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Honor Guardian
30-03-2009, 00:48
I'm curious who are/is good shooter in Lunacy 2009...
P.S.: this is my first topic i posted :eek: :eek: :eek:
Great Human Players 2009 List:
Team: Team Name:
1 The Juggernauts
16 Bomb Squad
27 Team RUSH
33 Killer Bees
88 TJ (Squared)
103 Cybersonics
115 MVRT
175 Buzz Robotics
177 Bobcat Robotics
188 Blizzard
217 ThunderChickens
231 High Voltage
234 Cyber Blue
270 Falcons
271 Mechanical Marauders
340 G.R.R. (Greater Rochester Robotics)
343 Metal-In-Motion
365 Miracle Workerz
397 Knight Riders
425 Spartans
547 F.E.A.R.
975 Synergy Robotics
1013 The Phoenix
1098 Rockwood Robotics
1241 Team Hansen Experience of Robotic Youth
1318 Issaquah Robotics Society
1351 TKO
1388 Eagle Robotics
1414 iHOT
1511 Rolling Thunder
1547 Where's Waldo?
1771 Global Agenda Gamers
1902 Exploding Bacon
1983 Skunkworks
2022 IRS
2075 Enigma
2090 BuffnBlue
2161 Robocats
2377 C Company
2638 Rebels
If you don't want HP be on list or want to remove it from list, please PM me, thank you by Ed
Our shooter is about a 90-95% shooter. I have seen multiple judges go up and congratulate her after our matches had ended. Team 547 also has a ridiculous shooter as well as 1771 and 1414
Joe_Widen
30-03-2009, 00:59
I'm curious who are/is good shooter in Lunacy 2009... I don't care about how many balls he/she got into trailer (scoring position)
P.S.: this is my first topic i posted :eek: :eek: :eek:
Then how are we supposed to rate them? If you don't care about how well they do their job, what do you want to know? If you score alot, then you are a good shooter. Also, some human players load their robot most the time, they may or may not be good shooters, but they do what they need to for their team.
Navid Shafa
30-03-2009, 01:02
Definitely Sebastian Hill from team 1983!!
SHOOP DA WOOP!!!!
16 and 1388 have some very dangerous human shooters. If you're in range, look out!
Akash Rastogi
30-03-2009, 01:07
Brain Taylor AKA BT from 103.
The kid is a beast!
Our Human Player on 1351 was able to get 2 out of 3 super cells in, but in 3 different matches.
thefro526
30-03-2009, 01:11
Brain Taylor AKA BT from 103.
The kid is a beast!
I second that.
BT's the Man.
Matt Howard
30-03-2009, 01:18
Team 1013 has an absolutely wonderful human player. In qualifications all the way up through finals when 1013 was aligned with us, almost every single ball she threw landed either in a hopper or a trailer; exactly where she intended them to land. What makes her especially dangerous is her ability to seamlessly play both the outpost and corner positions with no apparent change in accuracy.
Watch out for her in Atlanta!
waialua359
30-03-2009, 01:35
Definitely Sebastian Hill from team 1983!!
SHOOP DA WOOP!!!!
I saw that kid Sebastian and he's pretty good.
The best I've seen though is from 2090 this past weekend in Hawaii.
When you can consistently win matches, even in eliminations when the supercell is the difference, that is epic.
Yes, the outpost player for 1013 has my vote, too. Check out the finals on the Blue Alliance site for Vegas. She shot left-handed, right-handed, both handed, on the fly, and was incredibly disciplined in her target selections. She was amazing.
I do not know his name, but the Human player from Team 115 was really good. He helped the team a lot in eliminations at the Davis regional.
Aren_Hill
30-03-2009, 02:21
Ashley (i believe) from 2022 IRS, good enough when we played them in the semi's at Midwest we intentionally had our entire alliance on the opposite side of the field from her, though she still managed some from there.....
(IRS = I.MSA R.obotics S.pecialists)
Navid Shafa
30-03-2009, 02:31
...from 2022 IRS...
There's another IRS, besides the AMAZING friend of ours 1318? Issaquah Robotics Society FTW!! (He then scrambles to Bluealliance to search 2022):yikes:
115inventorsam
30-03-2009, 03:26
I do not know his name, but the Human player from Team 115 was really good. He helped the team a lot in eliminations at the Davis regional.
