Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Only two alliances I know:
#2: 2168, 230, 2064
#7: 1124, 181, 236

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

some activity in tweetland omgrobots angryeric etc

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Not there, but 558 is 5th seed alliance captain with 177 and 1699.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

So no webcast? =/

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Shelton's been our media hero for quite a while. Nothing obvious there. :(

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

My inside informant says PBS was supposed to broadcast it, but their truck broke.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Finals: 2nd seed 2168, 230 and 2064 vs. 5th seed 558, 177 and 1699.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

In my Personnal opinion semi finals one matches 1-3 where the best matches o the day an that I have seen all year, congrats to 558, 177, 1699 you guys has an amazing strategy that worked to perfection. Very impressive to watch

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Congratulations to the winners of the first Connecticut State Championship, 558 RoboSquad from New Haven, 177, Bobcats from South Windsor, and 1699 RoboCats from Colchester. I christen them RoboCatSquad.

This #5 seeded alliance played an awesome defensive strategy in the semifinals defeating 195 CyberKnights FCS, 228 GUS wicked rapid cycler and 3104 CyberRams defense.

In the Finals, they defeated 2168 Aluminum Falcons, 230 GaelHawks, and 2064 Panther Project. (Two Birds and a Cat)

Highlights:
A frisbee tossed to the #5 seed with the third alliance selection of 1699.

The Bobcats, 177, finally getting a competition win.

Being recognized by the CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) is very important to the future of FIRST in Connecticut and treating Robotics as a high school team sport.

The Armory was a beautiful old venue with a huge skylight but questionable acoustics.

A good start to our adoption of the District Model next year.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

If anyone has recorded match results and/or selection results, I would appreciate a link or a posting here.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

Congratulations to the Winning alliance, 558, 177, and 1699
and to everyone that made this scrimmage possible. I have a lot of fun. I hope to see you all soon.:)

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

On behalf of team 558, I want to thank our amazing alliance partners, team 177 Bobcats and team 1699 RoboCats. Bobcats, we loved playing with you in qualification rounds at WPI and CT and were thrilled to get the chance to work with you in eliminations. And 1699, you guys were an absolute steal in the second round. It was a no-brainer to put your number on that Frisbee :)

Thanks also to the finalists teams 2168, 230 and 2064 and to semi-finalists 228, 195 and 3104. Both the finals and semi-finals were exciting and well played by all teams.

For a first time event, everything seemed to run fairly smoothly. Thanks to all the volunteers and CT FIRST for making this event possible.

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

I cannot deny my sheer respect for each team in the winning alliance. Each of the three teams could have lead their own alliance had the quals been set up differently. Each of those teams deserved a big win this season.

The Robo-bob-cat-squad was overpowering to say the least. Even with all wheels on our alliance, I don't think the outcome would have been different (closer, probably, but not different). When Robocats went over in their first semi, yet only lost by 10, I was pretty sure of the outcome.

Talking to other coaches before the start of the semis, we were astounded at the quality of Connecticut's depth; any of the final four alliances could have taken it all. Both semis went to 3 games, and it was 6 fan.tas.tic. matches to watch (i have NO fingernails left!)

Only regrets are for GUS and BUZZ; these two monosyllabic superteams are still deserving a big win this season. GUS, see you at BattleCry; BUZZ, see you at Beantown.

And Ticks, also another monosyllabic great, with the 50 point climb! See you guys at the Bash!

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

I want to second Bill's request for video, especially of the semi-finals and finals. We didn't get any, and I'd really like to have some for our archives.

Thanks for any help you great folks on Delphi can give!

Re: CT Championship - May 11
 

177 has a ton of video, I will be sorting through our footage later today and uploading it.