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Doug G 10-04-2008 17:10

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Each year there are some teams that make into the final rounds in each division, that escaped all predictions. So any thoughts on which teams might be possible "sleepers" in Archimedes?

You can only name teams that haven't won a regional and no naming your own team :)

smurfgirl 10-04-2008 17:12

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Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 734437)
A group hug would be totally awesome. But when we would we do it? I love how everyone who has posted on here has been so enthusiastic about the competition. I am pretty excited I have been thinking about it like non-stop since the divisions were released. I realized I am pretty excited to see teams we have been with before Moe, RA, Firebirds. I can also not wait to work with people I have never had the chance the to work with 1024, 1124, and 1902 come into mind but there are many other. See you all in a week. I am sure I will post on here again before than. Try to have this thread be the first to 100 replies.

I'm looking forward to playing with you guys (and everyone you mentioned in your post... and more) after reading so much about everyone. It's nice to expand a little beyond my knowledge of mainly New England and the mid-Atlantic states robots.

Edit: Looks like we've beat the 100-reply mark.

wendymom 10-04-2008 17:27

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Originally Posted by Big Kid (Post 734443)
Im probably the most spirited Rookie on 816 and trust me Danny can tell you all that I am lol, Atlanta, I got to find somewhere to get the hairspray again. lol


What color do you need? I will have tons of orange and green. I can get most any color at Party City and bring it with me. (they carry it year round here in Florida....go figure)

Danny McC 10-04-2008 17:30

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Originally Posted by wendymom (Post 734473)
What color do you need? I will have tons of orange and green. I can get most any color at Party City and bring it with me. (they carry it year round here in Florida....go figure)

Thank you very much for the kind offer Wendy, but my dad and myself will be buying hairspray for the team. And if not enough for the team I know there will be enough for my good friend nick. But we will be buying Blue and Orange. The green would be pretty cool though ;)

Danny McC 10-04-2008 17:47

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Originally Posted by Doug G (Post 734453)
Each year there are some teams that make into the final rounds in each division, that escaped all predictions. So any thoughts on which teams might be possible "sleepers" in Archimedes?

You can only name teams that haven't won a regional and no naming your own team :)

I would watch out for 2024 they put out an amazing robot this year. Important notice my dad decided to buy 60 more beach balls. please take them off our hands. ^_^. Now we just have to hope they get here on time.

Lavapicker 10-04-2008 18:31

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Mahalo for the compliment Danny! You're not trying to get a box of chocolate macadamia nuts from us are you????

Danny McC 10-04-2008 18:53

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Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734516)
Mahalo for the compliment Danny! You're not trying to get a box of chocolate macadamia nuts from us are you????

Nope just saw you guys in SVR and Hawaii and you were awesome. But that does sound tasty. haha.

Battering_Ram 10-04-2008 19:01

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chocolate macedamia nuts??! so everytime i check this page it grows by a whole page. wow this is really going to rock.

wendymom 10-04-2008 19:09

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Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734516)
Mahalo for the compliment Danny! You're not trying to get a box of chocolate macadamia nuts from us are you????

Chocolate Macadamia nuts.......Isn't Thursday Team Mothers Day????

thefro526 10-04-2008 19:24

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Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734516)
Mahalo for the compliment Danny! You're not trying to get a box of chocolate macadamia nuts from us are you????

I was with Danny too that day when we watched SVR. You guys looked very good for a second year team. Not to mentor that your coach(?) has an Afro. Afro Alliance on Archimedes?

Doug G 10-04-2008 19:34

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Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 734484)
I would watch out for 2024 they put out an amazing robot this year. Important notice my dad decided to buy 60 more beach balls. please take them off our hands. ^_^. Now we just have to hope they get here on time.

I'd say 2024 is a team on the top of my sleeper list as well. Other teams I'd include would be 27, 1261, and 816.

Danny McC 10-04-2008 19:47

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Has anyone ever seen our shirts and whats on the back? If so my dad was wondering if anyone out there could attempt to draw it on his face. I volunteered but he wouldnt take it. He knows I can't draw for anything.

Also, the company we got the beach balls from said there is no way we could have them by tuesday when we leave, so its back down to 60.

Lavapicker 10-04-2008 20:16

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You folks are too much fun! We'll be sure to drop off a box of macs to Danny and Wendy (chocolate macs and bacon??) but can't guarantee the rest..I think they're limiting us to one bag each now on the airlines??? Just looking at the posts I have to agree this has got to be the biggest collection of good fun teams all on Archimedes! We can't wait to meet up on the field. we have a small team that's a little whacky, ok a lot, but very spirited. We had our whole alliance wearing leis and doing the haka with us in SVR and Hawaii during the elimination rounds. Hopefully we'll be good enough to be able to do the same in Archimedes. So many are coming in with killer records. We'll see you all soon....hopefully it will be warm for us in Atlanta! We're used to Highs in the low 80's and lows in the mid 70's all year round although we do get snow on Mauna Kea! aloha!

Danny McC 10-04-2008 20:22

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Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734548)
You folks are too much fun! We'll be sure to drop off a box of macs to Danny and Wendy (chocolate macs and bacon??) but can't guarantee the rest..I think they're limiting us to one bag each now on the airlines??? Just looking at the posts I have to agree this has got to be the biggest collection of good fun teams all on Archimedes! We can't wait to meet up on the field. we have a small team that's a little whacky, ok a lot, but very spirited. We had our whole alliance wearing leis and doing the haka with us in SVR and Hawaii during the elimination rounds. Hopefully we'll be good enough to be able to do the same in Archimedes. So many are coming in with killer records. We'll see you all soon....hopefully it will be warm for us in Atlanta! We're used to Highs in the low 80's and lows in the mid 70's all year round although we do get snow on Mauna Kea! aloha!

Hm, you guys seemed to be one of the most spirited so far. Tasty chocolate, spirtied teams, good robots, and new friends. What else could you ask for in life? haha.

GaryVoshol 10-04-2008 20:24

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Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 734554)
Hm, you guys seemed to be one of the most spirited so far. Tasty chocolate, spirtied teams, good robots, and new friends. What else could you ask for in life? haha.