Ah yes, Sriram was really on fire on Saturday at Davis, he shot with really good accuracy, so good that other teams complimented him when they talked to us. On that day alone he scored 3 super cells. 2 of those were scored in the quarterfinals, you could just about say that he's the reason why we got past the quarterfinals. All empty cells were sent to him, and during the eliminations, all of our robots would attempt to lure the opposing alliance near him and trap them at the end just for him to try to score a super cell.
The Payload Specialist on 1241 was very very dynamic.
He would jump over the shield and shoot downward on the goals to get the balls in before the robots could get away. Teams started staying good and far away from him after a while.
The Payload specialist for 103, Shauna from 1511 and 188 also stick out as well as Antione for my team who got alot of compliments not only for his skill but for his smart penalty free play.
It's hard to tell over the internet, so of the 3 regionals I attended, I found 177's human player to be the best I've seen so far.
1t5h1e1o
30-03-2009, 07:13
Ben from 340 was insane with super cells at FLR. Much of our elimination strategy depended on them, and he didn't disappoint. :)
Magnechu
30-03-2009, 07:58
The human player from 2638 was ridiculous. He probably scored around 50 points a game (at least 1 Super Cell per game) each time he was on the field for finals.
Team 1098 shooter is from the programming team and shoots 90%+ and got all 4 super cells. He is a freshman and did a lot for our team, in fact team 16 gave him an award for his play at the St Louis Regional.
Nuttyman54
30-03-2009, 08:47
The kid on 2377 (C Company) was scarily good at Chesapeake, sinking probably 85% of shots from the fueling station to a trailer at the outpost. 40's human player is also extremely good.
Enigma's puzzle
30-03-2009, 08:48
Our human player from 2075 almost always was throwing from the opponents side of the field, and on multiple occasions the opposing alliance would tell each other to play on the other side of the field, the further side from there driver station out of fear of him.
A team walked up and asked "Our team scouting data says that your human player shoots 100%, is this true?"
The best I've seen in person so far has been the human player from 175. He was definitely the most consistent at both BAE and CT.
at VCU the human players from team 88 and 975 were probably the best two there.
DPTeam270Driver
30-03-2009, 10:36
Team 270 had a decent Human Player, Team 271 had a pretty reliable one. Team 2161 had a beast human player. he scored a super cell form cross field and kept us in the quarter final match.
WTBsUperCell
30-03-2009, 10:39
Team 231's human player performed quite well at the LSR. He made 6 out of the 7 supercell's he got and the only one he missed was a desperation shot at the end of are quarterfinal's match. This year the human player can play a HUGE role in the matches.
smurfgirl
30-03-2009, 10:40
The best I've seen in person so far has been the human player from 175. He was definitely the most consistent at both BAE and CT.
I second that 175 has a great human player. So does 1902.
Tom Schindler
30-03-2009, 10:46
The best I've seen in person so far has been the human player from 175. He was definitely the most consistent at both BAE and CT.
177 Also had an amazing human player, he consistently hit long range shots. That combined with their robot's fast and consistent empty cell capabilities makes them a serious threat.
Ian Curtis
30-03-2009, 12:00
I second that 175 has a great human player. So does 1902.
Yeah, 175's human player was pretty spectacular at BAE. 40's human player was pretty impressive too.
Honor Guardian
30-03-2009, 12:20
Yaya, no one said Team 1266, :cool: :cool: Peace out :cool:
Our shooter is about a 90-95% shooter. I have seen multiple judges go up and congratulate her after our matches had ended. Team 547 also has a ridiculous shooter as well as 1771 and 1414
I would have to say she is definitely the best shooter I have seen so far. She is really really good.
Thuvishan.R
30-03-2009, 13:49
The Payload Specialist on 1241 was very very dynamic.
He would jump over the shield and shoot downward on the goals to get the balls in before the robots could get away. Teams started staying good and far away from him after a while.
The Payload specialist for 103, Shauna from 1511 and 188 also stick out as well as Antione for my team who got alot of compliments not only for his skill but for his smart penalty free play.
