EINSTEIN

[windup zeppelin]

968+25= BEST ALLIANCE EVER

[vVigglEs]

Archimedes- 296, 217, 522

Curie- 503, 451, 1139

Newton- 25, 968, 195

Galileo- 177, 1126, 201

Who Will take the Einstein Championship?

[hoorayforpink]

im all sorts of angry rite now at 296 and company but i have to say im rooting for them

sweet sweet ARCHIE goodness!!

[YonZ]

how is it being bracketed between them?

[felipe.reis]

968+25= BEST ALLIANCE EVER

yeah, team 25 has an amazing robot this year, its unstoppable...
:ahh:

[Lil' Lavery]

Archimedes vs. Curie
Newton vs. Galileo

I think Newton will probably win, but I'm cheering for Curie!

[Rick TYler]

968+25= BEST ALLIANCE EVER

YM 195+968+25, don't you?

[lukevanoort]

Newton'll take it I think... but I haven't watched the competition any (been busy) so I don't know who well the teams are playing. But, underdogs can pull it together because they feel they have their backs against the wall and come out playing ferociously.

[vVigglEs]

I think

Newton- 25, 968, 195 Vs. Galileo- 177, 1126, 201


Archimedes- 296, 217, 522 Vs. Curie- 503, 451, 1139

[vVigglEs]

when is einstein starting?

[Jake177]

They're supposed to start at 4

[Steve S.]

i think newton vs galileo will be interesting, wither one can take it :)

[Beth Sweet]

Who else is waiting for Dave to pop out of a drum???

[Lil' Lavery]

So how about that light changing color joke? I was about to have a heart attack....

[Michelle Celio]

So how about that light changing color joke? I was about to have a heart attack....
Same here...

Have they done jokes like that before?

[Hiteak]

Wow, that was an interesting joke about the red and blue colors. Who else fell for it for a second?

[Richard Wallace]

Dean's shirt doesn't look like denim.

[Lea103]

i totally fell for it... but it would have been pretty interesting... i totally think the twelve teams would have been able to pull it off

[Michelle Celio]

I just googled first...and purple rhinoceros LOL

Wow... Amazing. Go FIRST and go GOOGLE

[Gamer930]

Wonder if FIRST can lag Google Server's with everyone searching at once.

Edit: Hummm what is Google giving next year??

[Michelle Celio]

Wonder if FIRST can lag Google Server's with everyone searching at once

It took 2 seconds to search for first when I did it..and I'm on 11mbps. So I think thats a yes :)

[Richard Wallace]

Nice I-Bot demo!

[Beth Sweet]

For next year, they definately need to make sure that they have delegates from some of the other countries that have teams in this competition...

[sciencenerd]

For next year, they definately need to make sure that they have delegates from some of the other countries that have teams in this competition...

I second the motion... as it is this is kind of one-sided.

[nehalita]

I missed the joke about the red/blue (just got home)... care to fill me in?

[Richard Wallace]

I missed the joke about the red/blue (just got home)... care to fill me in?Joke was they were going to change the target light colors several times during each match: red, blue, green, flashing, etc.

[Spiffizzle]

First of all, I totally fell for it. But then, I wondered if they would do it next year. I started a thread thinking about that, because he said it was totally possible... and I think those twelve teams could do it, but some teams had trouble finding green vs. white so I don't know.

Next, I also googled first and purple rhinocerous =P

Finally, personally, I'm rooting on Newton. 25 is our mentors and an amazing team and having won two regionals I would like to see it happen.

It'll be an amazing set of matches though, I have no doubt about that! Can't wait to see it play out to the end!

[lukevanoort]

Man, I thought Newton would blow everyone out of the water, but what a match! 99 to 81! (Still, in the course of one period Newton really closed the gap, I still think they could win)

[nehalita]

Is Woodie Flowers wearing red chucks??

[Michelle Celio]

Is Woodie Flowers wearing red chucks??
I was just about to ask the same question myself. I think he is...

edit::

So curie is out

[Beth Sweet]

Does anyone else notice how many rookies are winning awards not traditionally reserved for rookies? We must have had a heck of a batch of rookies this year!

