Posted by Andy Grady. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #42, P.A.R.T.S, from Alvirne High School and Daniel Webster College.
Posted on 1/27/2000 9:33 AM MST
I was reading through the rules today and I came across a rule that totally escaped my view. Im not sure if anyone else caught it either.
SC5: At the conclusion of the qualification matches, each team will drop the QP’s earned in their lowest QP match…
This rule has some pretty big implications. It basically helps solve the problem of that one round that could destroy a team due to lack of an alliance partner. Did anyone else catch this?
Good Luck,
Andy Grady, DWC/Alvirne HS
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 1/27/2000 11:39 AM MST
In Reply to: Problem Solved?!?!?! posted by Andy Grady on 1/27/2000 9:33 AM MST:
Yeah, it solves one of the problems that bugged people
about the alliances from last year. I like it, because
it gives you the chance to recover from a poor pairing
with a machine that doesn’t compliment your’s. In any
case, this year should prove to be interesting because
I highly doubt that any one team will be able to remain
#1 seed for very long. 
Good Luck,
Lora K
Posted by Mike Kulibaba. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Student on team #88, TJ², from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Johnson and Johnson.
Posted on 1/27/2000 2:38 PM MST
In Reply to: Problem Solved?!?!?! posted by Andy Grady on 1/27/2000 9:33 AM MST:
I think this will make some teams go for a big win cause they know if they do bad they can always drop it, Although losing 45-40 still gets you 40 QP’s which will be better then some or most matches. One thing this might effect, if i understand it correctly, is the seeds won’t be finalized until the last qualifying match. A team might of gotten 0 one round which when dropped might move them up a few spots in the ranking. I remember First had a TV that showed the rankings which won’t really work until everything is caculated. Take this for example:
Team 1- 44 points, 12 pts. 24 pts. 32 pts and 60 pts. total of 172 divide by 5 matches = 34.4 average/round Take out the 12(for their lowest score) and you have 160 divided by 4 and you have an average of 40 QP’s per round.
Team 2- 69 points, 0 pts, 42 pts. 30 pts. 24 pts. Total of 165 divided by 5= 33 Take out the 0 and you have 165 divided by 4 and you have 41.25.
On the scoreboard, team 1 would be ahead until they took out all the lowest scored matches and then team 2 would be ahead because they had a better average. if they don’t take out the lowest score until the end of the qualifying matches no one will really know where they are ranked until the last match is over. Does this sound realistic or am I totally off base? because it wouldn’t be the first time I was totally off base. Good luck to everyone. How is everyone’s Robot coming along?
Kuli
Posted by Raul.
Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.
Posted on 1/27/2000 2:46 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Problem Solved?!?!?! posted by Mike Kulibaba on 1/27/2000 2:38 PM MST:
They could easily just take out the lowest round after round 2 and continue to update which score is removed after each round.
Raul
Posted by Mike Kulibaba. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Student on team #88, TJ², from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Johnson and Johnson.
Posted on 1/27/2000 7:20 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Problem Solved?!?!?! posted by Raul on 1/27/2000 2:46 PM MST:
Thanks Raul,
After round two would be the way to do it. I was thinking to myself no one would have a score after round one if they did it from the start. That’s why I love these forums
Kuli