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Unread 10-04-2002, 12:31
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We were out on the field, our ally was dead so it was just us versus team 100 and some other team. We drove past their robot, turned around, then BAM!!! we crashed into their robot! we slowly pulled out and eased our robot away but suddenly we grabbed onto their battery. next thing you know their battery is on the floor and we were disqualified.


my god the horror
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battery on the floor?!?

that seems SO unlikely to happen!

probably the battery didn't have protection around it and was loose, and your robot had a claw and ran really fast into the other robot, and even with all this situation it's still unlikely to happen.
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I remember that match at VCU. I don't think your team should have been DQ'ed. It just happened so fast that all they saw was you pull away with their battery. If the batter did not come out of their robot they would have been entangled with you and that would cause them to be DQed.
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I remember that match at VCU.
Was this at VCU? I was under the impression that this round happened in San Jose... Anyways, it's harsh, but that's how things go sometimes... =\ You just have to take bad luck in stride, and try to roll with the blows.
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Sounds like the other team should get DQed for not having their battery secured.
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This happened to us last year at chicago, we went up the ramp and the battery didnt . Moral of the story make sure your battery is firmly secured.
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Azn_Dawg16 is right. This match did happen at San Jose. I forgot we wen't to 2 regionals and I got them mixed up.
Thanks for pointing that out
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that is far from your fault man

our battery is in there as tight as possible, we cut up a shotgun bandaleir for our "battery seat belt"
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Batteries should be secure. Its the other teams own fault, too bad for them, sorry for them too. But, you should not have been DQ'd in my opinion, unless my battery is takin out, then you should be DQ'd! (LOL)
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yup
ya it should have been secured but I still felt bad.

right after it happened they were looking at me all pissed i was actually sort of scared. they all had these huge orange hats that made taller and intimidating.
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Those Evil Woodside kids :P
They're nice people they won't kill you, too badly

Sounds like a freak accident to me. But I do know that we were warned once for having our goal grabber down while pushing on other robots.

I guess that's just how things go.
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Ouch... that really has to hurt. Good thing we strap down our battery pretty tight. It's also difficult to get out, I doubt it would ever fall out on its own...
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ya hehe
this is our overly aggressive robot

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It started as a 2 on 1 handicap match. If we took out one robot... mathematically, it would become a 1 on 1 match. Thus, it would've be fair. I don't think those officials can add and subtract.

This is and OUTRAGE to GREASMONKEYS and BEANERS alike!!!
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