The first time I read this, I saw the last word as Hula. Maybe a contest to get those macadamia nuts? :cool:

Danny McC 10-04-2008 20:25

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol (Post 734557)
The first time I read this, I saw the last word as Hula. Maybe a contest to get those macadamia nuts? :cool:

Clearly it says Macs for Me and Wendy. No contest needed. But you know sharing is always good.

Lavapicker 10-04-2008 20:38

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speaking of the Hula....during the Innagural Hawaii regional this year we had an unbelievable free Luau Friday night with lomi lomi salmon, Kalua pig, and Poi. Many teams, including 25 from Jersey, were called up on stage to do the Hula. I'm sure there are blackmail photo's out there somewhere! Someone from team Pink won a poi chugging contest. It was an unreal regional even for the teams from here so if you guys can make it out here this far next year you'll get to do plenty of Hula! We've been asking if the Luau will be a regular part of the event, its worth the price over here alone.
Although we have several students with Hawaiian Ancestry I'm not sure if any of them will be doing the Hula in Atlanta?? We will have our Hula skirts on so we'll see.....

Danny McC 10-04-2008 20:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734573)
speaking of the Hula....during the Innagural Hawaii regional this year we had an unbelievable free Luau Friday night with lomi lomi salmon, Kalua pig, and Poi. Many teams, including 25 from Jersey, were called up on stage to do the Hula. I'm sure there are blackmail photo's out there somewhere! Someone from team Pink won a poi chugging contest. It was an unreal regional even for the teams from here so if you guys can make it out here this far next year you'll get to do plenty of Hula! We've been asking if the Luau will be a regular part of the event, its worth the price over here alone.
Although we have several students with Hawaiian Ancestry I'm not sure if any of them will be doing the Hula in Atlanta?? We will have our Hula skirts on so we'll see.....

A hula skirt ay? Sounds interesting. ^_^

Akash Rastogi 10-04-2008 20:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug G (Post 734541)
I'd say 2024 is a team on the top of my sleeper list as well. Other teams I'd include would be 27, 1261, and 816.

I'd actually put 27 as one of the top dogs in our division. The other 2, yes.
I'll throw in there 1218, not really a sleeper but 357 Royal Assault, 2024, 49, 1379.

I actually really like this division because in all honesty, anyone could take the win.

edit:27's drivers just need a little more practice maneuvering around other robots. Their roller and shooter system is fast at hurdling; however, their drivers are not. This imbalance is what is throwing them off. I highly suggest that they step up their game at driving and paying attention to the other robots on field to stay on top of this division. Even so, I'm still pulling for them to take home the win. Good luck to them :)

+$0.02

Jacob L 10-04-2008 20:51

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I concur. It's going to be one amazing elimination tournament.

Less than a week......I can't wait!:D

smurfgirl 10-04-2008 21:52

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Originally Posted by Jacob L (Post 734582)
Less than a week......I can't wait!:D


Me neither! Who else is excited?

Arefin Bari 10-04-2008 22:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wendymom (Post 734473)
What color do you need? I will have tons of orange and green. I can get most any color at Party City and bring it with me. (they carry it year round here in Florida....go figure)

Mom, would you please get me blue hairspray? :)

Uberbots 10-04-2008 22:13

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Wow talk about a stacked division... there are going to be flying trackballs here (watch out, people in the stands).

I cant beleive the selection of teams that we will have the honor of possibly working with in this division. 1024? 1902? 27? 71? 555? 987? wow.
only one week left.


ARCHI-

and i cant resist..
OINK OINK

James1902 10-04-2008 22:16

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BOOM!!!!!

MEDES!!!!

That's all I have to post...it just felt neccesary:D

The Lucas 10-04-2008 22:17

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Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 734437)
I realized I am pretty excited to see teams we have been with before Moe, RA, Firebirds.

Maybe we have to go all the way to Atlanta to actually be paired with a you in a match. The last 3 Philly Regionals we have played against your team 7 times and never with you. Irony dictates we be paired together in the first match :D

smurfgirl 10-04-2008 22:40

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Originally Posted by wpdrummer (Post 734640)
BOOM!!!!!

MEDES!!!!

That's all I have to post...it just felt neccesary:D

We have this cheer where you divide our crowd in two, one half says uber, the other half says bots. It goes like this:

uber uber uber .... bots bots bots
uber uber uber .... bots bots bots
uber uber uber .... bots bots bots

Some of us were just thinking about how much cooler it would be if we do it with your team, us on uber, you on oink and boom, like this:

uber uber uber .... oink oink boom
uber uber uber .... oink oink boom
uber uber uber .... oink oink boom

Now that would be a cool cheer!

wendymom 10-04-2008 22:50

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Originally Posted by Arefin Bari (Post 734625)
Mom, would you please get me blue hairspray? :)

Yes dear...how many cans

Arefin Bari 10-04-2008 23:04

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Originally Posted by wendymom (Post 734674)
Yes dear...how many cans

One can would just be fine for my hair and I promise to share it with few other mentors on my team. :)

James1902 10-04-2008 23:13

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Originally Posted by smurfgirl (Post 734660)
uber uber uber .... oink oink boom
uber uber uber .... oink oink boom
uber uber uber .... oink oink boom

Now that would be a cool cheer!


That would be pretty sweet:D

Qbranch 10-04-2008 23:42

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So... I've had a good number people PM'ming for hardware/software help/suggestions... so, I thought I'd put this out there...

If any of you all have any coding conundrums that are bothering your brain, or a hexing hardware hardship, feel free to ask the community (myself included). I'm sure we all want everybody's robot in tip-top shape for the big E! :D

Oh, and while I'm thinking about it... whoever from our division that gets to go to Einstein will most likely not have enough batteries to keep running on Einstein since the matches there run quickly, and there isn't a ton of time between the end of the division play and the start of Einstein to charge batteries. So, when it gets to be Saturday... let's make sure our Alliance has a steady supply with them from their Archemidian family. :]

See you guys! AR-CHE-ME-DES! :D

-q

Uberbots 11-04-2008 01:47

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Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 734722)
Oh, and while I'm thinking about it... whoever from our division that gets to go to Einstein will most likely not have enough batteries to keep running on Einstein since the matches there run quickly, and there isn't a ton of time between the end of the division play and the start of Einstein to charge batteries. So, when it gets to be Saturday... let's make sure our Alliance has a steady supply with them from their Archemidian family. :]
-q

We supplied teams 177, 987, and 190 with batteries last year from our stash. as you can see, nothing bad happened to these three teams. well nothing terrible anyway. Donate batteries!

