2013 Greater Kansas City Regional

[Alpha Beta]

2nd Registration opens tomorrow, and we've got 8 slots left before we go to wait pool status.

1. 937
   
2. 938
   
3. 967
   
4. 1209
   
5. 1710
   
6. 1723
   
7. 1730
   
8. 1737
   
9. 1763
   
10. 1764
    
11. 1769
    
12. 1775
    
13. 1777
    
14. 1785
    
15. 1802
    
16. 1806
    
17. 1810
    
18. 1827
    
19. 1847
    
20. 1939
    
21. 1982
    
22. 1984
    
23. 1986
    
24. 1987
    
25. 1994
    
26. 1997
    
27. 2001
    
28. 2164
    
29. 2167
    
30. 2335
    
31. 2341
    
32. 2345
    
33. 2346
    
34. 2353
    
35. 2357
    
36. 2359
    
37. 2410
    
38. 2560
    
39. 2874
    
40. 3485
    
41. 3528
    
42. 3784
    
43. 3973
    
44. 4154
    
45. 4455
    
46. 4522

For those of you looking for a good week 3 regional, here are some facts.

A lot of parity in the field.

• No team has ever captained the winning alliance more than once. (2007 = 935; 2008 = 476; 2009 = 1806; 2010 = 2345; 2011 = 525; 2012 = 1986)
• No team has ever been on the winning alliance more than twice.

A deep top end. In 2012...

• 5 teams went on to seed #1 at another regional event: 16, 935, 1986, 2996, 3528
• 9 Teams total were part of alliances that won a regional
• 1/4th of last years field (16/64 teams) attended champs.

Currently 4 states are represented

• Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma

[treffk]

It is going to be a tough event like always! :-)

[CalTran]

You forgot that if you didn't win the year before, you won last year, then you have a pretty good shot at being the winning alliance the next year
2008 - 476 1802 1806
2009 - 1806 931 1208
2010 - 2345 525 931
2011 - 525 1730 3784
2012 - 1986 16 3784

It's statistics I tell you. Prediction, right now, and first: Either Bomb Squad or Titanium will be on the winning alliance next year.

[Alpha Beta]

Did you know...

3784, Bit by Bit 4-H Robotics, has never lost a regional. They share the record of 2 KC regional wins with 3 other teams (1806, 931 & 525). In 2013 they have a chance to be the first team in KC Regional history to win 3 in a row.

[Aren_Hill]

Silly little team from the middle of Iowa is joining, should be fun

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

Silly little team from the middle of Iowa is joining, should be fun

Neutrinos and your old team Winnovation (Illinois) too. Expecting some innovative machine designs to salivate over.

Did you know...
1730 has qualified for championships every year except for the two times they earned the WFFA at the KC Regional. Beware the curse of Woodie Flowers.

edit: 1710 is the only team to both win the WFFA at KC and qualify for champs that same year. (Chairman's and WFFA both in 2009).

[theawesome1730]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

Neutrinos and your old team Winnovation (Illinois) too. Expecting some innovative machine designs to salivate over.

Did you know...
1730 has qualified for championships every year except for the two times they earned the WFFA at the KC Regional. Beware the curse of Woodie Flowers.

edit: 1710 is the only team to both win the WFFA at KC and qualify for champs that same year. (Chairman's and WFFA both in 2009).

I don't think we won a WFFA in 2009... Not entirely sure though. All I know is 2008 and 2012. And yes the curse of the WFFA does exist and it sucks

I can't read. 1710, 1730 same thing right?

[CoreyBrown]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

1710, 1730 same thing right?

Close enough But really, GKC will have an awesome showing this year!

[CalTran]

Thread Le Bump.
Doing my usual Pre Event scouting, and'll post whatever I can find on here. As a side note, does anyone know if 4154 is competing at GKC or STL? The Blue Alliance has them scheduled for both so....

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Thread Le Bump.
Doing my usual Pre Event scouting, and'll post whatever I can find on here. As a side note, does anyone know if 4154 is competing at GKC or STL? The Blue Alliance has them scheduled for both so....

According to usfirst.org, they are attending STL.

