Yeah, that was part of my plan from the beginning for the scoring program. I’m still working on some of the issues in the bracket parser though, so it will probably be a little while before I get around to fully implementing the statistics
So how are you guys fairing after alliance selections? I have 56 points, having guessed two alliance captains, and not including the pre-Looking-Forward bonus
Really wish I submitted now. I half filled in the Galileo bracket, with 118 as #1 seed picking 1114, and 1477 and 610 winning it all from the #2 seed.
Yeah my bracket isn’t that good…I managed to only have 1 team in my bracket actually make it onto einstein. At least I can’t do worse than 20th!
I placed 21st, don’t worry.
At least I had 3 teams that made it to Einstein; and 2 of them made the finals. But other than that, I dont think I did very well.
Here’s a quick breakdown, just looking at Einstein, based on the posted brackets:
3 teams on Einstein:
Joe Ross OPR: 469, 610, 3476: 54 points
Lemiant: 469, 33, 610: 54 points
2 teams on Einstein:
tim-tim 33, 1477: 60 points
Adam Stockton: 469, 303: 42 points
Drennael: 469, 1640: 42 points
JoelG236: 469, 3476: 42 points
Joe Ross: 469, 1477: 42 points
Staxis: 469, 148: 42 points
DragonKing: 469, 1678: 24 points
No one had 1241, 1477, or 610 winning the championship. tim-tim had both 33 and 1477 making the Einstein Finals.
Holy crap, someone actually predicted us making it to Einstein?:eek: 
Yep, I actually predicted you being with 67 on einstein but I was more than happy to have you with us at einstein instead.
Wow I’m a little suprised that there were only 20 brackets filled out. A neat thing on mine was that I picked 14 correct quaterfinalist teams in each bracket. The weird thing is that I really didn’t use any metric or stat while filling mine out. The sad part of mine is that I broke form and picked the third alliance to beat my “sleeper” teams in the 6th alliance on Newton. Well let’s just say that 3476 was that sleeper team. 
A big shout out to frc team 639 for doing April Absurdity this year and I hope you decide to continue it to make April Absurdity a championship tradition. I hope people did much better than me and I think I might sit at 20 when this is over.
My Bracket Totals(unofficially):
A:70
C:45
G:42
N:38
E:18
T:213
Edit: I cant believe I forgot the Looking Forward bonus. Thanks for the reminding replys guys. With the 15% bonus I’m at 244.95 final points. I still think I’m going to be in the bottom half even though I made it without too much “burring” of my bracket from Curie(major congrats to Frc team 1678).
For my bracket, I used all 5 and 7 autonomous robots as my captains and then paired each with an elite cycler or a good full court shooter. Then I looked at the division opr rankings and filled in the rest of the teams.
Here are my unofficial totals:
Archimedes- 58
Curie- 31
Galileo- 46
Newton- 45
= 180
+bonus 21
=201
x1.15
=231.15
Well, you could be proud! Your rank is no lower than 19! I got 208… (15% unincluded)
A: 60
C: 42
G: 37
N: 49
E: 20
T: 208 unofficially, *1.15=239.2
I have to say this was great fun ^^ Especially when I reallised I’m going to get my $@#$@#$@# kicked and started joking with myself about how bad I did 
Edit: unrelated but I didn’t know CD had censoring… I like it
YES!!! It looks like I may just achieve last place.
Archimedes: 62
Curie: 49
Galileo: 42
Newton: 39
Einstein: 19
No Looking Forward Bonus: x 1.00
Total: 211!!!
I dare someone to try and get less than that.
Archimedes: 51
Curie: 53
Galileo: 50
Newton: 56
Einstein: 26
Total 236 x 1.15 = [size=]271.4![/size]
67 was actually originally above 148 on our pick list but seeing their FCS get shut down in their last qual match gave us the impression that they were not going to be able to FCS effectively, if we played counter-defense to protect 148 or 67 148 would be more effective because 67 could be blocked from further away. You guys were one of the top bots on our 2nd pick list, I couldn’t believe how fortunate we were that you had been overlooked, you guys were a fantastic pick and you played outstanding defense, be proud of yourselves.