Danny McC 11-04-2008 07:40

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Originally Posted by smurfgirl (Post 734620)
Me neither! Who else is excited?

I am pretty sure everyone on this thread is excited about Atlanta. Because well, you guys are going to make it an awesome time for everyone.

Doug Leppard 11-04-2008 07:59

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Originally Posted by Uberbots (Post 734768)
We supplied teams 177, 987, and 190 with batteries last year from our stash. as you can see, nothing bad happened to these three teams. well nothing terrible anyway. Donate batteries!

Same goes for the finals, batteries become so important when you have so many games.

Dasistmeinmoped 11-04-2008 08:05

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Im giving up my exchange to austria to attend nationals!
in the hardest choice of my life ive come to decide i my team needs me as a captain and a driver, and austria will still be there. DEPRESSING as hell, but i will see you all in atlanta. Stop by team 41's pit and check us out.


matt

ttldomination 11-04-2008 08:50

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I'm happy to see the Iraeli teams are in our division. That's amazing...

and if we stick together..archimedes will rise above the ashes of the fallen robots at world, and we will band together to win it all..

The Lucas 11-04-2008 15:55

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Its been very quiet today and Galileo is catching up, so.....

Archi-

Dan Richardson 11-04-2008 16:01

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MEDES!

George A. 11-04-2008 16:07

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I still haven't seen too many alliance predictions...

Who do you think will be representing Archie on the BIG STAGE?

We can't let those other divisions catch up to us!

zivo123 11-04-2008 16:30

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wow its really hard to tell.. probably 1024.. 987.. and if you need another one we will be happy to help!:)

ttldomination 11-04-2008 17:54

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1024's hot..but not sure how hot...

I think it's gonna be...., now note, i these results are based on over record, how well i think they are, and who i want to pwn. I will also back up my statements...:D

Team 1124 will rank number one. With a 217 like design, they have a very effective arm which led them to win the conneticut regional undefeated.

Team 1261 will join team 1124. Team 1261 will have a strong showing due to their improved hybrid and much improved forklift. They may rank top eight but will definitley manage a top 15 finish.

Then another SPEED robot will join them. Just purely to lap and defend.

Team 1124 may ask other robots depending on show...Team 1124 and tam 1261 can both be replaced by 1024, 1504, 27, or the bacon team. Have fun.

Qbranch 11-04-2008 19:09

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Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735107)
1024's hot..but not sure how hot...

Hopefully, not hot enough to catch fire. :rolleyes:

<public service announcment>
And guys... don't make random posts (as much fun ast it is to cheer, I know...) just to bump this thread's post count up.

It's non-CD-like, it's non GP, and particulatly un-patriotic. ;)

Let's win fair, square, and strong. It's not hard to do.
</public service announcement>

And anyways, there's tons of stuff to talk about, and options to discuss. Like... anyone interested in eating lunch together one of the days? Or if anyone's still awake/rarin to go after uncrating, maybe a bite to eat somewhere? (unrealistic at that time of day, but who knows).

Also, I know there was a thread about where people are staying in Atlanta... but I'd rather not look through it and sort out which teams are in our division and not.

We're staying in the Wyndham.

-q

SamC 11-04-2008 20:06

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Here are some stats for the teams in the Archimedes division. Columns are sortable.

ttldomination 11-04-2008 20:42

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Wow, that's a great help...that must've taken sometime...

How do you guys account for matches that the blue alliance did not get???
Like in Peachtree regional, the blue alliance says that 1261 was 6-2 when we played 11 matches that day...?

SamC 11-04-2008 20:46

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Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735203)
Wow, that's a great help...that must've taken sometime...

How do you guys account for matches that the blue alliance did not get???
Like in Peachtree regional, the blue alliance says that 1261 was 6-2 when we played 11 matches that day...?

It only grabs data from TheBlueAlliance. I'm not sure how they handle matches where scores were not entered (noted by ? on TBA's website). However I could do some tests to figure that out, and handle them as if you did not compete in that match (so that your win%, average score, etc are not affected.). Thanks for pointing that out!
Good luck in Atlanta! :)

AndyB 11-04-2008 20:57

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1124 has a match average of 79.9. Not 107.

ttldomination 11-04-2008 21:14

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:D

Yeah at first i saw 1124 and i was like..pfft..whateva...but then i took a closer look and then..dang..they have an easy ball grabber which will allow them to easily do whateva they want..should be interesting... Does anyone have videos from any of 1124's conneticut matches?

I wonder what the grounds will be to denying an alliance in world...do go with a great robot and then go to world...or do you try and be alliance captain and hope to pick a great robot and then be glorified as the alliance captains??? This should be good....

Akash Rastogi 11-04-2008 21:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735107)
Then another SPEED robot will join them. Just purely to lap and defend.

Team 1124 may ask other robots depending on show...Team 1124 and tam 1261 can both be replaced by 1024, 1504, 27, or the bacon team. Have fun.

I don't know about a pure lapbot being the second pick. I would advise against it just because you're limiting your alliance's capabilities in eliminations. The third robot WILL be a hurdler as well as one that has shown significantly high scores in other regionals and has used top defensive strategies. Two of the best strategic teams are probably the eighth seed alliances that won regionals this year and also the other low seed teams that won because it shows the strength of their strategy and driver capabilities, not to mention how well they work with other teams.

In reference to this thread.

Tonya Scott 476 11-04-2008 21:42

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Team 476 is bringing Oklahoma Hospitality to Atlanta (and hopefully not the OKlahoma weather)

I love this thread--Keep the spirit going. I can't wait to meet all of you. Are you all going to attend the web hug on Thursday at noon?

