UTC New England Scrimage

[Marc P.]

Hey everyone, who is or was at the UTC Scrimage in Suffield? Interesting robots here, lots of cool stuff, strategies unveiled, competition unfolding. What are the thoughts of the general community on the competition after seeing/experiencing actual combat on the field?

[Mike Norton]

Quincy also had there game going today.


Beware ball handlers thats all I have to say.

And if you think you can pull other robots and goals around there is always someone better:D

This year is going to be fun. being alot of spares;)

[Joel J]

I learned that this year's game is very volatile (?); small mistakes cost you the match.

[AntiCrombieDuck]

alot of the ball handlers have too work the kinks out, and fast if i might say so.


GO MARK AND TEAM 38 WERE # 1

[Sam Lipscomb]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=225750#post225750

check out that thread, you can watch the scrimmage right now, as it's happening!

as i said before - hanging happens too little, multipliers can change the game, and human player shooting is of utmost importance

semi finals ending soon! :D


edit - awards ceremony now...the winners are -

1099
839
782
173

awesome job everyone! :D

[Madison]

alot of the ball handlers have too work the kinks out, and fast if i might say so.


GO MARK AND TEAM 38 WERE # 1

Sorry that this is off-topic, but...uh, how can guests post? Brandon?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

best put by an engineer on my team "Who ever hangs wins"

we did pretty good for our ghetto PVC arm, tho... 2nd place

[Heretic121]

Quincy also had there game going today.
Beware ball handlers thats all I have to say.
And if you think you can pull other robots and goals around there is always someone better:D
This year is going to be fun. being alot of spares;)

#1 yes quincy was awsome today...

#2 amen

#3 yep yep yep

#4 understatement!!! =P

[liljesse2014]

The game was cool to see it with actual robots, but it was a little boring not a lot of excitement. Hope that the regionals will be more fun. Teams need to get their robots running that probably why it wasnt so cool.

[Koko Ed]

The game was cool to see it with actual robots, but it was a little boring not a lot of excitement. Hope that the regionals will be more fun. Teams need to get their robots running that probably why it wasnt so cool.
This thread was so confusing til I realized it's 4 years old! :rolleyes:

[Daniel Brim]

As long as it's at the top, how did the game play out? Any specifics would be awesome :)

[Koko Ed]

As long as it's at the top, how did the game play out? Any specifics would be awesome :)
What stuck out to me was how there were so many tall robots (what didn't surprise me was how so many of those tall robots ended up on thier back whenever they went near the ramp). I also noticed how shooters will need to rely on capable partners to survive or will be mercilessly pounded by the other alliance.
Also 195 is a beast. :ahh:

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Also 195 is a beast. :ahh:
And what are you basing this off of, must I ask?

[Koko Ed]

And what are you basing this off of, must I ask?
Watching you guys push other teams around and assert your will.

[Greg Marra]

Watching you guys push other teams around and assert your will.

I must say, I was having quite a bit of fun pushing people all over the place today. It was a little harder in the elimination rounds because our high gear broke, but 195 and we did a nice job double teaming bots :D.

Now we need to repair our bumpers and make a bunch of extras. You guys have lots of sharp corners on your bots :(

[BoyWithCape195]

Our bumpers help up very nicely, in fact, they still look like new!

[Koko Ed]

I must say, I was having quite a bit of fun pushing people all over the place today. It was a little harder in the elimination rounds because our high gear broke, but 195 and we did a nice job double teaming bots :D.

Now we need to repair our bumpers and make a bunch of extras. You guys have lots of sharp corners on your bots :(
I see you guys like the Killer Bees 2004 bot alot.

[Elgin Clock]

*cough* split thread *cough*

4 years of UTC scrimmages in one thread. interesting.

[Koko Ed]

*cough* split thread *cough*

4 years of UTC scrimmages in one thread. interesting.
More like weird but it's in the now so let's just go with the flow.

[Elgin Clock]

More like weird but it's in the now so let's just go with the flow.

I'm down with that then.

In that case: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=455982&postcount=11 for my semi-conclusive report of the scrimmage in 2006!

[Peter Matteson]

I didn't get to make it, stuck in grad school all day :(

Feedback from my teammates has me quite curious about how the game plays out however. I thought it would be defensive and low goals but geez!

Anyone have good pictures of the bots posted (Elgin looking at you). I'm not sure what my team has for video of the other bots.

Pete

[jjdebner]

Gameplay for 2006:

From the observations I made, teamwork will and awareness will be key this year.
1. You need to pay attention to the period and other positions of bots on the field so you don't go offsides and cost your team many valuable points.
2. When teams work together with blocking and shooting... things happen. Shooters can be blocked, but shooters can also be effective. It is just a matter of working with the team to plan on defending the oponents shooters and opening opertunities for your own shooters.

As for points, it will vary highly on the alliances. If all the aliances just try and shoot little blocking, it could be a very high scoring game. With heavy defense, every 1 point ball counts.

[Richsgt]

This game seems very strategy intensive as some of y'all have noticed, varying greatly with tems. While the 3 pointer is valuable, any alliance which focuses on the 3 poitn shooter thats best and forgets about the ones that score on the 1pt areas can pay dearly(lose the match).

Definitely going to be a strong drivetrain year, and frame as any teams trying to get on the ramp slowly seem to be in trouble with a lot tipping yesterday.

Exciting game though, and hopefully even more so as FIRST gets some prominent real time scoring going. That was definitely the hardest part as a spectator, keeping up with the score but i was surprised at the speed with which results were decided especially in the one point diffrence matches so good job to all the ref's and sponsoring teams for that and the great venue.

[peaseonearth]

Some pictures from the Scrimmage are up on our site.

http://www.aceshigh176.com/e107_plugins/coppermine_menu/thumbnails.php?album=24

More coming soon. Any other teams take many pictures?

[jjdebner]

I took a bunch of photos, but a lot of them are our team. Take a look if you are still interested though.

http://flickr.com/photos/jdebner/sets/72057594066592330/