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Haven't seen a thread for the San Diego Regional, so I thought I would start one. EagleCorps Robotics Team 1158 from Colorado is very excited to be attending. We are looking forward to the excellent competition that this regional will offer. Good luck to all!!!!
team 1323 is also excited to be there, i hope the weather is better than portland ( went there last year, extremely rainy)
Team 1622 will be there... Hell, we have to. Its our hometown!
AdamHeard
23-02-2008, 18:49
I'll be there as a freelancer.... Probably rotating a few team's shirts....
Gonna be weird enjoying a regional with no responsibilities.
PrincessJae
23-02-2008, 18:56
Team 2543 will be there of course =] Hopefully we'll have good weather, its been raining a lot lately
Jonathan Norris
23-02-2008, 22:35
610 will be making its first trip to the west coast since we went to Sacromento in 2005, the guys are really excited for the west coast trip. The team will be bringing its catapult down from Canada, sadly I'll be staying up here in the snow studying for exams at university.
I will be there volunteering on Saturday, please say hello if you see me! :)
Team 812 will be there, along with all of Team San Diego.
We (330) are looking forward to SD. See everyone in a couple weeks... :)
EricRobodox
24-02-2008, 02:08
599 is there. And with the FIRST Aid Station again, though first year in a few that I have not ran it... anyways, see you all in SD, should be a lot of fun.
I'll be there as a freelancer.... Probably rotating a few team's shirts....
Gonna be weird enjoying a regional with no responsibilities.
If that's a problem I'm sure the Volunteer Co-ordinator can fix it for you!
EricRobodox
25-02-2008, 02:09
anyone know where the social is going to be? Last year i know it was at that aeronautics and space museum. The regional site says that their is a social, but not where, at least i cant find it easily enough.
610 will be making its first trip to the west coast since we went to Sacromento in 2005, the guys are really excited for the west coast trip. The team will be bringing its catapult down from Canada, sadly I'll be staying up here in the snow studying for exams at university.
We were with you in those quarterfinals in SAC back in 2005 when we lost to the Poofs and their alliance. You bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm and will be looking forward to seeing you at San Diego.
1197 will be there. Good luck to all!
does anyone know the weather for the week
does anyone know the weather for the week
According to the National Weather Service, sunny with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the mid 50s.
Jonathan Norris
02-03-2008, 22:21
We were with you in those quarterfinals in SAC back in 2005 when we lost to the Poofs and their alliance. You bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm and will be looking forward to seeing you at San Diego.
I remember those great matches, we sure did a number on defense against the poofs (in a game where defense was hard to play). 2005 for our team was a disappointing year on the field for our team, and since then have rebuilt the team a bit and have been far more competitive in the last two years.
The kids are bringing a good catapult bot down this year (think 103 in NJ, or kinda like 16 in Chicago (without the swerve)), it looks to be a successful design for this years game so far, hopefully we are just as competitive next weekend. Good luck to everyone, hopefully someone pulls together a webcast so that I can watch the team from Canada.
chaoticprout
03-03-2008, 22:09
1138 will be down this weekend. I personally can't wait, and am excited to be playing with (most of) the usual So Cal crew.
294 will be there. See you all there!
254 will have mentors there inspecting/supporting 968
David Brinza
04-03-2008, 01:04
anyone know where the social is going to be? Last year i know it was at that aeronautics and space museum. The regional site says that their is a social, but not where, at least i cant find it easily enough.
I still haven't heard anything about the team social - anybody have any info?
987 has a few things to pack up, and then were ready to head out to San Diego Wednesday afternoon. The team is really excited, and its our first trip to San Digeo.
-Keaton
Jon Jack
04-03-2008, 01:47
I still haven't heard anything about the team social - anybody have any info?
There actually won't be a social this year.
todd.mcmahon
04-03-2008, 08:14
Unfortunately, the Team Social for the San Diego Regional had to be cancled after a major sponsor backed out due to budget restrictions.
Sorry...
Todd McMahon
San Diego Regional Planning Committee
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anyone know where the social is going to be? Last year i know it was at that aeronautics and space museum. The regional site says that their is a social, but not where, at least i cant find it easily enough.
todd.mcmahon
04-03-2008, 08:19
Unfortunately, the Team Social for the San Diego Regional had to be cancled after a major sponsor backed out due to budget restrictions.
