Question: Championship Divisions

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by Jared341

SOME OF THEM ARE UP!?

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....9&sort=teamnum

EDIT: While incomplete, what's up now is COMPLETELY different from anything posted here...

If this is correct im super excited, im with some teams i was hoping to be with since they signed up for Atlanta.

[MrForbes]

looks pretty random when you sort by team number and look at division...

Yay, we're with 842! and 148 and 1625 and 33 and 16 and.....

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by squirrel

looks pretty random when you sort by team number and look at division...

Yay, we're with 842! and 148 and 1625 and 33 and 16 and.....

Newton looks like a great division to play in - some really awesome teams to be found! Including the NERDS, Pink Team, Cyber-Blue, X-Cats,...

I'm really excited to have the chance to play with Bomb Squad (Team 16 has literally been part of my family, but I don't believe we've shared a field since I joined Team 980 in 2003).

[Jared Russell]

After looking through these divisions a couple times, I think there are some pretty significant differences in depth.

Galileo looks to me to be the most accomplished field, followed by Curie, Newton, and Archimedes (IMO).

[Bob Steele]

There does not seem to be any apparent order that the teams were picked if you look at the number sorting. Nothing like what we have seen in the past.
Must be a random sort by number or they used some other sorting parameter.

We look forward to playing in Curie...

[Tyler Hicks]

Does Anybody know what TV channels The Championship will be on???? And what times??

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Tyler Hicks

Does Anybody know what TV channels The Championship will be on???? And what times??

NASA TV generally carries Championship on Friday and Saturday (all day). Hopefully, the event stays on schedule so the finals on Einstein are broadcast.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Tyler Hicks

Does Anybody know what TV channels The Championship will be on???? And what times??

The Championship information page on the FIRST web site includes this:

*Live viewing of the Championship courtesy of NASA - NASA will Web cast the event. You may also view it on NASA TV.

That's the best and most official schedule I know how to find.

[Alex Cormier]

I haven't checked...

Maybe some how there is a fancy algorithm for this. Possibly... add all the team numbers up for each division and see where it goes from there?

[waialua359]

So Dave,
how did you do it?

We're always in Newton or Galileo every year. At least our HP, who pushes the cart wont have to walk as far.
Wait, are they switching the locations of the divisions also?

[Brad Voracek]

Originally Posted by waialua359

So Dave,
how did you do it?

We're always in Newton or Galileo every year. At least our HP, who pushes the cart wont have to walk as far.
Wait, are they switching the locations of the divisions also?

I'm pretty sure Dave doesn't have much to do with the division selections... And it would be interesting if they switched positions of the playing fields too, but I doubt it.

We've been on Galileo or Newton every year I've been on the team also.. Except this year. Curie here we come!

[dodar]

I hope they do cause we are in Archimedes and since ive never been on the drive team, everyone else that has says it is SO FAR AWAY!!!

[Collin Fultz]

Originally Posted by waialua359

So Dave,
how did you do it?

It'd be cool if they did it where 4 people got in a room with a list of teams. Each person was in charge of a division and they just went 1-4, 4-1, 1-4,... to pick teams for their division. Granted, this would probably take for ever, and there is probably a much more involved explanation, but I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that room.

[Rick]

My guess is they simply randomized the list of teams, then went ABCD ABCD down the new randomized list.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

My guess is they simply randomized the list of teams, then went ABCD ABCD down the new randomized list.

*Sees an image of a giant team list shuffling around on a huge screen. Yells out "Randomizer, Randomizer Oy Oy Oy" then ignores weird look from roommate*