2009 Peachtree Regional [Archive]

ttldomination

10-11-2008, 18:35

OH Gentlemen, this year 1261 and 1746 will once again be striking up a challenge in Palmetto. Better bring the cavalry, cause we're bringing everything we've got.

1771 - You in for Palmetto?

And as far as the all SC alliance is considered, let's be logical for a second. 1. the game hasn't even been announced. 2. if all 3 teams do considerably well, then there is no way that either 343, 342, or 1319 is around for a 3rd pick.

hipsterjr

10-11-2008, 20:04

2. if all 3 teams do considerably well, then there is no way that either 343, 342, or 1319 is around for a 3rd pick.

Sadly, this is very true. This is exactly why we weren't together at Palmetto last year:( . We'll just have to see how things turn out.

Zflash

10-11-2008, 21:48

There is a certain Georgia team Cough*832*Cough that 1319 wouldn't mind crossing party lines and taking home the gold with. But seriously all the Georgia teams are great and we look forward to playing with or against you and hope to see alot of you in Palmetto as well.

sdcantrell56

10-11-2008, 22:13

Unfortunately we are not signed up for Palmetto and I don't believe there are any slots open, plus I don't think we have the funds for that.

It looks like we are just going to have to win Peachtree...sorry everyone else :D

Tom Bishop

11-11-2008, 08:13

Hmmm...an alliance with 1319, 342 and 832 has a certain "ring" to it:)

We'll just have to wait and see. Anything can happen at these competitions and usually does. Chimera 832 is looking forward to seeing all of you at Peachtree!

rfolea

11-11-2008, 12:35

Otto is looking forward to seeing all of his friends at both Peachtree and Palmetto ...

can't wait ..

RMS11

11-11-2008, 13:28

Team 2415, the WiredCats will be there!!!:D

ttldomination

11-11-2008, 14:01

WOHO!!! Otto's here too. That's it...i'm calling it. 1261, 1771, and 1746 domination this year.

ttldomination

17-11-2008, 18:33

Seems that this forum has kinda died down. So, just FYI, any teams who are attending the P'Tree Regional can contact the robolions, or me. We can give you the hook ups on Hotels, Places to eat, things to do, etc. etc.

We take the pride in the fact that we're the closest team to the regional location. Literally a 5 mins drive.

rfolea

17-11-2008, 19:34

Hmmm ... Sounds like we need to have the Team Social at ttldominations house ...

ttldomination

18-11-2008, 09:17

YEAH BOY!!!!!. Or we could all bowl at Discover Mills...eh?!?!?!? eh!?!?!??

I vote we all crash at Peachtree Ridge High School. Muahahaha.

emmell

19-11-2008, 18:05

I vote we all crash at Peachtree Ridge High School. Muahahaha.

:eek: Be careful what you wish for...

Ed Sparks

19-11-2008, 18:40

Oh yea ......... The Rockets are comming to Peachtree ......

joshsmithers

12-12-2008, 22:56

Just wanted to bring to your attention....

587 is gonna be at Peachtree for the first time ever. We would be grateful to humbly recieve our beatings. ;) I can't wait.

ttldomination

13-12-2008, 08:41

Just wanted to bring to your attention....

587 is gonna be at Peachtree for the first time ever. We would be grateful to humbly recieve our beatings. ;) I can't wait.

So you guys are going to beat yourselves??? Idk, I guess we can help you guys beat yourselves. :D.

brentmcjunkin

31-12-2008, 07:15

No one is saying they can't win. I'm sure there will be all GA alliances and if they don't like it, they can come to Palmetto for a shot at SC hardware.:cool:
I think with a 343, 342, or a 343, 1319 or by the slightest chance we get a 343, 342, 1319 anywhere it would domination. And yes josh we are gonna have a border alliance lol.:D :ahh: :eek:

hipsterjr

19-01-2009, 21:15

seriously, 1319 give us Mike Bryan back. We will trade you a SPAM student for our mentor back. :p

Kakashi1261

27-01-2009, 09:40

Team 1261 is ready for the Peachtree!
Can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!

TLuck234

28-01-2009, 13:11

Team 34 is coming back again this year! Bringing some bama power to ya. No doubt it's gonna be an awesome regional like always

Josh Drake

03-03-2009, 12:21

No team Social:(

Due to cost cutting measures issued from FIRST headquarters and given the current economic state affecting fundraising, we regret to inform you that we will be unable to offer a formal team social this year at the Peachtree Regional. However, we are currently in contact with the Gwinnett Department of Tourism to secure discount and free offers from resturants and entertainment venues in the Duluth area. Our goal is to make available to our participants low to no-cost options each day before and after the event. Please check back often as we will post all offers as we receive them. This will help with your team plans during your off-time.

Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. We look forward to seeing each of you at the Peachtree!

The Peachtree Planning Committee

What are other teams doing Friday night?

hipsterjr

03-03-2009, 14:31

Is the pit layout posted yet?

Zflash

03-03-2009, 14:40

We will be hanging out with our cool new mentor Mike Bryan and hopefully deciding who we are going to pick the next day if we are lucky enough to be in the top 8 at that time.

hipsterjr

03-03-2009, 14:42

We will be hanging out with our cool new mentor Mike Bryan

ok, now you are just mocking me lol:mad: :p
we still have a chair that literally has his name on it.

Josh Drake

03-03-2009, 14:55

Flash: great job in Ohio, we were here watching and cheering for you.

The only offer so far from the regional planning commitee is the Medieval Times, but that's still $25 a head. We may do the same thing, hang out as a team at a restaurant, and talk scouting. I just wish the students could interact and cut loose (a little).

