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I really want 71 to win it. They deserve it after receiving us as somewhat of a disappointing alliance partner in Archimedes (as much as I hate to admit it) =/

wooo 71 is in their home turf!:D

:eek: 1114 just got DQ'd in their match. wtf?:(

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Here's an online link to the NASA feed.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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Thanks for the links!

That last 16/67 vs 330/71 match was epic.

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Yeah that was a good match...

But too bad 1114 was DQed when they were with 968, because that match was very epic. I think they had 178 points at the end before penalties.

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yup.

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IRI ALLIANCES

1)0016 1114 2056 1038
2)0067 0330 0987 0068
3)0217 0071 1503 0503
4)0368 0968 0111 0494
5)1024 1625 1126 1731
6)0171 0027 0093 0292
7)2171 0033 0910 0070
8)0141 0233 0107 0469

MY PREDICTIONS

QF 1- 1v8
alliance 1 beats alliance 8 in two matches, the second match being a closer match than the first

QF 2-4v5
alliance 5 wins in two close matches, this one has the chance to go to three

QF 3-2v7
alliance 2 wins easally in 2 matches

QF 4-3v6
this will go to 3 matches, and 3 will win.

SF 1-1v5
these should be two good matches with alliance 1 outlasting alliance 5

SF 2-2v3
these series has the opportunity to be epic, we should see 3 extraordinary matches, with 2 eventually winning

FINALS 1v2
i can already see this being epic, if alliance 2 forces this to three, they will walk away as IRI champs,

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Alliance Pairings for IRI Finals:

1 16 1114 2056 1038
2 67 330 987 68
3 217 71 1503 503
4 368 968 111 494
5 1024 1625 1126 1731
6 171 27 93 292
7 2171 33 910 70
8 141 233 107 469

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Looks like it will be a very competitive eliminations.

1>8
2>7
3>6
5>4 (if 494 plays instead of 111, 4th should take it)

1>5
2>3

1>2

I'm very intersted to see who plays for the 4th alliance. From what I've seen, 494 has clearly out played 111 and thier new drivers. Will team's 'egos' step aside and admit they made a poor selection and let the 4th team play? Or will another team let thier 'ego' step aside and let another team play to give the alliance the best chance to win?

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I was watching alliance selection and then when I realized 2056 hadn't been picked yet, I knew 1114 and 16 were going to pick them.

It's going to be some great elimination matches though. I think 16's alliance will win...but I think 217's alliance vs. 67's alliance could be epic...

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

I predict seeds hold in Quarterfinals. Then Seeds #1 and #3 will meet in the Finals with a 4 match final that will be won by.... The #1 seeds.

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I predict 1 vs 3 in the finals. 1 will win the first match, the 2nd goes to the 3rd in a very very close match due to penalties, and the third will go to 1 b/c one simple thing in hybrid going wrong and causing 3 to have penalties.

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When are things getting started up again? I thought its supposed to be at 1

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I'm rooting for the number two alliance, I've been hoping for 330 and 987 to be on the same alliance this year, but I never thought it'd be possible! And now they are teamed up with 67?!? Awesome.

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I hope Bomb Squad can fix the bot or my prediction will go for naught. Thank goodness for Simbotics (Hi Karthik - sorry I'm not there cheering you on)!!!

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Did anyone else catch the last part of the 4th qualification match? 217 (red alliance) placed a ball on the overpass and then 171 (blue alliance) knocked it off right at the end and red got 8 points for the hurdle. Shouldn't that not count? I know it didn't affect the outcome of the match, but I've seen it a few times so far.

So far, 7 of the 8 alliances have scored over 100 points.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

The hurdling rule cares only about the ball going over the overpass, not the robot that made it go over. It counts.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=8021

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It counts. The ball went over the overpass. It doesn't matter how it did. The only way it wouldn't count is if the ball was placed on the blue alliance overpass. But it counts because 217 placed it on their own overpass.

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What time does everything start up again? Anyone?:confused:

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They are just finishing up the quarterfinals as I type this.

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Yea but I'm not getting anything on either of the webcasts.

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Mine stopped but then I just reloaded the page and it worked again.

I'm very surprised to see 217, 71, 1503 and 503 lose in the first round.

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wildstang's is working fine for me

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Some very good matches.

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sad to see 71's alliance go down like that. O well.

