REWARD OFFERED: A CAPPED VISION TETRA ON THE CENTER FIELD GOAL

[Winged Wonder]

ooooo... this is interesting...

lets see if someone steps up to the challenge during this week's competitions. =)

[Conor Ryan]

bonus point if you have it on video!

[Mike]

Meh, we could do it right now if we had a competition... the thing is that other teams that have competitions sooner then us will be able to do it before us. Maybe a second judging criteria? Like, if you cap at your next competition your entered into a pool. Then the winner is chosen by the fastest cap, cleanest cap, or maybe who had the most percentage of caps to matches.

EDIT: I just got back from a really tiring lacrosse practice, so this may have not made much sense.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

Meh, we could do it right now if we had a competition... the thing is that other teams that have competitions sooner then us will be able to do it before us. Maybe a second judging criteria? Like, if you cap at your next competition your entered into a pool. Then the winner is chosen by the fastest cap, cleanest cap, or maybe who had the most percentage of caps to matches.

EDIT: I just got back from a really tiring lacrosse practice, so this may have not made much sense.

But you already had one to practice...

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

cleanest cap

EDIT: I just got back from a really tiring lacrosse practice, so this may have not made much sense.

Please define the "cleanest cap"

[Mike]

Tom: Good point... i'm not sure what could solve that... but it still falls under the "If we had a competition earlier we could've done it" problem
Stephen: I honestly don't know what I meant when I wrote that about... a minute and twenty seconds ago. Maybe like, the less jerkiness of the bot?

[AJunx]

Additional Reward:

1 Box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the programmers of each of the first four teams to cap a vision tetra on the center goal in autonomous at Nationals.


If you think you are going to be in the running in Atlanta, send me a PM or an e-mail before the competition so I can be sure to witness the feat.

-Andrew

[Mike]

Since I like being cocky... mark me down for one

[miketwalker]

Make sure you watch Florida regional webcast this weekend. That award would be a nice addition

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

But you already had one to practice...

Well i offer a solution, all teams that already were at a competition are ineligable. You must do this at your first competition, unless nobody can do it than it carries over to the next round.

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

Please define the "cleanest cap"

I'd say that is defined by placing the tetra on a Goal, with out having to tap it so that its one completely. But if this is used, it should be a tie breaker only. I do like the idea of the fastest cap wins. And another tiebreaker would be like Mike said, highest percentage of autonomous vision caps to matches.

Proposed Rules
1. Winner has fastest autonoumous cap at their first competition.
2. First Tie breaker- Highest percentage of autonomous vision caps to matches
3. Second Tie Breaker-Cleanest placement of tetra (see above for definition)


oh and great thing about this set of rules is, you can give them the award directly at the Championship, save on shipping.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

Well i offer a solution, all teams that already were at a competition are ineligable. You must do this at your first competition, unless nobody can do it than it carries over to the next round.

Meh, that makes me ineligible, but its fair.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

Proposed Rules
1. Winner has fastest autonoumous cap at their first competition.

And what if nobody capped at our first competition? But we were by far the closest.

[JohnnyB]

I dont think its entirely fair to keep 237 from this "competition"...

The competition was created after the first week. Thusly, the first week should not be considered for eligibility. (Wow I think that qualifies for the weakest arguement ever)

And if you don't buy that, at least give 237 a case of Bawls or something for being the closest of anyone at any regional of week 1 (to my knowledge)

[Dan-o]

Alright, add 1493 to the list. We have done it in our shop, though we have a much smaller field... like 15' X 15'. I am hoping that our code stands up to the larger field, but I feel that there should be an extra award for the lowest numbered team that accomplishes the feat.

Good luck to everyone, if we don't manage to do it, i really hope someone else does.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

The competition was created after the first week. Thusly, the first week should not be considered for eligibility. (Wow I think that qualifies for the weakest arguement ever)

I technically agree, but I am biased.

However, how about this:

100 points for the team(s) who cap the center at their first official competition (ie: Regional)
90 points for second competition (Regional or Championships)
80 points for third competition (Regional or Championships)
70 for fourth competition (Regional or Championships)
and so on and so on.

This gives everyone a fair chance, and also carries over from weekend to weekend.

So, in our scenario, if someone does not cap this weekend (weekend 2), but two teams cap in weekend 3, then those two teams points are based on how many competitons it took them to do it.
And if 2 or more teams cap this weekend, then you follow the points system by how many events it took them to do it in. (1 or 2).

Sound fair?
<crosses fingers>