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Steve W 30-03-2007 13:49
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux (Post 607681)
I've just tuned in, I'm really liking the discovery channel cut away coverage of interviewing the drivers and things like that. However, is it just me or is there like zero music playing during the matches through the webcast feed? Not to mention that the game announcer is lacking in enthusiasm, so the matches themselves seem to be pretty boring at the moment. Karthik of course kicks it up a notch but things seem a bit slow, maybe it's just me though.
I have been having vocal issues. I lost my voice and am trying to adapt. Right now I am on break and Charles Offor is doing a great job filling. Hope to get back today but not sure. Darn Colds.

dachickindapit 30-03-2007 13:53
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Is it just my computer, or is the sound level really low? I have my computer on full volume and can still barely hear anything.

Ryan Dognaux 30-03-2007 13:53
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve W (Post 607684)
I have been having vocal issues. I lost my voice and am trying to adapt. Right now I am on break and Charles Offor is doing a great job filling. Hope to get back today but not sure. Darn Colds.
I hear you about the cold, I've got one myself right now. Charles is doing a good job though, it's really the lack of music through the webcast that is bringing the energy down but I didn't think about Discovery not having the rights to play the music, which makes sense.

Jeff Rodriguez 30-03-2007 13:57
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve W (Post 607684)
I have been having vocal issues. I lost my voice and am trying to adapt. Right now I am on break and Charles Offor is doing a great job filling. Hope to get back today but not sure. Darn Colds.
Charles is doing a decent job.
When I first heard him, I thought is was Greg Proops. ;)

Steve W 30-03-2007 14:15
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The music you hear is ambient music. The voices should be better. The reason is that they are not licenced for the music therefore they cannot broadcast such.

192 online watching when I just checked.

Justin 30-03-2007 14:26
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I agree about the music but I sympathize with Discovery for not having the royalties, it would a pretty hard task for them to track down the rights to whatever songs might be played. I was surprised though at how the lack of music does bring things down especially when it is one of those things we typically just take for granted. I think Discovery has been doing a valiant job with their coverage though I hope people are watching because watching teams try to explain what the heck an alliance is or pickings, etc. you can quickly see how outsiders may become lost quickly there are some lessons to be learned there I think. I have to wonder if the host Lori had any idea what she was getting herself int the middle of, as many of us know FIRST is not something that you can truly 'get' until you experience it. I will be curious to see if she makes any comments after the competition on her experiences.

-Justin

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 14:38
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The coverage back home may be a little blah but here it's absolutely amazing - the kids are hamming it up for the cameras, and it's probably the most vocal and loud Friday crowd I've seen in quite a while. The regional committee and the Discovery Channel have really outdone themselves with this one.

But why, oh why, does Karthik get so much face time???? :D

And the American teams sure would like to have our feelings on the event broadcast live *shameless request for attention*. :)

Bongle 30-03-2007 14:41
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Wooooo!! 1565 with a semi-coherent interview on the webcast!

Also, props to 1565 for putting up 5-6 ringers by themselves (well, really with their alliance partners blocking) in their last match. 1565 really is a team where you don't want to judge by ranking alone.

Edit: On that note, as of 2:44PM, 1565 has the 7th-highest RP in the regional, despite being 62nd. Poor 1565 :(

azx2 30-03-2007 14:47
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Can anyone post the schedule of matches for the Toronto Regional? I am at work and unfortunately do not have the luxury of watching every match :-)

Thanks.

You can also email me the schedule to chiefdelphi.20.azx2@spamgourmet.com

Heretic121 30-03-2007 14:55
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
um did i just see 1114 scoring for the other alliance!?!?

neilsonster 30-03-2007 15:01
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heretic121 (Post 607708)
um did i just see 1114 scoring for the other alliance!?!?
They are tied in wins-losses with 2056 right now (5-0) so ranking points (depends on losing score) are going to make the difference until one of them loses.

neilsonster 30-03-2007 15:06
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve W (Post 607690)
The music you hear is ambient music. The voices should be better. The reason is that they are not licenced for the music therefore they cannot broadcast such.
I like being able to hear the crowd :).