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1114 is out! what a match! congrats to both alliances, that was amazing ;)

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Oh my! What an upset. So much for my predictions.

Go Kil-A-Bytes!!!

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Another exciting turn of events: the number one alliance just lost to the 1625, 1024, 1126 combo in two matches! That takes some work...

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

go 1024,1625, 1126!!!!

go sparX!!!!!!!!

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wow, SparkX ftw! this alliance will give 330 a run for their money. It might got to 3 or 4 matches

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

sf 1.2 was epic

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WAY TO GO TEAMS 1024..1625.. and SPARX 1126!!

GO SPARX!!!!!!
Go get 'em!!!!

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The one thing i see with the semi-final match one and two is that it looked 2 on 3 both times..

Semi-Final Match 1- 1114 did not work after hybrid mode and that hurt the team, 1114 is there main scorer in tele and hybrid mode

Semi-Final Match 2- 2056 ( ithink thats the right number) without them running the red allaince was down the memebr of defense and a good scorer

I subspect without those troubles it would have been hard for them to lose to anyone.. But hey everyone has issues, to bad for them it was two matches in a row..

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

They were also short handed in quarterfinals, too. 2056 tipped in the first match and 16's accumulator was bent and missed half of the first match and the second, forcing 1038 to play the second match. It seemed that thier lack of consistency caught up with them against tougher opponents.

1114 was blocked (not intentionally it seemed) in both hybrids, so they did not have thier usualy advantage heading into teleoperated mode.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Congrats 330, 987, and 67! New IRI champs!

and great show 1625, 1126, and 1024, I was rooting for the shooters :P

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Congratulations 987, 330 and 67 for a great run, and for a great alliance!

My fav. were 1625,1126 and 1024, who were amazing and deserve every bit of respect too!

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Congrats to the winning alliance of 67, 330, 987 and 68!

Shout out to 1126! Way to go guys! =]

Congrats to all teams. Job well done once again. =]

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Yes, number two takes it! Awesome job by 67, 330, and 987!

Great work by 1625, 1024, and 1126 as well, you guys took down the alliance that everyone thought would win!

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Congrats to the champs. What a phenomenal alliance.

Also, congratulations to the finalists, especially to our sister team the SparX, I was pulling for you guys.

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wow, the finalists at IRI were amazing as anything. Knocking off the top seed from their tier is something to behold. (And that's with non serpentine selection)
It was awesome to watch and by far 2 of the closest matches I've seen this year. Way to go 1625, 1024, and 1126!:D
Obvious congrats to the winning alliance.:p

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Congrats to all the teams. 1024, 1126, and 1625 played great...has any ever beaten 1114 and 2056 when they're allied before today?

Congrats to the champs 330, 987 and 67. Great team effort.

And also congrats to 16, I am extremely impressed with you guys (not that I wasn't before IRI). Being undefeated in quals at such an incredibly stacked competition is a huge accomplishment.

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Congrats to the Champions 330, 987, and 67! You guys were great!

I would like to thank 1024 for picking us to be in there alliance. Also great job 1625 and 1731! We gave it our all and played very well in the finals.

This was my first year coming to IRI and it was awesome. I want to thank all the host teams but also all the volunteers that made this possible. I will definitely be attending this event next year!

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For TBA errors, please send me a PM with the match #, team#'s (red-blue order), and score (red-blue). There were multiple people at times throughout day filling in to keep things to an almost instant update, things happen, people are human. I will update it as soon as I get the info from above, corrections have been made to the ones previously listed in this thread except for match 71, due to lack of info at this time. Your help is greatly appreciated, sorry for the screw up.

Score for match 71 needed.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Horay for the West Coast!!! Way to go 330 and 987!... Oh yes and 67 is "hella" awesome too! :D ;)

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987 would like to thank 67 330 & 68 for being great alliance partners. We loved playing with the beach bots and the hot bot, and having the IRI title represented with the WEST coast.

Keaton

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Ditto to these congratulations and of course a sincere congratulations to the Finalists and the incredible matches played by them and the rest of the elemination teams...can't remember a tougher set of final matches! So many impressive teams and awesome midwestern hospitality...we had a blast even when we had some problems the other day and hope to return next year! Thanks to the host teams and the community as a whole for an awesomely run event...and props to all those teams out there who play defensively (iwe have a new found respect for the role, especially when you are an offensively focused team every year).

