2015 CAS/NE FIRST Connecticut State Championship

[dag0620]

The 3rd Annual CT State Championship is right around the corner:

Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2015.
Location: Berlin High School
139 Patterson Way
Berlin, CT 06037

The event will feature some of Connecticut's best competing in Recycle Rush. It'll be an exciting fun day with some great action!


We want to give the Connecticut Association Schools a huge thank you for being our partner in making this event happen.

[NeptuneNancy24]

Is this event being streamed live? I'm unable to attend and I'm hoping to watch my son's team from home.

[Rkant14]

Is there a tentative team list yet?

[dag0620]

As for live stream we're in the process of ironing out some final details and as soon we get an answer I'll let you know.

[dag0620]

Team List:

Team Number Team Name
155 The Techno-Nuts
173 RAGE Robotics
175 Buzz Robotics
176 Aces High
177 Bobcat Robotics
181 Birds of Prey
195 CyberKnights
228 GUS Robotics
230 Gaelhawks
236 Techno Ticks
237 Black Magic Robotics
558 Elm City Robo Squad
999 MechaRams
1071 Team MAX
1099 DiscoTechs
1124 UberBots
1699 Robocats
1740 Cyber Colonels
1991 The Dragons
2064 The Panther Project
2067 Apple Pi
2170 Titanium Tomahawks
2836 Team Beta
3146 Granby Grunts
3464 Sim-City
3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
3555 Aluminati
3654 TechTigers
3719 STEM Whalers
4055 NRG
4176 Moduline Iron Tigers
5686 Wirecats

[Louis_]

Originally Posted by dag0620

Team List:

Team Number Team Name
155 The Techno-Nuts
173 RAGE Robotics
175 Buzz Robotics
176 Aces High
177 Bobcat Robotics
181 Birds of Prey
195 CyberKnights
228 GUS Robotics
230 Gaelhawks
236 Techno Ticks
237 Black Magic Robotics
558 Elm City Robo Squad
999 MechaRams
1071 Team MAX
1099 DiscoTechs
1124 UberBots
1699 Robocats
1740 Cyber Colonels
1991 The Dragons
2064 The Panther Project
2067 Apple Pi
2170 Titanium Tomahawks
2836 Team Beta
3146 Granby Grunts
3464 Sim-City
3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
3555 Aluminati
3654 TechTigers
3719 STEM Whalers
4055 NRG
4176 Moduline Iron Tigers
5686 Wirecats

Please remove us from the list from the list that was a mistake.

[plnyyanks]

For those following along at home, we have full live data up on The Blue Alliance. Check out at http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015ctsc or on the mobile app!

Sorry about the lack of webcast, we don't have internet to use, but we'll try and get the video archived and posted soon after today.

[MooreteP]

What a great State Championship.

Thank you to the Connecticut Association of Schools for providing Recognition of Robotics commensurate with other High School sports.

Congratulations to the winning alliance of 2067 Apple Pi, 228 GUS, and 3146 Granby Grunts, Augustus Pius Gruntus. Three exciting Final matches where small miscues on either alliance made the difference.
Canburgling was not as extreme as it was on Einstein, but the strategies were more creative. I asked Apple Pi, "Did you always have that autonomous?" A: "As of 5 minutes ago. Apple Pi is full of sweet surprises." Their RC showdown with the Cyberknights was most entertaining.
GUS hadn't shown this kind of gameplay all season, but today, all of the sudden, they were making a minimum of two capped six-stacks consistently by the playoffs.
Granby Grunts really bookended their season, starting with their first competition win in Springfield, being on the 6th seeded Galileo alliance, and being the second pick steal by the third alliance today. A very inspirational year for them indeed.

The finalists of 2836 Team Beta, 195 Cyberknights, and 1071 Team Max, the BetaMax Knights, put up a valiant fight, but in the end, ramp misalignment and tether issues were their downfall. Team Beta has been a consistent bridesmaid, reaching a high point this year as the #1 seed on Galileo, but still missing a competition win. Cyberknights now have an effective can burglar, but they need to tether another team (in todays competition, it was Team Max) to their ramp. Most interesting cheesecake to date.