Sorry...
Todd McMahon
San Diego Regional Planning Committee
======================================
I still haven't heard anything about the team social - anybody have any info?
Jonathan Norris
04-03-2008, 13:42
Is anyone willing to set up a webcast for this regional????
Jonathan Norris
06-03-2008, 22:20
How did the practice matches go?? who looked good?
any one have any pics of 968?:D i cant wait to see their design.
David Guzman
07-03-2008, 00:15
any one have any pics of 968?:D i cant wait to see their design.
I agree.
chaoticprout
07-03-2008, 00:23
I have 968 pics and they are really impressive, but I won't post without permission, just wait until tomorrow or Travis' official reveal etc...
How did the practice matches go?? who looked good?
Actually the practice matches were pretty good. Team 330 had one heck of an awesome robot. It was fast, sturdy, and hurdled like a charm. I didn;t catch a team number, but one team literally used a hammer to boot the trackballs over and they were 100% consistent!
Actually the practice matches were pretty good. Team 330 had one heck of an awesome robot. It was fast, sturdy, and hurdled like a charm. I didn;t catch a team number, but one team literally used a hammer to boot the trackballs over and they were 100% consistent!
The hammer boot is 1388. ;)
I have 968 pics and they are really impressive, but I won't post without permission, just wait until tomorrow or Travis' official reveal etc...
We'll probably post some pictures tomorrow.
any one have any pics of 968?:D i cant wait to see their design.
They have a very nice design, as do many bots here, but I didn't get a chance to see them run around much. They were quite busy making some adjustments to their manipulator and lift.
Can't wait to see it in action tomorrow.
From the few matches I watched, 330 and 987 impressed me.
BQuennell
07-03-2008, 02:24
The hammer boot is 1388. ;)
Good to hear that our design caught some attention.
Joe Ross
07-03-2008, 18:31
In match 45: 987, 1158, and 1138 beat 330, 1622, and 2048 120-104.
Awesome match!
In match 45, 987, 1158, and 1138 beat 330, 1622, and 2048 120-104.
Awesome match!
Is anyone else distressed that San Diego is not being webcasted and they are stuck at work during matches like this? I would have loved to seen this match. I'm packing up all our students and driving down to San Diego Saturday morning. I hope to see even higher scores!
Good luck to all the teams.
Is anyone else distressed that San Diego is not being webcasted and they are stuck at work during matches like this? I would have loved to seen this match. I'm packing up all our students and driving down to San Diego Saturday morning. I hope to see even higher scores!
Good luck to all the teams.I'm not happy about it either. I also have no recourse...Being in South Dakota means a long trip. I'll be happier at L.A.
chaoticprout
07-03-2008, 23:58
In match 45, 987, 1158, and 1138 beat 330, 1622, and 2048 120-104.
Awesome match!
That was a great match. Tomorrow looks to be interesting.
In match 45, 987, 1158, and 1138 beat 330, 1622, and 2048 120-104.
Awesome match!
It was 106. An epic match! 987 and 330 look to be the teams to beat.
So if anyone is competing in the Chairman's Award, I'm curious to know how you feel you did in the interview today.
Herodotus
08-03-2008, 00:08
In match 45, 987, 1158, and 1138 beat 330, 1622, and 2048 120-104.
Awesome match!
When I read this at first I thought you said team 45 was in a match! :P
I wouldn't suppose someone could post a video of this match? It is definitely something I want to see.
When I read this at first I thought you said team 45 was in a match! :P
I wouldn't suppose someone could post a video of this match? It is definitely something I want to see.
I hope it goes on Blue Alliance. I want to see it too.
chaoticprout
08-03-2008, 01:19
I hope it goes on Blue Alliance. I want to see it too.
Same, I was paying too much attention coaching our drivers that I didn't see 330s 6 hurdles (great job btw, another amazing robot)
Same, I was paying too much attention coaching our drivers that I didn't see 330s 6 hurdles (great job btw, another amazing robot)I am trying to pick my jaw up off the floor. SIX hurdles??? I really want that video now! (6 rivals 1114 at their best. At MWR, they had a match with 6 and one with 8.)