I agree our human shooter was amazing and he revolved around our strategy and he never disapointed with supercells when it mattered, he consistently hit long range shots under pressure situations
Andrew Schreiber
30-03-2009, 14:03
Since not a lot of people are commenting from Michigan I will put in my two cents, this is not a comprehensive list by any means, just some ones that stick out in my mind.
1 - Incredibly Dynamic, so full of energy you can't keep the kid down.
27 - If this kid gets a super cell you best get away and even that wont save you.
397 - Not great if the target is moving but is usually good for between 7-10 in auton (paired with the auton strategy of bulldozing the opposition into her) Most comfortable in the middle seat.
Keep in mind, these are just teams I noticed, considering I watched very few matches I don't recall all the human players.
at VCU the human players from team 88 and 975 were probably the best two there.
Thanks for noticing. The best part was he is a freshman, and he basically had superstar status on our team after making 3 super cells to swing matches in our favor.
Thanks for noticing. The best part was he is a freshman, and he basically had superstar status on our team after making 3 super cells to swing matches in our favor.
no problem! it was awesome that we got to practice with him...gave us a good feel for how a good human player was going to play like.
gwytheyrn
30-03-2009, 16:06
234's human player is the best that I've seen. He was making 3/4 field shots and in eliminations, I think he only missed 1-2 of the supercells he got, which probably won a couply of our matches. I'd give percentages, but I don't have any. This is based only on BMR, since I wasn't able to really watch any time else
When it comes to clutch, I know I speak for all of 217 in thanking Ashley from 2022 in Midwest. When I heard the flinstones immediate reaction was to watch her put a supercell in an unsuspecting trailer. We never would have made it into Semis without her.
Noeen Kashif
30-03-2009, 16:19
I agree our human shooter was amazing and he revolved around our strategy and he never disapointed with supercells when it mattered, he consistently hit long range shots under pressure situations
Yes, i think he is one of the few. Really good human player. We nicknamed him "Brown-Jordan" due to his great amount of skill. He really shone at rochester and GTR!
Really nice!:)
Noeen Kashif
30-03-2009, 16:23
thanks, but i really think that 1241's human player was the best. Very smart and dynamic. He has a unique way of shooting the orbit balls, and a unique way of getting them in! Im not bad though?
flyingcrayons
30-03-2009, 16:40
I second that.
BT's the Man.
I third that... the kids a monster!!
XXShadowXX
30-03-2009, 16:43
I don't know his name but the killer bee's (team 33) human player is pretty fun to watch and really good.
234's human player is the best that I've seen. He was making 3/4 field shots and in eliminations, I think he only missed 1-2 of the supercells he got, which probably won a couply of our matches. I'd give percentages, but I don't have any. This is based only on BMR, since I wasn't able to really watch any time else
We did keep track for a while. We had him at 93% - best at BMR.
Gaurav27
30-03-2009, 19:20
Yes, i think he is one of the few. Really good human player. We nicknamed him "Brown-Jordan" due to his great amount of skill. He really shone at rochester and GTR!
Really nice!:)
thanks, but i really think that 1241's human player was the best. Very smart and dynamic. He has a unique way of shooting the orbit balls, and a unique way of getting them in! Im not bad though?
Thanks for the compliments Noeen! You were amazing as well! You consistently scored many moon rocks at both FLR and GTR.
As for all the wins and competitions, you're probably having an amazing rookie year! Good Luck in Atlanta!
Originally Posted by Koko Ed View Post
The Payload Specialist on 1241 was very very dynamic.
He would jump over the shield and shoot downward on the goals to get the balls in before the robots could get away. Teams started staying good and far away from him after a while.
The Payload specialist for 103, Shauna from 1511 and 188 also stick out as well as Antione for my team who got alot of compliments not only for his skill but for his smart penalty free play.
As for "Brown-Jordan", yes i agree with Koko's accurate description of his style. He's very dynamic, accurate and consistent. He was easily sinking 95-97% of his shots in FLR and slightly less at about 95% at GTR [Had a bad day on Friday; But significantly better on Saturday].
I would like to thank 188 for the compliments and the Best Human Shooter Award that you gave us @ FLR.
