2016 MAR Season

[George A.]

Originally Posted by Hallry

10 more matches will have to be added into the schedule somewhere, and 5 more pits have to be squeezed in too

This has been the subject of some discussion going back and forth for all volunteers. AFAIK the schedule hasn't been updated and will come out soon?

[Ben Martin]

Running through the numbers--it looks like for playoff rounds, it is likely that the 16th pick will be able to shoot well, scale, or just be really, really good at driving/low goaling. The field keeps getting deeper at every event as teams get better at shooting and scaling. There will be many good robots that go unpicked.

Speaking of good robots, the range from 60-67 on the rankings is loaded with teams who either improved drastically between events or got stuck multiple times on the back half of the draft. I wonder if we will see any teams decline the invitation, and some of these teams could make it in.

[vmorgs]

Originally Posted by Ben Martin

Speaking of good robots, the range from 60-67 on the rankings is loaded with teams who either improved drastically between events or got stuck multiple times on the back half of the draft. I wonder if we will see any teams decline the invitation, and some of these teams could make it in.

I'm a coach of the 60th team and this is KILLING me! Do teams typically decline their invitations? This is my first year as a coach so have no frame of reference.

[George A.]

Originally Posted by vmorgs

I'm a coach of the 60th team and this is KILLING me! Do teams typically decline their invitations? This is my first year as a coach so have no frame of reference.

Last year several teams declined to the point where there were 55 slots available but only 53 teams competed.

A combination of the short notice, the back to back weeks, the registration cost, or maybe qualified for Championships from another avenue (Regional award/win etc).

So if you are 60th in the rankings I would at least start making plans (getting registration fees together, getting a bus reserved, and students getting prepared) in the event that you receive the call.

[M.O'Reilly]

Hm, the FIRST website was updated this morning to list the 60 registered teams for the MAR Championship.

Can't imagine it's completely accurate though, since two of the teams are not actually MAR teams (1671 and 4594). Perhaps typos? Looks like 1676 is a qualifier but not listed as registered.

http://www.firstinspires.org/team-ev...event?id=17365

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by M.O'Reilly

Hm, the FIRST website was updated this morning to list the 60 registered teams for the MAR Championship.

Can't imagine it's completely accurate though, since two of the teams are not actually MAR teams (1671 and 4594). Perhaps typos? Looks like 1676 is a qualifier but not listed as registered.

http://www.firstinspires.org/team-ev...event?id=17365

That is interesting. I can confirm that 1676 is planning on attending MAR Champs.

[Ben Martin]

Originally Posted by M.O'Reilly

Hm, the FIRST website was updated this morning to list the 60 registered teams for the MAR Championship.

Can't imagine it's completely accurate though, since two of the teams are not actually MAR teams (1671 and 4594). Perhaps typos? Looks like 1676 is a qualifier but not listed as registered.

http://www.firstinspires.org/team-ev...event?id=17365

Looks like 1671 is a typo of 1676 and 4594 is a typo of 4954

[AGPapa]

Originally Posted by vmorgs

I'm a coach of the 60th team and this is KILLING me! Do teams typically decline their invitations? This is my first year as a coach so have no frame of reference.

Congrats on qualifying! The official rankings show that both 6226 and 219 have declined their invitations, and 5401 and 1712 are now qualified. Can't wait to see both teams there!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Hallry

I hope Jack enjoys his steak.

Uh, I'm in on that too, I'll have you know...

Worth a plane ticket for a free steak.

[rcoren22]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Uh, I'm in on that too, I'll have you know...

Worth a plane ticket for a free steak.

I really hope so!

[Jscout11]

Didn't see it mentioned here but I saw in the waitlist thread that 5404 is now registered for CMP.

Also, good luck to everyone this weekend! Wish I could be there.

[vmorgs]

Originally Posted by AGPapa

Congrats on qualifying! The official rankings show that both 6226 and 219 have declined their invitations, and 5401 and 1712 are now qualified. Can't wait to see both teams there!

Thanks! We found out in the middle of our team meeting tonight and the kids are REALLY excited! See you at Lehigh!

[Hallry]

Oddly it looks like they took off the MAR Champs "Qualifying" label from all teams on the ranking site here: http://frc-districtrankings.firstinspires.org/2016/MAR; don't know what that's about. Also, only 55 teams are shown as registered here: http://www.firstinspires.org/team-ev...event?id=17365 (is this due to the fact that only 55 teams were scheduled to compete originally rather than 60?). There must have been one additional decline besides 6226 and 219, because 4575 (the 62nd ranked team) is now shown as registered. Anyone know of any other declines? Only 3 declines this year is nothing when compared to last year's 13 DCMP declines.

I'll be doing my best to live update my 2016 Unofficial MAR Ranking sheet at MAR Champs. Assuming no wifi, it'll be done offline on my own computer rather than on Google Docs. Feel free to find me anytime on Saturday afternoon to see how your World Champs prospects look (or feel free to download the Google Doc as an Excel file beforehand and work the numbers for yourself). Best of luck to everyone competing, and see you all at Lehigh tomorrow!

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Oddly it looks like they took off the MAR Champs "Qualifying" label from all teams on the ranking site here: http://frc-districtrankings.firstinspires.org/2016/MAR; don't know what that's about. Also, only 55 teams are shown as registered here: http://www.firstinspires.org/team-ev...event?id=17365 (is this due to the fact that only 55 teams were scheduled to compete originally rather than 60?). Anyone know if there were any other declines other than 6226 and 219? Only 2 declines this year is nothing when compared to last year's 13 DCMP declines.

Previously the top 60 teams were listed on FIRST's site. The number dropped to 55 after they removed some of the declined teams and fixed the 1671/1676 and 4594/4954 mixups. 4637 posted they're attending MAR Champs, but are not yet listed on the official site. I suspect there may be a few other teams added last minute.

[Hallry]

The teams that have qualified but are not yet listed as registered are:

41. 4954
44. 2344
56. 2095
59. 5457
60. 5401
61. 1712