VCU NASA Regional

[jpsaul7usa]

64-0? Not many ranking points

Is it just me or is the field announcer harassing the teams? He seems to be in a big rush. While I understand the need to keep things on time, that's not the field announcer's job; it's the pit announcers'. Are a lot of field announcers like this year's @ VCU?

[Matt]

match 18 22 to 16 10pt penalty on red. red wins
match 19 45 to 4 10 point penalty on blue, red wins
match 20 4 to 9 20 point penalty on red, blue wins

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by jpsaul7usa

Is it just me or is the field announcer harassing the teams? He seems to be in a big rush. While I understand the need to keep things on time, that's not the field announcer's job; it's the pit announcers'. Are a lot of field announcers like this year's @ VCU?

I've noticed this too and I don't care for it. It's very repetitive and annoying for the audience to hear him constantly nagging people about it. If he wants to harass the teams each and every match to speed things up he could at least turn off the mike and spare the rest of us...

[Collmandoman]

hey I like that guy~ he means well =) he's the best announcer

[Collmandoman]

is anynody else kind of disappointed with the game?

[Collmandoman]

match 18 22 to 16 10pt penalty on red. red wins
match 19 45 to 4 10 point penalty on blue, red wins
match 20 4 to 9 20 point penalty on red, blue wins
Match 21 ~ Red 23 Blue 9 no penalties
Match 22 ~ Red 12 Blue 7 no penalties
Match 23 ~ Red 63 Blue 14 no penalties
Match 24 ~ Red 21 Blue 45 no penalties
Match 25 ~ Red Blue something

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

is anynody else kind of disappointed with the game?

i am a little but some are good matches

[fire chaser 134]

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

is anynody else kind of disappointed with the game?

i am. i havent been able to watch any matches but just by how ive heard the rules and how the feild is set up i think i like last years game better.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by fire chaser 134

i am. i havent been able to watch any matches but just by how ive heard the rules and how the feild is set up i think i like last years game better.

If you havn't seen any matches, then on what are you basing your opinion?

Wetzel

[fire chaser 134]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

If you havn't seen any matches, then on what are you basing your opinion?

Wetzel

well last year there was alot more things happening with the small balls, the 2x large balls, hanging... there was just som many things happening were this year you look at all the robots and many look the same. like were as last year there were so many different deigns because of the many different ways to score.

[sanddrag]

By the rankings on the webcast, it seems as if the #1 seed got 9 matches while the rest of the teams got 8 matches. I was expecting at least one or two more matches overall, but it is a big regional.

[Goobergunch]

The top of the seedings at VCU:

1 - 1279
2 - 1095
3 - 401
4 - 435
5 - 165
6 - 1610
7 - 1541
8 - 345
9 - 616
10 - 540

Time for alliance selections....

[Tristan Lall]

I think there's a bit of a problem with the alliance selection process at VCU: the announcer just stated that a top-8 team must accept an invitiaton, or withdraw. This is not supported by the rules, unless a Q&A response changed this since Revison A was posted.

Each of the Alliance Leads will designate a student to be the Alliance Captain. Each remaining team will choose a student to act as Team Representative. Each Alliance Captain and Team Representative will proceed to the Playing Field at the designated time to represent her or his team. In descending order, each Alliance Captain will invite to join them, a team ranked below them in the standings, which has not already accepted or declined an invitation, to join an Alliance. The invited Team Representative will step forward and either accept or decline the invitation. If the team accepts, it is moved into that Alliance. If the team declines, it is not eligible to be picked again and the Alliance Captain extends another invitation to a different team. If an invitation from a top eight alliance team to another top eight alliance team is accepted, the team currently ranked ninth will move up to become the number eight alliance. The process continues until Alliance Eight makes a successful invitation. The same method is used for each Alliance Captain’s second choice. This process will lead to eight alliances of three teams.

The relevant point: "it is not eligible to be picked again", with nothing about that team itself picking. Also, note the sentence that follows above--that would be redundant if the declining top-8 team had to withdraw. This may turn out badly, because of the apparent misunderstanding.

Of course, we won't actually see the results of this, because a team in this position will probably just accept, rather than face (incorrect) withdrawal.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

This may turn out badly, because of the apparent misunderstanding.

<off topic>
Why is alliance selections always a problem?? Grr.. I think while striving to make the game viewer friendly as a spectator, FIRST should strive to make the Alliance selection process as easy to understand as possible too.
</off topic>

[Goobergunch]

Alliances

Seed...Captain...First Round...Second Round
#1......1279......384.............1545
#2......1095......1541............975
#3......401........435.............122
#4......165........345.............422
#5......1610.......616............510
#6......540........388.............619
#7......837........1086...........1093
#8......339........447.............539

Standby Teams
1469, 1172, 1137, 1623, 587, 1054, 1598, 1417