I'll have to check, however i think he won several more awards by other teams including 1511, 1547 and i believe one of the G.R.R teams..
I apologize if i missed out on any teams that gave us the Best Human Shooter Awards.
Greg Peshek
30-03-2009, 19:25
I know everyone is going to say their PS is good, but we're pretty happy with our guy. At Florida he hit 7/8 super cell shots, including 2 in one match (that won us the match) and had a pretty high percentage rate on regular moon rocks.
I remember 425's human player being pretty good, I had to start consciously staying away from him because of the shots he was making.
Also I'll put another nomination up for 103's PS, from what our scouts gave me and what I saw, his shots looked pretty darn good.
177 Also had an amazing human player, he consistently hit long range shots. That combined with their robot's fast and consistent empty cell capabilities makes them a serious threat.
QFT
That kid was dressed like an 80's basketball player and hit some unbelievable last second shots.
Petra Hartman
30-03-2009, 19:40
Team 234 has a really sharp shooter this year and can get about 70% in a given match, and 365 is really good for loading their robot in auto, they can get ten or eleven by the end of autonomous.
Andrew Y.
30-03-2009, 20:30
I know im biased but i gotta say our human player is one of the BEST. She had a 91% accuracy through peachtree and palmetto and it showed!:D
1771 and 343 also have sick human players
I know im biased but i gotta say our human player is one of the BEST. She had a 91% accuracy through peachtree and palmetto and it showed!:D
1771 and 343 also have sick human players
Ya i am biased also but she has got to be the best sitting down I have seen all season. I dont think she has played a match standing, but she has almost perfected sitting. Which is good, cause most prefer to stand.
Courtneyb1023
30-03-2009, 21:30
I don't know his name but the killer bee's (team 33) human player is pretty fun to watch and really good.
I totally agree. 33's HP is really fast and made some long distance shots.
techedguy
31-03-2009, 04:02
Ok...I am biased as well...but I didn't collect the data. According to another teams scouts our shooter on Team 2865 was one of the top human players at the Seattle Regional (and he did it from the outpost position). He also was very consistent in Portland, Oregon. Our 'bot was primarily defensive and only scores 5-10 balls a match, we knew we would be relying on the human player and Ricky didn't disappoint us or our alliances.
ttldomination
31-03-2009, 16:18
1771's HP is the best I've seen to date. Considering he is the school's varsity quarterback, that might not be an accomplishment, but he's out there, and one match, I saw him shoot this entire load, and he only missed 1.
rcflyer620
31-03-2009, 16:39
Let's not forget 2199. Two regionals - two great outings. Their HP was a Super Cell Maestro!
Shadow503
31-03-2009, 16:45
I totally agree. 33's HP is really fast and made some long distance shots.
He's fun to watch! Those jump shots make the position of PS look that much more intense.
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I also have to give props to our 6'5" Human player, Aaron. At traverse city teams gave him the nickname "sharp-shooter". He consistently gets 18/20 moon rocks in opposing trailers, many of these are half-court and beyond. Aaron has never gotten a penalty and always contributes a major portion of the score.
Many teams have told us that Aaron was the one of the best human players present during our past three competitions. I'm on drive team, and thus not a full-time scout, so I can't confirm this myself. However, I do know that he's the only Human Player who has been able to score on our trailer during autonomous with our rotation at full speed (this happened during practice, not during an actual match). :eek:
Matt Howard
31-03-2009, 18:29
Lets not forget about the human players that don't score points though. There are a few of them out there that almost exclusively load up their alliances robot(s). From what I've seen the average scout probably only takes into account how many points a HP scores, not where the balls end up.
I know a few really great Human Players across a number of teams that fall into this category. ;)
ShortBang
31-03-2009, 21:03
Let's not forget 2199. Two regionals - two great outings. Their HP was a Super Cell Maestro!
I was waiting for the TBA vids to go up to include the two last second half court super cell shots, and the throwing the empty cell across the field to 40's Human Player. That was the only time i saw a human player do that. All in eliminations.
Holly Ann
01-04-2009, 00:42
Team 1013 has an absolutely wonderful human player. In qualifications all the way up through finals when 1013 was aligned with us, almost every single ball she threw landed either in a hopper or a trailer; exactly where she intended them to land. What makes her especially dangerous is her ability to seamlessly play both the outpost and corner positions with no apparent change in accuracy.