Has anyone collected data on how many Regional Champs, Chairmans' etc are coming to our field?

here you go--lets rock it

ARCHE--

ttldomination 11-04-2008 21:51

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Well...i guess if ur third pick is a mix of a fast/hurdle/good drivers....if you have a dominant alliance, purely hypothetical, of 1114, 217, and 1124, then the balls get launched over at an incredible rate. In one lap 1124 may hurdle and then 217 will pick up the ball on the other side of the hurdle and then 1124 will proceed to do a lap...

But that's only like super domination and an amazing feet hoping that non of those robots get pick and like the odds are slim...but when you have a number one seeded alliance, with two good hurdlers, you want to look for a bot which will keep out of your way, defend, and make good time on laps.

Have three bot which will hurdle is HIGHLY unlikely...but having one lap/defend...i would suggest it.

Akash Rastogi 11-04-2008 21:56

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Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735238)

Have three bot which will hurdle is HIGHLY unlikely...but having one lap/defend...i would suggest it.

Not really...going through the teams in Archie, I've found many good hurdlers who can also speed around the field. Trust me, there will be no shortage of good hurdlers for each alliance. I still highly recommend have 3 hurdlers and the 3rd hurdler being a strong defender with a fast drive train (yes that is a contradictory argument but the type of defense being played this year is not in terms of brute pushing force).

btw, the point of the 3rd hurdler is not that all three will get to hurdle, its merely the fact that if needed under certain circumstances, the main or secondary hurdler can switch strategic positions with the 3rd hurdler/lapper if the first hurdler's mechanism dies or something.

Battering_Ram 11-04-2008 22:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dasistmeinmoped (Post 734801)
Im giving up my exchange to austria to attend nationals!
in the hardest choice of my life ive come to decide i my team needs me as a captain and a driver, and austria will still be there. DEPRESSING as hell, but i will see you all in atlanta. Stop by team 41's pit and check us out.


matt

i feel ur pain, i decided FIRST over my prom. i had this sweet all orange tux complete with cane and top hat and then we won a regional but i could always wear that to the competition. anybody wearing something normal is going to stick out like a sore thumb, FIRST is like that. i'll be by 41....

5 days is to long....

ttldomination 11-04-2008 22:04

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if you put it like that, then you have one team which won't hurdle. And they have to understand that...it's understandable that if you have three hurdlers and all three hurdle at once...then communication is going to be AMAZING between them..and that's one thing that FIRST hasn't grasped..that although teams strategize and stuff..but the driversof different robots don't communicate that well during the matches...i guess you can't blame FIRST for that...

But i see what you're trying to say...It'll be interesting to see how the alliances end up..i dun see there being 24 effective hurdlers in each division.
Each division has like 10-12 and the really stacked ones like Galileo have like 14...3 hurlders to an alliance just isn't feasible.

Oh yeah..and where do we get the archimedes bannas?????

Danny McC 11-04-2008 22:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 735146)
Hopefully, not hot enough to catch fire. :rolleyes:

And anyways, there's tons of stuff to talk about, and options to discuss. Like... anyone interested in eating lunch together one of the days? Or if anyone's still awake/rarin to go after uncrating, maybe a bite to eat somewhere? (unrealistic at that time of day, but who knows).


-q

Yo man thursday or friday if you wanna get some lunch with some people I am always down for eating with people. And I am also not a picky eater. But after uncrating I believe we are going to a restaurant with the rest of the team. Not sure, that is assuming I even uncrate. If not I will be at dinner with the team.

Doug G 11-04-2008 23:39

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735255)
But i see what you're trying to say...It'll be interesting to see how the alliances end up..i dun see there being 24 effective hurdlers in each division.
Each division has like 10-12 and the really stacked ones like Galileo have like 14...3 hurlders to an alliance just isn't feasible.

What would you define as effective hurdling? I think that the strategy at many regionals was the best two hurdlers team up and take a 3rd bot that would best fulfill a strategy (lapping, defense, ball knocker, etc...) since there were no more hurdle bots. But I think in these divisions, there are enough hurdling capable bots that can also employ those previously mentioned strategies. Our team is a good hurdle bot and at each regional we attended we had to be one of THE hurdle bots on our alliance. While we aren't going to hurdle 5 times a match, 2-3 hurdles/match is a given for us now and with our improved system we were able to get 4 in one match at Davis. But we also have an amazing drive system, two speed AMs, 12-15 ft/s in High. But in every match we had to be the hurdle bot and never really got to just run laps. I'm sure there are other teams in the same position as ours that could really round out a divisional winner; a hurdle capable bot that can also defend, lap, etc...

my $.03 and a little horn tooting.

Akash Rastogi 11-04-2008 23:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug G (Post 735313)
What would you define as effective hurdling? I think that the strategy at many regionals was the best two hurdlers team up and take a 3rd bot that would best fulfill a strategy (lapping, defense, ball knocker, etc...) since there were no more hurdle bots. But I think in these divisions, there are enough hurdling capable bots that can also employ those previously mentioned strategies. Our team is a good hurdle bot and at each regional we attended we had to be one of THE hurdle bots on our alliance. While we aren't going to hurdle 5 times a match, 2-3 hurdles/match is a given for us now and with our improved system we were able to get 4 in one match at Davis. But we also have an amazing drive system, two speed AMs, 12-15 ft/s in High. But in every match we had to be the hurdle bot and never really got to just run laps. I'm sure there are other teams in the same position as ours that could really round out a divisional winner; a hurdle capable bot that can also defend, lap, etc...

my $.03 and a little horn tooting.

Yup, that's basically what I said in my previous posts.

Back to alliances, I think that 71, 1024, and like 2377 would be awesome in repping Archie on Einstein as well as 1124, 1024, and 816. 816 is actually fast as hell when they have a good field w/o too much traffic + they hurdle.

edit: realized that 365 won't be around for a second draft pick. Replace 365 with like 2377. I remember they were a 121 look-alike.

