2016 Minnesota State Champs

[bkilen]

I just wanted to give a big thank you to 2052 and 3276. So happy we won this year after finishing 4th and 3rd before. Also congrats to 2883 for being a finalist and representing northwest Minnesota well.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Congrats to the Champs: 5172, 2052, and 3276 - I would consider all three to be strong teams in MN for the last number of years. When we faced them in the Semi's it was like running into a buzz-saw.

To all the teams that competed today - great job! The MSHSL State Tournament is not a marathon event - it is a dead on sprint to the finals. It takes a lot out of each team and the robots.

Thank you to 2502 and 2512 - it looked as we had a chance (a team built on 3 previous state champs) - but the day got away from us. However, it was an honor for 4607 to be allied with both of these strong teams. Good luck next season!

To the MSHSL and Amy Doherty - your hard work and dedication to MNFIRST and the students is impeccable. Amy works her arse off for this event and the partnership between MNFIRST and the MSHSL is very unique and very successful!

Finally - the volunteers, the VC, and the rest of MNFIRST - incredible job, thank you. The event was spectacular and is getting better every year!

[jajabinx124]

This was a fun competition for sure! Big thanks to our alliance partners Team 5172 The Gators and Team 3276 the Toolcats. It was an honor playing with 5172.. seriously these guys are beasts and are FRC veterans and their drive team was a blast to work with. Ever since I saw their bot at Northern lights and their performances throughout the season I've been waiting to get an opportunity to work with the gators and I am super glad we did. We'll see you guys at IRI then! As for Team 3276, great defense from you guys. You guys did everything we asked of you guys.

Big shout out to the Finalist alliance as well consisting of Teams 4009, 2883, and 3042. Especially to Team 2883 FRED (who we've enjoyed working with at the past at regional's and state competitions)- also we are sorry for tipping you guys over during Finals 1.. we are heavily sorry for any damage we caused to your robot. These are 3 teams that are heavily underrated in MN, can't wait to see what you guys build next year.

Congrats to the third place alliance consisting of Team 2987, Team 5434, and Team 3102 as well. All 3 teams had bots that played the game well this year, another pair of MN teams that are underrated in terms of what they build.

Also to the 4th seeded alliance consisting of Team 2502, 4607, and 2512.. just wanted to say that the alliance was well built & great job this season.. after alliance selection we definitely knew semis would be a challenge against 4607's defense and 2502 and 2512's boulder cycling.

Thanks to the volunteers, referees, etc. that helped put up this great event, I'll be back next year as a volunteer

[Doug Frisk]

It was a great event. Next year I'd love to do 60 teams and 10 qual matches per team over 2 days. I'm not sure how anyone with any actual authority feels about that, but I'm up for it.

I did my best to keep TBA updated with match results as each finished. Hopefully that was useful to someone and perhaps next year we can automate it more or convince FIRST to let offseason events into the official FIRST API.

Oh, I'm still not entirely convinced that the Cheval de Frise won out over the Killer Rabbit, but we have to accept the calls the refs give us.

Congratulations to the winners, that would be all 30 competing teams, as well as the new State Champions!

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by DareDad

It was a great event. Next year I'd love to do 60 teams and 10 qual matches per team over 2 days. I'm not sure how anyone with any actual authority feels about that, but I'm up for it.

This would solve a bunch of problems and create a bunch of news ones I'm sure. I really like the idea. One negative side effect I can think of would be that the average competitive level of the teams would probably go down. It would have the feeling of a regional in that some teams out there would have trouble playing the game effectively. It would also pretty much ensure that all the top teams make it to state aka the ceiling would be higher. Plus 2 days = more robotics = more fun.

Another random idea would be to accept the top 30 teams as we currently do, and then take applications from another 2-4 teams (same process as IRI) and establish a committee to admit those teams. It would keep things fair to teams while giving some great teams a chance at redemption after having a bad first regional. Every year it seems that an elite team misses state because they fall flat out of the gate. 3130 is a great example this year. Incredible team that barely misses the cut. If they had been at state they would've been in the playoffs.

[Whatever]

Some black ink numbers I thought someone might find interesting:

Most points in auto during quals: 5434 at 307 points.
Most points for scale/challenges during quals: 3277 at 180 points.
Most points for goals during quals: 5172 at 425 points.
Most points for defenses during quals: 3276 at 460 points.

[jajabinx124]

Did anybody record quals and elims?

[jvriezen]

Prep45 recorded them and will make DVD's available for purchase eventually, I believe.

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

Did anybody record quals and elims?

Some qual matches and all elim matches are up on TBA.