Go to Post After all, it's not where you are but the people you're with that make it worth while. - RoboJedi75 [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Competition > Championship Event
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
Closed Thread
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #46   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 11-04-2009, 08:44
canadiankid1029 canadiankid1029 is offline
Registered User
FRC #2344 (Saunders Droid Factory)
Team Role: Electrical
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Yonkers, NY
Posts: 14
canadiankid1029 is an unknown quantity at this point
Send a message via AIM to canadiankid1029
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by David Brinza View Post
Isn't there something special about being the last pick in alliance selections? The drama is just incredible!!
Couldnt agree more, its a nerve racking experience!
__________________

2009- NJ Regional Champions
NYC Regional Finalists and Chairman's Award Winner

2008-NYC Rookie All-Star and Highest Rookie Seed
CT- Rookie Inspiration
  #47   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 11-04-2009, 18:51
Chris is me's Avatar
Chris is me Chris is me is offline
no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,797
Chris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Chris is me
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by canadiankid1029 View Post
Couldnt agree more, its a nerve racking experience!
One of the only things I like about serpentine draft is the suspense in "who will be the first alliance's third pick" intensity.

Then again, I shouldn't complain, if it weren't for that same serpentine draft I wouldn't even be in FRC.
__________________
Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
--2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
Mentor / Consultant Person: 2170 (2017-?)
.
College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
-- 2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design -- 2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
-- 2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
-- 2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 MN 10K Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
2791 Build Season Photo Gallery - Look here for mechanism photos My Robotics Blog (Updated April 11 2014)
  #48   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 11-04-2009, 21:14
234smidget's Avatar
234smidget 234smidget is offline
Registered User
AKA: megan
FRC #0234 (CyberBlue234)
Team Role: Student
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: indianapolis
Posts: 58
234smidget will become famous soon enough
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

I agree with other users, the third pick will vary from team to team depending on scouting and strategy. As well, for some mysterious reason a team who struggled or did amazing during the regional may malfunction at Atlanta. Who really knows. It will be interesting to see who the 8 alliances are.


(but what i do know that a Newton division winner will be the champions)
__________________
The Sign on the Door of Opportunity READS PUSH
  #49   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 02:01
tsiersema tsiersema is offline
Tyler Siersema
FRC #1918 (NC GEARS (Newaygo County Enthused About Robotic Solutions))
Team Role: Communications
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Fremont
Posts: 12
tsiersema is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Well i dont know exactly but we do have a good bunch of robots but the other divisions watch out for the MICHIGAN teams they are amazing. but we are an excellent scorer let me tell u, thats why we have the GM award every district we went to
__________________
  #50   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 02:48
ShaunT ShaunT is offline
Registered User
FRC #0217 (ThunderChickens)
Team Role: Driver
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Washington, MI
Posts: 17
ShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud ofShaunT has much to be proud of
Send a message via AIM to ShaunT
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Not to knock 1918, you guys do unload very quickly, but you really shouldn't get cocky. The other robots here are good at what they do too; don't be surprised if good defense is played against you.
__________________
  #51   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 11:42
Chris is me's Avatar
Chris is me Chris is me is offline
no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,797
Chris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond reputeChris is me has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Chris is me
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aren_Hill View Post
We've thought about it, and after watching last year's championship matches again, we think team 148 would be a decent 2nd rounder.

Our plan is to hopefully grab 148 in the 2nd round
If they don't grab you first

Man, it would be just about the greatest thing ever to be the third pick of 148 / 1625. Scoring machine, scoring machine...
__________________
Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
--2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
Mentor / Consultant Person: 2170 (2017-?)
.
College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
-- 2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design -- 2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
-- 2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
-- 2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 MN 10K Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
2791 Build Season Photo Gallery - Look here for mechanism photos My Robotics Blog (Updated April 11 2014)
  #52   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 11:49
#2970-Dan's Avatar
#2970-Dan #2970-Dan is offline
Registered User
AKA: Danny
FRC #2970 (eSchool E-bots)
Team Role: Mechanical
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Kenosha Wi
Posts: 5
#2970-Dan will become famous soon enough
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

If were talking about a second round team, then your talking about a team that is pretty dang decent (they have to be to get picked at nationals) yet no one has really heard of them. Im not talking about a team that hasnt been heard of because they did crapy, you still want a team that has performed well without being noticed. Being a rookie team this year, i honestly don't plan on making it to the top eight but i dont think that team 2970 is a bad team what so ever, scoring almost all of the 117 points in the minnesota finals while 79s loader broke down would strike me as a bad team!
  #53   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 13:03
JonellGregor's Avatar
JonellGregor JonellGregor is offline
Registered User
AKA: Jonell Gregor
FRC #0079 (Team Krunch)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
Posts: 98
JonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud of
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by #2970-Dan View Post
Being a rookie team this year, i honestly don't plan on making it to the top eight but i dont think that team 2970 is a bad team what so ever, scoring almost all of the 117 points in the minnesota finals while 79s loader broke down would strike me as a bad team!
Team 79's loader didn't break down. It was jammed but not for the whole match. It was only jammed for the last thirty seconds. We did score quite a few times. I know for sure we dumped twice(if not more) and one of the times I remember was doing a double dump with you guys. I went back and watched the match(they showed the drivers too much) and saw at least two. You guys are an awesome team , I just don't want you giving us a bad rep.
__________________
Orlando Regional FB Page: http://www.Facebook.com/orlandofrc
Orlando Regional Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/orlandofrc

RoboShow Twitter: www.Twitter.com/RoboShowlive
RoboShow Website: http://www.theroboshow.net
  #54   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 13:29
thefro526's Avatar
thefro526 thefro526 is offline
Mentor for Hire.
AKA: Dustin Benedict
no team (EWCP, MAR, FRC 708)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,599
thefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to thefro526 Send a message via MSN to thefro526
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by tsiersema View Post
Well i dont know exactly but we do have a good bunch of robots but the other divisions watch out for the MICHIGAN teams they are amazing. but we are an excellent scorer let me tell u, thats why we have the GM award every district we went to
Excellent Scorers Can get pinned in the corner just as easily as anyone else. It might be better for you to stop hyping your team up so much, it'll only lead to one thing - Defense.