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Actually, you missed San Diego. Finalist alliance was 330 and 987 and another team.

Just wish I'd seen the eliminations; I had to work. How fast can TBA get them up?:rolleyes:

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Congrats also to 111 Wildstang - The source of our new High Scoring, 5th Gear, Overdrive simulation Alliance!

The alliance of Wildstang team members Eric E.:cool:, John (Josh?) K.:cool:, and Chris M.:cool: blew away the previous record; and earned the right to deposit $40 of mentor money into the Pig Kissin' bucket of Mr Paul Copioli.:p

With a 5th Gear virtual Overdrive score of 234 :eek:, they are now our reigning 2008, IRI, 5th Gear, World Champions.

Blake

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What can you say, it's IRI! The perfect storm of gremlins felled the giant! For our alliance it went something like this...

Quarterfinal 1 - 2056 gets tipped early by a trackball in possession of a blue alliance bot and the bomb squad snaps thier left leg... We still win due to Simbotics contribution!

Quarterfinal 2 - We are called up to play for 16, no significant mishaps - we win

Semifinal 1 - Bomb Squad back in action, but 1114 loses thier radio about 3 sec into hybrid, The Bomb Squad and 2056 make a valiant attempt but are unable to stop the Kilobyte led blue alliance...

Semifinal 2 - 2056 never moves - loose battery lug turns up to the the culprit, great performance by both sides with over 200 points scored and a margin of victory of less than 10 - with no penalties, even with the blue alliance power play. Great match!

On behalf of 1038, I would like to thank the Bomb Squad, Simbotics, and 2056 for allowing us the opportunity to play in the IRI eliminations - very cool for our kids. Until next year....

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Congratulations to 67, 330, 987 and 68. On behalf of all of the Martians, I would like to thank 368, 968, 111 and 2171, 33, 910 you guys were two great alliances, thanks for picking us and playing with us. IRI was a blast as usual, giving some amazing memories such as

-Seeing Oscar the Grouch come out of his garbage can for the first time
-Simbotics being eliminated
-Jim Zondag trying to sing metal
-My favorite match of OVERDRIVE aka Semi Final 2.2 aka the coolest defensive match I have ever seen and RUSH launching an opposing ball that was dropped on their robot out of the field
-A ice cream sundae known only as Cookie Monster

A great job by the IRI committee for once again putting on an amazing competition. You guys not only bring in the best teams, you create a fun and exciting atmosphere that cannot be topped.

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I would like to thank teams 67, 330, and 987 for picking us to be your backup bot for IRI and giving us our second Championship win there. I wish we could have done more than provide charged battery(s) but congratulations and good job to the #5 alliance of 1024, 1126, and 1625, those where the most fun elimination matches I can remember.

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We knew we had a tough job ahead in our quarterfinals against the #1 alliance, and that was born out as we were defeated handily in spite of 2056 and 16's problems. Then, number 1's bad luck continued. You guys gave the superb 1024-1126-1625 alliance a good fight in the semis while one robot down in each match.

As usual, IRI provided the best competition of the season. Congrats to the winning #2 alliance, and to everyone who helps make IRI the great event that it has become. Also, thanks to Team 141 for inviting us to your alliance.

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This was my most memorable IRI yet, with our incredibly lucky takedown of the #1 alliance, the delphi driving tomorrows technology award, and coming home with a scholarship.

Our alliance had its own set of issues as in our first quarterfinals match we had to play our awesome backup bot (1731) because 1024 randomly lost a side of there drive in pre match testing. Then we had a motor randomly cut out (the one that steers the wheels) basically immobilizing us. The motor cut out again in the second finals match which if it hadn't we could've gotten 4 more points for the win and taken it to a 3rd match.

this was my last IRI as a student on the team, and i dropped my base driver position to become coach, which i'll be continuing.

thanks to the Ref's thanks to the volunteers and thanks to the teams for making it the funnest event ever

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IRI was great, good job to 1024,1126,1625 for some great final matches!:ahh:

Team 987 would like to thank teams 330 and 67 for having us on their alliance.

67, wow you guys are an amazing team with an awesome bot!! Hope to play with you again soon. I loved the teamwork between us!:)

330,Beachbots you guys are awesome we really love to play with you guys! We thought after San Diego we wolud not have to another chance to play together but im glad we did. You guys always have an awesome bot and great drive team.:)

also a special thanks to team 968 for helping us out with some batteries we had two bad ones and a broke charger(thanks cory) So thanks alot guys. Team 68 our forth bot also gave us two batteries during the finals that really helped the alliance thanks alot!!!!!!!

