[FRC BLOG] Bride of 2017 Updates

[jajabinx124]

8/23/16 FRC blog post.

Bride of 2017 Updates (Classic Sequel to '2017 Updates'. Many assert it's actually the better blog*.)
Written by Frank Merrick.


Israel transitioning to the District Model
It’s true! Israel is transitioning to the District Model in the 2017 Season. Welcome, Israel, to the District family!

Subdivision Names
In the 2017 Updates Blog we said we would be effectively adding four subdivisions to the eight we have now, bringing the total to 12 across both Championships. Here is the list of folks we are honoring by naming Championship subdivisions after them:

Marie Daly (d.2003)
Marie Daly, FIRST Championship St. Louis

Biochemist and the first black American woman to earn her PhD in Chemistry in the United States. She completed groundbreaking work on the causes of heart attacks and was an activist in getting minorities enrolled in medical schools and graduate science programs.

Charles Darwin (d.1882)
Charles Darwin, FIRST Championship St. Louis

Discovered (co-discovered?**) the Theory of Evolution.

Emily Roebling (d.1903)
Emily Roebling, FIRST Championship Houston

Even with no formal engineering education, still effectively drove the Brooklyn Bridge to completion for over ten years after her husband, official Chief Engineer for the project, became incapacitated with Caisson disease.

Alan Turing (d.1954)
Alan Turing, FIRST Championship Houston

Pioneer in the field of computer science. Creator of the concept now called the ‘Turing Machine’.

Subdivision Assignments
These new subdivision names, along with our existing names, will be assigned to the Championships as follows:

FIRST Championship Houston
Carver
Galileo
Hopper
Newton
Roebling
Turing

FIRST Championship St. Louis
Archimedes
Carson
Curie
Daly
Darwin
Tesla

Even more about 2017 to follow soon.

Frank

* Bride of Frankenstein: I know this film is from 1935, but it’s safe to say your cultural education is incomplete until you’ve seen it, in the same way your gustatory education is incomplete until you’ve eaten the Blazin’ Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese from Mr. Mac’s in Manchester, NH. Seriously, that’s some tasty mac and cheese.

** Charles Darwin

[sdangelo]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

FIRST Championship Houston
Carver
Galileo
Hopper
Newton
Roebling
Turing

FIRST Championship St. Louis
Archimedes
Carson
Curie
Daly
Darwin
Tesla

Good guy Frank separates Carson and Carver, removing some verbal confusion. Thanks Frank!

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Will both Championsplits have an Einstein division called Einstein?

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Will both Championsplits have an Einstein division called Einstein?

Probably. The question is going to be whether they keep the two fields for Einstein in each event, or have Mass in one and Energy in the other.

[IndySam]

I can't believe that there is no discussion about "The Bride of Frankenstein" being a possible game hint

[EricH]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I can't believe that there is no discussion about "The Bride of Frankenstein" being a possible game hint

Nah, too obvious. They're bringing back an old game and playing it again but different. The question is which one, and I'm not willing to take a guess--there's only 24 of them to choose from.

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by EricH

Nah, too obvious. They're bringing back an old game and playing it again but different. The question is which one, and I'm not willing to take a guess--there's only 24 of them to choose from.

Well it's probably not gonna be 2008 and 2014. 1 in 22 seems like good enough odds

[dodar]

Originally Posted by EricH

Nah, too obvious. They're bringing back an old game and playing it again but different. The question is which one, and I'm not willing to take a guess--there's only 24 of them to choose from.

But isnt Frankenstein, and his bride, put together with parts from a bunch of different bodies? Would lend to believe of another amalgamation of previous games.

[jwfoss]

Originally Posted by dodar

But isnt Frankenstein, and his bride, put together with parts from a bunch of different bodies? Would lend to believe of another amalgamation of previous games.

2004.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I can't believe that there is no discussion about "The Bride of Frankenstein" being a possible game hint

An assembly (NOT stacking) game could be very cool.
I'm envisioning a cross between Logomotion and Hangman, then flip the switch and the figure comes alive to sing "Puttin' on the Ritz"

RIP Frank Barone

[mwmac]

I wish the powers that be had considered a Hawking subdivision given that the gentleman is still alive (will be 75 in January, 2017).

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by mwmac

I wish the powers that be had considered a Hawking subdivision given that the gentleman is still alive (will be 75 in January, 2017).

Good idea. Although maybe they have a rule like stamps - can't honor any living person.

But if it's a game involving throwing things, I could imagine a game announcer saying "hurling on Hawking."

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Probably. The question is going to be whether they keep the two fields for Einstein in each event, or have Mass in one and Energy in the other.

My vote is for Mass and Photoelectric in one, Energy and Relativity in the other. On the photoelectric effect and general relativity hang all of modern physics.

[efoote868]

I sent Frank an email about this a while ago. Glad to finally have the answer

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Probably. The question is going to be whether they keep the two fields for Einstein in each event, or have Mass in one and Energy in the other.

E=mc^2 has four parts, maybe they will be Energy and Mass at one and the Speed of Light and Squared at the other?