Did I mention that 612 is one of the Best second picks (third robots) on Newton?
__________________
-Dustin Benedict
2005-2012 - Student & Mentor FRC 816
2012-2014 - Technical Mentor, 2014 Drive Coach FRC 341
Current - Mentor FRC 2729, FRC 708
  #55   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 16:55
JonellGregor's Avatar
JonellGregor JonellGregor is offline
Registered User
AKA: Jonell Gregor
FRC #0079 (Team Krunch)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
Posts: 98
JonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud ofJonellGregor has much to be proud of
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
It might be better for you to stop hyping your team up so much, it'll only lead to one thing - Defense.
I couldn't agree more. You don't want teams coming in knowing they have to play hard defense on you. You want those few beginning matches where they don't know what to do with you yet.
__________________
Orlando Regional FB Page: http://www.Facebook.com/orlandofrc
Orlando Regional Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/orlandofrc

RoboShow Twitter: www.Twitter.com/RoboShowlive
RoboShow Website: http://www.theroboshow.net
  #56   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 17:08
#2970-tim's Avatar
#2970-tim #2970-tim is offline
Registered User
AKA: Tim
FRC #2970 (E-School e-Bots)
Team Role: Driver
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Kenosha, WI
Posts: 10
#2970-tim is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

I try to keep out of the corners. Only becuase like you guys were talking about, you get trapped like a son of a gun. Not saying im never in the corner but i try to stay out of it. Good luck everyone in Atlanta.
__________________
2009 Wisconsin Highest Rookie Seed
2009 Wisconsin Finalist
2009 Wisconsin GM Industrial Design Award
2009 North Star Rookie All-Star
2009 North Star Winner
  #57   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 17:13
EricH's Avatar
EricH EricH is offline
New year, new team
FRC #1197 (Torbots)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: SoCal
Posts: 19,832
EricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonell:) View Post
I couldn't agree more. You don't want teams coming in knowing they have to play hard defense on you. You want those few beginning matches where they don't know what to do with you yet.
Yeah. 'Course, I do remember one team in 2007 came in with 2 regional wins and they didn't get much defense until their second match--their first, they made one ring solo and had another tube on and were about to get another on when the match ended. That kind of thing didn't exactly last long, though, as their alliances didn't do that sort of thing again until elims.

You come in plugging your team, you make any target they do have bigger. To make matters worse (unless you are that good), divisions are MUCH tougher than regionals. If you can't back up the talk, you may set up a reputation for your team as a team that talks big and walks small. I personally would much rather have a reputation as a team that talks small (or not at all) and walks tall.

Let others do the plugging for you. It works out better.
__________________
Past teams:
2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons

"Rockets are tricky..."--Elon Musk

  #58   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 20:43
dabeast13's Avatar
dabeast13 dabeast13 is offline
Registered User
AKA: Paul
FRC #2970 (E-bots)
Team Role: Leadership
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Kenosha WI
Posts: 5
dabeast13 will become famous soon enoughdabeast13 will become famous soon enough
Cool Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

As captain of team 2970 I would like to appologize for the posts of my fellow team members. Sometimes they let their enthusiasm run away with them.

It was thanks to team 79 that we even made it to the eliminations. We made an amazing alliance along with 2549. Go Neon alliance!!! I would also like point out that 79 didn't break during the finals. They made 3 spectacular dumps during the match. They just smushed a ball with their sheer power. That was an amazing match. I can still feel the excitement. We love you guys!!!

I think that 2549 would make just as good of a 2nd pick as they did in North Star. Seriously check them out.
__________________
2009 Wisconsin Highest Rookie Seed
2009 Wisconsin Finalist
2009 Wisconsin GM Industrial Design Award
2009 North Star Rookie All-Star
2009 North Star Winner
  #59   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2009, 23:27
Starke Starke is offline
Producer at The RoboSportsNetwork
AKA: Matt Starke
FRC #0174 (Arctic Warriors); (Alumni: 340 (GRR), 1126 (SparX))
Team Role: Leadership
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Rochester NY
Posts: 691
Starke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond reputeStarke has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Best 3rd Pick in Newton

Quote:
Originally Posted by rees2001 View Post
I still think back to '04 when we were hoping to pick 67 & 1126 like we did in Buckeye. As it turns out our second pick from Buckeye picked us second... after picking 67 1st.
I remember that! Good point Rees!
__________________


Team 340 | G.R.R. | Alumni/Mentor | 2003-2007, 2010
Team 1126 | SparX | Engineer | 2008-2009
FRCDesigns.com | Engineer | 2011 - Present
Team 174 | Arctic Warriors | Advisor | 2012 - Present
Closed Thread


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What do you think is the best way to pick up the ball? Jamin008 Technical Discussion 5 14-01-2008 20:47
3rd pressure gauge? Maximus123 Pneumatics 1 07-02-2007 00:30
Sponsers: Whats the best way to pick THEM up? Wetzel Chit-Chat 2 06-05-2002 22:32
Girls: Whats the best way to pick you up? Wetzel Chit-Chat 305 06-05-2002 16:47
3rd party software Markfuscius 3D Animation and Competition 7 02-02-2002 18:47


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 14:28.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi