OFFICIAL THREAD - Duel on the Delaware 2013

[Mr MOE]

DUEL INFO BLAST #1

Duel on the Delaware
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Salem Community College- Davidow Hall
Carneys Point, NJ

GENERAL INFO
- Doors will open at 7am.
- Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 18th as long as it is no later than 5:00pm. Please let us know beforehand if you plan to drop a bot off early
- If any mentors/parents/alum from your teams are interested in volunteering for the Duel, please let me know.
- Travel details available at http://moe365.org/duel2013/traveldetails.php

REGISTERED TEAMS (we currently have a full field of 34 teams)

Fully registered and paid
Team # Team Name
75 RoboRaiders
87 RV Robotics
203 Camden County Tech / Campbell's Soup
222 Tigertrons
225 TechFire
316 LuNaTeCs
321 RoboLancers
339 Kilroy Robotics
341 Miss daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 MOE / Miracle Workerz
375 Robotic Plague
433 Firebirds
836 RoboBees
1089 Team Mercury
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenesis
1391 Westtown Robotics
1626 Falcon Robotics
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1647 Iron Devils
1915 MTHS Firebird Robotics
2370 iBOTS
2607 Fighting Robovikings
2729 Storm Robotics Team
3151 Cyberstorm
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3941 Absolute Zero Electricity
3974 E=mCD
4281 Bull Dogs
4342 Demon Robotics
4464 Team Illusion
4514 Terminatrix
4637 BambieBotz

Waitlisted teams who are fully paid
4575 the tin mints
816 Anomaly
2199 Robo-Lions

Other waitlisted teams
423 Simple Machines
3929 Atomic Dragons
369 HIGH voltage
2528 RoboDoves
2495 Hamilton West Robotics


CHARITY BOOK DRIVE – Success Won’t Wait
- Bring your used books! Book drive competition. Teams bringing the most books by weight will receive recognition and special awards.
- Books are donated to Success Won’t Wait, a literacy non-profit. The mission is to encourage reading, specifically in children.
- www.successwontwait.org


MIKE WADE MEMORIAL “DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER AWARD”
- Mentor/Volunteer of the year award.
- Teams can each submit one nominee from their team.
- Nomination form is attached. Please complete and return by October 1st.

NEW EVENT AWARDS
- Pre-season Chairman’s Award
o Practice your Chairman’s Award presentation
o Submission guidelines will be shared soon.
- Design Innovation Award
o Details forthcoming

FIRST TECH CHALLENGE PLAY-DAY/SCRIMMAGE
- New FTC game field will be available
- Registration limited. Contact Joe Perrotto at Joseph.A.Perrotto@dupont.com for more information

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

John

[Mr MOE]

DUEL INFO BLAST #2

Duel on the Delaware
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Salem Community College- Davidow Hall
Carneys Point, NJ

FOCUS OF THIS COMMUNICATION – Duel Awards and Deadlines

(1) CHARITY BOOK DRIVE – Success Won’t Wait
- Continue to collect your used books for our charity book drive competition.
- Teams bringing the most books by weight will receive a trophy and special awards.
- Textbooks, encyclopedias and magazines not accepted
- Books are donated to Success Won’t Wait, a literacy non-profit. The mission is to encourage reading, especially for those in need and children.
- ** PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING YOUR TEAM COLLECT BOOKS FOR THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE **
- For more information, check out www.successwontwait.org (http://www.successwontwait.org)

(2) MIKE WADE MEMORIAL “DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER” AWARD
- Mentor/Volunteer of the year award
- Please take the time to recognize an mentor/volunteer on your team by nominating them.
- Teams can submit one nominee who has not yet won the award from their team.
- Nomination form is attached. Please complete and return by October 1st

(3) CHAIRMANS AWARD WARM-UP PRACTICE *New*
- This is not an award per se, but is an opportunity for teams to practice their Chairman’s Award presentation in front of judges
- Teams interested in participating must do the following:
o Respond by October 1st to let me know that your team is interested in participating.
o Send in a FIRST Chairman’s Award Executive Summary (same as FIRST typically requires for the Chairman’s Award). We expect that teams will just send in the same Executive Summary that they may have used for their Chairman’s Award earlier this year.
o Due date for Chairman’s Award Executive Summary is October 8th
o Prepare to present your Chairman’s Award to judges at the Duel. Currently, the presentation would be the same as a typical Chairman’s presentation at an official FIRST event. Depending upon the number of teams who are participating, we reserve the right to modify the presentation time. We expect that it will not change.
o Let us know what you need for your presentation (AV, easels, etc.)
- Our purpose for doing this is to provide teams another opportunity to practice with real judges (we expect to have at least one of the judges be an experienced Chairman’s Award judge) and to provide some helpful feedback for teams as they prepare for the 2014 competition season.