Thanks! we appreciate it!
When do these get scored?
I’m hard at work, but there’s a few technical issues with them, as well as some surprise personal obligations that are sucking up my time. A fair number of brackets have mistakes which are confusing the parser enough that I have to manually enter them (missing fields, changing alliances, round finishing in 1 match, etc), and there’s also another 10 or so that were submitted with methods other than a pdf form (my favorite being Joe Ross’s OPR bracket, which has all the fields filled, but was somehow stripped of the form metadata). I’m hoping I can have the scores completed by Friday.
I think I scored this right:
A:67
C:42
G:35
N:50
E:18
212*1.15=243.8
I might have missed a couple Captains…
It’s saturday.
Allow me to paint a picture of almost every bracket submitted. 469 has seeded first in Archimedes, and picks 254 as their partner. 33 makes a run for Einstein from 2nd or 3rd seed, but looses to the 469/254 pair in finals, granting the 12pt division winner bonus to 469 on the vast majority of Archimedes brackets. On Curie, 2056 steamrolls the opposition from 1st seed, generally taking 67 along for the ride, and moves onward to Einstein. 1114 and 118 pair up as 1st alliance and do a similar thing to Galileo, with 610 losing to the pair in the finals. Newton sees 1986 as 1st seed, often with 217 in tow, plowing through the competition as well and quickly taking the divisional title. Einstein proves to be a tossup between these teams (except for Newton, which never wins thanks to 1114/118), with Archimedes, Curie, and Galileo winning roughly equal numbers of brackets.
With this in mind, the ranking of most brackets comes down to the small details. However, the ones that truly shine are the ones which break the mold and roll with an unexpected result (except for our Galileo winner, which was exclusively the expected result). The average score for all complete brackets was 250 points. All of our winners scored no less than 300. What did it take to make those extra 50 points? Let’s see.
Archimedes was the largest source of points for almost all brackets. The heavily predicted win of 469 allowed all but one bracket to take a divisional winner bonus, giving Archimedes an average contribution of 70 points. However, predicting the win of 469 was not enough. The winner of Archimedes correctly predicted the length of 5 matchups, 16 QF teams, 6 SF, 3 F, and chose an alliance of 469 and 33 to win the division. With 93.15 points, Lemiant wins Archimedes. Honorable mention to Drennael for being only 5 points away from the victory.
Curie was the lowest scoring division, carrying a 50 point average contribution. The loss of 2056 in the semis threw almost all brackets off course, and in fact only four brackets got the division winner bonus. One of those brackets belonged to Dragonking, taking Curie with 74.75 points. Amazingly, another two of those brackets formed a perfect tie for 2nd place. With exactly the same number of points in every subcategory, we have no choice but to declare both StAxis and Aidan S. the runners up of Curie, at 70.15 points each. Aidan also gets an ironic honorable mention for having the only bracket to NOT get a division winner bonus in Archimedes.
Galileo made a valiant attempt to mirror Curie’s undermining of brackets with an average score of 57 points, and though it was not as successful in avoiding divisional winners (there were 6 bonuses in Galileo), it managed to show that no human could defeat it. Luckily, humans were not the only ones entering this contest. A bracket based solely on team OPR and the match schedule posted ahead of time was generated by Joe Ross and submitted. Placing 610 as the 1st seed, with 1114 as the 1st pick, OPR took a decisive victory on Galileo with 86.25 points. Since some may object to a robot winning this challenge, the Non-Statistical Winner award for Galileo has been created. With 75.9 points, Lemiant and Aidan S. tied for 2nd place in Galileo. I guess Aidan can now have a full award, since he’s won two half ones.
Newton proved to also be a low scoring division, with an average score of 52 points. 1986 appeared as the 1st seed in almost every bracket, including our winner’s. At first glance, I didn’t think this bracket had any chance at the top tier of Newton (it was one of the few that didn’t predict the 1986/217 alliance!). While it didn’t take the top score in any subcategory, Drennael’s bracket had fairly strong scores all around, and won with a score of 75.9 points. Honorable mention to AdamStockton for taking 2nd from OPR by a single point (before applying the LF bonus).
