Phoenix update?

[Cactus_Robotics]

Well Phx this year is looking like its gonna be a great regional, a lot of great designs, friendly teams and awesome strategys, some teams to watch 980, 60,80,987 and i don't want to be partial but team 498 was looking great too, please everyone post to agree/disagree and to add other teams but over all, every team could be a contender.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Cactus_Robotics

every team could be a contender.

Yeah, if we were there I bet we could do a lot better. LOL Good luck everyone!

[Daniel Brim]

Originally Posted by Cactus_Robotics

Well Phx this year is looking like its gonna be a great regional, a lot of great designs, friendly teams and awesome strategys, some teams to watch 980, 60,80,987 and i don't want to be partial but team 498 was looking great too, please everyone post to agree/disagree and to add other teams but over all, every team could be a contender.

Cool, thanks. Did you happen to see 294 (3-pronged grabber)? I'm extremely nervous because they were supposed to make major repairs to the arm today (involving taking it apart, maybe machining something, and putting it back together again). I'm also nervous because wheather or not we go to championships is largely based on this (we have payed the entry fee but we may drop out).

-Daniel

[Cactus_Robotics]

Originally Posted by DanielBCR

Cool, thanks. Did you happen to see 294 (3-pronged grabber)? I'm extremely nervous because they were supposed to make major repairs to the arm today (involving taking it apart, maybe machining something, and putting it back together again). I'm also nervous because wheather or not we go to championships is largely based on this (we have payed the entry fee but we may drop out).

-Daniel

We had a practice match w/ them and it wasn't working then,but right after that match 294 was on the practice field in the pits and i thought i saw it pick up a tetra and cap a goal. Ill find out more today.

[Matt]

Does anyone know how team 1212 is doing? I am a college student and was not able to go to the Az regional this weekend. Thx

[Daniel Brim]

Any word on today's awards/rankings?

[edit]Not to mention 294's progress?[/edit]

[sanddrag]

Actually, 60 is not doing so well. You are beating them:
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Eve.../rankings.html
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Events/AZ/matches.html

Edit, these standing may not be accurate, see daniel's post below.

[Daniel Brim]

The rankings say we are 2-3-0, but we really are 4-5-0, nor were we ever 2-3-0, we were 2-2-0, than 3-2-0.

It seems like all of these are backwards, I got a PM from Ken Loyd that said we are really 5-4-0.

[Ken Loyd]

After nine matches here are eight really nice robots in no particular order: 498, 980, 1492, 1266, 580, 294, 987, 60. All are very nice cappers. Tomorrow will be FUN!

Ken

PS 1212 is doing very well.

[Daniel Brim]

Originally Posted by Ken Loyd

After nine matches here are eight really nice robots in no particular order: 498, 980, 1492, 1266, 580, 294, 987, 60. All are very nice cappers. Tomorrow will be FUN!

Ken

PS 1212 is doing very well.

Good to hear we're on the list . Would you happen to know if/when the rankings are going to be fixed? How about awards?

[Cactus_Robotics]

Yea some of those matches on the first website are wrong like for instance Q42 the final match of the day the red aliance accually won 28 - 27 but it says the blue won so i dont know whats wrong

[Daniel Brim]

Alliance selections should be over by now. I wonder if they'll load those and update the last few matches on the rankings (11th=good for us but our last match was against 60).

-Daniel

[Daniel Brim]

So who were the regional/award winners?

-Daniel

[jpsaul7usa]

Originally Posted by Ken Loyd

PS 1212 is doing very well.

I'm not so sure I would have agreed with you yesterday ;p We got the bugs worked out of our system by the 5th match but had a terrible run of bad luck with alliance penalties until the elims. And who would've ever thought we could get stuck inside the goals? We sure didn't ;p. I think the beginner's luck has finally worn off.

We did win 2 awards the first night though. Dr. Hobbs won the teacher of the year award. Hopefully this means he won't get fired for letting the team turn his classroom into a chaotic workshop of terror. I think a lot of non-robotics students were put off by the piles scrap metal and tetras covering their desks on Monday mornings.

Here's my summary/commentary of the regional:
28 teams is small, but not too small! It seemed like we got to play with and/or against just about every team there. It was a lot of fun Also, in this game, only not planning an alliance strategy will hurt you. Despite treating our 2nd-to-last match no differently than any other, no amount of planning could stop us from being clobbered 112 to 13. Congrats to 498, our neighbors 1290, and the AZ Champions 1492 for capping all 9 goals before our eyes. That was the coolest match we've ever lost!

I'd also like to point out that 1266, the Devil Duckies, had a really great robot this year. So good, every time they played they got hit hard and often by defensive teams, to the point where in one match their end zone was filled with their tetras from missed stack attempts due to interference. I think we all can understand how frustrating it can be when your team's robot is being knocked around and can't get anything accomplished in a match, over and over again. Despite this, their team stayed in high spirits and kept on adopting out their little duckies to everyone, and I really think they deserve a ton of recognition. They earned the sportmanship award more than any team I've ever seen in my three years in FIRST. Great job Duckies!

I'd also also like to point out Team 1011, Team Crush, who despite not having a working robot for the last few prelims, remained very spirited in the center of the stands. In a regional with only 28 teams they made a positive impact on the atmosphere for everyone around them. Go Team Crush!