Unexpected Plays That Make the Crowd Go Wild!

[bEdhEd]

A couple days ago, I posted a video of an unexpected play that really got the crowd excited, and I was thinking if other people had some videos, pictures, or stories of plays or unusual strategies that just wowed the crowd. My favorite thing we did was in 2012 with our independently done stack balance.

I would like you guys to post links or share stories of things that your team or alliance did at a regional that was so outrageously cool that the entire arena was filled with the noise of cheering audience members, and if you were there, I'd like for you to share the feeling of that unforgettable moment. Post stuff that was unexpected, strange, or plays that were so cool that it sends chills down your spine and makes you grin every time you think of it or see it. I really want to know what neat stuff others have done, and this can be from any season.

These are my favorite moments:

My recent post from Aerial Assist: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=130635

Rebound Rumble stack balance:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=stack+balance

Blocking tall full court shots in Ultimate Ascent. We allied with King TeC in eliminations. This happens at 1:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlPS2u_y8WY#t=88

[MrBasse]

The best in our recent history was from 2013 at MSC. Quarter final 2-1, where starting at 1:05, we climb to the top followed by 1918 and then a hang at the end from 2145 for what, at the time, was the highest pyramid score in competition. I loved seeing the Detroit Public TV version but I can't seem to track it down on my phone.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oGyetNAb5oc

[bEdhEd]

Originally Posted by MrBasse

The best in our recent history was from 2013 at MSC. Quarter final 2-1, where starting at 1:05, we climb to the top followed by 1918 and then a hang at the end from 2145 for what, at the time, was the highest pyramid score in competition. I loved seeing the Detroit Public TV version but I can't seem to track it down on my phone.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oGyetNAb5oc

Oh man was that fun to watch. I can only imagine the energy being in the crowd. It made me smile, and it's exactly what i'm looking to have shared. Great post!

[Samwaldo]

This actually happened twice: We would truss the ball, and another robot on our alliance would catch the ball as they drove by completely unprepared to catch.

1st - was at the NE Groton District, where our #8 alliance was playing the #1 alliance of 195, 78, 3719, three great robots. We trussed it, and 178 by accident caught it and immediatly shot it into the 10pt goal. The crowd went crazy and as a driver I still remember the smile on my face. 178 came over to me and said they had no idea they had the capability to catch.

2nd - I think it was either NE District champs but if not, NE Southington District. 558 caught our truss ball by accident. The crowd went crazy and 558 later told me that their catching flaps/arms werent even opened.

[tindleroot]

A really cool play from our team was at the Boilermaker Regional this year. It was the second Semifinal match that put us into the finals over the #1 seed, and our robot caught a truss shot from 3147, which was crazy since our robot wasn't even supposed to catch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=INdwQkiYSO4

Even though the camera had muted sound, you can still hear the screams

[BBray_T1296]

Playing defense, we accidentally pushed 148 into a catch at Dallas
http://youtu.be/w9bN3IwRWMc?t=2m26s

[Tyler2517]

Showing the agility of our swerve. Our team calls it "parallel parking". Still think we should have gotten the penalty for possession of the other alliances ball.

Last 15 seconds of the match. http://youtu.be/1oVNrp2L1EQ
Not the best match in the world but i am proud of it.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Accidental catch by 125 in our match with them at Beantown Blitz! It was a pretty awesome moment and match. http://youtu.be/FfpxGUFrfy8

[BriteBacon]

1714's shot bounces off the high and hits 5179 and bounces into the high goal.

http://youtu.be/hJ7wODfquuI?t=1m32s

[pabeekm]

This year whenever we first did our full court truss pass at an event, the reaction from the crowd was priceless. A mix of gasps, cheers, and cries of "How is that even legal?!?"