Watch out for her in Atlanta!
Haha thanks matt!!!
Holly Ann
01-04-2009, 00:47
Yes, the outpost player for 1013 has my vote, too. Check out the finals on the Blue Alliance site for Vegas. She shot left-handed, right-handed, both handed, on the fly, and was incredibly disciplined in her target selections. She was amazing.
Well thank you very much :D:p
Thuvishan.R
01-04-2009, 09:33
The Payload Specialist on 1241 was very very dynamic.
He would jump over the shield and shoot downward on the goals to get the balls in before the robots could get away. Teams started staying good and far away from him after a while.
The Payload specialist for 103, Shauna from 1511 and 188 also stick out as well as Antione for my team who got alot of compliments not only for his skill but for his smart penalty free play.
thanks, but i really think that 1241's human player was the best. Very smart and dynamic. He has a unique way of shooting the orbit balls, and a unique way of getting them in! Im not bad though?
Thanks for the compliments Noeen! You were amazing as well! You consistently scored many moon rocks at both FLR and GTR.
As for all the wins and competitions, you're probably having an amazing rookie year! Good Luck in Atlanta!
As for "Brown-Jordan", yes i agree with Koko's accurate description of his style. He's very dynamic, accurate and consistent. He was easily sinking 95-97% of his shots in FLR and slightly less at about 95% at GTR [Had a bad day on Friday; But significantly better on Saturday].
I would like to thank 188 for the compliments and the Best Human Shooter Award that you gave us @ FLR.
I'll have to check, however i think he won several more awards by other teams including 1511, 1547 and i believe one of the G.R.R teams..
I apologize if i missed out on any teams that gave us the Best Human Shooter Awards.
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv200/Theory6robotics/DSC07083.jpg
camtunkpa
01-04-2009, 09:49
1743 had a great human player at Pittsburgh.
rees2001
01-04-2009, 10:34
The Payload Specialist on 1241 was very very dynamic.
Shauna from 1511
I'll second these. We had to play against 1241 a couple of time & I got to see his skill much too much. Much too close. Interesting style & good accuracy.
My 340 drive team had nothing but compliments for Shauna. I heard "smart" more than a few times. She helped our driver line up to the outpost to get the EC.
Too many payload specialists were CLUELESS out there. Our drivers had to run into the lexan to get some other PS's attention. But not Shauna, she's one great team player! Good shooter too.
Honor Guardian
01-04-2009, 12:19
Grrr... i can't edit first post anymore :mad: i wish that i could edit it constantly, Thank you for post here who were great Human Player
Steph342
01-04-2009, 12:50
Team 2415 has an awsome human player. You do not want your robot any where near here, which pretty much means anywhere on the field. She is great and there robot is awsome, they won both palmetto and peachtree.
Josh Drake
01-04-2009, 15:20
Team 2415 has an awsome human player. You do not want your robot any where near here, which pretty much means anywhere on the field. She is great and there robot is awsome, they won both palmetto and peachtree.
I'll second that, and the great comments about 1771's. For those who mentioned 343's, thanks.:D We have two, Seth stands up, and Sam sits down. We like using Seth to fill the hopper in autonomous, but it doesn't leave him too many for the round. Sam plays softball, so she has a nack for it.:D
1771's HP is the best I've seen to date. Considering he is the school's varsity quarterback, that might not be an accomplishment, but he's out there, and one match, I saw him shoot this entire load, and he only missed 1.
Yeah well during his High School Career he got to be the #1 QB in the state of Georgia.
Team 1098 shooter is from the programming team and shoots 90%+ and got all 4 super cells. He is a freshman and did a lot for our team, in fact team 16 gave him an award for his play at the St Louis Regional.
Oops! The students told me that I was mistaken. His fun award was from Team 71. We had so much fun with all of the teams there, I got the numbers jumbled!
Meredith Novak
03-04-2009, 19:00
Oops! The students told me that I was mistaken. His fun award was from Team 71. We had so much fun with all of the teams there, I got the numbers jumbled!
