Divisional Preview

[MissDaisyGirl]

Well thank you for making me anxious for no reason.

I was perfectly fine sitting at my desk at work oblivious to what division I was in.

/sigh

Back to work... Someone wake me when the actual ones are posted!

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by MissDaisyGirl

Well thank you for making me anxious for no reason.

I was perfectly fine sitting at my desk at work oblivious to what division I was in.

/sigh

Back to work... Someone wake me when the actual ones are posted!

Haha, same here. Back to my paper/school then work!

Oh well, that was fun...

[Peter Matteson]

FIRST has gotten upset about hijacked links in the past. They just don't know how to hide from the Google spiders for long. Anyways it doesn't mean anything until it's officially, which will probably be 5pm like when they usually let it out.

[Dancin103]

Yes, thank you for the excitement. Where did y'all find this? Just out of curiosity. Maybe I shouldn't ask, my post my get deleted or censored. lol jk

375 post, yay Robotic Plague!

Cass

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

...which will probably be 5pm...

It may be sooner then you think...

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Hopefully the division selection gods will keep 1114 away from 469, for the sake of exciting matches on Einstein...

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

It may be sooner then you think...

Sooner? I'll take that. Are you talking about 5 pm today? They used to release it at like 12:30 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. Just some past experience. Although I don't know why we are all getting worked up over this. lol

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

It may be sooner then you think...

My question is, so what if we found it earlier than they wanted to "officially" release it. Since it was found, why not just release it? Now I'm expecting them to take it back and generate a new set of divisions, because of the leak. I don't understand why knowing what the divisions are matters when leaked a day or two early. It doesnt change any of the strategy, it just lets you know what strategies you might have to employ.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

My question is, so what if we found it earlier than they wanted to "officially" release it. Since it was found, why not just release it? Now I'm expecting them to take it back and generate a new set of divisions, because of the leak. I don't understand why knowing what the divisions are matters when leaked a day or two early. It doesnt change any of the strategy, it just lets you know what strategies you might have to employ.

I totally agree with you, knowing today makes no difference that knowing yesterday, or the day after. The only think that makes it having a difference is the time frame for scouting before hand. All I have to say is Good Luck to all teams.

[Justin Montois]

I posted this in the rumor mill because i fully expected them to change. This was meant to be a fun way to build excitment before the official release. Nothing unethical was meant by it and dont regard any of this as official. So much for a fun rumor thread...

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

I posted this in the rumor mill because i fully expected them to change. This was meant to be a fun way to build excitment before the official release. Nothing unethical was meant by it and dont regard any of this as official. So much for a fun rumor thread...

I had fun.

[BrendanB]

It was fun, especially when you are searching around different sites to find it!

I think when you and Alex responded you guys seemed to give it more of an "official" sense which drove people up the wall thinking that FIRST had hidden it for us and you two knew where it was!

If I was you, I would have predicted where the top 10 teams in each division would have gone and watched to see if they would have come true!

Thanks for posting it gave me something to laugh about today!

[Travis Hoffman]

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Just take it easy guys. Don't make FIRST's job any harder than it is - imagine what happens around Championship payment deadline time (i.e. now). They're working very hard to handle a number of teams' needs right now. People may be dropping - some may be adding in at the last minute. I imagine it's rather hectic.

Patience is a virtue. Let them release their divisions on their own terms.

I'd wait until the team list links for each division show up on this page:

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...nt.aspx?id=432

[Pat Fairbank]

FIRST's test event schedule page is showing Newton right now... which matches up with Justin's original preview of 16 and 67...

http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/eve...edulequal.html

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

...snip...

But which doesn't match up with Alex Cormier's preview of 399 being in Galileo. These clearly are still very much in flux.