IRI Predictions

[FRCmediaMan]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

179 is no longer a landfill robot. They made around 2 six stacks from the feeder at bayou.

Who said our bot is the same as it was at Bayou?

[Darkseer54]

Originally Posted by evanperryg

1619 stacks a lot.

Originally Posted by evanperryg

195 stacks a lot.

Originally Posted by evanperryg

1640 stacks a lot.

Originally Posted by evanperryg

330 stacks a lot.

Originally Posted by evanperryg

233 stacks a lot.

TIL Teams at IRI stack a lot.

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by FRCmediaMan

Who said our bot is the same as it was at Bayou?

It didn't seem that different at fpl .

[Dylan179]

https://www.facebook.com/10000561169...7/?pnref=story

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by Dylan179

https://www.facebook.com/10000561169...7/?pnref=story

Might just be me, but I can't get to the link.

[llamadon]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Might just be me, but I can't get to the link.

Not just you. Got excited to see upgrades to the swampthing. Instead a broken link

[John Retkowski]

It must be a secret. I'm terrified for what they have in store.

[Max Boord]

This link should work.

[FRCmediaMan]

Video for the modifications is in the plans. If it dosnt get made before IRI we will post a working facebook link with the video before the event.

[Dylan179]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqHaDXyFfVI

[SoccerTaco]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

5) 118-624-3824-67

In finals match #1, ... despite 3824 getting a noodle caught in their elevator

In finals match #2, ... 3824 drops a stack due to well placed noodles

Kevin,

Grrrrr! We at 3824 never did like those silly noodles!!

I think we will see a lot less noodle throwing for a couple of reasons. The obvious reason is that we will be putting more of them in cans. 14 cans and 20 noodles - that is only 6 extra noodles. If cans split 7/7 and you are not noodling, you are in trouble. Also, with cans split 7/7 and every other point crucial, throwing a game object that the other team can use to get more points (by pushing them to the landfill) might be a questionable strategy.

Steve

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Dylan179

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqHaDXyFfVI

Very nice....

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by SoccerTaco

Kevin,

Grrrrr! We at 3824 never did like those silly noodles!!

I think we will see a lot less noodle throwing for a couple of reasons. The obvious reason is that we will be putting more of them in cans. 14 cans and 20 noodles - that is only 6 extra noodles. If cans split 7/7 and you are not noodling, you are in trouble. Also, with cans split 7/7 and every other point crucial, throwing a game object that the other team can use to get more points (by pushing them to the landfill) might be a questionable strategy.

Steve

Or, there might be more noodles because teams realize that as long as they land where they're supposed to, they're difficult to clear, get in their opponent's way (causing crazy things to happen sometimes), and are worth only two less points/noodle than if they were in cans. Plus, you still have three noodles to throw regardless that can be strategically placed with a good thrower.

If I'm up against an alliance I know I can't beat straight up in finals, and I need a miracle, I'm throwing all my noodles as close to my opponent's ramps and scoring platforms as possible and hoping they falter enough to give me the match.

That probably sounds terrible, and I hate noodles just as much as the next guy, but since they're a part of the game at IRI, I would use that however I can.

And no offense to 3824's robot- you guys have an incredible machine. Noodles screw up everybody.

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by mwmac

"2122 and 16 both have strong can pullers and 20pt autos, but I think 2122 will opt to pull cans while 16 runs their auto. 330 stacks a lot."

Going to have to check with programming team to see when they created our 20 pt auto routine

oh wow... I thought I saw you guys do that... and I forgot 33... just... oops...

Originally Posted by mwmac

Agreed, given the depth of the field at IRI, I expect to see many teams with post CMP improvements to their robot's performance. I also expect to see at least one match with 8 6-high stacks...with five of them capped and noodled.

Their auto started pretty rough at Midwest, but they definitely made improvements, whether that be in code or in placement of the robot. I expect the scaling improvements to continue.

predictions version 2:

1 2826 118 1619
2 624 1114 195
3 1023 33 548
4 1730 2056 1640
5 1756 2338 1218
6 2122 3130 330
7 67 1310 233
8 2468 16 107

QF Seeding:
1 624 1114 195
2 2826 118 1619
3 1023 33 548
4 1730 2056 1640
5 1756 2338 1218
6 2468 16 107
7 2122 3130 330
8 67 1310 233

SF Seeding:
1 2826 118 1619
2 1023 33 548
3 624 1114 195
4 1730 2056 1640

Winner: 2826 118 1619

[Kevin Leonard]

Let's do some generic picklists with 8 robots each:

Theoretical picklist if I'm a feeder robot:

1114
118
2056
33
2826
1023
624
2338

Theoretical picklist if I'm a landfill robot:

2826
1023
624
1114
2056
1730
195
2338

It'll be interesting to see whether the top feeder robots that can't get 1114, 118, 33 or 2056 do first: pick a top tier feeder or the next best landfill.