Buckeye!

[jagman2882]

Congrats to 279/67/274 first of all! Well at least the streak was somewhat kept alive in spirit. U guys did a great job, way to go HOT! Thanks to our alliance partners, we did a great job we went a long way, way to go guys!!

[Cody Carey]

First off - Congrats to everyone who went, especially the 279/67/274 alliance!

I, however am kind of disappointed... We were ranked 10th before being saddled with robots that were having LOTS of problems. Three matches went by like this and I think that we ended up in 36th. After we won our last three matches, we were back up the being ranked 14th. This is a BIG jump for just three matches. The kicker is that we weren't picked! now, I know that I'm a little bitter at losing , but I think that a few poor choices were made. I guess that all in all I was just wondering if people actually KNEW that we existed? And if so, were we hard to work with or something?


OH, I almost forgot, What was up with 229, 135 and 1403 running a capping robot as a defensive instead of going to the pool for a fully functional robot?

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Cody C

OH, I almost forgot, What was up with 229, 135 and 1403 running a capping robot as a defensive instead of going to the pool for a fully functional robot?

I dunno if this is right, but it is my opinion. During the Qualifying matches, 135 only lost twice, and those two losses were against an alliance with team 279 on it. After losing twice to us, they might have thought that they would do better blocking us and ramming us(which I was surprised wasn't called at all during the first match because those were full speed hits). Not sure if thats right, but it might be a factor in why they did it.

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by Quatitos

I dunno if this is right, but it is my opinion. During the Qualifying matches, 135 only lost twice, and those two losses were against an alliance with team 279 on it. After losing twice to us, they might have thought that they would do better blocking us and ramming us(which I was surprised wasn't called at all during the first match because those were full speed hits). Not sure if thats right, but it might be a factor in why they did it.

This could be... but the team they ran without the arm was being pushed all over the place, and I hate to brag, but we could Probably have pushed any team that was there backwards, and still cap better than 3/4 of the robots there, And we were first up in the pool.

[Mirza95vx]

Rolling Thunder had a great time at Buckeye. Our drivers are getting better and better with every match. We had a great record 7-3-0. We were hoping for a win at the end to be in the top 5 but it didn't work out Thanks to team 302 LOL you guys had us tipping like two or three times. Great D bot. Thats why we picked you guys.

we had great alliance partners. Thanks 302 and 931 you guys were awesome to work with. We had a good run but going against the number one alliance was tough. I am very proud of our team. We have been to two regionals and each time we have had the privilege to pick our alliance partners. I am glad we got past the quarter finials this time.

Thank you team 1126 for cheering us on you guys were awesome. SPARKS Commotion

To 229 your finial match was amazing to watch. I cant believe you guys didn't win. You guys were great. So sad we wont see you at Nationals. We were sad that you guys knocked us out and then we were right back hoping you guys would win the whole thing. Great finial to watch.

On behalf of 1511 I would like to congratulate 1590 on the Rookie All-Star award. See you at nationals.


Looking forward to Toronto next week and hoping we could do as well as we did at Buckeye. Cant wait to see our Waldo. We miss you guys

Again Buckeye was a great regional and i had a lot of fun. Congrats to all the winning alliances and see everyone at NATIONALS if not in Toronto.

1511 will be Rolling....................

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Cody C

This could be... but the team they ran without the arm was being pushed all over the place, and I hate to brag, but we could Probably have pushed any team that was there backwards, and still cap better than 3/4 of the robots there, And we were first up in the pool.

I know for out team I was in charge of getting information on the set of teams you guys were in. Whenever I went by your guy's pit when I was looking for info on you I didn't see anyone in there. Now this might just be coincidence, or it may be a fault of mine, but having someone in your pit at all times paying attention to passerbys that look interested in your robot is something that we do and it seems to work very well for us. Now if you don't have someone to spare just make up an informational sheet to hand out and just leave a pile somewhere near the aisle way in clear view of someone that is interested. If you team did do all this them I apologize for not realizing it and not getting any information on you guys.

[Cody Carey]

I would like to point out that nothing I posted was meant to be offensive, it was just MY opinion. I would also like to say that although others share my opinion, it was NOT THE OPINION of all of team 306. I also agree that 135 WAS one of the best robots at the competition, until their arm was DISABLED, when they were not, excuse me if I am wrong, but it seems that a tank with no turret is USELESS. I would appreciate if you would edit you're post to say CODY C instead of 306! and by the way, based on a qualifying match we had with you, what you told us to do WAS NOT what was best for the match.

And Quatitos, that was our fault, we did have booklets, but I guess that they were hidden under the mess ...

