GLR Update 2004

[Paul H]

Team 1241 is in second place. They catch the balls as they fall and have done so every time. Great human player. I also know that 292 is in 7th and 111 is in 1st. I don't remember the rest of the seedings.

Other random observations:
-Truck Town Thunder (68) hasn't been so hot, but have had a few unlucky breaks. Good machine, though.
-HOT (67) has a good arm...or good drivers, I'm not sure.
-Technokats (45) spent a lot of time in low gear, when the drivers get used to the machine, they'll be very good. Their ball catching net is off because nobody has been able to trigger the ball drop autonomously. I saw them hang once...or at least they were off the ground, I didn't get the official ruling about the vertical bar removal thing.
-Autonomous has been pretty much nonexistent, the 10 pt. balls have only been triggered a few times (less than 5)
-Wildstang (111) has swerve in the front, omniwheels in the back. They have very good big ball handling, but I did not see them hang. They were blocked from going up the step rather easily.
-Rush (27) and the Martians (494) have dropped the big ball a lot. Rush is very good at hanging.
-Las Gueriallas (469) pick up balls and have a big arm on the back. Their numbers are written with electrical tape
-LOTS OF ARMS! There were only about 5-10 robots that could pick up balls, but with varrying success.

I was surprised, I thought the game would be played more aggressively than it was in Virginia, knowing teams like Truck Town and the Martians were there, but it is very much the same. There were a lot of low scoring matches. I think the high score is 130.

If anyone has any specific questions, I'll see what I can do to answer them. These observations are just what I can think of right now.