[Richard Wallace]

Thunderchickens in the finals!

[nehalita]

Does anyone else notice how many rookies are winning awards not traditionally reserved for rookies? We must have had a heck of a batch of rookies this year!
I think it's great. Everyone seems to have upped the competition. How exciting!

[Spiffizzle]

I stick by what I said... I want to see Newton win...

Alas, I think an Achimedes vs. Newton final would be amazing to watch! Then again, I underestimated Galileo so I guess Galileo vs. Achimedes would be amazing too! :D [[ I'm having so much fun watching this online, I can only imagine what it's like to be there, but it's something I look forward and aspire to getting to do! ((my team went last year before I was a member)) ]]

And about the rookies, it really is amazing how many are getting so far, doing so well, and winning so many awards! I can only imagine what kind of rookies we'll have next year!

[Doug G]

Does anyone else notice how many rookies are winning awards not traditionally reserved for rookies? We must have had a heck of a batch of rookies this year!

I've noticed more and more rookie teams mentored by either former students that are now college students or relocated mentors. There was a time when one usually dismissed or discounted how successful a rookie team could be (I know it sounds bad) - but thats definitely not the case anymore which is awesome that not only is FIRST growing new teams but growing new successful teams which will stick around for a while.

[Lil' Lavery]

wow, what a win for Newton. That was pure power. They didn't even try to score during auto, then turned around and put 106 on the board. Amazing...

[sciencenerd]

Wow, I'm really interested to see which team will win SF 2-3! I predict that the winner between Galileo and Newton will be the alliance to win the entire championship

[Tim Delles]

I wanna know what happened to 968's auto!!!! :ahh: :ahh:

[nehalita]

I'm with sciencenerd.... can't wait to see sf2-3

[joshsmithers]

that was nice. it was a what? -30 point comeback
im a newton fan now

[Tetraman]

ARCHE!
MEDIES!

[sciencenerd]

I'm with sciencenerd.... can't wait to see sf2-3

Well, there it is... Newton!

Like I said before, I bet they win the finals.

[Spiffizzle]

wow, what a win for Newton. That was pure power. They didn't even try to score during auto, then turned around and put 106 on the board. Amazing...

I totally agree, match two, they let the other team take 34 points in Autonomous to come back at them when 72 points worth of 3 pointers during their offensive period! they totally earned those two wins ((the 2nd one crushing more than the first))

Newton vs. Archimedes - I'm excited... this will be an AMAZING FINAL! ::excited!::

[Lil' Lavery]

I wanna know what happened to 968's auto!!!! :ahh: :ahh:
I'm thinking it was intentional. That way they can fire all 10 balls at alot closer to 100% accuracy, as apposed to the heavily defended autonomous, which they hadn't hit nearly as many in.

217 vs 25 (no offense any of the other outstandinly powerful teams), a match-up I have wanted to see sense 217 won Detroit. This could be quite amazing, the best 2 human loaded-only bots.

[Richard Wallace]

Awsome comeback wins by the Newton champs. Did they lose autonomous twice on purpose?

I can't really follow via webcast.

[Spiffizzle]

Awsome comeback wins by the Newton champs. Did they lose autonomous twice on purpose?

I can't really follow via webcast.

I'm pretty sure that's the case, because they set 25, who can definately score during autonomous, on a defensive autonomous as opposed to their normal shooting. Actually... now that I think about it, I believe they had all three doing defensive autonomouses...

[Lil' Lavery]

Oh, I am SOOOOOO making that movie happen!

[MissInformation]

Oh, I am SOOOOOO making that movie happen!

Summer project!

The movie, that is, not carving out rock on Mount Rushmore...

Heidi

[Doug G]

NASA TV has dropped the coverage, it's now web only. Interestingly enough they just talked about how they're live on NASA TV.

Finally Archimedes vs Newton.

I say Newton will take it in 2 straight matches.

[Spiffizzle]

Did anyone get that top 10 down? It was amusing...

Especially that last one with Dean and Woodie on Rushmore...

