2007 Davis Sacramento Regional [Archive]

115inventorsam

19-03-2007, 21:52

Week 3 is already over, and is it just me, or is there still no thread for this Week 5 regional? Because I've searched a few times, never saw one.

Anyways, 115 will be ready to make huge improvements on the performance we had at SVR. 42nd out of 48 teams was not what we had hoped for, but we always fare better at later regionals, and assuming we got rid of the bugs we had, El Toro X will be something worth watching on the field.

Well? Who else will be there? You guys excited or what?

MrForbes

19-03-2007, 21:58

Oh yeah.....the team is getting prepared to defend their title :)

should be fun! we leave a week from tomorrow, two day drive.

=Martin=Taylor=

19-03-2007, 23:21

Veselin Kolev

19-03-2007, 23:30

I'll be at Davis, volunteering. Reffing or inspecting or both, dunno yet.

Davis will be a very tough regional, because most of the teams going there had their first regional at SVR, and will have worked out the bugs in their robots. There will be some serious competition, it'll be a great regional.

All you people from my old teams, come say hi, I'll be wearing my trademark straw hat. And if you just wanna say hi, feel free :P. See you there!

TheOtherGuy

19-03-2007, 23:37

I can't wait for the Davis regional, especially when all of these good robots and teams from SVR are going to be there. 1726 should be even stronger this year than last (although last year was more luck...). We almost took the Arizona regional, and I'm sure we can get a working autonomous and well built claw when we get there.

Michael Corsetto

19-03-2007, 23:49

FRC 100 is working on improving our scouting system.

Its been years since we actually had to chose an alliance and we are a bit rusty. It was fun playing with 114 and 973, but it was a poorly chosen alliance. 973 had a great ramp system that lifted many robots... but they were unable to lift neither 114 nor 100...

I have to say, that both 114 and ourselves underestimated the power of ramps. We thought that an alliance of two powerful tube-scorers would make for an easy victory.

However 60 points is hard to beat when you're constantly being battered by defensive lifters (like 488):o

Yeah, definitely need to improve your scouting system. I remember Andrew standing there with a pile of papers with random scouting data, where as I had a nice half sheet of paper with two columns for ramp and scoring bots.

I've been watching matches off of TBA (which rocks by the way!) and I've noticed a couple methods that hardcore scoring alliances have pulled through victories versus ramp bot alliance that we did not do at SVR. One hint: Aim High :p

Can't wait for Davis, its gonna rock. My personal goal is to average over 4 ringers scored per match throughout the weekend, and maybe even get a keeper or two on ;)

See you all in a week and a half!

Mike C.

Alekat

20-03-2007, 00:02

I know 701 is going to rock the house!

Seriously though, this is my first year as an alum and I can't wait to see ya'lls bots this year.

P.S. I get to wake up later than anyone because I live on campus:]

KrazyRoadster

20-03-2007, 00:29

701 is one of the teams I'm really interested in seeing this regional. I saw one of your practice videos and my jaw dropped. You guys looked incredibly smooth. Have you guys got any ramps on yet?

pakratt1991

20-03-2007, 00:40

This will be team 997s first show at Davis/Sacramento and we cant wait.
we were at PNW week 1 and waiting 4 weeks is just killing the entire team,
Best of luck to you all at the competition

FunkyRatDemon

20-03-2007, 00:43

753 will be showing up again.
After making Finals last year (in a close loss) were hoping to reclaim-some fame.
We love UC Davis, looking forward to meeting you other teams.

(Edit. Glad to see 997 showing up)

701Driver-Mike

20-03-2007, 01:08

Have you guys got any ramps on yet?

we do have two ramps, but we will only be using one of them.

FunkyRatDemon

20-03-2007, 01:13

we do have two ramps, but we will only be using one of them.

Huh? What happened/why?

Were using a grabber with Suction Cups

701Driver-Mike

20-03-2007, 01:31

Huh? What happened/why?

During the Bayou Regional we had problems with one side not lifting so we just took them off. For Davis we are adding sides and a "stopper" on our single ramp so a robot wont have to worry about rolling off the ramp.

Borgel

20-03-2007, 01:32

1351 will be there. Like 115, 38/48 at SVR was not so satisfying, so we will see what can be improved (Namely, our arm which we only got working for our final qualifier and didn't even use then). Our chassis is still goin strong though, so look for us with the best defense you've ever seen. :D

bhsrobotics1671

20-03-2007, 01:47

1671 will be there for sure!!
we have came a long way since last year
working off a very tight budget and using plywood to construct most of the bot to getting a major sponsor, PELCO, to step in and help us out this year. Thanks to them i dont think we would have made it any further than last year. Our programmers are doing excellent, so many things programmed it is pretty much idiot proof to the point when ur driving it, its very hard to screw something up.

we are also proud to announce we will be hosting sundial at this event. it is very possible that we may need 2-3 extra people to help run the system and keeping it up to date since as of now its me, and our head programmer who are both going to be extremely busy. so if you are interested in helping come stop by at comp! i have been talking to pat all night, a few bugs in the program but they should be fixed shortly.

p.s. does anyone know if they have released match schedules yet? it would help us severely in inputing it all into sundial before the comp.

thanks!

Zyik

20-03-2007, 02:27

973 will be there with a better ramp and scoring arm. We're always willing to run defense and our improved ramps should make it so that we are climbable by everyone.

Salik Syed

20-03-2007, 03:24

701 will be there... rockin the house! I'm very impressed with what our team has come up with this year.

And I will finally get to see our matches from the stands this year! It's been like 4 years since i did that!

s_forbes

20-03-2007, 03:36

This looks to be one of the most competitive and exciting regionals of the year, I'm really disappointed that I can't go. :( With all of the fast scoring robots competing, I expect there to be many near full racks. Someone be sure to document everything so those of us who are less fortunate can see some of the action!

Go 1726!

Winged Globe

20-03-2007, 05:50

After a tough year, I'll be happy seeing our robot move and our students enjoy our only event. Good luck to everyone!

Alekat

20-03-2007, 17:15

1671 will be there for sure!!]
we are also proud to announce we will be hosting sundial at this event. it is very possible that we may need 2-3 extra people to help run the system and keeping it up to date since as of now its me, and our head programmer who are both going to be extremely busy. so if you are interested in helping come stop by at comp!
thanks!

I take it Sundial is a scouting program?

Guy Davidson

20-03-2007, 17:38

Sundial isn't a scouting program, but it is useful. It is a program that hosts the schedule and tells you when your next match is, and what your alliance is.

We actually revised our scouting system greatly this year in hopes of picking. While that didn't happen (43/48 :X) we still have some decent to high quality data from SVR. If any of the teams competing at Davis would like to see it, just ask. We can also share the program we used (768's program with some modifications) and the sheets we used.

-Guy

bhsrobotics1671

20-03-2007, 18:47

yes, sumadin is right. Its not really a scouting program, its more like the FIRST scoring program, but some what personalized for individual teams. If you would like to get a preview of what its about and how it works here is a link to this years version set up for last years game.

http://sundial.patfair.net/

MikeJ675

21-03-2007, 10:58

675 will for the first time in our teams history be making it to davis. I'm quite proud of how they've done this year, both in fundraising and building.

