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It didn't really work out that way, though. After the first match (where the #8 alliance had 2041 do empty cells*), 1732 played defense on 1114 and tried to score a few, hoping to come close to canceling out their scoring, leaving 2041 and 1652 to outscore 71 and 1000, who had no scoring mechanism. In the 3rd match (maybe even in the 2nd, too), 1000 was sent to set picks or block 1732 to allow for 1114 to score. So, that took away the #1 allance's defender, making it a true 2 v 1. I think that having 3 scorers to only 2 was HUGE.



*looking back on it, that wasn't a very good strategy. We felt we needed to score atleast 1 super cell to win a match and 2041 had a dedicated empty cell mechanism, so they were probably the best at it. Well, their trailor got loaded up while picking up and delievering the EC and it took away our best moonrock scorer.

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I stress the word in Chris' post "generally." Not specifically your match.

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It could only be beat if a team wins a regional they didn't compete in. Possible, but highly shady.

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Best use of autonomous -

6 keepers scored in autonomous at the 2007 IRI.

I believe there was also a full rack scored.

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Most jaw dropping auton in 2007, 910 with the double keepers. (I can't recall if they did it in competition but just that they ever came close was impressive)

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Best use of strategy to create a new game rule -

Raul stacking a disabled robot (prior to the start of the match) on top of a functioning one to get the bonus points in the 2007 game.

There was soon after a rule prohibiting such an action.

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Not quite--33 was #1 on Archimedes in 2004, picked 60 and 1241, and was promptly knocked out in two matches in the quarters by 121, 237, and 386.

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It was almost a full rack, 2 spiders were left open.

For those whom haven't seen it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U02DOVK0mFQ

That was an amazing match!

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Less than a week.

Best use of a robot as part of the field: 111 again, 2001. That year featured a seesaw that robots and goals crossed and balanced on. They took most of the rock out of it by being a ramp on one side. Still not a prohibited action...

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Last finals math at ARC (Autumn robotics comp in michigan) they pulled it off, it was quite epic

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Most out there and legally argued robot design, 190 2008

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This thread is already to 100 posts. Not bad considering half of mine don't make it to 20.

This made me wonder. What is the fastest growing thread on CD? My guess is it is one of the clue threads.(I could be wrong) But which one? Any guesses?

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I respectfully disagree. (68 2003)

That being said, I don't know 190's 08 robot nor have I been able to find anything about it.

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Chris, if you don't know what it is, then don't disagree.

So for you and some others here is what happened-

So they had a huge crane with a suction cup on the end and they would drive up to a trackball, suck on it, and then the elevator rotated so they would swing the trackball around the field crossing into all quadrants and then it would drop it on the other side of the overpass to hurdle it. Their suction cup was on a winch so after it dropped, they would reach down and do it all over again.

The problem was that their robot stayed in the first quadrant while crossing into the others.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/match/2008nh_qm38.
This is one of the only matches in which they got it to work

It was a beautiful machine, just not deemed legal.

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The not deemed legal part is debatable, but when it comes down to it it was asked in a Q&A if you could do this exact thing and the official response was yes.