Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Team 222 can't wait for tomorrow. I'm getting ready to head up to the school and put some finishing touches on our new prototype bot we will be competing with. Can't wait to see how it performs on the field. See you all there in about 17.5 hours!

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

hmmm only 8 hours now...

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Uppercut made the trip up largely in one piece, though the gripper broke hard in practice.

Time to claim our spot as the finest flying brick.
(in the South)
(at a New Jersey event)
(in the off-season)
(piloted by a pre-rookie team)
(this year)

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

I came home early so if anyone could list final matches/awards that'd be great. Thanks in advance.

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

:( I'm sorry :(

I was suppose to be there today and I just realized that now

I'm kicking myself in the rear as of right now

Sorry for letting you down Big Mike

:( Thats not like me to forget something like this

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Well, teams 888-869-555-2888 got second and 25-1089-1627(I'm not to sure if that the team number, it is the St. Joes team) got first.

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

1089 got eliminated in the semifinals.

It was 1923, 25, 1627 and 222 that won.

We did, however, win the evil sundae contest. BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Ah that would be why I remembered 1089. Great job with that sundae, I don't think our team even came close to finishing half of it.

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Thank you 1089 for picking us! We had an awesome time!

on behalf of 2923 aka 2554 from John P Stevens High School

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Nice!!! Glad to see that JP Stevens already is making some headway into Chief Delphi! You're moving faster than we had thought! It was great working with you, and great seeing one of our old robots in action again!

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

just as a btw, its 1626, but yeah it's nice to see Jps getting started with their robotics program. since our teams are like 5 mins away feel free to ask any questions or whatever.

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Here is the link to the video of the winner chomping down the Evil Sundae in about 40 seconds!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX68cM7mNl4

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

lol, talk about massive brain freeze. Looks like everyone had fun though =)

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

I'm downloading pictures from my camera right now. Brunswick Eruption was a lot of milestones for me--longest drive, first time taking a robot across state lines, first time working with prerookies--but it was absolutely worth it.

I have a long, long, list of thank-yous...

First and foremost, thanks to 25 for setting the whole concept into motion. They're onto something with this pre-rookie thing.

Second, thanks to Gail Van Ekeren and the crew from Gill St. Bernard's School, otherwise known as 2458. These kids came in cold on Friday night, and by the end of our (far-too-brief) run they were slinging Uppercut around like they'd done it for weeks. No matter how hard we broke (and we broke hard), they were always willing to jump in anywhere they could. I'm proud of this group for many reasons, and I hope we cross paths sometime in the future. They're the real deal.

Big thanks to all the teams who helped us with tools and parts; 25, 1626, 888, 103, and 1676 all come to mind, but I'm sure there are others I don't remember.

Thanks to Alexa Stott and her family for putting me up the past few days. Duel last year notwithstanding, I've never been in New Jersey before; it's been an interesting adjustment experience.

I'll have pictures up soon, and then it's time to hit the hay. 680 miles down, 680 to go.

Re: November 3, 2007 Brunswick Eruption 6
 

Hey Mike! Don't worry, I totally had the field reset crew under control! :p Missed you there though...

BE was sooo much fun, I'm really glad I decided to take the trip down. Thanks to Ed for driving and Alexa for letting me stay over.