Nomiante Your Play of the Year!

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

2004 UCF Regional - Finals 1.1

233 started the match pushing the movable goal in front of 945, to which their robot turned around, and started to back track on part of their line program. 311, and 61 fights over the blue movable goal, while 233 gives 945 a difficult time. 61 bails over the pushing match to get onto the platform. 311 pursues 61. 233 is already on the platform and prevents 945 to get on the platform. Meanwhile 61 defends the center bar, with their hook in place, ready to hang at any moment. 311 makes it up the platform and waits for an opening on the center bar. At this time 233 raises its arm and goes for the hang. When 233 starts to hang and move upward, 61 pushes 233 so far, that half the robot sticks out over the carpet. 61 looses its guard, and gives enough space, and time for 311 to get on the center platform to hang. As 311 hooks onto the platform, 945 pushes 311 out of the center platform to get themselves to hang. 311 is still in a valid hanging position and is leaning against 945. So far three robots are hanging. 945 seems a bit slow to get up to hang, but does so with 15 seconds left in the game. At this time the announcers start bowing down to the competitors stating, "We are not worthy, we are not worthy!" The buzzer sounds with 4 robots hanging and the crowd goes wild. Furthermore, once the scores were tabulated, that match was tied 120-120. The crowd goes into a euphoria.

Photo Finish
Video: Finals Match #1

[opps12]

I must agree with my teammates that quarter final match 3.3 was the most exciting thing i saw all day, how the ball stayed up in the pvc pipes i don't know, but just play WOW

[oneyd]

I think the play of the year was at Phillie when team 1495 tipped over and kept right on pushing balls into their human player station. I know there's a video of it somewhere.

[Pat Roche]

My vote for play of the year was in the quarterfinals of BAE. Team 190 got on the bar immediately and pull themselves up with their arm flipping over the top of the bar. With 1:00 left Team 157 grabbed a big ball and tried to cap the stationary goal full of balls(quite full if i reacall), 190 extended their arm and closed their claw and the ball fell out of 157 grasp. 157 pulled away and got another ball and this time 190 pushed on the goal again pushing the ball out of the claw once agian this time holding their so the goal could not be capped. At the last second(2-3 seconds left) The pulled their claw away winnging the match.

That play one the match and the quarter final.
Thats my play of the year.

-Pat

[Wacko324]

I think that when we flipped and kept herding balls was cool, but my favorite was in Philly when all four robots hung on the bar at the same time.

[Matt D]

DJ-thanks for posting video. That was an awesome match. It seems to me like everyone is posting their own matches. I think it would be cool to have people nominate other's matches, instead of their own.

I personally thought the Midwest Finals match 1 (with a score of 150-210) was very exciting. I watched it on the webcast. I thought for sure they would beat our score of 210.

[OneAngryDaisy]

Originally Posted by Wacko324

I think that when we flipped and kept herding balls was cool, but my favorite was in Philly when all four robots hung on the bar at the same time.

This was particularly odd- myself and our driver were scouting 1495- they did good until.. bang... flipped over. We started to stand up when their frame moved- thanks to the huge 10'' wheels their robot actually continuted driving around the field, herding balls and such. It was rather amusing, something I've never seen in my 4 years of competition.

[MOEmaniac]

Remember when 1495 was pulling one of the teammates in their dolly after alliances were picked, their drive trane is one of the strongest ive ever seen

[Wacko324]

Originally Posted by MOEmaniac

Remember when 1495 was pulling one of the teammates in their dolly after alliances were picked, their drive trane is one of the strongest ive ever seen

At one point we were pulling two. Me and Mike, so it was pulling about 350lbs.

[Fireworks 234]

Mine would probably have to be during the AZ regional. Team 190 had already gotten on the bar and 234 (us) were trying to get up. Team 190 put their arm down straight into our robot, trying to push us down but we had a monster 24 stroke pneumatic already in the process of trying to pull us up. We just couldn't get ourselves up. But finally after the match had ended their motor stopped and our pneumatic just started to relieve the stress by pulling us up.

That was one of my favorite matches, the match was so close and so tense. I just can't wait to see this type of stuff happening non-stop in Nats.

[Greg McCoy]

Originally Posted by opps12

I must agree with my teammates that quarter final match 3.3 was the most exciting thing i saw all day, how the ball stayed up in the pvc pipes i don't know, but just play WOW

Well, I was about to drop the ball straight in the goal, but then I thought "Nah, the crowd would like it more if I just let it hang in a couple of those pipes."


Nah, sorry guys....purely accidental

[Will Hanashiro]

my vote also would go to when 67 capped 1241 at GLR... so that 1241 couldnt collect the balls as they fell