FIRST does have other options re Enistein.

[sgreco]

Originally Posted by Bryscus

Team 180 had comm problems and we worked through them. We lost communications in the last match as well. However, we were ready at a moment's notice to reboot the robot to get as much play time as we possibly could. We foresaw this potential problem and changed our strategy on the fly. Also, I showed some of the 118 kids how to reboot and what to look for in the event of a problem. I'm not sure if they tried it or not, but I wanted them to move almost as much as they did.

The reason our alliance played so well was that 16 could retrieve balls from our opponents and pass them to us. I didn't see any other team play such incredible defense the entire competition. One could perhaps even go so far as to say that that Bomb Squad could have been paired with any two good key shooters and come out extremely competitive. I'm sure there were a couple good robots that were individually better than any robot on our alliance, but the alliance teamwork is what made the difference.

We could also triple balance very quickly. I think the fact that we never had to shows more than actually triple balancing. I hope that hateful comments such as these aren't shared with the kids. This certainly doesn't help spread the message of FIRST.

- Bryce

I appreciate the pride you have in your ability to overcome the adversity caused by communication issues that were out of your control, but this simply wasn't how the game was supposed to be played, and that's why people are questioning the outcome. Teams spent the whole year practicing with a strategy of a 3 on 3 game, and the variation created by communication related immobility simply wasn't what most (or any) of the teams on Einstein prepared for. You can't really tell someone they lost after making them lose at something they didn't prepare for (and frankly shouldn't have had to prepare for).

That said, I don't disagree with you, but I think it's obvious as a bystander that the matches on Einstein were not entirely legitimate, and don't really reflect what teams were asked to prepare for when the game was released.

I posted about this before on another thread, so I won't repeat myself, but here's the link http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=183