Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2014, 13:30
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,212
Re: Make your Eliminations Predictions!
Had my picks on Twitter before this thread went up.
Archimedes: https://twitter.com/ladakn99/status/460089186851098626
Curie: https://twitter.com/ladakn99/status/460084226507804674
Galileo:...
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Forum: FIRST In the News...
09-01-2014, 16:32
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Replies: 1
Views: 888
Re: Dean & FIRSTers testifying Thurs. Jan. 9
For those of you who were unable to be there (in attendance or via webcast). Here is the link to the video of the full hearing.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/MPro
The Committee on Science,...
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2013, 23:33
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Replies: 308
Views: 52,890
Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative
Here is my list.
1. St. Louis in general. I’m sure a lot of teams were able to bus it in from other parts of the country, but for those of us who flew in, most of us probably had to connect through...
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2013, 00:25
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Replies: 119
Views: 19,326
Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive
1) From an outsiders prospective, this game was excellent: I've noticed that the games in the odd numbered years tend not to be as exciting for the spectators as the games in the even numbered years....
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2013, 20:46
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Replies: 104
Views: 15,006
Re: Paper Airplanes
I see both sides of the argument for and against the throwing of the paper airplanes. It's cool to watch them fly down from the stands when your on the dome floor. It's NOT cool to get hit by them....
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2013, 17:17
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,905
Re: Sports-Style Broadcast
I originally wanted to write something about how if FIRST decides to add somebody to it's leadership brass, it would be wise of them to add someone with Sports and Broadcasting experience... This...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
22-03-2013, 18:45
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Replies: 72
Views: 15,117
Re: 2013 Waterloo Regional
Actually, 610 controls it's own destiny. If they win match 52, match 60 becomes irrelevant as both 1114 (q52) and 2056 (q48) would have already lost at least once, opening the door for 610 to seed...
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Forum: General Forum
15-03-2013, 02:03
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,863
Re: Instant Replay Challenge—A Thought Exercise
I like a lot of the ideas coming out of this thread already. Here is my suggestion.
+ 1) Implement a system where all video streams from the event cameras (not the just the footage that is shown on...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
13-05-2012, 01:41
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Replies: 200
Views: 39,004
Re: IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas
Here's a simple idea of how to work the co-op bridge. Instead of giving 2 Ranking points for each alliance, it would just double the Hybrid, Bridge, and Teleop points for that match to reflect in the...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2012, 19:04
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Replies: 267
Views: 60,419
Re: Einstein 2012
I figure i'd throw my hat into the ring and have added my thoughts here (http://blog.ladakn.com/post/22250863278/thoughts-on-einstein-2012-the-disaster-that)
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Forum: General Forum
20-04-2012, 15:28
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Replies: 121
Views: 26,935
Re: Divisions 2012
hmm, this is strange
I'm loading up teh FRC Spyder app for Android and it's saying that 402 teams are attending while the FIRST website only shows 400
the two added teams are 955 and 2969. The...
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Forum: General Forum
20-04-2012, 00:01
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Replies: 121
Views: 26,935
Re: Divisions 2012
25, 254, 968, 987, 1503 (can't forget those triplets), 111, 229, and on and on. that division was stacked.
Now on to this year's Divisions
I think Newton is clearly the strongest division with 469...
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2012, 16:12
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Replies: 40
Views: 8,252
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2012, 16:01
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Replies: 86
Views: 27,550
Re: RoboProm 2012
I saw this a couple days ago, Maybe a few guys may find this handy when prepping for RoboProm
http://www.gq.com/style/style-manual/201204/suits-guide-tailoring-fit#slide=1
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
14-04-2012, 00:08
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,052
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2012, 00:01
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Off-Season Events
07-04-2012, 04:03
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Replies: 200
Views: 39,004
Re: IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas
...Or Like the VRC Skills Challenge
On that note, there should be an autonomous variant to this as well. Same thing, but either totally atonomous or kinect aided... Sort of like the VRC Programming...
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Forum: Career
04-04-2012, 21:34
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Replies: 198
Views: 35,002
Re: What's your day job?
I'm a senior at the University of Central Florida pursuing a B.A. in Political Science. The program provides three separate tracks for graduation, i plan on fulfilling two of them (American Politics,...
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Forum: General Forum
04-04-2012, 12:12
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Replies: 148
Views: 28,523
Re: Championship 2014 Proposal
Probably not, unless it's for international flights (if tel aviv/istubal connect through any of the London airports, Sanford would then become an option to fly into.
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Forum: General Forum
04-04-2012, 01:23
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Replies: 148
Views: 28,523
Re: Championship 2014 Proposal
There are three major issues that need to be addressed when one considers changing the format for the Championship Event
+ The Setting: Location is key. The location has to be somewhat centralized,...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
02-04-2012, 00:16
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Replies: 200
Views: 39,004
Re: IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas
It looks like things may actually work out and I may very well find myself n Indianapolis that weekend (summer classes are either all online, or end on Wednesday's).
I absolutely love the money ball...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
31-03-2012, 18:00
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Replies: 144
Views: 28,314
Re: 2012 Greater Toronto Regional West
Finals 1.1
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21501483
Finals 1.2
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21501857
EDIT: I just realized this is my 1000th post. Hooray for me
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Forum: Regional Competitions
31-03-2012, 17:17
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Replies: 144
Views: 28,314
Re: 2012 Greater Toronto Regional West
I'm still one who thinks this was the best intro I've ever seen:
http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2007wat_f1m1
2007 Waterloo Regional Finals.
A huge congrats to 2056, 4001 and 2200 for winning...
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Forum: Championship Event
06-05-2011, 08:33
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Replies: 140
Views: 15,007
Re: Qualifying for CMP in the future
Interesting twist to my idea. somehow i don't think the level of competition in the play-in's will be as impressive as the division qualification rounds. those teams would be torched as 8 seeds. but...
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Forum: Championship Event
06-05-2011, 00:46
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Replies: 140
Views: 15,007
Re: Qualifying for CMP in the future
I went back and i still support this idea (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=953576&postcount=63). stick the Rookie All-Star, EI and Chairmans award winners in the heats. and let them...
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