how many balls have YOU deflated?

[ebmonon36]

I think we managed to kill 2 2x multipliers and one 5 pt ball. If this is incorrect, someone let me know so I can add it to the tally
ERic

[IMDWalrus]

We haven't competed yet, or killed any balls with our robot during practice. But...

A few weeks back, three of the guys on my team were throwing around one of the 30" balls. The ball hit the corner of a rolling cart that was in the room...and popped. They tried to repair the damage first with tape and then with staples (!). Unfortunately for them, that didn't work.

Also, during human player tryouts, we were using a rolling gate that collapes like an accordion for our "wall." The points on top of the gate are rather pointy. One of the 13" balls hit the gate, and is no longer with us...

[Amanda 179]

We managed to account for two 2X balls that where pushed into our goal grabber by another robot during elimnations in one game. Before the UCF regional our HP's were practicing and poped atleast two or three of the 5pt balls on the ceiling of our shop.

[Jay H 237]

During hp practice at our school we popped one of the 30" balls and four of the 13" balls. I repaired three of the 13" ones with an inner tube repair kit from NAPA only to have two of them get popped again. I think FIRST should have had us throwing lightbulbs instead, they'd hold up better.

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Amanda 179

We managed to account for two 2X balls that where pushed into our goal grabber by another robot during elimnations in one game. Before the UCF regional our HP's were practicing and poped atleast two or three of the 5pt balls on the ceiling of our shop.

That was us... but we pushed you from the back... not from the front of your bot where you were trying to grab your 2x... I THINK!

Originally Posted by ebmonon36

I think we managed to kill 2 2x multipliers and one 5 pt ball. If this is incorrect, someone let me know so I can add it to the tally
ERic

Yeah, Eric is right...they sure did

461 Popped the ball, not us 831kb

[ebmonon36]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Yeah, Eric is right...they sure did

461 Popped the ball, not us 831kb

I don't remember seeing that one pop...maybe I should chalk up 3 2x balls. ooopsie.

Eric

[Matt Adams]

Originally Posted by ebmonon36

I don't remember seeing that one pop...maybe I should chalk up 3 2x balls. ooopsie.

Eric

That one on the video I think is the only one we popped... I know I didn't see the other 2 you're talking about!

We defintely got the file out on after that match and took care of our "dangerous" robot.

Matt

[Tom Bottiglieri]

We didn't pop any at competetion... but there is an engineer on the team who has a i think 5 year old son. Whenever he came to meetings, all he would do is play with the 13" balls. Between bouncing them on nails, throwing them on the roof, and various other things, i think he popped about 5.

[ebmonon36]

Originally Posted by Matt Adams

That one on the video I think is the only one we popped... I know I didn't see the other 2 you're talking about!

We defintely got the file out on after that match and took care of our "dangerous" robot.

Matt

I thought that we had popped another by a mobile goal a couple times...maybe there were just too many robots and so much action to tell who popped which ones.

[NoRemorse]

Deflated one in the practice rounds, still managed to get hold of another multiplier and cap. Popped another in qualifieing rounds, and yet again, grapped the other to cap.

[Heretic121]

2 - 2x balls...

1 zip tie = fixed

1 chain against big ball = fixed

no ball popping at UTC =D

[CrazyCarl461]

Originally Posted by ebmonon36

I thought that we had popped another by a mobile goal a couple times...maybe there were just too many robots and so much action to tell who popped which ones.

Eric is correct. We definitely stabbed at least one ball with our pointy, spear-like goal grabber in addition to the one in the practice round (in the video). The other one I saw was between the robot and the goal; the ball didn't stand a chance.

We smoothed the welds on the arm after we popped that one in the practice round so maybe we should 'de-pointify' our goal grabber too ...

-Carl

[theory6]

just wondering...would deliberately blowing up a big multiplier ball end up being a foul play or penalty? for example we say that one team capped our stationary goal and we want to take it out. Could we just squish it so it won't count or is that a bad idea?

[dez250]

Originally Posted by theory6

just wondering...would deliberately blowing up a big multiplier ball end up being a foul play or penalty? for example we say that one team capped our stationary goal and we want to take it out. Could we just squish it so it won't count or is that a bad idea?

First off thats deliberate damage to the playing field and you can be DQ'ed for it. Next off a squished ball still counts for the same face value as if it was blown up. If a team repetedly damages balls (or any part of the field/other bots) you prob would be ask out of the competition until the problem causing the damage was resolved.