2007 Championship Divisions

[Richard McClellan]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

As of ship date:
216 teams
35 States
2 Canadian Provinces
1 team from Peurto Rico

State with the most teams at the championship: Michigan with 35. New York is next with 19 followed by New Jersey with 18.

CURIE GALEIO NEWTON ARCHIMEDIES

4 16 20 25
27 33 34 45
47 48 49 56
58 60 63 65
66 67 68 70
71 74 79 85
86 88 93 95
97 103 107 108
111 116 121 122
125 126 128 135
138 141 148 151
155 159 168 173
175 176 177 178
179 180 190 191
192 195 203 217
223 224 226 231
233 234 236 237
238 246 247 250
254 271 279 288
292 294 302 314
316 326 329 335
337 339 340 341
342 343 348 353
357 358 362 365
375 386 395 401
435 456 457 461
469 476 494 498
503 522 527 537
540 555 573 604
611 614 618 619
648 668 670 677
694 703 714 716
744 752 768 811
816 830 842 857
862 910 922 967
987 989 1001 1002
1011 1024 1026 1029
1033 1038 1057 1086
1089 1100 1111 1114
1124 1126 1137 1141
1153 1188 1208 1218
1230 1289 1311 1319
1323 1341 1403 1418
1450 1501 1502 1503
1504 1506 1510 1511
1515 1527 1533 1535
1559 1563 1592 1595
1598 1617 1624 1646
1647 1649 1655 1662
1675 1676 1680 1700
1712 1714 1730 1731
1732 1746 1795 1811
1816 1817 1856 1868
1872 1885 1902 1929

how exactly do all of these teams qualify to go to nationals before even going to the regional? I know that if you win chairman's, then you get to go to nationals forever, but how else are all of these veteran teams already guaranteed a spot?

[TD78]

Originally Posted by richardmcc2

how exactly do all of these teams qualify to go to nationals before even going to the regional? I know that if you win chairman's, then you get to go to nationals forever, but how else are all of these veteran teams already guaranteed a spot?

They all signed up when registration opened for Championships towards the end of last year. More teams will be added as the regionals progress.

[Metalhugginman]

KoKo, you are always thinking slightly outside the box. Has anyone ever done a "Fantasy Robotics" game? You sound like the man to do it.
Good luck to everyone this year.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Gil Huggins

Has anyone ever done a "Fantasy Robotics" game?

You might want to check this section of chiefdelphi

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=128

[GaryVoshol]

Has there been any indication that the divisional assignment criteria will be the same as in previous years? I know last year we came up with several possible alternatives: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44782

The problem with 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 is that teams like HOT and Trucktown Thunder can never be in the same division, because their team numbers are consecutive. A serpentine assigment (1-2-3-4, 4-3-2-1) wouldn't solve that. But a random draw from groups of teams (1-100, 101-200, etc) could.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by GaryV1188

Has there been any indication that the divisional assignment criteria will be the same as in previous years? I know last year we came up with several possible alternatives: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44782

The problem with 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 is that teams like HOT and Trucktown Thunder can never be in the same division, because their team numbers are consecutive. A serpentine assigment (1-2-3-4, 4-3-2-1) wouldn't solve that. But a random draw from groups of teams (1-100, 101-200, etc) could.

FIRST will never change that formula.
There's no reason to.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Based on previous years and the little info we've seen this year, I've gotta disagree and say Curie is tops. Curie is loaded (Beatty, 'Stang, and the Poofs in the same division two years in a row!?!).

Curie is too loaded, and will blow itself out.

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

FIRST will never change that formula.
There's no reason to.

Who says things have to make sense or have a reason? This IS FIRST.

Wetzel

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

FIRST will never change that formula.
There's no reason to.

They might to let members of the GM & UTC blocks play together. I want a new format, I'm tired of not being able to play with Wildstang and the Robonauts!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

They might to let members of the GM & UTC blocks play together. I want a new format, I'm tired of not being able to play with Wildstang and the Robonauts!

FIRST would rather have established legendary teams play with the newer less established teams so they can be inspired by working with them instead of letting those all star teams work together and run through the championship like a hot knife through butter.

[Kyle Love]

I hope they get jostled around so 45,71 and 111 can be on the same field again. Regardless it looks pretty good this way, but with 125-150 teams more they can really become more/less strong.

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

Right now, Curie is stacked. I'm emphasizing right now because so many other teams are on the waitlist for the event and probably will get in as soon as registration opens up again.

Both Curie AND Archimedes are stacked. And nobody mentions Archimedes (25, 45, 56, 70, 122, 173, 178, 217, 341, 365, 401, 1114, 1218, 1503, 1511, and 1731). And that's just the beginning.

Sure, you have Buzz, Pink, Wildstang, and the Poofs among others in Curie, but you have two teams (Buzz and the Poofs) that are going to be distracted by all the visitors.

To be honest, the divisions all look equally tough and it's going to be really tough for any 1 division to come out a winner.

CURIE GALEIO NEWTON ARCHIMEDIES

4 16 20 25
27 33 34 45
47 48 49 56
58 60 63 65
66 67 68 70
71 74 79 85
86 88 93 95
97 103 107 108
111 116 121 122
125 126 128 135
138 141 148 151
155 159 168 173
175 176 177 178
179 180 190 191
192 195 203 217
223 224 226 231
233 234 236 237
238 246 247 250
254 271 279 288
292 294 302 314
316 326 329 335
337 339 340 341
342 343 348 353
357 358 362 365
375 386 395 401
435 456 457 461
469 476 494 498
503 522 527 537
540 555 573 604
611 614 618 619
648 668 670 677
694 703 714 716
744 752 768 811
816 830 842 857
862 910 922 967
987 989 1001 1002
1011 1024 1026 1029
1033 1038 1057 1086
1089 1100 1111 1114
1124 1126 1137 1141
1153 1188 1208 1218
1230 1289 1311 1319
1323 1341 1403 1418
1450 1501 1502 1503
1504 1506 1510 1511
1515 1527 1533 1535
1559 1563 1592 1595
1598 1617 1624 1646
1647 1649 1655 1662
1675 1676 1680 1700
1712 1714 1730 1731
1732 1746 1795 1811
1816 1817 1856 1868
1872 1885 1902 1929

[seraphim33]

team 903 isnt on the list

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by seraphim33

team 903 isnt on the list

Three teams that were previously signed mysteriously dissappeared and then reappeared later in the day. I will catch up withthem on Monday.

[pakratt1991]

I am sort of confused,
are these lists final?
are these really the teams we are going to be against?

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by pakratt1991

I am sort of confused,
are these lists final?
are these really the teams we are going to be against?

these lists are by no means official or final. FIRST has used a very specific and simple algorithm to sort teams in to divisions for the past number of years, so we can make a pretty accurate prediction from it. However, since there are still a number of regionals left, plus teams on waiting lists and whatnot, there are still more teams being added, so the list WILL changed between now and the final sort.