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Originally Posted by Looking Forward
1771 performed very well and was selected first overall in Georgia, by 1746 (also a shooter). That alliance was upset in the quarter-finals though by three shooters. That #8 alliance also became the first 8 seed Champion of 2009, besting a pair of potent dumpers (342 and 1319) in the finals to win Peachtree.
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Props to 832, 2655, and 2415 for well deserved win! As to the shooter / dumper debate: 1771's can be called a shooter, since it does have the ability to shoot (accurately up to about 5 feet). However, accurate shooting requires the camera to track, and with the incandescent lighting First brought into the arena, combined with the limited access to the field for camera calibration, the team was not able to get the camera to track on the field (it worked great at the school under florescent lights). Fortunately, the turret was designed to be able to adjust the ball trajectory so the bot could deliver a large volume (4-6 balls per second) into a trailer at close range. The team spent the matches driving around filling the helix (usually 7-10 balls at a time), then chasing down a trailer and emptying the helix into a trailer. I only saw two balls fired from 1771 that didn't end up in a trailer. I saw many true dumpers that could dump 10-15 balls at once, but fewer that 5 ever landed in the trailer from such a dump. So is 1771 a shooter? Yes. Is 1771 a dumper? Maybe. What is a dumper? Who defines the term dumper? I do know that 1771 was able to score at will and at a high rate, so maybe the debate is pointless.
Once again, congratulations to 832, 2655, and 2415 for winning the regional, but I do have to hand it to the kids on 1771, 547 and 1726. Even though there were problems with one of the bots during every match of the quarters that left only two bots operational, they were able to hold their own, and force 4 matches to decide the round, tieing one match and winning another, before finally losing in the end.