(BTW, I am now on team 1135, competing in L.A. only.)
We just watched the match 45 video during our scouting meeting tonight - epic!! Unforunately I didn't bring a firewire cable to download somewhere. I'm sure video will be up on soap in the near future.
987 had another great match at the end tonight, match 58 I think, not so high scoring as it was a bunch of scoring in the last 30 seconds.
We had a fun match with 330 in the morning, doing the double hurdle... This has been a cool regional. Don't ask about match 29 - what a boondoggle - but I must say the head referee has done a great job of being calm and listening to teams and wanting to get the call right.
Looking forward to Saturday.
rsilverstein
08-03-2008, 20:03
Congrats to:
968
1717
294
for winning the regional.
Congratulations to 294 968 and 1717. I can't wait to see video from the matches. :D
Anyone have pictures of these robots? I really want to see 968
And congratulations!
CONGRATS TO 968 , 1717, 294 ! <3
and great job to the 1st seeded alliance !
I took video of the finals matches, so I will be uploading them soon!
I'm currently on the car ride back from San Diego right now ! :p
Great regional everyone! Hope to see many of you back here in SoCal for Los Angeles!
Congrats to 294, 968, and 1717. You guys rock.
330, 987, and 2034, you didn't do too bad either.
Hopefully our streak of bad luck will change in two weeks... good luck to everyone who's coming to LA.
Nuttyman54
08-03-2008, 23:58
Congrats to all for what might have been the most intense regional of the weekend. Does anyone have pictures (or video) of the robots, especially the likes of 987, 968, 1717 and so on?
AdamHeard
09-03-2008, 01:43
Even though I'm a long distance/allumni/can't get rid of mentor on 294, I was there for SD.
When I saw who the alliances were, I knew it would make for an epic finale. However, as riercely competitive as I am, It made me sad knowing no matter what teams I love would lose with great robots.
I never thought after beating teams such as 330 and 987, and doing at on such an awesome alliance, I would be saddened.
Overall, most exciting regional I have been involved at in a long time. I really hope 330 and 987 get some hardware at LA/Vegas as they have such amazing machines.
chaoticprout
09-03-2008, 03:15
Man, San Diego was an awesome regional. Congrats on the High Rollers and Beach Bots for putting up an EPIC final round (and high rollers, great match 45, that was lots of fun too), congrats 1717 and RAWC, semi-finals were great and you guys were amazing in the finals, great win. Overall, San Diego really impressed me in how smoothly the event was run and the epicness of the final rounds.
I wouldn't suppose someone could post a video of this match? It is definitely something I want to see.
I have videos of everything, from the official feed. (I was surprised there were only 2 or 3 people recording it.) I will get it uploaded as soon as I can.
Note though that I do not have a lot of time available, so if there's anyone out there who could help me with editing, that would be much appreciated (please email or PM me). The idea is that I would send you however much raw video you could handle, and you would edit it down to just the matches. Without help, it'll get done; with help, it'll get done faster.
Guy Davidson
09-03-2008, 03:36
AJ,
I reccomend you post on the official blue alliance forum, or in the archiving recorded regionals thread in the scouting forums. I think you're bound to find help there.
First of all, we (Team 1717, D'Penguineers) thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated our working alliance with teams 968 RAWC and 294 Beach City Robotics. Also, we are grateful for all of the support we received from other teams to cheer on the Blue Alliance in the final rounds. The penguins united as the Cyber Penguins Team 585 joined us throughout the day to celebrate and imitate our beloved bird, while many teams came down to the field to keep the energy high and invite all of the other teams to join in the great fun. We appreciate all of your enthusiasm and support!
Congratulations also to Teams 812, 1566, 2599 which won Chairman's, Engineering Inspiration, and Rookie All-Star respectively, and thus qualified for Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you there.
As everyone who saw the San Diego finals probably knows, the final rounds were a great and exciting contest, which continued to the bitter end. Many congratulations to Teams 330, 987, and 2034, and best of luck in any future regionals or events. We were honored to have the opportunity to compete with these amazing teams.