One of my favorite moments was when 181 Birds of Prey received the Connecticut's Choice Award, voted on by each team at the competition. I knew it was coming, so I got to see the surprise and joy on their faces when it was announced.

A quick one day competition where each team had 7 matches.

A hearty thanks to 155 The Technonuts, and the other teams that helped to run the event, as well as Stacey Gray, David Givens, and Carol Scully, who organized one of the more successful events to close out our season.

[cjl2625]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Congratulations to the winning alliance of 2067 Apple Pi, 228 GUS, and 3146 Granby Grunts, Augustus Pius Gruntus. Three exciting Final matches where small miscues on either alliance made the difference.
Canburgling was not as extreme as it was on Einstein, but the strategies were more creative. I asked Apple Pi, "Did you always have that autonomous?" A: "As of 5 minutes ago. Apple Pi is full of sweet surprises." Their RC showdown with the Cyberknights was most entertaining.
GUS hadn't shown this kind of gameplay all season, but today, all of the sudden, they were making a minimum of two capped six-stacks consistently by the playoffs.
Granby Grunts really bookended their season, starting with their first competition win in Springfield, being on the 6th seeded Galileo alliance, and being the second pick steal by the third alliance today. A very inspirational year for them indeed.

These strategic can battles were one of the highlights of my season. When we realized we'd likely be fighting against 195 in the finals, we knew that they'd contest us for cans and win the battle.
So, we devilishly schemed to play some mind games with their alliance.

So we switched from our usual bin-grabbing Automode #7 (Entitled: Two-Can Toucan) to our newly created Automode #11 (Entitled: trolololo) which simply strafes to the other side of the field.

It was literally a last minute effort - as Eric was announcing the teams, I was modifying the new auto to drive backward a bit before strafing to the left (Our auto scripting system allows for last second changes).

I kind of like these can battles - instead of sheer speed, these involved some neat strategical action.

Our alliance partners were fantastic. Even when robots had issues, the alliance managed to put up some great scores. 228 was an excellent first pick. They've made such an improvement since the start of their season, now being able to make up to 2 six stacks. 3146 was an amazing steal of a second pick. While they weren't doing so well in quals, we knew what they were capable of after seeing them on Galileo. And in elims, they did not disappoint.

Overall, it was such a great time. The 2836/195/1071 alliance was a formidable set of opponents, taking the finals to 3 matches, and it was great to have the opportunity to battle them. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event happen.

[EmileH]

Have there been videos posted yet?

[Chi Meson]

Big Congratulations to Apple Pi for an overall fantastic season. We wanted to be there; we looked forward to the chance to reprise the all-CT alliance from Galileo! Unfortunately, all of our Mentors had family and/or business that weekend.
Nonetheless, this was a great year for Pi! So glad you got this one.

And as always, well done GUS! We were all rooting for ya!

And GRUNTS! Forever our good buddies for picking us in Springfield!

Looking forward to BattleCry next week. The best weekend in Robotics! See you there!

[NeptuneNancy24]

Thank you!

[Steven Donow]

Why is there a Massachusetts team attending?

[TheBoulderite]

Looks like a good group of teams! Any chance it will be live streamed?

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

Why is there a Massachusetts team attending?

Good question. IDK.
4176, Iron Tigers are from Easton Massachusetts, near Boston.
Glad to have them competing, but Massachusetts has yet to recognize Robotics as a high school sport.

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Looks like a good group of teams!

It is a great group of teams. Nobody here made it to Einstein, but CT was well represented on the fields at the CMP.
Here's looking at you CyberKnights, Team Beta, Buzz, Aces High, GUS, GaelHawks, TechnoTicks, MechaRams, RoboSquad, UberBots, Apnther Project, Apple Pi, Titanium Tomahawks, Granby Grunts, Sim-City, Black Magic.

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Any chance it will be live streamed?

Not sure, probably not.
But I may be wrong.
Stay tuned.