Our Human Players saw that last night and asked me, "did we do that?" I said, "No, but we should have." Getting mistaken for Team 71 - gosh I hate that.
(I would have corrected it, but I didn't know who had done it...)
Well, I know we kept pretty much to ourselves in Michigan, but the "crazy asian kid" on 503, Frog Force, is too scary to get anywhere near to... :-)
tim_reiher
04-04-2009, 20:22
I've gotta give props to 1155's HP; from what I saw at CT, he was a beast at the outpost.
You didn't want to stick around the opposing outpost for more than a couple seconds if you saw him there. I mean geez, you'd be filled up faaaassst...
kapolavery
04-04-2009, 23:16
team 2090 buffnblue is well deserved to be on that list..
at the HI regional, i beleive it was his supercell shot that lifted them gave them the upset as the 4th or 5th seed team over the number 1 seeded alliance (team 192, 359, and another team..) and off to the final match.
kapolavery
04-04-2009, 23:36
btw not only did they have a beastly HP,
but a beastly robot as well..
and i was looking at their robot last year.. and to me it looks like it used a suction mechanism?
that is awesome..
similar way that funky monkeys used to manipulate the ball except 1771 looks way simpler and more efficient imo
The best I have seen was a guy from team 1, I call him magic johnson!
also his dancing is cool.
lol
Justin Montois
07-04-2009, 16:11
I'll second these. We had to play against 1241 a couple of time & I got to see his skill much too much. Much too close. Interesting style & good accuracy.
My 340 drive team had nothing but compliments for Shauna. I heard "smart" more than a few times. She helped our driver line up to the outpost to get the EC.
Too many payload specialists were CLUELESS out there. Our drivers had to run into the lexan to get some other PS's attention. But not Shauna, she's one great team player! Good shooter too.
Thirded. From coaching 340 at FLR I had to work with a number of Payload Specialists and I really believe Shauna was one of the best overall and definitely the best at the outpost. Her guidance and thumbs up or thumbs down communication was so helpful to our elimination alliance's success. I hope we get the chance to work together in Atlanta!
Check out this clip of team 177's human player.
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2009ct_qf4m2
Valkyrie133
08-04-2009, 22:05
I was waiting for the TBA vids to go up to include the two last second half court super cell shots, and the throwing the empty cell across the field to 40's Human Player. That was the only time i saw a human player do that.
Yeah, 2199's HP was like a machine. I was scouting HP's a LOT at Chesapeake, and 2199's was outstanding, not just for percentage scored but for smart play. He consistently had three moon rocks in his left hand and one in his right, ready to throw. He waited patiently for a good opportunity, then unloaded all four in rapid-fire succession, not even waiting to see if the first shot was good before throwing the next. I think he threw by Zen. ;)
And that full-length shot that went all 54 feet and rolled into the other airlock...that was just plain scary. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it! :eek:
LWakefield
10-04-2009, 16:19
I say that the best human player in michigan would be team #1. He made almost all of his shots.
lemon1324
10-04-2009, 20:11
Team 1717's human player was really good from the outpost, and was excellent thoughout eliminations at Sac Regional.
Joe Ross
10-04-2009, 20:16
Team 1717's human player was really good from the outpost, and was excellent thoughout eliminations at Sac Regional.
From our scouting data, 1717 and 687 had the best human players at the regionals we attended.
Andrew Y.
12-04-2009, 16:16
Team 2415 has an awsome human player. You do not want your robot any where near here, which pretty much means anywhere on the field. She is great and there robot is awsome, they won both palmetto and peachtree.
Hey Guys!
Thanks for the shout outs! This is actually 2415's human player, not Andrew. I just don't have a Chief Delphi account (I would spend WAY too much time on the forums) :)
Mike from 1771 was great. And Seth and Sam from 343 were both awesome, not to mention Sam's dancing before the finals. ;)
See you guys at Championships!