Uberbots 12-04-2008 06:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735214)
:D

Yeah at first i saw 1124 and i was like..pfft..whateva...but then i took a closer look and then..dang..they have an easy ball grabber which will allow them to easily do whateva they want..should be interesting... Does anyone have videos from any of 1124's conneticut matches?

I wonder what the grounds will be to denying an alliance in world...do go with a great robot and then go to world...or do you try and be alliance captain and hope to pick a great robot and then be glorified as the alliance captains??? This should be good....

We have some of our better matches posted on our website:
http://uberbots.org/2008/media.php?m=705&locate=705

"pfft whateva"? That was the general reaction we got on the first day of the regional (=

Mr MOE 12-04-2008 08:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lilstogi11 (Post 735316)

edit: realized that 365 won't be around for a second draft pick. Replace 365 with like 2377. I remember they were a 121 look-alike.

It is an honor to be in the same division with such a great group of teams! MOE 365 looks forward to the high energy and great competitiveness of Archimedes.

You can see DynaMOE in action in the Philly finals matches with our partners 341 and 84 against a great alliance of 103, 272, and 834 at the following link...

http://www.fsrobotics.org/moe365//co...atchvideos.php

See y'all in a few days!

Tonya Scott 476 12-04-2008 08:42

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Since a lot of you are talking team selection and strategy, who has a good autonomous/hybrid mode?

check out our youtube of our autonomous ball popper. we have several youtubes.

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

Our bot knocks out a ball and crosses 2 lines in hybrid mode.

What other bots in our division have good hybrid strategy?

Do we have any bots that catapult/shoot/sling the balls as a projectile?

How many are "rabbits"?

How many are ball handlers with a claw or grabber?

Looking forward to cheering with yall.

Danny McC 12-04-2008 08:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonya Scott 476 (Post 735382)

Our bot knocks out a ball and crosses 2 lines in hybrid mode.

Do you have to be in front of the ball to knock it down? Or is it driven by the robocoach? But that is a very effective way to knock it down. Also, do you put that up or is it always up? So if you are in front of an opposite ball are you going to knock it down?

Tonya Scott 476 12-04-2008 09:33

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It works best if the ball is either straight ahead, or 1 slot over. It is hard to get it from the opposite side starting position.

The ball popper works during hybrid or regular mode, the kids move it up and down with pneumatics.

The ball grabber can either hurdle or stuff.

This video is airing on Sunday--it is about our 24 rookies, mentoring them, and our 1st regional in OKC. If you watch--you can see our robot in action with the ball popper.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGU3...Robotics08.htm


We had a great time in Kansas City also--we picked 1806 & 1802 (we were 8th alliance captain) and we had a great time playing with them. 1806 has a great bot--they came to OKC and won there too!

our team is staying at the Residence Inn (they have an awesome full, hot breakfast every morning) the kids picked the Residence over the Omni---thank goodness. I feel sorry for all the teams that had to be moved out of the Omni.

mark johnson 12-04-2008 10:48

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The team on Einstein will be a combination of two out of this group 27 ,71 ,987 ,1024 ,1124 depending on where they fall in the rankings. and who has first pick. There also going to have a good third partner that can hurdle like 85,93,177,365,525,1504,1902, or play great defense like team 66.201,or 2604.

ttldomination 12-04-2008 10:55

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WOW...amazing updates

1. Moe, amazing robot, i love how smooth the whole process is. Absolutely amazing.

2. 476, once again, amazing ball knocker offer, do you guys even have like acurracy or timing issue with that??? Like if you don't set it off at the right time, it misses.

3. 1124, simply amazing, both in hybrid and operator control. It'll be fun to play with/against your team.

As for us, 1261, we have no videos, Tanner be too lazy, but feel free to check out our gallery at www.prhsrobotics.com .

adman 12-04-2008 11:41

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We have found what you look for in the third round out partner in a
alliance is someone who doesn't run up any penalties on a regular basis
and is willing to work with the alliance and do what is needed.

Sounds simple but ask anyone who has Scouted and sometimes you don't
find those qualities in teams.

I agree you need to have 3 hurdlers to do the job in Nationals. All the
machines should be able to switch duties at a moments notice. If you
don't have the ball run laps or clear a path for your team or knockdown.

MikeT 12-04-2008 13:56

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I agree. Nationals is a whole new animal and will be a lot different than the regionals we're used to seeing. The strongest alliance will be the one with 3 hurdlers. And i think there are going to be plenty of hurdlers in each division. And like what was said before, the third partner should be able to handle any situation possible to benefit the alliance.

We were actually the first pick by the #3 alliance at VCU and got to the semi's. We lost to team 1086 Blue Cheese (currently in Newton), a fast and efficient launcher.

We have a whole bunch of youtube videos, just search for Team 401 on the site. Here is a link of us at VCU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2-f64VIz9A

Akash Rastogi 12-04-2008 14:11

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Haha, good to see people finally agreeing with me about the 3 hurdlers. As for teams that scout well and see what teams got penalties frequently, I actually found it was a lot of rookies. Not generalizing too much, but its true although some rookies were pro's at driving and some veteran teams...well, let's just say they didn't have the best of luck. And yea, we take penalties and how well other teams work with us into account during alliance selection.

Also, just some constructive crit: I think that 1124's driver's need some more practice in terms of being faster with those hurdles and driving around a lot quicker. The hurdling itself is fast; however, in the matches I watched, they seemed to be taking it easy while driving and I think that'll make a huge difference on their performance when (not if) they get on Einstein.

Lil' Lavery 12-04-2008 14:19

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mark johnson (Post 735409)
The team on Einstein will be a combination of two out of this group 27 ,71 ,987 ,1024 ,1124 depending on where they fall in the rankings. and who has first pick. There also going to have a good third partner that can hurdle like 85,93,177,365,525,1504,1902, or play great defense like team 66.201,or 2604.