Pre-SVR picture (http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/849/6752007qn9.jpg)

Twirler

21-03-2007, 18:26

Hey, who's all entering Chairman's at this competition? Just out of curiosity ^^

Ken Leung

22-03-2007, 07:34

Since I wasn't able to make Silicon Valley Regional last weekend, I will be returning to the Davis Regional volunteering as a referee again.

I really look forward to this because so many Cal Games Teams are showing up! (100, 114, 115, 766, 1280, 1351...)

See you next weekend!

1359th Scalawag

22-03-2007, 22:32

I hear at the Sacramento Regional, they've declared that the pit size is smaller than usual. (9' by 9')
This is going to make so much trouble! Not only are we going to have to find a new way to fit all our stuff into the pit but we're going to have to cut large sections off the frame and remake it. *frustration*

*now for the positive stuff*
Our pit is going to be right beside 997's! (PNW Champs) :D
Gonna be great! Good luck everybody!

pakratt1991

22-03-2007, 22:46

yeah it's going to be awesome to by some real neighbors :P :P

and I cant believe that, we just had a banner made to put up sponsors and other places.
>.> dang it, that's like a multi hundred dollar investment.
to bad about your frames that stinks

MrForbes

22-03-2007, 23:02

I hear at the Sacramento Regional, they've declared that the pit size is smaller than usual. (9' by 9')

Could you please tell us where you heard that?

yodameister

23-03-2007, 00:17

I believe that the main contacts were sent an e-mail be the local regional director (I got one today)

FunkyRatDemon

23-03-2007, 00:30

Could you please tell us where you heard that?

I 2nd this, I got mine today too.

Otaku

23-03-2007, 00:54

I can't wait for Davis, especially with our buddies over at Team 100 going as well.

Also, we get to meet some teams we've not seen before. This'll be 675's first year at Davis, and we hope to do really good.

675 will for the first time in our teams history be making it to davis. I'm quite proud of how they've done this year, both in fundraising and building.

Pre-SVR picture (http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/849/6752007qn9.jpg)

Heh, I thought you had disappeared, Jefferies. (And yes, I'm aware you're going to RIT).

Yeah, we've been doing pretty good. We made it to the semifinal rounds with the #3 Alliance at SVR. Gloria had her arm taken off -- it was useless anyways and now we make weight. If you want more information, feel free to PM me.

Anywho, 675 is hoping for a Regional win or Regional Runner-up (Preferrably the first, but we'll have to see). We're really glad to be doing as good as we are and we want to go to Nationals.

Doug G

23-03-2007, 13:52

I 2nd this, I got mine today too.

I sent that out. With 39 teams, and the 15' x 30' Practice Field, it was felt there wasn't room for 10x10 pits so it got reduced to 9'x9'. Not my decision - just the bearer of bad news. I do apologize for not getting that info out earlier, it was dicussed 3 weeks ago, but I didn't realize the finality of it until I got the pit layout this Wednesday. Our team has gone ahead and reduced our PVC Structure to 9'x9' (easy for PVC). If you have a 10' banner, maybe the sides can wrap around 6" on each side? A metal pit structure? I'll pm you. Sorry folks, if we continue to expand this regional, we may very well end up on the 3rd floor. It could be worse.

yodameister

23-03-2007, 14:17

Better to get this information now than show up in Davis expecting a bigger one. At least teams have time to adjust their pit. Thanks for the heads up.

Doug G

23-03-2007, 14:29

Better to get this information now than show up in Davis expecting a bigger one. At least teams have time to adjust their pit. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for understanding. After seeing some of the pits at Bayou and last year at PNW, we've toyed with making a pit out of 80/20 or BOSCH extrusion. Luckily we keep taking the cheap way out and continue using PVC.

MikeJ675

24-03-2007, 03:55

Heh, I thought you had disappeared, Jefferies. (And yes, I'm aware you're going to RIT).

It's Jeffries, but no matter. I'll be out in June to take a better look at the bot and take a look at all the new stuff you guys got. Good luck at Davis!

Otaku

27-03-2007, 23:05

Davis is two days away, who else is stoked?

Tomorrow, I get to bring my luggage to school so that it can be driven over to Sacramento to our hotel, then Thursday morning I get to wake up at like 5AM (I'm going down before the rest of my team, who are leaving at 8:15AM from our school) so I can go get Gloria and our pit ready.

Good luck to everybody and I hope to have a great time!

CraigHickman

27-03-2007, 23:07

114 is ready and eager to be there in full force. We're correcting all the mistakes we made at SVR, and are ready to bring it out in full force.

Watch for the Lab Coats!

=Martin=Taylor=

27-03-2007, 23:14

Otaku

27-03-2007, 23:16

YAY! DAVIS! W00t W00t!

I can't wait. Its gonna be awesome! There are going to be a lot of out-of-state teams there too.
Teams I want to meet:
-753
-1359 (I want more pirate pins:] )
-1072
-997

We'll definitely be breaking out the ramps at Davis ;)

ROFL! I kid. We don't have any ramps! But I scared you there didn't I?!:D

When I read the ramp part, yeah, I was thinking "100's gonna be the best team there, no doubt".

You'll still be pretty high up, I speculate. But speculation is worthless, it's performance that counts.

Michael Corsetto

27-03-2007, 23:19

We'll definitely be breaking out the ramps at Davis ;)

ROFL! I kid. We don't have any ramps! But I scared you there didn't I?!:D

Gah, I was gonna say, WHERE WERE THEY AT SVR?!? :yikes:

I can't wait to see everyone there, and eat dinner with 100 on Thursday night, that should be fun! I'll be sporting my honorary 100 hat as usual :p

Less than 2 days left!

Mike C.

115inventorsam

27-03-2007, 23:50

We'll definitely be breaking out the ramps at Davis ;)

ROFL! I kid. We don't have any ramps! But I scared you there didn't I?!:D

You really had me going there. I was thinking, "Now who's gonna be able to stand up against 100?" :yikes:

But anyways, I'm looking forward to Davis, but like SVR, I won't be showing up til Friday morning with most of the guys. MVRT will be there in full force, and I mean in numbers too, you'll see quite a lot of purple, at least I hope you do.

Otaku

28-03-2007, 00:13

Speaking of which, Marvin, would there be any way for me to get a Team 100 hat? Those things are awesome (plus I like showing support for other teams).

I get to go on Thursday, again (I did for SVR, too. Nothing like working all 6 weeks of build season).

Shelbykr7

28-03-2007, 00:36

Team 1280 will be at Davis ready and excited for a very fun regional! It will be intresting to compare the amount of teams strategys who decide whats more important hanging or lifting or a mix so near to the championship. Good luck to everyone attending!! :)

bhsrobotics1671

28-03-2007, 00:47

Hey, who's all entering Chairman's at this competition? Just out of curiosity ^^

we are..haha
:X

bhsrobotics1671

28-03-2007, 00:53

we are having some serious transmission problems, banebots has been out of stock for 2+ weeks. they are definatly killing us. we got an email back from them today, they said they have a shipment enroute but they are having delays with customs. so 1671 maybe in need of a spare to start us off..one broke during practice before we shipped...(it was the spur gear getting stuck on the shaft issue). we had the gear meachined again and it fits on..still havnt put it all back together, we will be doing that tomorrow to see if it will run at least. so if any of you have spares, we may need to buy it off you!!

s_forbes

28-03-2007, 01:19

=Martin=Taylor=

28-03-2007, 01:22

Otaku

28-03-2007, 01:39

Nothing like prepping for a regional by packing clothes while listening to some Finnish Industrial music. Aw yeah.

