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Re: Judges playing it safe?
Posted by Brad Pflum, Coach on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Nasa Ames, Sun Microsystems.
Posted on 3/1/99 8:28 AM MST In Reply to: Re: Judges playing it safe? posted by Jason on 2/28/99 10:44 PM MST: : Since the puck was up against the controller station, I know it was hard for the audience to actually see what happened. Most of your points are valid, except for two. The Video i'll be posting has a very clear shot. : First - Gunn was already completely on the Puck and was not trapped or trying to get on - they had complete control of the Puck and a triple. False. WE WERE NOT ON THE PUCK, nor did we control it. G-Force was only able to get on the puck when bay bomber stopped pinning us into the wall. It just so happens that bay bomber only stopped pinning when they fell over. : Second - Our robot was not trying to get on the puck. We can't. Our robot is not designed for that - only pole grabbing (which your team was aware of since we had teamed together in the qualifying round and won with a huge score) : We had backed off the puck and were no longer pushing it. : We stopped, raised our floppies, and 20 seconds after we backed off the puck we were tipped. It was all done in the heat of battle I understand, I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of the circumstances that led to the DQ. Untrue. bomber was pushing into the puck with all it's might untill the very ewnd when it drove it's base out from under itself. bay bomber is a pole grabber, and as such there was no reason for it to be at the puck other then to be pinning us - one pole was occupied by our ally and the other was completly unreachable. nevertheless, bay bomber continued to power into the puck through the entire second half of the match - they were still flooring it into us when they were raising their basket. I'm sorry jason, but you're just wrong about those two (critical) points. You, and everyone else for that matter, will be able to see this when i get that video up. : We have the utmost respect for your team. ... Your team is amazing. your sucess is a perfect example of why FIRST is so great. I hope our teams can work together more in the future. Which is why i'm not upset about our loss. i just want YOU to know that it was an unintensional tip. The two points you've been clinging to are just plain wrong. you'll see in the video. we were not on the puck. you never backed off. if you ever need anything, you know who to call. -Brad Senior at Gunn High School Co-Captain and Coach, Gunn Robotics Team P.S. - gimme an e-mail and i'll try to get you going with a "real" fundraising program. you guys should be buiilding robots, not washing cars. |
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