There is absolutely no way that 365 will be around during the 2nd round of selection. None. Nada. Zilch. Zero.
3-5 Hurdles + ability to place + 3 line, 2 ball hybrid = 1st round selection

thefro526 12-04-2008 14:30

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I'm with everyone that thinks we'll see three hurdler alliances. We're gonna see some alliances with hurdlers that shoot pick a decent hurdler that places reliably and that can run laps. I personally think though that should we be in a picking position, we've been there twice this year, We'll pick someone with a good auto/hybrid just because if you can gain a lead over a better alliance in hybrid you may just be able to hold them off. I know we won one match in Philly after our alliance got like 9 lines in hybrid and a ball down, it gave us enough of a lead where the other alliance couldn't catch us.

MikeT 12-04-2008 14:30

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Yup that's for sure! From what i've seen from the regionals the first round picks will consist of: 27, 71, 93, 365, 987, 1024, 1124... Let me know if i left out any of the big boys. These guys are the strongest hurdlers from their showings at the regionals this year. The 2nd round picks will be the remaining of the hurdlers left. I think that when it comes down to it, placing for the bonus is still going to be a factor. So having that 3rd hurdler will help if the other 2 are only shooters.

It's going to be really hard to compete in an alliance with just 2 hurdlers... unless they were 2 extremely strong hurdlers with a good hybrid bot. This may end up working in Galileo if 1114, 217, and 148 were alligned together. What do you guys think?

The Lucas 12-04-2008 14:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 735146)
Hopefully, not hot enough to catch fire. :rolleyes:

<public service announcment>
And guys... don't make random posts (as much fun ast it is to cheer, I know...) just to bump this thread's post count up.

It's non-CD-like, it's non GP, and particulatly un-patriotic. ;)

Let's win fair, square, and strong. It's not hard to do.
</public service announcement>

Also, I know there was a thread about where people are staying in Atlanta... but I'd rather not look through it and sort out which teams are in our division and not.

We're staying in the Wyndham.

-q

I was leaving town and I felt the need to quickly wake up the thread with a cheer, but in general save the cheering for next week!

I'm not staying at the Wyndham, but I'm looking forward to those great Embassy Suites breakfasts along side our division mates, the UberBots.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamSofa330 (Post 735205)
It only grabs data from TheBlueAlliance. I'm not sure how they handle matches where scores were not entered (noted by ? on TBA's website).

Philly Finals match 1 is listed 0-0 when the actual score was 124-82 Red Alliance. There is alway a couple odd discrepancies on FIRST's match results every year, it just happens.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uberbots (Post 735371)
We have some of our better matches posted on our website:
http://uberbots.org/2008/media.php?m=705&locate=705

"pfft whateva"? That was the general reaction we got on the first day of the regional (=

When I first saw 1124 in a fill-in practice match of Da Cutt, I was like who is "magic carpet bot"?:D After I saw them run I was like, that must be Uberbots.

Is there video of 1124 them getting 2 ball knocks in hybrid of a match? I am interested to see who can (I've only seen 987 and us do it so far).

Does anyone know where I can find 1024 Buckeye vids? I only saw part of the webcast.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonya Scott 476 (Post 735234)
Has anyone collected data on how many Regional Champs, Chairmans' etc are coming to our field?

Total regional championships from a modified Lavery Excel Sheet

Code:

Archimedes        22
Curie        24
Galileo        36
Newton        33

We don't have as many wins as other divisions, but I think we do have the quality bots it takes to win it all. When 686 dropped, it shifted 1114 out of Archimedes, but it shifted 987, 1024 and 1124 into the division, which is a good trade in my book

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonya Scott 476 (Post 735382)
What other bots in our division have good hybrid strategy?

Do we have any bots that catapult/shoot/sling the balls as a projectile?

How many are "rabbits"?

How many are ball handlers with a claw or grabber?

Our primary Hybrid routine is designed to knock 2 balls in any target locations and get 3-4 lines (depending on ball locations). Video of this routine is at TBA semi final 2-2 at Philly. It is lane-based so the robocoach doesn't drive the robot, just tells it which balls to knock down. We also have routines to target the only the near of far balls so our partner can knock off the other ball. We look forward to working with the other great hybrid robots in this division.

Our robot is an arm shooter hybrid with a roller claw. To hurdle we raise the ball to about the height of the overpass, then use the roller, surgical tubing and pneumatics to shoot it over.

Dan Richardson 12-04-2008 15:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 735146)
Hopefully, not hot enough to catch fire. :rolleyes:

<public service announcment>
And guys... don't make random posts (as much fun ast it is to cheer, I know...) just to bump this thread's post count up.

It's non-CD-like, it's non GP, and particulatly un-patriotic. ;)

Let's win fair, square, and strong. It's not hard to do.
</public service announcement>


-q

But isn't post count all that matters? :-(

xcentrix 12-04-2008 15:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lavapicker (Post 734573)
speaking of the Hula....during the Innagural Hawaii regional this year we had an unbelievable free Luau Friday night with lomi lomi salmon, Kalua pig, and Poi. Many teams, including 25 from Jersey, were called up on stage to do the Hula.

Hmm...you weren't referring to the wonderful Hula by the professionals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqmV9r7Uvdo, then I thought maybe you meant this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11EuEe3zeY....

Quote:

I'm sure there are blackmail photo's out there somewhere!
.... Oh, no, you meant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqtYNfEiDo :yikes:

Qbranch 12-04-2008 16:13

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Well, first off, sorry if the public service announcement sounded too sam eagle like. :o

On the whole autonomous thing, for your convinience here's some video of our robot running in lap-mode:

>In competition: one, two, and three.

>In pre-season test: video

>After a recent fix-it (with competition bot gearing and no lane changes, this can make seven lines): video (turn your volume up and you can hear the motors... sounds great!), video with people playing mean and shoving the robot around.

In the last two videos there, if you look you can see the claw opening and closing on it's own. This is because the practice robot has no knock-off bar like the competition robot does. To illustrate when the knockoff bar would be up and down, we opened/closed the claw. Also, once we get our robocoach board installed on the competition robot we have the ability to lane-change in order to knock off the ball regardless of which lane it's in. Of course, lane-changing adds distance to your run, so going for a lane three ball from lane one will cost you a line or two so you get about 5 lines and 2 balls instead of six to seven and two if you're on the inside track the whole way round.