Zyik

28-03-2007, 01:43

How about procrastinating packing while listening to English Folk Rock? Almost as good right? :rolleyes:

Otaku

28-03-2007, 01:51

How about procrastinating packing while listening to English Folk Rock? Almost as good right? :rolleyes:

Yeah! I can dig folk rock/metal.

Would it happen to be Skyclad, perchance?

Stvn

28-03-2007, 01:58

We'll definitely be breaking out the ramps at Davis ;)

ROFL! I kid. We don't have any ramps! But I scared you there didn't I?!:D

We may not have ramps, but we WILL have an autonomous mode (if I get it working...:rolleyes: )

Zyik

28-03-2007, 02:09

Yeah! I can dig folk rock/metal.

Would it happen to be Skyclad, perchance?

Nope, Steeleye Span, which I class as Folk Rock. It's got electric guitar... it counts. :p

FunkyRatDemon

28-03-2007, 03:11

YAY! DAVIS! W00t W00t!

I can't wait. Its gonna be awesome! There are going to be a lot of out-of-state teams there too.
Teams I want to meet:
-753
-1359 (I want more pirate pins:] )
-1072
-997

We'll definitely be breaking out the ramps at Davis ;)

ROFL! I kid. We don't have any ramps! But I scared you there didn't I?!:D

We promise to try not to break/hurt you guys this time ;)
Alot of OutbackMFG teams will be in UC Davis...Prepare for lots of Tracks!

By the way, does anyone know what there doing about Mascots this year? I'm the Mascot (again) and want to make sure I have the same dancing area along w/ the other mascots (The Macarana last yeat was so fun!). Will we be on the floor, or in the stands!?!?!)

MrForbes

28-03-2007, 22:07

we got here, Vacaville that is :)

we have a pair of kit BB drive transmisions in the van with the rest of the spare parts.

see y'alls tomorrow!

(btw, nice weather)

pakratt1991

28-03-2007, 23:07

Im TOTALLY READY for this competition,
The only team left I want to see who i have not already sen is 100, so the feeling is mutual :-P

Twirler

28-03-2007, 23:37

we are..haha
:X

That's exciting ^^. Good luck!! It's going to be our first year doing it...yikes lol. Me and my buddy who's doing the interview with me have been working on it for quite some time so hopefully everything will go well...Hopefully lol.

bhsrobotics1671

28-03-2007, 23:45

That's exciting ^^. Good luck!! It's going to be our first year doing it...yikes lol. Me and my buddy who's doing the interview with me have been working on it for quite some time so hopefully everything will go well...Hopefully lol.

yeah were just a third year team
i dont see us winning it
but it gives us a look at what its like
and what to prepare for
when we do actually think we have a shot

i do want to give credit though to the people
on our team who put so much effort into
our essay and board...and everything else

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

p.s.
Thank you to all the teams volunteering their banebots transmissions, that will be the first thing we do when we get there!!
[[=

Otaku

29-03-2007, 00:09

While 675 has no spares (we designed our bot so we wouldn't need them if a motor failed), I'll gladly help any and all teams out who need it. I plan on walking around with a large cresent wrench, too, so if you see me, feel free to stop and ask for help.

I mean, if I can't be on the Pit Maintenance crew for my team, doesn't mean I can't help others with their bots (and I offered at SVR, too).

CraigHickman

29-03-2007, 00:46

We (114) will also have spare BaneBots transmissions. We don't use them so if there's a need, drop by our pit. Look for the white lab coats if you ever need any help!

bhsrobotics1671

29-03-2007, 01:48

you guys are amazing

s_forbes

29-03-2007, 03:20

I hear our team is going to keep updates on our website during the competition, so if you are interested then check in on http://www.project1726.org/ every now and then. We should have a list of teams and pictures of their robots up Thursday evening, we did this last year at Davis and some people said it helped quite a bit with their scouting.

Nuttyman54

30-03-2007, 18:26

Ok, so can anyone give me some sort of update? the FIRST website is still not displaying any rankings or match results

sciguy125

30-03-2007, 20:49

Ok, so can anyone give me some sort of update? the FIRST website is still not displaying any rankings or match results

Yeah... Why is it that the regionals I'm actually interested in don't have match results posted in a timely manner? I think it's a conspiracy...

Zyik

30-03-2007, 21:42

Oh oh question! What's the sundial address? I can connect I just can't seem to find the web address.

sciguy125

30-03-2007, 23:14

Well, I've figured out that 1351 is 3rd so far.

sarcasticmadnes

31-03-2007, 00:54

Hey, here are the rankings as of the end of Friday for you all who need it.

1. 100
2. 997
3. 1351
4. 2063
5. 1678
6. 766
7. 852
8. 701
9. 1359
10. 1960
11. 1031
12. 2085
13. 675
14. 1280
15. 115
16. 1289
17. 115
18. 2156
19. 1560
20. 481
21. 1662
22. 295
23. 955
24. 2159
25. 841
26. 1726
27. 1671
28. 2035
29. 753
30. 670
31. 2073
32. 1147
33. 973
34. 1458
35. 692
36. 2204
37. 1323
38. 751
39. 1072

Hope this helps or is in time for you all who need it :)

Nuttyman54

31-03-2007, 00:59

115 is listed twice and I don't see 114. I'm assuming one of the 115's is them, but which one?

Congrats to 100 for making #1 seed despite their formidable reputation going in. best of luck to all teams!

sarcasticmadnes

31-03-2007, 01:08

oh. sorry about that 114 is ranked 15th. 115 is ranked 17th.

sarcasticmadnes

31-03-2007, 01:21

sorry. i just noticed another mistake. ranked 16th is 2189 not 1289

MrForbes

31-03-2007, 09:20

Thanks for the list.

And congrats 115....TWO awards friday!!!!

MikeJ675

31-03-2007, 14:57

Alliances as they come
1 100, 997, 1458

2 751, 852, 2035

3 1351, 1280, 692

4 2063, 1960, 1323

5 675, 114, 2159

6 1678, 766, 1358

7 1560, 1031, 115

8 1662, 295, 1726

Should be accurate. feel free to correct.

Nuttyman54

31-03-2007, 15:00

the last alliance has to be 1652, 295 and 1726.

and alliance 2 looks like it should be 852, not 652

s_forbes

31-03-2007, 15:26

Last alliance is 1662, 295 and 1726. Two teams from the winning alliance last year, should be fun!

s_forbes

31-03-2007, 17:29

Woo! Pushing it to a fifth match! The first and eighth alliances are putting on the best show I have ever seen!!!!

codeoftherobot

31-03-2007, 17:55

Any more updates from Davis? Since there's no updated match status from FIRST and no streaming vids, all of us Davis veterans who couldn't make it are left in the dark. :(

MrForbes

31-03-2007, 18:00

There is a web cast - check the robotics.nasa.gov page.

Semi finals going on now. #1 alliance advanced after 5 matches with # 8 alliance (2 ties)!