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 15:09
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by neilsonster (Post 607715)
They are tied in wins-losses with 2056 right now (5-0) so ranking points (depends on losing score) are going to make the difference until one of them loses.
And who will be the opposing alliance that will help them break that tie? Is there anyone here who can pull that off? We shall see. :D

FYI, 1114 received a 10-point penalty for scoring for the opposition, but obviously they had enough offensive points where the penalty didn't matter.

By the way, one hundred million billion negative kudos to the match generating algorithm system....again.

TD78 30-03-2007 15:09
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by neilsonster (Post 607715)
They are tied in wins-losses with 2056 right now (5-0) so ranking points (depends on losing score) are going to make the difference until one of them loses.
It is illegal to score tubes for the opposition.

<G21> SCORING for opponents - ROBOTS may not HANG a GAME PIECE of an opposing ALLIANCE. If this rule is violated a 10-point penalty will be assessed per infraction. If the ROBOT HANGS a KEEPER of from the opposing ALLIANCE, it will be ignored when determining the score. If the ROBOT HANGS a RINGER on an otherwise empty Spider Leg, it will be SCORED as if it were placed there by the opposing ALLIANCE.

Was a penalty assessed? (If you score enough points, I'm sure you'll gladly take a 10 point penalty to boost your oppositions score)

Justin 30-03-2007 15:21
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 607700)
And the American teams sure would like to have our feelings on the event broadcast live *shameless request for attention*. :)
Well maybe we can hope that someone from Discovery USA is checking out this stream and views it as an opportunity. I'd like to see coverage like this of at least Saturday of Atlanta on the Discovery cable channel in the US (ya pipe dream I know, but hey we can dream right). I have to say again I think this coverage is a lot more faithful to FIRST than other attempts at TV coverage I have seen in the past. Also it is live which is a big plus back when ESPN use to do their thing nationals would be in April and you would have to wait until July or later to see them on ESPN. In terms of the Canada centricness remember that in Canada their are laws governing such things, although it would be cool for them to talk to one American team. I also thought it was interesting that the URL they gave out was the Canada FIRST site as opposed to USFIRST.org. It has been educational though to see how things are done up in Canada.

-Justin

Bongle 30-03-2007 15:30
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin (Post 607728)
In terms of the Canada centricness remember that in Canada their are laws governing such things, although it would be cool for them to talk to one American team. I also thought it was interesting that the URL they gave out was the Canada FIRST site as opposed to USFIRST.org. It has been educational though to see how things are done up in Canada.

-Justin
The only law that could possibly govern something like this would be the CanCon laws that mandate a certain # of hours of Canadian-produced content (approx 30% of broadcasted content). They only apply to broadcast TV, not webcasts. A Canadian program can certainly interview Americans if they want to.

The lack of Americans on the webcast is probably because of the lack of Americans at this regional compared to past years.

I just remembered that they interviewed an american team from Connecticut, for whom this was their 3rd regional. Forget the team though.

Unglued 30-03-2007 15:33
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same problem as someone else posted with the webcast- i keep getting the lunar eclipse webcast D:

Ricky Q. 30-03-2007 15:44
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Webcast is still working great:

http://www.ctvdigital.com/discovery/first/player.html

vtrehan 30-03-2007 15:49
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricky Q. (Post 607744)
Same lunar eclipse vid for me too.

Can u link us with the actual video feed link please? For example when I go on this page the video that loads has this feed link:

mms://a180.v31560.c31560.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/180/31560/44ce8bb3/fs6.insinc.com/akamai/ctv/discovery/lunareclipse07

I guess thats the lunar eclipse, thus not what we want. To get that video feed link you will need to right-click on the video and go on to the properties. It will be great if any of you who can see the video can do this and post it here.

Thanks! :)

Heretic121 30-03-2007 15:51
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RollinTDollin (Post 607723)
It is illegal to score tubes for the opposition.

<G21> SCORING for opponents - ROBOTS may not HANG a GAME PIECE of an opposing ALLIANCE. If this rule is violated a 10-point penalty will be assessed per infraction. If the ROBOT HANGS a KEEPER of from the opposing ALLIANCE, it will be ignored when determining the score. If the ROBOT HANGS a RINGER on an otherwise empty Spider Leg, it will be SCORED as if it were placed there by the opposing ALLIANCE.

