Fantasy FIRST drafting tips for newbies (and veterans)

[Koko Ed]

Here are some tips to maximize your draft for the upcomming championship.

- Remember: this year we have a new scoring system and the Chairman's award is the highest scoring element of the game. It would be wise to take a serious look at the 29 finalist (so far 501 hasn't registered yet) and study which team has the best chance of immortality and have a competetive robot.

- Check the competition history of teams you are considering. What was their won/loss record? How many points did they average per match? If possible, find out if they are penalty prone.

- See how many competitions the robot participated in. Remember the more they participated in the more experinced it is but also the more wear and tear the robot has. On the opposite end of the coin robots that have done one competition are more "fresh" but do not have the solid line of work to go on to know how realiable they really are.


Anybody want to add any other tips?

[Alex Cormier]

do not rely on the lowest number teams to be the best. if i remember correctly wasn't there a high number robot that won last year or finalists? so give those rookies a chance and the other 2/3 year teams as well.

[xzvrw2]

and pick 65 or 67. they are both gm teams. but if you are in the draft as me if you pick 65 i will kill you. lol just kidding you can pick them i would be happy to see that people know we have a big chance at winning the chairmans and nationals this year. so to whom ever picks 65 in any draft thank you. lol

[Koko Ed]

-Oh yeah.
NO TRADING TEAM SHIRTS. MT. DEW OR GIVEAWAYS FOR ROBOTS.
YOU CAN ONLY TRADE A ROBOT FOR ANOTHER ROBOT. ONE FOR ONE. TWO FOR TWO OR THREE FOR THREE!
NO UNEVEN TRADES!

[xzvrw2]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

-Oh yeah.
NO TRADING TEAM SHIRTS. MT. DEW OR GIVEAWAYS FOR ROBOTS.
YOU CAN ONLY TRADE A ROBOT FOR ANOTHER ROBOT. ONE FOR ONE. TWO FOR TWO OR THREE FOR THREE!
NO UNEVEN TRADES!

sounds good to me. some one should be a mediator for that. just a suggestion.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by xzvrw2

sounds good to me. some one should be a mediator for that. just a suggestion.

Oh believe you me. I'll take care of that.

[Jon K.]

What about trading drafting order for the above items?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Jon K.

What about trading drafting order for the above items?

No. No trading virtual items for real life items.

[Alex Cormier]

can someone make a list of the 57 chairmans winners that have a chance to win? also all the winners of the regionals in one post? for all to see

[Lil' Lavery]

Try to find out about robots who you havnt seen in person. A lot of ppl pick the bots theyve seen and leave out some amazing other competitors (Im guilty of this too), so if you can, ask about what other robots and teams can do and have done.

[xzvrw2]

BAE – 501/121 126 350
Finger Lakes – 340/191 494 639
NASA / VCU – 384/401 435 122
Peachtree – 1002/801 281 1261
Sacramento – 393/245 766 1072
GM/ Technion Pilot [Israel] - none
UTC – 236/69 126 1071
Florida – 79/179 233 1592
Great Lakes – 65/66 67 68
Arizona – 842/555 1492 1324
Pittsburgh – 1014/128 1249 395 1708
St. Louis – 931/1625 1444 939
Pacific Northwest – 957/492 1595 604
SBPLI – 358/527 358 870
New Jersey – 11/56 237 303
Chesapeake – 341/173 1027 53
Boilermaker – 1108/269 1024 71
Detroit – 503/245 217 301
Philly- 365/365 56 316
NYC- 684/395 375 1230
Buckeye- 48/279 67 274
Midwest- 111/71 111 537
Colorado- 233/233 118 935
Silicon Valley – 368/254 980 22
Waterloo – 1006/68 1305 1241
Palmetto – 342/1466 179 1051
West Michigan – 67/107 66 93
Lone Star – 118/118 231 499
Las Vegas – 60/987 64 1527
Southern CA – 812/69 330 634
Greater Toronto – 1241/1114 1305 1511

Chairman’s/Regional champion

[Micah Siegel]

Hey, where do we sign up for Fantasy FIRST?

*Edit: Ah, I just found the Fantasy FIRST forum.

[Koko Ed]

JUst to remind everyone. Here are some tips and rules to remember.
Just about everything from last year applies to this year.

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Here are some tips to maximize your draft for the upcomming championship.

- Remember: this year we have a new scoring system and the Chairman's award is the highest scoring element of the game. It would be wise to take a serious look at the 29 finalist (so far 501 hasn't registered yet) and study which team has the best chance of immortality and have a competetive robot.


Anybody want to add any other tips?

Well in case any one needed another reason to listen to what Ed said look at this little piece of advice he gave and then look at what 67 did at Nationals, and finally check out the fact that the person who picked 67 won FF. If only every one could be as smart as Ed

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

Well in case any one needed another reason to listen to what Ed said look at this little piece of advice he gave and then look at what 67 did at Nationals, and finally check out the fact that the person who picked 67 won FF. If only every one could be as smart as Ed

The two most coveted robots this year are Chairman's finalist (25 and 1114) so they are just plain good bets all around.