Championship Matches from the Catwalk 2013

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Atlanta was crazier.

guh...

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

guh...

Is that for Lunacy, or Acrophobia?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Is that for Lunacy, or Acrophobia?

Now that I think about it...both.

[Mike Marandola]

That was a nice full court bank shot off the pyramid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...WxzE0#t=11 6s

[Kims Robot]

A couple more videos from the Catwalk
Galileo Match 88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WQlyU65vA

Pretty Certain this is another Match 90 on Newton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVGTyXQol4

This one is Archimedes, but I don't know which match...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyu50EQYFbo

I also have a bunch of catwalk photos of teams & people in my photoset. I have more coming, but I need some more editing time, so I only have the preview posted so far
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimsrob...7633424708682/

It was an amazing opportunity to get up there and see things from a whole new perspective. I was absolutely amazed at how slow the frisbees from the full court shooters appeared to be from above!! Craziness!!

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Now that I think about it...both.

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by marandola316

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

most likely.
Lunacy was the Grumpy Cat of FIRST games.

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

most likely.
Lunacy was the Grumpy Cat of FIRST games.

hahaha. The only thing that it was missing was a good end game.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by marandola316

I'm starting to think that I'm the only person on the planet that loved Lunacy.

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Now that I think about it...both.

Okay, you've made me look at the catwalk photos from 2009, Lunacy, a much maligned game.

In retrospect (they say it takes twenty years to write history) I like it more than I thought I did.

Here's why:
The white regolith from the catwalk made for very cool photos. It made the competition pictures look like reverse images.

The game theory, where the goal was attached to your butt and close proximity made for vulnerability, was very high level. (though it made for many circle matches that looked like two dogs chasing each others tails)

Check it out.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Check it out.

Ah, the good ole' Georgia Dome...

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Ah, the good ole' Georgia Dome...

Yeah, I miss it too.

Here are some other pics from Lunacy 2009.

A half moon over Atlanta at sunset during the competition.

Trinity,40, a team that I really miss.

Fireworks at the Finale event.

[pcbob444]

MooreteP,
Hope you don't mind,
I 'borrowed' your overhead view and added to mine.

Newton - QM90
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=YmYDiZBf4W4&ns=1

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Lunacy was a great game behind the glass but an awful game to watch.

^this

[akoscielski3]

Now that I think of it Lunacy would have been a great game if they didn't use Regolith as the flooring.
Imagine how crazy some of the pushing matches or collisions would have been if there were robots running around the field at 14ft/s. I bet half of the robots wouldnt be square anymore... They'd all be parallelograms...