Was a penalty assessed? (If you score enough points, I'm sure you'll gladly take a 10 point penalty to boost your oppositions score)
Yes a 10pt penalty was assesed... BUT...

i belive they scored 2 tubes for the other alliance so i thought it would have been 20pts of penaltys...

*final score was 250-8

A_Reed 30-03-2007 15:53
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the webcast sometimes shows a lunar eclipse if you are using Firefox...I would try using the same link but on Internet Explorer.

Ricky Q. 30-03-2007 15:56
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
IE has been working the best for me:

http://www.ctvdigital.com/discovery/first/first.asx

Ricky Q. 30-03-2007 16:08
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
48 just played some killer defense on 1114 but the blue alliance still dominated in ringers.

No one got up 48's ramps, 1114 remains undefeated.

A_Reed 30-03-2007 16:26
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
at last an American Interview. Go Donnell...o' Capn' Saftey.:)

neilsonster 30-03-2007 16:27
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 607700)
And the American teams sure would like to have our feelings on the event broadcast live *shameless request for attention*. :)
There you go, someone from 48 was just interviewed in the pits!

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 17:02
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by neilsonster (Post 607778)
There you go, someone from 48 was just interviewed in the pits!
Maybe Discovery Canada lurks on CD? :D

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 17:05
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Congrats Karthik on GTR Volunteer of the Year!

Mr. Breadner - it's K-A-N-A-G-A-S-A-B-A-P-A-T-H-Y.

Ka-na-gas-a-bap-a-thy.

Tis not (that) hard!

Richard Wallace 30-03-2007 17:39
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 607802)
Congrats Karthik on GTR Volunteer of the Year!

Mr. Breadner - it's K-A-N-A-G-A-S-A-B-A-P-A-T-H-Y.

Ka-na-gas-a-bap-a-thy.

Tis not (that) hard!
More congratulations to Karthik! Well earned!

For some reason my screen froze up before they got to the Friday awards, but I did see the day's last qualifying match -- in which 1114 remained undefeated. 2056 looks like a good bet to stay that way also. I have enjoyed watching the incredible offensive power displayed by those two teams.

As we saw last week, expect the defenders to get serious tomorrow. (Psst, Travis -- this includes 48. :) ) Will we see a repeat of Waterloo, where scoring by the mighty tubers was muted in the finals?

Nica F. 30-03-2007 17:42
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Can someone post the Friday award winners here please?

Richard Wallace 30-03-2007 17:44
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RAWRimaPANDA (Post 607819)
Can someone post the Friday award winners here please?
They are here.

edit: copying for convenience

Outstanding Volunteer Award Karthik Kanagasabapathy
Imagery Award 773 Kingsville Kukes Kingsville, ON, Canada
Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award 1075 Sinclair Sprockets Whitby, ON, Canada
Xerox Creativity Award 610 Crescent Robotics Toronto, ON, Canada
Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award 1241 GMCL & Rick Hansen SS Mississauga, ON, Canada
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award 772 Sabre Bytes Robotics LaSalle, ON, Canada
Judges Award 1514 WHCI Robotics Toronto, ON, Canada
Website Award 188 Woburn Robotics Toronto, ON, Canada
Woodie Flowers Award Mark Breadner
Autodesk Visualization Award 849 UHS WOLFPACK Unionville, ON, Canada

/edit

edit2: can someone explain why no team number is shown next to Mark Breadner's name? /edit2

PatrickN 30-03-2007 18:04
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 607820)
can someone explain why no team number is shown next to Mark Breadner's name?
I know for sure that Mark Breadner was nominated by team 188. However it would not surprise me at all if he was also nominated by another team or several other teams. Perhaps there is no team number next to his name because we've lost count of the number of teams that he is directly or indirectly responsible for starting in some way. It's about time he received a WFFA and he's surely a strong contender for the WFA at the championship event. I'm sure there'll be more congratulatory posts from people that have been around longer than I have, who can better emphasize the effect Mark Breadner has had on FIRST in Canada.

Anyways, Congratulations (Mr.) Breadner!!!

