CHS Platter - Week Four - Cheesy Centers

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Also, 836 is a team that usually wins a Chairman's Award at their first event; their loss to 1885 was probably close to a tossup since they are both great programs. 1629 historically has needed programs like 836 to get off the board before they can win Chairman's, so I'd consider them for that banner over 1629, who also has racked up more EI awards than 540 has.

I find the speculation around CA quite awkward, regardless of the teams involved. It will drive you nuts trying to figure out 'why so and so won' or even 'why did we win over so and so'.

There are a lot of good programs in the region, especially when we get to know the context of what is happening behind the scenes on a given team by actually listening to their stories.

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by JesseK

I find the speculation around CA quite awkward, regardless of the teams involved. It will drive you nuts trying to figure out 'why so and so won' or even 'why did we win over so and so'.

There are a lot of good programs in the region, especially when we get to know the context of what is happening behind the scenes on a given team by actually listening to their stories.

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

I find all speculation to be pretty trippy. I mostly just wanted to bring attention to 836, a team that has won many RCAs in the past because they are a great team. If you ctrl+F the DC-MD-VA events from last year, you don't see the fact that they won it in Palmetto, Week 1. That's just one obvious observation I thought was missing.

Re: referees, we are all new to the district system and 422 is also in a position where we are graduating alumni who want to come back and work with the program in certain significant ways as a volunteer. When we got an email for Blacksburg, we had a couple people hop in the fray. It might sound backwards but dropping a line to coaches as soon as possible on specific needs can help all of us throw some names out. People who have never volunteered are not in the VIMS database, but they are in my address book!

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

This. If you're in the area, please help volunteer for the either event. I'll be volunteering as a ref, a couple of my friends at VCU are doing field reset. Janet is still looking for a lot of people to help out, so if you can, please do.

Good luck to everyone competing at Doswell and Edgewater this weekend!

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by JesseK

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Look forward to seeing you there - and on to St. Louis!

Steve

[SpaceBiz]

My statistical analysis has the total points needed to make st Louis at around 132, but the margin of error is larger than I'd like it to be. Did anyone else try to find this?

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by SpaceBiz

My statistical analysis has the total points needed to make st Louis at around 132, but the margin of error is larger than I'd like it to be. Did anyone else try to find this?

does that include the tripling of points at DCMP? If so, that would mean that some are already at the magic number.

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by SpaceBiz

My statistical analysis has the total points needed to make st Louis at around 132, but the margin of error is larger than I'd like it to be. Did anyone else try to find this?

My first rough cut at it was 140, but really need to see what the final scores look like after this weekend. Should be able to get a better idea once we see the final list of who is going to District Champs and their cumulative scores.

[staplemonx]

1389 is going all high goal all the time. The goal will be 4 high goals per match by the end of qualifiers. Our hanger is not ready yet, so you should expect to see that in 3 weeks at the dist champs.

[SpaceBiz]

Yes it accounts for that, the fact that winners automatically qualify, the distribution of heavyweight chairman's teams projected in the top 22, the distribution of EI teams in the top 22, and the fact that one or two teams will probably decline the invitation. I would hold off on calling anything a magic number until after week four.

(in reply to wilsonmw04)

[wjordan]

The St. Louis Magic Number for MAR last year was around 130, with a similar number of teams and a similarly sized DCMP. The DCMP number was 68, but I think it will be lower in Chesapeake due to the slightly more top-heavy nature of the district.

[bearbot]

How many from Cheaspeake District Championship advance to St. Louis Championship is it round the 20 to 25 teams?

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by bearbot

How many from Cheaspeake District Championship advance to St. Louis Championship is it round the 20 to 25 teams?

25. That includes 3 Chairman's, 2 EI, and a RAS.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

25. That includes 3 Chairman's, 2 EI, and a RAS.

and 3-4 event winners

[1629GaCo]

The Central Maryland District event held at South River High School has been phenomenal. The matches were ahead of schedule, the sound system is great, the venue is the perfect size, with the exception of how hot it is, everything has been fantastic.

There are some particular groups that I would like to give a HUGE shout out to....

The Field Reset Crew, Match Que'ers, FTA's and all of the volunteers, amazing job, on schedule or ahead of schedule all day, amazing!!

The Referees, unreal job, Mr. Shade has his team on point, and he never ceases to amaze me. I was more than relieved to see his crew running this event!! I commend you and your team!!

Here's to another amazing day tomorrow!!

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by CHS Platter

CHS Platter

Extra Sharp Prediction: Captures in the qualifications will double last week’s numbers (9 total). We predict at least 20 qualification match captures across the two events this weekend.

I believe there were 9 in Doswell qualifying.

Originally Posted by CHS Platter

CHS Platter

Central Virginia

The Favorites:
122: Celebrating their first win in 10 years of competition, the NASA Knights have returned to power with a robot to match their heroic reputation. They ran away with the show as the best high goal shooter last week in Portsmouth, but they’ll have to compete a little harder for the spotlight in Doswell.
401: Another powerful high goal shooter, 401 had some issues tipping over in Blacksburg. If they can cross the defenses safely, this recently rebranded Copperhead Robotics team will get another top 10 ranking and come home with some silver or gold hardware.
1086: Blue CHS walked away from their first event with a win and a DCA. With a focus on breaching defenses they will continue to rank high now that their technique is aged to perfection. Although CHS Platter appreciates their fondue-inspired catapult design, these whiz kids will need to get their high goal shooter cooking to score those extra points in the playoff rounds.
5279: The 1st seed at Blacksburg will have some competition in Doswell. Two of the teams they lost to in the semi-finals are also in our favorites this week. The Bionic Eagles will still soar to the top of the rankings with their insanely consistent breaching bot.

Others to watch for:
977: Once thought to be lost for good, this team was just away on a highly elliptical orbit. Last seen in 2010, the “rookie” CometBots made their reappearance in a big way in Blacksburg, seeding 14th and ending their run as the event finalists. In their next pass they’ll be looking for a win.
5546: One of the most consistent scaling robots that we’ve seen, A.R.T. led the #3 alliance to a win last week in Portsmouth with 122 and 5804. They focus on damaging defenses and scaling rather than scoring boulders which could prove detrimental at this event with more high goal shooters.
5804: Torch came out of the gate on fire. How this rookie team was available when the #3 alliance made their 2nd pick is mind boggling. With some work on the shooter D-Day will continue to devastate the competition.

Solid predictions here, Favorites made up the captains and first picks of the Winning and Finalist Alliances.

2 of your 3 to watch pushed the winners to 3 matches in the Semis.

We had a great time in Doswell, alliance selections went well, and made for a very interesting Saturday afternoon. Thanks to 1086 and 3359 for playing with us. Looking forward to seeing everyone in College Park.