2013 Central Valley Regional
 

Who is ready for California's week 1 event? What are you expecting or predicting from week 1 regionals and the teams attending?

There are a total of 38 teams registered for the 2nd year event:

973

4695

1671

4785

670

1280

1458

1678

701

1422

2761

3303

3495

3970

295

3408

1323

4135

3189

294

841

3669

2493

675

4159

581

1967

2135

2643

3256

4543

1160

840

649

2813

3501

1197

2085



I know 1671 is excited to be at CVR and can't wait to compete. 1671 will also be attending the Sacramento Regional.

For those of you that missed 1671's release thread

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In order

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I expect some slow starts in the first matches as teams get used to driving their robots and competing for the first time. Then as qualifications wear on I expect the competition to ramp up significantly. I'm talking autonomous scoring, some hanging above the first bar, and some of the better matches having scores at or above 100. I know the potential in these Cali teams and I want to see it shine brightly in week 1. I hope everyone has fun and plays hard. See you at CVR. :D

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I'll be there volunteering as a Robot Inspector! See everyone there!

-Mike

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Really bummed we couldn't make it schedule-wise to CVR this year...it was the highlight of our season last year. I'm really hoping for a live stream, if anyone is aware of a link please post!

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You should be able to watch it on The Blue Alliance

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Dibs on inspecting us!

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Looking forward to making the drive down to Madera! Got two teams to root for. should be a blast. Good luck to all teams!

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We got him after you!

-RC

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Predictions? Hopes? Wishes? Thoughts, anybody?

As usual, 1323, 1678, 973, 1671, 3256 will all bring-on the competition. And no doubt that these teams will be in the top 8 (most probably in the top 4). I hope for a CVR as intense as the first one is.

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With borrowed hand tools, a jig saw, lots of sweat and the awesomeness of teams 254, 604, 1868 Rookie Team 4543 The Illuminator's from Apollo High School San Jose is beyond excited to be attending the CVR.

We have a solid kit bot on steroids based robot. 6 wheel, 4 CIM, timing belt driven with Victor speed controllers. A working gyro controlled autonomous, pneumatic floor pick up scoop, dumping hopper with a guaranteed last second 10 point hang. The drive team is well coached and practiced.

See you in a few days

Roy

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I'll be there with a few friends to check out the awesome competition. Can't wait to see what 973 and 1671 have come up with!

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2493 is leaving Riverside after work tomorrow.... Road Trip!

....and we have already driven our practice bot to death, so our drivers and robot is ready to score

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Help,

We were prepping a pair of CIMS for install last night and found out we have the wrong gear input.

If anyone has a pair of:

12x520 CIM Gear (am-0741)12 tooth, 0.315 inch bore w/ 2mm keyway for the Cimplex Box please see Roy on Team 4543

Peace out see you guys tomorrow.

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Will there be a webcast this year?

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or scores, or posts, or pictures, or tweets....anything?

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EDIT: That was the 2012 webcast.

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So it looks like there isn't a live feed of CVR this year?

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Your not missing much. Some field problems and a philibuster Named mark Leon are putting cvr behind schedule.

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There's a webcast on at http://www.thebluealliance.com/gamed...w_0=2013cama-1

There's no sound, but we'll figure something out.

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Thanks!

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Matches are on hold until further notice as they work on the field communications.... Bummer!

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Hopefully someone will post here when they resume (or give up for the day.) I got home just in time to see the finals from Hub City. Time zones make the Central Valley one desirable to watch.

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CVR appears to be playing again, although the audio has a terrible echo

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Yeah I'm only getting what sounds like one channel, with some serious artifacts and echo. And I'm only seeing the slides, not the field. Getting there...

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Thanks. I had to refresh my browser to get the stream to continue. (It was stuck on the "not playing" screen.) Didn't work though. Audio is fine. Video is the CA FIRST page. I think it's time to give up and try again tomorrow.

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Any match videos? I was really looking forward to seeing 973's, 1323's and 1671's bots.

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Opening ceremonies and awards from yesterday start at 8AM pacific. There are scheduled 27 matches today.

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Echo should be fixed. Sorry about yesterday.