HERE WE GO!

GO NEWTON!

[Richard Wallace]

Where's Dave Lavery?

[sciencenerd]

NASA TV has dropped the coverage, it's now web only. Interestingly enough they just talked about how they're live on NASA TV.

Finally Archimedes vs Newton.

I say Newton will take it in 2 straight matches.

'fraid not... wow, Archimedes shut them down! That was unexpected, at least for me.

EDIT: does anyone else think that it's interesting that the last four years (and for a fifth year, now) the championship winners have been either Archimedes or Newton? Kind of an odd coincidence.

[nehalita]

That was some crazy defense. I have butterflies watching the second match

[Spiffizzle]

'fraid not... wow, Archimedes shut them down! That was unexpected, at least for me.

Same, definately didn't see that coming...

Then again... they did come back with two last time so you never know.

[lukevanoort]

That was just spooky. We'll see how it plays out in the next match(es).

[Richard Wallace]

Thunderchickens look really strong.

[Michelle Celio]

Did anyone get that top 10 down? It was amusing...

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I did ..will be posting momentarily

[Lil' Lavery]

Throwing auto might have cost them that match, 217 still hitting 10/10 was very big.

[Doug G]

NASA TV has dropped the coverage, it's now web only. Interestingly enough they just talked about how they're live on NASA TV.

Finally Archimedes vs Newton.

I say Newton will take it in 2 straight matches.

Newton was shut down. So that's what they mean when they say "defense wins championships"

Let's see if they can come back.

[Tetraman]

Throwing auto might have cost them that match, 217 still hitting 10/10 was very big.

Agreed. If 25 doesn't get in gear, it's asking for trouble.

[Richard Wallace]

Throwing auto might have cost them that match, 217 still hitting 10/10 was very big.Maybe they'll shoot in auto this time?

[Lea103]

guess its gonna take all three rounds for Newton to pull it off... seems that they work better under pressure... they let their opponents feel comfortable knowing they have one win and then they strike...

[thoughtful]

Well not just defence, it was some precise offence matched with amazing defence. That was an amazing move by 296+217+522. I just soo want a canadian team to lift the Einstein title. I have a feeling this match might just do the trick. I think 25 might just go for atuonomus this time around.

[sciencenerd]

Ah, no elimination rounds are complete without the macarena (sp?)! :)

[Lil' Lavery]

wow, 118 is bad at the macarena :p ;)

[Michelle Celio]

Top Ten Indicators FIRST is Changing Western Culture

10. Street intersection gridlock is rampant as rogue robots charge stoplights and begin hurling balls every time the light turns green.

9. Napoleon Dynamite holds a press conference to declare that FIRST students have the skills.

8. Shaquille O'Neal, Tiger Woods and Wayne Gretzky are selling hot dogs at FIRST competitions to fund their participation in athletics.

7. Annually, the highest rated television event is the one live right now on NASA TV.

6. School board candidates are campaigning on a platform of a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage and multiple FIRST teams in every school.

5. From robot ship date through the end of April, the entire FedEx fleet is committed to FIRST.

4. Congress has approved funding for 3 application specific satellites to increase bandwidth to the FIRST & ChiefDelphi websites.

3.The Hollywood Blockbuster of the year is the animated feature by Dave Lavery's Havabanana Productions: King Kong & Godzilla versus The 2006 Championship Winning Alliance

2.When 5 yrs old routinely ask why is the sky is blue, are we there yet and why do the injection molded polystyrene spheres jamb between the titanium end-effector and the CIM driven water-jetted turret before conveying to the CNC-machined quad-roller, laser range finding projectile trajectory subsystem?

1.Tens of millions of tourists are flocking to Rapid City, South Dakota to see the latest additions to Mount Rushmore : Dean & Woodie.

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[Beth Sweet]

Can we please require robokids to take dance lessons??? That was disturbing... ;)

[nehalita]

Can we please require robokids to take dance lessons??? That was disturbing... ;)
beyond disturbing... perhaps someone should post up a whitepaper on how to do the macarena

[Tetraman]

OH MAN! That was insane match!

