Split Champs assignment

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Correct.

We'll be saving our energy for 2021. See you then

-Mike

Or, hypothetically, you could save your energy (and money) and skip the official half-championship in favor of an IRI-on-steroids type de-facto World Championship.

Hypothetically.

[Zyrano]

I would have thought there would have been a time element to this, ie, if you won a week 6 regional or a district championship on week 7, how do you logically get a robot and team to Houston in like 4 days?

[Nathan Streeter]

Largely unsurprising decision... seems reasonable enough. This seemed like the default decision once the split championships was announced. A little saddening, as this adds the extra note of finality.

It would be interesting to see which CMP would have more teams from the 2016 CMP elims, Einstein, and which would have higher OPRs.

So, the next big question for me, is with 400 teams how many divisions will they have? 100 team divisions were awful for the integrity of the rankings and logistics, but a 50 team division would seem pretty weak and shallow... particularly when the CMP team lists are already being dilluted by being split!

[sdangelo]

Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter

It would be interesting to see which CMP would have more teams from the 2016...Einstein...

I'll try the rest of that statement later, but this one I can do by hand.
St. Louis: 19
Houston 2017: 13

Detroit: 18
Houston 2018+: 14

[Whatever]

Seems like most of the non-US/Canada teams are going to Houston.

[sdangelo]

Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter

It would be interesting to see which CMP would have more teams from the 2016 CMP elims...

Spoiler for Code:

import json
import urllib2

BASE_URL = 'http://www.thebluealliance.com/api/v2/'
APP_HEADER = 'X-TBA-App-Id'
APP_ID = 'sdangelo:splitchamps:v0.1'

event_codes = ['arc', 'cars', 'carv', 'cur', 'gal', 'hop', 'new', 'tes']

def fetch_endpoint(endpoint):
    #Checks Blue Alliance for data
    full_url = BASE_URL + endpoint
    url = urllib2.Request(full_url, headers={APP_HEADER: APP_ID, 'User-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
    response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    return json.loads(response.read())

def get_teams(event_key):
    #builds list of all teams
    teams = []
    event = fetch_endpoint("event/2016"+ str(event_key))
    for alliance in event["alliances"]:
        for team in alliance["picks"]:
            teams.append(str(team))
    return teams

def get_locations(teams_list):
    stl = []
    hous = []
    allTeams = []
    for team in teams_list:
        data = fetch_endpoint("team/" + team)
        if data["country_name"] == "USA":
            s = data["region"]
            if s == "Maine" or s == "Vermont" or s == "New Hampshire" or s == "Massachusetts" or\
               s == "Connecticut" or s == "Rhode Island" or s == "New York" or s == "Pennsylvania"\
               or s == "New Jersey" or s == "Delaware" or s == "Maryland" or s == "District of Columbia"\
               or s == "Virginia" or s == "West Virginia" or s == "Kentucky" or s == "Ohio" or\
               s == "Michigan" or s == "Indiana" or s == "Illinois" or s == "Wisconsin" or\
               s == "Minnesota" or s == "Iowa" or s == "Missouri" or s == "Kansas" or\
               s == "Nebraska" or s == "South Dakota" or s == "North Dakota":
                stl.append(data["team_number"])
            else:
                hous.append(data["team_number"])
        elif data["country_name"] == "Canada":
            p = data["region"]
            if p == "Ontario" or p == "Quebec" or p == "Newfoundland and Laborador"\
               or p == "Manitoba" or p == "Nunavit":
                stl.append(data["team_number"])
            else:
                hous.append(data["team_number"])
        else:
            c = data["country_name"]
            if c == "Mexico" or c == "Haiti" or c == "Dominican Republic" or\
               c == "Ecuador" or c == "Columbia" or c == "Peru" or c == "Chile"\
               or c == "Brazil" or c == "South Africa" or c == "Israel" or\
               c == "Egypt" or c == "Jordan" or c == "Lebanon" or c == "Turkey"\
               or c == "Kuwait" or c == "United Arab Emirates" or c == "Singapore"\
               or c == "Malaysia" or c == "Australia" or c == "New Zealand" or\
               c == "Philippines" or c == "China":
                hous.append(data["team_number"])
            else:
                stl.append(data["team_number"])
    allTeams.append(stl)
    allTeams.append(hous)
    return allTeams

if __name__ == "__main__":
    stLouis = []
    houston = []
    for event in event_codes:
        teamsList = get_teams(event)
        locList = get_locations(teamsList)
        for team in locList[0]:
            stLouis.append(team)
        for team in locList[1]:
            houston.append(team)
    print "Number of elims teams in St. Louis: " + str(len(stLouis))
    print "Number of elims teams in Houston: " + str(len(houston)) + "\n"

    stLouis.sort()
    houston.sort()
    print "St. Louis teams:"
    print stLouis
    print "Houston teams:"
    print houston

Results:
Number of elims teams in St. Louis: 174
Number of elims teams in Houston: 82

Spoiler for St. Louis Teams:

