2012 New York City Regional

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Gnishi2011

Where did those six points come from? The game ended 26-36...?

This. If it had tied, it would have gone to blue; first tie breaker is penalties, and they were equal. Second is hybrid and blue would have won. Lots of weird calls in that match:

G23 could have been been invoked; two robots crossing over could be construed breaking the flow.

I believe one of the blue robots was incapacitated when it was pushed into the red key. G45 could have been invoked.

[TD912]

Wow, crazy defense Final match 2...
Lots of fouls from both teams during the heavy pushing matches too...

Red was able to stop blue from doing another triple balance, though...

EDIT: Lots of things happening during that match... Not sure how this will turn out...

[Andy Grady]

What strategy is more intriguing at this point? The 522/125/1635 hybrid-triple balance "dare you to score 40 points worth of baskets on us" strategy, or the 195/369/333 "blow this whole match up to see how you respond" strategy. A brilliant chess match to finish this competition.

[bduddy]

So... can anyone explain what 333 was trying to do during that last match?

[Akash Rastogi]

Wooot! Congrats 125 1635 and 522 on an awesome regional championship!

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by bduddy

So... can anyone explain what 333 was trying to do during that last match?

I can't really think of a good reason for what they were doing, other than if their robot failed.

[davepowers]

Originally Posted by bduddy

So... can anyone explain what 333 was trying to do during that last match?

I'd say prevent the triple balance, but they hit the bridge a couple of times pretty much guaranteeing they would get it. It seems they either had trouble controlling themselves, or didn't read the rules to well.

Also congrats to the winning teams 125 1635 and 522! And also awesome job to 195, 333, and 369!
-D

[George Nishimura]

Originally Posted by bduddy

So... can anyone explain what 333 was trying to do during that last match?

Well at one point they were helping the team triple balance, so co-opertition?

I enjoyed the 195/333/369 second match strategy. Defense all the way.

[TD912]

Hmm... If Red didn't do crazy defense that gave Blue 21 foul points in final match 3, they might have had a better chance of winning.

[penguinfrk]

My guesses until someone at NYC clears things up

Finals 2 - Inbounder shots that didn't register before the scoreboard vanished swung the 26-36? Otherwise I have no clue why, because Blue's strategy in not letting 125 on the bridge made total sense if it would've resulted in a tie.

Finals 3 - Red decided that they didn't care about penalties as long as they stopped the triple. 333 still should've backed off after 125 was on the bridge (even before 1635 got on), but they seemed to be having issues/have given up by then.

Great elimination rounds, congratulations to all the teams!

[bduddy]

Here's the video, thanks to trident for getting it up so quickly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifzwt...ure=plpp_video

I have no idea what 333 was trying to do... it looks like they helped blue way more than they hurt them.

[Res0lu7ion]

Congrats to our alliance for the incredible gameplay.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by TD912

Hmm... If Red didn't do crazy defense that gave Blue 21 foul points in final match 3, they might have had a better chance of winning.

333 should have received a red card under [G25] in addition to those.

[George Nishimura]

Is it confirmed that they received the 9pt technical for bridge interfering? I assume so, because to me that red bridge is not balanced as 333 rammed it at the final second and is supporting 125.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

333 should have received a red card under [G25] in addition to those.

Definitely. Maybe they didn't want to pour salt into a wound though.