(4) DUEL DESIGN INNOVATION AWARD *New*
- Judges will talk with teams to recognize most outstanding design innovation teams can demonstrate on this year’s robot.
- No prework is necessary, unless your teams want to prepare something to illustrate your design innovation to judges.

GENERAL INFO
- Doors will open at 7am.
- Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 18th as long as it is no later than 5:00pm. Please let us know beforehand if you plan to drop a bot off early
- If any mentors/parents/alum from your teams are interested in volunteering for the Duel, please let me know.
- Travel details available at http://moe365.org/duel2013/traveldetails.php

FIRST TECH CHALLENGE PLAY-DAY/SCRIMMAGE
- New FTC game field will be available
- Registration limited. Contact Joe Perrotto at Joseph.A.Perrotto@dupont.com for more information

REGISTERED TEAMS (we currently have a full field of 34 teams)

Fully registered and paid
Team # Team Name
75 RoboRaiders
87 RV Robotics
203 Camden County Tech / Campbell's Soup
222 Tigertrons
225 TechFire
316 LuNaTeCs
321 RoboLancers
339 Kilroy Robotics
341 Miss daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 MOE / Miracle Workerz
375 Robotic Plague
433 Firebirds
836 RoboBees
1089 Team Mercury
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenesis
1391 Westtown Robotics
1626 Falcon Robotics
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1647 Iron Devils
1915 MTHS Firebird Robotics
2370 iBOTS
2607 Fighting Robovikings
2729 Storm Robotics Team
3151 Cyberstorm
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3941 Absolute Zero Electricity
3974 E=mCD
4281 Bull Dogs
4342 Demon Robotics
4464 Team Illusion
4514 Terminatrix
4637 BambieBotz

Waitlisted teams who are fully paid
4575 the tin mints
816 Anomaly
2199 Robo-Lions

Other waitlisted teams
423 Simple Machines
3929 Atomic Dragons
369 HIGH voltage
2528 RoboDoves
2495 Hamilton West Robotics

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

John

[Domenic Rodriguez]

Just a reminder to everyone that today is the deadline for submitting nominations for the Mike Wade Memorial "Duel Master" award, as well as notifying us if your team wants to participate in the practice Chairman's Award. Executive Summaries are due October 8th.

Only 18 days till Duel on the Delaware! :D

[Mr MOE]

DUEL INFO BLAST #3

Duel on the Delaware
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Salem Community College- Davidow Hall
Carneys Point, NJ

NEW INFORMATION

• Team 836 – Robobees is a FIRST Alpha Test team for the new FIRST control system to be used in 2015. They will be showcasing this system during the Duel. Please stop by and check it out!
• There will be no changes to the Ultimate Ascent game rules from the official FIRST rules for the 2013 season.
• Teams should be advised that we do not have extra power outlets for equipment other than pit battery chargers and laptops. Please do not plan to draw excess power apart from these needs in the pit.
• Lunch pre-order form has been attached to this note. For teams pre-ordering lunch, please bring this form with you and turn it in to the concession stand by 9:00am.
• See teams who have submitted nominations for the Duel Master Volunteer Award (judged by Pete Kieselbach and Dina Campagna) and those who are participating in the Chairman’s Award Warm Up.

(1) CHARITY BOOK DRIVE – Success Won’t Wait
- Continue to collect your used books for our charity book drive competition.
- Teams bringing the most books by weight will receive a trophy and special awards.
- Textbooks, encyclopedias and magazines not accepted
- Books are donated to Success Won’t Wait, a literacy non-profit. The mission is to encourage reading, especially for those in need and children.
- ** PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING YOUR TEAM COLLECT BOOKS FOR THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE **
- If you are donating books, please bring them in cardboard boxes that we do not need to return. That makes the loading/transport easier. Thanks!
- For more information, check out www.successwontwait.org (http://www.successwontwait.org)

(2) MIKE WADE MEMORIAL “DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER” AWARD
- Mentor/Volunteer of the year award
- Nomination deadline has passed. Thanks to the following teams, who submitted a nomination:
o 87, 316, 321, 365, 375, 433, 1089, 3941
- NOTE: If your team is not on this list and you believe you submitted a nomination, let me know immediately. Thanks.

