how many balls have YOU deflated?

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.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Yeah, Eric is right...they sure did

461 Popped the ball, not us 831kb

Can you really count that? It looks like the goal popped that one, not the robot.

Would it still have counted as a 2X?

[Angrist]

I think team 422 gets credit for popping the first 5pt ball in a practice round... We were testing several methods of getting up the 6 in. platform at the DC practice arena, and having succeeded in getting up one way we went off the platform full-tilt to try another way and landed on a 5pt ball, causing it to explode underneath us and send us on our side. Ever since then we have nicknamed them "land mines" since they explode underneath your robot. Needless to say, when we got back from Washington the first thing on our lists to fix was an "anti-land mine" device.

Originally Posted by Ogre

Can you really count that? It looks like the goal popped that one, not the robot.

Would it still have counted as a 2X?

the robot pushed it against the goal and popped it, but it was mostly the goal's fault.

The purple 5 pt balls count if they end up in the goal deflated, so im assuming that busted 2x ball would still count as a doubler....

[AmyPrib]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

the robot pushed it against the goal and popped it, but it was mostly the goal's fault.

The purple 5 pt balls count if they end up in the goal deflated, so im assuming that busted 2x ball would still count as a doubler....

Yeah we were letting go of it in the stationary goal and it rolled out of the goal. At the same time, I believe 461 was coming up to the goal and the 2x bounced into their robot arm and the goal simultaneously and popped. I think 461 even had a 2x ball in their gripper. The popped ball was drooped over the top of one pole. And yes, it would have counted as a doubler. If your robot can get a deflated 2x ball in a goal, it will count as a doubler.

[Ben.V.293]

293 popped 2 2x balls at the mid atlatintic regional. They were both from sharp spots on our expanded alluminum side panels. Once we filed down the sharp spots we didn't have any problems. Its pretty funny when the balls pop becasue instead of deflating into a yellow blob they just dissapear like balloons.