Also, thanks to teams 330, and 980 for helping us with parts and ideas throughout the competition, and team 2543 for providing our drivers with water during the final rounds.
We look forward to seeing teams at the Los Angeles Regional in two weeks, and then at Championships in April!
David Brinza
09-03-2008, 12:43
First of all, we (Team 1717, D'Penguineers) thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated our working alliance with teams 968 RAWC and 294 Beach City Robotics. Also, we are grateful for all of the support we received from other teams to cheer on the Blue Alliance in the final rounds. The penguins united as the Cyber Penguins Team 585 joined us throughout the day to celebrate and imitate our beloved bird, while many teams came down to the field to keep the energy high and invite all of the other teams to join in the great fun. We appreciate all of your enthusiasm and support!
Congratulations also to Teams 812, 1566, 2599 which won Chairman's, Engineering Inspiration, and Rookie All-Star respectively, and thus qualified for Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you there.
As everyone who saw the San Diego finals probably knows, the final rounds were a great and exciting contest, which continued to the bitter end. Many congratulations to Teams 330, 987, and 2034, and best of luck in any future regionals or events. We were honored to have the opportunity to compete with these amazing teams.
Also, thanks to teams 330, and 980 for helping us with parts and ideas throughout the competition, and team 2543 for providing our drivers with water during the final rounds.
We look forward to seeing teams at the Los Angeles Regional in two weeks, and then at Championships in April!
Congratulations to the Penguineers for an outstanding performance in San Diego. Your team has moved rapidly into the ranks of truly great FIRST teams.
The finals were just incredible! All of the teams involved in the final matches (Red and Blue Alliance) gave maximum effort and put on a tremendous display of robot capability, driver skill and coaching. We look forward to seeing you in LA and later in Atlanta.
CzarValvador
09-03-2008, 15:00
I would like to thank Team 399 for personally taking the time to make those cool little awards, and giving one of them to us (Most Organized: Major Props to Daniel Turvey, the Team OCD that kept everything organized :D).And also Team 599, Sacrificing Viewing/Free Time in order to assist all of the teams at San Diego with their awesome Robot First Aid Station.
I am looking forward to seeing both of these teams in LA and everyone else in the LA Regional Competition.
rsilverstein
09-03-2008, 15:13
Now this is why I love robotics/FIRST. Everyone loves everyone else.... people spend as much time making sure their opponents are ok as their own team.
EmmaMary
09-03-2008, 15:18
I would like to thank Team 399 for personally taking the time to make those cool little awards, and giving one of them to us (Most Organized: Major Props to Daniel Turvey, the Team OCD that kept everything organized :D).And also Team 599, Sacrificing Viewing/Free Time in order to assist all of the teams at San Diego with their awesome Robot First Aid Station.
I am looking forward to seeing both of these teams in LA and everyone else in the LA Regional Competition.
We are really glad you guys enjoyed the little award! Thank you! We are looking forward to seeing you guys in LA too!
CzarValvador
09-03-2008, 16:32
Seriously, thankyou guys for cheering with us. Hope you heard the crowd's (3-9-9) chant during the finals. You guys are one of the most Cheerful groups to talk to.
And thanks to everyone who came down to cheer with us!
EricRobodox
09-03-2008, 16:37
It was our pleasure to help teams. The FIRST Aid Station will be in Los Angeles again for its 6th year. Please let me know what is wrong/needs improvement as I have set it up (I was unable to run it during the regional this year based on me having to drive the robot but I would pop in and out from time to time) for the past few years and always trying to improve it.
Congrats to all teams for making San Diego such a great regional. I am looking forward to Los Angeles regional to see some of the same teams and new teams.
Team 987 would like to congratulate team 968, 1717 and 294 for their hard fought victory. What an awesome set of Finals matches! We knew we would have our hands full with your alliance. A special thanks too for our alliance partners, 330 and 2034...we are proud to say we went into battle with you two and feel fortunate to have stood side by side with you guys. I haven't seen any matches yet this year that rivaled our Finals...2 of the 3 matches decided by only 2 and 4 points with last second action made for the best suspense we have been involved in (on par with our Einstein action last year).
