1000 assist points and we could have done more

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by Answer42

Any idea what caused the power loss in the second finals match? Congrats on making it to the finals, your alliance was pretty spectacular.

Main breaker blew after an impact while in high gear.

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

1000 assist points is unbelievable! Might I ask what role and strategy was used?

Did you just insist on getting 3 assist cycles every match?

Even though we tried almost every match, seemed like something failed and the third assist was missed.

Trying to play this game the "right way" is just awkward for us.

Killer alliance partners and making sure to help as many teams as possible to improve. Your alliance is only as strong as your weakest link. We spent a good portion of our time sending mentors to help other teams. We actually had a couple mentors designated to specific rookie teams to help them throughout quals.

Increasing the overall competitiveness of the field helps you more than it hurts you, and of course for the sake of co-opertition.

[ThunderousPrime]

Originally Posted by themccannman

Main breaker blew after an impact while in high gear.



Killer alliance partners and making sure to help as many teams as possible to improve. Your alliance is only as strong as your weakest link. We spent a good portion of our time sending mentors to help other teams. We actually had a couple mentors designated to specific rookie teams to help them throughout quals.

Increasing the overall competitiveness of the field helps you more than it hurts you, and of course for the sake of co-opertition.

Disclaimer: I am an outsider to CA FIRST.

To piggy back onto this point the quality of robots/play at Silicon Valley is higher than most regionals. I there appeared to be less "bricks on wheels" at this event which is certainly helped by coopertition and helping other teams improve.

Also skimming 1678's schedule they had 254, 971, 1323 and 2035 as partners.

On an unrelated note, why was there no webcast by 1678 at this event? I highly enjoy your high definition recordings as well as graphic overlays; I would prefer them over 240p ones all day.

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

To piggy back onto this point the quality of robots/play at Silicon Valley is higher than most regionals. I there appeared to be less "bricks on wheels" at this event which is certainly helped by coopertition and helping other teams out.

I wouldn't say that... There were a fair number of teams that just couldn't seem to get the ball out of their robot, or even drive particularly well.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

Disclaimer: I am an outsider to CA FIRST.

To piggy back onto this point the quality of robots/play at Silicon Valley is higher than most regionals. I there appeared to be less "bricks on wheels" at this event which is certainly helped by coopertition and helping other teams improve.

Also skimming 1678's schedule they had 254, 971, 1323 and 2035 as partners.

On an unrelated note, why was there no webcast by 1678 at this event? I highly enjoy your high definition recordings as well as graphic overlays; I would prefer them over 240p ones all day.

1. Bricks on wheels can make great 30 point cycle robots. It takes a lot of work before the match.

2. We did have fantastic alliance partners in many of our matches, we were excited to play with each one of them and put up some great scores with each one of them!

3. We brought a skeleton crew to SVR, and 604 already had the webcast covered, so we didn't broadcast at the event. Thank you for the kind words on our streaming system, the kids worked hard to put it all together! Glad you enjoyed it.

-Mike

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

On an unrelated note, why was there no webcast by 1678 at this event? I highly enjoy your high definition recordings as well as graphic overlays; I would prefer them over 240p ones all day.

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

We brought a skeleton crew to SVR, and 604 already had the webcast covered, so we didn't broadcast at the event.

I really enjoy 1678's HD webcasts. Thanks for doing IE and SAC!

At SVR, we were testing out a proof-of-concept auto archiving system (the same one from CVR) which, unfortunately, uses the low quality feed from the A/V crew. Higher quality streaming and archiving is definitely at the top of our list.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by EugeneF

I really enjoy 1678's HD webcasts. At SVR, we were testing out a proof-of-concept auto archiving system (the same one from CVR) which, unfortunately, uses the low quality feed from the A/V crew.

Higher quality streaming and archiving is definitely at the top of our list.

I love the auto archiving you guys got going on! Let us know if we can help with setting up the HQ stream details, and then maybe you can help us with auto archiving?