IRI Discussion

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

All this hype about the 4334 and 148 interaction. I just don't get it. It was probably the worst attempt at a co-op balance I saw all season.

lol. We were joking about this a few other times as teams lingered on the co-op bridge. (I think someone lost comm on it at on)e point? It is a bit of an odd feeling.

In other news, 1640 always lo ves IRI. This was our best performance yet, and we always learn so much. Thank you to 45, 234 and 1024 and all the volunteers for an awesome event (and another fun field breakdown) and all the amazingly inspirational teams!

[stingray27]

Originally Posted by Siri

lol. We were joking about this a few other times as teams lingered on the co-op bridge. (I think someone lost comm on it at on)e point? It is a bit of an odd feeling.

Losing communication on the bridge would have been Team RUSH 27. It was the match we did our first Triple Balance ever (and we didn't even practice it on the practice field) and we were going over to get in our chain for the triple. Yet just when we put the bridge down, we died. It was the last 30 sec so it really looked like we were just sitting there waiting for another robot to go on the coopertition bridge with us. What was wrong? No one wanted to do it with us??! We gained comms at 20 sec and continued to score our triple. But yes, it was a very odd feeling sometimes not going to that center bridge.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by stingray27

...just when we put the bridge down, we died....We gained comms at 20 sec

Was the cause ever determined?

[stingray27]

Originally Posted by Ether

Was the cause ever determined?

No. It was only one time this weekend and we were too excited we forgot to check. I think when we hit the bridge something hardware wise went down cause we still had a green light on our driver station and we also had full connection and robot code from the FMS

[Koko Ed]

An amusing (albeit admittedly useless) fact about the sixth seeded team pointed out to me by jmiller48167 if you add up all the teams individually on the alliance team number they all add up to 6 (3+3=6, 1+0+2+3=6, 5+1=6 and 3+3+0=6). Somehow I have a feeling Jim Zondag intended this to happen.

[Debbie]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

An amusing (albeit admittedly useless) fact about the sixth seeded team pointed out to me by jmiller48167 if you add up all the teams individually on the alliance team number they all add up to 6 (3+3=6, 1+0+2+3=6, 5+1=6 and 3+3+0=6). Somehow I have a feeling Jim Zondag intended this to happen.

HA! I didn't even notice this until it was pointed out to me by Gary! Not a huge fan of the 6's, but I sure loved our alliance.

[LafondaOnFire]

Sadly, I was without internet access during the entirety of IRI and I wish I could see some of the matches... has anyone recorded the matches from the season and possibly uploaded them to YouTube or another site? I'm sure not only myself but many others here on ChiefDelphi would love to watch the matches!

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by LafondaOnFire

Sadly, I was without internet access during the entirety of IRI and I wish I could see some of the matches... has anyone recorded the matches from the season and possibly uploaded them to YouTube or another site? I'm sure not only myself but many others here on ChiefDelphi would love to watch the matches!

Here you go! You'll have to sift through a bit if you are looking for a specific match though.

[Protip] Make sure you are watching the 2012 IRI. My parents clicked on the 2011 archive when they were trying to watch it live.... They thought they were watching the lunchtime fundraiser, as they had heard the announcer talking about it earlier. It took them about 5 Logomotion matches for them to clue in...... [/Protip]

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by JosephC

I'd like to say thanks to 469, 125, and 1676 for accepting our invitations.

Thank you for honoring us with your invitation.

This being our first IRI, my goal was modest: Don't embarrass yourself. I'm sure we did that on a team level (maybe not so much on a personal level... ).

The level of play was truly astounding - more than Archimedes this year.

The venue was a nice setup, lots of room, plenty of seating, Lovely lovely air conditioning, and no far walks to get anywhere.

It was really great seeing so many friends and colleagues, many of whom I hadn't met in person before. Probably the best part of the trip, except for the DSK show Friday. I sure hope someone got that epic on videotape somewhere.

The only less-than-ideal aspect of the whole weekend - aside from the 13-hour drive each way - was the food for sale. While very reasonably priced, the selection was limited (pizza or hot dog). I did survive, however.

A huge thank you to everyone who had a hand in making this happen. I know what it takes to run an event of this magnitude, and to have it run so very, very problem-free was just a joy to witness.

And we never lost Comm the whole weekend...

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

It was really great seeing so many friends and colleagues, many of whom I hadn't met in person before. Probably the best part of the trip, except for the DSK show Friday. I sure hope someone got that epic on videotape somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-jQX...hannel&list=UL

Your wish has been granted.

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

It was really great seeing so many friends and colleagues, many of whom I hadn't met in person before. Probably the best part of the trip, except for the DSK show Friday. I sure hope someone got that epic on videotape somewhere.

Saying hi to old friends and meeting new ones is usually one of my favorite parts of IRI every year. Unfortunately I haven't been able to do much of that the last few years (thanks to the latter part of your comment). I was hoping to meet you this year and I actually saw you walking by at one point. Going through my head at that time was, "hey there's Don. Introduce yourself and say hi. Crap, you only have 25 minutes to get to your hotel, eat lunch, and get back in time for the afternoon DSK rehersal. I'll see him later or tomorrow - yeah, that the ticket."

Oh well, it was a very busy weekend. There's always next year. I'm glad you enjoyed the show, at least.

[Daniel Brim]

Here is our field-side video from quarterfinal 4, match 1. Taken from our hockey stick camera. It's 125-centric, but you can see both of red's shots go in and both teams balancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqJJnTFFEmg

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brim

Here is our field-side video from quarterfinal 4, match 1. Taken from our hockey stick camera. It's 125-centric, but you can see both of red's shots go in and both teams balancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqJJnTFFEmg

The video doesn't show how loud that place got after that second shot went in. Amazing match. One of the greatest matches that I have every seen in my four years of FRC.

[mdaniel462]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brim

Here is our field-side video from quarterfinal 4, match 1. Taken from our hockey stick camera. It's 125-centric, but you can see both of red's shots go in and both teams balancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqJJnTFFEmg

Would you happen to have your hockey stick footage of qualification match 65?
3322 - 1023 - 125

Thanks,
~Matt