Is the pit layout posted yet?....
Last year we were on an open corner facing the practice field. Lots of room:)

Zflash

03-03-2009, 15:09

[QUOTE=DRAKE343;831139]Flash: great job in Ohio, we were here watching and cheering for you.QUOTE]

Thanks, we were pretty happy with the results considering we usually call our first regional our practice one. We believe we have learned some things and will be making some changes to our robot to make it even better for Peachtree. Can't wait to play again and see everyone there.

Josh Drake

03-03-2009, 15:20

We believe we have learned some things and will be making some changes to our robot to make it even better for Peachtree. Can't wait to play again and see everyone there.

Even better:ahh:

What happened in the 63-64 round, did your alliance have a super cell? I seem to remember some scoring controversy. Oh well, as Mike might say: "smile and wave boys, smile and wave." All in all, a very good showing for your team and our state. Oh yeah, this is the Peachtree thread....:yikes:

hipsterjr

03-03-2009, 15:23

What hotel are yall staying at?

Zflash

03-03-2009, 15:25

Actually live scoring had us winning by twenty points, however when the moon rocks stopped flying and the score was tallied we somehow lost by one point. The only super cell scored was by our alliance. The scoring controversy continued (a whole other thread would be needed) and we indeed did do the Smile and Wave routine.

hipsterjr

03-03-2009, 16:59

we indeed did do the Smile and Wave routine.

Oh well, as Mike might say: "smile and wave boys, smile and wave."

Hmmm, I wounder where Mike would ever come up with a saying like that:rolleyes:
*cough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s cough*

before you guys get any ideas, we already have that saying decaled on our bot:P

cziggy343

03-03-2009, 17:31

What hotel are yall staying at?

all i know is that we are staying at a marriot-like place that is made of suits... thats about all i know...

Zflash

03-03-2009, 19:56

Hmmm, I wounder where Mike would ever come up with a saying like that:rolleyes:
*cough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s cough*

before you guys get any ideas, we already have that saying decaled on our bot:P

I am aware of the pixar penguins and will not be putting that qoute on our robot. We already have all our decals on the bot thanks to our graphics team and Mike at Bosch Rexroth we are looking good. You all always look good to though so we will have to see, maybe we could look good together... see everyone soon and good luck.

Shmee

03-03-2009, 23:38

Georgia teams all the way! (said with a proper Southern accent of course...)

Anyone doing a bit of advance scouting? We're trying to, but it appears most people haven't filled in their robot info yet...

http://firstchat.ath.cx:81/resources/frc/

Please?

:)

Kakashi1261

04-03-2009, 09:28

I live literally 5 minutes away from the Peachtree Regional. And I may be able to help. I dont know where everyone is staying, but there are hotels near the Discover Mills mall. That is always an option.

» There is an AMC 18 movie theater in the mall. $8 per person (I think)
» Suwannee Park is pretty close, but is not in walking distance from Peachtree Regional. We could bring soccer balls, frisbies, or whatever. There are also resturants all around the park. Five Guys (Burgers and Fries), Ippilitos(Italian food), Old Town Grill (sandwichs) are some that I know of. North Gwinnett (Team 1771) may know more than me. They are closer to the park.

Here is the website for AMC 18 at Discover Mills Mall:
(For Thursday March 12, Friday and Saturday are not availible yet[as of 3/4/09])
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=8611&rdate=3%2F12%2F2009

Josh Drake

04-03-2009, 15:44

Good sugestions. Is anybody going to handle a webcast of this event for the folks back home?

ttldomination

04-03-2009, 16:18

Not sure about the webcast. Not sure if the Suwanee Green will be closer to
Peachtree Park. But either, way, they're both great.

Discover Mills is also amazing simply as a mall. They have movies, Glow in the dark putt-putt, medieval times, movies, and always the famed jillians.

We're planning on going laser tagging though. :D. Assuming we can get it set up, I'm sure we'll give other teams an opportunity to join us.

Basically anything you wanna do, Atlanta's Game. Except for go-karting. :D.

And I wouldn't suggest walking anywhere. :D. These streets be dangerous. Unless your staying at the Holiday Inn or eating at the Loafing Leprechaun, which I have to add is a great restuarant.

hipsterjr

05-03-2009, 11:05

:yikes: Please tell me 343 is bringing this to Peachtree:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img/d26/d26f9dc08d09acfdc34d943349b998d4_l.jpg

Josh Drake

05-03-2009, 12:29

Isn't there a safety rule about these things being indoors? I know, parking lot.
I'll try Palmetto instead. I don't have much ammo at this time. There were more things I wanted to do with it, but ran out of time when the build season hit.
If other teams want to shoot shirts out of "Gail Force" maybe we can do that. I'll have to see what I have time for, or can get a student to do at the regionals.

hipsterjr

05-03-2009, 12:51

I can see if we have a shirt or two we could contribute.

sdcantrell56

05-03-2009, 14:49

We are looking into webcasting the event. I think we have just about everything set up for it.

Josh Drake

05-03-2009, 16:08

We are looking into webcasting the event. I think we have just about everything set up for it.

AWESOME:) It helps to get support for the teams and future regionals when people can see what you're talking about. Thanks

cziggy343

05-03-2009, 20:57

We are looking into webcasting the event. I think we have just about everything set up for it.

that would be amazing!! ahhhh! :D

sdcantrell56

06-03-2009, 00:11

Yeah we just need to get cleared with the regional for a line to upload with. We have all the equipment to do it.

hipsterjr

08-03-2009, 11:25

Are any teams staying at the Atlanta Marriott Norcross Hotel?

ttldomination

08-03-2009, 11:57

I'm staying at my house. It's a nice cozy place with all of the amenities of home. :D

The Marriott is a nice hotel, but it's a fair distance from the arena. Almost half an hour to forty minute drive. Why didn't you choose to stay at the Holiday Inn, which is literally walking distance, I believe the parking lot of the Holiday Inn and the center are connected, or I believe there are two other hotels about 2 minutes from the center just across the highway.