After we overhaul the drivetrain thursday morning (it has over 75,000ft on it :yikes: ) we should be all up and ready to go.

AR-CHE-ME-DES! :D

-q

adman 12-04-2008 16:16

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Quote:

=Archimedes 22
Curie 24
Galileo 36
Newton 33

We don't have as many wins as other divisions, but I think we do have the quality bots it takes to win it all. When 686 dropped, it shifted 1114 out of Archimedes, but it shifted 987, 1024 and 1124 into the division, which is a good trade in my book

.
I have been an offical engineer for 35 years. I have seen systems that
were a pile of junk and ran everyday. Seen the ones that are super
sophisticated that choked as soon as someone turned a light switch on.
The difference was "who" was running the machine and taking care of it.

Archimedes has Heart. It can make miracles happen. If you believe in your
division, your team and yourself anything can happen. I would rather be
the underdog anyday. It makes you work hard, adapt and overcome.

Previous wins don't make a great Alliance, Heart does and from the Posts that I have
seen we have plenty of it.

Uberbots 12-04-2008 16:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lilstogi11 (Post 735464)
Also, just some constructive crit: I think that 1124's driver's need some more practice in terms of being faster with those hurdles and driving around a lot quicker. The hurdling itself is fast; however, in the matches I watched, they seemed to be taking it easy while driving and I think that'll make a huge difference on their performance when (not if) they get on Einstein.

That was kinda the point... we've run trials in our practice field, placing 3 other robots on the field all playing defense, and (autonomous included) we've been able to max out at 112(4) points, and min out at 50-ish (discarding outliers/broken robot trials). trust me, though, we've still been drilling them with practice hours, strategies, avoidance maneuvers, etc.

our robot's autonomous was also working badly at the CT regional for some strange reason... we have it all fixed up for the nationals. In theory, 5 lines 2 balls no matter what the ball position/starting position is. Its pretty sweet.

Uberbots 12-04-2008 16:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by adman (Post 735521)
I have been an offical engineer for 35 years. I have seen systems that
were a pile of junk and ran everyday. Seen the ones that are super
sophisticated that choked as soon as someone turned a light switch on.
The difference was "who" was running the machine and taking care of it.

Archimedes has Heart. It can make miracles happen. If you believe in your
division, your team and yourself anything can happen. I would rather be
the underdog anyday. It makes you work hard, adapt and overcome.

Previous wins don't make a great Alliance, Heart does and from the Posts that I have
seen we have plenty of it.

very, very, very well said.
We do have heart, and we do have some absolutely incredible teams, people, and spirit on this division. We (as a division) have the potential to produce the Einstein-winning alliance.

ARCHI

adman 12-04-2008 16:58

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medes

thefro526 12-04-2008 17:13

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So who's got the best hybrid in Archimedes? We can knock down one ball and get 3-4 lines. Our ball knock off works if the ball is in front of us at the beginning about 90% of the time and we get 3 lines if we are not impeded but usually we're impeded at the turn for the 4th line.

Uberbots 12-04-2008 17:25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526 (Post 735540)
So who's got the best hybrid in Archimedes? We can knock down one ball and get 3-4 lines. Our ball knock off works if the ball is in front of us at the beginning about 90% of the time and we get 3 lines if we are not impeded but usually we're impeded at the turn for the 4th line.

We have been able to get (in our practice field running our new software) the first ball 100% of the time, the second ball about 80-90% of the time, and five lines unless impeded (6 lines in the best case scenario: both balls are closest to the divider at the beginning)

ttldomination 12-04-2008 18:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526 (Post 735540)
So who's got the best hybrid in Archimedes? We can knock down one ball and get 3-4 lines. Our ball knock off works if the ball is in front of us at the beginning about 90% of the time and we get 3 lines if we are not impeded but usually we're impeded at the turn for the 4th line.

What happens if the opposing team's ball is in front of you???

Team 1261 is working on hybrid but i'm not sure what we plan to do...

thefro526 12-04-2008 20:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735574)
What happens if the opposing team's ball is in front of you???

Team 1261 is working on hybrid but i'm not sure what we plan to do...

Our elevator only goes up to knock the ball down if the robocoach gives it the go up signal, if there is no signal then no ball knock off. The only times we missed in Philly were when the signal didn't get to the 'bot in time which is because there's about a .25 second window of error because in the time it takes the robot to move the 27 feet to the overpass ~2 seconds or so is the same time it takes to process the signal from the robocoach and move the elevator up

Qbranch 12-04-2008 20:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526 (Post 735630)
Our elevator only goes up to knock the ball down if the robocoach gives it the go up signal, if there is no signal then no ball knock off. The only times we missed in Philly were when the signal didn't get to the 'bot in time which is because there's about a .25 second window of error because in the time it takes the robot to move the 27 feet to the overpass ~2 seconds or so is the same time it takes to process the signal from the robocoach and move the elevator up

thefro526: I have an idea for you. If you're arm is servoed, why don't you tell it to go up a little even before it's told to go up?

If you're arm is not servoed, why don't you have your arm go up for 1 second, so it won't be high enough to mess anything up if you don't want it to knock off, and then if you do want it to knock off, have it continue going up. It should get rid of the problem you're experiencing with getting a signal to the robot right away... we had the same problem. :o

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526
So who's got the best hybrid in Archimedes? We can knock down one ball and get 3-4 lines. Our ball knock off works if the ball is in front of us at the beginning about 90% of the time and we get 3 lines if we are not impeded but usually we're impeded at the turn for the 4th line.

For your consideration: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...520#post735520

-q

thefro526 12-04-2008 21:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 735639)
thefro526: I have an idea for you. If you're arm is servoed, why don't you tell it to go up a little even before it's told to go up?

