Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Nice try 25, couldn't get it to stick on top at the end. Nice score.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

i like it this way

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

the scissors bot is really god! just placed a ball on overpass

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

25 seems to have alignment difficulties knocking balls off of the overpass, both during auto and teleop. I'm sure this is just programming and driver training, but it does show the flaw in the "nudging-a-ball-with-something-that-is-over-6-feet-tall" concept. That being said they ran two very impressive rounds, and their pickup method really shined.

But I was REALLY impressed by Waldo's drivers and the way their robot seemed to be handling the course. They got a solid 7-8, seem to be sliding around the corners pretty well, and managed to deal with traffic really well. A really strong showing for the strengths of RC car robots.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

It Died :(

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Did the webcast just die on anybody else or was it just me?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

ditto

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

NO!!!! it just died on me!!! did it do that for anyone but me?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

i think it died for everybody

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

OMG! Just when i restarted to fix my WMP :(

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Looks like we are all in the same boat

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooo

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

we all got pwn3d

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

/quit

me <--- is sad

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

just when I thought I was going to have a good day (better day anyway), awe..........

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

lame I just got here too, watch the last match of 25, and it quits... I'm CURSED!!!!:( :( :(

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I just got off the phone with our guys up there... connection issue. They are sorting it out with the production team as I type this.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

NOoOOOOOOOoOOOOOoooOoooOOOOOooooooooooOO. whY?????????:eek:


Wait, its BACK!!:D yeah

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Quick! WEBCAST-MAN TO THE RESCUE!!!

pwease??

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

lame thats almost as bad as getting rick rolled.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

IT LIVES AGAIN!! :D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Its back!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Back up ;)

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

YAY its back!!! :D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

yay webcast dudes and dudettes! thankies =D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

wow
223 i really good at taking the ball from the overpass. maybe they should team up with 25!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I have a name you know! :P

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Is it just me? Or are the same teams practicing over and over again. I have been looking for my team for the past hour (293) I have not seen em once, yet 25 has gone 4 times. Schedule be wacky.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

That's probably an artifact of the filler lane. If they've passed inspection, they could just be going around and around to get extra practice time.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

This year it seems fully inspected robots can take open practice spots, allowing those who've been done to practice more and more.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

any easy ways to get the webcast working on a mac?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

try VLC player, it's a plays-anything-ever-created player.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Trade it in for a plane ticket, and go to NJ. :D :rolleyes:

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

i have tried vlc with no success...
maybe im doin gsomething wrong idk...

as far as plane ticket... that could work.... but with the price of gas to go to detroit airport im thinkin thats a no:rolleyes: :D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

then try flip4wm plug in for quicktime, then open the feed in quicktime

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Make sure you have Flip4Mac installed it converts the Windows Media stream to quicktime. Thats what I am using.

And open Practice?? I like the idea, I can remember a couple of years when we would be the only team on the field for practice....

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Does anybody know if 25 is playing again today?

I still have not seen them. :(

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

25 is up right now, great collision avoidance to manage a ball + a lap in hybrid.

EDIT: drivers still need some practice though, just bounced a ball off of the overpass and backwards.

EDIT2: They seem to be playing very frequently by utilizing the filler line, you have to look for their robot and not their team number in the scoring system.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

do you guys have the link to the plug-in because i can't find it

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

wow! 24 hybrid points for 25!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Clearly this song is not approved....

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

BWAAAHAAHHA... I was just about to say...

:D Shake that healthy what?

The original was better though...

Kudos to 25 for trying the diagonal hurdle!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

:eek: 25 just launched over the lane divider for a hurdle

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I believe I just spotted a very nice hurdle from quadrant 4 :yikes:.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

oh my god!
25 just hurdled from another quarter of the field! amazing!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

whos the dj at nj? I WANT HIM AT EVERY COMPETITION:D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I just saw that too, that was awsome!
Joey

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

If it is someone actively selecting music, they should be fired after that one song they played. Very vulgar language and not slightly pleasant sounding at all...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

i've been waiting for someone to do that:D Pretty sweet

P.S. Is anybody else getting a green screen for the first part of the match?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

http://www.flip4mac.com/ you can get it there.

They must be having trouble with inspection, I have seen the same 10 teams:( Me wants variety.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

i am...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Yep, I'm definitely not digging the green screen hybrid mode. I want to see what robots are doing in hybrid too!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Yet another song with vulgar language..

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Who is this DJ? Are they actually playing this music at the competition:confused:
Joey

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

seems like one bot broke it's flag holder...i wonder what the Ir lap counters gonna do about that...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Is this song for real? Wow.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

:confused: FIRST approved song list??? :confused:

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Hahaha, tell me about it! No doubt, this guy or girl is getting sacked.

I just got F-BOMBED!

But what can you do? That's right.. keep rollin' rollin' rollin'...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

The Ball Randomizer graphic is cool

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Indeed, so is the live scoring thing at the bottom of the screen

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

ZOMG!!!!! Call the music police!!! We have a Code Red Alert on our hands!!!
Bring home the troops from overseas, and deploy them to Trenton to deal with this calamity!!!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Anywho...