Mr. Lim 30-03-2007 18:05
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 607820)

Woodie Flowers Award: Mark Breadner

can someone explain why no team number is shown next to Mark Breadner's name?
The answer to ME is simple... there would be too many to list :p . The GTR, and even FIRST in Canada will forever be known as the house that Breadner(s) built. And I mention that to recognize the incredible efforts of Rhona Breadner, and even the Breadner kids as well! Rhona is so humble that many do not realize just how integral she is to our program here north of the border - FRC, VEX, FLL and even future things I cannot yet speak of ;).

But Mr. Breadner's history extends across a pleathora of teams all across the nation. If you wanted to get technical though I believe Mr. Breadner has really only been directly involved as a mentor with one team - 188.

Richard Wallace 30-03-2007 18:20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
Woodie Flowers Award: Mark Breadner

can someone explain why no team number is shown next to Mark Breadner's name?
Quote:
Originally Posted by PatrickN (Post 607832)
I know for sure that Mark Breadner was nominated by team 188. However it would not surprise me at all if he was also nominated by another team or several other teams. ...
Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimBoJones (Post 607833)
The answer to ME is simple... there would be too many to list :p . The GTR, and even FIRST in Canada will forever be known as the house that Breadner(s) built. ...
Thanks for the explanations. Many of us have known for several years now that FIRST is strong in Canada. Now we all know a little more about the reasons for that.

A_Reed 30-03-2007 18:27
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If you look on Some of the other regional awards listings they don't post the WFA winners team number either.

Richard Wallace 30-03-2007 18:32
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by A_Reed (Post 607844)
If you look on Some of the other regional awards listings they don't post the WFA winners team number either.
Yeah, you're right -- except at St. Louis where we goofed and posted the team number and name instead of the mentor's name. :o

VEN 30-03-2007 18:40
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Good day today. Our team didn't get a chance to show off our arm as every alliance wanted us to play defense. Tomorrow however, our first match we will be the only scorer

Nica F. 30-03-2007 18:41
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Congrats to Mr. Breadner!
Hope to see you and team 188 in ATL this year!

Oh, and Congrats to Karthik too!

Rohith Surampudi 30-03-2007 18:49
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Congrats Mr.Breadner!

and Congrats Karthik!

Elgin Clock 30-03-2007 18:50
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Congratulations Karthik!! What a very deserving honor! Keep up the awesome work for all you do for FIRST and the people in it who look up to you. :)

And while I don't know Mark personally, It seems his role in FIRST is equally as impressive as Karthik's. Congratulations to you as well!

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 19:11
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Mark Breadner is one of the awesomest people in FIRST, but he's also unfortunately one of the most unknown relative to his contributions. Ever since we took the plunge to go to the inaugural Canadian Regional in 2002, 48 has consistently been amazed by the Herculean efforts Mark and his family (along with the countless other notable volunteers up north) have poured into developing FIRST in Canada. He and his staff have always made us and all the other American teams feel most welcome at their event, and this has continued with the passing of the torch to Vance Scott and now Karen Rosenthal. The Canadian regionals are the best planned, staffed, and executed events in all of FIRST (they even give IRI a run for their money :D ), and no other event can match the fun and excitement buzzing through the building, especially on Saturday. Mark is one of the people who've been there all along, guiding FIRST in Canada to the success it is today.

Mark, congratulations, and thanks again for all the wonderful memories you and your family have helped bring to Team 48 over the years.

Travis Hoffman 30-03-2007 19:14
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 607815)
More congratulations to Karthik! Well earned!

For some reason my screen froze up before they got to the Friday awards, but I did see the day's last qualifying match -- in which 1114 remained undefeated. 2056 looks like a good bet to stay that way also. I have enjoyed watching the incredible offensive power displayed by those two teams.

As we saw last week, expect the defenders to get serious tomorrow. (Psst, Travis -- this includes 48. :) ) Will we see a repeat of Waterloo, where scoring by the mighty tubers was muted in the finals?

I think tomorrow we will play defense on 1114 while we're partnered with them just to even up the odds a bit. You know, help push em into a corner, limit them to maybe 4-5 ringers. Maybe 4 vs. 2 would make it a fairer fight against these guys? :) :rolleyes:

Karthik and Derek, if you read this, picture me with a big grin on my face as I unleash a maniacal "MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA......" wicked laugh of doom as I speak the above. :D

VEN 30-03-2007 19:19
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How disrespectful of me to not say this in the previous post :o :)


Congratulations Karthik! You really deserved it, if only everyone was as devoted as you are.

