2006 NASA/VCU Regional!

[DjAlamose]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

So the crowd has some clue as to how the game is played. Is anyone else having problems with the webcast dying every 15 minutes or so?

Im having no problems with the webcast, Im using nasa TV with WM format. Works great.

Also note the technical dificulties there having. I hope this gets sorted out and it doesn't affect everyone...

[Ted Boucher]

*plays taps* poor field...

Ya, there must be major problems with the field for them to put on a long video like this. It sucks, but you have to expect these kinds of problems at the first week regionals.

EDIT: Well at least they have the old software to rollback on. They should be back up soon.

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

Are there three people announcing? One emcee, somebody introducing teams, and a game announcer (who I think is Mr. FIRST).

I know that Dan Green from Wildstang is one of the announcers. I wonder why he's in Virginia?

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

*plays taps* poor field...

Okay, who had "1 Hour" on the "First Major Field Malfunction" Pool? I had 2 hours

[pakrat]

116's animation is solid. i liked it a lot

edit: post number 279!!

[akshar]

hmm...at vcu the high score was 84 so far, i just got a call from my team at BAE high score 82, with the team, 1568 on the alliance

[Ted Boucher]

Well, it is 11:22 and I just lost the windows media player webcast due to "the server being busy". Anyone else get booted?

[TD78]

yea me too...seems like I'm going to have to resort to RP

[ducttapehaxor]

WM is down for me also.

[akshar]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

Well, it is 11:22 and I just lost the windows media player webcast due to "the server being busy". Anyone else get booted?

i got disconnected as well, the real media is working, i just switched over


well WM is working now!!!

[Taylor_Ratliff]

Originally Posted by Dillon Compton

I <3 the WM stream, because my stupid school has some odd vendetta against Realplayer!

good rule of thumb, never use RM if you dont have to.

[Jon K.]

Is it just me or are they scoring off side penalties wrong? They don't seem to be charging 5 pts for the initial, just for the time.

G 26

Violations of this rule will result in a 5-point penalty against the offending ALLIANCE for the initial violation. An additional 5-point penalty will be assessed for every 5 seconds beyond the grace period that a BACKBOT is not “ON SIDES”.

[akshar]

Originally Posted by DjAlamose

Things that have happened so far that I found funny:

A robot got under another robot (because its chassis was up very high) and they spent the rest of the match trying to untangle themselves.

Allot of robots are shooting balls into the crowd

A robot dropped its battery as if to say it didn't need it.

the match that just happened: red bot tips over in front of their ramp, at the end team 540, for red, is trying to get up and tips backwards but another red bot supports it from the back, preventing a fall from the platform...

[pakrat]

Maybe this is a wrong assumption, but when i was trying to get a feel for how a HP can throw the best, two hands was way more stable, and all the HPs i see are onyl using one hand. I feel like they're losing a lot accuracy that way. The competition is pretty good though overall.

[Michael Long]

Can anyone tell how the balls are holding up?... are they chewed up or do they have enough spares to replace the bad ones?... just curious.

[DjAlamose]

YAY RTS is back up! Lets hope it stays up today. Looks to be more accurate than yesterday too. But I wish I was there because i would like to see what truly is going on in person. The balls seem to be holding up (i haven’t seen any confetti yet )

Edit:
I don't know the match number but they were with the bot that looks like a dump truck (literally). But anyways, the bot was fine, it was "balanced" on the ramp but it moved a little too much and fell on its TOP. The camera looked to be smashed as it was in a cardboard tube. And the match before that a robot fell over and their battery just rolled around inside the bot looking like it was tearing up the electronics! I really hope none of this is too bad of damage (pyro I know you like destruction well there you go)