:D. Need Directions from Hotel to Arena?

hipsterjr

08-03-2009, 12:24

Why didn't you choose to stay at the Holiday Inn, which is literally walking distance, I believe the parking lot of the Holiday Inn and the center are connected, or I believe there are two other hotels about 2 minutes from the center just across the highway.
Because I didn't have a say in lodging, but I'm sure there was a reason. Google maps says about 22 min. You should have seen our drive from our hotel to the Florida regional, about 40mins:( , that sucked after a long day.

ttldomination

08-03-2009, 12:48

Ah..I guess if you take 85, then the trip might not be half bad.

But it's still a fair distance.

cziggy343

08-03-2009, 13:15

Are any teams staying at the Atlanta Marriott Norcross Hotel?

sorry dude... i think... THINK... that we are staying at the fairfield suits, but im not sure where it is... but nobody has really told me:)

Josh Drake

09-03-2009, 14:24

Okay, now that Ed has posted some pics of the drive train, we have half an idea of what 34 looks like. :D

Zflash

09-03-2009, 15:02

If you visit thier website there is a little more, however they are still keeping some to themselves, we will see when we get there, not long now.

ttldomination

09-03-2009, 15:31

There is a kinda full picture of 34 on their website. I see an intake and drive train.

cziggy343

09-03-2009, 16:24

If you visit thier website there is a little more, however they are still keeping some to themselves, we will see when we get there, not long now.

but the waiting is soooo aganizing! ahhh!

anywho, now that my composure is regained... it looks like another ackerman from 34?

pumbaa2007

09-03-2009, 19:57

It seems Peachtree has forgotten about the NC teams...but its good to see that a lot of familiar faces are returning.

Well, 1533 Triple Strange will be there for the fourth year in a row! Woo! :D

sdcantrell56

09-03-2009, 20:09

What does everyone think about posting a link to your bot or giving a description of it to start a little preemptive scouting.

I will start:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/32885

hipsterjr

09-03-2009, 20:54

What does everyone think about posting a link to your bot or giving a description of it to start a little preemptive scouting.
1771 looks very sexy. One of the better shooters I have seen.

As for 342's bot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s)
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/15/l_97385b0e376a48d385a63e8f36045447.jpg[/QUOTE]

cziggy343

09-03-2009, 21:05

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=52487551

ill just send a link with the video. a few minor adjustments will be made on thursday to this.

sdcantrell56

09-03-2009, 22:05

Thanks guys lets keep it up. I hope we get to play with you guys this week you both look awesome.

martin417

09-03-2009, 22:19

In addition to the still shot Sean posted, here are a couple of videos showing some (but not all) of the special features of 1771's Lunacy bot:

Towing the 2008 bot with (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0xQH7CwgdI) and without (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE1V_C3ma5I) traction control enabled.

Distance shooting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tbJ71247Ew) (we don't have many balls, but we shot what we had)

ebarker

09-03-2009, 22:24

It seems Peachtree has forgotten about the NC teams...but its good to see that a lot of familiar faces are returning.

Well, 1533 Triple Strange will be there for the fourth year in a row! Woo! :D

Oh No !! We definitely have not forgotten about NC teams and we are definitely looking forward to seeing 1533 Triple Strange again.

cheers...

Kakashi1261

10-03-2009, 08:43

haha. North Gwinnett is showing off. Im so jealous of your robot. every year we fail at making the robot look good, and this year, you guys are perfection.

hipsterjr

10-03-2009, 18:13

Does anyone know when and where the pit space assignments will be posted?

Kevin Thorp

12-03-2009, 18:11

No streaming video at Peachtree? :(

http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/2009_frcwebcasts.php

Jeremy Roberts

13-03-2009, 10:54

Here they are: The Peachtree Regional webcast. Sorry for the delay.

MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center

Windows Media

http://mfile.akamai.com/18569/live/reflector:43780.asx?bkup=43781

Flash

http://streaming.msfc.nasa.gov/ACCORDENT/HONEYWELL/podcast/first.html

Akash Rastogi

13-03-2009, 14:54

ttldomination

14-03-2009, 07:28

AH OH!!!.

Hopefully the matches are as exciting at home as they are at the regional.

ttldomination

14-03-2009, 07:34

Sorry about the double post, but just as an FYI, one thing I noticed at P'tree yesterday was that teams don't show up.

If anyone here reads this before coming to P'tree today, please remember, SHOW UP TO MATCHES. If your manipulator isn't working, then fine. As long as you can drive, please show up.

Empty trailers hang out to dry, and decent human players go to town on the trailers and there are easily 30 points in one trailer, and then if the other team gets a super cell...well then it's almost impossible to win.

crake

14-03-2009, 19:18

Can someone please post the winners of the various awards at the Peachtree regionals? They don't seem to be posted anywhere (that I could find).

Meredith Novak

14-03-2009, 19:25

http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/events/GA/awards.html

crake

14-03-2009, 20:36

http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/events/GA/awards.html

Ah - thanks, helps if I actually went through the links on the usfirst website!

cziggy343

14-03-2009, 20:40

big thanks to all the teams that helped to make it a great regional.

another big thanks to all the volunteers that worked so hard.

thanks also to 1848 for picking us, and 1002. you guys were awesome! its just too bad we didn't quite get over that hump :p

1002Founder

14-03-2009, 22:42

A big thanks to everyone for making the Peachtree a great success.
As the game announcer on Sat. it was just to exciting that I had to sacrifice my voice for the teams. If you did not watch the matches you missed some amazing play. 3 of the 4 quarterfinals and 1 semifinal went to 3 matches and the finals featured the #8 vs. #7 with the #8 winning the event.
Congrats to our winning alliance 2655,2415, & 832
Congrats to the Chairman's team #1311
Engineering Inspiration #1002
Rookie All-Star 3091

Also team 1002 thanks our alliance partners 1848 and 343. We had a great run to the semi's.

joshsmithers

14-03-2009, 22:45

CONGRATS to 2655, 832, and 2415 for consistently playing great matches... y'all were a blast to watch. (Especially QF 1-1; never saw that one coming.)