Mrs. squirrel :) (He shouldn't have left his automatic log in activated)

sarcasticmadnes

31-03-2007, 19:31

Hey,
just wondering but does anyone have a video of qualifying match #43? We want to put it on our website. Thanks. If you have it please email me at ch10151@gmail.com. :)

Nawaid Ladak

31-03-2007, 20:58

Can somebody please tell me who won the folowing at Davis

Regional Champions
Chairmans
EI
Rookie-All-Star

Thanks in advance

pakratt1991

31-03-2007, 21:30

Winners = 100, 997, 1458
#1 seed alliance, we seeded second and got picked by 100
Chairmans = 1359

don't know the others right off the top of my head
but yeah
that's 2 regionals we won this year :-) :-)
It was SUCH a tough competition

Alekat

31-03-2007, 22:40

Yeah, the master of ceremonies said is was the hardest competition he'd seen of the past weeks.

I was really impressed by 701s performance. They are made up of almost entirely freshman, but they placed second and took home the Driving Tomorrow's Technology award for their work with carbon fiber.

Look out next year, this carbon fiber stuff is only going to get bigger with the Robovikes.

Congrats to everyone to make this regional so intense, and special thanks to the Chairman winners.

Andy L

31-03-2007, 22:49

Congratulations to all teams!!!

If anyone has videos or picture of 1458 or any of the quarterfinals/semifinals/finals

please email them to me at ramones.rock@gmail.com

laultima

31-03-2007, 23:10

Thank you to everyone that was there, that was an intense competition. And a huge thanks to alliance 8, 1662, 295, 1726, for that 5 round streak. awesome job to all of you. and of course, our alliance. 100, awesome scoring bot as well as awesome, nice, fun people. 997, your elevators are incredible, as well as being a great D bot, on top of having a cool, professional team. thanks again to everyone who was with and against us in qualifyings, as well as everyone in the finals.

Salik Syed

31-03-2007, 23:13

Yes, I would like to say some of the same things as Alekat:

Team 701 was awesome out there today, Great job! I was very impressed that a team built almost entirely out of new members could continue building the same quality of robot that we (the alumni) spent 3-4 years learning how to make!
Props to our Allies 852 and 2035 as well!
and congrats to 100, 1458 and 997 -- you guys were a very good opponent and definitely deserved the title... it was a good clean game, fair and square and most importantly INTENSE -- it could have gone either way ... making it very suspenseful for us poor audience members

So this is our teams 2nd straight silver @ Davis
We'll be back next year ... 3rd times the charm as they say.

115inventorsam

31-03-2007, 23:46

What an amazing regional that was! I would have to say that was a lot more intense than SVR for sure.

Like I figured, 115 really did improve at this regional, we still had some bad luck, but we had some awesome matches, and the team had a lot of fun. And winning two awards on Friday, that was just amazing.:)

And Alliance 8 really surprised me there, especially in their first match against Alliance 1, seeing both 100 and 997 knocked over really caught me off guard, the whole place just went crazy when that happened.:eek:

CraigHickman

31-03-2007, 23:51

And Alliance 8 really surprised me there, especially in their first match against Alliance 1, seeing both 100 and 997 knocked over really caught me off guard, the whole place just went crazy when that happened.:eek:

People also went nuts when the yellow cad was given for flipping both 997 and 100 with an arm...

In this regional alone there were 2 yellow cards given, all today! :ahh:

KrazyRoadster

01-04-2007, 00:18

Congrats to all the teams at this regional for all their hard work.

We at Team 115 are really happy with our team's improvement from SVR to Davis, going from a bottom 10 team to getting picked for eliminations. ( In the last qualification match we scored 4 ringers and a spoiler, which was the highlight of the day for us).

A special thanks goes out to team 1351, TKO for supplying us with not one but two carrier plates for the banebots transmission, once in SVR, and once in Davis. (Banebots "new and improved" carrier plates seemed to fail as well) Thanks guys, you really saved us.

Andy L

01-04-2007, 00:18

People also went nuts when the yellow cad was given for flipping both 997 and 100 with an arm...

In this regional alone there were 2 yellow cards given, all today! :ahh:

The yellow card wasn't even given then. the next match they rammed 100 again so our alliance leader talked to the referees about it.

What was the second yellow card?

Zyik

01-04-2007, 00:25

The yellow card wasn't even given then. the next match they rammed 100 again so our alliance leader talked to the referees about it.

What was the second yellow card?

Last match there was a second yellow card given to the team that tipped 100. I saw the ref throw it, as well as a blue flag.

bhsrobotics1671

01-04-2007, 01:03

outstanding event
really intense. had to be one of the best. really dissapointed we didnt get picked for the finaly matches. our first round on friday we lost due to a penalty by another team on our alliance, another round we lost 4-5, our team contributing the only points there. i thought we were a very well rounded team, but thats the way things work. i am really impressed with all the teams and their support for each other. Big thanks to all the teams that helped us out in giving us replacement banebot transmissions:100(great job this year guys), 753, 1726, and 114.

well there is much more to talk about im sure, ill be back on here tomorrow most likely, right now its time to get some much needed sleep!

p.s.--
how about that pit announcer? "Hurry up and leave, im hungry and want to eat!" what is that all about, common now!

-Andrew Nabors
Team 1671
Head Driver

NoodleKnight

01-04-2007, 01:25

p.s.--
how about that pit announcer? "Hurry up and leave, im hungry and want to eat!" what is that all about, common now!

Haha, she's a friend of mine. You just have to take those comments with a sense of humor :)

I think she was also tired of having to announce the UL safety excerpts every once in a while.

bhsrobotics1671

01-04-2007, 01:59

haha yeah she was kind of funny at times
but sidetracked, and went "crazy" a lot
ha

but yeah i was getting tired of hearing "no running in the pits" over and over or "stop blowing bubbles" ha.

sciguy125

01-04-2007, 02:13

Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride...
1351 makes a habit of losing in the semifinals. It's starting to irritate me. So close, yet so far...

=Martin=Taylor=

01-04-2007, 02:28

For us the real finals were quarter-finals.

omg... How we made it through I shall never know...

If there was ever a match with two perfectly even alliances... That was it.

-1662 - Played AMAZING defense. Our bumpers are literaly in tatters thanks to them. The sheer pushing force of that 6-wheeler is amazing.

-295 - Very effective ramps. We had no idea this robot would be such an effective lifter. Truely a unique ramp system.

-1726 - Powerful offensive bot that easily matched us when it came to tubing. They really packed a punch in the defense department too.

It was a real slap in the face that first match - total catastroohic failure for our alliance. Two robots fliped in the first minute, tube on our flag (penalty:(), and a massive score for blue alliance.

But CONGRATS to alliance #1!

997 is an amazing lifter. They literaly lifted our robot after the bell, giving us maximum time to score tubes.

Don't underestimate 1458. They played offense for our alliance, not defense... And got at least 1 tube a match - which is a lot considering the defense being played out there. They also rescued us repeatedly when a tube landed on our flag.

First regional victory in 8 years for FRC 100. First regional victory in 4 weeks for FRC 997:D

Nice job to everyone who made Davis awsome!

Otaku

01-04-2007, 02:43

Congratulations to all teams (Especially Team 100 and their winning alliance! Good job), and we hope to see at least a few of you in Atlanta (we know we'll see 100 at least).

