Re: CalGames 2007 full with 30 teams!
 

Congratulations to ALL the teams that competed! And long bursts of clapping hands recognizing the many volunteers who worked since May of this year to put on the 2007 Northern California Robot Games! [I'm walking today instead of limping, and that's amazing to me (compared to last year :) )]

Behind the scenes looks: :yikes:

• Marooned in Mountain View:
  Thursday night... 26' Truck (with Masonite underlayment and field carpet) brake system goes kaput! Ken, Alvin, Ceal and Tim spend hours on street waiting for mechanic, a little sushi, and then suspenseful time following Ceal and Tim's Escape, while 26 ' truck trembled and quaked behind us four and the mechanic sweated as he drove it to Woodside... whew! we made it. Truck is towed out the next day...[Ceal sweats about insurance and such :ahh: ]
• Friday Rain at Woodside:
  Rain began early...volunteers emptied the "broken-brakes truck", dodging rain drops, the field carpet is going down, and then...
• Another phone call to Trucking company....
  26' Truck #2 with all the contents of the 10x20 storage locker (more carpet, the pit stuff, electrical cords, etc. etc.) won't start! We can't move it near the gym...Luckily Woodside's custodial staff (electric cart and forklift) come to the rescue! More rain...Alvin gets soaking wet with another mechanic... starter fluid required now to start this truck...
• Rack leaves Craig's Garage (YEAH!!)
  Next, a truck from Oregon team, Alvin's vehicle, and Tim's Escape drive across the Bay to Berryessa to pick up rack (in sections), drive back across the Bay to Woodside, assemble the rack, ladders are involved (and we won't say who...). Smooth... no issues! Yeah!
• And the rest of the field & pits....
  Meanwhile, the pits have been efficiently taped out, the electronics are put together, audio/computers set up, and as Cory said...mucho folks made that happen!!
• Out by 10:30 PM!!

Now that was just Friday :yikes:

cheers,

Re: CalGames 2007 full with 30 teams!
 

It was an incredible day at CalGames 2007 this year. I need to mention the list of volunteers and many other things that made the event possible, but I will leave that for another thread later this week.

Here are the results for the 2007 Northern California Robot Games.

Qualifying rounds ranking:

Rank Team
1 100
2 668
3 2141
4 846
5 604
6 1516
7 701
8 254
9 581
10 766
11 114
12 256
13 1280
14 840
15 692
16 115
17 675
18 2144
19 1351
20 1458
21 253
22 1868
23 997
24 2159
25 973
26 1072
27 192
28 2204
29 852
30 980

Finals Alliances

#1 100, 254, 852
#2 668, 997, 1458
#3 2141, 114, 256
#4 846, 604, 675
#5 1516, 1280, 692
#6 701, 980, 1351
#7 581, 766, 973
#8 840, 192, 253

2007 Rack n' Roll Champion - #1 100, 254, 852
2007 Rack n' Roll Finalist - #6 701, 980, 1351

The Highest Seeded Rookie - Team 2141

2007 Autonomous Mode Challenge Champion - Team 100
2007 Autonomous Mode Challenge Finalist - Team 254

WRRF Director's Award - NASA Ames Research Center, for their years of continuing support to WRRF and Bay Area FIRST Teams.

The four Volunteer Recognition Awards went to -

Team 100 for running the concession, providing volunteers, and being an incredible host for CalGames 2007.
Team 115 for manufacturing the CalGames buttons, driver badges, and the signature silicon wafer CalGames Awards in the past two years.

Mark Leon for being our favorite Master of Ceremony of CalGames for as long as we remember.
Eugene Brooks, our WRRF President, for his hard work in the past six months manufacturing the field electronics for this event.

Re: CalGames 2007 full with 30 teams!
 

Thanks guys, had a great time at Cal-Games! Did better than we thought we did, but it still would've been so sweet to beat The Wildhats and Cheesy Poofs at the same time knowing how good you guys are. (our number 1 and 2 rivals) Well we'll probably see you guys at Nationals this year. Good luck!