Buckeye!

[slickguy2007]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

woohoo we leave tommorow around 9:30 8-10 hour bus ride. This is going to be fun. The Wheels on the Bus go round and.....

Now we have a use for all that duct tape we couldn't use on the robot......

GO 1403!!!

[Rombus]

Well, i just realized the issue with living an hour away from the comp but not staying at a hotel... chances are I'm waking up at 5am each day! Coffee will be my friend these next few days.

So if you see an asleep guy holding a 1278 scouting team clipboard, give me a kick to wake me up!

Remember, you can find Team 1278 under the spinning purple tetra in the sky! (a little teaser to our pit area)

[Conor Ryan]

day one of buckeye....

looks pretty good, large amount of teams actually on the field during the practise matches. i've noticed that teams with wider manipluators tend to do well

some teams worthy of notice:

67-That all wheel steering and maniplation helps a ton
229-perhaps the widest maniputlator i've ever seen, i think they may look up tommorow
48-with their man driver in france, they were training one all today, looked a bit disapointing but they will be good tommorow, its a great bot you just need to drive it right
135-my personal favorite, these guys with a crazy 6 pronged fork manipulator can fly at huge heights, at least 12 and are really fast at what they do definetly one of the top teams

well thats how they look like they are shaping up, we'll probably see a whole bunch of flying tetras and falling bots tommorow, there was a good amount today

[Alex Cormier]

it was crazy today, 135 in first place and we are in 4th(i believe). as usual 67 looks amazing but the story is 135 and 229 tearign it up out on the field. can't wait till tomrrow. we also won the radioshack innovation award, yay! some other awards are, Delphi ELITE won website, autodesk went to 135, and thats all i can remeber. tune into sunday or monday.

[Beth Sweet]

Word's in, 67, 274 & 279 won the Buckeye Regional in a close, 4 match final with 229, 135 and 1403. Match 1 was a tie, match 2 was a win by 67, 274 & 279, match 3 went to 229, 135 and 1403 and match 4 went 67, 274 & 279, giving them the win. Congrats to all finalist teams!

PS. Yay HOT on their second regional win of the year! (Sorry, HOT team alumni... )

[DUCKIE]

Any news on the other award winners? [Especially -> Chairmans & Engineering Inspiration]

[Quatitos]

First I would like to thank teams 67 and 274 for being great alliance partners.

67: We always do best when we are allied with you and together hold the high score records for both great lakes and buckeye. You have an awesome robot who can out manuever anybody out there and your arm's movement is just beautiful.

274: You were a very valuable member of our alliance. You covered our home row and protected it as good as anyone out there. You helped free up both us and 67 so we could achieve those spectacular scores. In that last match with you and 67 holding back 229 just out of reach of taking away two rows, just awesome work you guys.

To both teams it was great working with you and I can't wait to see you at Nationals.

Originally Posted by DUCKY

Any news on the other award winners? [Especially -> Chairmans & Engineering Inspiration]

I was a little excited from winning the regional this being my first year, but I believe that the Chairman's Award was 48, and the Engineering Inspiration was 141. All fixed now and congratulations to both teams on their accomplishments.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Quatitos

I was a little excited from winning the regional this being my first year, but I believe that the Chairman's Award was 141? and the Engineering Inspiration was 48?

Flip those teams around.

Congratulations to everyone on their successes and their outstanding spirit at this competition - it was quite an amazing experience that I will never forget.

[Alex Cormier]

67, 274 & 279 congrats, congrats! but ya had to go through our power house. we would like to thank 378 and 1 for making an amazing alliance that scored 15 points just in auto mode. sorry for clarkson, third regional and third finalists, i was hoping to see ya guys down at nationals possibly?

also congrats 48 for chairmans!

P.S. does anyone have pictures from buckeye? also thanks to every team who has granted us with one of thier awards.

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

67, 274 & 279 congrats, congrats! but ya had to go through our power house. we would like to thank 378 and 1 for making an amazing alliance that scored 15 points just in auto mode. sorry for clarkson, third regional and third finalists, i was hoping to see ya guys down at nationals possibly?

also congrats 48 for chairmans!

P.S. does anyone have pictures from buckeye? also thanks to every team who has granted us with one of thier awards.

It was great playing you guys. If you noticed during the finals, we learned a little trick that the juggernauts used on us to protect that center goal. Sorry we had to give you guys a year you didn't win but you better make it the last time you lose buckeye. And maybe next time you can take us all the way with you.

I also have some pictures that I am going to post, but my dad took them so there aren't very good match pictures. And unfortunately I don't think he got any of the match between us.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Quatitos

It was great playing you guys. If you noticed during the finals, we learned a little trick that the juggernauts used on us to protect that center goal. Sorry we had to give you guys a year you didn't win but you better make it the last time you lose buckeye. And maybe next time you can take us all the way with you.

what exactly happed to the jugs? i looked away then back and saw them on their side?

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

what exactly happed to the jugs? i looked away then back and saw them on their side?

I believe that we got tangled up and in the confusion they got knocked over. I know our drivers never intended to knock them over and from what I heard they went over and appoligized as soon as they could.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Quatitos

I believe that we got tangled up and in the confusion they got knocked over. I know our drivers never intended to knock them over and from what I heard they went over and appoligized as soon as they could.

ahh, well thats good to hear. yeah that "chillin" on top of the middle goal was cool, i had that strategy when we simulated the game in the first week of build.

[JVN]

Congratulations to 279, 67, 274 on a hard fought victory!
You guys were great, and we had a lot of fun competing with and against you all weekend.

Some minor corrections to this thread:
For clarification... this is 229's second regional (not third).

Also... the "play by play" of the final wasn't quite right.
229/135/1403 won F1.
279/67/274 won F2 & F3.



Thanks to 135 and 1403 for working with us in the finals. We had a great time, and you were FANTASTIC partners. I hope you both have success at nationals!

Long Day... time for bed,
JV

[kenz9000]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

67, 274 & 279 congrats, congrats! but ya had to go through our power house. we would like to thank 378 and 1 for making an amazing alliance that scored 15 points just in auto mode. sorry for clarkson, third regional and third finalists, i was hoping to see ya guys down at nationals possibly?

also congrats 48 for chairmans!

P.S. does anyone have pictures from buckeye? also thanks to every team who has granted us with one of thier awards.

yea, thanks 1126 and 378 for picking the juggernauts in your alliance. it was awesome, it was soooo great when i accepted your invitation, my team was also very glad. lookin forward to seein ya'll in Atlanta!