A very special thanks to Team 1527 for their gracious help supplying a few extra batteries for our alliance...you truly represent the best that FIRST has to offer. And thanks to the San Diego Regional Committee for putting on a fantastic regional (great venue and smoothly run event). Looking forward to seeing some of the other teams at our Vegas regional in a couple of weeks and also seeing many of you in Atlanta...
Mageofdancingdr
09-03-2008, 20:56
My favorite part of the regional was helping out other teams as I'm sure many of you agree. I'd like to throw in major kudos to the devil duckies for their team spirit and the best give away, in my opinion, of the regional. Good luck to everyone, and I hope to see you all in LA.
QF 3-1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnCTzkHxps)
FM-1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxCXEk5jKI)
Joe Ross
10-03-2008, 10:38
Congratulations to 968, 1717, and 294, three of my favorite teams.
Seriously, thankyou guys for cheering with us. Hope you heard the crowd's (3-9-9) chant during the finals. You guys are one of the most Cheerful groups to talk to.
And thanks to everyone who came down to cheer with us!
Awww thank youuu. :D We loved being in San Diego and cheering for everyone. Congrats to all of the teams that won awards/the competition.
Our team can't wait to go to LA with you all.
QF 3-1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnCTzkHxps)
That is sick! What an awesome bot. Good luck in San Jose and can't wait to see both bots in Hawaii.
Joe Ross
10-03-2008, 13:50
Here is some data from our scouting system (through match 74 in the qualifying, and not including elims).
Average number of points each robot scored a match (the average for all robots was 14):
330 57
987 54
1717 33
701 25
1572 25
968 24
981 19
1622 18
1538 17
1388 17
192 16
1998 16
2034 15
Each robot's best matches were:
330: Match 45, 6 hurdles and a ball place
987: Match 45, 5 hurdles and a ball place, 3 lines in autonomous and 2 balls knocked off (one of each color).
1717: Match 64, 4 hurdles
968: Match 44, 4 hurdles, and 1 line in autonomous.
Average number of hurdles+places per match:
330 5.2
987 4.0
1717 2.7
968 1.7
1572 1.6
701 1.6
981 1.3
1538 1.1
192 1.0
1622 1.0
Both 968 and 1717 did not participate in any practice matches, and improved a lot over the course of the competition (968 also had 4 matches where they didn't move or got stuck due to random issues). Both will be even better at their next events. Watch out Hawaii and Los Angeles!
Guy Davidson
10-03-2008, 14:51
QF 3-1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnCTzkHxps)
Holy crap. Looks like you guys built another winner (well, you did, considering 968 won SD, but I haven't seen the robot yet). I can't wait to see it up close in SVR.
rsilverstein
10-03-2008, 14:54
San Diego Finals-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxCXEk5jKI&
Rick Wagner
10-03-2008, 17:04
Thank you, teams 330 and 987, for your messages of congratulations. You are awesome competitors and most gracious and courteous. Thanks also to our (team 294's) alliance partners, 968 and 1717, for drafting us in the second round and for playing so well. Onward to LA!
CzarValvador
10-03-2008, 17:07
Thank you team 330 and 987 for your kind words. We hope to see 987 in the Nationals, and 330 in the LA Regional. The sheer Epicness of the competitions would have been impossible without you guys!
And again, thanks to our Allies for playing with us!
chaoticprout
10-03-2008, 18:05
Anyone happen to have Qualifying match 45 and Semi Final 2-1? Thanks.
robotguru1717
10-03-2008, 18:07
Amazing. I wish I had been there. From the several videos that are up on YouTube, I barely got a taste and it sent my heart racing. Luckily I am ditching class and going to LA Regional. I hope to see the good competition there again! And hopefully some familiar faces from last year.
Great job everyone!
Here's a video of Finals Match 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5WV5bJRkc)
SD Regional Finals Match 1
Blue 968 1717 294
Red 987 330 2034
Final Score
Blue 108 Red 106
thefro526
10-03-2008, 20:18
Here's a video of Finals Match 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5WV5bJRkc)
SD Regional Finals Match 1
Blue 968 1717 294
Red 987 330 2034
Final Score
Blue 108 Red 106
That finals match was amazing!!! thank you for posting it up. Also thank you to anyone who posted up videos of SD
CzarValvador
10-03-2008, 20:34
Any Possibility that someone has the Finals Matches 2 and 3? And the Ability to post them?