306 Capt/driver

Cody Carey

[Bemis]

First of all, a nice job to everyone who participated in the Buckeye Regional, winners and losers, there were some very interesting robots there. I'm proud of our team for doing as well as we did, especially since most of our team are sophomores and freshmen at our school. Nonetheless, we worked hard and brought out a very good robot, and we had no major problems at all in Cleveland. I do not really enjoy the Idea that although we did as well as we did despite our lack of experience, we were not picked. I realize that this may be due to a lack of need for a robot with our capabilities, but I find it very disconcerting that we were not picked. I also do not understand what was so offensive about my teammate's post, but if you were offended by it, please know that it is, as he said, not necessarily the opinion of all of team 306, and please accept both our apologies and those of our team. We all just find it hard to take that all of our hard work went down the drain even though we were well capable of doing what needed done. I also find it a little ironic that a good team at Pittsburgh recognized us when we kept breaking down, but at Cleveland we left on the side when we were without problems at all. And also, lack of planning on our part for the pits thing. We did have a bit of a pamphlet describing the team and our past accomplishments, but it was probably, as Cody said, buried beneath the mess

And once again, congrats to all, and especially the winning alliance and team 279. I was rooting for you guys since a third of the way through the qualifying matches.

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Bemis

And also, lack of planning on our part for the pits thing. We did have a bit of a pamphlet describing the team and our past accomplishments, but it was probably, as Cody said, buried beneath the mess

And once again, congrats to all, and especially the winning alliance and team 279. I was rooting for you guys since a third of the way through the qualifying matches.

I believe I may have found that pamphlet, but did not find any hard facts about your robot that I could use for scouting information. The stuff you had in there was wonderful, but it just needed some facts and information about your robot and strategy. Also, updating your website with the facts about your robot before hand can also help. I know the people in charge of scouting for our team went to every teams website and found as much imformation on there as they could then left the rest to be filled in.

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by Quatitos

I believe I may have found that pamphlet, but did not find any hard facts about your robot that I could use for scouting information. The stuff you had in there was wonderful, but it just needed some facts and information about your robot and strategy. Also, updating your website with the facts about your robot before hand can also help. I know the people in charge of scouting for our team went to every teams website and found as much imformation on there as they could then left the rest to be filled in.

I'm workin' on it try www.crt306.co.nr
I don't know if I can get my school to fund a website, so I'm seeing if I can post personal info.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Cody C

I would like to point out that nothing I posted was meant to be offensive, it was just MY opinion. I would also like to say that although others share my opinion, it was NOT THE OPINION of all of team 306. I also agree that 135 WAS one of the best robots at the competition, until their arm was DISABLED, when they were not, excuse me if I am wrong, but it seems that a tank with no turret is USELESS. I would appreciate if you would edit you're post to say CODY C instead of 306! and by the way, based on a qualifying match we had with you, what you told us to do WAS NOT what was best for the match.

Okay, I feel the need to step in here.

I really believe that we should be striving for a FIRST community where we all show respect for each other. Coming out and calling a team "USELESS" is blatantly rude. Especially considering the team played some admirable defense after losing the usage of their arm.

I'm glad to know that you're confident in the abilities of your robot. That being said, there's no need to come in here, insult other teams and complain about not being chosen. We all know the feelings of being left out of the elimination rounds (Well, other than those few teams who've never missed out). It's not fun. But dwelling on the situation in such a negative manner is not going to help.

Originally Posted by Cody C

and by the way, based on a qualifying match we had with you, what you told us to do WAS NOT what was best for the match.

Umm, from the results at usfirst.org it seems that you only played one match with 229, and you guys won 45-21.

[Mirza95vx]

This is not right back and forth arguing about who got picked and who didnt. Team 135 was one of the best teams at Buckeye and they did the best they could after their arm failed.

306 you guys did a great job as well. There is no need to insult another teams performence. There were many good teams that did not get picked for the elemination rounds. I dont remember you guys ever coming and talking to us about your robot. You guys needed to do a better job at selling your self to other teams.

We should all be proud of one anothers acomlishments and not be arguing about who should and shouldnt have been picked.

[Cody Carey]

HOLD UP!!!!!!!!!!!

The tank without a turret was an analogy , I WAS NOT INSULTING THEIR ROBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DO Admire their ability to play such good defence after having been offensive the whole regional.
I am simply saying that if the red alliance had had a robot that could stack, they would have had a better chance at winning!!!!!!!!!
The BEST aircraft in the world can have ONE broken thing and become "useless" for it's intended purpose (please don't take that as an insult)
As I said above, I AM bitter about not being picked and being 14th, but I'm not Knocking anyone's bot and/or team.

also, the reason we did so well in that matchis BECAUSE we did not play defence and protect them like they wanted.

[Alex Cormier]

ok enough. back to your corners. lets keep this professional. we have had some apologies and many miss interpretations. congrats to the winners and good luck and great job to all the teams who attended.

[Quatitos]

Just a quick question, but what was wrong with 135's lift? I thought I saw them using it during the finals.

Also, can we please stop this argument. I mean can we be mature enough to atleast ignore something if we don't agree with it instead of starting an argument.