If you're arm is not servoed, why don't you have your arm go up for 1 second, so it won't be high enough to mess anything up if you don't want it to knock off, and then if you do want it to knock off, have it continue going up. It should get rid of the problem you're experiencing with getting a signal to the robot right away... we had the same problem. :o

For your consideration: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...520#post735520

-q

Q, We don't use an arm we use an elevator (not really a big difference) but it's not servoed.(Our teams feedback is the drivers) So what happens is, at the beginning of the match the elevator is held about 5 feet off the ground so that it has to travel about 14" or so to get to knock off height. it takes it about a second to get to that height. Our main problem is the aim into the robot while its against the wall. we shoot at almost at a 90degree angle to our IR sensor. We may add some pool noodles to gain a larger height margin of error so that if we are late with the signal the noodles will hit the ball anyways. Check us out in Archimedes if you get the chance and I'll give you the breakdown.

-Dustin

ttldomination 12-04-2008 21:13

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Where do we get the archimedes division badges????

thefro526 12-04-2008 21:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735652)
Where do we get the archimedes division badges????

I forget the thread I got it from, It's not mine but here's the code. Just paste it into your sig. [*IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/daunte2moss07/FIRST/archimedesuserbar.jpg[/IMG]

Take out the star from the first [IMG] and it'll work

Protronie 12-04-2008 21:25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbranch (Post 735520)
>In competition: one, two, and three.
round.

AR-CHE-ME-DES! :D

-q

So thats what happen to 2683 (vid two) I'd miss that match.
IMHO 1024 is one of the most robust and reliable robots there are... even when running like sh... umm a Ford it stll holds it own and wins.
The drive team works together like a QB & Center that been playing for years.
There program team is top notch and their can do spirit is unstoppable.
I know there are a lot of folks that love 1114 as if it was Obama... :rolleyes:
They good... I'll give them that... but 1024 has a better overall package!

See you in the winners circle Q :D

ttldomination 12-04-2008 21:55

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Thankx for the banner.

jess523s 12-04-2008 21:59

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Greetings from team 2550.
We're rookie all-stars from Oregon and in the Archimedes division. I'm excited : )
This is our first year at the world championship, obviously, and looking at this forum, I think we're pretty lucky to be put in this division.

Now hopefully the airline problem doesn't force us to go on a 38-hour road trip and won't strand our team captain and our team manager in Pittsburgh and San Jose : \ </pessimism>

Looking forward to seeing you all in Atlanta!

XXShadowXX 12-04-2008 22:08

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team 2604 reporting for duty
we won greatlakes due to great alliance partners and got rookie all-star their, also we got 10 hours and a good design to make a shooting end affector (how hard can that be:ahh:) hope fully we will come out with a shooter that can match rush's railgun like power.

ttldomination 12-04-2008 22:17

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well...now we're calling in...well...

Team 1261 on board. We have a good design but didn't win any regionals. We're hoping to have a strong showing in divisions and hopefully make it to Einstiens...lady luck hasn't been with us, but lately things have turned around....:D Who's next?

Akash Rastogi 12-04-2008 22:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 735699)
well...now we're calling in...well...

Team 1261 on board. We have a good design but didn't win any regionals. We're hoping to have a strong showing in divisions and hopefully make it to Einstiens...lady luck hasn't been with us, but lately things have turned around....:D Who's next?

I see we're doing a formal role call eh? haha :)

Team 11 MORT is ready for Atlanta.
Chesapeake regional champs with 1418 and 2016
New Jersey regional finalists with 2590 and 1980
We're excited to be with an awesome group of teams and can't wait to play with you all.

-Akash

Danny McC 12-04-2008 22:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jess523s (Post 735684)
Now hopefully the airline problem doesn't force us to go on a 38-hour road trip and won't strand our team captain and our team manager in Pittsburgh and San Jose : \ </pessimism>

Driving to Atlanta is actually pretty fun but than again I stop for the night and only drive like four hours the second day. Well we will see you guys in Atlanta and best of luck with your airline and travels. Remember we are going to make Archimedes the most spirited division.

XXShadowXX 12-04-2008 22:39

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driving heck yeah!

taking a bus W00t! (naturally going with another on the bus)

Uberbots 12-04-2008 22:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 735703)
Driving to Atlanta is actually pretty fun but than again I stop for the night and only drive like four hours the second day. Well we will see you guys in Atlanta and best of luck with your airline and travels. Remember we are going to make Archimedes the most spirited division.

definitely wont be a problem with all of the oinking (=

Danny McC 12-04-2008 22:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Uberbots (Post 735725)
definitely wont be a problem with all of the oinking (=

That and I hear that Warrior Pride is pretty spirited. I am going to try and get everyone on my team to be spirited and pumped the whole weekend, but sometimes they dont like to be. So if you see 816 slacking off in the spirt department let me know.

Akash Rastogi 12-04-2008 22:47

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Speaking of spirit, anyone know where to get those thunder clapper things? Or if anyone is bringing some down if you could drop some by MORT please:D

preferably black or yellow

Uberbots 12-04-2008 22:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny McC (Post 735727)
That and I hear that Warrior Pride is pretty spirited. I am going to try and get everyone on my team to be spirited and pumped the whole weekend, but sometimes they dont like to be. So if you see 816 slacking off in the spirt department let me know.

just have them join in with bacon. they will be cheering in no time (=

Danny McC 12-04-2008 22:54

Re: Archi-medes!
 
Alright well 1902 if you see 816 lacking in the spirit department get them involved with you guys cheering. That would be great and very much appreciated. Even though I have to say this is the best group spirit wise that we have had in the longest time. It is pretty great to hear them cheering for us everytime our number is announced. But yeah like Q said awhile back some of us should go out to lunch together one day if possible, we all post on here all the time, and it would be cool to actually spend time with the people behind the posts.

Chaos Marine 12-04-2008 22:57

Re: Archi-medes!
 
Were a little late in the post but Team 66 is ready to get our engines roaring and fly into Archi-medes! :D :D

Uberbots 13-04-2008 00:58

Re: Archi-medes!
 
woo 3 days till we go into overdrive on archimedes!

Akash Rastogi 13-04-2008 01:05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Uberbots (Post 735786)
woo 3 days till we go into overdrive on archimedes!

I hear you man! Can't wait to meet all of you guys especially the top teams in FIRST right now.:)


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