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does anyone know if the elimanation rounds will be on TBA??

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Great job everyone, IRI was a really tough competition! Well first of I would like to thank our alliance partners 330, 67, and 68! I believe that we worked very well together and it was very good to keep constant communication during the matches. I also want to thank 1024, 1126, and 1625. You guys were very tough and didnt give up! Well we are looking forward to maybe coming back next year and trying to defend our title;)

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IRI was a blast! Congrats to all the teams that made it to the eliminations, and congrats to all the scholorship winners.

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Could someone please post all award recipients and scholarship winners. Thanks.

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IRI was amazing, lots of good teams and plenty of fierce competition, the event really lived up to it's reputation "where the egos come to play"

The qualification matches were all exciting, there must have been a powerhouse in each of those matches. We lost one, but was able to win the rest and make it to second seed, our first pick was Beach Bots, who we were world champs with in 05, and I was hoping to repeat that good teamwork here in 08 at IRI. 987 was our 2nd pick and truck was out 3rd, I was sure we had a great alliance, but couldn't wait to see it matched up against all the other amazing alliance for an epic eliminations!!!

Our quarterfinal match against the Killer Bees and Foley Freeze gave us a run for our money. The second match our battery wasn't plugged in all the way and when we hit the divider wall in autonomous we lost power. The third match gave us a run for our money and we came out on top by 4 points!!!

Our semi final match was a bit easier, I was confused when instead of hurdling Rush kinda just sat on our ball. Especially since they were hurdling like crazy on their last qualification matches, I figured they would be the main offensive bot of the alliance.

The Finals was quite epic, although we didn't face the fierce and powerful alliance of 16/1114, the three hurdler alliance led by 1625 put up some heavy points and made us sweat. I though for sure we were going to be gearing up for a 3rd finals match, but it was a close match and we came out with the win by only 2 points!!

I was disappointing to see Bomb Squad and Simbotics taken down in the semis, but relieved at the same time. Bad luck happens to everyone, and luck just didn't follow 1114 for this event.

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They will be posted tomorrow.
Someone left all of the scripts in a storage box that is locked up at Perry Meridian. (That someone would be me... ;) )

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IRI was fantastic.

This isn't a surprise to me, I just like saying it. There's really not much else that can be said.

:)

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Congrats also to the three FRC 234 Cyber Blue allies who earned the IRI Overdrive Simulation Runner Up honors and pushed Wildstang to do their best.

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I'd like to start off with thanking all of the volunteers, Indiana teams, and everyone else who made this amazing event possible.

I would also like to thank team 171 for asking us to play with them, and also teams 93 and 292 for being amazing partners as well. I can honestly say that without the help we received from all of our partners that we would not have been able to return to the field after our alliance took our time out. It was a blast playing with all of you guys.

Just before we went on the field for our second match, I personally tested our arm controls after the rest of the robot was checked over, and everything seemed to be in working order, but during hybrid, our upper arm joint didn't stay down because it wasn't powered. Without the use of our arm, we couldn't acquire balls, so we were forced to go on the defensive while our partners went on offense. It turns out that somewhere between the sidelines and the field, one of our pwm cables came out.

Congratulations to 1024 and their alliance on the upset of the #1 alliance. Also, congratulations to 330, 67, 987, and 68 on your win

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does anyone have the video of the alliance selections

thanks

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The 2008 IRI was a great time and a class act as always. I went without the team this year as a spectator and was glad I got to go. Thanks first of all to Mr.Chris Fultz who makes IRI great year in and year. As well as so many others Andy Baker, all the parents who make the event go smoothly, the volunteers, refs and all the teams. I got to meet many new people and spend time with good friends well worth it. Not to mention the finals matches were as usual some of the best of the year. Excellent job again this year and I look forward to making the trip back to Indy next year hopefully with the whole 1251 squad.

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This weekend was incredible. After each IRI event I think it can't get any better, but every year is better than the last.

Congrats to 1625, 1024, 1126, and 1731. Both matches were extremely hard fought.

Thanks to 330 for accepting our invitation, we alway love playing with our friends from the West Coast.