THANKS to 1102 and 2119. I loved playing with y'all. (PS- 1102, Chris wants more of your mints ;) )

speedbuggy76

14-03-2009, 22:46

Congratulations to all the winners, especially Kell High School for Chairman's Award. I came back in town to see the team I have mentored in the past 2415 - the WiredCats), who got off to a rough start. We had a tough time in the qualification matches, but started to improve with time. Team 2655 - the PlatyPi must have seen our improvements, because they picked us as well as team 832 - Chimera for the 8th seeded alliance.

From there, everything was golden for the alliance, as they won over the #1 alliace (1771, 1746, and 547? - excellent robots as well) in 4 rounds (one match was reset mid way through for communications problems and the reset ended in a tie). After winning in 2 matches in the semis, the #8 alliance went on to the finals to face teams 590, 1319, and 342 (the #7 alliance - I can't remember ever seeing the bottom two alliances face off in the finals). After two hard-fought rounds, the 8th seeded alliance of 2415, 2655, and 832 was victorious!

Anyways, I really enjoyed coming home for the Peachtree regional this year, it was a very exciting event! Congratulations again to all the winners and to all my friends at team 2415 for an incredible run! Hope to see everyone at Championships!

PlatyPi Gunner

15-03-2009, 00:11

There's absolutely no way we could have done this without our amazing alliance, so thanks to them. I would've never dreamed we would win in only our second year of existence. T'was a glorious Pi day!

Nancy O.

15-03-2009, 02:13

Wow, some crazy times! Team 1261 would like to thank our alliance partners teams 57 (all the way from Texas! nice costumes btw) and 1311 for an awesome run in the quarterfinals.

We would also like to thank 1746 and Mr. Folea (congratulations on the Outstanding Volunteer Award!) for letting us practice on their practice field so many times, helping us with programming, and just being very helpful in general and inspiring us with GP spirit. As well as 1771 for scrimmaging with us / building an incredible robot.

Also, I'd like to thank all the people (I think I talked to 343, 34, 1771, 2007, 2918, 2362, 1648, and 1758 on Saturday) who patiently answered my questions, thanks!

And of course, to all the announcers and referees and judges (who were always pleasant to talk to) and volunteers that made this event possible, thanks so much.

Hope everyone had an awesome Pi Day!

Josh Drake

15-03-2009, 08:15

I guess my shout out will be a little different. Of course thanks all around to everyone who made it happen, and made it great. :)

I didn't get to play the Lockheed Martin simulator, but my younger kids had a blast playing Lunacy and Overdrive on the computers. My 6 year old son placed second in the finals, so I know he had a great time at it. Thanks to team 1002 for putting that event on.

ebarker

15-03-2009, 08:27

Congratulations to everyone - you are all champions.

Thank you to everyone - you are all dear friends.

Good luck to everyone advancing to Atlanta.

And a million cheers to Rick Folea - volunteer of the year is an understatement - it should be superhero of the year.

Team 1311

rfolea

15-03-2009, 09:43

Congrats to all - especially the dedicated volunteers that put the event on.

From our perspective, it was exceptionally well run and supported.

Geez, we even got to the point where we were running rounds every 5 minutes!!!! Incredible.

Looking forward to seeing all of our friends at Palmetto (hopefully Otto's wounds will have healed by then! We got him some little smiley face band-aides ...)

- Rick

sdcantrell56

15-03-2009, 09:46

Thank you to everyone. It was an extremely well run event as usual. I want to especially give a thanks to 1746 and 547. You guys were both great partners and with a couple slight changes, things would have looked a whole lot different. Thanks 1746 for letting us practice with you guys all season. I wish you guys the best of luck at Palmetto and at the Championship.

RMS11

15-03-2009, 11:31

There's absolutely no way we could have done this without our amazing alliance, so thanks to them. I would've never dreamed we would win in only our second year of existence. T'was a glorious Pi day!

We never dreamed it also... Thanks so much for selecting us and getting past our record of 2-7 in qualification. It was a great run, and can't wait to see you at championships. And 832, yall were amazing also. Thanks!

rfolea

15-03-2009, 12:03

REMINDER TO ALL PEACHTREE REGION PARTICIPANTS

DON'T DISASSEMBLE YOUR ROBOTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON!

Your friendly neighborhood GeorgiaFIRST committee is planning at least one (possibly TWO) offseason events this year!

And YOU are invited!

Stay tuned for details ...

And as always, be sure to keep an eye on www.GeorgiaFIRST.org for news about events.

Jeremy Roberts

15-03-2009, 12:09

Thanks to all the volunteers, mentors, students, parents and sponsors that made Peachtree a success. I look forward to seeing you all again next year..or sooner.

As Rick mentioned we will be having an offseason event this year so stay tuned. The GeorgiaFIRST website is www.gafirst.org (correction to post above).

Get some sleep and I hope to stop by the event in SC to see some of you in action again.

speedbuggy76

15-03-2009, 12:27

Some good pictures of the event at: http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/gwinnett/first-robotics/

RMS11

15-03-2009, 12:30

Whoever did the webcast, are you able to post the competition videos online? That would be amazing, and thanks for webcasting. Much appreciated.

