IRI Predictions??

[nlknauss]

Best of luck and have fun everyone! All of you are going to have a blast!

Especially those NJ and Philly area teams

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Carol

I am in the hotel lobby right now, getting ready to leave for IRI. Dudek has a message for you Rich -

"And what color is the Dawgma flagpole?"

(Is your prediction anyway connected to our improvement of your flag?)

Ohhhhhh I even forgot that I had to properly thank Bob and others for our green flagpole. I would have made an even worse prediction had I remembered that. My prediction was merely my sick desire to once again see Bob frantically running around the field like he did in the quarters in DC, "We don't have a battery, we need a battery!" It was perhaps his finest professional moment as a mentor and I would never want to let him forget it.

Maybe we'll make a nice maroon and black pre-match checklist for the 365 drive team for the 2010 season that includes these key items:
1. Be sure you have a battery, preferably charged, along with the robot when leaving the pit
2. Be sure the battery is on the robot
3. Be sure the battery we left the pit with that is most likely charged, that is on the robot, has its leads connected firmly to the corresponding leads on the robot (which is also along with us).
4. Be sure that conditions 1-3 are still satisfied when putting the robot on the filed for the match (oh yeah, and go get the controls in the pit NOW if we forgot them)
5. Ensure Kressly is at field side with extra batteries nearby, just in case we fail miserably at 1-4 above

In all seriousness, good luck at your first IRI team 365. As I told my team when we took our first trip out there a few years ago, "It's a pleasure to get your tails kicked by the best."

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

1. Good teams will win
2. Scores will be high
3. Paul will do his best to embarrass Dave by mentioning "stupid rules" at some point.
4. In retaliation, Dave will do his best to embarrass Paul at some point (setting office fires may be a workable theme, but I'm just guessing here)
4. Baker's cult following will reach fever pitch, while Fultz will remain under appreciated
5. Karthik will do something very unique to embarrass himself at some point (and most hope it won't be singing)
6. Raul will look excited at field side at least once (or twice, or ten times)
7. The talent show and Dean Simmons and the Kamen's will be MUCH better attended than the drivers' meeting
8. Fishboy (He'd better be there. For those who disagree, you just don't understand )
9. MOE will take the field at least once without a battery and/or the robot turned on (sorry Dudek, but that one's for you )
10. JVN, after a bizarre electrical storm creates an unexplained force filed, will leave the event with a full head of hair.

Carry on, have fun all!!!!

Most of your predictions were spot on. MOE did have a battery for every match (but make sure you ask Dudek about the match where the shooter motor was unplugged), and although I didn't see JVN at the end, there were no electrtical sotrms so hair probably didn't appear.

And on another subject, we really enjoyed having Petra from Dawgma as a temporary MOE member.

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

1       2
 \  1  /
  1-|-2
 /     \
4       3

1. 67, 217, 910, 1902
2. 1114, 2056, 245, 79
3. 222, 111, 868, 1649
4. 68, 71, 2970, 1714
5. 234, 45, 135, 2199
6. 1625, 254, 1503, 1771
7. 2753, 1923, 365, 341
8. 399, 148, 2775, 16



Barry Rule: I refuse to listen to how team 33, 179, 1538, 469, 47, 1732 or any of the other amazing teams should be in any of the above teams place until the accuser creates his or her own full prediction bracket. This also applies for comments like "there is no way team X will fall that far in the draft."

easy to say when you put yourself in the #1 winning alliance......

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

#1 winning alliance......

Who said anything about winning?

[Nick Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

1       2
 \  1  /
  1-|-2
 /     \
4       3

1. 67, 217, 910, 1902
2. 1114, 2056, 245, 79
3. 222, 111, 868, 1649
4. 68, 71, 2970, 1714
5. 234, 45, 135, 2199
6. 1625, 254, 1503, 1771
7. 2753, 1923, 365, 341
8. 399, 148, 2775, 16



Barry Rule: I refuse to listen to how team 33, 179, 1538, 469, 47, 1732 or any of the other amazing teams should be in any of the above teams place until the accuser creates his or her own full prediction bracket. This also applies for comments like "there is no way team X will fall that far in the draft."

You don't think that Winnovation and Poofs could topple the #3 seeded alliance? And 1114 would pick 2056 over 111? Or 68 would pick 71 over 254, 1625, 148 or even 2753?

Here's my bracket:


1. 217, 67, 330, 245
2. 1114, 111, 469, 1902
3. 1625, 254, 365, 341
4. 47, 1503, 68, 2775
5. 148, 71, 33, 2970
6. 2753, 2056, 79, 222
7. 234, 45, 1649, 16
8. 399, 1538, 2826, 910

Quarters:

1 beats 8,
2 beats 7,
3 beats 6
4 beats 5

Semis:

1 beats 4,
3 beats 2

Finals:

3 beats 1.

Your champs would be 1625, 254, 365, 341. Diverse!

-Nick

[wendymom]

Dont rule out an all Florida Alliance.

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

You don't think that Winnovation and Poofs could topple the #3 seeded alliance? And 1114 would pick 2056 over 111? Or 68 would pick 71 over 254, 1625, 148 or even 2753?

Could? Yes. I believe if they played eachother 9 times, it would rubbermatch until one alliance beats the other. At this caliber any team could have a good or bad match, and any alliance could beat any other. That being said, 222 has had matches where they look unbeatable, and 111 is still world champions. I have seen 1649 when a regional in person, and watched 245 score like crazy over webcast. I'll keep the nod to my second seed.

I do believe 1114 would pick 2056 over 111, both teams are amazing. My simulation drafts include a picking bias that pairs teams up that have been successful in the past. I think it is very likely that 67 could pair with 217, 1114 with 2056, 2970 with 79, so on and so forth. If teams already know they have a relationship with another team and know that their communication can win championships, why risk working with teams you are unfamiliar with? Thinking about it, if 222 were third seed and had the choice between 2753 and 111, I don't know why they wouldn't pick 2753.

[Barry Bonzack]

Try to make a prediction how it will pan out now!

1       7
 \  4  /
  4-|-3
 /     \
4       3

1-980,111,135,222
2-832,2753,1771,179
3-1625,68,469,16
4-217,1114,399,1732
5-254 47 1503, 45
6- 503 71 234
7- 2081 245, 67, 70
8- 2775, 2056, 1538, 148

[Chris Hibner]

Why are only three teams shown for alliance 6?

[Kristian Calhoun]

I believe 365 is the alliance's fourth team, according to The Blue Alliance's data.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

Why are only three teams shown for alliance 6?

Somebody tell us who the 4th team is is and we'll gladly put them up.

BTW, Barry was spot on in the QFs.

Predictions for SFs:

1 and 7 (7 is the only one to win with 2 straight, and 3 is a little tired from a 4-match set.)

[Chris is me]

I predict that alliance 3 will take it all!

[EricH]

Hahahaha!

Time to see who wins the prediction game:

Barry is 4/4 in QF, 1/2 in SF, and 0/1 in F.

Novi Hopper is surprisingly good, with two of the teams in the elims on the right alliances, 3 correct alliances in QFs (though not in the number of matches), both advancing alliances in the SFs, and the right alliance winning. Hey, Looking Forward, I found one of your assistants!

[Raumiester2010]

Originally Posted by EricH

Somebody tell us who the 4th team is is and we'll gladly put them up.

BTW, Barry was spot on in the QFs.

Predictions for SFs:

1 and 7 (7 is the only one to win with 2 straight, and 3 is a little tired from a 4-match set.)

yes we where tired... i was having a bit of a nervous breakdown (i was playing as human player and im usually in pits during the season...)

stressful but fun, that's how i would describe it