Meredith (the red head)
dwaynetrip3119
12-04-2009, 16:32
Something that disappoints me is that a lot of teams choose because of who the team is and their status. I seen lots of good human players in michigan and it looks that pretty much they human players on here that were chosen are all on veteran teams. Team 217 The thunderchickens switch between different human players and from what I have seen from their strategy, they dont really shoot because they load their robot in autonomous mode. Im just saying you guys really need to see these human players in person. I know for a fact that I am a good human player for may team. Volunteers and other teams even told me how good I am. There are a lot of good human players out there you guys should really make these choices after the world championship or even IRI.
cheesehead97
12-04-2009, 17:46
Something that disappoints me is that a lot of teams choose because of who the team is and their status. I seen lots of good human players in michigan and it looks that pretty much they human players on here that were chosen are all on veteran teams. Team 217 The thunderchickens switch between different human players and from what I have seen from their strategy, they dont really shoot because they load their robot in autonomous mode. Im just saying you guys really need to see these human players in person. I know for a fact that I am a good human player for may team. Volunteers and other teams even told me how good I am. There are a lot of good human players out there you guys should really make these choices after the world championship or even IRI.
I completely agree, I have had people tell me I am a good payload specialist too. I can't believe people are making 90 percent of their shots, I don't care how good you are to hit even 80 percent seems extremely hard.
Enigma's puzzle
12-04-2009, 21:10
The one big thing that i have been noticing is that there are two types of human players, smart shooters and "not smart" shooters.
The "not smart" shooters will not wait for the easier shots and instead will take half court shots. They may be really good, but they could be better if they wait for a easier shot. When they sink a couple of half court shots they get noticed.
The Smart shooters wait for the good shots. They will prey on anyone that comes near, but since they only shoot the occasional super cell bomb they never get noticed because they are not glamorous amazing shots. They fly under the radar and no one really notices unless they are keeping %.
thats my 2 cents.
Bryan_2818
12-04-2009, 21:18
our team had some pretty good drivers
come by G-FORCE's pit and say hi
i look forward to atlanta: check out my link http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=76739
Bryan_2818
12-04-2009, 21:24
Check out this clip of team 177's human player.
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2009ct_qf4m2
HEY! im from team 2818, and my team played agesnt 177 in the finals of our regionals! it was a good game. we lost
The one big thing that i have been noticing is that there are two types of human players, smart shooters and "not smart" shooters.
The "not smart" shooters will not wait for the easier shots and instead will take half court shots. They may be really good, but they could be better if they wait for a easier shot. When they sink a couple of half court shots they get noticed.
The Smart shooters wait for the good shots. They will prey on anyone that comes near, but since they only shoot the occasional super cell bomb they never get noticed because they are not glamorous amazing shots. They fly under the radar and no one really notices unless they are keeping %.
thats my 2 cents.
Definetly, 188 kept % at GTR, and there were some good human players that flew under the rader, yet they had top %s, these (smart) types of human players are also usualy good for guiding with signals for empty cell giving/recieving.
Check out this clip of team 177's human player.
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2009ct_qf4m2
Having partnered with 177 during Newton elims, I can again attest to how good their human player is. We lead after autonomous in every match we played with them. It was like having a fourth robot on the field with us!
Someone needs to post the video of him shooting a FULL FIELD hail mary at the end of Newton Semi-Final 1-2. The supercell hit the floor about 3 feet short of a trailer against the opposing driver station. The ball bounced right into the trailer! That was the second highest combined score this year (we won the match 133 to 92).
Wayne TenBrink
20-04-2009, 16:42
Team 1918 was on the receiving end of Team 177's Payload Specialist. In autonomous, we would drive from the corner to the outpost and stop at the outpost for an empty cell. In most cases, this didn't result in any balls in our trailer from the corner. In finals match 3, he put about 6 in our trailer from half court. We lost the match 104-98. Those shots made the difference. Great Job :mad: (just kidding).
1596 Instigators had an amazing HP. He was hitting 20 balls minimum a match from the outpost.
DerDer247
20-04-2009, 18:37
Team Rush 27's HP was amazing. A few games hinged on his/hers success with several SuperCell shots making it in.
hayleybayley217
20-04-2009, 18:47
Team Rush 27's HP was amazing. A few games hinged on his/hers success with several SuperCell shots making it in.
i agree. Rush had a really good human player. You could always turn to him for an impressive super cell shot. In many of the matches, human players have brought the team to success. I know our human player made a few game changing super cell shots. As well in Midwest, Ashley from 2022(i believe) was amazing. She was key to our alliance, without her we might not have made it as far. There were a lot of really good human players in Michigan: 33, 27, 3119, 1(definitely one of the best i have seen), etc.
