YES - WEBCAST IS UP
 

Wahoo! Thanks NASA!


Use Real Player to see the webcast LiVE. - www.soap108.com/2003/movies/iri/


Use Windows Media Player to re-live the matches at the same URL.


Enjoy,
SOAP Team :cool:

It is REALLY hard to make out the team numbers, could somone please post matches and team numbers.....thank you

SOAP, you rock! This day went forward like clockwork once the stream began to flow. I opened a browser window containing SOAP's match data from IRI, another containing the team rank scroller, and then finally the LiVE stream of the event.

Anyway, at certain points during the day a match would end and because of some distraction I would miss the score. All I had to do was refresh the match results page and _already_ the match I missed would have its results posted.

At other points during the day I missed whole matches. Normally this would be dealt with as, "tough luck man," but not today. All I had to do was start downloading the saved version of the matches I missed, because they were already there, compressed and ready to go.

Then, an amazing match would take place, resulting in a really high QP for the winner--there were alot of them today. Eager to see how the match affected the team rankings, I normalized the real player window, and watched as the (already full screen) team rankings scroller cycled through rankings. By the time it circled around to listing the number one seed, the amazing match I had just seen was accounted for and a new seeding order was calculated. wow. Also, because the team rank scroller cycled through the rankings automatically, I didn't have to stop watching the IRI stream altogether to see the new ranks.

During the entire time I was watching the IRI stream I felt like I was really there, and it felt like I was watching something better than all the competitions I had seen this year.

All I can say now is that "I'm lovin' it!" As an avid FIRST event web cast viewer, I must say this has been _the_ best experience for me--everything was actually live. Kudos to SOAP, NASA, the IRI officials, and all the others who helped make this web cast possible--you have raised the bar!

PS: Sweet home Indiana? "Hello Hershey, Pennsylvania?" LOL. Those little interludes were really entertaining.

Oh, in other news. Teams 308, 71, 980, and 292 really impressed me today. Team 308 for the "seamless integration" they seem to have with all of their partners; team 71 for the way they are using strategy and robot driving skill to push their way to the top--of the ranks, and also because of how quickly they "righted" themselves after being flipped in autonomous; team 980 for that autonomous mode: it is good; and finally team 292 for being the luckiest team at the event: your matches just kept on ending in your favor. wow.

If I wasn't there I'd definately be watching the webcast, and I'm glad to hear such a great remarke of it right off the bat. Cudos to SOAP and stay tuned tomorrow for more action :)

Troubles
 

Is anyone having trouble getting the live feed to work? I've tried many times and it just won't load. I'm using Real One Player and it worked yesterday, but it won't today! Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! :o)

~Jessica~

Re: Troubles
 

It's probably down for the moment.

We've been trying to get it for about the past hour or so! :(

I can't get it either, so you aren't the only one.

Yeah, I can't get it either, but I'm guessing since they havent updated matches or team seedings, that there's something wrong with thier equiptment.

Sorry about the loss of feed. We are now finishing the last few Qualifying rounds.

IT IS BACK UP.

Regards,
KA-108 :cool:

Alliance Pairings are up: http://www.soap108.com/2003/events/iri/elim.cfm

Here is my first bold attempt to predict the outcome of an entire Elimination Round.

Quarterfinals

[1] 494,33,378 vs. [8] 71,902,1038
I don't know. But the past makes me want to root for 71's alliance.

[2] 308,27,469 vs. [7] 47,343,1022
I think 47 alliances will make this match awesome, but in the end 308's alliance will move on. 308's alliance is just _that_ good.

[3] 292,25,68 vs. [6] 963,111,535
This should be another good matchup. In the end though 292 will move on. 292 has that thing called strategy _wrapped up_ and under control. Also, they have an excellent alliance--25, woo!

[4] 980,65,930 vs. [5] 222,45,67
This is a tough one. I like how both of these alliances are formed. In the end, though, I guess I am going to root for the folks on the 222 alliance (45--because, and 67--for picking us at nats). Sometimes, when in doubt, things like these make the difference :p

Semifinals

[8] 71,902,1038 vs. [5] 222, 45, 67
Another tough one. But in the end, I think 222's alliance will move on.

[2] 308,27,469 vs. [3] 292,25,68
This is the granddaddy of the elimination rounds, if it actually happens. This round will be fun to watch. 308 has 469, and 292 has 25. Who ever wins the round should win the regional--err, I mean invitational. My gut is telling me to pick 308, but prior ties leave me choosing 292's alliance to move on to the finals.

Finals

[5] 222,45,67 vs. [3] - 292,25,68
This will be an interesting round. But to comply with my statement from earlier, 292's alliance will win.

--Whew, just in the nick of time: right before the quarterfinals began.

I'm here helping out Kenny with the soap stuff and wow is it exciting, quarterfinal 4 between 111 and 25 was awesome. Remember you can get up to the minute scoring elimination scoring from the link Kenny posted above.


My pick: Alliance 2 (308, 27, 469)

SF2 results seem messed up or transposed or something.

Eliminations are over and the ruling has it that Alliance 2, Teams 308, 27, and 469 came behind beat Alliance 1. Team 33 was disabled for going outside the playing field. I can't beleive i was right. Thanks for a great IRI.