Who are the Favorites at the Manchester Regional?

[ahecht]

Originally posted by Ricksta121
from utc video looked as though 190 was havin a lil trouble. but i love strafing robots. they will compete well.

I've been having trouble pinning down exactly who will do well based on UTC, since teams have had an additional 5 days to fix problems since then. If any of the teams at UTC took equal advantage of the extra 5 days, there may be many surprises at Manchester.

[MisterX]

Yo dog, I just gotta give my props to my home boys to the WESTSIDE!!!!!! 236 TechnoTICKS! Your robot looks blinging and made for speed! NE way that is the 4-0-1 from my crib!

[D@ve]

For me The (people) are what matter to me the most .

and Doing this for 8 years now i've made some great frineds over the years . And a few have given me some great advice ..

So i when say that when i like team 88 or 190 .. its the people that i'm looking forward to see. ( A robot is just a reson for us to get reaquainted)

Any one else feel the same way?

see you all soon.. D@VE

[Mike Norton]

After watching team 121 at Quincy I think they have a great chance if they don't try to stack. They have a powerful robot

If they put on the stacker they will have a hard time doing well.


I like team 176 they have a drive train that is very strong.

The team I see not doing well is team 190 They might have a nice drive train but is very hard to drive. They tried this before and did not do that well. If they go to a lot of regionals then I would say watch out for them but for the first regional they will have a lot of problems.

Beware of team 157 they beat you with their drivers. They win because of how well their drivers drive.

Then you have Buzz team 175. I have not seen their robot but you know they will be there because of who they are. If they are not in the top 8 they will be picked by someone.

I like NH regional because it brings FIRST back to their roots. Plus there is a lot of history up there.


Good luck to everybody up there and we will have a chance to see what works and what does't

[minimeet2003]

121 and 69 together again!

[Joe Menassa]

If they put on the stacker they will have a hard time doing well.

I agree, our stacker didn't perform up to par at Quincy but we put a lot of work into it during those last days and it is pretty amazing now.. You will see that stacker on a lot.

As for me-

I'm looking forward to seeing MIT (97), Quincy (69), and WPI (190).

good luck to everyone

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally posted by Andy Grady

88: I put TJ on the list for one reason...River Rage. How they defeated 121 in the finals is alot of what I am expecting out of this competition this year. If they have a strong drive, which i know they will, they will be a contender.

I'm not going to start a holy war here, but the only reason for that incident happening is because our radio was cutting out and our wheels were extremely bald due to the MD competition we competed in it not even a week before that.

88 is a KOH bot. They have stated it many times, but not shown any pictures of it. Out on a wild guess I am probably going think it look like their 2002 robot but with longer arms on the sides.

Anyways I like what I'm seeing already to the people who have posted, and hoping to see everyone in Manchester

[Madison]

Originally posted by Kyle Fenton
I'm not going to start a holy war here, but the only reason for that incident happening is because our radio was cutting out and our wheels were extremely bald due to the MD competition we competed in it not even a week before that.

Y'all have an issue with letting the past lay fallow. If you aren't going to start a holy war, keep quiet.

Focus on the new.

[Todd Derbyshire]

Kyle you couldn't be so further from the truth in all regards. In no shape and form did we come out and say that we are KOH. And that fact that I was standing right there at RiverRage five feet away from your robot looking at its controls you had power the whole time. You don't want to start a war than don't come on threads starting problems. As for everyone else at this point as far as I know we had two robots going during the season and we might very well still have two. The robots were of different designs and I'm not sure which one we went with. I guess I get to find out like everyone else at Manchester its going to be like christmas morning.

[JVN]

Originally posted by Todd Derbyshire
Kyle you couldn't be so further from the truth in all regards. In no shape and form did we come out and say that we are KOH. And that fact that I was standing right there at RiverRage five feet away from your robot looking at its controls you had power the whole time. You don't want to start a war than don't come on threads starting problems. As for everyone else at this point as far as I know we had two robots going during the season and we might very well still have two. The robots were of different designs and I'm not sure which one we went with. I guess I get to find out like everyone else at Manchester its going to be like christmas morning.

He may have started it, but you had the chance to drop it... and DIDN'T!

Cmon Todd...
let this one go... we have a whole new season ahead of us...

88 and 121... just don't start this again... not here... not now.

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally posted by Todd Derbyshire
Kyle you couldn't be so further from the truth in all regards. In no shape and form did we come out and say that we are KOH. And that fact that I was standing right there at RiverRage five feet away from your robot looking at its controls you had power the whole time. You don't want to start a war than don't come on threads starting problems. As for everyone else at this point as far as I know we had two robots going during the season and we might very well still have two. The robots were of different designs and I'm not sure which one we went with. I guess I get to find out like everyone else at Manchester its going to be like christmas morning.

No, but you hinted it many times

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...285#post130285

Hey I was just stating a fact about my team during River Rage. I really don't know why you get so mad over it. You want to dish it out, that is your own problem. Its just making yourself look bad by repeating the comment in a negative way. That is all I will say about it, and I think everyone else should not bring it up in the thread again. Period.

[Greg Perkins]

hey,
wow,

someone actually said 151...wow...

im suprised cause we usually dont get a mention on here, but i think we will have a competetive bot...we, er...need to write code for it but hey, thats kids stuff...(looks around nervously)...
pics soon to come


o yea,
now you guys wont have to go and see 71 for a walker, cause NH has a walker now!

Bad

[Jestin McCarthy]

o yea,
now you guys wont have to go and see 71 for a walker, cause NH has a walker now!

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Actually CHAOS has has a Walker for many years now, just not in the form you are thinking of. And yes Walker will be back this year and actually on the field for 10 seconds for everyone to see.

[Team238-aholic]

all i have to say is:

i hate posts like this when people pick their favorites way before the competition. It just means you already have a biasis of the teams and maybe won't even accept teams that just might suprise you. I'm not saying this on behalf of my team, but just in general. I bet some teams that perform awesome are going to get overlooked just because a few people already have their favorites.

So maybe people should wait till thursday night beform forming an opinion. Maybe last year a team did awesome with that game, but this year another team maybe better with this game plan....

alright....thats my 2 cents....i don't care if no one likes it

[Andy Grady]

I see these posts as just a way to spark people to talk. You are right, no one can actually make a good guess on who is gonna be good til thursday, but just like in all competitions, its fun to speculate. Frankly, it doesn't matter what I or anyone else on this board says, in my eyes, if we are picking, and if you have a good robot, and you work well with us, we will pick you...whether you be the most popular team, or the most obscure under the radar team out there.

As for Kyle, for whatever reason 88 defeated you at River Rage, one thing is for sure, you definately cannot take anything away from them. They had an excelent defensive strategy going in, and it doesn't matter how it worked, but it worked. Please give credit where credit is due.

Good Luck All,
Andy Grady