[Lil' Lavery]

wow......
let's see if the real time hold true, if it did, Archimedes pulls it out, by a hair...

[sciencenerd]

oh wow... does anyone have any idea who won that last one? Unbelievably close...

[Tetraman]

You could not ask for a better finals match!

Congrats!

[thoughtful]

OH MAN! That was insane match!
I second that, beyon insane, unreal!. Finally a canadian team as the lead alliance! go 296 , 217 and 522!! :cool: Great job 25, 968 and 195.

[Lil' Lavery]

98-94 ARCHIMEDES!
217's auto rocked, topped 968 and 25 returning to an offensive auto

25 still has a 45-5 record on the year though, an epic 90% win %.

[sciencenerd]

Wow, I'm really interested to see which team will win SF 2-3! I predict that the winner between Galileo and Newton will be the alliance to win the entire championship

Ok, I guess I have to eat my words. That last match... wow...

[Michelle Celio]

That was awesome. I've never watched something so cool. This being my first year in FIRST I just have to say, FIRST is truly amazing.

[joshsmithers]

omg, that was the second best match i've seen ever!

[Hiteak]

Wow, that was the closet match I have seen. Talk about a great match for finals. Congrads to 522, 217, 296 for winning Champions.

[HellStorm303]

My lord! That was the most intense match ive ever seen. My brother and I were screaming like little chirldren awaiting the end. Congrats to the winners! Congrats to finalists, amazing beauty of sportsmanship and teamwork :yikes:

[Tetraman]

Seriously. That must have been the greatest match this year!

[Spiffizzle]

Top Ten Indicators FIRST is Changing Western Culture

10. Street intersection gridlock is rampant as rogue robots charge stoplights and begin hurling balls every time the light turns green.

9. Napoleon Dynamite holds a press conference to declare that FIRST students have the skills.

8. Shaquille O'Neal, Tiger Woods and Wayne Gretzky are selling hot dogs at FIRST competitions to fund their participation in athletics.

7. Annually, the highest rated television event is the one live right now on NASA TV.

6. School board candidates are campaigning on a platform of a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage and multiple FIRST teams in every school.

5. From robot ship date through the end of April, the entire FedEx fleet is committed to FIRST.

4. Congress has approved funding for 3 application specific satellites to increase bandwidth to the FIRST & ChiefDelphi websites.

3.The Hollywood Blockbuster of the year is the animated feature by Dave Lavery's Havabanana Productions: King Kong & Godzilla versus The 2006 Championship Winning Alliance

2.When 5 yrs old routinely ask why is the sky is blue, are we there yet and why do the injection molded polystyrene spheres jamb between the titanium end-effector and the CIM driven water-jetted turret before conveying to the CNC-machined quad-roller, laser range finding projectile trajectory subsystem?

1.Tens of millions of tourists are flocking to Rapid City, South Dakota to see the latest additions to Mount Rushmore : Dean & Woodie.

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Thanks!

WHOA!, that was intense! SO CLOSE! I realy thought we'd see a Final match 3!!!

Archimedes played amazingly though, totally deserved the win!!! Robowizards ((only one I've met personally)), Thunder Chickens, and Northern Knights were awesome. (( I still would've liked to see 25 get it... but credit where credit is due)) :rolleyes:

Congratulations to the 2006 Atlanta Champs!

[Lil' Lavery]

We were about half a second away from a match 3, 195 almost got on that ramp.

[Beth Sweet]

Have a son who invents things: pretty cool
Having your wedding anniversary talked about by your son on national tv and international internet broadcast: priceless

Welcome to FIRST!

[Tetraman]

Chairman has the sniffles.

[pez1959]

Hmm I guess theres no nat'l website award? (or did I miss it? )

[lukevanoort]

omg, that was the second best match i've seen ever!
What was the best? Dang that was a stellar match! Wish I could've seen it in person... 217 is the stuff, their performance was absolutely astonishing!

Hmm I guess theres no nat'l website award? (or did I miss it? )
Team 461 got it.