675, much to all of our amazement, won the Engineering Inspiration award. Honestly, nobody expected that, and I'll be honest, I was crying for like an hour afterwords knowing that after 7 years, 675 would be going to Atlanta.

Many thanks to Team 114 (Eaglestrike, you guys were AWESOME!) and 2159 (Robopirates, thanks for the help, I'll be sure to visit sometime) for their help in the elimination rounds. We played well, guys.

I have to admit, Davis was awesome. I got about 200mb worth of pictures and video, so I'll probably put those in a .rar and upload them (even the Team 675 pictures, I'm sure somebody else wants those).

Hope to see you all in Atlanta,
Otaku

MrForbes

01-04-2007, 03:51

We finally stopped driving for the night, and the motel has free wifi, so here's a picture from the first quarterfinal match...997 and 100 stayed up for the remaining 4 takes on the first quarterfinal, and with 1458 took the quarter, and hung in there win the finals...great job!

Congrats to all the award winners, and a big THANKS to all the officials, judges, and other volunteers who put on this event! Everything went just fine from where I sat, and I sure enjoyed the pit announcements...

pakratt1991

01-04-2007, 05:08

Let me start by staying we were SO exited to be picked by 100, and 1458 made an awesome second pick :yikes:

well that quarterfinal was the most freaked out I have EVER been!
now we hve had some close calls before, like loosing out first match in both the quarter and semi finals at PNW, but 5 ROUNDS!... DANG!
Our compressor was on fire! :ahh: :ahh:

I looked at our video from those matches and as we pointed out to the refs, it should hav only been 4. That does not matter, the only thing that matters was that we all had a great time and build GREAT robots :) :)

I hope to see the award winners and the other winners at nationals
and as in every competition there are teams that deserve to be going to nationals who are not. Davis was a gea competition and for our first time going we thought that the place was very inviting and we might just come back some other year :-)

ALSO
I have our video from Friday and Saturday where we just shot an overview of the field, when I get it put up I will make sur to get up a link.

WindTech

01-04-2007, 08:13

I'll be posting all the Qualifying Match rounds in WMV this morning; I live-encoded everything on friday/saturday short of the finals as NASA apparently webcast that part of it. Had literally no bandwidth at either the competition or at the hotel heh, sorry for delay.

http://www.xdtech.net/webcast/

Nawaid Ladak

01-04-2007, 10:07

can somebody please post the awards. Thanks

Koko Ed

01-04-2007, 10:20

Can someone please explain to me why there is no information from this regional on the FIRST website?

115inventorsam

01-04-2007, 13:00

can somebody please post the awards. Thanks

Lets see what I can remember:

Website Award: 115
Autodesk Visualization Award: 670
Highest Rookie Seed: 2036
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufields & Byers Entreprenuership Award: 115
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award: I don't remember the name, but the mentor was from 1359
Imagery Award: 1359
Motorola Quality Award: 100
DaimlerChrylser Team Spirit Award: 997
Regional Finalists: 701, 852, 2035
Regional Winners: 100, 997, 1458
Engineering Inspiration Award: 675
Regional Chairman's Award: 1359

The others I either don't remember or I'm just not sure.

A great regional and thanks to all for such a wonderful regional, great job teams!

Doug G

01-04-2007, 13:04

Just to tease everyone about the fierce competition at Davis/Sac - I've uploaded QF1.1 to SOAP (http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/sac/). I know the file is very big and once I re-do the video sizes I'll get them up over the next few days.

Props to 100/997/1458 - they're an awesome alliance.

Otaku

01-04-2007, 14:34

Thanks for uploading QF Match 1.1. I really wish you could hear the crowd better though, because when Team 100 got knocked over, it was almost deafening.

I mean, talk about a very, very brutal match. Two bots knocked over, tons of ringers on the rack for the blue alliance, and bonus points for the blue alliance.

When the emcee said that Week 5 (more specifically, Davis) was probably the fiercest regionals, He was not kidding. It was an utterly amazing regional.

Sam N.

01-04-2007, 16:04

1351 took home the Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship award. Special thanks to team 1280 for giving us a lift and the FemBots, team 692, for playing some awesome defense and eating pizza with us.

Team 1280's rachet system popped out after one heavy match and our robots didn't stay elevated. It's because they were too awesome in their defense against 852 and 701. Congrats to that alliance as well.

Also, thanks to team 115 for being awesome. Their robot was great to admire and their last qualification match with us against team 100 was also a real blast. That last second spoiler was certainly something to cheer about.

701Driver-Mike

01-04-2007, 16:14

Team 1280's rachet system popped out after one heavy match and our robots didn't stay elevated. It's because they were too awesome in their defense against 852 and 701. Congrats to that alliance as well.

when we saw your bot and 692 going up i thought our day was over. then I could not believe my eyes when I saw two bots slowly falling down after the buzzer had gone off. we had a time fun playing you guys and hope to see next year.

1359th Scalawag

01-04-2007, 17:21

Congrats to the winning alliance! 977,100,1458 you guys were awesome.

That was a feirce regional. It was so much harder than the Portland regional (week one) By the end, my brain was hurting. It was tough.

We won the Imagery Award (4th year in a row):D
Our mentor, Bill (Buzzy) Buskirk won the Woodie Flowers Award!:D
And we won the Chairmans Award!:D

One match i'd like to point out was our match against 2063 and 766 in qualifying. The second I found that we were against you, I thought we were doomed. As we were cued up, one of our allliance partners told us they wouldn't make it so I changed our strategy from a balance of defence and offence to 100% offence in hopes of getting enough tubes on to counter your inevitable 60 point ramp. Right before the game started, our alliance partner arrived and announced that thier robot would work fine. We still went with the offence strategy but it was a CLOSE game. we got a row of 5 whereas you got a row of 4 and a couple singletons. Halfway through the match, one of our trannies failed and we could hardly move so our driver somehow crawled our way around the feild and tried to get up our partner's ramp. We couldn't. Our other alliance partner cam and bumped us real hard and we only got the 15 extra points whereas our opponents got 30. We won that match 51-50.Good game guys, it was amazing.:D

oh yea, "Team 675, stop blowing bubbles in the pit" ~pit announcer:p

Otaku

01-04-2007, 17:47

oh yea, "Team 675, stop blowing bubbles in the pit" ~pit announcer:p

xD

I was wondering if anybody else would remember that. I think that was one of the funniest parts of Davis, 'cause after the announcer said that, everybody on my team that was in the pit at the time yelled at Bryant (the person blowing the bubbles).

1359th Scalawag

01-04-2007, 17:59

xD

I was wondering if anybody else would remember that. I think that was one of the funniest parts of Davis, 'cause after the announcer said that, everybody on my team that was in the pit at the time yelled at Bryant (the person blowing the bubbles).

You know those awards we were giving out? (pirate hats) I wasn't too involved in that but I did suggest that we give you a "blowing bubbles" Award because the randomness of it all. Did we eventually give you that one?

EricH

01-04-2007, 19:06

Can someone please explain to me why there is no information from this regional on the FIRST website?I believe that it was either the webcast or the standings/results/etc. They chose webcast. I hope the info will be up soon.

KrazyRoadster

01-04-2007, 19:08

Also, thanks to team 115 for being awesome. Their robot was great to admire and their last qualification match with us against team 100 was also a real blast. That last second spoiler was certainly something to cheer about.