Unholypulpit
20-04-2009, 19:10
Personally I liked my own teams human player he really stepped up his game during Atlanta esp. with his new 2 ball technique.
not to brag or anything but 1918 has an excellent human player not me but the one playing at nationals he got like 95-98% of the balls thrown into the trailer including many super cells
Heretic121
21-04-2009, 00:21
Having partnered with 177 during Newton elims, I can again attest to how good their human player is. We lead after autonomous in every match we played with them. It was like having a fourth robot on the field with us!
Someone needs to post the video of him shooting a FULL FIELD hail mary at the end of Newton Semi-Final 1-2. The supercell hit the floor about 3 feet short of a trailer against the opposing driver station. The ball bounced right into the trailer! That was the second highest combined score this year (we won the match 133 to 92).
was just about to post this... if ANYONE has video of this match Newton SM 1-2 please please post it specifically of the most amazing HP shot i saw all year...
Jreed129
21-04-2009, 01:27
Brain Taylor AKA BT from 103.
The kid is a beast!
I second that.
BT's the Man.
I third that... the kids a monster!!
The Payload specialist for 103
my opinion is bias but BT did a great job this past year. Glad to see other people thought so too
Just putting in a shout out for our own human player. He was a deadly accurate outpost shooter, hitting an average of 10 of the 13 balls in the outpost. He was a very patient shooter as well, and wisely saved his shots for when they mattered.
Great job, Russell. We will miss you next year.
Mrs.Drake343
21-04-2009, 12:22
Hey Guys!
Thanks for the shout outs! This is actually 2415's human player, not Andrew. I just don't have a Chief Delphi account (I would spend WAY too much time on the forums) :)
Mike from 1771 was great. And Seth and Sam from 343 were both awesome, not to mention Sam's dancing before the finals. ;)
See you guys at Championships!
Meredith (the red head)
Thanks for complimenting Samantha and Seth! Being Sam's mom that makes me proud!! And Meredith I bragged about you to just about everyone!
Personally I liked my own teams human player he really stepped up his game during Atlanta esp. with his new 2 ball technique.
I like my HP too because it was me i was high 70s at traverse city, high 80s at allendale, and mid 80 at state.
Having partnered with 177 during Newton elims, I can again attest to how good their human player is. We lead after autonomous in every match we played with them. It was like having a fourth robot on the field with us!
Someone needs to post the video of him shooting a FULL FIELD hail mary at the end of Newton Semi-Final 1-2. The supercell hit the floor about 3 feet short of a trailer against the opposing driver station. The ball bounced right into the trailer! That was the second highest combined score this year (we won the match 133 to 92).
http://www.facebook.com/v/600512057004
ttldomination
21-04-2009, 18:19
That was a beastly shot^.
Secondly, I'm not sure which team this human player was from, but during autonomous, she would get like 5 balls and throw them over at the same time, and each one would go in. Multiple times I saw a robot get too close and she would fling like 5 over and make them in. Plus she wasn't too bad in the long range shots either ;)
Phreadumb
16-05-2009, 20:59
Our human player is awesome, no matter where you place him. Match 25 @ MI Championship we got pinned and could not score, things were looking bad until our human player saved us.
See for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6McmUUt8AU&feature=channel_page
Chris is me
16-05-2009, 22:09
Great human players I've noted other than 2022's... 177. He drained shot after shot after shot, and then went on to chuck this amazing supercell shot in the semifinals that basically had everyone holding their breath... then it bounced in and everyone screamed. (edit: seems that was mentioned already :D)
An alliance in Minnesota that beat us was primarily formed, if you ask me, on the basis of human players, and they kept 3 matches very close. 1986's guy is really good at the outpost. To add insult to injury, their robot would camp by the outpost to throw empty cells and if you got near when their HP wasn't loading their machine, you'd get hit by their HP like that.
Our human player got 18 of 20 balls in once from the outpost. Several matches of ours tipped solely on her contribution.
Other than these guys, I wasn't really paying much attention.
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