Divisions at Championship?

[Bcahn836]

If your prediction is right team 836 is in division 2. Is this a good thing?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

If your prediction is right team 836 is in division 2. Is this a good thing?

Being in the championship is always a good thing.

[David Hoff]

It's too bad these divisions aren't the real ones, I'ld love to be competing with/against these guys in division 2.

Originally Posted by John V. Neun

I'm still recovering from listening to 234's chairman's speech alllllllll weekend in Houston last year .

It's looks like you'll get to hear it again since we're a Chairman's finalist this year too .

[JVN]

Originally Posted by David Hoff

It's looks like you'll get to hear it again since we're a Chairman's finalist this year too .

I honestly can't wait.

Congratulations CB, good luck in Atlanta.

Originally Posted by David Hoff

It's too bad these divisions aren't the real ones, I'ld love to be competing with/against these guys in division 2.

Thats not necessarily true...

Raul made these predictions using the system they used last year, (which was kind of obvious how they did it )...and whats to stop them from using it again? I think he is right as long as no new teams qualify this weekend, and even if they do qualify, FIRST just might tack them on the end and start another 1-4 run...

[BillyGoats]

division two has two of the three FL winners... 61 and 945! Hopefully this is true.. but it probily will change becuase the winners from this weekends events have a chance to enter

[Jones571]

D2 also has two of the UTC winners if these are reallythe divisions

id say say that the national winner would deffanitly be out of this division

how nice would it be to see 571,45,33 all on the same alliance one can only dream

[Jensena]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Thats not necessarily true...

Raul made these predictions using the system they used last year, (which was kind of obvious how they did it )...and whats to stop them from using it again? I think he is right as long as no new teams qualify this weekend, and even if they do qualify, FIRST just might tack them on the end and start another 1-4 run...

What was the system they used last year anyways? I really didn't pay attention to it.

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Jensena

What was the system they used last year anyways? I really didn't pay attention to it.

They more or less tok the master list of teams that would be attending and counted off in fours. 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,etc... That was a simple and random way of deviding way of teams into the devisions, but it looks like this years software will be picking the teams for each devision...

[Raul]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Thats not necessarily true...

Raul made these predictions using the system they used last year, (which was kind of obvious how they did it )...and whats to stop them from using it again? I think he is right as long as no new teams qualify this weekend, and even if they do qualify, FIRST just might tack them on the end and start another 1-4 run...

Even if they do not add them at the end, if they do use this system and only a few teams are added, your team may still be in the same division as many of the teams shown. It depends on the team number that is added. For example, if team number 700 is added, then all teams before 700 will remain in the division I previously predicted and all teams above 700 will shift together one division up. If another team is added, the shift happens again at that point.

Anyway it is fun to speculate. I will fix the predictions and re-post after they update the team list after this weekend's competitions. I hope FIRST just beats me to it and publishes the divison lists soon.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Thats not necessarily true...

Raul made these predictions using the system they used last year, (which was kind of obvious how they did it )...and whats to stop them from using it again? I think he is right as long as no new teams qualify this weekend, and even if they do qualify, FIRST just might tack them on the end and start another 1-4 run...

Well there are at least 11 regional winners who weren't listed as comming. If they come up with the cash they cetainly will. Are we talking about over 300 teams this year?

[Raul]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Well there are at least 11 regional winners who weren't listed as comming. If they come up with the cash they cetainly will. Are we talking about over 300 teams this year?

Ed is right. Here are all the teams that just became eligible this weekend due to winning or charimans or Inspiration or Rookie All Star:

Canadian: 639, 1112, 1305
Lone Star: 57
Palmetto: 281, 11, 122, 1398
West Michigan: 1243, 141, 1024, 1272
Silicon Valley: 971, 852 (plus 3 more potential - they have not yet posted awards)

Congratulations to these teams (hope I didn't miss anyone) - come join us in Atlanta!

[Alex Cormier]

so whats the updated lists with those teams on there??

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Raul

Ed is right. Here are all the teams that just became eligible this weekend due to winning or charimans or Inspiration or Rookie All Star:

Canadian: 639, 1112, 1305
Lone Star: 57
Palmetto: 281, 11, 122, 1398
West Michigan: 1243, 141, 1024, 1272
Silicon Valley: 971, 852 (plus 3 more potential - they have not yet posted awards)

Congratulations to these teams (hope I didn't miss anyone) - come join us in Atlanta!

The sad part is not every team can afford to go to the championship even when they earn the right to go.
Sometimes life is so cruel and unfair.

[Raul]

Originally Posted by Raul

Ed is right. Here are all the teams that just became eligible this weekend due to winning or charimans or Inspiration or Rookie All Star:

Canadian: 639, 1112, 1305
Lone Star: 57
Palmetto: 281, 11, 122, 1398
West Michigan: 1243, 141, 1024, 1272
Silicon Valley: 971, 852 (plus 3 more potential - they have not yet posted awards)

Congratulations to these teams (hope I didn't miss anyone) - come join us in Atlanta!

7 more teams just joined:
57, 281, 971, 1112, 1272, 1305, 1398 (we are up to 289 teams at the Championship)

Plus 115 and 1422 are also eligible from SVR

Let's see what happens tomorrow.