Setsanto 30-03-2007 19:25
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Really great day guys! Well done to Karthik and Mr Breadner, u guys deserved it! 1334 somehow managed to squek into 5th place today :yikes: . Tomorrow we have two mediocre matches, none of them especially difficult, sow ith luck, well be top 8 :) .

~Nick/1334

Richard Wallace 30-03-2007 21:24
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 607868)
I think tomorrow we will play defense on 1114 while we're partnered with them just to even up the odds a bit. ...
Travis, I would double-dog dare you guys to do that -- except for two things: (1) it wouldn't be fair to make your third alliance partner play 1-on-3 while 48 and 1114 spar in the corner, and (2) stopping 1114 for one match might not significantly effect the overall event results, anyway.

Travis Hoffman 31-03-2007 00:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 607919)
Travis, I would double-dog dare you guys to do that -- except for two things: (1) it wouldn't be fair to make your third alliance partner play 1-on-3 while 48 and 1114 spar in the corner, and (2) stopping 1114 for one match might not significantly effect the overall event results, anyway.
Yes indeed....but it sure would be funny - Run away! Run away!

The trick to defending 1114....any strong offensive bot, really....is to defend their entire alliance appropriately, which requires the appropriate partners who are inclined to play the appropriate style of defense with the necessary communication. It can be done; the question is, will it? Tune into the Discovery Channel webcast on Saturday to find out!

Nawaid Ladak 31-03-2007 01:13
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Congrats Karthik, maybe one day i will become as well known as you, i've heard good things about you all the way down here in Florida.

If your as passionate off the feild as you are on the feild announcing at Waterloo and GTR, then everyone else gots some catching up to do.

It would be an honor to meet you and Derek (Congratulations to him for winning the WFA at Waterloo) at Championships.

You guys celebrate the TRUE sprit of FIRST, and i thank both of you for that

astephen68 31-03-2007 06:40
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We had a good day yesterday ending up in 26th. Today will be great Can't wait until Playoffs. Good job every team that won awards yesterday!!!

Bongle 31-03-2007 09:06
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Good luck today to 1141, 1281, and 1565!

I also want to point out to any teams that scouted 1565 in waterloo and deemed them unreliable and highly defendable: They haven't had a single breakdown, they've scored 3-6 ringers consistently in all their matches, and their drivers have gained enough skill to deke out defenders. They would make a good 'diamond in the rough' pick that would be overlooked by other teams going by ranking.

Edit: Come to think of it, any scouts out there probably won't be on CD until tonight, when it's all over. ... :(

1565 FOR THE WIN!!! 51-38

I'm pretty sure that my favorite quote of the competition will be from one of the pre-taped things on the discovery channel:
"This robot isn't preparing for baywatch, but ..."

Nawaid Ladak 31-03-2007 09:26
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Just noticed that GTR did BOTH the Canadian and US National Anthum

why don't they do the Canadian national anthem at US regionals where Canadian teams are attending. or this should go for any other team at any other regional.

Steve W 31-03-2007 09:31
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FreedomForce (Post 608068)
Just noticed that GTR did BOTH the Canadian and US National Anthum

why don't they do the Canadian national anthem at US regionals where Canadian teams are attending. or this should go for any other team at any other regional.
Usually they do

Bongle 31-03-2007 09:41
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Anyone having connection issues? It was working 5 minutes ago, but it stopped, and refreshing/reopening the page isn't working.

Firefox gets me the lunar eclipse page.

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 09:46
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I get "No Video Streams Currently Available". :(

Steve W 31-03-2007 09:46
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All of our DSL's dropped. Should be OK now

Elgin Clock 31-03-2007 09:47
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bongle (Post 608072)
Anyone having connection issues? It was working 5 minutes ago, but it stopped, and refreshing/reopening the page isn't working.

Firefox gets me the lunar eclipse page.
If by "Lunar Eclipse", you mean a Pontiac commercial constantly on loop, and then stream errors.. then yes.. Aye... Very annoying.

