Play of the Year

[David Lantz]

I'm starting this thread so that people can look back on this year's many competitions and pick out the one moment that stands out as being the best "play" of the year. What I mean is, is there one thing that a team or robot did durring a match that really struck you as being outstanding. (This can be something they did to help themselves, a teammate, an opponent, or maybe something that their robot was able to pull off).

I personally can't think of one thing in particular (the 18 hour drive back from Houston has fried my brain) but I'm sure that there are plenty of outstanding stories out there to be told.

[Joe Lambie]

I think one of the coolest things I saw this year was someone making a stack 7 high with their robot on Newton at Nationals. Didn't think I would see one that big this year.

[ngreen]

My favorite thing my team did was grabbing a three stack from the grey area and moving it back in our scoring area to win in a close match.

[GateRunner]

While maybe not the play of the year, seeing our alliance mate topple forward, then stop, then get righted by the arm on our robot was a thrilling site during the qualifying rounds

[Biggs717]

I'd say for me it was in Pittsburgh when the Mad Cow robot climbed on top of our robot and kept driving...and Mimi and I thought we were completely wiped out and then we won the round with 252 points and nothing happened to our robot...it went from tears of fear to tears of joy

My play of the year goes to 292, PantherTech


At the midwest regional in finals match 1, huskie brigade (65) tried ending the match by locking down on the ice...292 came up and started ramming into them and as they kept ramming, 65 kept sliding....they got to the edge of the ramp and with a tiny little push of 292 from us our allience got 65 onto the ramp and they had to regroup. That 292 push saved the match and eventually won them the regional

[Ianworld]

my teams robot flipping back and uses its arm to grip/push against the mesh to stop 19 from getting on top of the ramp. nothing like holding the ramp on your back. !

From other teams.... it was just a blast to see MOE play. I love you're box flipper. I don't care if you can stack, that thing made my day!!!

[Yan Wang]

My play of the year:

Canada QuarterFinal 3.2:

In the first match, 639 put out 783 and we won but by a close amount because our stack was pushed out with < 2 seconds left. 62-14 (that's EPs).

So in 2nd match (QF3.2) we put out 783 and 314 because they were both better pushers. No one hit the stack in auto and then when human control came, 314 went up the ramp slowly in high gear, AND GOT FLIPPED on the ramp.

The stadium and mostly our alliance went nuts. However, 783 moved some bins, knocked some stacks over, and got some of the wall over and THEN, pushed 314 on top of the ramp upside down.

This drove us nuts along with everyone watching.

Then an opponent pushed 314 off but 314 got caught on the ramp on the other side and the opponent almost flipped themselves from the wedging.

314 miraculously flipped over and got to the top WITH 783 to win.

Regardless of team or alliance, that pretty much had the entire stadium going nuts.

My vid (very very low res and shaky from me jumping and yelling which doesn't show too much of the action) can be found on the link in my signature. It's QF3.2 Match 2 vid.

I just got the high res video from my mentor and will try to digitize that asap for a perfect copy of the action in that match.

(Btw, second place for 'match of the year' goes to the last match at Chesapeake with MOE.)

[jonathan lall]

You beat me to it. That Mobotics match was what I had in mind. What a play!

[sanddrag]

The match in Phoenix and the one in LA where 696 flipped both of their opponents. But, the best I'd say was the last match of the LA regional when 696 was dead for nearly the last 20 secs and then with .5 second left rushed up the ramp to push off the opponent and get on top. That was such a nice move.

[jonathan lall]

I should also nominate 188's last match (Curie QF). It involved a stack of six defence strategy in desperation to catch up with the deficit from the first match. The stack at the last second was almost tipped over, and on the way, a robot was totalled by 188 and a limbo bar, and a flipping occured. If our alliance hadn't been DQ'ed for driving into and flipping the opposing robot, it'd have been an amazing come-from-behind victory for us.

As for the 783 play, I would really like to see it from a fixed camera with sound. That would be really interesting. On another note, I and my teammates, are in that video linked to. Where's Waldo?

[kristinL356]

356 used their wedge to right fallen comrade, 525, at the St. Louis regional.

[Solon Jhee]

My personal fav involves our robot (302) during a semfinals match in the newton division. Panthertech (292) had gotten flipped over in the match while trying to climb up the ramp. My team drove under their robot, lifted our front wedge, backed off a little and then hit it forward. We flipped them back up and eventually won that match, it was a great feeling.

[kristen]

I'd really like to see a more exciting/intense match that the QF in Canada with Mo in it. I screamed sooo much after we won that match after it started off looking so badly. Incredible stuff.

[Greg Perkins]

my fav match was when the aztechs (157) kept on getting flipped over in a few of their matches. but using their very strong arm, were able to right themselves multiple times over the cvourse of one match. congrats aztechs!!


Greg