And now, we come to the overall score. Unsurprisingly, all of the top spots were filled by winners of the divisional brackets. Drennael’s bracket, in addition to winning Newton, held strong scores in all divisions and takes the FRC April Absurdity Championship, with 336.95 points. A well deserved 2nd place goes to Aidan S., who’s bracket was the only one to pick a world champion (610). Lemiant comes in at 303.6 points for 3rd place, followed closely by OPR with 300.15 points.
No bracket obtained the bonus for choosing a complete alliance. I expected from of you!
The full results are displayed below, sorted by total points. The first is the scores with the +15% LF bonus applied (all but 4 brackets obtained this), while the second is the scores without the modifiers.
Dreannael 77 49 64 66 37 293
Aidan S. 54 61 66 50 43 274
Lemiant 81 49 66 50 18 264
OPR 59 48 75 61 18 261
Joe Ross 66 55 63 49 20 253
StAxis 57 61 53 46 20 237
Dodar 68 51 61 39 18 237
tim-tim 68 45 43 39 38 233
joelg236 58 52 48 54 20 232
Dragonking 63 65 50 52 2 232
IKE 69 43 41 51 19 223
AdamStockton 63 36 41 62 18 220
cj3958 66 43 46 44 20 219
JayMoney1058 64 48 43 40 19 214
nicholsjj 66 45 42 41 20 214
AcesJames 61 42 57 50 2 212
Ben Pulver 55 42 46 43 20 206
bardd 60 39 36 50 20 205
BleakRNS 65 30 55 35 20 205
pault 62 47 35 39 19 202
Ryanocorn 66 38 49 46 3 202
Joel340 50 52 49 42 3 196
O'Sancheski 61 35 56 41 1 194
mschwab013 60 43 49 37 2 191
Pandamonium 61 27 50 33 3 174
Procolsaurus 0 0 0 46 0 46
Dreannael 88.55 56.35 73.6 75.9 42.55 336.95
Aidan S. 62.1 70.15 75.9 57.5 49.45 315.1
Lemiant 93.15 56.35 75.9 57.5 20.7 303.6
OPR 67.85 55.2 86.25 70.15 20.7 300.15
StAxis 65.55 70.15 60.95 52.9 23 272.55
Dodar 78.2 58.65 70.15 44.85 20.7 272.55
tim-tim 78.2 51.75 49.45 44.85 43.7 267.95
joelg236 66.7 59.8 55.2 62.1 23 266.8
Dragonking 72.45 74.75 57.5 59.8 2.3 266.8
IKE 79.35 49.45 47.15 58.65 21.85 256.45
AdamStockton 72.45 41.4 47.15 71.3 20.7 253
Joe Ross 66 55 63 49 20 253
JayMoney1058 73.6 55.2 49.45 46 21.85 246.1
nicholsjj 75.9 51.75 48.3 47.15 23 246.1
AcesJames 70.15 48.3 65.55 57.5 2.3 243.8
bardd 69 44.85 41.4 57.5 23 235.75
BleakRNS 74.75 34.5 63.25 40.25 23 235.75
Ryanocorn 75.9 43.7 56.35 52.9 3.45 232.3
Joel340 57.5 59.8 56.35 48.3 3.45 225.4
O'Sancheski 70.15 40.25 64.4 47.15 1.15 223.1
mschwab013 69 49.45 56.35 42.55 2.3 219.65
cj3958 66 43 46 44 20 219
Ben Pulver 55 42 46 43 20 206
pault 62 47 35 39 19 202
Pandamonium 70.15 31.05 57.5 37.95 3.45 200.1
Procolsaurus 0 0 0 52.9 0 52.9
Note that there may be slight discrepancies between your own calculated scores and the official ones. I’m guessing this is caused by variations in the interpretation of the criteria for bonuses. Unless a major mistake in the scoring is found, consider these to be official and final.