Newton Match 100

[Joe Johnson]

Quals 100 on Newton. Amazing!

5885 1519 254 vs. 118 122 4122

1519, 254 and 118 are all battling to stay in the hunt for one of the top seeds.

5885 was dead for the match.

1519 and 254 should have the match in hand. 118 is good but 122 and 4122 just didn't have the fire power to keep up... ...or so you would think.

Poofs decide they need to get 5885 onto the batter.

They manage to push the 5885 over the mote and onto the batter, but those pesky PC shields on the batter (why do we even have those things?) gives them some trouble, 5885 is not fully on. After some, lets just say, "vigorous" pushing, 5885 ends up fully on the batter. 1519 and the part of Poofs that wasn't devoted to pushing 5885 weakened the tower. All 3 get on the batter as time runs out for the challenge!

Final score 140 to 139. Just one point. And what a difference that one one point made.

254 jumps to 3rd Rank on Newton just 3 RPs behind Theory6 and and 2 RPs behind H.O.T. (Mechanical Mayhem jumped to 5. Robonauts 13th 6 points behind the leader with only 2 matches to go).

That was a match for the ages.

Dr. Joe J.

[JamesD]

Does anyone have a video yet of Newton Match Q100 they can post where Team 254 pushes a dead partner onto the batter from the middle of the field?

[rwodonnell]

No video yet but what a fantastic match! Expected to be a super high scoring affair, it was amazing for a whole different reason!

[EmileH]

That match was recorded and should be up sometime in the next 24 hours. Will post here when it's uploaded.

[JamesD]

Originally Posted by rwodonnell

No video yet but what a fantastic match! Expected to be a super high scoring affair, it was amazing for a whole different reason!

Very amazing that they had the time and then only won the match by 1 point!

[Adithya Balaji]

I was watching the match live on FRC's gamesense twitch page. The match was truly amazing. The way the poofs handled that impossible situation truly shows why they are ranked so highly among FIRST teams. Here is a link to the VOD for the match! https://www.twitch.tv/frcgamesense/v/63530268?t=2h32m

[trumpthero786]

Originally Posted by Adithya Balaji

I was watching the match live on FRC's gamesense twitch page. The match was truly amazing. The way the poofs handled that impossible situation truly shows why they are ranked so highly among FIRST teams. Here is a link to the VOD for the match! https://www.twitch.tv/frcgamesense/v/63530268?t=2h32m

That is absolutely amazing. The time management between pushing and shooting was just perfect. I like that they waited to get them on the batter and instead shot a couple high goals to pass the time.

[Michael Hill]

Absolutely insane. That was a beautiful match to watch.

[Adithya Balaji]

Originally Posted by trumpthero786

That is absolutely amazing. The time management between pushing and shooting was just perfect. I like that they waited to get them on the batter and instead shot a couple high goals to pass the time.

Yea, I don't know how much they analyzed it in the heat of the moment but that's exactly what they seemed to do. They waited till they had a sizable point advantage to be able to take the risk of pushing the robot across. Once they got the robot across they were still three boulders away from weakening the tower. So, they went back to notching the tower down while waiting for the defender to leave the courtyard or they would be able to get foul points in the last 20 seconds. The truly played the perfect role in that match.

[Brian Michell]

Seeing that happen was astonishing. That drive team must have ice water running through their veins. Great job Poofs!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by JamesD

Does anyone have a video yet of Newton Match Q100 they can post where Team 254 pushes a dead partner onto the batter from the middle of the field?

Here is 1676's full-field footage of Newton Match 100: https://youtu.be/vnV9VDsIki0

[lynca]

This has the full score breakdown. Thanks to everyone who uploaded videos so quickly ! http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2016new_qm100

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

They manage to push the 5885 over the mote and onto the batter, but those pesky PC shields on the batter (why do we even have those things?) gives them some trouble, 5885 is not fully on. After some, lets just say, "vigorous" pushing, 5885 ends up fully on the batter. 1519 and the part of Poofs that wasn't devoted to pushing 5885 weakened the tower. All 3 get on the batter as time runs out for the challenge!

Final score 140 to 139. Just one point. And what a difference that one one point made.

Dr. Joe J.

T'was the Rock Wall, not the moat. 254 dealing with freeing 5885 from the batter dividers was yet another hurdle that they overcame to get this 1 point victory.

Field Side view of Newton Match 100
This would have been THE ultimate drive team exhibition of Stronghold until 330 righted their Robot in the semifinals of the Einstein PLAYOFFS.