11, 20, 25, 27, 33, 41, 45, 48, 67, 68, 70, 74, 85, 107, 111, 120, 125, 133, 135, 166, 172, 175, 176, 177, 188, 193, 195, 217, 225, 228, 229, 230, 236, 245, 287, 303, 319, 329, 333, 341, 346, 365, 379, 494, 503, 525, 548, 558, 610, 623, 639, 694, 708, 836, 858, 868, 869, 870, 876, 910, 999, 1023, 1024, 1058, 1086, 1089, 1114, 1124, 1153, 1241, 1250, 1257, 1305, 1306, 1310, 1405, 1418, 1501, 1511, 1519, 1625, 1640, 1675, 1676, 1712, 1718, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1736, 1747, 1756, 1768, 1775, 1796, 1806, 1885, 1918, 1923, 1986, 2013, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2064, 2067, 2137, 2168, 2194, 2337, 2338, 2363, 2451, 2474, 2481, 2502, 2590, 2614, 2648, 2767, 2771, 2823, 2834, 2883, 2987, 3015, 3042, 3044, 3098, 3130, 3314, 3352, 3357, 3419, 3452, 3534, 3538, 3539, 3546, 3604, 3618, 3620, 3641, 3683, 3688, 4001, 4003, 4009, 4028, 4039, 4085, 4103, 4329, 4362, 4391, 4525, 4536, 4564, 4607, 4678, 4920, 4967, 5050, 5114, 5150, 5172, 5254, 5401, 5406, 5448, 5460, 5813, 5895, 6175

Spoiler for Houston Teams:

16, 57, 118, 148, 179, 180, 207, 231, 233, 254, 294, 330, 359, 360, 364, 842, 971, 973, 987, 1011, 1065, 1197, 1261, 1296, 1318, 1323, 1369, 1425, 1477, 1538, 1540, 1619, 1662, 1671, 1678, 1690, 1746, 1983, 2046, 2122, 2383, 2415, 2468, 2471, 2557, 2637, 2642, 2848, 2907, 2990, 3005, 3166, 3211, 3238, 3309, 3310, 3339, 3360, 3476, 3478, 3481, 3663, 3824, 3937, 3990, 4061, 4264, 4334, 4451, 4468, 4469, 4488, 4587, 4740, 4828, 4911, 5572, 5803, 5842, 5854, 5924, 5940

If anyone sees any teams in the wrong list or code errors, let me know and I'll try to fix it. Québec may not be working correctly as my Python editor couldn't handle the 'é'.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Or, hypothetically, you could save your energy (and money) and skip the official half-championship in favor of an IRI-on-steroids type de-facto World Championship.

Hypothetically.

Wow, I'd love to learn more about that!

[WCBC]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Wow, I'd love to learn more about that!

Cosigned!

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Wow, I'd love to learn more about that!

Don't you guys talk to each other???

[pmangels17]

Well, it was really nice when I went to CMP in 2012 to seem 16, 79, 100, 115, 118, 148, 179, 180, 192, 233, 254, 330, 359, 842, 971, 973, 987, 1323, 1538, 1540, 1671, 1678, 1912, 1983, 3476, and many others. Maybe in a few years I might get to share an event with y'all again.

[Tim Sharp]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Or, hypothetically, you could save your energy (and money) and skip the official half-championship in favor of an IRI-on-steroids type de-facto World Championship.

Hypothetically.

I wonder how many teams will make the decision to forego the extra expense and hassle of the new championship format in favor of an extra regional or district event. Especially since the prestige of earning a spot in the CMP has now been cut in half.

I know it's a possibility for us.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Tim Sharp

I wonder how many teams will make the decision to forego the extra expense and hassle of the new championship format in favor of an extra regional or district event. Especially since the prestige of earning a spot in the CMP has now been cut in half.

I know it's a possibility for us.

For us District teams, we will continue to hope more areas will move to our format and inter-district play with be more prevalent (Canada perhaps). If this happens, I don't really see us justifiably playing at a half-champs.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

For us District teams, we will continue to hope more areas will move to our format and inter-district play with be more prevalent (Canada perhaps). If this happens, I don't really see us justifiably playing at a half-champs.

Especially depending on the format. A 400 team event split into eight divisions is incredibly weak with so many teams qualify off of the waitlist.

I'd rather save some cash and either play at a regional, another district, or travel during the off-season.

I know for several teams, winning their district Championship is their current goal and has already had a more competitive atmosphere than Champs. Why even go a weak Championship?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Why even go a weak Championship?

Conferences? Sponsor and scholarship presentations? It's not just about the robots.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Conferences? Sponsor and scholarship presentations? It's not just about the robots.

While it is not just about the robot, district teams sometimes cannot financially justify attending Champs, unless the team really feels it is worth going to. It is a different story for you Indiana folks since you are a lot closer.

For a lot of teams, the robot is still the central focus, and playing with friends and teams we love is also the justification for said expenses. Not every team will rationalize going or not going the same way.

I have a feeling the focus for a lot of teams will shift to their District Championship event as their last official event. Others may go to travel off-season events such as IRI and Chezy Champs (low cost+see your old friends)