Ramp Riot 2005 :The Official Thread

[westfalia]

I can't wait for ramp riot 2005! only about 6 hours till I have to arrive at WHS. I'll be doing some announcing and all around 'who knows what'. See you all there!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I am here. I'll be here all day. I'll be coaching so you may have to search for me a little.

[KathieK]

I'm here. Looking forward to another great off-seaason competition!

[coastertux]

I just returned from the competition and must say I had a great time. Thanks to all who made it possible. Also, great job to the alliance I was with in the quarter-finals. You did a great job. We went out fighting!

[Corey Balint]

wow.
such a great competition.

thanks to team 341 for running a great competition, with no problems whatsoever. great job guys. and thanks for giving 1712 a robot to play with. i love the comraderie.

and thank you to 484, 1676, and 365 for being terrific alliance partners. didnt make one mistake out there. you guys were amazing.

Just a quick recap of the elims for us, the #5 seed.

first round versus #4 seed, 316, 1143, and 341 was a sweep in pretty intense matches. they sure put up a swell fight.

second round versus #1 seed, 173, 272(had been the 2nd seed), 716 was another sweep in two great matches. in the first match, 173 was going up for a cap on a side goal, and we tapped them onto the goal, and left them stuck. sorry guys, had to exploit the hole. second match was clean and just well played.

final round versus #3 seed, 222, 103, 99(103's backup robot), and 303. first match was very close. in the final 5 seconds we put a cap onto the corner goal of the field, while 222 was defending, which killed their row, and gave us another, giving us a clear 20 point win. second match was great. 303 came in for 99. it was just great. very close match, but ultimately, we outcapped them 13-9 and gave ourselves a clear victory.

6-0 through eliminations. not to brag, but the alliance we had made no mistakes, and capitalized on every fault another alliance made.

and a special congrats to team 1712, i love to see prerookies out there.

Thanks to all, was a fantastic day.

P.S. High Score of the day was 25, 484, and 272 versus 303, 365, 225. 101-28

[Conor Ryan]

Corey couldn't of said it better, it was a fantastic competition, It felt great to have our robot at a competition again. I had the most fun I've had in awhile and a lot of the Freshman/Rookies to robotics got a good feel for the competition and were giving back 100% positive feed back. The teams that won earned the title played very well and the final was evenly matched.

I had almost too much fun today, and I hope to see all who attended at Brunswick Eruption on 11/19

[Michael Leicht]

congrats to the winning teams put up a good fight. had a good time.


only thing i have to say is the pits were close together. other then that thank you to 341 for hosting


A big thank you to my good friends from 222, and some good friends from 103.

AND YES OUR DUMP VALVE WAS CLOSED THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Bharat Nain]

My friends above me said all there is to the competition. Thanks to our alliance partners and all other teams for putting up such a good fight and letting us experience some real competition. It was great attending Ramp Riot 2005 and thank you for hosting it Team 341.

[Kristian Calhoun]

eh, Corey beat me to it, but i couldn't have explained it any better.
even though this was only my second competition, I had a blast, so thanks to team 341 for arranging the whole thing.
Alliance #5(seed)= 484 Haverford Robotics , 1676 Pascack Pioneers , and 365 MOE did an awesome job, and i look forward to working with you all at brunswick eruption! and 484,and 365, there's still some time left to sign up!

[Alexa Stott]

Hey, great job everyone! Thank you to team 341 for organizing it; you guys did an excellent job. It was a lot of fun. And Teams 365, 484, and 1676, you were awesome alliance partners!

[C.Roberts 1089]

I'll have to agree with Corey & Conor and everyone else. Though I didn't show up til about 2:30, and I wasn't participating, it seemed like the whole event was pretty well run. I also liked the set-up right inside the door where you came in from outside, it was pretty cool. Congrats for running such a successful event! I had a lot of fun, and I hope to bring my team [1089] out next year.

[Mr MOE]

Hats off to all the team members and volunteers for 341 and their sponsors for putting on a terrific off-season event yet again. Also, thanks to NASA and the ever present Mike Wade for the FIRST playing field.

MOE 365 would like to shout out thanks to Teams 25, 484, and 1676. What terrific teams to be with in an alliance. You guys demonstrated great teamwork, spirit, and competitiveness. What a wild ride! Thanks for picking us!

Thanks also to Kathie Kentfield for facilitating the NEMO session and to the adult mentors, who participated. I know that I gathered some nuggests of wisdom that I can take back to my team.

Great things about the event - music, video, team introductions, friendliness of all the volunteers, food prices, Vex driving area, canned food drive, space in the stands, 4 teams per alliance.

My only improvement area would be the crowdedness of the pits. Wearing my corporate hat, I am concerned about safety with all those robots in close proximity.

Miss Daisy. Congrats on another great Ramp Riot! Best of luck to all teams attending the Brunswick Eruption in a few weeks!

[Rudy]

I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to team 341 for all the help they gave our pre-rookie team (1712). We couldn't have participated in Ramp Riot without all of your support and generosity!

Also a huge thanks to teams 357, 103 and 365 for your support!