Lonestar Regional Results

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Posted by Mike Sklar at 03/18/2001 10:40 AM EST


Engineer on team #21, ComBBAT , from Astronaut H.S. and Titusville H.S. and Brevard Community College and Boeing Company and NASA-KSC.



Here are my unofficial results from the lonestar regional. This was a 40 team regional with nearly 20 rookie teams.

Number 1 Seed: Exxon/Mobil/Boeing Tigers (#57)
(ave qual pts were around 185 but don't hold me to it)

Remaining Seeds:
#2 Raytheon RoboWranglers (148)
#3 MSFC/Boeing/Lee HS (442)
#4 Arlington Hts HS Metal Jackets (317)
#5 JSC Robonauts (118)
#6 JSC/Riverside HS Virus (215)
#7 JSC/Rio Ranch HS (464)
#8 Keihin/Morristown HS Full Metal Jackets (393)

Final alliances:

Seed #1: 57, 118, 21 (1st pick), 438, 456
Seed #2: 148, 215, 476, 446, 704
Seed #3: 442, 464, 418, 647, 437
Seed $4: 317, 393, 34, 364, 231

And the winner is:

#2 Alliance (beat #4)
Congratulations to Raytheon and their team! High score in Elimination rounds: approx 380.

Oh I almost forgot, yours truly, the Team Spirit Award was won by the Boeing ComBBAT (21) Team, for "Riding the Snake"!

A few scouting notes for you junkies out there:

Very few teams can reliably balance 2 goals (and I'm talking by 30 seconds. Balancing 2 in less than 15 seconds remaining does not count and is stupid to try. It's worth 4x when 1 goal in 30 secs is 4x, and 1 goal with 1:00 left is 5x!)

At houston there were 3 reliable double goal balancers only, 148, 442 and 317. 442 Does it with a single, 4-bar linkage leg they hold over the side to help balance. 148 has a fascinating automated balancing program using the gyro. they can usually balanced withing less than 5 secs once on the ramp. Note, you do not need to be a double goal balancer (And you probably are not even if you think you are) to win.

Team 57 was #1 seed and they did it by consistently balancing 1 goal all day long (ie approx 200 pts!). If you learn, accept and pursue this you will greatly improve.

Lastly there was an extreme shortage of Limbo bots. Team 57 ultimately is one and they were #1.
There were only 4 others.

This is the biggest year for exteme dishonesty and lack of reality. Scout only with information you see on the field.

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Posted by lucia Sevcik at 03/18/2001 11:03 AM EST


Other on team Leopards from Booker T. Washington sponsored by ExxonMobil.


In Reply to: Lonestar Regional Results
Posted by Mike Sklar on 03/18/2001 10:40 AM EST:



: Here are my unofficial results from the lonestar regional. This was a 40 team regional with nearly 20 rookie teams.

: Number 1 Seed: Exxon/Mobil/Boeing Tigers (#57)
: (ave qual pts were around 185 but don't hold me to it)

: Remaining Seeds:
: #2 Raytheon RoboWranglers (148)
: #3 MSFC/Boeing/Lee HS (442)
: #4 Arlington Hts HS Metal Jackets (317)
: #5 JSC Robonauts (118)
: #6 JSC/Riverside HS Virus (215)
: #7 JSC/Rio Ranch HS (464)
: #8 Keihin/Morristown HS Full Metal Jackets (393)

: Final alliances:

: Seed #1: 57, 118, 21 (1st pick), 438, 456
: Seed #2: 148, 215, 476, 446, 704
: Seed #3: 442, 464, 418, 647, 437
: Seed $4: 317, 393, 34, 364, 231

: And the winner is:

: #2 Alliance (beat #4)
: Congratulations to Raytheon and their team! High score in Elimination rounds: approx 380.

: Oh I almost forgot, yours truly, the Team Spirit Award was won by the Boeing ComBBAT (21) Team, for "Riding the Snake"!

: A few scouting notes for you junkies out there:

: Very few teams can reliably balance 2 goals (and I'm talking by 30 seconds. Balancing 2 in less than 15 seconds remaining does not count and is stupid to try. It's worth 4x when 1 goal in 30 secs is 4x, and 1 goal with 1:00 left is 5x!)

