NEforecast: New England District Championship

[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.

[Nathan Streeter]

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

I can't say I mind the results! ;-)

You do have 133 competing on both sides of the bracket though... losing in the semi's both times. Too bad their alliances didn't both make it to the Finals for a "win-win" situation for BERT!

Edit: Skragnoth beat me to it.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by EmileH

1. 1519, 1058, 3467

Now this an alliance I would love to see!

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Now this an alliance I would love to see!

It's not in the right order!

[EmileH]

Originally Posted by EmileH

5. 319, 155, 2168 SF

Fixed.

With a team so nice, you just gotta pick em twice.

[BrendanB]

I don't have time for a bracket but my money this weekend is on 195 making it the finals. They have dominated New England events since 2011 with a few exceptions like their first events in 2014 and 2015.

[who716]

I believe 195 is deffiently the team to beat but I also believe that it's a game where you can't win with one robot so with the compitition level of New England this years someone paying attention could sneak up and win