Can anyone verify the Webcast is actually running right now?

edit: OMG!!!!!!! I CONNECTED FINALLY!!! First time in 3 days!!!! Aye...

Bongle 31-03-2007 09:50
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Working for me again. Thanks Steve!

Travis Hoffman 31-03-2007 09:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elgin Clock (Post 608078)
If by "Lunar Eclipse", you mean a Pontiac commercial constantly on loop, and then stream errors.. then yes.. Aye... Very annoying.
MUST.....BUY....G6.......

Steve W 31-03-2007 09:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 608080)
MUST.....BUY....G6.......
I have the PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP
303 HP V8
Black
All accessories


NICE

Blatant plug

Bongle 31-03-2007 10:15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve W (Post 608081)
I have the PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP
303 HP V8
Black
All accessories
Yeah, well on thursday I rented a 2007 HONDA FIT automatic:

~100hp I4
0-60 time measured in decades
Black
Cool foldy seats in the back

On a webcast-y note, I'm finding that the pre-taped interviews in the pits are having no sound. Or the sound is so ridiculously quiet that I can't hear it when I have the volume set right for the matches.

Steve W 31-03-2007 10:21
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I have made them aware. It seems that they might have a hardware issue and are now working on it.

Bongle 31-03-2007 10:22
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Whoa, here's a semi-shocking statistic:
Average score for red: 40
Average score for blue: 30

Are there any bright lights in Blue's face?

This piece about Where's Waldo has sound at the correct volume.

Edit: And 2056 is now the ONLY undefeated robot at GTR, as 1114 succumbs to drivetrain difficulties (apparently)

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 11:01
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Steve, I just caught a glimpse of you on the webcast -- the coif is in fine form, I must say! :cool:

Steve W 31-03-2007 11:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bongle (Post 608086)
Whoa, here's a semi-shocking statistic:
Average score for red: 40
Average score for blue: 30

Are there any bright lights in Blue's face?

This piece about Where's Waldo has sound at the correct volume.

Edit: And 2056 is now the ONLY undefeated robot at GTR, as 1114 succumbs to drivetrain difficulties (apparently)
It seems that 1114 had a radio problem that no reason was found.

Bongle 31-03-2007 11:21
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Tip: If the webcast goes all slideshow on you, just press stop and start, rather than refreshing the page.

Hooray for 2 of my teams (1141 and 1565) beating another of my teams (1281) in the 2nd last match!

And congrats to 1141 for steadily climbing the ranks to #12! They might get to pick for the first time in their history!
edit: #13 final position!

BobC 31-03-2007 11:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve W (Post 608093)
It seems that 1114 had a radio problem that no reason was found.
Talk about tense are you nervous on tv?
Good job Steve!!!

Steve W 31-03-2007 11:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BobC (Post 608105)
Talk about tense are you nervous on tv?
Good job Steve!!!
Like ya. They were after me all day. Finally had to say yes.

Nawaid Ladak 31-03-2007 11:47
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here we do, just like waterloo

:) :) :)

JamesBrown 31-03-2007 12:01
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I am not sure but that looked suspiciously like an alliance selection where every one actually knew what they were doing, I am impressed. Every one at least had a pick list.

Also is it just me or does every one love Where's Waldo?

BBnum3 31-03-2007 12:45
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Does anyone have a list of the alliances? I'm guessing 2056 went with 1114 and 1334 with 854.

Bongle 31-03-2007 12:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BBnum3 (Post 608132)
Does anyone have a list of the alliances? I'm guessing 2056 went with 1114 and 1334 with 854.
Code:
seed        pick1        pick2
2056        1114        176
1334        610        2166
1305        854        1241
1312        296        1141
1846        1503        188
1901        772        1680
1006        379        48
1404        1482        773
It's pretty crazy after going to waterloo, when you read the 2nd-pick list for GTR and realize that they are all very effective robots. 176, 48, 1680 are all SECOND picks. That's crazy.

Heretic121 31-03-2007 13:13
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Karthik + Strategy = Great TV \m/...

