2013 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus!

[rees2001]

Congrats to the winners and to the finalists, I knew our alliance would need some help if we had any chance of beating you. You guys rock!
Thanks to all of the volunteers and the planning group. The armory worked out really well.
I would like to congratulate Dante for volunteer of the year. I may give you a hard time sometimes but it is all in fun. Rochester is really lucky to have you around for all of us. The RCR stuff you do behind the scenes, time you put in volunteering, and you really are one of the best referees in FIRST. Thank you for all you do.
My last thanks and congrats goes out to the volunteers from 1511 and 340 that helped run the event and the Mega-drive. You made this much more than just an awesome robotics event. Thanks.


Kim, I think the vision you had for the Ruckus almost 10 years ago has finally been fully recognized. Thank you. NEFIRST is lucky to have you.

[mschwab013]

Will there be match videos posted since there was no webcast?

[Kims Robot]

Originally Posted by rees2001

Kim, I think the vision you had for the Ruckus almost 10 years ago has finally been fully recognized. Thank you. NEFIRST is lucky to have you.

Ehh the vision was realized the day we pulled together the first one - many of the teams in Rochester working together and coming together for a fun event where we could all learn and grow... we had it long ago The extravaganza that it has become is just way above and beyond what I ever would have dreamed!!!

Rochester was such an amazing place to start my career, and to really get my feet on the ground as a mentor in FIRST. All of the teams are so helpful and friendly, as much as I love New England, I will always miss the family that the Rochester FIRST community provided. They are the epitome of GP like no other area I've seen. That they are now able to draw in and host teams from so many different places is just a testament to the amount of hard work and effort that the students and mentors in the region put in year round.

I'm looking forward to my time back in New England and all the craziness it will bring, but I will always try and return to Rochester!! I'm really sad to miss my first Rally in 10 years this year, but I'll hopefully be watching the webcast from where-ever I am that day and if all goes well, will see everyone at FLR!!

[theCADguy]

Originally Posted by mschwab013

Will there be match videos posted since there was no webcast?

I took video of the majority of Team 20's Matches
(matches 8,14,21,32,36,and QF 4-1, QF 4-2, QF 4-3, SF 2-1, SF 2-1)
Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...IxGkBDNdusJeyk

[Justin Montois]

Since Ruckus started nearly 10 years ago, the growth of the event has been awesome to see. This year was one of the best yet. A huge thanks to the planning committee and every volunteer at the event that made it feel like a regional.

To the Canadian contingent and especially our defending world champs 610 and 1241, I'm so glad you made the trip down and I hope you felt it was worth your time. The quality of teams in Canada is incredible and your presence at the event made everyone else strive to elevate their play.

To all other non-local teams that made the trip, I hope you enjoyed the event and will consider returning next year. Spread the word, bring your friends, Ruckus is a blast and the more the merrier.

Congratulations to the 2013 Ruckus Champs and Finalists, you both played great and it's a testament to good design and team organization that you can keep these machines running at such a high level 9 months after they were built and all of the matches in between.

Rochester FIRST is an incredible community and any event in the area that gets everyone together is awesome. I love chatting with everyone, most of whom I haven't seen since Buckeye or Champs to discuss how they felt their season went and what they are doing to prep for 2014.

A special thanks to our alliance partners 3015 and 4001. 4001, we really enjoyed playing with you guys. Your team was very friendly and your robot was awesome. 3015, we are finding ourselves on the same side of the glass in elims more often than not recently and it's always fun. You guys bring a ton of energy as well as great machines. We've won and event and were finalists in another with you guys recently and though we didn't quite replicate that success this time, we definitely had fun.

Thanks again to everyone involved, myself and the rest of Team 340 had a great time and I wish you all the best of luck in 2014!

[Mr. Lim]

A huge congratulations to 4039, 1334 and 3951 for their win at Rah Cha Cha!

That alliance put up a score of 198 in one of their matches, and I don't think too many of us could compete with that. Even for our alliance, everything would have had to go perfectly for all 3 robots to come close.

The final alliances matched up in a very interesting way. 4039 vs 610 on cycling + 10 pt climbing. 1334 vs 1511 on the 50pt dump. We felt we had the advantage with 191's cycles offsetting the cycles that 1334 made before climbing. 3951 played very solid defense, as did 1511 prior to their climb and dump.

Speaking from 610's perspective, we needed to match 4039's cycling output every match in order to win. We bet on 191's cycles putting us over the top, even if 1511 couldn't complete the full 50pt dump.

But we couldn't keep up with 4039 in the finals. They outscored us badly in both matches.

I think the win solidified 4039 as one of the best cyclers in the world. They were super quick, accurate and reliable all competition long. I was more surprised they didn't take the #1 seed than others were surprised that we didn't earn it.

I wanted to thank 191 and 1511 for being amazing alliance partners. Sorry our robot didn't quite hold it together for the finals rounds, but we did the best we could, and it was quite the run nonetheless! We learned a lot, and our new drive team made huge strides in practising their new roles.

Overall, the event was excellent! Great venue, setup, volunteers, and competition. What more could you ask for? It should be no surprise why 8 Canadian teams made the trip to Rah Cha Cha even on our Thanksgiving weekend.

Thanks to all who made this event possible!

[Ashley Christine]

I want to take a second and say thank you to everyone involved in the Rah Cha Cha Ruckus this year!

It was my first time MCing an event and although I was nervous, I had a lot of fun! It was great to see so many familiar faces and many new faces too. It felt great to be back and I had a blast.

Thanks again for having me and I hope everyone had a great time.

[Koko Ed]

We have Rah Cha Cha Ruckus match videos!

[Herbblood]

Team 3044 had so much fun this year!
We were happy to get to eliminations. Thanks to 1507 and 174 who agreed to be our alliance partners!
And congrats to this years winners 4039, 1334, and 3951. You guys did amazing!
Thanks everyone for being very kind and spirited throughout the day!

P.s. good job to teams 20 and 250.