Regional Twitter Accounts - Keep up to date at the regionals

[Danny Diaz]

This is pretty awesome, but I have one question (still trying to wrap my head around some corner cases).

I know some regionals, like the Lone Star Regional, doesn't have an official twitter feed from the FRC FMS (as per the Team Update #15). I noticed that your regional twitter system DOES include the Lone Star Regional. I'm trying to determine where the data is going to come from, and if I can rely on getting score information for this kind of situation from your regional twitter system.

I read your webpage, and I'm still unclear if you're getting data only from the FRC FMS system, the Blue Alliance, both, or what? In designing a scouting system that will (hopefully) pull information from the twitter feed(s), how likely am I to get information for Lone Star via the twitter feeds?

Thanks!
-Danny

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

This is pretty awesome, but I have one question (still trying to wrap my head around some corner cases).

I know some regionals, like the Lone Star Regional, doesn't have an official twitter feed from the FRC FMS (as per the Team Update #15). I noticed that your regional twitter system DOES include the Lone Star Regional. I'm trying to determine where the data is going to come from, and if I can rely on getting score information for this kind of situation from your regional twitter system.

I read your webpage, and I'm still unclear if you're getting data only from the FRC FMS system, the Blue Alliance, both, or what? In designing a scouting system that will (hopefully) pull information from the twitter feed(s), how likely am I to get information for Lone Star via the twitter feeds?

Thanks!
-Danny

I am pulling match information exclusively from The Blue Alliance which comes from the First web site score page, which had Lone Star data last year and should this year as well.

I will be scraping the Standings page from the first web site and broadcasting standings every 15 minutes, hopefully before week 3.

And finally, I am starting to post the data in Excel (.csv) format by the end of each competition day to make scouting analysis a bit easier. These files will be located at http://www.robokong2493.com/EventData.HTML.

PS: I posted a design doc for the RTAs here.... http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2223

Tell a friend

[rsisk]

NEW FEATURE

Team Robokong (2493) brings you Standings Tweets. Follow along at the twitter accounts below and receive a twitter message of the top 24 teams every 15 minutes.

Below is a sample of what the message will look like

TOP 24 | 0211 1058 1512 1519 0131 | 0040 0126 0501 0175 0138 | 0058 1153 2370 2342 1073 | 1721 1276 1289 0181 1991 | 0319 1100 0500 0238

Follow along at

Florida www.twitter.com/FIRSTFL

Peachtree www.twitter.com/FIRSTGA

Los Angeles www.twitter.com/FIRSTLA

Pittsburgh www.twitter.com/FIRSTPA

Israel www.twitter.com/FIRSTSI

Silicon Valley www.twitter.com/FIRSTSJ

Dallas www.twitter.com/FIRSTTX

Wisconsin www.twitter.com/FIRSTWI

MI - Cass Tech www.twitter.com/FIRSTMI2

For more details, go to
http://www.robokong2493.com/twitter_accounts.html

[AMV_Ph34r]

Does anybody have access to the frcfms HTML code for a twitter widget? I'm trying to make a self-updating page for my team (2108) to show live updates of the events, but I can't get the HTML for the frcfms widget. Just wondering if anyone happens to have it.

Edit: Nevermind. I just used code for my own account and changed the username in the HTML. Sorry about that.

[rsisk]

Week 5 is ready to go. Follow along using the Regional Twitter Account to see match scores and TOP 24 posts. Great way to stay up to date in while you are in the pits.

Below are the Regional Twitter Accounts for Week 5... GOOD LUCK!

WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTCO - Colorado Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTCT - Connecticut Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTHI - Hawaii Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTLI - SBPLI Long Island Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTLS - Lone Star Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTNV - Las Vegas Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTSAC - Sacramento Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTSC - Palmetto Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTTOR - Greater Toronto Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTWA - Microsoft Seattle Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSMI5 - MI - Troy
WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSMI6 - MI - West Michigan

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Great way to stay up to date in while you are in the pits.

WWW.TWITTER.COM\FIRSTLS - Lone Star Regional

Don't I wish. No free/public network connection available at Lone Star!

-Danny

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

Don't I wish. No free/public network connection available at Lone Star!

-Danny

Have Twitter send it to your phone, that's what I do ;>

Just make sure you have unlimited text messaging.

[rsisk]

OK, now that you know which Championship Division you are in, follow the action on Twitter. Based on FourPenguins idea of creating an account for each Division, follow these accounts to receive all the action:


http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTGALI -- Galileo Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTNEWT -- Newton Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTARCH -- Archimedes Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTCURI -- Curie Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTEINS -- Einstein Division

Each of these account will get the match score in real time, TOP 24 teams every 15 minutes, and Awards announced as they are posted on the First web site for the identified Division.

For more information check out http://www.robokong2493.com/twitter_accounts.html

Good luck in Atlanta!

[davidfv]

Originally Posted by rsisk

OK, now that you know which Championship Division you are in, follow the action on Twitter. Based on FourPenguins idea of creating an account for each Division, follow these accounts to receive all the action:


http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTGALI -- Galileo Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTNEWT -- Newton Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTARCH -- Archimedes Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTCURI -- Curie Division
http://www.twitter.com/FIRSTEINS -- Einstein Division

Each of these account will get the match score in real time, TOP 24 teams every 15 minutes, and Awards announced as they are posted on the First web site for the identified Division.

For more information check out http://www.robokong2493.com/twitter_accounts.html

Good luck in Atlanta!

I used the twitter for scores and post Friday match scouting. IT was awesome and helped greatly with knowing the information from each match at the Colorado and LA regional.

I have also started a tweet for my team called FRC399. This way our friends and family back in California will be able to follow the team. If other teams started a Twitter with their team and have a student keep updating, we can all follow our favorites.

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Week 5 is ready to go. Follow along using the Regional Twitter Account to see match scores and TOP 24 posts. Great way to stay up to date in while you are in the pits.

Below are the Regional Twitter Accounts for Week 5... GOOD LUCK!

WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTCO - Colorado Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTCT - Connecticut Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTHI - Hawaii Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTLI - SBPLI Long Island Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTLS - Lone Star Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTNV - Las Vegas Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTSAC - Sacramento Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTSC - Palmetto Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTTOR - Greater Toronto Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSTWA - Microsoft Seattle Regional
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSMI5 - MI - Troy
WWW.TWITTER.COM/FIRSMI6 - MI - West Michigan

Might just be me with Firefox, but the links don't work. I corrected them (wrong slash) above.

-Danny

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

Might just be me with Firefox, but the links don't work. I corrected them (wrong slash) above.

-Danny

Thanks Danny. Let's find the guy who invented two types of slashes and two types of quotes and tar and feather him

[FourPenguins]

May I suggest you divide up the FIRST Championship account into divisions? Feeding all divisions simultaneously seems like too much information for most people (myself included). Anyone who wants all information can just subscribe to all four.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by FourPenguins

May I suggest you divide up the FIRST Championship account into divisions? Feeding all divisions simultaneously seems like too much information for most people (myself included). Anyone who wants all information can just subscribe to all four.

Excellent idea, thanks.

If anybody is curious, the server that runs the service went belly up today, so I am moving it to another server right now. It will be back twittering by tomorrow.