pic: Dante Slash!

[Alex Cormier]

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[Starke]

I remember watching that and going, "I hope they have a lot of extras!" :yikes:

[Dylan Gramlich]

hahahahah we had a good laugh about that at our team meeting Friday nite! Cromer Smash and Dante Slash!!!

[Alex Cormier]

hahahahah we had a good laugh about that at our team meeting Friday nite! Cromer Smash and Dante Slash!!!

Dante Slash!

[Koko Ed]

Hmmm. I've seen this show before. (http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/nh/nh_001.wmv)

[Greg Marra]

I wish instead of cutting up the tubes they would give them to me instead.

I need about 6 more to have a cooler dorm room than Tom and Corey.

[Jessica Boucher]

Hmmm. I've seen this show before. (http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/nh/nh_001.wmv)

That particular tube now hangs in my office. We asked nicely for it after the match was over.

[Josh Goodman]

It's hard to coach when you're laughing so much!

[Vince lau]

couldn't they just deflate the tube?

[Koko Ed]

couldn't they just deflate the tube?

They needed to get it out fast.
They have extras.

[JaneYoung]

would anyone like to explain what happened?

[fluffy]

if its like the tube in the video, the tube was stuck in the robot after auton, so the refs took a knife to it ;)

[Zuhaib Ali]

how stuck was it because i don't think it would take 3 people to knife it.:ahh:

[colin340]

i think it was a pen or marker

[BRosser314]

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Alex Cormier]

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.:confused: :confused: :confused:

well, they took them off the field. during the elims, even if it hit the floor they took them off the field.

we went through about 8 red keepers, 0 blue keepers, 5 spoilers and about 75 ringers of both colors.

[Koko Ed]

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.:confused: :confused: :confused:

Their job is to get the Keeper out ASAP so they can get on with the match.

[BRosser314]

I believe at GLR they left them in play if they were on the ground, I cante recal anywhere in the rules that they had to be removed from the field.

[Tetraman]

NO!! It's so painful to watch! It took so long to inflate those tubes!!

[The Lucas]

This particular tube was stuck between the 2 robots, so they couldnt just pull it out. As to why they they always remove the tubes, I would guess they want to avoid late keepers, especially those scored in the first secs of teleoperated mode.

[BRosser314]

This particular tube was stuck between the 2 robots, so they couldnt just pull it out. As to why they they always remove the tubes, I would guess they want to avoid late keepers, especially those scored in the first secs of teleoperated mode.

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

[Tetraman]

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

It wasn't a waste. FLR only broke about 5 keepers all together. FIRST gives you about 15 keepers of each color for the regional, along with the extras that were used/not used in the previous regional.

We had plenty.

[The Lucas]

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

I agree it is a waste, and I think if you hold onto a keeper at the end of autonomous you should have to put it down safely in user mode, ensuring that your code/switches doesn't accidentally score it (if you can code autonmous, you can do this). However, the Refs are being consistent by removing all keepers from the field, and consistent officiating is always a good thing.

[Josh Goodman]

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.

No, it has to be suspended from the spider leg by the end of autonomous in order for the keeper to count. If it isn't, it must be removed because it will screw up the scoring.

[BRosser314]

No, it has to be suspended from the spider leg by the end of autonomous in order for the keeper to count. If it isn't, it must be removed because it will screw up the scoring.

Ya i understand about the ones that are almost scored, but what about the ones that are on the floor from a miss, they werene touching them at GLR unless they were almost scored

[KTorak]

At GLR, they left them in play (unfortunately). I though there was a rule about being able to release them and NOT score them after autonomous, otherwise you would get a penalty. I thought that rule was similar to the one about being able to remove a ringer at the end of the match without powering your robot up. However, many teams, such as mine, have to tether up at the end to lower the arm back down into position for travel to the pits.

EDIT: I thought it would be an interesting idea to drop it in the opposing alliances home zone during autonomous if you could not score...but since they removed them... :-\

[BRosser314]

At GLR, they left them in play (unfortunately). I though there was a rule about being able to release them and NOT score them after autonomous, otherwise you would get a penalty. I thought that rule was similar to the one about being able to remove a ringer at the end of the match without powering your robot up. However, many teams, such as mine, have to tether up at the end to lower the arm back down into position for travel to the pits.

Thanks for the conformation:D

[robostangs548]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: I want one!

[Kati_Kat]

Hmmm. I've seen this show before. (http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/nh/nh_001.wmv)

I'm pretty sure that guy just completely massacred the keeper more than he needed to. Somebody has aggression issues...

[Alex Cormier]

I'm pretty sure that guy just completely massacred the keeper more than he needed to. Somebody has aggression issues...

wow, i just saw the video and i am disapointed. he didn't even try to take out the keeper, he touched it and knifed it. jesh...

[1359th Scalawag]

In the beginning of one of our matches, our human player accidentally threw a ringer onto our robot's team designation flag. We drove around for a little while trying to defend. (because we couldn't legally pic up another tube) About a minute in, the tube got stuck under our wheel... And jammed up our drive train. Our driver continued to try to break free but could not.
At the end of the match, when he was trying to remove the tube from the robot so that he could remove the robot from the feild, he said the tube looked like someone shot it with a shotgun. The friction from the wheel had melted a huge hole in it.:( :D

[KDawg]

DANTE SLASH!!

had a good time reviewing that at the fri. night meeting..hilarious

[1359th Scalawag]

KILL IT, KILL IT!! Hehe...KILL IT!!

[jade_team_73]

hey i know that robot its Team 73 The VISIONEERS aka im the captian of the team so proud of that robot it was super powerful and it never let go lol..

[burkechrs1]

why are people complaining about the keepers being slashed? it saves time for the team so they dont have to drop it they can go straight to getting a ringer... also it's cool watching someone slaughter a helpless little tube with a knife haha. it adds comedy. plus it's not like you had to pay for the keeper.. i laughed hysterically when they slashed a tube at SVR..