[EWCP] FRC 2012 Competition Season Casts

[Andrew Schreiber]

So, each Sunday we are doing a cast recapping the events and maybe doing a few predictions. Feel free to join us at 9pm EST.

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-98466/TS-597392.mp3

This week's cast transcript is available here:

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<BrendanB> that guy sounds like andrew
<schreiaj> Blah blah blah that's what people keep saying. It isnt me!
<lawrence1503> ha!
<BrendanB> I thought it was you for weeks
<rtfgnow> huh?
<BrendanB> The guy who says, "recorded live"
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<rtfgnow> The kids wanted to put airholes in it
<lawrence1503> lol
<BrendanB> I wouldn't be surprised if there are a handful that don't bag until the night before...
<lawrence1503> same
<Guest 14> We had a clock in the background
<BrendanB> We use the Hawaiian time zone for bagging! : P
<Guest 14> Team Update Discussion: sounds like a great thing to bring up in the recorded cast
<rtfgnow> and woodie flowers
<schreiaj> 14, what?
<Guest 14> How?
<schreiaj> We ARE recording, not sure what you are talking about
<rtfgnow> I took the thumb drive last year to the IT Guy at work for him to wipe it
<Guest 14> Oh, awk
<Guest 14> Why doesn't my screen say that?
<schreiaj> no idea
<ahill1625> those rules suck
<Guest 11> a ref told my team that the way we were playing deffince was illegal. all i was doing as the driver was pushing a robot so it couldnt get a ball.
<Guest 11> there was no contact with any game eliments
<Guest 14> BAE and NJ, yeah. I remember in 2010 the rules were weird
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<Guest 14> Yeah, then it changed because incidental was killing everyone
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<Guest 14> In the 2010 final, there was like a 70 point penalty
<Guest 14> because a ball went into the stands...
<Guest 14> NJ final
<thefro526> Did it go into the stand?
<thefro526> I thought it just disappeared
<BrendanB> Scrimmage they made you touch to count
<Guest 14> I thought a TU changed it from touching to lane-breaking
<Guest 14> It went under a cloth barrier
<Guest 14> i know they got it back
<Guest 14> but it was funny in a stupid way
<Guest 14> BUMPER RULES
<ahill1625> that is such a stupid rule
<BrendanB> So glad we don't have a gap!
<JacobP79> It was pretty tough
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<XaulZan11> split bumpers is bad, having your number in 5 places is crazy
<BrendanB> The sad fact is that they didn't read that in the rules
<XaulZan11> Wasn't the bumper number in 5 places only announced through Q&A?
<Guest 14> Yes, I totally forgot the part in the rulebook where it explicitly stated "teams may not display their number more than four times on the robot"
<Guest 14> Maybe I should have picked it up the fourth or fifth time i went through the book
<BrendanB> more than four isn't a huge issue. but the split numbers are the biggest offense
<XaulZan11> they have posted a pic of it in the bag on their FB page
<Guest 14> Fewer teams will have problems with 5 numbers than split ones
<JacobP79> yep
<XaulZan11> KC actually has a pretty good team list this year
<BrendanB> I'll probably bring a few rolls of blue and red gaffers tape to GSR for kicks so we can advertise that to teams on thursday! :P
<Laaba80> no, we beat them 1 match in the semi finals
<Guest 17> they lost 1 match
<schreiaj> i stand corrected
<thefro526> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37544
<ahill1625> i saw them, they'll be doing quite well
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<Laaba80> they posted a news clip online that shows their robot
<Guest 17> they have a video
<schreiaj> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103576&highlight=1730
<XaulZan11> 1730 showed a sweet video
<robodude03> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_7ljqbIdi8&feature=plcp&context=C36c2f4aUDOEgsToPDskJbZrCbfrysVLEtN4Lheied
<Guest 14> dustin was first comment...
<Laaba80> heres the clip of 525 http://wcfcourier.com/video-cf-robotics-team-prepares-for-competition/vmix_be9b3804-5b58-11e1-bbc4-0019bb2963f4.html
<Guest 14> Their robot SLIDES on their CHASSIS
<Guest 14> what even
<Guest 17> 1986 looks good
<XaulZan11> I would put 1986 and 2949 ahead of 1806
<thefro526> 2949 is on our list too
<XaulZan11> cool, its easy to forget about them as they get forshadowed over 16, 71, 1625, 111 at midwest
<Guest 14> 24 teams go to elims...
<schreiaj> and only 4 can come out