(3) CHAIRMANS AWARD WARM-UP PRACTICE *New*
- This is not an award per se, but is an opportunity for teams to practice their Chairman’s Award presentation in front of judges
- Teams interested in participating must do the following:
o Respond by October 1st to let me know that your team is interested in participating.
o Send in a FIRST Chairman’s Award Executive Summary (same as FIRST typically requires for the Chairman’s Award). We expect that teams will just send in the same Executive Summary that they may have used for their Chairman’s Award earlier this year.
o Due date for Chairman’s Award Executive Summary is October 8th
o Prepare to present your Chairman’s Award to judges at the Duel. Currently, the presentation would be the same as a typical Chairman’s presentation at an official FIRST event. Depending upon the number of teams who are participating, we reserve the right to modify the presentation time. We expect that it will not change.
o Let us know what you need for your presentation (AV, easels, etc.)
- Our purpose for doing this is to provide teams another opportunity to practice with real judges (we expect to have at least one of the judges be an experienced Chairman’s Award judge) and to provide some helpful feedback for teams as they prepare for the 2014 competition season.
- The following teams are participating:
o 321, 1626, 4464
- NOTE: We still have room if your team is interested in this practice. Please let me know by end of this week (October 11).

(4) DUEL DESIGN INNOVATION AWARD *New*
- Judges will talk with teams to recognize most outstanding design innovation teams can demonstrate on this year’s robot.
- No prework is necessary, unless your teams want to prepare something to illustrate your design innovation to judges.

GENERAL INFO
- Doors will open at 7am.
- Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 18th as long as it is no later than 5:00pm. Please let us know beforehand if you plan to drop a bot off early
- If any mentors/parents/alum from your teams are interested in volunteering for the Duel, please let me know.
- Travel details available at http://moe365.org/duel2013/traveldetails.php

FIRST TECH CHALLENGE PLAY-DAY/SCRIMMAGE
- New FTC game field will be available
- Registration limited. Contact Joe Perrotto at Joseph.A.Perrotto@dupont.com for more information

REGISTERED TEAMS (we currently have a full field of 34 teams)

Fully registered and paid
Team # Team Name
75 RoboRaiders
87 RV Robotics
203 Camden County Tech / Campbell's Soup
222 Tigertrons
225 TechFire
316 LuNaTeCs
321 RoboLancers
339 Kilroy Robotics
341 Miss daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 MOE / Miracle Workerz
375 Robotic Plague
433 Firebirds
816 Team Anomaly
1089 Team Mercury
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenesis
1626 Falcon Robotics
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1647 Iron Devils
1915 MTHS Firebird Robotics
2370 iBOTS
2607 Fighting Robovikings
2729 Storm Robotics Team
3151 Cyberstorm
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3941 Absolute Zero Electricity
3974 E=mCD
4281 Bull Dogs
4342 Demon Robotics
4464 Team Illusion
4514 Terminatrix
4637 BambieBotz

Other waitlisted teams
423 Simple Machines
3929 Atomic Dragons
369 HIGH voltage
2528 RoboDoves
2495 Hamilton West Robotics

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

John

[Hallry]

I'll be attending D.o.t.D. teamless this year, but will be bringing 2 GoPros and a camcorder with me. If any teams would like a compilation video made for one of their matches with a GoPro on the robot, a GoPro facing the drive team, and the camcorder focused on the robot fieldside, I would love to make some! Either PM me or find me at the competition to let me know. You can check out a playlist of some that I made last weekend at girlPOWER here (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPUJJPXRAlEQlf5FxLWZl641yKcWHtoMg). See you all in just 3 days! :D

[nathannfm]

We will be webcasting the day of, the link is:

http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365 (http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365)

(Using Open Broadcaster Software (http://obsproject.com/) if anyone is curious)

[DELurker]

And it's down to 24 hours (or less) to go...

[The Lucas]

We will be webcasting the day of, the link is:

http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365 (http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365)

(Using Open Broadcaster Software (http://obsproject.com/) if anyone is curious)

After some early venue internet issues (ISP problems) the Duel webcast is up and running full speed (as opposed to 2 frames per sec over 3g)

http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365 (http://www.twitch.tv/MOE365)

Opening ceremonies have started, qual matches begin in a few min. Nathan and I will be watching this thread and the chat on twitch. Post any feedback, question and/or comments on the robot action there.
Enjoy the DUEL!!!

[Foster]

Is there an online version of the match list?

[The Lucas]

Is there an online version of the match list?

