Great show Tyler, I really look forward to your videos. Thank you Libby for the fun stories. Also I am very grateful to Karthik for making it clear how devastating this event was to affected students.
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Originally Posted by JosephC
At the end of the day, both sides were plagued by issues during the semifinals. Its possible the red alliance could have performed better if not plagued by 1717 connection and performance issues, but the same could be said about the blue side and 330 connection and performance issues, so just take it as it is, 1717 performing uncharacteristically bad during auton and the triple balance beating out the double.
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I don't want this to sound confrontational but, you could say the same thing about all the robots on Einstein. It is fairly obvious that 1717 was hacked. This was my first year at FIRST and I predicted that this was a hacking incident on our plane ride back from St. Louis. I predicted this because the improbability of mostly elite teams dying on the field and more importantly of how I saw teams playing this game at worlds, especially regarding the bridge balancing. We had arranged to balance with a team in the qualifications, and it was so sad to see the expression on the other teams drivers faces when it was clear that another team had convinced them to break their word. Sure FIRST is at fault for putting this temptation in the bridge coop aspect of the game, but does FIRST really need to put in the rule book that you have play with honor and integrity?
As for the performance issues while not dead, after getting the robot back, we found that the turret drive belt was off by a cog, caused from an FTA over torquing the turret trying to figure out why our robot was dying. I don't fault them for trying to help, accidents happen, and the results wouldn't have been any different. We would have been hacked the very next match. There was 0% chance of 1717 (and probably 330) getting on Einstein in 2012.