Week 1 Observations

[ehochstein]

From a Robot Inspector at Lake Superior... Be prepared to update your firmware. Bring a flashdrive with the most updated firmware for your PDP, PCM, Roborio and Talon SRX.

[KosmicKhaos]

Originally Posted by ehochstein

From a Robot Inspector at Lake Superior... Be prepared to update your firmware. Bring a flashdrive with the most updated firmware for your PDP, PCM, Roborio and Talon SRX.

Thanks for the info! Very helpful!

[Tytus Gerrish]

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

[Boltman]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

Swamp Thing likes garbage

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

It seemed okay to me today. I do think it's worse than any game for 2011-2014, but it seems better than 2009 or 10. Still, it did seemed very... awkward to watch.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

Can't tell if this is a pun or if you are being serious....

[Boltman]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

Can't tell if this is a pun or if you are being serious....

Its a pun

[who716]

I'm sure some team are aware of this but Ik others are not yellow totes do not count for anything outside of auto in the eliminations don't stzck them on coop don't stack them on platform they do not count,......... But by but but you CAN USE THEM IN AUTO a team came to me and asked why they were using the yellow totes in elimnations as they though they were completely useless

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by who716

I'm sure some team are aware of this but Ik others are not yellow totes do not count for anything outside of auto in the eliminations don't stzck them on coop don't stack them on platform they do not count,......... But by but but you CAN USE THEM IN AUTO a team came to me and asked why they were using the yellow totes in elimnations as they though they were completely useless

For the elims:

If your auto programs allow to get all 3 into the auto zone (or stacked in the auto zone) then they are extremely useful. If your auto cannot do these, then remove them from the field.

Simple enough.

[Anupam Goli]

Scouting and forming alliances in this game takes a lot of thought. You have to figure out who is good at what role for your alliance. Also, scouting wins regionals, as usual.

In the playoffs, it isn't about one single robot's versatility or capability (well, most of the time). It's about how well your alliance can work with each other. Our alliance won our regional because each robot had its own role and specialized in one part of the field and game. We combined those abilities, and no other alliance at the event could come close to our scores. Our lowest score as an alliance was higher than the highest score any alliance put up in the playoffs.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

Where's a portable incinerator when you need one?

#oldschoolreference

[Oromus]

We noticed at the Georgia Southern Classic Regional that there were three common penalties:

• Human players were often throwing litter after the 20 second mark.
• Multiple people were often in human player area at the same time.
• Teams were accidentally knocking yellow totes off the step and into the opposing alliance's side.

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

Have to agree, pun or no pun...I hate this game!

[rick.oliver]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Recycle rush is the most garbage game ever

I could not disagree more. In my twelve seasons, this is the best game design I've seen.

[highlander]

Originally Posted by rick.oliver

I could not disagree more. In my twelve seasons, this is the best game design I've seen.

That's a joke, right?