Here is a picture fo the match list. Admittedly, not a good solution but it will have to do for now. I can try to take periodic pictures of the standings/resuls screen if you like?
I should probably setup a better image hosting soltion than delphi attachments first I try that.

[Foster]

That picture worked, thanks!

Just get your video guy to do the standings overlay after showing the scores.

Thanks for the effort to do this! I wanted to be there to cheer 1640 (Sab-bot-age) on, so this is the next best thing!

[The Lucas]

That picture worked, thanks!

Just get your video guy to do the standings overlay after showing the scores.

Thanks for the effort to do this! I wanted to be there to cheer 1640 (Sab-bot-age) on, so this is the next best thing!

We dont have any overlay capabilities with our video switch setup. How ever I will keep updating this file on box, set the page to autorefresh

https://app.box.com/s/7qw6v3ym4n0g7w8za942

I will try to upload every match or so (unless I have to go trouble shoot something)

[Foster]

Thanks!!!

[The Lucas]

Alliance selection results for those joining us for elims. We have some good matchups in the QF. Should be an exciting tournament

[DUCKIE]

Updates Please!

Poor internet connection here in Alabama.

[Jared Russell]

Updates Please!

Poor internet connection here in Alabama.

Update: I saw a "HI DUCKIE" sign held up for the camera ;)

[DUCKIE]

Me too... and like a total nerd waved back at my computer when Carol waved.

[The Lucas]

Update: I saw a "HI DUCKIE" sign held up for the camera ;)

Daisy is in the finals, Jared. Just in case the internet is also poor in San Fran ;)

[Jared Russell]

Daisy is in the finals, Jared. Just in case the internet is also poor in San Fran ;)

Actually I was able to stream the playoffs just fine on my phone while eating lunch at a Thai restaurant in San Jose. Although I did get some strange stares from the other patrons.

[Domenic Rodriguez]

Here are the final results from the Duel if anyone is interested:

1. SF 1218 222 75
2. QF 3314 4342 4637
3. SF 2729 1626 1370
4. QF 3941 4464 1915
5. F 225 816 369
6. QF 3974 316 2607
7. W 341 1640 1089
8. QF 2370 365 375

Congratulations to Teams 341, 1640 and 1089 on your win today. It was a really strong alliance, and it was a lot of fun to watch your matches.

Thank you to Team 3974 for picking us and our alliance partners 2607. Our matches were tough, and we almost made a comeback in the end. It was great to compete with you all.

I also want to thank all the volunteers for their hard work in running Duel on the Delaware, as well as all who were involved in the planning and organization. Having been more involved in the planning myself this year, I have a better understanding of how much effort goes into an event like this, and am thankful for everyone who was willing to give their time for it.

[protoserge]

FYI, for anyone that missed our table at the Duel, we will be posting pertinent information about the 2015 control system alpha test on our website (http://www.robobees.org/?subtopic=teamblog&c=Alpha%20Testing%20-%202015%20Control%20System). There is also a thread here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119883).

[Siri]

Many a perennial thanks to MOE, LuNaTeCs and all the volunteers for hosting yet another awesome Duel! This is always such an amazing event, both within and beyond the competition. Special thanks to 836 this year for the control system insight.

Of course thanks and congratulations to Daisy for picking us twice in a row for the win! Plus to 1089 for joining us on this wild ride from 7th alliance; you guys were awesome. Also--seriously--to all the alliances for an epic elims. This was a crazy bracket and I don't think anyone made it easy for anyone! (I mean really, 5 vs 7 in the finals?) In particular to 225, 816 and 369 for a terrifying last set.* I've never seen a fall reverberate through both alliance stations like that. You guys were incredible, and that's not the Finals 2 anyone wants to play. :(

Weird I know, but I'd also like to thank the 1640 students. As a coach, I have to say we've been incredibly blessed with these amazing rookie drive teams. (The entire team that drove us to MAR and Einstein hasn't done those jobs at all in the 2 golds and a silver we've managed in off-season.) A special shout-out to our quals and quarterfinalist base driver, who was at her first FIRST event ever. Now there's someone to watch out for! We're all looking forward to what our semis & finals rookie (who raced back from the PSATs) will manage next season. All of the drive teams, the pit crews, and the scouts took the entire frantic juggling process in stride :)--and they got a Hat Trick out of it! Congrats, kids.

*By the way, you know an area is jammed-packed with off-seasons when you're looking across the finals handshake at a team you'd just won with less than a month ago. (We'd just played Baltimore with 225, along with 2914, and 339.)