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 13:49
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Nice TV interview on the 48 control system. Clever, naming your ramp deploy switch the "Viagra button". :cool:

Nawaid Ladak 31-03-2007 13:53
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
sf 1.1 and sf 1.2 should be GREAT

A_Reed 31-03-2007 13:55
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 608169)
Nice TV interview on the 48 control system. Clever, naming your ramp deploy switch the "Viagra button". :cool:
That was a joke from the mentors...I didn't think they would actually do it...lol:D

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 14:01
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
QF3-2 = awesome match. :)

QF3-3 = another one. :D DEE-Fence is rearing its head ...

cire 31-03-2007 14:25
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
This regional is intense. Will the alliance #1 be able to win? Or will there be a surprise like at the GLR? We will know soon ;)

Nawaid Ladak 31-03-2007 14:30
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
that rack was packed up in that match, as i predicted sf 1.1 was GREAT

Elgin Clock 31-03-2007 14:55
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 608169)
Nice TV interview on the 48 control system. Clever, naming your ramp deploy switch the "Viagra button". :cool:
Quote:
Originally Posted by A_Reed (Post 608172)
That was a joke from the mentors...I didn't think they would actually do it...lol:D
LMAO!!!! Did you win a technical award for that?? I sooo want to see that name for it called out in the next FIRST: Behind the Design book. lol :p


And.. w00t! I hear some techno bagpipe music!! LOL YAY! GTR always has the best music IMHO. lol

Jeff Rodriguez 31-03-2007 15:26
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
I have to give some props to Karthik for that awesome commentary. That was as good as any sports commentator. I hope Discovery continues to cover events with this format. So far, I've loved it.

pufame 31-03-2007 15:29
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Great job everybody, I loved watching this broadcast, the Discovery Channel really knows how to do it!

I particularly enjoyed watching the alliance of 1006, 379, and 48. Seeing teams gun up ELITE's ramp brought back chills from the Buckeye regional (291, 48, 379).

As exciting as the matches were, the highlight in my mind has to be 48's interview on their control system, I was behind the lexan with 48 all throughout Buckeye eliminations and I never noticed the "Viagra Button" :ahh: .

Great job to everyone who competed and to everyone who helpd make the regional and broadcast happen!

Spider-Man 31-03-2007 15:37
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Is it me or did the webcast just skip the first finals match? The FIRST website has Red winning 126-62.

BobC 31-03-2007 15:37
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider-Man (Post 608231)
Is it me or did the webcast just skip the first finals match? The FIRST website has Red winning 126-62.
I missed it also.

A_Reed 31-03-2007 15:39
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
yes it did...It kinda caught up a little....it sucks that they skipped it though.

the webcast caught up to the chart...the chart was ahead by a good 7 minutes...you could see who won way before the match was cast.

Heretic121 31-03-2007 15:45
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Congrats 2056, 1114, 176!!!!

crazy stuff...

Discovery Channel... great job... maybe Karthik needs to get in touch with them to be thier man host ;)

Spider-Man 31-03-2007 15:45
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
There needs to be a Canadian Crown or something similar to the Triple Crown for Waterloo and Toronto...:cool:

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 15:46
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider-Man (Post 608231)
Is it me or did the webcast just skip the first finals match? The FIRST website has Red winning 126-62.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobC (Post 608232)
I missed it also.
Same from where I saw it.

cire 31-03-2007 15:49
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 608240)
Same from where I saw it.
I missed the first finals match too.. All the sudden people were taking stuff off the field :(

Milaki 31-03-2007 15:58
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Congratulations to 1114, 2056, and 176 for winning the regional, see you guys in Atlanta.

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 17:16
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Congratulations to 771 on the regional Chairman's Award. :) A great program, having a great year with the win at Waterloo last week and now this well deserved recognition.

(I am wondering how, during their otherwise excellent webcast, Discovery Channel Canada missed the opportunity to interview some of your team? Maybe I just missed it?)

VEN 31-03-2007 17:53
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Quote:
Congratulations to 771 on the regional Chairman's Award

Where's the party at? :p


Congratulations!

astephen68 31-03-2007 19:05
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Good Job 771 for winning the Chairmn's award. Good Job

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 21:29
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by VEN (Post 608308)
Where's the party at? :p
The party must still be going on -- 771 doesn't have far to drive to get home from Mississauga.