Thanks for noticing us. :) That match was really a high point for us, and though we didnt win, our team still went crazy. We were hopin to be paired with you guys in the eliminations, but I guess more teams noticed us than I thought. ( We were ranked in the 20's)

Also, I've said it once and I'll say it again, Thanks for the carrier plates. Without them our robot would not even be running. True Gracious Professionalism.

bhsrobotics1671

01-04-2007, 19:45

match videos anyone? well past match 12 at least?
it would be greatly appreciated
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115inventorsam

01-04-2007, 19:59

One match i'd like to point out was our match against 2063 and 766 in qualifying. The second I found that we were against you, I thought we were doomed. As we were cued up, one of our allliance partners told us they wouldn't make it so I changed our strategy from a balance of defence and offence to 100% offence in hopes of getting enough tubes on to counter your inevitable 60 point ramp. Right before the game started, our alliance partner arrived and announced that thier robot would work fine. We still went with the offence strategy but it was a CLOSE game. we got a row of 5 whereas you got a row of 4 and a couple singletons. Halfway through the match, one of our trannies failed and we could hardly move so our driver somehow crawled our way around the feild and tried to get up our partner's ramp. We couldn't. Our other alliance partner cam and bumped us real hard and we only got the 15 extra points whereas our opponents got 30. We won that match 51-50.Good game guys, it was amazing.:D

That alliance partner that ended up working was 115:D. I was scouting in the stands and had no info on the situation, so when that manipulator opened up, the whole team roared with excitement. Bumping you guys up and scoring 4 ringers made that match the highlight of that day for us. The only better match for us was the one where we faced 100 on Saturday morning.
By the way, we also had a column of 2 to go with that row, and it really did matter with that match being won by only 1 point.

Just another example of the awesome competition that was on display at this regional, very exciting, very action packed, and definitely a lot of fun for everybody.

And finally, congrats to 1359 on the awards, especially on the Chairman's Award.

sarcasticmadnes

01-04-2007, 21:33

One match i'd like to point out was our match against 2063 and 766 in qualifying. The second I found that we were against you, I thought we were doomed. As we were cued up, one of our allliance partners told us they wouldn't make it so I changed our strategy from a balance of defence and offence to 100% offence in hopes of getting enough tubes on to counter your inevitable 60 point ramp. Right before the game started, our alliance partner arrived and announced that thier robot would work fine. We still went with the offence strategy but it was a CLOSE game. we got a row of 5 whereas you got a row of 4 and a couple singletons. Halfway through the match, one of our trannies failed and we could hardly move so our driver somehow crawled our way around the feild and tried to get up our partner's ramp. We couldn't. Our other alliance partner cam and bumped us real hard and we only got the 15 extra points whereas our opponents got 30. We won that match 51-50.Good game guys, it was amazing.:D

That's the match I want a video for!!!! :D If anyone's got it, please please please email it to me at ch10151@gmail.com. PLEASE! anyone? Also if anyone needs videos of any elimination rounds and friday and saturday morning qualification rounds, feel free to email me asking for them too :) Thanks.

Great job to all the teams who were there at Davis. It was a FABULOUS competition. ;)

pakratt1991

01-04-2007, 22:45

something I forgot yesterday,
1458 made the most awesome second pick when they got the tube off of 100's flag pole in the finals round... TWICE!
great job guys, the second time you did it in about 10 seconds :)

Otaku

02-04-2007, 00:16

Here are some pictures from Sacramento. I only chose to upload some of the better quality ones (I have plenty of others, about 160mb total of pictures + 2 short videos, which will be uploaded somewhere too)

Team 675 group picture, after finishing the Sacramento Davis Regional (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/4999P1080024.JPG)
Team 675's Engineering Inspiration award atop our team's flag (With the TH logo & 675 on it) (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/9105P1080022.JPG)
Me, throwing the goat while wearing the Engineering Award medal and holding the trophy (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/8559P1080014.JPG)
Team 675 with our Engineering Award, Team 100 with their Regional Winner award, and some Athenian Robotics Collective members (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/5405P1080011.JPG)
Team 675's Human Pyramid (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/5955P1080012.JPG)
Random sunset picture I got on the bus ride back from Davis (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/4424P1080036.JPG)

EDIT:

Quicktime Video of some insane Rubik's Cube action (Takes awhile to load) (http://robotics.gweaver.net/p1070039.mov)

BHS_STopping

02-04-2007, 00:58

On behalf of Team 1726, we would like to offer Teams 100, 997, and 1458 a huge congratulation for their victory at Davis. Those Quarter-Final matches were absolutely intense, and I don't think that there's ever been a closer match this year. After the loss, our team was rooting for you guys the whole way, just because you were absolutely awesome opponents and even greater teams. I honestly believed that all three teams deserved to win, especially 100. That display of GP at the end was astounding, and I was very surprised to hear that team 100 had not won a regional for many years.

By the way, Davis probably was, as the MC said, the most competitive of all of the regionals this year. It was definitely worth the 14 hour drive! :D

Edit: One more thing. Congrats to Team 1359 for winning the Chairman's award. As being part of the Chairman's award team for 1726, I can say that you guys deserved to win that as well. We came close, but hey, there's always next year. Good luck to all teams at Nationals. Hopefully I'll be there with our Vex team, Team 3495.

Another Edit: I almost forgot, thanks Team 100 for helping us with the high score during the regional qualifying rounds. I had no idea that we would be able to score 260 points like that!

Once again, awesome, awesome, regional. Thanks to all teams, sponsors, mentors, volunteers, and of course the UC Davis campus for holding such an awesome event!

115inventorsam

02-04-2007, 18:27

By the way, match results, standings, and awards list from this regional is now available.

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/SAC/awards.html

AdmiralAllen

02-04-2007, 20:34

couple things,
1: 1662's scouts were impressive, any team that can put up that much of a fight against a number 1 seed, after 5 minutes of deliberation in selection. has to be good
2. hey! we couldn't have let the number 1 seed win that easily
3: i didn't think it was much of a competition after that much

Otaku

02-04-2007, 21:34

You know those awards we were giving out? (pirate hats) I wasn't too involved in that but I did suggest that we give you a "blowing bubbles" Award because the randomness of it all. Did we eventually give you that one?

I don't think we got one.

If you're going to Nationals, though, you should give us one.

1359th Scalawag

02-04-2007, 21:49

I don't think we got one.

If you're going to Nationals, though, you should give us one.

We're not going to Nationals this year. We will 2008 though. Sorry we didn't get the award to you, you guys were awesome though. I'm looking forward to seeing you in the future. Good luck at Nationals!

Otaku

02-04-2007, 22:00

We're not going to Nationals this year. We will 2008 though. Sorry we didn't get the award to you, you guys were awesome though. I'm looking forward to seeing you in the future. Good luck at Nationals!

Ah well. Perhaps we can win some other strange/random award next year.

Man, nobody on my team knew we were going to Nationals until one of the Ref's said "Good luck in Atlanta". We all pretty much lost our minds at that point.

We've decided that as long as we don't finish dead last for our sect, that we've done something worthwhile.

Plus the buttons.

Oh god, the buttons.

BHS_STopping

02-04-2007, 22:16

We're not going to Nationals this year. We will 2008 though. Sorry we didn't get the award to you, you guys were awesome though. I'm looking forward to seeing you in the future. Good luck at Nationals!

