BattleCry@WPI 15 - Reg opening soon!

[Riverdance]

...So the livestream isn't working? And my team is up next? Anyone want to update me?

[loyal]

yea ditto

[Steven Donow]

While the stream is down, you can keep up to date the the scores that are being tweeted from the FMS twitter.

[loyal]

thank you

[Riverdance]

Yes thank you so much!

[brennonbrimhall]

Originally Posted by Riverdance

...So the livestream isn't working? And my team is up next? Anyone want to update me?

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

While the stream is down, you can keep up to date the the scores that are being tweeted from the FMS twitter.

Does anyone know if the matches that were played while the stream was down were recorded/preserved?

[who716]

what a fantastic event this was glad that it is becoming a tradition for our team had so much fun playing with 181 and 2648, gave a great run all the way from the final seed 18th all the way to the semi finals upsetting three higher ranked alliance thank you to all involved in making it a great competition.

[MooreteP]

A wonderful BC XV. Always a premier Off Season event. Great venue with talented production from the Sound & Light crew.
The unsettled weather met the schedule and Ultimate Frisbee was enjoyed.
I appreciate the sacrifice made by many families to populate this event on a holiday weekend.

Originally Posted by who716

what a fantastic event this was glad that it is becoming a tradition for our team had so much fun playing with 181 and 2648, gave a great run all the way from the final seed 18th all the way to the semi finals upsetting three higher ranked alliance thank you to all involved in making it a great competition.

Given the inclusive nature of the eliminations, We were surprised to see 716 select 181, then get 2648. As a 19th! seed, you wouldn't expect much, but....
181, QF at Groton and Hartford. So underrated. Two ball autonomous that's 50/50 on the Hot goal, way above average.
716, QF in Hartford, SF at WPI and the District Champs, the Citroen of Robotics: always unique, always effective.
2648, Infinite Loop, This team is getting Engineering Inspiration, District Chairman's Awards, a regular player in eliminations, a finalist at WPI this year, representing New England on Curie in April... Messalonskee's finest

Not surprised to see your alliance dominate the Eighth Finals singled eliminations to power through to the Semifinals.


The BattleCry XV Championship Alliance of 2168 Aluminum Falcons, 3719 STEMWhalers, and 4048 RedShift, couldn't be a better coda to the Aerial Assist season.
They had a game plan and executed it consistently.

4048 really raised their game this year, Quarter Finals at WPI and the District Championship, Semifinals in Rhode Island...... back to WPI....

2168 has the wickedest defensive drive train. They go where they want to go, and have one of the best drivers in New England.
Their bullet goal shot was consistent here and seemed to get better through eliminations.
How many of us on CD know how hard it is to host an inaugural district event?
QF at Groton, SF at the District Champs, Finalists in RI.......on to BattleCry......

3719, STEM Whalers, QF in Groton and RI. Best season yet?.....forward to BattleCry......This trophy will be on display at their school.

It was great to watch these three teams coagulate and punctuate the season.

I video'd the final match, but my new phone conspires against me. ( #IHate MyNewPhone #WhoMovedMyCheese )

[Joe G.]

Team 1687 had a great time at Battlecry! Congratulations to the worthy winners; you guys were all powerhouses and played together seamlessly all afternoon. Huge thanks to 230 and 246 for joining our alliance and being fantastic partners in our run to the finals, and helping us to the best finish in team history. We look forward to playing with you again soon.

126, 3467, and 3499, what a semifinal series. Those were some of the most intense matches we've ever played, with some brutal defense from both alliances (our intake wasn't ever the same after SF1-2). You all had incredible machines, and both matches could have easily gone either way. Hope to be on the same side of the glass as you guys in the future.



Thanks to WPI and all the volunteers for putting on a phenomenal event as always!

[BrendanB]

Another intense BattleCry for sure! Thanks to WPI and all of the volunteers who made the biggest and longest event possible!

Congratulations to 4048, 2168, and 3719 for taking home the victory you three worked so well on the field making some beautiful three assist cycles so consistently. Enjoy your first win 4048 & 3719 its always the sweetest and BattleCry is one of the hardest events to win in New England!

Huge thanks to 126 Gael Force for inviting us to join your alliance it was a blast to finally get a chance to play with you during the eliminations! Hopefully we can do it more in the future! Skip5 Forever!

