Best Team by State

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by sgreco

39 is from Arizona. I would pick 987 from Nevada seeing as they are the only team from Nevada to take home a national title, and have numerous other qualifications as well.

ouch... i usually dont make mistakes like that... o well. I would pick 987 from NV as well... not sure why i didn't the first time

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by robochick1319

It is somewhat funny that when a person says "not to be a jerk", they usually follow with a somewhat rude comment. But I do understand what you mean. I didn't mean to suggest that the whole discussion was pointless (and I apologize if it came off that way). I was merely suggesting that the quality of the discussion could be better. For instance, people could provide concrete examples or legitimate statistics to show their opinions as opposed to simple speculation.

Well, it wouldn't make much sense to say "not to be a jerk", or, "no offense". then say something nice...

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

Not a chance, good teams, but 343 is the bar in SC period

after that there are a many teams vying for #2 (342, 1102, 1398, etc)

As part of 1102 i'm impressed with 343 but our team is drastically changing we still got everyone in SC on the FTC front

[robochick1319]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Well, it wouldn't make much sense to say "not to be a jerk", or, "no offense". then say something nice...

Lol well that is true. However, it is not necessary to precede such negative comments with promises of positive intentions. I'm a big girl; I can handle just the comment.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Lee Reid 3136

An excellent point. I hadn't even thought of 122 mainly because I'm a rookie, i haven't been around that much and they didn't really strike me as that good of a team the little I saw them this year.

They won the Chairman's Award at VCU, and they didn't strike you as "that good?"

[sgreco]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

They won the Chairman's Award at VCU, and they didn't strike you as "that good?"

This sort fo brings up a good point, some people are looking for all around qualifications for greatness and others are looking at performance on the field. To a rookie member who was presumably just looking at robot performance, although 122 was good, I can agree that this year some teams were on higer competitive level. The conversations are interesting because everyone has a slightly different percenatge of each factor that weighs into a teams accomplishments.

[Lee Reid 3136]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

They won the Chairman's Award at VCU, and they didn't strike you as "that good?"

*facepalm* Forgot able that... and I was thinking a bit more in the terms of robot performance. Taking in to account the Chairman's award...I don't know who I put in the top spot...1086 and 122 would probably be top two. 1522 in third and 422 in fourth. Beyond that I don't know, maybe 1676, they're from New Jersey but they pretty handily cleaned up the Virginia Regional.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Lee Reid 3136

*facepalm* Forgot able that... and I was thinking a bit more in the terms of robot performance. Taking in to account the Chairman's award...I don't know who I put in the top spot...1086 and 122 would probably be top two. 1522 in third and 422 in fourth. Beyond that I don't know, maybe 1676, they're from New Jersey but they pretty handily cleaned up the Virginia Regional.

I started writing a post about several Virginia teams and their histories. But I don't want to divert this thread further. You should do a little research into what Virginia teams have done at other regionals/championship and the history of teams like 612, 384, and 1731.

[Mrs.Drake343]

1772 is an awesome team from Brazil. They were very tough competition at Palmetto this year!

It is humbling (and really cool) to have some many say that 343 is one of the best in SC. BUT based on other factors...

342 and 1398 are very strong Chairman's teams every year. I also have a feeling that 2815 may be jumping into that next year.

343 won our first little safety pin EVER this year at Florida (kind of pathetic)...1319 wins a Safety Award EVERY year and sometimes at multiple regionals.

As stated earlier 1102 does dominate SC with their FTC teams. They also showed this year that they can regroup and be successful after a bad showing. They went from Florida...where they had issues... and then to Palmetto and where they were Finalists!

Now with my completely prejudice opinion, of course I think 343 is the best, but I also just love 1398!! They work extremely hard and have always been successful...just not always with robots. But now thanks to 2815 their robots will probably become very competitive!

[Bruneau1727]

I find this thread extremely interesting. I started looking at the teams in MD and realized that there are 3 teams with 1 chairman's award and 1 regional win. All three teams also have an engineering inspiration award. There are also a lot of teams that perform superbly at competitions. i think that in maryland we will have to wait until next year to pick the best team!!!!

[hallk]

Don't think any has mentioned this so far but for MN it has to bee 1816 in my book.

[CENTURION]

If I may be so humble...

1306 for WI (for this year at least, hardly overall)

We won the Regional Chairmans Award AND managed to make it to the quarterfinals (if you saw our robot, you would know that was somewhat of a feat, it's basically a moving box, no kicker, no lifting, no "dribblers")
We made quarterfinals at the Championship too, placing 5th in Curie, and somewhere around 18th in the whole championship.

[548swimmer]

I would have to say 67 for MI. We do most of our machining out at Milford Proving Grounds and occasionally run into them. They're always nice to talk with and offer assistance at every turn. Not to mention the 3 World Champiomships thing.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by CENTURION

If I may be so humble...

1306 for WI (for this year at least, hardly overall)

We won the Regional Chairmans Award AND managed to make it to the quarterfinals (if you saw our robot, you would know that was somewhat of a feat, it's basically a moving box, no kicker, no lifting, no "dribblers")
We made quarterfinals at the Championship too, placing 5th in Curie, and somewhere around 18th in the whole championship.

I'd say this year, (I am just as humble) 1714 or 1732 would have to count. EI + Regional Win and 2 SFs, or 2 Wins and QFs, with robots that have active manipulators.

If history repeats itself with regards to WI Chairman's winners, you're on the right track though, and will improve greatly once again.

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by hallk

Don't think any has mentioned this so far but for MN it has to bee 1816 in my book.

Though I'm less familiar with MN teams than I am with teams from my own region, I'd like to second this. We worked with them in Atlanta in 2007, which brought them to my attention. I've been impressed with them ever since.