Darn, that's a bit of a bummer. Our team would have loved to have seen you guys there, had we qualified as well. We'll be sending up our Vex team, and I believe that our members would have enjoyed your team's company.

Anyway, good luck with any other future projects your team might have. Here's hoping that we'll be able to see you guys again sometime soon!:)

Otaku

02-04-2007, 22:32

I want more N.E.R.D.S. Buttons. I have like 3 or 4 (I was the person at Davis with that sweatshirt covered in buttons) but they're just so awesome.

BHS_STopping

02-04-2007, 22:46

We'll be sure to try and bring some more at the Championship, that is if we have any left. I think that we were fresh out after Sacramento was over, but we may have some more left.

Otaku

02-04-2007, 22:48

Oh cool, you'll be at Nationals!

=D

Also, I think I was the first to notice Squirrel's badge (The one with that Chevy on it). =D

pakratt1991

02-04-2007, 23:08

BHS_STopping

02-04-2007, 23:17

Otaku

03-04-2007, 01:33

FRC 1726 isn't going to Nationals, but FVC 3495 (Team Dark Matter) will be there watching and participating in the Vex competition. I hope we'll be able to see at least one of the SAC teams in the final matches, after FVC is done for the day.

Glad you were able to meet one of our parents/mentors in person. Mr. Forbes was there taking tons of pictures, as well as providing lots of valuable insight for our team. He also seemed to take to the FIRST credo pretty well; GP is also one of my favorite, if not my favorite, aspects of FIRST. I love being able to help out others, and it also feels great knowing that if you need to fix your bot, there will be several teams willing to help, with at least one of them being your opponents in a previous or upcoming match. I guess rivalry between teams only really exists for 2 minutes and twenty seconds at a time.:D

Correction, 2 minutes and 15 seconds at a time.

And that is so true.

At SVR, 675 hit 1868 pretty hard into a wall and we're pretty sure, damaged them. Right after the match, I went over to 1868's pit to help them out -- they didn't need repair because of us, but for their drive system from an earlier issue. I pointed some stuff out, they fixed it, then I was on my way.

I've also showed up at random team's pits and asked if they've needed help before. It never hurts to ask!

1359th Scalawag

03-04-2007, 02:01

lol we will be making about 1000 more buttons for nationals
It is sad that 1359 is not going to be at nationals :-(
I will miss your ARRG, or as one of your recycling containers said "RRRRRRR"
but I think that got fixed :P :P

Nice to know we're missed.:p

We had a meeting right after we got home and decided that we'll have a better chance next year. But you guys rock, you have a chance at winning. I'd like to know how many other teams won 2 or more regionals.:D

Alekat

03-04-2007, 02:04

Hehe, I forget which team it was, but at the beginning of the day they had all their electronics all sitting on the work bench instead of in the robot where it usually is. They were trying to bolt down their electronics panel later in the day and one of the students stripped the bolt end off.

It seemed like they had been through a lot of stress, and they didn't have any more of the bolt they needed. I walked up (still in my volunteer shirt) and asked them calmly if I could take the broken bolt. Then I walked over to my old pit (701 alumni here) right next door and rummaged through one of the bolt boxes until I found a couple of similar size. I handed them off and they seemed a little shocked.

You'd be suprised how many teams aren't aware of the comradare in the pits, especially rookie teams. I see lots of signs up in the pits, I think it would be great if teams started advertising their willingness to help other teams in a more concrete way. And it looks good for the judges eh?

ChrisH

03-04-2007, 02:45

Can someone please explain to me why there is no information from this regional on the FIRST website?

There were "issues" with the field internet connection. All the UC Davis IT guys were off for "Ceasar Chavez Day" so we couldn't find our way out through the firewall on Friday or Saturday. We couldn't send results using the field software and so had to use the alternate e-mail method.

Friday results went out Friday night. The Final results were sent off Saturday about 11pm -after teardown and dinner for those loading the truck. OK we really took our time enjoying the dinner (Thanks Corey!)

So maybe the guy who is supposed to post them was too busy keeping fields running on Saturday and decided to spend some time with his family on Sunday? Or maybe he spent Sunday trying to get home after weeks on the road? I know I spent a significant amount of time with Field Tech support on both days. If other events spent the same amount of time they would have been pretty tied up and frankly posting the results would have been pretty low on my priority list in comparison to keeping fields running.

If instant results were that important to you, you should have been there.:p

MrForbes

03-04-2007, 02:58

ChrisH

03-04-2007, 03:31

I was there, and figuring out the match results and standings in the pits is pretty difficult with the new display (compared to last year)....when the standings reaches the end, it resets at the top and immediately scrolls down, so it takes some time and effort to catch the top ones. And I never did figure out how to read the match results.....

Maybe the problem is that my eyes aren't what they used to be :)

The ranking screen did have a problem, especially if you were #1 seed. There was no real results screen except the "ticker" at the bottom. You never knew if the team above you in rank had a better W/T/L record or just more QPs. On earlier versions you could adjust the speed of the display, but that disappeared in the version used this past weekend. The other list was the upcoming matches.

It was definitely not your eyes, at least mine had the same trouble.

Did anyone else notice that they added the match # and a real time clock to the main scoring display on the big screen? They really are listening at FIRST and 4FX and we often don't give them enough credit for what has been achieved to date in our efforts to "correct" percieved problems.

Alpha 997

03-04-2007, 11:33

Did anyone else notice that they added the match # and a real time clock to the main scoring display on the big screen? They really are listening at FIRST and 4FX and we often don't give them enough credit for what has been achieved to date in our efforts to "correct" percieved problems.

Yeah it was weird. The ring scores and bonus on the screen did not add up to be the total scores at the bottom of the screen. But didn’t know what they add to it. So they added the match number?

allen_d

03-04-2007, 13:39

Hehe, I forget which team it was, but at the beginning of the day they had all their electronics all sitting on the work bench instead of in the robot where it usually is. They were trying to bolt down their electronics panel later in the day and one of the students stripped the bolt end off.

It seemed like they had been through a lot of stress, and they didn't have any more of the bolt they needed. I walked up (still in my volunteer shirt) and asked them calmly if I could take the broken bolt. Then I walked over to my old pit (701 alumni here) right next door and rummaged through one of the bolt boxes until I found a couple of similar size. I handed them off and they seemed a little shocked.

Sounds like us, 1960! Thursday was a little blurry as we had some "minor" last minute repairs to make! (they took all day).

I would like to thank all the teams that provided us with support. I constantly sent kids out begging for parts, pieces, programmers, mechanical advice and more. They NEVER came up short thanks to all the great teams at Davis! :)

Zyik

03-04-2007, 18:54

1359th Scalawag

03-04-2007, 19:32

Question, about the "We've got spirt, yes we do, we've got spirt, how bout you." Chant. Is there a history / tradition behind it? I've never heard it before. This was also my first time in Davis though.

Hehe, I dont know exactly where it came from but, if I remember correctly, my team and 955 were having those spirit fights at PNW also.:cool:

DotCom

03-04-2007, 20:30

I think the Fembots started it a few years back. We do it a lot at school for homecoming rallies, so I guess some of our alums decided to bring it to FIRST some years ago....