Ed Sparks

15-03-2009, 12:56

On behalf of the Peachtree inspection team, I just want to thank everyone for your efforts in making the inspection process run smooth. We had a couple "late bloomers" but all in all things went well. Team 34 travels to the "Lone Star" Regional next and then I'll be returning to Georgia for the Championship as a lead inspector. I hope to see all of you there!

Congrats to all the award winners (especially team #1311).

TLuck234

15-03-2009, 13:35

Just wanna say thanks to all the volunteers and people who helped put this year's Peachtree Regional together. I personally had the best time I've had at a regional and this is my 5th year.

Congratulations Teams 2655, 2415, and 832 for winning. Also to Team 1311 for the Chairman's award.

Hope to be there again next year!

ttldomination

15-03-2009, 14:10

I would ALSO like to say thankx to all. And I mean ALL.

There were a couple calls we wish could have gone our way, but none the less we still had fun, and for our freshmen, and some of our veterans, this was the most fun they've had.

Thankx to 57, and 1311 for agreeing to be with us. :D.

We would also like to thank 1771 and 1746 for their great support this year, and I honestly believe your alliance was the best one out there.

speedbuggy76

15-03-2009, 14:34

We would also like to thank 1771 and 1746 for their great support this year, and I honestly believe your alliance was the best one out there.

I (and others) from team 2415 said this same thing both before and after the playoff rounds yesterday. Team 1771's robot is incredibly well built, and funnily enough we ended up having very similar robots for two years in a row (last year we were the two teams to utilize suction and this year we both have spirals with turreting shooters). I fully expect to see them dominate at championships if they come. Still shocked that we won, and excited for championships!

PlatyPi Gunner

15-03-2009, 15:21

We would also like to thank 1746 and 1771, without which we would not have fixed our autonomous program, as well congratulate the #7 seed alliance 1319, 590, and 342(I hope those were right) who pulled some great upsets as well.

sdcantrell56

15-03-2009, 15:47

Thank you for all the kind words. I am extremely proud of the robot that we built this year and I hope that we get a chance to attend the Championship and play with everyone. Good job 2415, 832, and 2655

Shmee

15-03-2009, 16:15

Team 2415, the Westminster WiredCats, would like to thank the following teams for helping make Peachtree Regional '09 so much fun!

Many many thanks to 2655 and to 832 for some awesome matches and major upsets! Thanks again for selecting us for the alliance, and we'll be looking for you at Championships in April!

Thanks to 342, for giving us some PWM cables when we desperately needed them.

Thanks to 442, for helping us so much with our coding problems.

More thanks to 832, for lending us a victor.

Thanks to 1002, for being pretty much the first team we asked whenever we needed things, since you were right next to us.

Thanks to 1261, for helping us find the nearest Kinko, and for lending us a battery, even though everything was already packed.

Thanks to 1311, for starting us last year and mentoring us still. Your guidance in 842's project was so helpful. By the way, we still have your 2x4's. Sorry.

Great thanks to 1414, for cheering us on and pumping up all of our team so that we've all more or less lost our voices :)

Thanks to the coach of 1415, for understanding and diverting potentially awkward situations between our teams.

Thanks to 1533, for lending us 2 batteries. Without those two, we would not have been able to compete in the finals at all.

Thanks to 1746, for lending us yet another battery.

Thanks to 1771, 547, 1746, 2119, 587, 1102, 1319, 590, and 342, for an amazing end to Peachtree.

Thanks to 2420, for letting us charge some of our batteries in your pit and eventually giving us the charger.

Congrats to 900, 1771, 343, 1746, 1533, 34, 342, 1319, 1398, 1848, 2967, 3091, 2918, 1002, and 1311 for their awards!

Most importantly, thanks to all the judges, referees, and volunteers who make these events possible. Thanks again to all the amazing teams we've met over the past few days, and we look forward to seeing you next year!

All the best,
the Westminster WiredCats

santosh

15-03-2009, 16:23

Yup thanks to team 2655 for picking us after we were ranked 43 out of 46. It was very interesting because we finally got our robot completely working for the last qualification match but we got DQed haha...

And to 832, since I was a freshman in high school on 1002, I think we might have been alliance like 6 total times including qualification matches and we have never won a match together. This year we won 6 matches together.

First thing I thought when we got picked was crap, we have to play otto and north gwinnett. 1771, you guys might have one of the best robots in the country for this game this year and some of the best drivers.

Thanks to all the teams that helped us with spare parts: team Soup-1848, Tech High and The Robojackets - 2420, The CircuitRunners - 1002, Team 547, The Robo Lions - 1261, and the others I am forgetting

Thanks to 1533 for helping us out with our battery issues because there was no way we could have made it through the playoffs without yalls battery charger and batteries to borrow.
Thanks to team 1414 for helping us out cheering as well as all the other teams including 1002, 1848, and others.

Congrats to Mr. Folea for winning Volunteer of the year.
Congrats to triple strange for winning the Judges award
Congrats to wheeler for winning EI

Congrats to Mr. Barker and team 1311 Kell Robotics for winning chairmans and thanks for all your help throughout the past couple of years with helping us get off of teh ground. You guys really deserved it
And thanks to all the volunteers and judges and refs for helping put on a great regional.

And congrats to all my KIDDIES for not giving up even when we went 2-7. They did a great job of persevering and they just kept trying to make the robot better even when we thought we had no chance of the playoffs.

hipsterjr

15-03-2009, 20:37

I think the one of the most amazing human player shots I saw was that from 590 in the last 2 seconds of the finals! Dumb luck or dumb skill, that cross field shot was awsome:eek: .

Congratulations Teams 2655, 2415, and 832, you where great opponets and earned the win.