AdamHeard
10-03-2008, 20:37
Any Possibility that someone has the Finals Matches 2 and 3? And the Ability to post them?
The same person has them, from what i've heard, they'll be up soonish.
Also, Ay2b on 980 recorded the official feed and will have that up at some point as well.
Any Possibility that someone has the Finals Matches 2 and 3? And the Ability to post them?
I have Match 2 and will upload it asap. They originally are huge files so I have to compress them first.. etc. And as for match 3, yeah.. in excitement I knocked my camera all over the place while cheering and footage isn't exactly in tip top shape.
But yeah, AJ will definitely get you guys the official footage, just wait up for it ! :)
WOW! Finals #1 was amazing. The blue alliance netted a 32 point swing in the last 3 seconds! :ahh:
12 pts - 1717 placing a trackball!
8 pts - 968 hurdling a trackball!
12 pts - 294 knocking out a placed trackball!
What teamwork!
mark johnson
10-03-2008, 22:16
The best finals matches i have seen this year.CONGRATS to 968,1717 ,294 on your victory.But a great effort put up by 987,330,2034.
those are pretty awesome stats by all the teams!!! good job
That was truly an amazing regional with multiple world class teams on both sides of the finals, the red and blue alliances in the finals were so evenly matched it could have gone either way at any second
props to everyone at SD and everyone who came down and helped cheer the robots on in those last matches.
Special thanks to 968 and 1717 for inviting 294 to be part of an awesome alliance!
330, 987, and 2034- you guys were a tough alliance
This was an intense regional with many challenges.
Beach Cities Robotics looks foward to seeing 1717 and 330 in LA.
It seems that people did not see that Team 1158's racer contributed on average over 24 points per match. Gov 6 definitely put on a show. We also won the GM industrial design award.
Given To Fly
11-03-2008, 12:43
1158 rocked the house with their racer bot! The Gov. 6!!!
Awesome machine, gyro and all!!!
Great bunch of folks with Team 1158! So fast....we even cut them off a few times by accident. So fast! One moment you're turning and avoiding a penalty when all of a sudden there is 1158 zipping by, zoom.........awesome bot! Thanks for the alliance and help!!! You ROCK!
Gov. 6 for president!
Tony
Does anyone know what team David Berggren is from?
Kellen Hill
11-03-2008, 13:33
I think he is from 986, 597, 2492! ;) ;)
I think he is from 986, 597, 2492! ;) ;)Don't you mean 968?
Also, which team wrote the essay? That's what Ed is looking for, or I miss my guess.
Kellen Hill
11-03-2008, 14:56
Yeah, 968! Jeez, I try cheating and I can't even get the team numbers right!:)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JRl1P6rSIgg
it seems another video got uploaded...
chaoticprout
11-03-2008, 16:36
Does anyone know what team David Berggren is from?
Dave is from 1538, he's an awesome guy.
David Brinza
11-03-2008, 16:37
Does anyone know what team David Berggren is from?
Holy cow! He's from FRC 1538.
I had a volunteer lunch with the Berggren family - what a great group of people. Oh yeah, Bill Berggren won the Volunteer of the Year Award as well.
I have Match 2 and will upload it asap. They originally are huge files so I have to compress them first.. etc. And as for match 3, yeah.. in excitement I knocked my camera all over the place while cheering and footage isn't exactly in tip top shape.
But yeah, AJ will definitely get you guys the official footage, just wait up for it ! :)
We have some match videos up on our website at the bottom of the following page including the three finals matches....
http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vanden/clubs/robotics/Sitefor07-08/PicturestoVideos/2008Videos/2008VideoGallery.html
rsilverstein
11-03-2008, 17:19
Great quality videos of the finals. Thanks for that.
Jonathan Norris
11-03-2008, 18:10
the videos should be up on SOAP and TBA before the end of the week (hopefully).
chaoticprout
11-03-2008, 18:17
Awesome, please get SF2-1 and or qualifier 45 whenever you can, much appreciated.