: At houston there were 3 reliable double goal balancers only, 148, 442 and 317. 442 Does it with a single, 4-bar linkage leg they hold over the side to help balance. 148 has a fascinating automated balancing program using the gyro. they can usually balanced withing less than 5 secs once on the ramp. Note, you do not need to be a double goal balancer (And you probably are not even if you think you are) to win.

: Team 57 was #1 seed and they did it by consistently balancing 1 goal all day long (ie approx 200 pts!). If you learn, accept and pursue this you will greatly improve.

: Lastly there was an extreme shortage of Limbo bots. Team 57 ultimately is one and they were #1.
: There were only 4 others.

: This is the biggest year for exteme dishonesty and lack of reality. Scout only with information you see on the field.

Congratulations Combat on your Spirit Award! Team 57 loved your rubber bat dance (or snake wave). We are planning on developing a Leopard Wave (Team Combat we need your help) Thanks for being our alliance partner. Congratulation to all the teams who came to the Lone Star Regional it was a pleasure to have you there. The Judges HIT THE MARK when they said that every team was a winner and truly ONE ALLIANCE.

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Posted by Karl at 03/18/2001 11:27 AM EST


Student on team #442, Knight Riders, from Lee High and NASA Marshall SpaceFlight Center.


In Reply to: Lonestar Regional Results
Posted by Mike Sklar on 03/18/2001 10:40 AM EST:



: Oh I almost forgot, yours truly, the Team Spirit Award was won by the Boeing ComBBAT (21) Team, for "Riding the Snake"!
Y'all really did deserve that. Was that move inspired by the Jim Carrey SNL skit? I'm the only one who seems to remember it and was wondering if I was right about it's origin.

: At houston there were 3 reliable double goal balancers only, 148, 442 and 317. 442 Does it with a single, 4-bar linkage leg they hold over the side to help balance.
I believe I speak on behalf of all of team #442 when I thank you very much for referring to us as "reliable" despite our several mistakes and near-misses.

: Lastly there was an extreme shortage of Limbo bots. Team 57 ultimately is one and they were #1.
: There were only 4 others.
Does this include #647's last-minute conversion?

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Posted by Landon Grantham at 03/21/2001 8:32 PM EST


Student on team #21, ComBBAT, from Astronaut High and Boeing, KSC - NASA, Brevard Community College.


In Reply to: Re: Lonestar Regional Results
Posted by Karl on 03/18/2001 11:27 AM EST:



: Oh I almost forgot, yours truly, the Team Spirit Award was won by the Boeing ComBBAT (21) Team, for "Riding the Snake"!
Y'all really did deserve that. Was that move inspired by the Jim Carrey SNL skit? I'm the only one who seems to remember it and was wondering if I was right about it's origin.


About that whole snake/SNL rip off thing:
I guess you are the only one who remembers that skit, because i cant find anyone else who does. This is my first year on the team, but from what i've heard, the snake was made up by another member of the team four years ago. Just wanted to clear that up.

-Lando

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Posted by Keith Sevcik at 03/19/2001 8:12 AM EST


Engineer on team #321, Philabotix, from Drexel University and -----.


In Reply to: Lonestar Regional Results
Posted by Mike Sklar on 03/18/2001 10:40 AM EST:



: Here are my unofficial results from the lonestar regional. This was a 40 team regional with nearly 20 rookie teams.

: Number 1 Seed: Exxon/Mobil/Boeing Tigers (#57)
: (ave qual pts were around 185 but don't hold me to it)

Team 57 is the Leopards (former Tigers). I'm a 57 alumni and I did all the t-shirts and buttons and face painting and all for 57 when they were still the Tigers. Apparently I did too good a job promoting the team theme because the title has stuck. It was a wonderful theme being that they're sponsored by Exxon, however, after the Mobil merger Exxon requested that they drop the Tigers and come up with something else. Leopards was voted the new name with Monkeys in a close second (though I dont think the Leopards had the popular vote. The electoral college (mentors) swung the vote in favor of the Leopards due to the obvious complications of having a team full of monkeys).

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Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/19/2001 8:43 AM EST


Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.


In Reply to: Stripes to Spots
Posted by Keith Sevcik on 03/19/2001 8:12 AM EST: