2015 Dallas Regional
 

Dallas is week 1 and the competition is packed.

Dallas 2014 was the most intense competition in the history of the event.
Dallas 2015 is shaping up to be the most competitive event in Texas.

Will 148 continue their undefeated Dallas Regional streak ?

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The seed order will strictly be determined by the random match scheduling*. How many times will the "top" teams (118, 148, 624, 1477, 2848 the list goes on) face each other? During these matches, who are the other members of those alliances (will one "top" team face 2 at once, or have under-performing teammates?). I personally think that** no team at Dallas will go undefeated. The field is very thoroughly stacked with many high level teams, and a very healthy amount of good, competitive teams that may hit a home run and take it.

*Well duh, but seriously, we have all been there.
**Barring some game-breaking strategy or loophole or something.

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Dallas is going to be fun !

148 posted one of the most epic reveals of all time.
Have any other teams revealed ?

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Wait 'till premiere night...

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The number of times top teams face each other is irrelevant in this game...

Perhaps you meant the number of times they play with each other?

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No win-loss this season so the times teams "play each other" means nothing. The amount of times "top teams" play together might affect it but a team still has to consistently score high to seed high.

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I posted that back in September, I guess that is what happens when you assume. :P

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Oops. My bad. Didn't see the post date.

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Even the number of times they play together may not matter (as much) unless they have complimentary game strategies.

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This regional is one of the ones I'm looking forward to following most this year. Of course it's because I know a lot of the teams much better than in other parts of the country and I'm biased, but playoffs sure look to be pretty competitive.

Alamo a few years back had the first triple balance in the country. What could Dallas be the first to do? RC+pool noodle on a stack of 6? Use all the human player totes? use all the landfill totes? Stack all the RCs (both alliances and the step)?

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Its too bad our regional is a day later.:rolleyes:

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Here is a list of robots that have posted media so far...

57 - Leopards
118 - Robonauts
148 - Robowranglers
624 - CRyptonite
704- Warriors
1477 - Texas Torque
2848 - All Sparks
3310 - Blackhawk
3355 - Purple Vipers
3481 - BroncBotz
3802 - RoboPOP
4063 - TriKzR4Kidz
4206 - Robo Vikes
4300 - Lion Kings
4301 - New Tech Narcissists

Well known teams that have yet to post their robots:
457 - Grease Monkeys
932 - Circuit Chargers
987 - HighRollers
1296 - Full Metal Jackets
2468 - Appreciate
2950 - Devastators
3005 - RoboChargers
3735 - KlienBots

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We would also like to know what the Discobots have been up to. Are ya'll posting a reveal?

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we will post a video soon. Our video is in the student editing process.
We have also been busy qualifying for VEX worlds @ the Robot Jubilee

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Looking forward to it.

Good luck at Dallas and the VEX worlds.

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All I can say is that I'm really glad I'm not in Texas. And that many will enter, but few will win...

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Our reveal video just went up, here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9c0NYb1PJQ#t=17

See you on Thursday!

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Welp.

Being a team from Texas going to a Texas regional I never really thought about the need for a snow plan. :confused:

DISD has been shut down for 2 days and I don't think it's looking good for having access to our build space or robot tomorrow. This might get interesting.

Any other Dallas teams worried about freeing their robots from lock-up?

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Not here, but it seems like road conditions will prevent us from attending. We're working on transferring to Hub City instead.

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Wow, hope everyone makes it safely to the event!

The 1st time we did a Texas event in 2012, it took us 36 hours to get there as flights were cancelled, diverted to another landing area (pilot said he saw tornadoes up ahead:ahh: ), and members of our group were split up because alternate flights didnt have enough seats for our entire team.

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To start, I've been to TBA, NASA and WatchFirstNow, and the FIRST web site for Webcast. Does anyone have information about a Webcast, that may not have made it to those sites?

Thanks

roger

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In the past dallasfirstvideo has done a stream. I'm sure they will this year too. But I don't know anything concrete.

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Dallas has always done its webcast on livestream and its usually high quality. I have not seen a link or site posted yet.

Archive of matches are posted here.
http://www.dallasfirstvideo.com/

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If someone at the event can find the stream and get it on TBA that would be awesome. I'm pretty sure practice day would even have a pretty big viewership if they can stream it.

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From what I have been told by someone at the event, they are deciding if they are going to stream today and if they decide to stream they will post the link.

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Really wish Dallas webcast crew would have either full field shot or show some of the action...Match 2 coverage almost ignored 148...

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what that camera was doing?

:yikes: :confused:

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Is anyone else seeing the LiveStream disconnecting and reconnecting every 20-30 seconds? Not sure if it is the stream or our network at work.

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Working fine here at work.

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148 put up 3 stacks of 6 with trash cans and 1 stack without a can.
For those who haven't seen it.

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Congrats on 987's auto....

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Is the official FRC scoring down for anyone else? I don't want to livestream at work, but I can't seem to even get scores.

Trying this URL: http://frc-events.usfirst.org/2015/TXDA/qualifications

TBA doesn't have them either, presumably for the same reason.

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It's not just you. Doesn't seem to be working properly for much of anywhere really, not just Dallas.

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The new FMS API is down. There's discussion on the developer area here. FIRST says they're working on it.

This will be the reason TBA and anything else will not have match info until it's fixed.

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I'm watching in NYC, what's going on with the snow?!

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Not so much worried about the snow but worried about the freezing rain later today. They are stopping qualification matches at 3:30 today.

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Don't Blame NYC !!!
:P

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If I was forced to leave my robot because of school policy I would be so heart broken. I feel so bad for those teams! :(

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Is the plan to run long tomorrow or cut the schedule short?

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The MC already did... :o

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From what I have heard they are not sure yet. They are tossing both ideas around.

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Texas District Model meeting? Does that mean what I think it does?

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There is a pilot for making FIRST an official UIL sport next year that will be voted this march. Districts is coming... just dont know exactly when yet.

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Can anyone post up the current rankings? Unfortunately, almost all of the websites available for FRC are blocked by my school.

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For those of us without accounts, could you elaborate on the issue?

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The first website for rankings is down. The only people who have current rankings are at the event

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This link has been working for me:

http://frc-events.usfirst.org/2015/TXDA/rankings

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thanks Karthik

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Qualifications end at 3:30 PM today.
Tomorrow quallies resume at 11:30 and go til 3:30.
Alliance selection then elims start at 4:00 and go til 6:30.
Dang snow...

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will the livestream be posted on youtube or archived somewhere? These matches are awesome!

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Karthik, you're the real MVP.

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It is awesome to watch 148 and 987 scoring at will. Still waiting to see Alfred do his thing. It looks like wide and tall robots carrying tall stacks don't play well with the scoring platforms. Am I the only one seeing far fewer Robot Sets in Autonomous than I would expect.

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The matches should be individually archived at dallasfirstvideo.com, but I wouldn't expect them to be posted soon. I can't remember how long it has taken them to get the matches up in the past. Maybe by the end of the weekend?

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Here's the thread. Not much in the way of answers...

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I'm hearing rumours of 148's Alfred being ruled illegal on grounds of safety? Can anyone expand on that?

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I can't verify this myself, but based on some of the chat on the Livestream feed, it appears that a referree ran into the string that 148 uses during setup, and it was ruled a safety hazard.

Again, I'm participating in the live feed chat and saw this discussed by someone with 148 connections. But, I can't say this is gospel truth myself.

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Huh my bets were on visible numbering being the rule they would break. I did hear the announcer running around on the field make a comment that he almost smacked into a string though.

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Alfred was not in Match 40, so I assume it was indeed ruled illegal. Also, it looks like 148 hasn't adjusted there autonomous code to do the tote stack with the bins still on the field yet. They did nothing in autonomous for Match 40.

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I just want to give a shout out to 987. That is one phenomenal machine. Nicely done, guys!

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...seriously?

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Agreed. So incredibly fluid. That drive team definitely had their fair share of practice. Can't wait to see them in the "Playoffs" tomorrow.

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Yes, seriously. Report came from a 148 alum who was on the livestream chat and had contact with the team. Perhaps "ran into" in the sense of "run" wan't the proper way to describe it. But somebody on the field had an unexpected collision with the string.

Again, this is technically hearsay because I'm saying someone else said it. But, that source is pretty credible.

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If that is indeed the case, that is very understandable. Make the string high vis and the safety issue should go away. Again, if this is the actual concern, I'd be surprised if 148 doesn't have an acceptable solution in place for the remainder of the season (if not by tomorrow).

