VCU NASA Regional
 

Match 1 0-0
Match 2 8-0 539 alliance won
Match 3 I dunno-- some alliance was disqualified bc mentor touched controls
Match 4 7-5 No penalties Red alliance won

Match 6 6-4 red alliance win
Match 7 0-12 blue alliance 30 points of penalty
Match 8 26-3 no penalties
Match 9 54-0 10 point penalty on blue.. but they had 0 anyway * look out for those red teams in match 9*
ok I'm off to class if anyone wants to continue this

* note * if you are at VCU tell your team to just get behind the line and win =)
* the feed is 3 minutes behind *
* If you don't know FIRST, I don't know how you can be enjoying yourself in the stand right now - the play is awful -- penalties + many robots running intereference on robots that havbe unreliable capping mechanisms -- and absolutly no auto (although in the first match some team started to pick the tetra up but only had 2 seconds left)
** feed is synched now**

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

The most recent match on the webcast won 54-0

That match was pretty entertaining!

-SlimBoJones...

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

Correction, 64-0.

Wetzel

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

There was an amazing match on the webcast..

Near the end of a match, one team was pushed into the player station and flipped over. Both of their alliaces got back into the end zone, and the flipped team used their powerful arm to push themselves up enough so that they were in the end zone. They didnt get back upright, but ended the match resting on the side of the chassis and the arm, in a sort of triangular form. Im not sure who the team was, but if you do please post it. Amazing Job..

And oh yes this game is proving to be more exciting than I thought it could ever be.

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

64-0? Not many ranking points :(

Is it just me or is the field announcer harassing the teams? He seems to be in a big rush. While I understand the need to keep things on time, that's not the field announcer's job; it's the pit announcers'. Are a lot of field announcers like this year's @ VCU?

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

match 18 22 to 16 10pt penalty on red. red wins
match 19 45 to 4 10 point penalty on blue, red wins
match 20 4 to 9 20 point penalty on red, blue wins

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

I've noticed this too and I don't care for it. It's very repetitive and annoying for the audience to hear him constantly nagging people about it. If he wants to harass the teams each and every match to speed things up he could at least turn off the mike and spare the rest of us...

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

hey I like that guy~ he means well =) he's the best announcer

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

is anynody else kind of disappointed with the game?

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

match 18 22 to 16 10pt penalty on red. red wins
match 19 45 to 4 10 point penalty on blue, red wins
match 20 4 to 9 20 point penalty on red, blue wins
Match 21 ~ Red 23 Blue 9 no penalties
Match 22 ~ Red 12 Blue 7 no penalties
Match 23 ~ Red 63 Blue 14 no penalties
Match 24 ~ Red 21 Blue 45 no penalties
Match 25 ~ Red Blue something

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

^ You're cracked if you think he is the best announcer. He is talking more like a stage manager than an announcer. Visit Great Lakes if you want to hear the best MC and Announcer.

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

i am a little but some are good matches

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

We are running an hour behind, and losing 1.5-2 minutes a match. We are trying to shave time anywhere we can.

Wetzel

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

I'll back up Wetzel on this one. You generally don't lose time on matches cause teams aren't queued up. You lose time because teams are taking too long getting on and off the field and because of field reset. If they're losing time from teams taking too long on the field, the options are to go 1-2 hours over time, cut out the team introductions, or remind teams to get on and off the field as quickly as they can manage.

Re: VCU NASA Regional
 

Yes, I understand cycle time is always important at these competitions. But from a spectator standpoint (both in the stands, and watching over the webcast), it is irritating. Remember, FIRST strives to make these events spectator-friendly and professional in appearance. The constant complaining that the teams aren't moving fast enough is neither of those, hence my suggestion to do it with the microphone switched off. Bugging the teams to hurry up is fine, it keeps things moving. It's just that subjecting the audience to it doesn't help anything.