Jonathan Norris
11-03-2008, 18:23
Awesome, please get SF2-1 and or qualifier 45 whenever you can, much appreciated.
yea those will be some of the first ones i'll get too.
robotguru1717
11-03-2008, 18:23
We have some match videos up on our website at the bottom of the following page including the three finals matches....
http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vanden/clubs/robotics/Sitefor07-08/New07-08/MEDIAhomepage.html
Thanks for posting those videos. It was great to see the full field and all the robots at once.
chaoticprout
11-03-2008, 18:33
yea those will be some of the first ones i'll get too.
Awesome, thank you.
But yeah, AJ will definitely get you guys the official footage, just wait up for it ! :)
As I mentioned earlier, I do not have the time at the moment to do a good quality edit of all matches. Jonathan Norris and Kevin O'Connor (Vikesrock) have volunteered to help with the editing. In the mean time, I have rough cuts of the 3 finals matches up: sd_fm1_rough_cut.mp4 (http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2008/movies/sdc-sandiego/sd_fm1_rough_cut.mp4) sd_fm2_rough_cut.mp4 (http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2008/movies/sdc-sandiego/sd_fm2_rough_cut.mp4) sd_fm3_rough_cut.mp4 (http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2008/movies/sdc-sandiego/sd_fm3_rough_cut.mp4)
Unfortunately, for reasons I don't know, all the audio disappeared just before match 3 of the finals, so that match and all of the closing ceremonies have no sound.
I also have a rough cut of everything from Friday: sd_friday.mp4 (http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2008/movies/sdc-sandiego/sd_friday.mp4) This is a single large (850Mb) file, which Jonathan and/or Kevin will be editing down to the individual matches.
The video from Saturday should all be ready for me to upload no later than tomorrow morning. Again, this will be a rough cut which Jonathan and/or Kevin will edit down to the individual matches.
Great quality videos of the finals. Thanks for that.
Great quality of robots!! That was an amazing finals. To be honest either of the finals alliances could have won. We were so bummed not to get into the 2nd seed - for the 2,3,4 seed to be separted by just 0.4 ranking points and in the case of 968, to go to Highest match score to get the #2 rank was the closest I've ever seen.
1388 - can't wait to see you "boot" the ball again at Davis :)
I've updated the link in the previous post to go right to the videos from San Diego.
waialua359
12-03-2008, 01:43
I just saw 330's bot and our claw scoring mechanism design is almost exactly the same, especially how the pneumatic opens and retracts it.
The big difference is our drivers cant drive our robot like that. They certainly need more practice WITH other robots on a dynamic field.
I was told that 330 spends much time with their drivers in practicing for matches.
Cant wait to check it out in Atlanta.
I was told that 330 spends much time with their drivers in practicing for matches. You were told correctly. I don't know how much time Shane spent practicing last year, but I hear the way it went was: Start with full battery #1. Drive until drained. Put on charger and get another. Repeat for all full batteries. Grab the first one onto the charger and put it in. Repeat until all batteries are drained. Do something else while charging them. Repeat from beginning... Until it's time to leave. (I wasn't usually there. Something about schoolwork.)
EricRobodox
12-03-2008, 03:10
Eric, when we went to the Cinderella scrimmage, which it was only 599 and 330 for some strange reason, your dad said they went through 8 batteries like that. He did say there was another robot playing defense, but still, Shane got a lot of practice. I would say at least double of the time he would compete with on an actual FIRST field.
AdamHeard
12-03-2008, 03:45
Eric, when we went to the Cinderella scrimmage, which it was only 599 and 330 for some strange reason, your dad said they went through 8 batteries like that. He did say there was another robot playing defense, but still, Shane got a lot of practice. I would say at least double of the time he would compete with on an actual FIRST field.
330 practices like no other....
Day before champs last year we practiced with them and drained a good 10 batteries among two robots within 2 hours.
Also, trying to defend '07 beachbot with the '06 is terribly difficult.
EricRobodox
12-03-2008, 15:55
try defending 330 2008 robot with 599 2008 robot.... wait, i did that in Semi's :P
I felt so proud. Great job 330! Can't wait for Los Angeles.