Also thanks from our rookie FTC team, 7314, for holding such a great scrimmage. They learned a lot, and the event made a big impact on the rookies. I don't think we could have asked for a better first event--thanks so much!

[Mr MOE]

Duel 2013 is now history. Thanks to everyone for helping us make this event another memorable one.

Awards List
Mike Wade Memorial Duel Master Volunteer
Steve Raile - Team 375

Other nominees:

87 - Harvey Hans
225 - Vicki Rispoli
316 - Dan Weick
321 - Mary Conrad
365 - Brian Lucas
433 - Walt Palac
1089 - Craig Evans
2607 - Thom Gailie
3314 - Jim Hobin
3941 - Dr Rich Becker

Event Champions
341, 1640, 1089

Event Finalists
225, 816, 369

Success Won't Wait Book Drive
Winner - Team 375 (1,7230 lbs)
Runner-up - Team 1626 (717 lbs)

Total collected: 4,560 lbs. Thanks teams!

TARDIS Design Innovation Award
Team 2729

Duel Team Spirit
Team 203

Duel Gracious Professionalism
Team 225

Chairman's Award Warm Up
Participants: Teams 321, 1626, 2607


Big thanks go out to our Duel Steering Team (Bob Dudek - lead, Jeff Chambers - Volunteer Coordinator, Rosanne Danner, Michelle Crivella, Peggy Vavalla, Bill Clark, John Larock), Joe Perrotto - FTC lead, Joe Troy - Duel FTA, Katie Stevens - Duel Emcee, Chris Gregory - Duel Play-by-Play Announcer, our sponsors - Salem Community College, DuPont, First State Robotics, South Jersey Robotics, Mid-Atlantic Robotics), our VIP judges, The Salem Oak Singers, all of our volunteers, and members of attending teams.

See you all next year!

John

[Gdeaver]

I was not able to attend the competition but was very pleased by the resolution of the web cast. Yes, there were dropped frames and other problems but the ability to see detail and the clarity offset them. I hope other First events can work on providing good high resolution webcast for the people who can not always attend competitions. Duel was an exciting event to watch. Wish I could have been there.

[Roberta]

1370 had an awesome time at the event. Thanks to everyone who made a great event possible!

[Ben Martin]

In particular to 225, 816 and 369 for a terrifying last set.* I've never seen a fall reverberate through both alliance stations like that. You guys were incredible, and that's not the Finals 2 anyone wants to play. :(

No hard feelings :) It's the penalty for having a high CG. You caught us with a strategy we didn't expect coming back to the driver's station. That was probably the most harmless fall we've had all season; the robot came out of it 100% unscathed.

Good job to 341, 1640, and 1089 on their win. They had a hard road through many difficult matches.

We'll see you at Ramp Riot

[thefro526]

Duel was a blast again this year as usual. Big thanks to 1640 and 1089 for being such solid alliance partners. It's amazing to think that all of us had a mix of seasoned and not-so seasoned drive teams in the booth and it worked out as well as it did.

Also, I have to applaud all of the teams that we played throughout elims, you've all shown how much stronger MAR as a region has gotten since the transition to the district system, one could argue that those elimination matches were as competitive as an on-season event. (Though our robots are really, really tired.)

Oh, and if anyone here is from 1626, or speaks to them frequently, they left a battery in the Blue Driver's Station at some point, and we found it during the field tear down. We'll have it ready at Ramp Riot, unless they'd like it back sooner, in which case, shoot myself or another 341 Member a PM.

No hard feelings :) It's the penalty for having a high CG. You caught us with a strategy we didn't expect coming back to the driver's station. That was probably the most harmless fall we've had all season; the robot came out of it 100% unscathed.


Good Guys at 225:

Build Robot with a High Center of Gravity, Robot Tips over.

Looks at robot after the match, laughs about it.

See you at RR. (Let's play on the same side again, yes?)

[Hallry]

Huge thanks to Teams 75, 225, 1370, 1640, 3314, and 3974 for letting me GoPro them up on Saturday. Unfortunately the onboard GoPro came down with a sad case of turning itself off suddenly towards the end of the day, so I only got onboard footage of 75, 1370, and 1640 (I really wanted to see the onboard of 225's full court shooter too :(). But, I did get driver station GoPro footage from all 6 teams, as well as camcorder footage focused on their respective robots. Thank you all for being so welcoming, and for the mentor from 3974 who said he watched all of our videos, I'm editing these now and they will be posted on YouTube soon! I'll post an update when they're online.

