Einstein 2012

[Racer26]

I'm completely livid.

FIRST should in no way allow this to stand. They should have moved to Galileo field after the first replay.

12 teams come through their respective divisional eliminations without a single comms issue, and come to Einstein, only to have 7 of the 8 matches have at least one robot sit dead for a non-trivial length of time?

Its absolutely unacceptable.

Woodie and Dean were obviously quite upset about it, judging by their faces on the webcast.

The only acceptable way to right this wrong now, that I can think of, is to crown ALL TWELVE teams 2012 Champions.

[mjustice66]

Originally Posted by lorem3k

At least there were no comm issues in the last match...

Congratulations 16, 25, and 180!

987 was dead the last 20 seconds or so if they were running they may have been able to score 2 or 3 baskets to take a close victory.

[Vince lau]

Who won EI?

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Not a single triple balance on Einstein because half of the robots that would have done were sitting dead. What a joke.

Quoted for truth. It's so incredibly sad. These teams put in thousands of man-hours and dedicate an entire season to achieving near robot perfection. And how are they rewarded? With field connection issue. What an embarrassment of a finale that Einstein was, the FIRST community is going to have a lot to say on this one. Why spend the time to compete in this competition if field issues are going to be the downfall of us at one point or another? I know we are in this for more than the robots, but it's incredibly frustrating when the even playing field we are all supposed to be playing on is anything but because of technical issues on FIRST's side.

[John_1102]

I sat there during Gali's alliance selections going.
25, 180, & 16
THAT'S IT!
THAT'S MY FAVORITE ALLIANCE.
They went all they way too!

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by Vince lau

Who won EI?

Probably the hardest question to answer right now

[Racer26]

I think FIRST will lose the respect of an awful lot of people if they don't do something to answer to the obvious problems on their highest stage.

[Pi Fighter]

Originally Posted by lorem3k

At least there were no comm issues in the last match...

Congratulations 16, 25, and 180!

Two teams, one from red and one from blue, lost comm during the last match. I couldn't see the numbers from my seat, only the comm lights.

[Kevin Sevcik]

I second Vince. If anyone at the event is reading this thread, could they update us with the EI winner?

Also, the only thing more appropriate than the webcast dying after Galileo wins it all in F2 would be if it died after Curie sends it to a rubber match in F2.

[Gnishi2011]

Originally Posted by Vince lau

Who won EI?

I believe 1629 won it again. It was announced after Chairman's, wasn't it?

[sailer99]

Does anyone know the firmware on the different robots radios. At GTR West everyone with firmware 1.4 was downgraded to 1.2.1 because of massive connection issues during practice matches.

[Normtheman]

I was at Einstein and we may have found a reason for the comm problems once a bot hit the red alliance driver station red lost comm.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Gnishi2011

I believe 1629 won it again. It was announced after Chairman's, wasn't it?

yes.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by Normtheman

I was at Einstein and we may have found a reason for the comm problems once a bot hit the red alliance driver station red lost comm.

Loose ethernet?

[Gnishi2011]

It's ironic that the pre-match speeches was about how this is as good as any sporting event, one of the best competitions in the world, and the finals are jeopardized by communications issues. Especially when it's promoting technology.