The Capital Clash

[Joe Matt]

Wish I could be there and see all my old friends on 384 and 365, but thus is life, especially college life. Xp

[RoboMom]

For those of you in the area not attending, look for FIRST in live interviews this afternoon (Fri) with Teams 1446, 1195, 422 & 1389 and look for us live during the opening ceremonies tomorrow morning at 9 on NBC4. Team007's Moonraker will be delivering the huge scissors for the ribbon cutting in their "ice cream bucket" and I'll be rounding up other robots for this segment.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

For those of you in the area not attending, look for FIRST in live interviews this afternoon (Fri) with Teams 1446, 1195, 422 & 1389 and look for us live during the opening ceremonies tomorrow morning at 9 on NBC4. Team007's Moonraker will be delivering the huge scissors for the ribbon cutting in their "ice cream bucket" and I'll be rounding up other robots for this segment.

We're game. Well, I am anyway, and I drive the robot :-)

[DUCKIE]

Ducky here... posting directly from the Capital Clash. [Yeah Geek-Squad Van w/ internet access!]

Despite running a little behind... things are going well down here.

Will update more later if I get a chance.

[Bcahn836]

I am at the capital clash now, having a blast. There are alot of good exhibits and lots of great robots. This so far has been an awesome and fun competition. More updates to come. . .

[phrontist]

So far, I've seen:

• Bcahn (the guy in the red had, short chat)
• Dorienne (I think it was her... haven't talked to her)
• Little Lavery (with whom I had an interesting conversation about radio interference and the various merits of traditional versus "jester" or Mechanum holomic)
• Dave Lavery
• Bill Fred (shook his hand, heard his standup bit)
• Jeff Seaton (of course)
• Tons of MOE students... everywhere... I think the camera techs had to adjust the color balance on their account
• The infamous Heidi, from whom I received the latest (and greatest) "That's Pimp" Button!
• Paul Klobern, current UFH honoree...

Can't wait till tommorrow! We were doing quite well until we had some insane motor heat issues (with breakers tripping as a result of the associated high current draw). We ascribe this to our abuse of the motors (we had the robot "run" a 3k race) but we're replacing them tommorrow.

For those of you who haven't seen 116's drive, it really does, as dave says "dance on it's toes". We brought some new members along who were quite impressed.

Vex too is really neat, I got a chance to drive one of the demo robots 116 brought down.

This competition is odd, in that the audience is really (almost dangerously) close to the feild. I went up to the driver station and a group of spectators was standing in it. I talked to another driver (MOE maybe?) who had been asked by a spectator if they could drive during a match.

[Dorienne]

Originally Posted by phrontist

So far, I've seen:

• Bcahn (the guy in the red had, short chat)
• Dorienne (I think it was her... haven't talked to her)
• Little Lavery (with whom I had an interesting conversation about radio interference and the various merits of traditional versus "jester" or Mechanum holomic)
• Dave Lavery
• Bill Fred (shook his hand, heard his standup bit)
• Jeff Seaton (of course)
• Tons of MOE students... everywhere... I think the camera techs had to adjust the color balance on their account
• The infamous Heidi, from whom I received the latest (and greatest) "That's Pimp" Button!
• Paul Klobern, current UFH honoree...

Can't wait till tommorrow! We were doing quite well until we had some insane motor heat issues (with breakers tripping as a result of the associated high current draw). We ascribe this to our abuse of the motors (we had the robot "run" a 3k race) but we're replacing them tommorrow.

For those of you who haven't seen 116's drive, it really does, as dave says "dance on it's toes". We brought some new members along who were quite impressed.

Vex too is really neat, I got a chance to drive one of the demo robots 116 brought down.

This competition is odd, in that the audience is really (almost dangerously) close to the feild. I went up to the driver station and a group of spectators was standing in it. I talked to another driver (MOE maybe?) who had been asked by a spectator if they could drive during a match.

That most likely was me. I'm easy to spot. Come up and say hi to me tomorrow! I'll be one of two girls tomorrow in a 007 shirt. I'd be happy to talk! ^_^

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by phrontist

[*] The infamous Heidi, from whom I received the latest (and greatest) "That's Pimp" Button!

Oh cool! I've always wanted to be infamous!

And there will be more "Pimp" buttons in the Vex area tomorrow, for those who would like one...

Dillard, if you're reading this, I want you to know that Billfred tried to frame you by giving me a bag of peppermints and saying they were from you (knowing full well that I would say you should be disqualified from the Caption Contest for attempted murder).

And my favorite comment from today was from Big Mike who said he hoped Dave never allowed me to work on the FIRST game committee because the game I designed for the Vex table was evil...

Heidi

[KathieK]

There are some photos online at www.nbc4.com - go to the Online Extras section underneath the weather section and click on Expo Slideshow.

[Greg Needel]

we are in the finals folks

357, 365, 1195 vs 888, 422, 1446

right now we are on a 10 min break but soon to be followed by the finals

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

we are in the finals folks

357, 365, 1195 vs 888, 422, 1446

right now we are on a 10 min break but soon to be followed by the finals

This is going to be good.

[melitami]

I was there most of the day yesterday, and major appreciation needs to be given to the 5 senior mentors running it, Mike Wade for the field, and all the awesome volunteers.

Hope everyone there is having as great a time as I did yesterday!

[Billfred]

Finals Match 1:

888/422/1446: 32
357/365/1195: 57

Finals Match 2:

888/422/1446: 35
357/365/1195: 46


Most Promising Rookie Drive Team: Team 357
Gracious Professionalism Award: Team 365
Against All Odds Award: Team 1446
Best Autonomous Mode: Team 007

[Bcahn836]

Overall the competition was great. Our team ended up 11-2-0, which to us is a very good day. I would like to thank teams 339 and 1687 for their help in the finals, I also would like to thank all the teams for their gracious professionalism, and most importantly to all the volunteers that made the event possible.

[karinka13]

The competition was wonderful! Thanks so much to everyone who put it together and helped out!