2014 Lake Superior

[FRC3883FRC]

Since I didnt find a thread about the Lake Superior Regional yet I thought I would start one up. Its looking like a great turn out and should be a fun competition. Here is a quick highlight video of our team today. We only made the filed once but found some problems that have been fixed. Cant wait to see what the next days will bring!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrylZ...ature=youtu.be
Hope you enjoy the video!

[Kevin Leonard]

I love the song choice.
Good luck this weekend!

[FRC3883FRC]

Thanks. With the robot being named Sonic The Hedge Bot it only makes sense yo use music from the sonic games.

[FRC3883FRC]

Well here is our day 2 highlights. Damage pictures at the end of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvAFLz-S9Rw
How are thing going for everyone else?

[Jon Stratis]

It's turning into a great regional, despite some issues for a few unfortunate teams. We had two major incidents yesterday.

One robot smoked their entire electrical board when a spike came loose and got crushed into some other components, back feeding current into the system where it shouldn't go. It was the biggest cloud of smoke I've seen at one of these events!fortunately we didn't need the fire extinguisher, although there's a picture floating around of one of our fearless FTA's running towards the robot with it. Last I heard, the robot was back up and running last night!

The second incident was an exploding pressure tank, on the field. We looked at the pieces, and it appears the failure was due to a combination of items - first, the tank was both damaged and compressed by mounting it with a hose clamp, and then it took a hit from another robot and blew. I really have to caution everyone not to stress these tanks with anything!

[Steve2062]

Was there a re-play of one of the quarterfinals matches between the #1 and #8 seeds or did Sypder jump the gun on me? It looked like #8 had upset #1 in 3 but then I flipped to the LS webcast and saw them playing again.

[RaxusPrime]

Originally Posted by Steve2062

Was there a re-play of one of the quarterfinals matches between the #1 and #8 seeds or did Sypder jump the gun on me? It looked like #8 had upset #1 in 3 but then I flipped to the LS webcast and saw them playing again.

Our alliance (seed #1) brought up a field issue of the pedestal not lighting up the whole first quarter of the game, as a result we were able to replay the match

[Caleb Sykes]

For anyone watching the data bits day 2 video, the data bits did in fact completely knock over 3054, and then proceed to pull them back up. What you saw was not video edited, it is what actually happened.

Also, this thread will not be complete until this video is added: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOd3mF1tvwk#t=186

The elimination matches were insane. Every single match was a nail-biter, and I stopped making predictions about who would win after both 1 and 2 seeds almost got knocked out in the quarterfinals. I was not thrilled about this game when it first came out, but after watching those matches, Aerial Assist has become one of my favorite games ever.

The double DECCer match was also fun, I think that the Lake Superior alliance could have won it if 3018 wouldn't have had as much trouble scoring the ball. Even then though, the Northern Lights alliance was solid, so I'm not sure.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by inkling16

The double DECCer match was also fun, I think that the Lake Superior alliance could have won it if 3018 wouldn't have had as much trouble scoring the ball. Even then though, the Northern Lights alliance was solid, so I'm not sure.

Does someone have video of the Double DECCer match?

[LDiDomenico]

Here is a link to a video of the Double DECCer Match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCkIZDSWl8U

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by LDiDomenico

Here is a link to a video of the Double DECCer Match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCkIZDSWl8U

Maybe it's just this computer, but that video was so jumpy that I was getting headaches. Here is another one I found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzbs7mwsrys

Note that 2052 broke their shooter in the semis, and never got it fixed. That alliance still managed to win Lake Superior though, but I don't think that they ever quite reached their full potential (3018 broke once or twice earlier as well).

[FRC3883FRC]

Originally Posted by inkling16

For anyone watching the data bits day 2 video, the data bits did in fact completely knock over 3054, and then proceed to pull them back up. What you saw was not video edited, it is what actually happened.

Yes we did indeed. On a different note this game is really great when it gets into the elims. Our team ended up seeded 46 with 3-7, trough out the qualifications our shooter just was not all that great. The game was a little hard to watch during all the qualifications, but this game make up for it in the elims. Its a very heavy hitting game on the field. Unfortunately we had our arm down after the start of atton and hit another robots radio out during the elims (sorry about that). If its one thing to take away from this game is to keep your radio out of harms way. Its very violent out there and our robot has some battle scares from all the matches, and may have left a few on other robots (again sorry for any damages). Ill be working on the day 3 edit soon so be on the look out. This game is great when both alliances are giving everything they got and just going at it. Being on the floor and hearing the crowd energy is on a whole new level with this game. Our alliance put up one great fight and didn't give it up easily. Congrats to 3692 3018 and 2052 for putting up some great matches. Our teams has one more regional to go so lets hope to see you guys at the world champs.

[cstelter]

Originally Posted by inkling16

The double DECCer match was also fun, I think that the Lake Superior alliance could have won it if 3018 wouldn't have had as much trouble scoring the ball. Even then though, the Northern Lights alliance was solid, so I'm not sure.

Yes-- 3018 is looking at options for insuring our robot can remain in top form through so many rounds of 'battle'. We're unsure yet why the robot's shot was underpowered for the final 2 shots of the double decker. My money is on a weak battery or twisted 'halo' (the hoop at the bottom that carries the ball).

The last shot we took looked like it came of veering left which gives credence to the bent halo idea. But I'm just a programming mentor-- the build kids I'm sure will be able to determine what really happened.

Match would have been much closer had we made that 2nd shot the first time and had been able to start another cycle, but it could have still been either alliance's game.

This game is awfully fun to watch (and to play per our drive team), but it is violent and very hard on robots. Hopefully we can make some modifications to account for the game before Milwaukee.

[Rypsnort]

Lake Superior regional was awesome. Looking forward to seeing some of the same teams in Milwaukee.

[Uriah]

Originally Posted by Rypsnort

Lake Superior regional was awesome. Looking forward to seeing some of the same teams in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is going to be very tough this year. About 15 teams between Lake Superior and Northern Lights were in elims and also are going to Milwaukee.