The others are “too close to call”.
Congrats to Bethy!
I think we may now know who the real brains of the outfit are between Barry and Bethy though Barry closed in fast after a slow start as I had predicted. Who knows what would have happened if there was a sixth week of regionals?
Bethany by 300 or more, still. That’s my guess. Her low lead over him was 60 points after Week 2…
Also, confirming that everyone participates in the Championship draft, but exact order varies by as little as 2 points. 2 points is easy to gain or lose…
The rankings have been updated to reflect CT.
St Louis WFFA looks to be team 1444. See team website/google search of “Roger Seifert” robotics.
Which Dean’s List winners are you unsure of? At St. Louis, Elena Wylie is from team 931 and Andrew Amburgey is from team 1094.
I knew about Elena from a 931 alumnus at my college. Didn’t know which team Andrew was from, though.
Off to score the event…
Still missing who from Ohio? Mr. Bliss?
I’ve got WFFA (Joe Jeswald, 379) and team 1014 having one of the Dean’s List finalists. I don’t have the other team.
Worst to (almost) first!
Congrats Bethany, why on earth did I convince you to play?
Just had a thought. Does this mean there is no MVP Rookie award this year?
Does everyone feel that letting the top scorers pick first for all 4 championship divisions is fair? What if one division was reverse order, this division could be decided by Bethany.
Hmm… I am not finding anything at the moment. More looking later. Can you score the event without that Dean’s List finalist and see if it could potentially change anything?
I’ll give it a runthrough in a little while and we’ll see how the scores fall.
I also kinda think it’s goofy to have one person get the top choice for every single division. Bethany deserves some sort of advantage for kicking butt during the regional season, but I feel like the top 4 choices might be a little much.
Of course, I won’t complain too much if it does work that way since I am somewhat towards the top of the rankings…
All right, still missing that Dean’s List in Buckeye, but it isn’t going to make a difference–nobody’s within 4 points of anybody else.
That said, here are the rankings, weekly scores, and total score:
Player Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Grand total
Bethany Mc. 1009 853 1402 1278 1302 5844
Barry Bonzack 912 891 1159 1380 1135 5477
Vikesrock 1155 1178 712 1388 814 5247
RMiller 1076 818 977 1353 902 5126
Akash Rastogi 1199 868 1007 1071 808 4953
hill 950 1083 920 970 935 4858
EricH 1150 873 981 1023 787 4814
TheLoneAsian 1121 864 908 810 968 4671
Jamie Kalb 1118 826 882 1070 760 4656
Chris is me 919 1143 967 1051 536 4616
rtfgnow 1013 834 927 1101 689 4564
dodar 903 948 765 1217 710 4543
XaulZan11 1025 761 869 1144 735 4534
Koko Ed 1012 724 969 1064 676 4445
Dargel1625 986 835 802 995 735 4353
bobwrit 918 861 638 953 953 4323
jblay 1048 628 810 1157 669 4312
sunger92 868 933 819 1059 626 4305
Sunbun 1001 882 650 983 720 4236
Alex Cormier 943 630 680 1173 644 4070
rocketperson44 915 595 545 893 578 3526
jmanela 707 547 936 770 447 3407
Now, the discussion of what advantage the regular-season winner gets: How about a top-5 pick in every division, except a reverse-order division determined by said winner?
I say number one all the way.
She earned it. Why take it away?
Agreed.
How about she gets a 1, 2, 3, 4 vote like that in the 4 divisions but she can pick 1 division to switch the picking fofrom 1-8,8-1 to 1-8, 1-8
and the 1, 2, 3, 4 i mean like: Arch=1, Curie=2 Newton=3 Gal=4 or whatever
It would be odd to have anyone else have a first pick for any of the divisions I suppose, because Bethany was the only one to earn it. I agree with her getting first pick for each division. I am just scared of some of the picks the top players will get.
Thank you thank you! I now feel justified in all those hours and late nights in front of the computer figuring out my pick list was going to be, and all the times I blew my family off for drafts.
Barry I do believe you asked me to join, so that we both did not have lives together. It was a way for us to have fun together. Score!
As for the draft picks I am down with one being in reverse ordr, and I can tell you which one I wouldnt mind switching. I know I earned it, but I would like to share my earnings with you all. I do not mind it one bit!
As this being my first season, I really enjoyed it! Thank you to everyone who has put in countless hours to make this event possible. I am sad to say I will not be in Atlanta, I recieved an award called the New Century Scholar, and I will be recieving the scholarship during Championships. Might I add, it is almost on the complete opposite side of the nation in Seattle, Washington.
I can not wait for next year!
Divisions are up!
Time to do a draft tomorrow night.
Archimedes looks like a good choice!
From Bill’s Blog
THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT FINAL. Teams are still dropping out and signing up which continues to cause last minute changes. When the website goes live, you will be able to see the unofficial list here.
For those going to championships (I am not) when do you leave?
From past years, how fluid are the assignments? I guess that is an advantage for not doing all four divisions and rather one entire group.
I really don’t want to pick 469 (well, really Bethany or Barry, but I can dream, right?) and then find out they got swapped divisions when someone else picks them up.
I’m not going to CMP.
I would guess that the absolute latest a draft could be held would be Tuesday night, though–most teams/volunteers travel Wednesday. A few travel Tuesday.
If we run as late as possible, we’d be running two drafts on Sunday, one on Monday, and one on Tuesday. Still doesn’t buy us much time.
Let’s just go for it, with players checking their own teams on Tuesday night or Wednesday. If a team switches divisions, they’ll have time to trade. All trades final Thursday AM when pits open (8:00 AM). (I’d say Thursday at noon, but that gives those that are there a slight advantage.)