Thanks to 1319 and 590 for joining us in a great alliance. Can't wait to team up with 1319 in again in Palmetto, and hopefully 343 can join the burnning flash;) . I really enjoyed the semi's against yall. I would also like to send kodos to 1002 who played a brutal defense. We thought we were bullet proof until we meet 1002's auton and lost a wheel:ahh: .

cziggy343

15-03-2009, 20:44

Thanks to 1319 and 590 for joining us in a great alliance. Can't wait to team up with 1319 in again in Palmetto, and hopefully 343 can join the burnning flash;) . I really enjoyed the semi's against yall. I would also like to send kodos to 1002 who played a brutal defense. We thought we were bullet proof until we meet 1002's auton and lost a wheel:ahh: .

yeah... those semis were brutal. i thought that we had it there for a minute... but alas, my hopes were dashed:( but yeah, maybe at palmetto it can be the "burning flash in motion" that would be beast:rolleyes:

hipsterjr

15-03-2009, 20:52

but yeah, maybe at palmetto it can be the "burning flash in motion" that would be beast:rolleyes:

Na, Brent and I decided it is "Burning Flash of Metal"

cziggy343

15-03-2009, 21:03

Na, Brent and I decided it is "Burning Flash of Metal"

well then! :rolleyes:

PlatyPi Gunner

16-03-2009, 21:31

I must admit I'd be somewhat intimidated by a team called Burning Flash of Metal, what about the Wiredchimerapi?

Andrew Y.

17-03-2009, 12:00

I think the one of the most amazing human player shots I saw was that from 590 in the last 2 seconds of the finals! Dumb luck or dumb skill, that cross field shot was awsome:eek: .

Congratulations Teams 2655, 2415, and 832, you where great opponets and earned the win.
.

im not gonna lie, the whole alliance stopped and watch that ball go through the air as the other coaches and i were screaming "SPIN! GET OUT OF THERE!!! NOOOOOOW"!!

And i think it was more skill than luck. We were watching him in particular the WHOLE match!

Awesome matchup guys!

RMS11

17-03-2009, 12:56

im not gonna lie, the whole alliance stopped and watch that ball go through the air as the other coaches and i were screaming "SPIN! GET OUT OF THERE!!! NOOOOOOW"!!

And i think it was more skill than luck. We were watching him in particular the WHOLE match!

Awesome matchup guys!

Ya. The entire round the coaches watched the super cell and when he got one we retreated to our side of the field...

hipsterjr

17-03-2009, 15:52

The Finals were so exciting. After 3 matches against the 1002's defense in the semi's, we lost our front wheel:ahh: . We called time and ran to our pit to change the wheel. In the excitement of trying to make it back to the field in time for the finals, WE FORGOT TO CLOSE THE PNEUMATICS RELIEF VALVE!!!!:o But even with it closed, we were bested the next match. I enjoyed seeing our old friends on 832 again. I loved the whole event and look forward to Peachtree '10.

*note* look for 342 to have a dedicated valve checker at Palmetto lol.

PlatyPi Gunner

17-03-2009, 17:38

lol, don't feel down about that, i think 2415 forgot to turn their robot on during that match

cziggy343

17-03-2009, 17:39

*note* look for 342 to have a dedicated valve checker at Palmetto lol.

and distribution block checker :D

Jimmy K

17-03-2009, 17:54

After 3 matches against the 1002's defense in the semi's, we lost our front wheel:ahh: .

Thanks for noticing our defense. For a while, I was doubting our usefulness towards our alliance in the elimination matches.

Anyway, do you know what happened to Flash (FRC#1319) in the 2nd semi match?

RMS11

17-03-2009, 18:02

lol, don't feel down about that, i think 2415 forgot to turn their robot on during that match

Hey, you guys are supposed to be on our side... And it was not our fault... The switch was faulty and the spring inside flipped the switch after the match started to turn it off... The next round we had to tape it closed...

But then there was those 2 matches yall didnt set up the driver station correctly... jkjk :P

Zflash

17-03-2009, 19:42

Thanks for noticing our defense. For a while, I was doubting our usefulness towards our alliance in the elimination matches.

Anyway, do you know what happened to Flash (FRC#1319) in the 2nd semi match?

Take your pick from two scenarios.

1. The 120A circuit breaker was broken and not providing power to the robot.

2. There was an issue with the field that the FTA and others could not figure out and wanted to keep matches moving. (I am not accusing anyone of anything shady, however we were not given any answers other then it was our robot. Which it may have been)

EDIT: Also are alliance partner 590s robot stopped working in the last final match, we assumed it too was a bad 120A cb, however I am not sure if any of 590s members confirmed it.
It worked in the next match and we did not change anything. When 342 broke there wheel we replaced our 120A cb just to be on the safe side. We have not done any testing on the cb to see if it is bad, but we will be. We have never had a problem with one has anyone else?

gblake

17-03-2009, 19:46

A big Thank You! to the Circuit Runners, Jim Rundquist, Karen Albrecht and everyone else who helped put on the Lunacy simulator exhibit - I hear it was well received.

The other developers and I would love to hear feedback from anyone who used it.

Blake

RMS11

17-03-2009, 19:48

Zflash

17-03-2009, 19:53

We had that same circuit breaker problem that one time with us also. The robot was definitely turned on as we got a voltage before the match on the driver station but once the match started our robot was off. When we went to look, the breaker had been slightly sprung open. We taped it closed next match and had no problems, replaced it later. We probably had a similar issue, funny that it was at a similar time.

I can tell you that it had not sprung open, as we had made it very clear for no one to touch the robot until the problem was figured out. Eventually we had to move it not knowing waht the problem was as time was an issue.

BenX02

17-03-2009, 20:21

Hey, you guys are supposed to be on our side... And it was not our fault... The switch was faulty and the spring inside flipped the switch after the match started to turn it off... The next round we had to tape it closed...