987..thanks for being an awesome team player. Our communication was awesome, and you guys saved us more than a couple times.

68 - Thanks for supporting the alliance.. I wish we would have been able to get you into a match...I know you guys would have done a great job.

Also, thanks to everyone that congratulated us at the event....it seemed like alot of people were happy for us, and that made our team feel really great.

I know we couldn't believe it last night...and I still can't believe we are 2008 IRI Champs! :yikes:

See you next year!

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Not our best moment but we thought we'd get a penalty if we kept their trackball, and in the panic the driver just shot it. We got a lot of laughs...and a safety warning, but had our arm been working I think it would have been a better match up.

Thanks to everyone for making IRI awesome.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

That match wasn't really planned out on our side to be so defensive. We played with the strategy of all 3 robots hurdling if there was an opportunity. We (171) were having problems removing balls, so 27 was going to take care of that. Their arm mechanism failed, so they went on the defensive with 93, who had already cornered a ball. 171 ended up stuck in the corner as well and got out in time to get a hurdle and a place following 330's ball removals. 93 stayed on defense as their arm wasn't working due to what we later found out was a completely destroyed potentiometer that was barely hanging on by wires.

It was a good way to go out.

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Wow! Best IRI EVER! Complete with Andy showing off his pig farmer skills! :ahh:

Thanks everybody that helped to put this event together and make it happen... again, a sweeping success!

Hopefully you all enjoyed the Kil-A-Bites you all purchased at the concession stands, didn't get TOO annoyed with Albert the Road Barrel, and enjoyed the "Super Cool LEDs by 1024".

Also, thanks to Lockheed Martin for allowing us to help them present 5th Gear to all of you at IRI.

It was a fabulous friday and saturday and a great way to end my FIRST career (as a student! don't worry, I'll be back... ;)).

Best wishes,

-q

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It was a great event and I'm sad to be home. The matches were so exciting that sometimes all I could do was say "wow".
Although, I must admit it was weird seeing Dave Lavery not in Hawaiian shirts. It felt like something was missing.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

IRI exceeded my expectations in every way. The event was organized so well and ran so smoothly. It was less hectic than a regional yet much more competitive than any one regional during the season. Thanks to everyone that helped organize and run the event! Special thanks to 67 for picking us, to 330 for being amazing partners, and to 68--an overqualified backup in my opinion. Congrats to all the award winners. IRI was awesome! I've graduated but I'm definitely gonna make my way out there next year!

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IRI was an amazing experience for our team, hopefully we can do it again sometime. Our driver was a freshman this year and this was his first full competition. After this he should be able to handle anything.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

IRI was my favorite event this year. I interviewed 30 teams and about 61 people about FIRST robotics and their expierences in it. I met loads of people and I loved how the whole thing was put together. The IRI crew did an amazing job, thank you so much for the wonderful event.

Renee

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Quick question... are there any IRI shirts left... if so-how could I get one?

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

So what are you planning on doing with all these interviews?

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I haven't seen it anywhere - could someone please post the final IRI Team Rankings?

I took pictures of the list at the end of the day on Friday but would like the final Saturday rankings.

Hopefully someone had the foresight to snap some pics of the rankings screen and can post them up to CD.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

If anybody has pictures from the DSK show on Friday to share, could they send them to me via email? webmaster@ this site.

Thanks!

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

er... I was taking pictures for Andy and Chris this past weekend and I took over 200 pictures of the DSK show alone... I'm going to start editing all of my pictures in a little while (over 2,500 of them) to get rid of the "blurry despite flash" ones, the "someone moved to fast and now I have a picture of an empty stage" ones, and the "blurry because I wanted to experiment without flash" ones, and the artistic, "what the heck is that" ones. With all that, I think there will still be too many to just e-mail *unless e-mailed in small batches* but I'm sure I could get some to you somehow!

Heidi

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This was the first year our team has been to IRI and it was by far the best event we have gone to in all of the three years that we have been in FIRST. Thanks to 1024 for picking us! And also to 1625 and 1126. What a great alliance! It was an honor to be your back-up. :) Congrats to the IRI winners! You all played some tough Overdrive! :)

(Quick Question: Did they ever run the ball randomizer during qualifications?)

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

They ran the randomizer during Eliminations. During Qualifications we (field reset) were instructed to place the balls up randomly after the red alliance was introduced.

