and 118 again race to grab the can before the other. This time, 118's rake mechanism gets caught on 33's claw, and the two robots get caught on each other, rendering both useless for the entire match.
1619 makes 2 capped, 1 uncapped stack, and 624 makes 3 capped stacks from the feeder before heading to the landfill to place as many additional totes as they can. 2826 also makes three capped, one uncapped stack, while 67 makes two capped stacks.

The match is extremely close looking out on the field. 118's alliance placed a few more totes, while 2826's alliance threw more noodles. It turns out one of 67's stacks is supported partially by 118's robot according to the ruling on the field, and that difference is enough to give 118-624-1619-1625 the win.

118 becomes the second ever world champion to win IRI in the same year, and 1625 wins IRI two years in a row.

IRI finals continues to be insane, and the 2015 IRI Champions are crowned:
The Up-a-Win CRyptoNauts
(118-624-1619-1625)

(I'm not sure if these were crazy enough. Not a single quarterfinals upset!)

[TheBoulderite]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

2) 118-624-1619-1625

Interesting. I wouldn't mind playing with CRyptonite again, and playing with the other two would be awesome as well!

[TheBoulderite]

As for the first alliance, would it be in 1114's best interests to choose 2826? I don't see why it wouldn't.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

As for the first alliance, would it be in 1114's best interests to choose 2826? I don't see why it wouldn't.

In theory, perhaps, but in practice, 1114 has played with 2056 more times than they've played with 2826. Plus both robots are capable of tote stack autonomous modes and 3 capped stacks from the feeder station. Sure, 2826 has the 28 point autonomous mode, but those extra 8 points should be fairly easy to come by at IRI with the additional containers anyway, and 2056 is the more versatile, adaptable machine.

I would rely on scouting data to make that decision, and educated discussion about match strategy. I could not make that call right now, so I had 1114 picking 2056 because it makes logical sense to.

[orangelight]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

Finals #1 has 548 miss a can in autonomous.

We will make sure that doesn't happen

[Jim Schaddelee]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

It's not about realistic predictions. It's about bold, crazy predictions so that if they come true people are amazed.

In that case. I predict a all Michigan winning alliance. 1023,33,107,67

[waialua359]

When I first saw 118 and 148 on the accepted list, I thought they did so planning to use their practice or real bot. Both teams currently have one of their robots heading to China which left LAX yesterday in a crate with ours and a few other notable teams.
This was part of the reason we decided not to attend IRI as the timing of the coordinators planning the CUYRA China event didn't align with the IRI planning as both events unfolded. We always only build 1 robot due to time and mentor resource constraints.

Good luck to all participating! It'll be different watching from a computer vs. coaching on the field since 2009.