But then there was those 2 matches yall didnt set up the driver station correctly... jkjk :P

I'm pretty sure he was kidding. :D :D But I'm sure you knew that already.

AND HEY. The dead drivers station was not our fault. :P

See you guys at the Championship. :)

Ed Sparks

17-03-2009, 21:27

Take your pick from two scenarios.

1. The 120A circuit breaker was broken and not providing power to the robot.

2. There was an issue with the field that the FTA and others could not figure out and wanted to keep matches moving. (I am not accusing anyone of anything shady, however we were not given any answers other then it was our robot. Which it may have been)

IMHO, It was option #1. I know because I was the guy with my face in your robot when this was happening. There were no LED's illuminated on the power distribution block shortly after the match started. I confirmed there was no power on the Bridge or the cRIO and the RSL was off. The exact same thing happened to 590. I saw this 3 times on Saturday. I brought this up in the inspector's post event confrence call and it has happened before at other events and other years. The 120A breaker is not bullet proof apparently.

santosh

17-03-2009, 22:25

IMHO, It was option #1. I know because I was the guy with my face in your robot when this was happening. There were no LED's illuminated on the power distribution block shortly after the match started. I confirmed there was no power on the Bridge or the cRIO and the RSL was off. The exact same thing happened to 590. I saw this 3 times on Saturday. I brought this up in the inspector's post event confrence call and it has happened before at other events and other years. The 120A breaker is not bullet proof apparently.

And yes, he is completely correct. It wouldnt stay closed. We took it off and got a new one that we are putting in right when we get to Palmetto.

They said if the robot was off they would have stopped the match but what had happened we it gave a voltage reading as the match started but like seconds later the breaker failed and the robot turned off. Therefore they couldnt do anything about it and had to let the match run.

It was completely fair. Unfortunate, but completely fair. Plus we won that one.

I am not sure what to tell teams who wantt o check this problem but I believe that Flash said that they had this issue as well. Just beware about this problem. Maybe test your switch before matches to ensure that it doesn't pop out. Or Tape it like us haha

Tom Bishop

18-03-2009, 08:11

It seems pretty clear that the WiredCats problem was with the main breaker, and Flash's too. But to have so many go out at once seems unlikely; not impossible, but unlikely. We have had main breakers go out before, but on older robots that have retired from competition. Never had one go out during a competition that I can remember. But I plan on bringing a spare to Championships:D

I can't remember an elims round where so many robots didn't work at some point in a round. Our alliance had problems, #1 had problems, seems like others did as well. I wonder if there's an issue with this batch of main breakers? Or maybe just an issue with teams getting excited and forgetting the basics:ahh:

RMS11

18-03-2009, 08:14

ebarker

18-03-2009, 08:22

[QUOTE=Tom Bishop;837709]I wonder if there's an issue with this batch of main breakers?/QUOTE]

Tom,

In our lab there was an incident where we had a problem with the breaker and I quickly looked at it and thought it was bad. If I remember right it didn't latch on correctly.

We were planning on replacing it and that task got forgotten.

I'm a little nervous about this years batch.

I would definitely take a spare.

Al Skierkiewicz

18-03-2009, 08:23

Let's move the breaker discussion over to electrical. See you there.

joshsmithers

18-03-2009, 21:59

I believe what I'm about to say should be relevant to Peachtree, but this may have occurred elsewhere as well.

In SF 1-2, our robot would drive. More specifically, our pick-up and dumping mechanisms functioned the entire match, but our drive motors never did. There is no way to know whether or not the Jaguars driving the two cims were getting a signal, but I doubt it. The jags were connected properly before and immediately after the match, when I checked. Back at the pit (after we lost), we immediately tethered and drove the robot. It operated flawlessly. Our team has mixed feelings about why this happened, but I believe it was a field issue. However, it was only the drive motors (which plug into to pwms 1 and 2, so maybe the signal for those weren't getting there?!?!).

Did any other teams have issues with their robot mysteriously work only partially? This has really been bugging me...

PlatyPi Gunner

22-03-2009, 19:10

we did actually in qf-2 i think as well as the 2nd match before eliminations. It only occurred when we were on the blue side, blue 3 to be more specific. Also, our shooters were the only thing that worked as well, me managed to score like 3 balls on a robot that got too close. They blamed our drivers station, and gave us a new one

joshsmithers

23-03-2009, 19:01

After discussing this a little more with the team, one mentor recalled 1319 not working in the finals, match 1; can anyone confirm or disprove this? I know for sure that 590 wasn't working in finals, match two.

EDIT: Also are alliance partner 590s robot stopped working in the last final match, we assumed it too was a bad 120A cb, however I am not sure if any of 590s members confirmed it.

Everytime this happened, it was on the blue side of the field. Coincidence?:confused:

DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to blame the field or complain about the results of the matches, I am just trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

PS- 2655, I heard your team is coming up to Hillsborough for THOR in June. Is this true? (I hope so.)

Jimmy K

23-03-2009, 20:23

After discussing this a little more with the team, one mentor recalled 1319 not working in the finals, match 1; can anyone confirm or disprove this?

Yes, I also saw Flash's robot not work. This has already been discussed. See posts #116, $119, and #121 in this thread, and the main circuit breaker thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75953) in the Electrical Forum.

cziggy343

23-03-2009, 20:31

Everytime this happened, it was on the blue side of the field. Coincidence?:confused:

nope, b/c in the semi-finals when they didn't work, they were red

joshsmithers

23-03-2009, 20:34

nope, b/c in the semi-finals when they didn't work, they were red
Yay, even worse.:rolleyes:

PlatyPi Gunner

23-03-2009, 22:30

We were down a robot too in the first final, and part of our conveyor had snapped off by the second. kinda off topic, but it confused me to why 1746 didn't call a timeout when their bot was on the fritz

PS- 2655, I heard your team is coming up to Hillsborough for THOR in June. Is this true? (I hope so.)

as for that, I personally have no idea what it is, but I'll look into it and get back to you

Zflash

23-03-2009, 23:00

We were down a robot too in the first final, and part of our conveyor had snapped off by the second. kinda off topic, but it confused me to why 1746 didn't call a timeout when their bot was on the fritz

as for that, I personally have no idea what it is, but I'll look into it and get back to you

Since you brought it up I was confused as to why they did not shut your robot off when your conveyor belt was dragging on the floor and made you go outside the size constraints.

