Best Teams to Be Left out of the Finals

[Mike Hendricks]

Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan

I was shocked that 180 didn't get picked. Some of the best ramps that I've seen this year, and also able to cap multiple tubes in a match.

Gotta quote that one. I was shocked (and rather disappointed also) that 180 didn't get drafted. Great bot (and a great team), was just a victim to the funky match selection routine, and just had bad qualification matches.

[teenmisfit]

Originally Posted by DustinB_3

We were also surprised that we didn't make the finals. We could consistently score 4-5 when no being heavily defended. When we were paired with 233 during qualifying matchings and were able to get the second highest score of the entire championship which was 288. The highest(that I know of) being 290. If I remember correctly we each scored around 6(not sure exactly).

501 was part of the the alliance of 291pts (would of been 316 but something was hanging off and we only got a 30 and a 15pt bonus and we got a 10pt for throwing a ringer before the match started)

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I was suprised our team, 648, wasn't selected. The person sitting next to me could probably describe my face after the last team was selected on Curie. But then again, we didn't perform well and we definitely weren't able to impress. How could anyone with 2 defensive robots aimed at them at all times? Unless you're 330 or 1114, of course.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Let's shift this thread away from talking about how upset you are that your team didn't get picked. Yes, you can say you got worked by alliance pairings, but at the end of the day you weren't strong enough to carry the alliance. Learn from it and improve yourself for next year. Whining about it and placing the blame somewhere else isn't going to make a difference.

I think teams 103, 75, and 1251 were three very good teams who probably deserved to play a few more rounds on Saturday afternoon. Congrats to all three for their accomplishments this year, and better luck next season.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Let's shift this thread away from talking about how upset you are that your team didn't get picked. Yes, you can say you got worked by alliance pairings, but at the end of the day you weren't strong enough to carry the alliance. Learn from it and improve yourself for next year. Whining about it and placing the blame somewhere else isn't going to make a difference.

I think teams 103, 75, and 1251 were three very good teams who probably deserved to play a few more rounds on Saturday afternoon. Congrats to all three for their accomplishments this year, and better luck next season.

Nice, Tom. You caught me. I told myself I wouldn't do that anymore since I bragged about my team so much before and then I was completely wrong. I didn't really notice any exceptional teams on Curie that didn't get selected. However, 16 could score a ton of tubes on their own and didn't get selected, 357 had an awesome lift design and didn't get selected (probably the biggest overlooking done). There were also teams that I was surprised to see go or go so early. 910 was one of them, not that they didn't deserve to go, but that I wasn't really impressed, per se, with their robot. But, guess what, they played well and made it to Einstein, good job.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Chris

2108/1885 To me watching the Newton finals there seemed to be room for one or two more good rampers to help with bonus points and these guys could all be considered good candidates to help out an alliance.

Originally Posted by GRaduns340

1885 was definitely my major shock though. They were all over with their ramps and scored pretty well, too.

Thank you both for your kind words. We were disappointed to miss out but we were very pleased that our close neighbors (2168) were drafted and carried local pride into the Newton semi-finals.

Thank you allies, for your strong support in our Regional and World Championship matches. Thank you opponents, for making the victories accomplishments worth savoring.

The 1885 Robocats purple team will be back next year working harder, making more friends, and mixing it up on the fields again. Just look for the purple shirts and come chat us up. We think you will like what you see.

Thanks again, Chris & GRaduns and everyone who gave us similar encouragement offline.

Blake

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Originally Posted by MGoelz

From Galileo: 1730, 229, and 45

229 and 45 were both chosen. We had 45 as our 1st pick for tube scorer and we had 229 on our list high up aswell. 1730 was on there for a tube scorer and im surprised they didnt get picked.

[xzvrw2]

Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie

229 and 45 were both chosen. We had 45 as our 1st pick for tube scorer and we had 229 on our list high up aswell. 1730 was on there for a tube scorer and im surprised they didnt get picked.

but you see...they didnt make it to the finals mat...haha

[Billfred]

I was in 180's pit when they found out they weren't picked. It was a shock--they certainly came with a primo ramp design, one perfect for last-second dashes back to the home zone.

And yes, 1251 should have made the big show. Those folks have a world-class robot (don't ask me how I know ), one I hope to see plenty of during the off-season. (Just, uh, not on the other side of the glass.)

[XaulZan11]

From Curie 180 was a suprise. We had the pleasure to play with them the final qualification match. They scored 3 (I think) ringers and we were able to climb thier huge ramps for 30 pts. They were also great alliance partners. I don't remember exactly our list of teams for picking, but if it wasn't for 48 dropping so far (I was very surprised, yet very happy that they did) there was a good chance we would have picked them.

[dmellich]

Originally Posted by Billfred

And yes, 1251 should have made the big show. Those folks have a world-class robot (don't ask me how I know ), one I hope to see plenty of during the off-season. (Just, uh, not on the other side of the glass.)

Thanks for the kind words Billfred (and the others that have mentioned us in this thread). However, in FIRST as in life, you must perform and earn your way. We did not do that.

That said, we will be looking at our controls and processes and develop a plan to improve ourselves and hopefully get us to the next level.

Congrats to all teams for a successful season.

[Jon Anderson]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

A number of excellent teams didn't see elimination action in Galileo. 103, 237, 1251, 1680, 1730 and many others each were only watching Saturday afternoon's action.

I was walking back to the stands for finals and one of the members from team 1730 told me they didn't even get drafted. That was mind numbing. They were very good scorers and had one of the best autonomous modes I saw this year. Had they been paired with 330 and 910, they could have very welled scored 3 in a row on the middle in auto.

[gblake]

Maybe, in the Georgia Dome, we need one of those systems that let's game show audience members interact with contestants by voting on the answers to multiple choice questions (such as "Which of the remaining 45 teams should our alliance draft?").




Blake

[Gene Williams]

Well Team 70, More Martians did not make the picks in Galileo after a rather lackluster showing. We had an awesome year in 2006. This season we placed 3rd at GLR, Buckeye and West Michigan by making it into the semis at each event. We scored well but just did not impress anyone this year. Must try harder next year.

We were happy to see other Michigan teams in Galileo such as Frog Force 503, Huskies 65, Thunder Chickens 217, Pheonix 703 make it into the final rounds at this years Championship Event. They represented Michigan well!

[MasterChief 573]

Originally Posted by teenmisfit

yes we had bad pairing too... otherwise we woulda been picking no problem.. it does feel nice that we beat the national champions (190wpi) every match we were against them at our regional...

BTW i went to go play "politics" with 247 DA BEARS and they asked for $20 to consider us... Wuts up with that?? in fact if they had picked us they may of actually won a round in the newton division...

NO WAY! I did the same thing, about 45 minutes before alliance selections I went to talk to the Da Bears and I thought we had an understanding. We knew that they were planning on making 1038 their first round pick, but because of our ability to score consistently we believed that we'd be their second pick. Also I knew that 1038 and our team had a mutual desire to work together at the competition. The way I understood it was that if after talking to their drivers they believed that we could climb their ramps (they had never heard of meccanum wheels and were kinda uncertain) we would be their second round pick. Now I see I was wrong, I could sure go for an explanation right about now. ps They never asked us for money.