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Originally Posted by Jeremy.245
Well we weren't allied with 254 and we won Sacramento...YAY for 245. we are thinking of going to silicon valley next year to either break 254'S streak or win it with them
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That will be a lot of fun if you guys come. In 2002, we lost the finals of the post-season Cal Games to 254. We have since sworn to defeat them at all opportunities
. I took us 3 more years to achieve our goal at Sacramento. We have since sworn to break 254's streak at Silicon Valley. I hope 245 will come again.
Now, some think Sacramento seems to be really tough with amazing robots. We at 766 found it easy because we practiced with our robot a lot before we shipped it. So when we were at Sacramento, there was little issues that needed to be corrected. The vast majority of robots at Sacramento were driving for the first time, tinkering with their robots for the first time with an arena. Thankfully, though ironic, 254 allowed us to use their practice arena before the ship date. So robots that had significant test times dominated. Examples are 245, 254 (they had two robots built), 56, 330, 1097, 1072 and 114. You could see that the teams with practice were worlds apart from the ones without. At Silicon Valley, there were far more teams who had practice time, often from other competitions. Therefore was much more difficult.
Take 254, at Sacramento, they did not seem as tough as they were at nationals. Their drivers were new and their programs were not calibrated. In fact, their arm seemed to shaky and too quick for their arm operator. As result, their robot was capping less then our robot at times. We were happy that we were better then 254 for once. However, at silicon valley, a new end piece for their arm and a lot more practice and testing, they were far better, and easily the best robot at the Regional (kicked our butts). Still they were a an occasional quirk. Then at Nationals, from what i saw, they were flawless. My point? Teams improve over time. 254 went from good to amazing. I think, later the regionals are, the harder they get. Just going by who made it to a certain round or average score won't cut it. You have to look at the quality of the robots at the competition, a tough task indeed.