how the competition works?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by purplecatnip

okay first of all, I would like to say this is my first time really looking at the site and it just took my nearly half an hour just to find how to start a thread so I feel slightly dumb already
so anyway here's my question:
if your alliance loses your very first round have you already lost, and will that be the only round you compete in? this will be the first FRC competetion we're attending so I'm kinda confused on how the elemination works.....

First off: Welcome to Chief Delphi and FIRST.

Don't feel dumb about anything here, we were all new here once and this is a place of great information ... all you have to do is ask.

As far as how many matches you'll get, the above posts are correct.
You'll have 2-4 practice matches (these don't count).
You'll get 7-9 seeding matches (These DO count).
If you get into the elimination matches,you'll have up to 9 of those.

Don't forget to explain to other teams what your robot can do, sometimes even if you are not placed well (during the seeding matches) your robot may be exactly what another team is looking for to compliment their robot.

[JesseK]

LaFleur has it right on.

My biggest suggestion for any competition: don't forget to eat & drink throughout the day. With all of the excitement going on in the pits it's really easy to "forget" these things and then all of a sudden feel very faint around 3pm/4pm.

Is your bot/team purple? Ours is!

[EricH]

SpaceOsc hit it right on. And I think he got the right regional size! The one thing I want to add is, you really want to stick around for the awards, even if you have no hope of winning anything.

Oh, and make sure to plan like you will make it onto an alliance for the finals. Be ready to pick your own teams, and plan not to leave before the end of the awards.

And, if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask. The only stupid/dumb question is the one that isn't asked.

[purplecatnip]

thanks that's really helpful
and no are team colors aren't purple, but I happen to love adding smilies and color to all my emails
our team colors are black and white for penguine empire
alright, so I just want to make sure I have this straight
after all the practice rounds you do 4 or 5 non practice rounds
and the better you do on those the higher you get in the ranking
if your on the top eight you continue, and can pick alliences only off the top eight, or can they chose from the top eight too?
so does that mean 3 robots go on to the next competetion??


thanks for all the help! oh gosh today is the last day to build good luck!!
(and thanks the nemo link!)

[EricH]

Originally Posted by purplecatnip

after all the practice rounds you do 4 or 5 non practice rounds
and the better you do on those the higher you get in the ranking
if your on the top eight you continue, and can pick alliences only off the top eight, or can they chose from the top eight too?
so does that mean 3 robots go on to the next competetion??

7 is the theoretical minimum--at the Championships, with 80+ teams/division.

If you are in the top 8, any team below you that hasn't been picked is fair game.

6 teams from each event go to Championships.

Section 9 of the Manual can answer all the questions you have about the tournament structure exactly.

[Jherbie53]

Originally Posted by purplecatnip

alright, so I just want to make sure I have this straight
after all the practice rounds you do 4 or 5 non practice rounds
and the better you do on those the higher you get in the ranking
if your on the top eight you continue, and can pick alliences only off the top eight, or can they chose from the top eight too?
so does that mean 3 robots go on to the next competetion??


thanks for all the help! oh gosh today is the last day to build good luck!!
(and thanks the nemo link!)

The number of matches that count will very depending on how many teams are there. Smaller regionals you might get 10-11 matches, while bigger one you might get 8-9 matches. For picking for the elimination rounds it goes 1-8 and then 8-1. The #1 seed can pick anyone they want. If they picked #2-#8 seeded teams the team selected has the option to decline.

Example: Team #1 picks team #3. Team #3 says no to team #1, with the chance to pick for themselves, and team #1 picks someone else. Team #2 cannot pick team #3.

Now if some one out side the top 8 says no, and doesn't move into the top 8, they can't say yes to anyone else.