Divisions at Championship?

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Being in the championship is always a good thing.

Yes i know, but division 2 sounds very very strong. We are a contender and don't count us out, but there are better teams that have better robots.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

Yes i know, but division 2 sounds very very strong. We are a contender and don't count us out, but there are better teams that have better robots.

In past years that may have been the case but this competition is so unpredictable that I truly belive that many robots have a really good shot of rising to the top.
Plus all the divisions contain regional winners and technical award winners so any division you end up in will be a fight to the finish.
Just remember to bring your A game, my friend.

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

In past years that may have been the case but this competition is so unpredictable that I truly belive that many robots have a really good shot of rising to the top.
Plus all the divisions contain regional winners and technical award winners so any division you end up in will be a fight to the finish.
Just remember to bring your A game, my friend.

Yes i agree, we have our strong points but maybe not the best points.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

Yes i agree, we have our strong points but maybe not the best points.

But if you get hooked up with an allince partner that can take advnatage of your strong points then you will do quite well.

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

But if you get hooked up with an allince partner that can take advnatage of your strong points then you will do quite well.

That is another thing. Last year in Houston we had a very very good robot, but 5 of our alliances did not show up, and didn't even send a Human Player. The other matches our alliances were disabled for some odd reason. So my point is this you cannot depend on your alliance to win you a championship. Maybe it was just bad luck, i hope it was just bad luck, and i hope we have rid ourselves of this bad luck.

[soccerstar16]

hey im personally sayin that i dont think that the list will end up like that. but no matter how it ends up. you will be seein team 48 Delphi ELITE showing you a great performance from our drivers, our shooter, our engineers, our teachers, and the students. Team 48 is coming loud and strong. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS GOIN TO BE THERE! Team 48 wishes you the best. P.S. CONGRATS go out to 1006 and 1114 at the canadian regional.

[Guyute]

sorry to get off topic, but as i was reading this i too want to know a bit more on this system they had last year with choosing divisions. when FIRST uses that 12341234 do they start at the lowest numbered team and count up or do they just start somewhere in the middle and go full circle?

Originally Posted by Guyute

sorry to get off topic, but as i was reading this i too want to know a bit more on this system they had last year with choosing divisions. when FIRST uses that 12341234 do they start at the lowest numbered team and count up or do they just start somewhere in the middle and go full circle?

If Im not mistaken, last year they started with team 1 and went 1234 1234 all the way through the list

[suneel112]

I don't really mind. Our team will do well, as long as it is allied with a good, strong hanger/auto ball dumper

Although I still wish we were in division 1, to form "the old alliance" - 27,111,461

Now that the autonomous on all three is working well, I don't see how we'll lose

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If I see John-V-Neun on one more person's "info" who isn't the REAL John-V-Neun

I'll go CRAZY!!!

btw, who is John-V-Neun and what is he idolized for?

[rees2001]

The system was different 2 & 3 years ago. 2 years ago they lined up the teams from 1 - ... & the first 10 or so from each row went to 1 division, the next 10 went to the 2nd division, the next 10 to the 3rd & the last 10 to the 4th. They repeated this for each row and that was it. (if my memory serves me right.) I can't remember how they did it in 2001 & I know there weren't divisions in 2000. That was a fun year. I'm not sure if we ever really thanked 22 for picking us way back then. If not, thanks.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by suneel112

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If I see John-V-Neun on one more person's "info" who isn't the REAL John-V-Neun

I'll go CRAZY!!!

btw, who is John-V-Neun and what is he idolized for?

Hi Suneel112,
I'm JVN. I'm a college student majoring in mechanical engineering at Clarkson University in upstate NY, and a mentor on team 229. I like FIRST.

I don't know why I'm idolized.

Nice to meet you ,
John

[ngreen]

I just don't see them sticking to the same system. They've got to re-shuffle the deck.

[David Hoff]

Originally Posted by ngreen

I just don't see them sticking to the same system. They've got to re-shuffle the deck.

I see no reason why they wouldn't stick with the same system. It makes sure there is an even mix of vetran teams and younger teams throuh the different divisions and ensures that the teams are random. The past system was also very easy to impliment.

[ngreen]

Originally Posted by David Hoff

I see no reason why they wouldn't stick with the same system. It makes sure there is an even mix of vetran teams and younger teams throuh the different divisions and ensures that the teams are random. The past system was also very easy to impliment.

Yeah it is easy to implement but it can leave a lot of teams together in the same division they were in last year. There will be lots of change but you could gurantee more teams were broken apart by changing the pattern.