pic: 229's mentor Drive team

[Jay Trzaskos]

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[Koko Ed]

Oh man.
I think that's the match where they took on both our robots. I couldn't drive X-WhAAt!!! for squat and the tetra kept getting stuck on the arm. But it wa alot of fun.
I particularly liked the Eric on a Segway vs. 229 Match.
Maybe next year Greg can bring his battlebot and we can have a 6 on 1 match. It would be interesting.

[mechanicalbrain]

Wow! I'm dying of curiosity here. What happened to that plexi barrier? Its got some major scratching!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

Wow! I'm dying of curiosity here. What happened to that plexi barrier? Its got some major scratching!

I'm guessing (I don't know but I can make an educated guess) that it has been hit by many robots over several years, plus maybe the occaisional bit of hanling damage. Looks kind of like our wedges this year when we were done--lots of scrapes and scratches, but no breaks.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

my biggest suprise is that Joel isn't in there! I figure he'd jump a the chance to drive again, or was he smiling for the camera again?

[Greg Perkins]

hey carne' is a seasoned vet... err, seasoned may be too forgiving, more like a retired football player trying to play again I miss ya chris!

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Oh man.
I think that's the match where they took on both our robots. I couldn't drive X-WhAAt!!! for squat and the tetra kept getting stuck on the arm. But it wa alot of fun.
I particularly liked the Eric on a Segway vs. 229 Match.
Maybe next year Greg can bring his battlebot and we can have a 6 on 1 match. It would be interesting.

I didn't know 229 took on both X-Cat robots - I thought only 1213 took them on - Sorry I missed that - How'd it turn out?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Jack Jones

I didn't know 229 took on both X-Cat robots - I thought only 1213 took them on - Sorry I missed that - How'd it turn out?

They won as well the first time. I think the second time when Corey from 173 took over driving one of the bots and was much more aggresive they won.

[Bcahn836]

Mentor Matches at offseason events are a lot of fun, it really gives a chance for the mentors to see what the student drivers go through in a match and really shows why us drivers couldn't do this or that easily during a match. I hope all the mentors had a blast driving, I know they did at Capital Clash.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

Mentor Matches at offseason events are a lot of fun, it really gives a chance for the mentors to see what the student drivers go through in a match and really shows why us drivers couldn't do this or that easily during a match. I hope all the mentors had a blast driving, I know they did at Capital Clash.

NOT! It was easy! I coulda phoned it in! Will sombody bring me a tall stool so's I can put my feet up on the dasher?

[Tim Delles]

my biggest suprise is that Joel isn't in there! I figure he'd jump a the chance to drive again, or was he smiling for the camera again?

Joel actually didn't go down with us to this event.

And yes the 2 X-Cats machines did beat 229 once.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Tim Delles

Joel actually didn't go down with us to this event.

And yes the 2 X-Cats machines did beat 229 once.

Errr - how many times did they beat 1213?

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by EricH

I'm guessing (I don't know but I can make an educated guess) that it has been hit by many robots over several years, plus maybe the occaisional bit of hanling damage. Looks kind of like our wedges this year when we were done--lots of scrapes and scratches, but no breaks.

Actually those are all from this year, as FIRST replaces all the plexi every year. My guess is there is more scratching this year because of all the action right in front of the player stations trying to cap those goals.

[Heretic121]

so um... how come Adrienne looks like shes doing absolutely nothing!?! was that the secret behind 229 or im guessing first impressions show thier true side

*dont hurt me... and if you dont remeber i meet you in the pits w/ rob in atlanta weds night =P

[Adrienne E.]

haha, i believe at that point I was watching our auto mode do nothing

I may not be better driving that arm then Jay, but I was DEFINITLY better then Chris. You gotta at least give me a little credit