Robots vs. Sportsball

[Billfred]

Tracing the bracket back, I have to ask: What does IndianaFIRST have to bring it against whoever comes out of the other side of the bracket?

From the first round to the round of 8, IndianaFIRST's max score has been 6199 with an average of 3391. TechPoint has a max of 16586 with an average of 8450.75. The Joseph Maley Foundation? Max 12222, average 7899.75, and they have a second five-figure round.

That said, those high scores have also been a result of high scores from their opponents. IndianaFIRST actually holds the highest margin of victory on the board with their 6199-720 shellacking in the last round. If the current scores hold and they reach the finals, it's all gonna come down to who's got what left in the tank!

[IndianaFIRST]

Originally Posted by Billfred

What does IndianaFIRST have to bring it against whoever comes out of the other side of the bracket?

Great question! This will be our FAQ #3.

We have a limited amount of sponsorship money that we can use in the last few seconds. We would rather save it for Round 6.

Just like in a robotics competition, each match you need to develop strategy to play with and against the robots on the field. We have strategized every round of Brackets for Good, knowing that we don't want to deplete our donors too early. (See our first post for the breakdown of our strategy so far).

This is why we haven't posted to CD until this current round. We hope that people who can donate small amounts will be willing to throw in today. Every point helps at this point. We really appreciate the $5 donations that came through today from some college students!

If anyone (individual or organization) is willing to donate a larger amount of money, please feel free to DM this account. We'd be happy to help plan out a strategy for when that should be donated.

We believe that Indiana Sports Corp can score a decent amount of points in the last few seconds. We hope to get as far ahead of them as possible before then, in order to save some of our other donations for the last round.

[IndianaFIRST]

There is also the option of making your donation a "Buzzer Beater."

What that means is that (up until about the last hour) you can donate the amount that you want to donate, and click the "Buzzer Beater" option. Publically, only half of your donation will be visible, but at 7:45PM, the rest of your donation will go through. Currently we can see that we have 9 Buzzer Beaters pending for 7:45 tonight, but we can't tell which donations those are attached to.

It definitely makes the last 15 minutes intense!

https://indianapolis.bfg.org/matchup/indianafirst-inc

[IndianaFIRST]

UPDATE: Indiana Sports Corp has jumped up past the $1,400 mark. They just brought in a $500 donation, which may be a buzzer beater, doubling it to $1,000.

This means that they are only about $600 behind us. It might seem like a lot, but in this competition, that is a small margin.

There's less than two hours to score points for IndianaFIRST. Our teams would love if you could donate to them. 32 teams are working on coming up with State Championship registration, and they would really appreciate your support if you can afford it. http://frc-districtrankings.firstinspires.org/2016/IN

Make sure to watch the countdown at 7:45! https://indianapolis.bfg.org/matchup/indianafirst-inc

[IndianaFIRST]

With a little under a half hour to go, our opponents have jumped within $320 of us! It's getting tense. https://indianapolis.bfg.org/matchup/indianafirst-inc

[PurpleInk]

Only thirty minutes left to donate!

Help us show sports:

[ehochstein]

Donated! Hoping for the win!

[PurpleInk]

5 minutes!

Please help if you can!

[ehochstein]

Those last few seconds were really tense. Congrats Renee & team!

[BrennanB]

Wow. Close win!

[IndianaFIRST]

HOLY MAGIC SMOKE! That was CLOSE!

With a margin of just $76, IndianaFIRST has made it into the FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP round of Brackets for Good.

Thank you to all who helped us win Round 5 and bring us this far in the competition.

[jman4747]

Anyone else see that last 15 seconds or so! I'm 19 and I almost had a heart attack...

[iBleedBlue48]

Now that's what I call a buzzer beater! Wow! Congrats!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by jman4747

Anyone else see that last 15 seconds or so! I'm 19 and I almost had a heart attack...

Over $5,000 pumped into this matchup during the last 20 seconds.

Suddenly, IRI has competition for the most thrilling robotics happening in the state!

[BigBen]

Indiana FIRST took it by a narrow margin:
6696 to 6620!

Way to go everyone, let's bring home the win!