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We finally convinced a rookie on our team to ask the pit admin to ask everyone "team 135 would like a metric crescent wrench". He had no idea what he was asking for. We like to show them something like this ever year to encourage them to study the tools in our shop to avoid embarrassment.

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Haha. Why do you think we took it and saran wrapped it to a bench? :D

Yeah, Michael (from Rush) and I had to put up with the honking until Schnabel removed its power, but it was well worth it.

I hope there are no hard feelings. :rolleyes:

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

By sheer luck, I had a front row seat to the shrink-wrapping of Albert the Road Barrel. When I saw Eric nervously fingering a large roll of plastic, I suspected he might have a human victim in mind. Moments later, his true intentions became apparent -- to the delight of many cheering witnesses. :)

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

What did Albert the Road Barrel do?
I didn't get to see him in action.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Drive around, flash its light, and honk its horn. Lather, rinse, repeat. ;)

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

They should have wrapped up Ben too!

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

He was especially good at sneaking up behind you and honking... made me jump a few times...

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Once I find my video charger that may have been left at IRI on the right side of the gym by the bleachers possibly plugged into an outlet strip of 71's, I'll be going through the interviews and cutting them up, putting the answers together in a stream to try and explain to people what FIRST robotics is and how it actually impacts the people involved.

I've shown videos before that are able to show younger kids what the robots do in FIRST, where they can get hooked on the fast pace exciting competition, but they don't see everything else you gain in FIRST besides the ability to build a robot in six weeks. I want to show kids the confidence, friendships, and over all "togetherness" (111 interview) that students can get out of the FIRST program with these interviews.

Renee

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

I can't believe I missed him. What a fun/funny idea! Hey, he would have been good in the Talent Show.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

We had a blast.

Thanks first of all to Paul Copioli and the rest of the Thunderchickens for the hospitality. Thanks to the IRI planning committee and all the volunteers. Thanks also to 910, for some great matches both with and against you guys, and for helping us pack for the 2nd year in a row.

We were very happy to get the chance to play with both 67 and 987 again. Both are among the best robots this year.

1024, 1625, and 1126 were an awesome alliance, having the highest scoring average of any of the elimination alliances. 3 awesome shooters! It was very intimidating going against the home crowd.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

The one team that really stood out to me this year at IRI that i didn't see coming was definetely 1731, they helped us tackle a qualification match against RAWC and the Killer bee's victoriously. Then saved our alliances butt in our first quarterfinal match. I'm surprised they were left for a backup bot.

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I loved how whenever they brought the Barrel by the Vex Field we "took control" and 1024 was getting all confused how It would run when they turned their controller off.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

I just uploaded a couple hundred photos from IRI here. Some of them are 1503-centric, but most are fairly general. Enjoy!

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I wish I could have seen their robot in action again. They were easily the best robot not to attend CMP this year and the best at VCU. Too bad penalties cost them the regional title twice in two regionals in the rubber match.

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

Great pictures! I even noticed that I was in a few.

On another note, this year was an amazing conclusion to my high school FIRST career. The competition was fierce, and everyone had loads of enthusiasm. It was nice seeing old friends for last time, and making new ones to see in the future.

Congrats to the winning alliance and of course all other teams because each match was just amazing to watch. You know it's IRI when your alliance can score over 100+ points in a qualification match and still lose multiple times. ;)

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And thank you to 330 (and 968) for letting me hang out/work with your team for the event. It was a great time.

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Ok, guys - I'm just going to ask this, no matter how silly it is.

I know I heard 'WALL•E' as one of the sound effects. What was it used for? It was awesome. :)

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

IRI was so much fun! This year was my first year attending, and I must say that it will not be my last. It was such a pleasure to attend and the competition was awesome! Thanks to all of the volunteers for making it a great event! Also, thank you to the video people who got the videos up to Soap and TBA so quickly.

Most importantly, it was great to meet some people that I have only talk to on CD. I met JVN, Joe Ross, Alex(Qbranch), and Paul Copioli to name a few. Everyone was awesome, and thank you for a great event!

Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
 

has anyone that shipped their robot to IRI heard anything about the return shipping?
mike d

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Crates were picked up Monday and should be on their way...call BAX Global at 317-856-1222 and ask for their domestic division to get a tracking number...they will call you when the bot gets closer to your town to give you an idea of delivery time...