PCH District: Kennesaw Predictions

[PCH Reinformer]

Originally Posted by PCH Informer

The Kennesaw District is shaping up to be an extremely power-packed event. Not only does Kennesaw feature one of the largest gatherings of the most capable robots in the state, but all teams attending are going to their 2nd or 3rd event.
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Ultimately, Kennesaw will feature an extremely elevated, fast-paced gameplay, that’s going to ease the way for many teams to take advantage of capture points.

This may be exaggerating the potential level of gameplay just a little... And to say this event is a gathering of the most capable robots in the state is also a bit of a stretch, with top teams like 1648, 2974, and 4188 not competing. It'll certainly be fun to watch some of the older GA FIRST teams compete all together again, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a faster-paced game...

Originally Posted by PCH Informer

When you combine these numbers with an agile robot, aggressive driving, and the fact that 1261 still has room to improve, you’re looking at the best robot in the district.

Totally unbiased observations here.

[PShaw25]

Originally Posted by PCH Reinformer

Totally unbiased observations here.

. Myself and my team are deeply offended that anyone would think we stoop so low as to create an anonymous CD account to promote our team. Please do not make unsubstantiated statements against any team, especially from another anonymous account.

Team 4910, East Cobb Robotics will be in attendance, but I do agree the event will not comprise of all the top teams in the state.

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by PCH Reinformer

This may be exaggerating the potential level of gameplay just a little... And to say this event is a gathering of the most capable robots in the state is also a bit of a stretch, with top teams like 4188, 2974, 1648, and 4910 not competing. It'll certainly be fun to watch some of the older GA FIRST teams compete all together again, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a faster-paced game...

On the other hand, I think it will be much faster-paced game. Its been 2.5 weeks since anyone has played, and the last time 1746 and 2415 played, they had to play on AstroTurf and survive brownouts. I'm expecting elims to be competitive and blow out the other 3 events in terms of excitement.

[vikesrock777]

Originally Posted by Anupam Goli

On the other hand, I think it will be much faster-paced game. Its been 2.5 weeka since anyone has played, and the last time 1746 and 2415 played, they had to play on AstroTurf and survive brownouts. I'm expecting elims to be competitive and blow out the other 3 events in terms of excitement.

Indeed. Albany and Dalton both had some talent, but a lot ended up split between two events. Additionally, with only 25 and 28 teams at each event, it was more difficult to have a "deep" field. I haven't looked at concrete metrics of OPRs or other such things, but with the combination of it being the second event for many people and having the largest collection of teams since week 2 astroturf, I feel like (and hope) we'll see some more high scoring results.

Lastly, with the large gap between events, many teams will have had good opportunities to iterate (something I imagine was much more difficult for teams who were in their second event week 3.)

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by vikesrock777

Indeed. Albany and Dalton both had some talent, but a lot ended up split between two events. Additionally, with only 25 and 28 teams at each event, it was more difficult to have a "deep" field. I haven't looked at concrete metrics of OPRs or other such things, but with the combination of it being the second event for many people and having the largest collection of teams since week 2 astroturf, I feel like (and hope) we'll see some more high scoring results.

Lastly, with the large gap between events, many teams will have had good opportunities to iterate (something I imagine was much more difficult for teams who were in their second event week 3.)

All true. We did struggle making major changes to our robot, mostly settling for minor upgrades and a small wedge on the back of our robot for the portcullis. We should have some nice improvements for Athens, but Kennesaw will be great in the meantime.

I'm excited to volunteer there and get to watch a bunch of awesome matches. Another team that I'm looking forward to see at Kennesaw is 1002. They have a pretty nice bot this year, picking up the #8 seed's first pick at Albany, but struggled with communication issues. If they can figure some of those out, I wouldn't be surprised to see them do well, even in a very good field.

[thomas272]

Yeah, over at 2415 we're definitely expecting the fastest paced action in Georgia yet despite the lack of a few of the top teams, and definitely expect to see the highest level of gameplay in Georgia pre-state, sorry PCH Reinformer.

Though, to be fair, 1261 put up the highest OPR in the state, highest defense points, and set the state high score, so it is understandable that they would be named number 1 from what has been seen so far.

However, we are honing in on that sweet sweet 6 high goals per match (with defense), we changed our intake to pneumatic and it is much smoother.

Hopefully after Kennesaw it'll be us

Totally unbiased observations here.

[cmwilson13]

Originally Posted by thomas272

Hopefully after Kennesaw it'll be us

Totally unbiased observations here.

Not the only ones making improvements. ;P
we cant wait to show of our 13 wheel shooter , the 6 we had was not enough at dalton

[nighterfighter]

I'm definitely looking forward to having more than ~27 teams this time.

I think it will be the most competitive event in Georgia this year, except for District Champs obviously.

As Christopher said, 13 wheeled shooter time...

[Jay Burnett]

Nice to be mentioned as a team to watch! 5332 is looking forward to driving on just one layer of carpet this weekend, and we know that our cycling speed will definitely increase. Captures here we come!

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by cmwilson13

Not the only ones making improvements. ;P
we cant wait to show of our 13 wheel shooter , the 6 we had was not enough at dalton

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

As Christopher said, 13 wheeled shooter time...

Yeah, I mean, everyone knows that more shooters wheels => better shooter. Just look at 1717 from 2014.

- Sunny G.

[JohnFogarty]

#52WHEELINTAKE

[TDav540]

Anyone have a good idea of what the points cutoff will be for DCMP? I expect somewhere around 44 pts but I'd like to see what other people think.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by TDav540

Anyone have a good idea of what the points cutoff will be for DCMP? I expect somewhere around 44 pts but I'd like to see what other people think.

Could even be a bit lower than that, but 44 is a pretty good number by my thinking.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by TDav540

Anyone have a good idea of what the points cutoff will be for DCMP? I expect somewhere around 44 pts but I'd like to see what other people think.

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Could even be a bit lower than that, but 44 is a pretty good number by my thinking.

I'm projecting that the minimum point value is 52. Mind you, I'm doing a pretty simple projection (points per event).

Teams on the bubble:
3694 (+4)
1127 (+3)
4240 (+2)
1311 (+1)
1002 (40th)
5812 (-1)
5651 (-2)
3600 (-3)
5109 (-4)
4193 (-5)

- Sunny G.

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Also, if your team is right on the bubble, don't fret- there will be a few teams in the top 40 that can't go due to cost, scheduling, hotels, etc. Keep an ear to the phone- I remember in 2014, The Robo-Rebels, Team 1153, got their invitation to New England Championships less than twelve hours before load-in. They then went on to seed 2nd, although they unfortunately suffered a quarterfinal exit. Kennesaw is shaping up to a wicked awesome event: Dalton was an incredible experience and I can't wait to see those teams again and meet all the ones who were at Albany or Columbus!