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Alliances:

1: 3501 3970 2643
2: 973 1323 4135
3. 1458 1671 2135
4: 1967 1422 2493
5: 670 701 4159
6: *1678 840 295
7: 649 3495 841
8: 3669 3303 294

*1678 declined 1458

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Gameday just removed the CVR feed from the page. Anyone have the direct link?

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http://www.twitch.tv/tbacast, but the stream is offline right now

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any body know whats going on? had the stream, was at the point where semi 2 matches were 1-1 because of penalty reversals - then the first site says 973 alliance #2 advanced [but scoring shows no indication of penalty reversals] and now lost the stream ... HELP

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Stream back up

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Anyone want to clarify why this regional is running on Sunday? I feel like I missed something...

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It's a Friday-Sunday event, that's how they scheduled it.

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This was a Friday-Sunday regional, like NYC has traditionally been.

Looks like blue (1678's led alliance) won SF2-3, although no scores posted on twitter or FIRST

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=114597

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Are you kidding me!!!! Just as the 2nd Final match starts, the stream dies, again!!!

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The internet right now is flaky, though it was fine earlier today. =(

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Red Alliance won by 9 points...

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Congratulations to the alliance of 1678, 840, and 295, Central valley Regional winners!

The elimination overall were quite exciting. Having worked with 1678 last year at Sacramento, it was great seeing them do well.

There were a lot of interesting robots at Central Valley, and I'll be looking forward to seeing those that will compete at Sacramento and SVR.

Also congratulations to our friends at 1323 for winning another well-deserved Regional Chairman's award. 971 has had felt the impact of 1323 through the amazing MadTown Throwdown and RC's help with some machined parts. 1323 is a great team and though they did not come away with the regional victory, I am sure they will continue to have success on and off the field in the future.

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So what happened at Central Valley? I was waiting forever for FIRST to update the results, and now that they have it shows that alliance 6 won?!?! I thought they were out in the semis...

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The results on the FIRST website are incorrect. The webcast went down, but from what I understand, semi 2-1 went to blue because of a DQ, then Semi 2-2 went to red because of a technical foul. Semi 2-3 was won by blue, who advanced to finals and won. Anyone who has more detailed information feel free to add on/correct me.

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Way to go to our good friends on 1323 for another Chairman's banner!

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Oh, ok. I was going off of Spyder and FRC Tracker because the FIRST site has incomplete data. The two apps showed alliance 2 advancing to finals. Anyway, thanks for the clarification.

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Does anyone know if there are match archives, and where they'll be posted?

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Most of it is apparently archived under the TBA Twitch stream (like so: http://www.twitch.tv/tbacast/b/373432473), although it's not split up into matches and at least the last match is missing....

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Congrats to 1678 and their alliance for the CVR victory! I really loved 1678's auto, there must have been some really good code behind it. I can't wait to check out their bot at Davis.

Also, major props to 1323 for winning chairman's! RC and his whole team is a class act. They gave us our WCP DSs before they even got theirs, which just goes to show the type of professionalism that I connect with 1323. Too bad their robot looked like it was having com issues, I bet it would have been a real force on the field if it was playing as strong as it could have.

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1678 would like to thank everyone at the Central Valley Regional for making it a class event. The pits were well-managed, the practice field was conveniently located and allowed multiple teams to practice at once, and there was a general laid-back atmosphere that made it a fun event to compete in.

A huge thank you to our alliance partners, Teams 840 and 295, in helping us achieve the regional win. 840's cross-court shot was pure poetry and 295 provided the aggressive defense we needed to help get 840 to their spot.

The competition was intense and I really thought that there were many teams capable of winning this event. 3970's shooting was scary and they had a very zippy drivetrain. 973 had a beautifully designed hopper/shooter system that shot very consistently. 1323, 1967, 670, 1671, 701 all looked to be offensive threats. There are probably others that I have left out but those teams just come to mind.

Congratulations to 1323, for winning the chairman's award. You guys are a class act and, along with your amazing mentor, RC, you were gracious to our team and helped us whenever we needed anything. See you guys in St. Louis.

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I recorded all the matches except a couple of quals and will be submitting them to tba very soon. I'll see how else to get them out either via our website or other ways.

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Alliance 6 won match 1 of the semis due to a DQ, lost match 2, and won match 3. Alliance 6 then proceeded to win the finals in 3 matches