=Martin=Taylor=

03-04-2007, 21:58

Question, about the "We've got spirt, yes we do, we've got spirt, how bout you." Chant. Is there a history / tradition behind it? I've never heard it before. This was also my first time in Davis though.

Our team came up with a new one this year:

"We've got hats, yes we do, we've got hats, how bout you!" [Point at a team w/o hats] :D

We totaly stumped 1359 and 995 with that one!

billbo911

03-04-2007, 22:30

I think the Fembots started it a few years back. We do it a lot at school for homecoming rallies, so I guess some of our alums decided to bring it to FIRST some years ago....

I don't mean to burst your bubble, well OK, yes I do. It is not new.
We did that exact chant back when I was in High School. I graduated in 1979. You do the math.:ahh:

MrForbes

03-04-2007, 22:59

I graduated in 1979. You do the math.:ahh:

the math says...you're as old as me!

115inventorsam

03-04-2007, 23:14

Our team came up with a new one this year:

"We've got hats, yes we do, we've got hats, how bout you!" [Point at a team w/o hats] :D

Ah yes, I remember that, I almost laughed out loud when you guys did that, I was right in the middle of that exchange.

We had our own chants, took them from the rallies back at school too:

MVRT! How do you feel!?(one asks)
We feel good! Oh we feel so good, OH!

We were more spirited than usual at this regional:D

Woody1458

03-04-2007, 23:16

Heres my favorite:

"There aignt no flys on us,
There aint no flys on us,
there might be fly on some of you guys,
but
THERE AINT NO FLYS ON US"

......... maybe thats just me

1359th Scalawag

04-04-2007, 00:17

Our team came up with a new one this year:

"We've got hats, yes we do, we've got hats, how bout you!" [Point at a team w/o hats] :D

We totaly stumped 1359 and 995 with that one!

We have hats! We have a hat of the same design as your's but it's black and has a jolly roger on it. We also gave out pirate hats as our awards.

-to team 100- message me with your mailing info and we could send you one of those awards, we tried to give it to you at the regional, but we must have forgotten. :p

Otaku

04-04-2007, 00:25

No love for a "Blowing Bubbles" award? ;)

I have to admit, most of my other team didn't find Davis as fun as SVR, I thought it was better. Especially with 1351 and 1072 (and me) joining in on the spirit chant then switching sides randomly, plus all the dancing.

robind

04-04-2007, 00:53

Hehe, I dont know exactly where it came from but, if I remember correctly, my team and 955 were having those spirit fights at PNW also.:cool:

It's been in use in summer camps since the inception of summer camps.

Andy L

04-04-2007, 01:09

I have to admit, most of my other team didn't find Davis as fun as SVR, I thought it was better. Especially with 1351 and 1072 (and me) joining in on the spirit chant then switching sides randomly, plus all the dancing.

I liked Davis a lot better than SVR it was a lot friendlier and more fun environment (and we won... that helps)

edthegeek

04-04-2007, 01:32

Ha. I do agree. Davis is more of a goofy regional therefore it's much more fun. SVR is a bit more competitive. The dancing was incredibly fun, such as the kickline. And we randomly switched sides for the spirit chanting because we realized we were chanting against our alliance partners for the finals. Still good fun.

ChrisH

04-04-2007, 12:10

Yeah it was weird. The ring scores and bonus on the screen did not add up to be the total scores at the bottom of the screen. But didn’t know what they add to it. So they added the match number?

The bar at the bottom of the screen may or may not be for the same match as the Final Score. They are independent of each other. Once the scoring table figured this out we tried to make sure they stayed the same, but sometimes we goofed or we had to go ahead and change the lower bar to get set up for the next match.

The lower bar has a "tab" on the top that indicates the match number. The number on the right of the tab indicates how many seconds are left in that portion of the match. It starts at 15 for automode and counts down to zero, when telemode starts it goes to 120 and counts down from there.

The Final Score screen reflects what went into the database for that match. It also says what match the score is for. If the scores on the bar and the Final screen are different, then check the match numbers, they should be different as well. Be sure to include the effects of any penalties as these are not included in the scoring bar but are in the Final Score.

It makes perfect sense once you understand it all.

Woody1458

04-04-2007, 13:35

Anybody find high quality video of the finals+quater finals? The one on robotics.nasa.com is the low quality webcast feed.

MrForbes

04-04-2007, 13:44

I'm slowly working on getting our video going, not sure of the quality (my son is new at videotaping), but should be an interesting perspective at least. I think we have all five qf1 matches, and the finals.

pakratt1991

04-04-2007, 14:06

SOAP 108 has the quarter and semi finals up there now, they are pretty good.
WE should have ours up by Friday? maybe Saturday... but those are higher quality than the ones on SOAP.

Alpha 997

04-04-2007, 14:19

The bar at the bottom of the screen may or may not be for the same match as the Final Score. They are independent of each other. Once the scoring table figured this out we tried to make sure they stayed the same, but sometimes we goofed or we had to go ahead and change the lower bar to get set up for the next match.

The lower bar has a "tab" on the top that indicates the match number. The number on the right of the tab indicates how many seconds are left in that portion of the match. It starts at 15 for automode and counts down to zero, when telemode starts it goes to 120 and counts down from there.

The Final Score screen reflects what went into the database for that match. It also says what match the score is for. If the scores on the bar and the Final screen are different, then check the match numbers, they should be different as well. Be sure to include the effects of any penalties as these are not included in the scoring bar but are in the Final Score.

It makes perfect sense once you understand it all.

I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing. But I was talking about the final-score screen's sum score. The screen listed ring scores and bonus scores then have 2 large number at the bottom to indicate the sum. The sum wasn't what the list add up to be.

ChrisH

04-04-2007, 18:24

I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing. But I was talking about the final-score screen's sum score. The screen listed ring scores and bonus scores then have 2 large number at the bottom to indicate the sum. The sum wasn't what the list add up to be.

The two large numbers at the bottom with the array of dots in between are the part of the Final Score screen you should ignore. That is the "lower bar" and is used during a match to display the rack score real time. This score does not include bonuses or penalties. But it is the most visually prominent, so people often topok it to be the "real" score.

Also if the guy at the scoring table is not paying attention then it might not be displaying the rack score for the match that is being displayed at the top in the Final Score screen. It was easy to advance the lower bar to the next match or to have it up while trying to correct a score from a previous match (fumble fingered refs :rolleyes: ). This would result in results from two different matches being displayed simultaneously. The imporant screen is the Final Match Score screen. That is the one that has the official score for the match.

There obviously needs to be some human engineering on this part of the scoring system. The bright side is that no matter what, we will need a new scoring display next year. The scoring and field management system were so much more reliable than last year that I will gladly put up with a few minor complaints this year. Next year when 4FX has more time to focus on "peripheral" issues things should be better yet.

Doug G

04-04-2007, 20:47

SOAP 108 has the quarter and semi finals up there now, they are pretty good.
WE should have ours up by Friday? maybe Saturday... but those are higher quality than the ones on SOAP.

I put those up. I have more it just took me while to parse and just as long to upload them to SOAP. Some are being stubborn - but they'll get there. I have most of Saturday's matches parsed, but I'm stuck at school for Open House (it is my job afterall) and can't get back to it until tonight.

Hang in there, we'll get them up.