I hope they're partying, because they've earned it! Good luck finding them. :D

Travis Hoffman 31-03-2007 22:08
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 608169)
Nice TV interview on the 48 control system. Clever, naming your ramp deploy switch the "Viagra button". :cool:
Figures, out of all the things we've said over the years in support of FIRST in Canada, the one thing that gets aired on live webcast TV is our "Viagra Button". :p

I only put that on there after the kids nagged me to do it and I finally started to think it was funny. :D By the way, the kid interviewed was our OUTSTANDING driver, Johnny Pasco, who still never ceases to amaze me with his relentless ability to stick to robots like glue. I know he had Greg Phillips from 1114 scared. I wish we could have set up the offense vs. defense matchup I was hoping for. Stupid tread....:o

Congrats to all winners - it was a great event!

Richard Wallace 31-03-2007 22:18
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 608451)
... Stupid tread....:o
"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." -- Benjamin Franklin (usually attributed)

Travis Hoffman 31-03-2007 22:34
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 608457)
"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." -- Benjamin Franklin (usually attributed)
I have no idea what caused it - it was a clean, straight rip all the way through. We checked the tension of the treads between each match and it hadn't changed. We were pushed sideways a bit when the offenders fought back a bit in earlier matches - maybe that was the start of it? Oh well, considering other teams' issues with Brecoflex over the years, I like the success we've achieved with them.

Alex Cormier 01-04-2007 11:37
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 608462)
I have no idea what caused it - it was a clean, straight rip all the way through. We checked the tension of the treads between each match and it hadn't changed. We were pushed sideways a bit when the offenders fought back a bit in earlier matches - maybe that was the start of it? Oh well, considering other teams' issues with Brecoflex over the years, I like the success we've achieved with them.
i knew the belts were going to fail soon on you guys when i saw your driver try to turn into the bot that was pushng on your side for the entire match, a few matches earlier. When it happened i was not surprised but thought, i shoulda come down and told you. O well stuff happens and the regional was great to see and all. a lot less of a drive then others i knew to get home too.:p ;)

MWTrek 01-04-2007 12:36
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
First I'd like to congratulate 771 on receiving the Chairman's award.
I'd also like to thank teams 2056 and 1114 for choosing us to be a part of their alliance. We worked very well together.


Does anyone know if we can get a hold of that video they showed at the beginning of the elimination rounds.

Jonathan Norris 01-04-2007 12:46
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MWTrek (Post 608732)
Does anyone know if we can get a hold of that video they showed at the beginning of the elimination rounds.
I can probably get you a copy of the video.

I am working on splitting up all the matches from GTR, and will try and get the eliminations up as soon as I can... but a month of robotics means I have a little bit of school work to catch up on :ahh:, so I may not get all the matches up for a week or so.

http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/on/

Vince lau 01-04-2007 13:20
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
wow what an amazing regional, every team did a great job through out the whole weekend.

Congratulations to the winning alliance 2056, 1114, 176

2056 - wow #1 seed for a rookie team, 2 regional wins, great job guys.

1114 - thanks for lending us your tools all weekend, and Congratulations on your second regional win

176 - hope you had fun at GTR and come back next year

771 - Congratulations on winning the CA well deserved

1305 - our pit neighbours, bus mates last year to Atlanta, you guys and an amazing run at both Waterloo and GTR and both times fell short of winning it.

2166 - great ramp bot and congratulations on winning the Rookie All Star Award

TwIsTeD2 01-04-2007 16:14
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
I would Like to thank team 48 for helping us with programing and giving us the dongle it was really neat getting the robot to work on its own

Are first year at First it was great we came 20 out of 63 our robot was so ghetto. we only spent 400$ on top of the start up costs

Laura 1547 01-04-2007 21:37
Re: 2007 Greater Toronto Regional
 
I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who made GTR amazing (as usual) this year. It was so much fun. Can't wait till next year!!!

I want to give a huge congrats to 2056, 1114, and 176 on their outstanding job at the regional. You guys were crazy!!! Never a boring moment.

I also want to give a big congrats to 771. You guys really deserved chairmans. Have fun in Atlanta!!! Kayla you have to call me every day!!!

Just a note...does anybody know where the video of 1547's interview is? I never actually got a chance to see it besides part of it on a little moniter before I got interviewed...


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