Chief Delphi - View Single Post - pic: SoCal 2006: Beach 'Bot and 968 Mixing It Up

David Brinza · #3 28-03-2006, 02:55

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Originally Posted by Joshua May

My god this was a crazy match.

Finals match "#0" was most definitely a crazy match - one that disappeared from the record. See: SoCal Regional Match Results - no indication that three matches were played in the finals.

There was a LOT of discussion among FIRST officials after match "0". The RED alliance should have won the autonomous period, but it was somehow (i.e computer error) awarded to BLUE. The Beach-bots must have felt snake-bit, as if a ghost from the Arizona Regional was haunting them. Ultimately, the match "0" score was posted as a 44-44 tie.

The match was a prelude to the intensity of the finals. Even though 968 tipped shortly after the above picture was taken, the BLUE alliance managed to get three robots on their platform. 599 of the RED alliance was effectively held on the BLUE platform by 1138 who had become hung on the top edge of the ramp. Team 4 made it back on the platform just as time was running out to earn the 25-point bonus.

The finals matches were all very hard fought and were very close. At the end, our robot (Team 4) was literally held together with zip-ties. I seriously doubt that we would have survived a 4th match in the finals.

Both alliances left it all out on the field and put on a terrific display of competitive spirit for the spectators. Great fun, indeed!