Sadly, there's no video from those practice matches, but here's what we did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76lFi5nRXNc&t=0m39s

[ThunderousPrime]

http://youtu.be/O13JbkeXFG0?t=2m3s

This is an interesting clip I recently found. Watch at 2:03 as 3528 (blue) runs across the field and scores a high goal on the run. Then off camera the ball bounces back into play through the high goal and bounces out of play. A bizarre sequence of events.

[Nuttyman54]

The Scene: 2007 Einstein Final 3
Newton Champs 190, 987 and 177 vs Archimedes Champs 233, 71 and 179.

Everyone is convinced Hammond is a sure lock to get their 5th championship title, having never lost on Einstein before. They've got the ramps, 233 has the tube scoring, 179 brings the defense.

Tubes are scattered all over the rack. Nobody has long rows and it's going to come down to the endgame ramps. The match is winding down and it's close, but Archimedes has the advantage on the tubes. 71 pulls back, clears out the zone and drops their ramps. It's a clean drop this time, unlike in Final Match 2 where one ramp failed to go down. That mishap cost them the sure win and forced the rubber match, but this time everything deploys properly.

It's all about who can get up cleanly and net the 30 point endgame bonus. 233 and 179 are practiced and sure-handed, if the ramps are down they get up. It seems all but certain that Archimedes will take it.

And then The High Rollers come screaming across the field... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gznDtrAv7sA#t=108

[hardcopi]

A couple of plays came to mind for me.

In 2012 we were on an alliance with with BOB and Star Trec. We were a cycler they were both 30 point climbers. At the end of the match they were climbing and we ended up shooting between them as they both made their 30 point climb. Then we did our 10 point hang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUr0XPCCeAA

In 2010 our team managed to do the double hang in competition with Enginerds. (Before my time, but the crowd went absolutely nuts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXxvgInsI0

There was also a match at MSC that I cannot remember, but our alliance member was a tall bot and he tipped. He was leaning against the side wall early in the match. Our driver made his cycle then swung around knocked our ally upright and then continued on. He just did it so cleanly it was great.

[dragon_pilot]

Originally Posted by Tyler2517

Showing the agility of our swerve. Our team calls it "parallel parking". Still think we should have gotten the penalty for possession of the other alliances ball.

Last 15 seconds of the match. http://youtu.be/1oVNrp2L1EQ
Not the best match in the world but i am proud of it.

I actually was on the team that pushed the ball into you guys, we had asked about why there wasn't a penalty and they said that it was because it wasn't purposeful that the ball went into your robot, and that it was accidental

[JamesCH95]

Way back when, before the days of plentiful powerful motors, high-speed pickups were nearly unheard of. 95's robot in 2002, Feynman, was very rare in that he had a full-width ball intake and was capable of collecting game pieces at full speed (of almost 10ft/s, which was REALLY fast back then). He was capable of collecting ~20 soccer balls in just a few seconds, and did so as the first move in almost every match he played in. It was an unexpected play because very few, if any, other robots could do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6VtO5VSd8

The next year, 95 had a 4-wheel serve robot, KC. But 4-wheel swerve is not what was surprising about her. KC had two pneumatic lifts that jacked her up onto the top platform of the bridge. These had been setup such that they would automatically deploy as the robot was disabled. The picture below is from one of the few matches were KC functioned perfectly. (You know how everyone says "don't try swerve unless you've prototyped it in the offseason"? I feel that 95 practically invented that saying in 2003.) Anyway, in this match it was obvious that without the bonus points from KC being on the top platform our alliance was going to lose, and the commentator made sure everyone knew it, he said something like: "oh well, 95 can't get on the platform... it looks like their alliance is going to lose this one, they really need those bonus points!" And as time expired there was a small flinch from KC as her lifts deployed right at the buzzer... a few moments of relative quiet passed and then she calmly popped up a few inches after the robots were all disabled, and the crowd went wild. We won the match!

This picture is the moment that KC's lifts deployed. The look of recognition of what is happening is spreading across the faces of the announcer, the field crew, and even Dean!