Galileo Division 2008

[Kim Masi]

wow what a great division. I hope the rookie team I'm helping out this year will be able to learn from some great alliance partners during the qualifiers

[cziggy343]

i am officially scared to death... but believe me, we are gonna play our guts out! cant wait to see all of you guys this week!

[Graham Donaldson]

1676 reporting for duty! Probably not going to be in the top 8, judging by the AWE-INSPIRING contenders in Galileo, but we'll do our darndest!

[rsilverstein]

My guess is that 1114 doesn't get #1 seed in Galileo. With a strong field but a high standard deviation (check the OPR thread), the odds that Simbotics are stacked against 2 good robots and paired with some maybe not as good are higher.

With so many good robots it's going to come down to a lot of luck with qualification matches.

On that note, even if they aren't #1 seed they'll probably get picked first anyway.

[KTorak]

This division is really stacked. I want to see how this plays out.

[Brad Voracek]

Oh boy! this will be an interesting division, I can't wait to see how it plays out.


I hope we just manage a good showing in the qualifiers after seeing how many amazing teams there are...!


See you all there.

[brentmcjunkin]

343 is there and i am SIKED I cant wait another week cant wait to start playing

[Joe Ross]

There are 7 regional champions (captain and first pick) that played together. That's more then double any other division. Should make alliance selections interesting.

LA: 330, 1717
BAE: 121, 40
NJ: 103, 25
St Louis: 148, 217
Detroit: 469, 217
Peachtree: 1319, 343
Seattle: 1983, 2046

In addition, the entire LA and BAE alliances are together.

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

There are 7 regional champions (captain and first pick) that played together. That's more then double any other division. Should make alliance selections interesting.

LA: 330, 1717
BAE: 121, 40
NJ: 103, 25
St Louis: 148, 217
Detroit: 469, 217
Peachtree: 1319, 343
Seattle: 1983, 2046

In addition, the entire LA and BAE alliances are together.

should be lots of fun! im ready for this!

i would like to know what the scouters here are looking for. i know that the main thing i am looking for is a defensive robot, b/c the hurdlers are usually easy to spot out. just trying to find other's opinions

EDIT: whoop whoop! 343rd post!!

[Jeff Waegelin]

I got the teamlist in an email (which I read on my phone) yesterday, and I did a double-take. I didn't think it was real, because the teamlist just seemed too good to be true. I can't wait!

[Guy Davidson]

Originally Posted by cziggy343

i would like to know what the scouters here are looking for. i know that the main thing i am looking for is a defensive robot, b/c the hurdlers are usually easy to spot out. just trying to find other's opinions

We'll be coming in playing D, so our scouts will be trying to figure out how we stop the unstoppable forces that are present in Gali, and figuring out who we work with well. If we somehow end up in a picking position, we'll probably look for reliable hurdlers with a good hybrid mode.

[Coach Norm]

Team 2468 is a Rookie team and we excited about our trip. We are representing the LSR as the Rookie All Star. We are trying to figure all this out. It is going to be fun to see such a high level of competition in all divisions but this one is going to be great what I am reading.

We are in the process of trying to figure out how to scout and what we need to do at Championships.

We hope we can hold our own with our autonomous and ball handling speed bot.

[midway78224]

WOW!!!! what a division i cant wait to compete with some of the greats this yr. we hope to bring a strong defense like we did to the florida regional where we ended up 12th there. can wait to see 1114,330,217, and the many awesome robots of this yr. good luck to all and see u there.

[jill399]

Oh boy! We are so ready for this!!!! This is going to be an awesome division to play in.

[JesseK]

I plan on having a black book of secrets that contains tailored strategies to work with and against most teams in Galileo. If you're nice, maybe you can view it . After further analysis of the 84 teams' statistics today, I know for certain that the recon I do this weekend will be anything but dull.