<Guest 14> 2010: Where 6-4 teams are 2nd in the rankings
<schreiaj> 2010 - Where a team that never passed inspection ranked 8th
<lawrence1503> lol
<robodude03> ha ha
<Guest 14> Where? that's golden
<schreiaj> New Orleans
<Guest 14> That's awful
<BrendanB> only been around since 2003
<Guest 14> BAE is THE oldest regional
<Guest 14> it's the NH regional
<Guest 14> Are you only going by TBA?
<BrendanB> It was something before THE Granite state
<thefro526> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24258
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<BrendanB> They have a nice robot so i've heard
<avanboekel> Just logged on. What teams have been talked about so far?
<schreiaj> KSC and most of BAE
<BrendanB> 3467
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<robodude03> 61? http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37432
<robodude03> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37434
<IndySam> 234
<IndySam> they were using our mill yesterday.
<IndySam> there's broke
<lawrence1503> sadface
<IndySam> 1501 shooter is scary loud
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<IndySam> robot goes on ramp then on them
<IndySam> no robot drive from ramp onto them
<jwfoss> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37470
<schreiaj> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ7OMNG5zKE&feature=related
<BrendanB> I'd be scared to put our robot no another robot and then go on a bridge
<IndySam> watch out for 292
<JacobP79> 1, just NC
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<JacobP79> and they won SCREW
<schreiaj> SCRIW
<JacobP79> sorry, its been a long day
<schreiaj> Billfred would be mad if I didnt correct it
<JacobP79> I'll have to apologize to him when I see him in week 4
<IndySam> 292 has our shooter, watch out
<schreiaj> Did they steal it?
<IndySam> no three teams have it
<Guest 14> It's a grabber.
<Guest 14> I mean, 179 is a hanger
<Guest 14> 118 looks like a grabber
<XaulZan11> whose the third team, indysam?
<IndySam> 3940, it's actually their shooter not ours 
<avanboekel> yes, its custom mold
<ahill1625> custom molded with there name in the side
<XaulZan11> oh, thats andy baker's team...
<ahill1625> not yet
<JacobP79> Their robot looks pretty good
<XaulZan11> yeah, really looking foward to seeing it at BMR
<ahill1625> no angle adjust
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<IndySam> PISTON!
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<jjmiller> EWCP pause the video and then scroll through it with mouse ... lol
<jjmiller> you can watch frame by frame
<schreiaj> They really are obsessed 
<jjmiller> lol yea
<robodude03> ha ha
<jwfoss> we do this to all the videos
<jwfoss> not just 148
<robodude03> ^
<avanboekel> http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg524/avanboekel/?action=view&current=148b.png
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<avanboekel> 148 texas thing
<thefro526> ^^^^^ I'm not crazy
<jjmiller> thats debatable Dustin
<jjmiller> ;-P
<ahill1625> she's put up video....
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<JacobP79> what #
<schreiaj> 3481
<schreiaj> anyone got pics?
<jwfoss> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103282&highlight=botz
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<jjmiller> 399 / 1538
<robodude03> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37539
<robodude03> ha ha thanks jjmiller 
<thefro526> http://chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103721&highlight=691
<ahill1625> such giant modules
<schreiaj> Shut up Aren 
<avanboekel> It hasn't made weight, yet...
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<Guest 14> they filled the tubing with helium
<ahill1625> THEY"RE HUGE
<ahill1625> last summer i think
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<XaulZan11> 70/494 were one of the few teams in scorein auto in 09
<jjmiller> 70 Finals on Curie 2006
<XaulZan11> 326 has that crazy shooter
<Guest 14> they had a good 07 season
<Guest 14> The best team you never heard of
<Guest 14> 2016.
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<Guest 14> lol
<Guest 14> Penalty System: how to make bad events have higher scores than MSC
<thefro526> ^^^^
<lawrence1503> >>>
<schreiaj> bbbb
<schreiaj> oops
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<Guest 14> later weeks will have better stuf
<Guest 14> as always
<schreiaj> Yeah, we're kinda guessing
<IndySam> week 1.5
<IndySam> Sat is sabbath
<Guest 14> Sabbath
<JacobP79> ^
<JacobP79> your right
<lawrence1503> makes sense
<schreiaj> cast@ewcp.org