Anybody?

PlatyPi Gunner

23-03-2009, 23:57

PS- 2655, I heard your team is coming up to Hillsborough for THOR in June. Is this true? (I hope so.)

I don't see why not!:D haha, It's more up to funding, but it sounds like fun.

and as for our robot not being turned off, we were essentially stationary for the latter half of the match, and i'm pretty sure the belt didn't leave the inside of the robot until i pulled it off at the end, and if it did we were in the center of a jumble of robots and it would've been hard to notice.:)

rfolea

24-03-2009, 09:09

.. it confused me to why 1746 didn't call a timeout when their bot was on the fritz

We didn't know we had a problem until it was too late....

For the record, the actual sequence of events was:

1. Broke a chain. Still not sure why.
One group thinks we simply lost a master link
The other group thinks our chains had a lot of slack
in them and a hit at just the right time got one cocked
wrong on a sprocket. That coupled with the fact that
it was really crappy chain -> bye-bye.

2. Threw a chain - The previous mishap really messed things
up so now the chain was loose enough to come off by itself
Quickly added a chain tensioner to take up slack

3. Loose wire. Probably knocked loose during previous repairs.
Broke free right at the start of the match. Ugh.

It's hard to overcome 3 catastrophic failures in a row ...

While we were "Undefeated" through the quals, we really can't
take credit for it. We had an unbelievable amount of good
fortune. Geez .. the first match our guys forgot to plug
the bridge ethernet cable in, but because they had the Team light
wired wrong, no one could tell ... Special thanks to 1533 and 1304
for winning that one - boy was that embarrassing!

The kids were crushed for loosing the finals for such crazy reasons,
not only for us, but also for 1771 who REALLY deserved to be there ...

We also want to thank 547 - they were awesome - did everything
we asked them to do and were very gracious about the whole thing.
If you ever need a partner, check these guys out - they are great!

We learned a lot at Peachtree, rest assured those lessons will be
addressed for Palmetto. We can't wait!

See you in a couple days!

Andrew Y.

24-03-2009, 13:46

We didn't know we had a problem until it was too late....

For the record, the actual sequence of events was:

1. Broke a chain. Still not sure why.
One group thinks we simply lost a master link
The other group thinks our chains had a lot of slack
in them and a hit at just the right time got one cocked
wrong on a sprocket. That coupled with the fact that
it was really crappy chain -> bye-bye.

2. Threw a chain - The previous mishap really messed things
up so now the chain was loose enough to come off by itself
Quickly added a chain tensioner to take up slack

3. Loose wire. Probably knocked loose during previous repairs.
Broke free right at the start of the match. Ugh.

It's hard to overcome 3 catastrophic failures in a row ...

While we were "Undefeated" through the quals, we really can't
take credit for it. We had an unbelievable amount of good
fortune. Geez .. the first match our guys forgot to plug
the bridge ethernet cable in, but because they had the Team light
wired wrong, no one could tell ... Special thanks to 1533 and 1304
for winning that one - boy was that embarrassing!

The kids were crushed for loosing the finals for such crazy reasons,
not only for us, but also for 1771 who REALLY deserved to be there ...

We also want to thank 547 - they were awesome - did everything
we asked them to do and were very gracious about the whole thing.
If you ever need a partner, check these guys out - they are great!

We learned a lot at Peachtree, rest assured those lessons will be
addressed for Palmetto. We can't wait!

See you in a couple days!

thats not too bad...few years ago santosh and i went on the field and was scratching our heads on why nothing worked...we forgot to reinstall the robot controller....now THATS EMBARRASSING

but...
fortunately for us we had all our problems during the qualifiers.

PlatyPi Gunner

24-03-2009, 16:57

we were undefeated the first day, but our whole 2nd day of qualifiers was a big disaster, first off our wiring on our compressor was loose, so we could pick up the moon rocks, but not shoot them. 2nd match, we apparently had a driver's station problem so we didn't work then. third match 1746, 1319 and co. just wrecked us. then the second elimination round we didn't work again, but we got a different thingamajig, which seemed to work. after that we didn't have any problems until one of our bands snapped in the finals.

ps. chains are the devil

Doc Wu

09-04-2009, 19:10

Does anyone know why the standings page (http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/Events/GA/rankings.html) on the usfirst.org page for the Peachtree Regional is empty? Does anyone have this information?

The other pages - match results, awards, etc. - are there. Only that is missing.

I want to parse this data for statistical use. This is the only page I'm missing.

Jimmy K

09-04-2009, 22:50

2nd match, we apparently had a driver's station problem so we didn't work then. third match 1746, 1319 and co. just wrecked us.

Actually, you have those switched. I remember as our alliance reaped the benefits of the malfunction, scored a supercell on ourselves, and still got the <G14> (but only for doubling not tripling). (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/team/2655)

Does anyone know why the standings page (http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/Events/GA/rankings.html) on the usfirst.org page for the Peachtree Regional is empty? Does anyone have this information?

The Blue Alliance (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/event/2009ga/teams) has all of the match scores. If you click on a team, you can see their overall record as well as their record at Peachtree. This is really inefficient, but it is a method of retrieving those stats if you really want them.