Question: Championship Divisions

[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*

[mjazzka]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

OK, so somehow I had 280 duplicated (must have added over the weekend) here is a new one where 67 and 2056 are not together but Archi is still very good. Tell me if you see any other errors

Archi	Curie 	Galileo	Newton
1	11	16	20
25	27	33	39
45	47	48	49
56	60	61	65
67	68	70	71
75	79	85	86
88	93	102	107
111	115	118	120
121	122	125	126
131	135	138	141
148	151	155	159
168	175	176	177
179	180	188	190
191	195	201	203
207	217	222	226
228	230	231	233
234	236	245	247
254	263	271	279
280	281	287	292
303	314	326	329
337	339	340	341
343	346	353	358
359	360	364	365
368	375	386	395
399	418	433	435
440	461	469	488
492	494	499	503
529	533	538	548
555	558	573	578
585	597	604	612
620	624	665	668
692	704	708	714
716	744	753	766
768	811	815	816
830	832	842	846
852	857	862	868
870	894	904	910
922	930	931	932
967	971	973	980
987	999	1002	1013
1014	1023	1024	1038
1058	1086	1089	1098
1099	1108	1114	1124
1138	1155	1165	1195
1208	1209	1218	1250
1261	1266	1270	1287
1288	1289	1302	1305
1311	1318	1323	1332
1334	1341	1350	1390
1421	1425	1429	1450
1458	1477	1502	1503
1506	1507	1511	1516
1519	1527	1535	1538
1540	1547	1551	1555
1557	1561	1566	1569
1577	1592	1598	1601
1622	1625	1629	1646
1649	1657	1662	1675
1676	1700	1706	1710
1712	1714	1717	1726
1730	1731	1732	1739
1742	1743	1745	1746
1747	1771	1772	1796
1806	1807	1811	1829
1834	1836	1868	1872
1885	1893	1902	1918
1923	1927	1983	1986
1987	2004	2039	2056
2067	2070	2169	2173
2185	2188	2194	2214
2220	2230	2234	2283
2340	2344	2348	2354
2377	2415	2443	2470
2486	2500	2520	2543
2549	2550	2579	2587
2590	2609	2620	2621
2635	2638	2642	2655
2659	2702	2729	2741
2753	2771	2775	2779
2783	2791	2809	2813
2815	2826	2834	2836
2844	2848	2866	2874
2875	2877	2884	2890
2910	2915	2936	2970
2992	2996	3009	3010
3020	3059	3062	3075
3091	3105

Maybe I'm the only one who sees this, but isnt 67 in Galileo? Or am I reading First's website wrong? And I am pretty sure 624 is in Archie, lol I've seen us in Galileo, Archie, and now Curie. Whats goin on? Sorry if someone already caught this...

[Greg Peshek]

Originally Posted by mjazzka

Maybe I'm the only one who sees this, but isnt 67 in Galileo? Or am I reading First's website wrong? And I am pretty sure 624 is in Archie, lol I've seen us in Galileo, Archie, and now Curie. Whats goin on? Sorry if someone already caught this...

Those were the predicted divisions according to an algorithm he was trying to use to guess what FIRST would do. You changed divisions because he kept adding teams before you, so you would shift over according to the algorithm.