2011 MadTown Throwdown

[Akash Rastogi]

Yo RC, do you have a direct link to the webcast?

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Yo RC, do you have a direct link to the webcast?

http://madstream.team1323.com/

There you go, Eugene should have it all working by next weekend

-RC

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by R.C.

http://madstream.team1323.com/

There you go, Eugene should have it all working by next weekend

-RC

RC, can you do me a favor and not schedule this the same weekend as one of the NJ/PA offseasons next year? I need an excuse to visit the west coast, heck I might even bring Brokash with me.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by thefro526

RC, can you do me a favor and not schedule this the same weekend as one of the NJ/PA offseasons next year? I need an excuse to visit the west coast, heck I might even bring Brokash with me.

No problem, RC has you covered. He put together a little event called the Central Valley regional Apr 5th. Checking the PA/NJ calendar, I don't see any conflicts. CYA in April.

So....when does it start? I'm seeing a blank screen with a wolf on it...

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by PRich1477

Wooooo!!! I have vide-Oh wait, it's back down.

Caught a glimpse of a particular orange robot though.

What's happened so far? The "Scores and Rankings" page on Madstream is blank too...

I'll shoot RC a text, they are probably busy right now.

Texted back: They are just running practice matches right now, the feed will not go up until later.

As much as I love your logo, I would enjoy some robot action. :\

[Eugene Fang]

Edit: Webcast should be up between 8 and 8:30AM PST. The scores page has a bug, I'll fix it in a bit.

Also, if anyone is interested, here's the qualification match schedule for Saturday. (Yes, matches start Saturday.)


Match Schedule
--------------
1: 604 3296 362 1280 1678 1323
2: 972 3256 3045 3303 1324 254
3: 2135 2854 252 971 2073 1477
4: 2813 975 968 1671 3934 841
5: 973 3859 974 3569 295 3512
6: 2761 972 3303 3970 252 254
7: 1324 604 2813 362 2854 3256
8: 974 975 1280 1477 1678 3045
9: 1671 2761 3970 973 841 1323
10: 968 3512 2073 295 971 3296
11: 2135 3934 254 3569 3859 604
12: 972 841 1324 362 973 1477
13: 975 1323 2073 3303 2854 3296
14: 295 1678 3970 2135 974 968
15: 3569 3934 2813 252 971 3045
16: 2761 1280 3512 1671 3256 3859
17: 2135 295 1678 975 972 254
18: 362 3970 968 2854 3045 973
19: 604 3256 2073 2761 1477 3934
20: 1280 3859 1671 252 1324 1323
21: 971 3512 3303 841 974 2813
22: 3569 1477 975 3296 254 362
23: 295 604 252 3970 1671 1324
24: 3256 971 2813 2135 3859 972
25: 974 3569 1678 2854 841 2761
26: 3934 3303 3296 1280 1323 973
27: 3045 2073 254 968 3512 252
28: 2854 1477 1324 975 3859 971
29: 973 2761 1671 3303 974 362
30: 1280 295 3045 2073 841 2135
31: 3569 3256 3296 972 1323 968
32: 1678 604 3934 3512 2813 3970
33: 973 295 254 2854 1280 971
34: 974 2761 252 3256 2135 975
35: 3045 841 3859 604 3934 972
36: 968 1323 3512 3296 362 3303
37: 3970 3569 2073 2813 1671 1477
38: 1324 3256 252 1678 841 973
39: 2854 975 974 3934 1280 972
40: 1477 1323 295 3045 2761 2813
41: 3970 3303 604 968 971 3569
42: 3512 254 1671 2135 1324 3296
43: 362 1678 972* 3859 2073 252*

[NickE]

Alliances are below. Picking was 1-8, 1-8, 8-1. There were only 30 teams present.

#1 9973 0254 0841 
#2 1323 0971 3569 
#3 2073 5971 3256 0362
#4 0968 0252 2135 2854
#5 1280 0973 1678 3970
#6 3512 0604 1324 3859
#7 3045 1477 2813 3934
#8 0295 8973 3296 1671

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by PRich1477

1 beats 8 (2)
2 beats 7 (might go to 3, though I may be a little biased )
3 beats 6 (2)
5 beats 4 (3)

(I'm not sure exactly how the bracket is set up, so these next teams might not even play, but if they did, this is what would happen. Either way it ends up 1 vs. 2)

1 beats 3 (2)
2 beats 5 (3)

1 beats 2 (3)

In a no upset case, 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3 in semis (which is what is occurring now)

That means 254 and 971 are both playing against their practice robots in their respective semifinal matches.

[R.C.]

Congratulations to 254/973(Swerve)/841 for winning the 2011 MadTown Throwdown and 1323/971/3569 for being our finalists this year.

I can't thank each team enough for being patient through all of ours issues. We had random field issues that slowed down our cycle time. Next year, we are working on a getting a full metal field/full control system for all off seasons in California (Not final).

We also implemented an "Abby" tube (Thanks 1538!)/sponsored matches! Which allowed us to raise around $2,000 for a little girl named Abby. Her father works for Madera High School and three year old Abby has brain cancer. So the family and our community has been trying to raise money for cancer treatments that insurance won't pay. I can't thank each team/student/mentor/sponsor/donor enough for helping us/her this year.

Special Thanks:

Team 254 - For bringing/shooting shirts and allowing us year after year to borrow all your field elements. We couldn't host the event without your support.

Team 1477 - For coming all the way out from TEXAS! and helping teams with their radio throughout the entire event!

Team 1671 - helping us fill in volunteer slots and helping us tear down.

Team 254/971/973 - It was a pleasure having you guys bring out your 2nd/3rd bots to fill in slots/make the competition more interesting!

People:

Austin Schuh - Can't thank you enough for helping teams with programming all day long and helping us with communication/field issues.

Ken Mitchell - For coming out and helping us with the FMS issues/running our sound mixer board.

Ceal/Tim Craig - For coming out again and doing our rankings/logistics/photography.

Picasaweb.Google.com/MadtownThrowdown2011

Eugene Fang - Being a great head ref for us and setting up our webcast along with WRRF's.

Andrew Nabors/Rohi - Couldn't have done it without you guys, great job FTA and making it through all the issues.

Cheryl Greene - For being our head judge and judging between some very competitive robots.

Robert booth/Atamaian - Awesome MC and Announcer!

Also thank you WRRF/LA Robotics for supporting us for the last 3 years. It was a fun event and we look forward to seeing all the teams next year!

-RC

*Sorry if I missed anything, hella tired*

[roystur44]

RC,

Here's our media from the competition by remraz.

A highlights reel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01k6h...eature=related

Full matches from the elimination series:
Finals:
Match 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXw6Snow2FY
Match 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soTGpDGGGNY
Match 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvmNmycEXJo

Semifinals:
Match 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTsSjOnxpRQ
Match 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65O-uBODJ-Q

2 of the quarter finals:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh0TDCpSxvY
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBlIYnguQWI


Here’s an album of photos from Madtown:

http://www.zarmer2.com/pix/Madtown%202011/index.php

[Akash Rastogi]

Alliance selection just ended, I'll try to get them posted up. Quarterfinals will begin in 10 minutes.


http://madstream.team1323.com/

Edit: Nick is a World Championship Ninja....