Also - excellent job to Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Petrillo for the MAR info meeting that went on during lunch. I was amazed at their transparency, and look forward to the changes coming in the 2014 season.

Duel was sadly my last offseason for this year, but Team 1676 will be returning back from girlPOWER now two weekends ago at Ramp Riot and Brunswick Eruption next month.

[Hallry]

I actually have onboard video from the MAR championships. Would you like me to upload it?

Sure!

[Andrew Lobos]

Sure!

Here is the playlist with the videos Wren is talking about: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Bh1oRhinwS1vAhpINDSW83zht8q1RIW

I also have some of our matches from Duel up at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Bh1oRhinwTK0NfqQeRf1A7ZcVnrTFcV

[Wren Hensgen]

Thanks Andrew!

[quad]

<snip>

Also - excellent job to Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Petrillo for the MAR info meeting that went on during lunch. I was amazed at their transparency, and look forward to the changes coming in the 2014 season.
<snip>

Summary? Thanks.

[Foster]

As one of the remote viewers (yay 1640 on the win!) I want to say thanks to the unsung tech team that made my/our viewing possible. I know that it's hard to get video, audio and reliable network connections to work in an off-season facility. It was a good feed, only a few times with the 2 FPS rates. The match announcers were great, the made it easy to follow the action.

THANKS!

[Ben Martin]

See you at RR. (Let's play on the same side again, yes?)

We very well could, if the match schedule gods deem it so :]

[DELurker]

...But, I did get driver station GoPro footage from all 6 teams, as well as camcorder footage focused on their respective robots. Thank you all for being so welcoming, and for the mentor from 3974 who said he watched all of our videos, I'm editing these now and they will be posted on YouTube soon! I'll post an update when they're online.

Ooooh.... um, can we ... lose ... the driver station video for 1370? I'm not sure I want that to go public... :D

[nathannfm]

I was not able to attend the competition but was very pleased by the resolution of the web cast. Yes, there were dropped frames and other problems but the ability to see detail and the clarity offset them. I hope other First events can work on providing good high resolution webcast for the people who can not always attend competitions. Duel was an exciting event to watch. Wish I could have been there.

I want to say thanks to the unsung tech team that made my/our viewing possible. I know that it's hard to get video, audio and reliable network connections to work in an off-season facility. It was a good feed, only a few times with the 2 FPS rates. The match announcers were great, the made it easy to follow the action.

Thanks guys!
Were there any other comments anyone would like go give about the webcast?
Was Twitch a good provider? How were the camera angles? ect...

While it wasn't as important this year because the live scoring was so inaccurate, we will try to get the score overlay working in the future. Does anyone have any tips on how to do that?
Right now we just switch inputs to the computer between cam1 cam2 and the FMS.

[Deetman]

While it wasn't as important this year because the live scoring was so inaccurate, we will try to get the score overlay working in the future. Does anyone have any tips on how to do that?
Right now we just switch inputs to the computer between cam1 cam2 and the FMS.

While I wasn't at Duel, the live scoring in offseason events should be a bit more accurate as they seem to be using humans manually doing the live scoring via laptops behind the driver stations. Of course the score is still subject to change at the end of the match after manually counting disks, but they were generally accurate at Midknight Mayhem where I was scorekeeper.

As far as doing the live score overlay, you'll need a video mixer that can do chroma-key. FMS can be set to use any color as the chroma-key so that the video feed can be overlayed. If you want more details I'd suggest talking to Frank Larkin of 272, he spec'd and purchased the MAR video equipment.

[Scott L.]

While I wasn't at Duel, the live scoring in offseason events should be a bit more accurate as they seem to be using humans manually doing the live scoring via laptops behind the driver stations. Of course the score is still subject to change at the end of the match after manually counting disks, but they were generally accurate at Midknight Mayhem where I was scorekeeper.

As far as doing the live score overlay, you'll need a video mixer that can do chroma-key. FMS can be set to use any color as the chroma-key so that the video feed can be overlayed. If you want more details I'd suggest talking to Frank Larkin of 272, he spec'd and purchased the MAR video equipment.

I used a Newtek Tricaster to do the video chromakey the year I webcast Duel VII. Its a portable video production system.

[Hallry]

Now that my finals have ended and I'm back home, I finally finished the video compilations of Teams 1640, 1370, 3314, 225, 75, and 3974 from Duel on the Delaware 2013. All of the info about the footage is posted here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=123070). Thanks again to all 6 teams for being so welcoming and gracious! :)