2006 Waterloo Regional

[Mark Garver]

Originally Posted by Gillz

Well, I only saw one game with a team score higher then 100.

THe two GM robots would try to score, but by the third day, the other teams got smart, and for their autonomous mode, they would just ram into the GM bots, preventing them from scoring.

The triplets were definitely a dominating force at the Great Lakes Regional this past weekend. When the better two of the three teamed up in elimination they were for sure one of the best powerhouse alliances I have seen this competition season.

I actually think there was 2 or 3 matches at GLR that had a score over 100. In match Q57 I know that 1114 and 451 were the main scores. And in the semi-finals against the 4th alliance (us). The first match of the semi-finals against us we did lined up to turn both 1114 and 1503 of course from hitting the 3 point goal with little success. Shortly there after a battery cable came undone from our bot (68) and our other alliance partner tipped over. Leaving just team 66 to try to score and run defense (having to be the back bot because of where both of the other robots were). I know that this match ended with a score of well over a hundred.

The biggest problem with "ramming" as you describe is that it is up to the head ref to make the call if it is high speed ramming. At GLR the head ref made it clear that high speed ramming would not be allowed in auton, which made it difficult to have a defensive strategy during auton which hit robots attempting the 3 point shots. The triplets also made it difficult having some of the best traction I have seen this year.

Waterloo should be interesting....