the best match i have ever seen (i know it says this year but i still want to say this) was back in 99..... it was at the philly regionals and i have no idea which teams were involved anymore

for anyone who wasnt around, that was the year we had to lift the floppys 8ft off the floor or something for them to be worth 3 points.... well with a whole stack of them, the mechanisms to do that were around 13ft..... 13ft high and under 130lbs is not a good combination

what was the result? 3 of the 4 robots on the field went over... a huge arm almost took out the camera man (it was sticking out maybe 5 ft).... and 2 of the robots were hanging way into the crowd and over the top of the drivers

it was a complete disaster and im sure thats why none of the field challenges have required that much hight since

if ANYONE remembers this and has a video PLEASE send it to me.... i would love to see it again


Becky