[Alpha Beta]

Morenet has a test file up to make sure you will be able to view the stream. It worked well for me with IE, but not with chrome (which matches their suggested set-up).

FYI: It doesn't appear to play nice with my iPhone...

[lynca]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

Morenet has a test file up to make sure you will be able to view the stream. It worked well for me with IE, but not with chrome (which matches their suggested set-up).

FYI: It doesn't appear to play nice with my iPhone...

it doesn't work well with blue alliance link either.

But it works fine if you just download the asx file as part of windows media player

[CalTran]

So, here is Cal Tran's Pre Event Scouting data:
(Tried to keep the same format as the data posted to OKC last year.)

Teams that have previously competed:
1986 Team Titanium (Hub City Regional, Ranked 1)

55 Teams are attending; One team is attending their second regional, 54 teams are competing for the first time.
Of that one team, one team (1986) has made it to Eliminations. One of those one teams made it to the finals of their regional, and won it all.

Congratulations to the following accomplishments:
Team Titanium, 1986, on their Regional Win at Hub City as the Number 1 Seed
Team Titanium, 1986, for going undefeated for 17 straight wins at Hub City.
Team Titanium, 1986, for their Entrepreneurship Award at Hub City.
Team Titanium, 1986, for their Quality Award at Hub City.
Jay Urban, of Team Titanium, 1986, for being a FIRST Dean's List Finalist at Hub City

As you may have gathered, Team Titanium had a successful first weekend at Hub City.

Their average qualification match score was 86 points, with a median of 84 points. They have a standard deviation of 19.6 points. The minimum score in their qualifications was 60 points. Their high score was 130 points. (To put it in perspective, the average score for Week 1 Friday Night was 41.4 points (median of 38 points), not including CVR or HH.)

Come Eliminations, Titanium definitely stepped up their game. Average Elimination match score for them is 107.5 points, median score of 114.5 points. Standard deviation of 25 points. Minimum score, again, was 60 points, with a high score of 138 points.

Note: The scores that Titanium posted at Hub City are WITHOUT utilizing their 30 point hanging ability and strictly sticking to their 10 point hanger. Will the competition at GKC be stiff enough that they have to break out their 30 point guarantee? They have one of the fastest, if not the fastest, 30 point climber in attendance. Edit Edit: They did, at a point, use their 20 point hanger.

Edit: For those who care about OPR and CCWM, they have an OPR of 64.6, ranking them 4th in the world, and a CCWM of 59.6, ranking them 4th in the world.

Only time will tell as to whether 1986 will be able to repeat their performance at Greater Kansas City, and join the club of teams that win GKC two years in a row. Last year, 3784 got them admission into the club, and it will be interesting to see who Titanium brings as their guest.

All data taken from The Blue Alliance and Team 2834's Scouting Database v2.1 (By Ed Law)

[jspatz1]

Last year Time-Warner Cable Metro Sports provided some very nice, "ESPN style" coverage of the GKC elimination rounds on a tape-delayed basis, and rebroadcast it on 2 or 3 other occasions. I have inquired with TWC as to when that broadcast will be this year. If anyone knows please post it here.

A segment from the 2011 edition of that coverage is on this page: http://www.kcfirst.org/programs?qt-p...=0#qt-programs

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by CalTran

55 Teams are attending; One team is attending their second regional, 54 teams are competing for the first time.
Of that one team, one team (1986) has made it to Eliminations. One of those one teams made it to the finals of their regional, and won it all.

The known is not quite as scary as the unknown. There are 54 teams coming to the KC regional who have yet to show their hand for Ultimate Ascent, and they are each occupying a great deal of our attention as we prepare.

There is a reason no team has been able to captain the winning alliance two years in a row. The field in KC is very deep, and the qualification scheduling algorithm can have a major impact with 55 teams attending. In the 5 times we have attended the KC regional we have been regional winners only once, and finalists... never.

We've completed the first step in trying to bring a wild card to KC, and if we find ourselves fortunate enough to captain or be invited to join a top alliance our scouts excel at finding excellent late draft pick robots to compliment the alliance. Looking forward to seeing everyone's awesome machines in a couple of days.