Portland 2012

[Keefe2471]

Team Mean Machine will be there! Looking forward to seeing everyone again!! Only 21 hours until the pits open!

[techedguy]

Best wishes from 2865 - with the Spokane Event opening - and how much 'fun' there is in fundraising (it is only 27.3% of the word after all) we're not coming west this year. We will have one member running around over there, so if you see her - say "Hi Claire!" North Idaho will be well represented, I'm sure, by CDA High and Bonners Ferry.

You'll all be in the pits soon, and we have to look at our baby through a plastic bag for many more weeks!

[jason701802]

6 bots on the bridges at the same time. First time in the nation!

[Stimpy1901]

Originally Posted by jason701802

First time in the nation!

Not quite. It happened last week in KC (see this post).

[jason701802]

Originally Posted by Stimpy1901

Not quite. It happened last week in KC (see this post).

Our announcer said that it was the first time in the nation and I hadn't or heard anything to the contrary, but thanks for setting this straight.

[idahorobot]

2130 Alpha + is there.

Great regional very nice people and very friendly.

[Stimpy1901]

Good luck Bearbotics (2439) and alliance 4. You make Hawaii proud with great improvement and performance throughout the qualification matches.

[Stimpy1901]

Also, let's go Blue Thunder (2443)! Way to go and good luck to alliance 3.

[ThirteenOfTwo]

Good luck 2439 and 2443! We're rooting for you from Honolulu!

[Stimpy1901]

Great work to our Hawaii Teams from Maui, 2439 and 2443, for doing us proud.

And, congrats to the 8th seeded alliance (3711, 360, 956) for winning the Autodesk Oregon Regional with the Triple Balance Act!

[frasnow]

Originally Posted by Stimpy1901

And, congrats to the 8th seeded alliance (3711, 360, 956) for winning the Autodesk Oregon Regional with the Triple Balance Act!

Congratulations indeed. The drama of the second finals match was really exciting to watch. 3711 looked dead, just like in the first finals match. A push from their alliance partners appeared to get them moving, but things still weren't working right. This happened a couple more times. In the end, 3711 was pushed over to the bridge, 3711 lowered the bridge with their arm, and 360 & 956 pushed 3711 up the bridge for the triple balace. Six triple balances, six victories. Great work!

[Matthx]

I had a great time and am very proud of what we managed to do. Also, let it never be said that Portland doesn't have the best extended dance parties

Originally Posted by idahorobot

2130 Alpha + is there.

Great regional very nice people and very friendly.

Hey, congrats on your very well deserved Engineering Inspiration Award

[Stimpy1901]

Originally Posted by frasnow

Congratulations indeed. The drama of the second finals match was really exciting to watch. 3711 looked dead, just like in the first finals match. A push from their alliance partners appeared to get them moving, but things still weren't working right. This happened a couple more times. In the end, 3711 was pushed over to the bridge, 3711 lowered the bridge with their arm, and 360 & 956 pushed 3711 up the bridge for the triple balace. Six triple balances, six victories. Great work!

Thanks so much for the recap.

I actuallly missed that entire match. I was watching the webcast on my iPhone, but it kept cutting to prior matches (like they might have been editing for archiving). It seemed to happen throughout the eliminations.

Did anyone else have this problem?

[lucasking94]

Does anyone know where I can find any videos from the Portland Finals. Thanks everyone for the congrats on the victory. Good summary, it just so happened that we got bumped at the same time that I switched the order of our joysticks so that's how we started working in game #2 of the final round, and yes very nerve racking to try to balance 3 on a bridge with 35 seconds left.

If anyone has any idea where I could find video of all or any of the playoff it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[rcmolloy]

Just a quick shout out to whoever was the DJ for the competition. I kept jamming out to the various techno, dance, and electronic songs that were being played during the competition. Who ever the man or woman was, they have a great taste in music.