CalGames 2009

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Who's pumped? This is gonna be a very competitive event!

3 Regional Finalists, 4 Regional Champions, 1 World Champion, and 1 IRI Finalist.

As of today registration is full with 36 teams! (1678 is on the waiting list)

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1678 - Wait list

Can't wait to see everyone there!

[NickE]

I believe 9999 has recieved the team number 3129.

[Eugene Fang]

604,100,971 alliance again, anyone? Haha.

Our team can't wait.

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Pikat

604,100,971 alliance again, anyone? Haha.

Sounds like fun We'll have to see how things play out. I think this year's bot might seed a bit higher than last year's so it would be harder to get together...

I'm definitely excited! 971 has been working hard on training a new driver for Calgames and making the bot even better.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

Sounds like fun We'll have to see how things play out. I think this year's bot might seed a bit higher than last year's so it would be harder to get together...

I'm definitely excited! 971 has been working hard on training a new driver for Calgames and making the bot even better.

I'm 99% sure your bot this year will seed higher than last year's, too. Haha.

Nice hopper addition, by the way

[Chris is me]

I'd wager 99% sure that 971's robot will not only do better than last year, but win the event.

Changes? Worked fine before

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Changes? Worked fine before

Meh. It was hard for the human player to throw balls in the hopper. And the hopper jammed some, so we didn't always collect as many balls before dumping as we could have. I guess the moral of the story is that you can always find something to fix up if you have time. And if the students are excited about working on the bot, why not?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Changes? Worked fine before

"Fine" is not perfect.

There's always improvements that can be made.

[Chris is me]

I meant that as a bit of a joke, that their uchanged robot "did fine" being World Champions and all. I guess I should explain myself better late at night. Best of luck to you guys!

[Eugene Fang]

CalGames pictures are up!

Many thanks to Tim Craig!

http://picasaweb.google.com/calgames2009/

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

Who's pumped? This is gonna be a very competitive event!

3 Regional Finalists, 4 Regional Champions, 1 World Champion, and 1 IRI Finalist.

As of today registration is full with 36 teams! (1678 is on the waiting list)



Can't wait to see everyone there!

Unfortunately, the IRI Finalist (Team 980) had to withdraw from the event (we lost our drive team to SAT tests).

[Steven Sigley]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

we lost our drive team to SAT tests

Yeah we lost a massive chunk of our team to SAT's this year as well. Bad timing I guess.

We'll have rookies driving for Cal Games.

[Katie_UPS]

Where does this take place?

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

Where does this take place?

Location:

Woodside High School
October 10 199 Churchill Avenue
Woodside, CA

Schedule:

Qualifying matches: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Playoff matches: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Award Ceremony: 4:30 pm

[garyk]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

Yeah we lost a massive chunk of our team to SAT's this year as well. Bad timing I guess.

We'll have rookies driving for Cal Games.

IMHO, off-season events are the place for rookie students to drive, wrench, and program; the only way to understand competition is to do it, and it's the place where rookies can take their first step toward becoming veterans.