NEforecast: New England District Championship

[vikesrock777]

Originally Posted by CTbiker105

Both of these brackets would result in some of the most competitive elimination rounds New England has ever seen (although I can't imagine 2067 being left for the 24th pick in the second bracket). The hype for Saturday is real.

To be fair, would you have predicted 2067 being around for the 24th pick of the draft last year?

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by CTbiker105

Both of these brackets would result in some of the most competitive elimination rounds New England has ever seen (although I can't imagine 2067 being left for the 24th pick in the second bracket). The hype for Saturday is real.

I couldn't have imagined that either last year. One of the best (and only) landfillers who could make two stacks somehow slipped to 24th! I only wish we were an alliance captain because they were 4th on our picklist.

[NEforecast]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

I couldn't have imagined that either last year. One of the best (and only) landfillers who could make two stacks somehow slipped to 24th! I only wish we were an alliance captain because they were 4th on our picklist.

Don't forget what happened on Newton and Hopper - the #3 robot for OPR (2512 on Hopper, 1671 for Newton) slipped all the way to 24th and those alliances performed incredibly well throughout the eliminations at Champs.

[Bmarshall645]

Thanks for the awesome post as always! We can't wait to show everyone what we got this weekend! We have been fine tuning and we have a couple surprises prepared for the weekend.

[CTbiker105]

Originally Posted by vikesrock777

To be fair, would you have predicted 2067 being around for the 24th pick of the draft last year?

Haha, very true! To this day, our scouting and strategy leads can't fathom how a team like that was overlooked by so many other alliances for so long.

[Dan Petrovic]

I'd like to know more about how the Chairman's predictions are made.

There's no way NEforecast has access to every team's essay, nor what qualities the judges will value over others, nor what questions the judges will ask of the teams in their interviews, nor how well the teams present themselves in the interview room.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there just isn't enough information available to make meaningful predictions, especially ones that are as definite as these.

Anyway, on to the tournament analysis:

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

Finals:

(1) 558-195-2877 vs (6) 319-1768-166

I accept this outcome.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Just because there multiple posts with 131 in them, just a note that 131 is declining their spot, as shown here: http://frc-districtrankings.firstinspires.org/2016/NE

[Aidan Cox]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

Just because there multiple posts with 131 in them, just a note that 131 is declining their spot, as shown here: http://frc-districtrankings.firstinspires.org/2016/NE

This is true. For logistics reasons, 131 has decided not to attend this year's NEDCMP. As a team with more-limited resources, we simply did not perform as well as we would have liked to in our district events to warrant the use of those resources for District Champs. We had a great official season nonetheless, and very much look forward to playing with everyone at the various off-seasons.

I personally will be down there Saturday to check things out. Looking forward to some wicked crazy matches, New England style. Congrats and good luck to those competing this weekend.

-Aidan

[jwfoss]

Originally Posted by Aidan Cox

This is true. For logistics reasons, 131 has decided not to attend this year's NEDCMP. As a team with more-limited resources, we simply did not perform as well as we would have liked to in our district events to warrant the use of those resources for District Champs. We had a great official season nonetheless, and very much look forward to playing with everyone at the various off-seasons.

I personally will be down there Saturday to check things out. Looking forward to some wicked crazy matches, New England style. Congrats and good luck to those competing this weekend.

-Aidan

This is a crying shame, we thought you guys had an excellent design and strategy and personally I was really hoping to get a picture of the robots that inspired our redesign next to our robot.

[who716]

My prediction:

1.195,558,3461
2.1519,133,2168
3.78,125,2877
4.230,4564,2648
5.1058,1768,228
6.177,2067,4905
7.4048,166,4909
8.319,5813,176

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by who716

My prediction:

1.195,558,3461
2.1519,133,2168
3.78,125,2877
4.230,4564,2648
5.1058,1768,228
6.177,2067,4905
7.4048,166,4909
8.319,5813,176

I spy the winning alliance from Hartford.

[who716]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

I spy the winning alliance from Hartford.

Not just that but 195 and 3461 have two blue banners together this year

[Chris is me]

228 has a new trick or two up its sleeves for NE Champs this weekend, hopefully! I'm hoping we can build on our performance at RIDE and continue to seed high, but the level of competition here is just sky high.

One team not to overlook in this crowded field of competitors is rookie team 6153. They were instrumental to our alliance's success at RIDE and are a very reliable breaching, low goal, and defense robot.

4761 also quietly built one of their best robots ever, and are a very good team to work with. Somehow at Rhode Island they managed to fall to the second pick of the #3 alliance, but they were a top 10 robot at that event easily. They should only get better and better.

[EmileH]

I'll post my own bracket, why not.

1. 1519, 1058, 3467 W
2. 195, 133, 839 SF
3. 558, 4564, 2648 F
4. 125, 166, 4761
5. 319, 155, 2168 SF
6. 238, 228, 176
7. 177, 5687, 4909
8. 5813, 2067, 4905

3467 and 2648 are the two big steals of the draft, both with good breaching and accurate shooting that brings both alliances to the finals, but 1519's autonomous shot and 1058's climb carve out the win for #1.

/NHbias

[Skragnoth]

Originally Posted by EmileH

I'll post my own bracket, why not.

1. 1519, 1058, 3467 W
2. 195, 133, 839 SF
3. 558, 4564, 2648 F
4. 125, 166, 4761
5. 319, 133, 2168 SF
6. 238, 228, 176
7. 177, 5687, 4909
8. 5813, 2067, 4905

3467 and 2648 are the two big steals of the draft, both with good breaching and accurate shooting that brings both alliances to the finals, but 1519's autonomous shot and 1058's climb carve out the win for #1.

/NHbias

Team 133 got picked by 195 and 319? They must be really good.