So, now with one week of regionals over with (and with FIRST having yet to post it), I’d like to hear about the top 8 teams and their win/loss records for QUALIFYING. Finals are a different story altogether
I wish I knew more about what was going on in NJ, but only being there on Sat really stunted me. All I know is that 237 went undefeated into the NJ finals.
165 was 6-0 = qualified 1st
616 was 5-1 = qualified 2nd
616 was 1st all day Friday but lost our last seeding match Saturday morning and dropped to third. The team that was bumped up to 2nd lost thier last match also which put us up to 2nd.
5th =/ not as high as we wanted… teh tie should have been a win… me and our other HP both missed 1 shot which would have added 10points each (we ended up capping) where we could have had 4th (maybe)… but thats the way it goes!
I just want to say that I really like the new qualifying format. Having the win/loss record set the qualifying position made the elimination rounds just like the qualification rounds. No longer is there two different games.
Another benefit is that the teams that qualified well tended to be the teams that did well in the eliminations. At least that was my observation from VCU.
On a good note, it appears my 80% of matches won prediction seems right on. Since it’s obvious I can’t make a good robot, maybe I should change my major from computer engineering to math so I can be a statistician.
1236 had a really good record for second year in operation: 4-1-1 in regular, seeded #7, then we got all the way to semis. we only got beaten by the best team in the regional, so we did awesome. we are a first alternate for nationals
I think that in the past they were trying too hard to mix graciousness and competitiveness ON the field, which is a really tough thing to do. When you come out on to the field, you should be ready to play fairly at your highest level.
I think that this rules made a positive switch away from teams forcing themselves to ask, “Do we want to build a robot that will win matches, or get us picked in the finals?”
Doesn’t it seem obvious that a robot that competes well consistantly SHOULD get picked for the finals, and be in the top 8?