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I don't think making the string visible eliminates the safety hazard. Wouldn't it just reduce the chance of an accident happening?

Also I truly hope they figure this out its a beautiful machine.

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Thanks we appreciate the love.
We all worked really hard this year and are happy with how everything is turning out so far :D

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Confirmed.

I think its fair to place the blame squarely on the reffing crew for this one.

If this is a G1 violation, every <1sec RC can grabber should be illegal as well.

Ridiculous.

-Mike

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wow I am speechless. I think there are plenty of robot carts are more dangerous than this.

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I'm looking through the rules
I really don't know how I feel about it being a G1 a
It might be skirting on G26
R7 is the biggest one that sticks out to me though (no pun intended)

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Say it isn't so........

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Put Pink and Green zip ties on it to give everyone 2005 flashbacks.

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Did they even indicate if making it visible would remedy the situation?

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Did they indicate what rule you violated and in what way?

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G26 isn't really credible unless someone wants to try to support the claim that 148 has a strategy of entangling robots on their own alliance. Even then, that's a rule that really should be enforced in the breach. A strategy for entangling robots that never comes close to doing so probably shouldn't be penalized.

R7 is the closest, I think:This obviously hinges on your definition of "hazard". This is typically used for against sharps that are liable to draw blood even if you just graze them. Also devices that are obviously going to break some part of the arena. If this was the rule the cited, the claim would be that even 4 high viz waist high strings present a significant threat of injuring someone. I don't see how they can square that with the pretty clear rulings on the legality of tethers, which are probably rather greater tripping hazards.

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It seems that there is some element of subjectivity when determining that something like these strings are a hazard.

It would be very sad to see Alfred go the way of 118's balancing mechanism from Rebound Rumble. Seeing it in action is still a cherished memory.

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Lots of speculation and misinformation.

We were told we needed to change the string color because it was illegal as-is. We are unable to do this right now, but will figure something out for the future.

The team is having a great time at this regional and is accepting of this ruling. We appreciate the hard work of all the volunteers at this event.

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What if you added some flags (like paper or tape or those electrical marking flags) to the line every foot or two that would be virtually ignored by your winch and would maintain the all-black motif.

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All black (almost) everything.

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Glad to hear it's moderately sensible. If it's a materials issue, 57 should have a reel of high viz yellow spectra cord in their pit. If it's a time constraint issue... Well that's understandable and I hope we get to see Alfred in action in Vegas or champs

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Some of the teams yesterday had to go home early because of the snow, per school rules, and I would just like to thank the teams that helped them run their robots.

Specifically Robo Vikes (4206) and Team Appreciate (2468) who were helping run CODE 'N' Robotics (4076)'s bot.



Also I will say that 148 string line is very hard to see, even when up close.

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Webcast is going to be:
Www.dallasfirstvideo.com for people who are unaware.

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I just turned on the webcast and it shows them at match 46! Are they really far behind? Are they going to be able to finish all the matches?

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Last I heard yesterday, they stopped at 3:30 yesterday due to the weather, and were going to play qualificaton matches from 11 to 3:30 today.

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How much snow would warrant that kind of response??

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Much less in Texas than in some other states. Wisconsin springs to mind. :)

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About one inch.

148 just scored 158. Not too bad ;)

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And a 987 alliance just got 160. Both are awesome robots this year.

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So what happened to 148 and 987 in the quarter final match game 4? Why were both bots disabled?

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Thank you 148. We will see you in Vegas...

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Wow, what a crazy end to this regional. I only watched the streams from home, but it is definitely one I won't forget.

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I'm a little curious as to why 987 was disabled only in the last match of the regional.

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Too tall added attachment without re-inspect

EDIT too high just becuse at the time it was too high way arm was positioned

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who won?

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Not RoboWranglers/High Rollers

Yes Robonaughts/Kryptonite

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Anyone willing/able to post an awards summary since the FRC results website is borked?

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Congratulations 987 on winning the Chairman's Award!

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I didn't write them all down but from memory.

4206 won GP
118 won Industrial Design
4063 won creativity
148 won Excellence in Engineering
647 won Spirit
624 won Imagery
932 won EI and Safety
1477 won Innovation in Control

I don't remember the rest.