2011 IRI

[stundt1]

Congrats 33 2056 217 and 359 for winning IRI!!!!!!!

I just won $20! Take that Jasper!

[bam-bam]

Congratulations to your 2011 IRI champions, captain 33, 217, 2056, and double winner 359!

[Chris is me]

Too much to say for one post but I'll try anyway. This was an amazing IRI. Possibly the most competitive event I've ever seen, every qualifier felt like an elimination match. Every single team who hit the field brought something to the table. I think it was significantly deeper and more even than MSC. Wow.

Thanks to 829 for letting me help out with pre-match strategy. These guys are a classy team with a strong, well built robot. I was really impressed with the very consistent ubertube (as long as we didn't blow a CIM and careen into 217), quick and smart passing play, and quality gripper. It was a pleasure working with you guys and I hope to share some time behind the glass with you guys at a future event. (Alliance?)

Congratulations to 11 with a wonderful performance this weekend. They proved to everyone that, in my opinion in least, they're arguably the strongest team from New Jersey this year. A very smart scorer and smart alliance captain.

Thanks to Billfred for a fun three days at IRI. I think you helped me set a new Random Robotics Adventure Record! A HUGE thanks to Andy Baker as well for a nice meetup after the event.

1503's kids are cool. 1114's kids are cool too.

By the way, Nick, you dropped something.

[JB987]

Congratulations due for 33, 2056, 217 and 359! Well played guys. A special thanks to 1114 for inviting us to play with them (first time we teamed up in 10 years) and thanks to our other alliance partners 67 and 1732. As referred to in earlier post, I agree that this was likely the toughest IRI yet. Also, fantastic job done by our Indiana host teams to produce another great event!

[mwmac]

Did anyone capture video of QF3 M2?

[mickey d's 71]

does anyone have vids of the elimination matches

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by mickey d's 71

does anyone have vids of the elimination matches

they are archived on Ihigh, follow the webcast link at IRI's site. QF3 M2 is missing but all others appear ok

[mickey d's 71]

thanks

[Lil' Lavery]

Are the videos archived anywhere that doesn't require Silverlight?

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Are the videos archived anywhere that doesn't require Silverlight?

You can replace "silverlight=1" in the URL with "nosilverlight=1" to view them in Windows media format:

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[GCentola]

Congrats to 33,217,359 and 2056 for the win! You guys did great! To 1114, 987 and 67, it was a lot of fun to play against you guys! And to 233, 2016 and 3098, thank you for all of your help during the quarterfinals! We put up a lot of points, and it was a great experience to work with all of you! I know I speak for all of team 1126 when I say we had a great time this past weekend!

[Chris Fultz]

It will be interesting to see how the predicted rankings compare with the actuals from the event.

Two factors that are hard to "value" are the drive teams (many are not the same due to graduating seniors, vacations, etc) and the scoring changes that increased the value of lower tubes and reduced the value of mini-bots.

[Jim Zondag]

It was truly amazing to play at the 2011 IRI. I cannot thank the IRI team enough for putting on such an awesome event. It just gets better every year.

I want to thank everyone on teams 2056, 217, and 359 for helping make up our winning alliance. We really had a great thing going. I have rarely worked so well with any group of teams I have ever played with. You guys are the greatest. It was very cool to finally get to play with 2056 and 359, and to finally win one with a Copioli

The perfect 160 score in match 77 just blew me away. We have practiced like crazy all year, but i still can't believe we actually did it. Only with legends like Wildstang and the Hawaiian Kids could this be possible. What a team!

Great job 1114, 987, 67 in the Semis: Those were probably about the most exciting two matches I have ever played in my 15 years in FRC.

Excellent job by 16, 2122, 3138 in the finals, great offence, great defence, and a great battle all the way to the end.

Again, awesome event, truly world class teams, and the best robot competition anywhere (or at least on Earth)! I can hardly wait for next year.

[Nick Lawrence]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Did anyone capture video of QF3 M2?

Some digging found this.

-Nick