2014 Greater DC Regional

[bearbot]

Is their a webcast of the event

[Andrew Rudolph]

Can't believe there's no webcast!

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by Andrew Rudolph

Can't believe there's no webcast!

Agreed. I hope that someone at least gets some video of the finals.

[KevinG]

The view is definitely problematic. From the sides you can see the field but really struggle to see the board, and from the front you can see the board but most of the field is cut off. Hopefully next year they'll put the judge's table on the other side of the field and slide the whole thing further away so we can all see.

[Oblarg]

Rough game this year; 4464's roller arm is currently out of commission (the shafts of the PG188's we were using to actuate it both sheared clean in two following an impact in one of our matches), but we're enjoying playing hard defense while we work to get it operational again. That match against team 56 was exhilarating! The front of our AM14U also has a nice curve now, as well; no idea when that happened or what actually caused it.

[mrmummert]

I don't see why they didn't set this up like they do at VCU. Each pit row could have been shallower, but they could have made more rows...or they could do it
the way the do pit rows at the NC regional. This way they could have turned the field to face the other way.

[scooty199]

Visiting my former team today, the space definitely seems cramped. It feels tight and not easy to move at all. Seating isn't awful, but some views are bad and seeing the board is an issue. Also the proximity of the field to the audience is an issue from what I've seen. There were matches where high speed thrown balls ended in the stands hitting people.


I do love that it's just a nice ride down Rt 123 for me though.

Siegel Center at VCU I believe is bigger than the Patriot Center, but pits could be reworked.

[KevinG]

3650 has had their share of issues too. Programming, a bad motor, a bad Jaguar, controller issues, it's all been a mess. Fortunately everyone is having a good time.

[mizscience]

Alliances:

1. 225 1731 4464
2. 587 449 2849
3. 2912 612 4541
4. 339 3419 1758
5. 2068 116 686
6. 1418 1885 2537
7. 4242 56 614
8. 2377 2642 2640

1418 declined 2912

[bearbot]

Good luck to all the teams who made the elimination bracket. Its nice to see 2849 and 2537 from Howard County made it to the elimination round.

[Piecemaker96]

Thanks to everyone who helped put this event together. I know our team (612, Chantilly Robotics) had a fantastic time, and I was really impressed with everyone's enthusiasm and energy. A quick shoutout to our alliance partners 2912 and 4541 as well as teams 3419, 587, and 56 who joined us for food and company. This is the first time our team has gotten to Championship in living memory, and we are super pumped to be going. See you guys in St. Louis.

[Ben Martin]

225 had a lot of fun at the Greater DC regional. Our perception of an event generally goes in line with the quality of the reffing, FTAing, and inspection process, and all three were great here. The event staff were also super friendly. It was great to come south to a capital region event--many of their events are much closer to us than many MAR events, and it was great to play with a different set of teams.

Thanks to 1731 and 4464 for partnering up with us! All three teams on the alliance had never won a regional event before.

1418, 1885, and 2537 -- you guys gave us some tough finals matches. That last match could have gone either way.

Congratulations to 612 for EI and 1885 for Chairman's. Both are top-quality programs that do a ton of outreach.

Also, I was really glad to see 4945 win the Rookie All-Star award! These guys built a great off-season robot for Battle 'o Baltimore, and I'm glad to see that they have continued their success.

[swwrobotics]

Team 2900 had a great time and hopes to see everyone back next year!

Also, all of the eliminations matches have been recorded and uploaded by our team to this playlist! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...6Sdtmzmuhlpvrn The playlist even includes the stopped match in Final Match 2 when there was an unlit pedestal. All the matches should also be up on thebluealliance soon.

Below are my favorite matches with included highlights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV2Jf...6Sdtmzmuhlpvrn - Amazing truss shot ball deflection at 2:12!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM7_j...dtm zmuhlpvrn - Amazing catch at 1:22!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY-tY...6Sdtmzmuhlpvrn - Buzzer beater low goal score at 2:36!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI11i...dtm zmuhlpvrn - Team 2537 gets knocked over at 1:35!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Eqm...dtm zmuhlpvrn - 1418 and 1885 get stuck together at 2:00! (Closeup shot at 2:51)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1BQ5...dtm zmuhlpvrn - One of the most exciting matches at our regional. Back to back truss shots were made at 2:04 and the match ended tied. However there was a foul by the red alliance that was later pointed out for possession of blue's ball at 2:14, making the blue alliance win and setting up a final best of 3 game.

[jasp]

This was a great competition. 2537 had fun in the qualification matches playing with everyone.

Thank you 1418 and 1885 for picking us. For us it was amazing and terrifying for us, having never expected this at our first regional this year. We had a great strategy, worked well together and did our best.

Congrats to 225, 1731 and 4464. You guys were incredible and those final matches were intense.

Hope to see a lot of the same teams at Chesapeake!

[swwrobotics]

Oh! quick question! Does anyone know why 587's robot turned around in this autonomous to shoot their high goal shot? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Eqm...lpvrn&index=15

Just showing off?