Florida Regional NASA Webcast is online

[Kyle Love]

Alliances:
1.) 233, 179, 1592
2.) 1251, 845, 1270
3.) 1649, 312, 710
4.) 1368, 801, 79
5.) 1402, 343, 180
6.) 945, 386, 21
7.) 1029, 1694, 348
8.) 61, 108, 1051 (thanks to Joseph M for the Alliance pairings!)

Quaterfinal Results:
QF1-1 Red 34 Blue 38 0-1-0
QF2-1 Red 24 Blue 46 0-1-0
QF1-2 Red 57 Blue 50 1-1-0
QF2-2 Red 00 Blue 23 0-2-0 (#5 seed defeats #4)
QF1-3 Red 72 Blue 28 2-1-0 (#1 seed defeats #8)
QF3-1 Red 26 Blue 00 1-0-0
QF4-1 Red 25 Blue 36 0-1-0
QF3-2 Red 06 Blue 00 2-0-0 (#2 seed defeats #7)
QF4-2 Red 45 Blue 34 1-1-0
QF4-3 Red 41 Blue 14 2-1-0 (#3 seed defeats #6)

Semi-Finals:
SF1-1 Red 44 Blue 11 1-0-0
SF2-1 Red 16 Blue 39 0-1-0
SF1-2 Red 27 Blue 24 2-0-0 (#1 seed defeats #5)
SF2-2 Red 32 Blue 17 1-1-0
SF2-3 Red 48 Blue 02 2-1-0 (#2 defeats #3)

FINALS:
F1-1 Red 72 Blue 22 1-0-0
F1-2 Red 90 Blue 32 2-0-0 (#1 defeats #2)

Champions: 233-179-1592
Runners-up: 1251-845-1270

GREAT JOB BY ALL TEAMS!

[jgannon]

Swamp Thing just called a timeout to work on their drive train... hope they got it fixed. That thing is amazing.

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Yeah, they did. WOW.
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[Collmandoman]

swampthing wins nationals

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

swampthing wins nationals

That's a little premature, methinks. We still haven't seen many of the other powerhouse teams, like 47, 71, and 111, and it's very likely that we may all be surprised by a team we've never heard of.

[thoughtful]

Florida regional is turning out to be very exciting.

The first alliance has swamp and think PINK in there; they are definitely a contender. But something tells me that we going to see a lot of exciting matches before we get a winner here

[Alex Cormier]

so please correct me if i am wrong. it is illegal to fly across the whole field and hit a robot at full speed?



but it's OK in autonomous?

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

so please correct me if i am wrong. it is illegal to fly across the whole field and hit a robot at full speed?



but it's OK in autonomous?

It's not really okay in autonomous, and if the refs find it to be offensive, they'll be sure to warn or DQ the offending alliance. It's more likely to be overlooked in autonomous, but if it's a problem, it will be dealt with. If you're referring to 348, I didn't think that they were going all that fast, and I'm sure that red was happy to get the bonus point that they scored.

On an unrelated note, did anyone just see team 386 almost score a vision tetra by pure chance? That was awesome.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by jgannon

It's not really okay in autonomous, and if the refs find it to be offensive, they'll be sure to warn or DQ the offending alliance. If you're referring to 348, I didn't think that they were going all that fast, and I'm sure that red was happy to get the bonus point that they scored.

On an unrelated note, did anyone just see team 386 almost score a vision tetra by pure chance? That was awesome.

i don't really want to redirect this thread but I'll pm you.

that was amazing and so close for the vision tetra!

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

that was amazing and so close for the vision tetra!

Aw... they had another chance at it, too. No trophies or Krispy Kremes yet.

[jgannon]

After being to Sacramento, and being on Curie last year, this announcer seems almost lethargic compared to Mark Leon.

[thoughtful]

Just for the sake of it.

If you were playing against the florida #1 alliance, what wil be your strategy right now. Its hard to win against such a fast capping alliance.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by thoughtful

Just for the sake of it.

If you were playing against the florida #1 alliance, what wil be your strategy right now. Its hard to win against such a fast capping alliance.

Pin them. As long as you can overpower them and outrace them you will be able to keep them from scoring. I guarantee you they are no match for the HexaMax R2 2 speed six motor drive.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by thoughtful

Just for the sake of it.

If you were playing against the florida #1 alliance, what wil be your strategy right now. Its hard to win against such a fast capping alliance.

Only play defense if they come into your zone. Otherwise, just try to keep up with them. It has been shown that you can't really win this game with defense. I would take a shot at 179 or 233 if they came for the blue home zone, but otherwise, I'd keep filling up 1402, and scoring as much as I could.

Also, it might not be a bad idea (strategy-wise, though not necessarily GP-wise) to try to bait the attacking robot (179 or 233) into bumping you in the loading zone.

[Joe Matt]

Congradulations 233, 179, and 1592 for winning Flordia Regional! I'm impressed with all your bots!