David Brinza
12-03-2008, 16:51
You were told correctly. I don't know how much time Shane spent practicing last year, but I hear the way it went was: Start with full battery #1. Drive until drained. Put on charger and get another. Repeat for all full batteries. Grab the first one onto the charger and put it in. Repeat until all batteries are drained. Do something else while charging them. Repeat from beginning... Until it's time to leave. (I wasn't usually there. Something about schoolwork.)From what I heard in San Diego, when Shane wasn't discharging batteries on the practice robot, he was building the competition robot. Maybe he put sleep/schoolwork on hold during build-season?
EricRobodox
12-03-2008, 17:23
Isnt Beachbots homeschooled? I thought thats why the team is associated with the Hope Chapel. Maybe the "school" didnt have as much hw during the build season.
I wish I had the facilities they have. Though Chris told me that Hope Chapel is moving to a new location, and they may not have the luxury of all that room anymore. :( Though, 599 has an edge on one aspect, we dont have to do the ghetto lathe work. ;)
Isnt Beachbots homeschooled? I thought thats why the team is associated with the Hope Chapel. Maybe the "school" didnt have as much hw during the build season.
I wish I had the facilities they have. Though Chris told me that Hope Chapel is moving to a new location, and they may not have the luxury of all that room anymore. :( Though, 599 has an edge on one aspect, we dont have to do the ghetto lathe work. ;)Yes...but a lot of our students take classes elsewhere, or through a school program. Those have homework. (It's actually through Hope Chapel Academy for the students.)
Hope Chapel moving...yes, maybe. (I'm not sure on the current status. I haven't been updated recently.) The facility they're moving into would be "huge" comparatively, so the robot team might be able to squeeze in somewhere, depending on what the various ministries want.
Before I chime in on the latest conversation, congrats to 968, 1717, and 294. You guys deserved a win.
From what I heard in San Diego, when Shane wasn't discharging batteries on the practice robot, he was building the competition robot. Maybe he put sleep/schoolwork on hold during build-season?
Aside from school/sleep that's the basic story line.
And yeah, our batteries hate me for how hard/often they get run. :D
I've been collecting a pile of broken parts from the practice bot... I'll see about taking a picture tomorrow.
thatoneguy
18-03-2008, 04:11
This regional was one of the most intense regionals that I have been in since I joined. The finals matches we're really close and each one came down to the very last second.
I really want to thank our opposing alliance (987, 330 and 2034) for such a great match. I feel really fortunate for going against you guys, and you sure didn't make it easy for us. And thanks to our own alliance (1717 and 294) for joining us.
Best of luck to everyone in their future matches! :D
PrincessJae
18-03-2008, 13:15
Also, thanks to teams 330, and 980 for helping us with parts and ideas throughout the competition, and team 2543 for providing our drivers with water during the final rounds.
We look forward to seeing teams at the Los Angeles Regional in two weeks, and then at Championships in April!
Why your welcome for the water!!! Your team is amazing and i know all of 2543 (well, the small 12 of us) were cheering for 1717 during the final rounds! And, admired your jumpsuits =] Hahaha, I really dont know how we got our cooler of water into the pits lol.
Matthew2c4u
18-03-2008, 14:07
We were happy to be at the regional, it was a great experience for my newly organized scouting array, Though we had some driver problems, we hope to see you all in LA
(i thought it was funny, we led in average laps per match until our 7th Qualifier or so.)
1622, is also devloping a more efficient holding system to keep our ball in the lift, i especially enjoyed our match with 330 were we only lost by 10? points to 987 and one of the other top bots.
See you in LA
-Matt Baker
Lead Strategy Plus scouting coordinator
P.S. I had a VERY fun time planning what to do against the 987/330/2034 with one of my Alliance members with a broken bot, and one determined to hurdle :):yikes:
hey, if any one sees this, can you remember what our AWESOME MC's three things were? 1. do the math, 2. ? 3. save the world. what was #2?
hey, if any one sees this, can you remember what our AWESOME MC's three things were? 1. do the math, 2. ? 3. save the world. what was #2?
Build a robot
Do your math
Save the world
Wise words.
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