Forum: General Forum
25-01-2016, 20:18
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Replies: 143
Views: 14,394
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Forum: General Forum
25-01-2016, 19:55
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Replies: 143
Views: 14,394
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Forum: General Forum
25-01-2016, 19:10
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Replies: 143
Views: 14,394
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
14-01-2016, 07:13
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,377
Re: Passing the boulder
Even if you never enter the NEUTRAL ZONE (similar to your "receiving bot", COURTYARD -> OUTER WORKS -> COURTYARD?
I'm imagining a scenario where a > 14" bot can put its intake under the low bar and...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
13-01-2016, 22:09
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,377
Re: Passing the boulder
I'll add to this:
In general, is it illegal for a robot to pick up a boulder from the OUTER WORKS from the COURTYARD's side, therefore not qualifying as a valid CROSSING?
For example, a stray...
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Forum: General Forum
22-05-2015, 16:37
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,474
Re: FIRST Championship in years 2021+
Based on what they said in the presentation, their plan at the moment is probably to create another Championship to meet demand. Obviously it depends on what they have learned from this experience,...
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Forum: General Forum
22-05-2015, 16:35
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Replies: 85
Views: 16,257
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Forum: General Forum
18-05-2015, 17:05
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Replies: 270
Views: 35,860
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Forum: Championship Event
04-05-2015, 11:15
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Replies: 136
Views: 18,278
Re: Proposal for the 2 Championship format
This is somewhat tangential to the discussion, but what about the idea of divisions being tied to qualification method?
For example, 3 divisions composed of teams who qualified through robot...
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Forum: Championship Event
03-05-2015, 13:05
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Replies: 136
Views: 18,278
Re: Proposal for the 2 Championship format
I think it's unfair to have the previous year determine the ceiling for the following year.
The World/Challenger Championship is originally something I backed, but I can't think of a way to make...
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Forum: General Forum
01-05-2015, 17:06
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Replies: 79
Views: 14,667
Re: Cheesecake: How far is too far?
2014 is interesting because there was a pretty low-barrier for 3rd robots. Kitbot + intake was the minimum viable robot.
Even then there was still some 'cheesecaking'. Didn't 254/2056 modify 865 at...
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Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2015, 19:22
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,151
Re: A Shared Victory on Einstein
Congratulations! An incredibly balanced alliance well worthy of the victory.
I just wanted to mention how incredible it was to see 118 stack (and not knock over any stacks) with a bin hanging off...
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Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2015, 19:14
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Replies: 136
Views: 23,119
Re: Town Hall Meeting Video
I attended the meeting. My frustration with the panel was they set out at the beginning a set of questions, and didn't fully answer all of them.
I would actually prefer if they gave a medium where...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2015, 17:31
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Replies: 52
Views: 12,354
Re: Tips to make your team a contender?
I can't remember if I heard the advice from EWCP or Karthik's talk (or both) but in general you want to extend the season as much as possible. Plan for a 12 week season (build and competition), not a...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2015, 17:21
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Replies: 143
Views: 29,462
Re: 900's Championship Cheesecaking Chronicles
I admit that I really wanted to see the harpoons in action on the field, fully working. I think it's an amazing idea.
From an engineering perspective, I think it's impressive if a team came out from...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2015, 16:34
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Replies: 110
Views: 23,201
Re: The cheesecake runaway
Cheesecaking occurs when there is a gap between the necessary contribution of a third robot and the actual ability of the pool of possible third robots. The difference in this year's game is that...
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2015, 15:53
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Replies: 110
Views: 23,201
Re: The cheesecake runaway
I am struggling to see how game design determines anything but the type of modification. Based on the incredible feat performed by team 900 and co, how long would it take them to build a great d-bot...
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2015, 14:25
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Replies: 47
Views: 8,246
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2015, 10:10
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Replies: 69
Views: 11,406
Re: 2015 Lessons Learned: The Positive
I think no bumpers helped a lot of the inexperienced teams, and it seemed like there was much less of a need to constantly repair/maintain the robot throughout a competition.
It also mostly avoided...
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Forum: General Forum
26-04-2015, 10:03
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Replies: 49
Views: 11,103
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2015, 16:43
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Replies: 173
Views: 54,094
Re: 2015 Champs Predictions
I wasn't discounting the importance of the can wars. If I did, it was unintentional and I retract the statement. I also wanted to build on what was said, not disagree with it.
My point was that if...
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2015, 13:20
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Replies: 67
Views: 8,646
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2015, 08:06
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Replies: 173
Views: 54,094
Re: 2015 Champs Predictions
"Picking the fastest burglar" strategy only works through divisions, unless the fastest burglar is in your division. It also depends on whether can wars are deterministic, which at the highest levels...
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Forum: Championship Event
16-04-2015, 04:19
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,962
Re: Carver Division 2015
Personally I'm pretty excited to be in a division with (and close pit-wise) to two of my favourite FRC teams 1986 and 1717.
Also looking forward to see our friends at Makeshift again, plus meet and...
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2015, 02:58
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Replies: 187
Views: 28,696
Re: [FRC Blog] We're Listening
Frank's Blog Post from above opposes the reasoning for having two championships. To compare, in the reasoning for having two championships they said they wanted more teams to attend because of its...
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