Thank you to 3499 for sticking through the long weekend and joining our alliance for the elimination rounds. Most of your weekend was spent trying to chase down mysterious problems and we know from experience they are not easy to find or remedy! You guys stuck through it and played very hard on the field with us!

Going out in the semis was not what we had hoped for but it was still a strong showing nonetheless. Unfortunately our shooter was damaged by the heavy defense of 246, 230, & 1687 and what looks like a few missed penalties but you win some you lose some. It just wasn't our day.

Overall our team had another great year at BattleCry!

One suggestion for future planning would be how to better go about the selection of the third robots for eliminations when there isn't an even amount of teams. Obviously careful planning cannot take into account how many teams will not be able to make it at the last second but in the future the selection of the additional robots for alliances should allow more time for said alliances to prepare. Selecting our third partner as we were putting our robots on the field for the first quarter finals left us with only moments to discuss strategy and no time for human players to practice inbounding to other robots or practice passing from one robot to another (something we know many of the other alliances had time to practice in addition to many having already played 1 or 2 matches on the field). In the future it might be better to select from the first 4 eliminated alliances and/or alter the schedule so the other quarter final match ups face off first. I wouldn't go as far as to say we were competitively hurt but it was a part of the event that rubbed me the wrong way as all teams should have a fair chance to plan for the elimination rounds.

[Chi Meson]

ooooooh I just woke up...

I had the strangest dream, it started out like me and the team were moving through molasses, and everything was going wrong, you know those dreams? Like nothing was going right and there's nothing you can do about it?

And then the weirdest thing happened, even though we had this losing record, and we were ranked in the lower half, one minute later we were in the #3 alliance, and then all of the sudden, we won the whole event? Dreams are weird.

Luck has always been a factor in FIRST Robotics, but as I told the team, though there's nothing you can do about the bad luck, you have to be prepared to take advantage of the good luck when it comes your way.

But I have to admit that it was wildly good luck that the random pick out of the "Magic Box," was exactly the 3rd bot we would have selected if we had been given the first choice. It's also the alliance that could never have been put together in the traditional serpentine selection (because they would have been picked way before the 3rd alliance had a chance).

Battlecry's random 3rd bot assignment prevented teams from applying the normal selection strategy and consequently a lot of spectacular teams left the eliminations surprisingly early. But I hope it was half-as-wonderful to everyone else as it was for us just to see 3 robots blend their unique strengths into a single cohesive unit.



Condolences to Windham and GaelForce; I agree it was unfair to not know who your 3rd bot was going to be until minutes before the first match of quarters.

Thanks to Colleen and everyone at WPI for putting on the biggest event in New England, plus the whole social evening, that must have been quite a task.

Thanks to RedShift who saw us way down the list ranked at 32 yet recognized our capabilities (I suppose you remembered us from RI?). Thanks to STEM Whalers for persevering and making the one of the best inbounder/defense robots around. Good News for Southeastern CT, right?

Shouts to 195 (my favorite bot this year), GUS (always a pleasure), 716-181-2648 (you gave us fear), to the finalists 1687-230-246, and thanks to Aces, GaelHawks, AirStrike, NUTRONs, and a lot of other classy teams that we look toward for inspiration.

Stay geeky, yo.

[AcesPease]

Originally Posted by who716

what a fantastic event this was glad that it is becoming a tradition for our team had so much fun playing with 181 and 2648, gave a great run all the way from the final seed 18th all the way to the semi finals upsetting three higher ranked alliance thank you to all involved in making it a great competition.

You guys were amazing!

We had a great time again at battlecry and look forward to seeing everyone again next year.

[MooreteP]

Here is the Final match from the winning alliances operator stations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yWqOL5n6iE

[dmaciel10123]

Does anybody know if the entirety of the event was archived anywhere, and/or if the Wrap-Up video that was played after the award ceremony is available online?

[who716]

Originally Posted by dmaciel10123

Does anybody know if the entirety of the event was archived anywhere, and/or if the Wrap-Up video that was played after the award ceremony is available online?

http://new.livestream.com/nefirst/events/3027515

This worked last night got all the elimination matches in it, have to sift through it though, first video is 16th, 8th and quarters second is semi and finals.

it jumps ahead at some points but you can still see most of the matches