[Lil' Lavery]

Hmm I guess theres no nat'l website award? (or did I miss it? )
It was awarded, along with the Autodesk awards, during the opening ceremonies on Friday

[Spiffizzle]

Chairman has the sniffles.

Totally heard that... it was funny, I said it to my friend also watching, and he was getting fed up and was like "Jeez, someone give the guy a tissue!" and "Will he just blow his nose already?" ((I guess the suspense enough was killing him, but the sniffles added a few more seconds to wait))

Alas, an amazing national all around! Next year, I certainly hope to be there! :)

Congratuations to ALL teams on their respective awards (because there are far too many to name from this whole time)!!!

[techtiger1]

Wow Einstein was amazing and the quality of the bots was inspiring as well. However one of best moment of nationals was when 296 threw a chain off there shooter and couldn't fix it because no one had a master link on there championship alliance so the alliance they were playing against 25,195 and 968 gave them one and the show went on. 296 ends up winning. To add to this at the end Paul from 217 congratulated his team and alliance and then immediately ran over to thank the opposing alliance and to give them a word of encouragement, as 217 lost last year in the finals on Einstein so they have been there before. Random things like that are much better then watching any robot or robot alliance in my opinion. GO FIRST!

-Drew

[Spiffizzle]

Wow Einstein was amazing and the quality of the bots was inspiring as well. However one of best moment of nationals was when 296 threw a chain off there shooter and couldn't fix it because no one had a master link on there championship alliance so the alliance they were playing against 25,195 and 968 gave them one and the show went on. 296 ends up winning. To add to this at the end Paul from 217 congratulated his team and alliance and then immediately ran over to thank the opposing alliance and to give them a word of encouragement, as 217 lost last year in the finals on Einstein so they have been there before. Random things like that are much better then watching any robot or robot alliance in my opinion. GO FIRST!

-Drew

Definately true, and whoever it was that said it (I don't recall) was right. "Only in a FIRST Competition [would you see that]"

[GoSparx]

I dont know. I think our alliance still could have been the best. We won the first match against 25's alliance. Then we lost the 2nd two matches because our shooter wasnt working. We average as a team, team 1126, 55 points a match. And the score of the 2nd match only came down to 30 points and we didn't score at all. But whatever, its all good. We have won 2 divisional championships at Nationals in two years. I am very proud.

[Tetraman]

I dont know. I think our alliance still could have been the best. We won the first match against 25's alliance. Then we lost the 2nd two matches because our shooter wasnt working. We average as a team, team 1126, 55 points a match. And the score of the 2nd match only came down to 30 points and we didn't score at all. But whatever, its all good. We have won 2 divisional championships at Nationals in two years. I am very proud.

I was cheering for you guys. Mainly cause you had 177, but I remember you guys from the past Buckeye and FLRs. I'd say just winning 2 divisionals in a row is cause for major celebration!

[Michelle Celio]

So now that the Championship is over, how long 'till next kick off? ;) :p

[Chris Marra]

We were about half a second away from a match 3, 195 almost got on that ramp.
Actually, team 195 burnt out some of their drive CIM's on Einstein, in addition to wrecking their tread. I believe they replaced the tread in time for their matches, though the CIM's did stop them from ramping.

[Wayne C.]

Wow, that was the closet match I have seen. Talk about a great match for finals. Congrads to 522, 217, 296 for winning Champions.


Ditto-

we went down fighting to the end. Thats the best we can do. No regrets

I hope we gave everybody a few heart attacks along the way. I'm gonna start breathing again now.

WC :cool:

[Brian Mocci]

Actually, team 195 burnt out some of their drive CIM's on Einstein, in addition to wrecking their tread. I believe they replaced the tread in time for their matches, though the CIM's did stop them from ramping.

This is true, my team (195) lost our 2nd CIM in our left transmission which didn't allow us to get up onto the ramp at the end of that round, unfortunate but we tried our best =P

[oberg]

The CIM also stopped us from moving pretty much the enitre match, if we were at 100% we could have gathered more balls, and done a lot more, but I have no regrets defiantly the best nats ever