I wish the word "Laps" was a little larger though. Thart's my only complaint about that. The rest of it is very nicely set up (albeit a little small on a tv screen/computer monitor) and very intuitive for what the icons stand for.
It probably looks fine from an audience looking at a 20' screen though.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I spy a shooter!!! All you arm guys watch closely:cool: :P

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Who was the yellow/black team with mecanums (?) that scored a few "launched" hurdles last match? Was that M.O.R.T.?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

do you call him a shooter though?? hes much like 25 and he for sure doesn't have a low CoG :p:p:p which is what the streotype seems to be

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Oh, yeah there is an approved list...remember the whole acting like your Grandma is watching thing? Well the regional music selection has the same standard - playing music like Grandma is listening.

I've collected the names of a few of the songs that were recently played that may have been less than appropriate (Thanks Ben!) If there are others, pm me and we will make sure NJ gets the feedback tonight before the audience grows tomorrow.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

well i didnt hear this vulgar song.. my laptop keeps shutting off at random times.. only songs ive been hearing is metal songs and beasty boys =D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

my pastor is coming to my regional, so I hope this kind of music doesn't continue:o. Although, for the most part, the music is pretty ( I haven't heard "Cotton Eye Joe" yet:P )

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

It may be the song list for all the regionals though?

I remember this happened last year and by Lone Star, we had a pretty clean list.

Also, it's awesome to read good complimentary posts - any FIRST surfers will probably appreciate them.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Not this vulgar SONG, those vulgar SONGS. I've heard at least 3 so far. It will not look good for FIRST if there are some VIP's there today.
Joey

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

As much as I'd hate to sidetrack the conversation about some good music, or the regional music in general...


Who were the good performers today?

I was able to see only one half of a match all day.

I take it from this thread 2016 was good, 25 was good, and 1547 has a silly-sick drive team & speeds that allow for 6-7 laps? Nice.

Any other standouts so far?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Not again.:mad:

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

ijust would like more metal and rock, the majority of people in FIRST like that genre.. that i know of.. lol

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Uh ohs! Dead cast?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

That seems why they usually stick to inoffensive classic rock...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Back

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

How did 1403 do today? I have been in class all day and I am not sure if they are up again today.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

DARN.... my plans for world domination have failed.. er...world scouting! gr..lol

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

You should have thought twice before sending your proverbial marshmellow peeps into our microwave. ;P

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I really like that scissor lift on the field right now on the blue alliance... man reading team numbers is hard with the camera this far zoomed out. Bumper team numbers just aren't large enough.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

y'all need to come to Austin. I haven't had one dead cast yet.
Clean as a whistle, clear as a bell.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

AHHHH FOILED AGAIN!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

The bot that has stood out to me the most is the scissor lift bot! (Team # ?)

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Anyone have a list of robots inspected and working?

Also I am amazed at the good quality of the cast considering I am in London England right now!!!

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

There have been a couple other robots that have managed 2 hurdles in a match (as far as I've seen this is a standout) but I'm not sure what numbers :(

There is a tall inclined elevator/launcher with holonomic drive and a scissor lift (75?) that have both gotten at least 2 hurdles in a match.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Its 1563 after watching the "laps" closely

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

OH YES METALLICA! ... =D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I am pretty flexible on music, but the stuff that is being played over the webcast is really shocking. :mad: An hour ago I sent the URL out to a bunch of my group's kids, of which some in elementary school - encouraging them to chack it out, trying to convince them to go to Chesapeake.:ahh: Now I had to send them an apology. :(

Is this a FIRST-provided DJ? Or is the music being inserted by another party for the web feed? This does not look good.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Except for the filler line, which means that it could be any team at the regional that wasn't already on the other alliance.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I agree that the music is a problem. The f-bomb isn't very gracious and profanity in general isnt very professional.



I dig Trapt though.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Dave, this is a contractor that reports to the event management. I'll send a heads up.
Or is it coming from the feed? Is the music coming from SOAP?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Mort (11)'s roller arm is pretty slick. grabs the ball quickly and hurdles well.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

ooh, last match of the day. I'll be fun to see qualifying tomorrow.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Music seems to be getting better - Tom Sawyer, Rush Maybe someone from the comp said something.
Joey

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

OOO....robot tips, and procedes to right itself.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Robot down......and back up,lol. Slick move

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Yeah, around this time of the year, I used to have webcasts up on the projector in the office's conferencing area. They were pretty innocuous, and good conversation starters for passers-by. Muting it means none of us can hear what's going on now =).

I can understand many people don't realize that wedo stuff with these webcast where even questionable dialog is bad, but it DOES make a difference.

Other than that:

A few good bots, I expected to be a bit more hurdling than I've seen, but it's certainly not bad.

Rooting for our fellow Canadians on 1547, I think they've built the perfect speedster, and am impressed. Unfortunately, I think they might get stung by the serpentine on Saturday...

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

That red alliance robot looks like a toddler trying to walk for the first time, it just can;t stay upright.

Midwest webcast is also running for the moment for those of you who just can't get enough

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I've never seen a bot tip over 15 times in a match:eek:


Well...thats all folks.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

that was painful to watch. Go little robot, you can do it.