SCRRF Fall Classic

[Nica F.]

I enjoyed the Fall Classic very much! even if i was just doing field reset after each match! (to me volunteering is just as good as competing )

thanks to everyone who made it possible!

congrats to 968 & 1138!

see all of you guys again soon!

[ShaneP]

The Fall Classic was very fun, and much a success. Congrats to 968 and 1138.

Once 1138 had pushed us on the ramp, we were stuck because we had high-centered on a ball under us, and had lost drive earlier from one of the wheels on the right side. After pushing us up onto the ramp they came up and pushed us into the side wall making any attempt at escape more impossible.

Hope to see more teams there next year!

[ChrisH]

I'm sooo glad every body had a good time. We tried a few different things which all seemed to work out well. The soccer game and the mentor's round seemed very popular. So did finishing pretty much on time.

We came very close to cancelling the event. With 10 days to go we only had six teams signed up. There was no way we could cover expenses at that level of participation. Besides it would be really hard to keep audience interest. I managed to connect with a few team leaders and we picked up a few more. When we figured we would break even we decided to go for it even though we wanted more teams.

I would still like to see faster cycle times on the matches. We were cycling at 10-15 minutes per match, which is long. Much of the time seemed to be connected to battery and frequency changes. But when robots are coming off to get right back in the que and teams change their battery in line, it is hard to tell them to go faster. More robots would have actually made things better.

We could have done better on the food situation, but we didn't think there would be enough people to make special arraingements worthwhile.

I think we're going to have to build a new field, but this one is pretty old. FIRST retired it in 2001, back when robots were way less powerful. So we've certainly gotten good use from it.

So we'll do it again next year. SCRRF promises we will try to do better in the areas we know need improving and we hope teams will improve on their attendance and punctuality in letting us know they are coming.

Many thanks to all who helped. Team 599 and especially EricRobodox and Mr. Van, Team 968, Team 1138, Team 1070, Tarek Shribati, Terry Wells and Mike Neary, Team 4, Sanddrag, Ken Leung, DCAFan, JJack, the Scouts who helped score, Nancy McIntyre, IndieFan, EricH, and I must have forgotten somebody. It wasn't on purpose, honest!

ChrisH
President SCRRF

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by ChrisH

But when robots are coming off to get right back in the que and teams change their battery in line, it is hard to tell them to go faster.

Yeah, it was hard on the robot and the batteries, having 3 matches in a row, but it was fun nonetheless. The new members got a sense of how a real competition runs, so we're glad.

Originally Posted by ChrisH

I think we're going to have to build a new field, but this one is pretty old. FIRST retired it in 2001, back when robots were way less powerful.

haha.. Sorry about autonomously destroying the field.

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138

Yeah, it was hard on the robot and the batteries, having 3 matches in a row, but it was fun nonetheless. The new members got a sense of how a real competition runs, so we're glad.


haha.. Sorry about autonomously destroying the field.

You guys weren't the only ones, just the first!

[DCA Fan]

Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138

Yeah, it was hard on the robot and the batteries, having 3 matches in a row, but it was fun nonetheless. The new members got a sense of how a real competition runs, so we're glad.


haha.. Sorry about autonomously destroying the field.

If I remember correctly, 1138 also had a wonderful time tearing up the center goal teo seasons ago with the tetras during our Preship scrimmage.

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by DCA Fan

If I remember correctly, 1138 also had a wonderful time tearing up the center goal teo seasons ago with the tetras during our Preship scrimmage.

That is true, we lifted up the center goal during autonomous mode. Our autonomous was dead reckoning, and so it just went straight and went a tad bit too far, resulting in this. It was sorta cool though to pick up the center goal, which weighed like, 20-30 pounds, and it was velcroed and duct taped to the carpet. It's almost like tradition for us to do something crazy at the pre-ship and fall classic. lol

[chaoticprout]

Had Lot's of fun everyone, great time, and yeah, sorry about the field, I should've pulled the plug during autonomous. ><

[EricRobodox]

hahaha. well, im glad people had fun. i had a blast. the dancing and the good time. hardly even felt pressure when i drove. lol. hopefully this upcoming year we can keep the fun level high. I remeber last year we took our mock goal, not the center (we never were able to build a center goal) and we raised it and capped our president that year. ahhaha. those robots were pretty powerful two years ago for Triple Play. I cant wait for kickoff now. lol.

[jackie Ha]

hey, yeah i had a blast with everything. the matches, the robot soccer, dodgeball, everything. not to mention, i got to drive the first time. unfortunately our practice bot wasnt running right, but i still got 2 pts for out alliance. :-D and watching our mentors drive. wow, now that was interesting to see.

side note, thanks to 1138 (our alliance partners in the previous match)for the lovely dent in our shield when you guys rammed us at high speed in the mentor round.

hope to see you all at the cal games or the pre-shipping scrimmage. later

[Mr. Van]

I'm so glad everyone had a good time.

Having finally driven a 'bot in competition, I have to say - wow! That's rather difficult!

Thanks to everyone who helped make the event possible!
Thanks especially to Chris Hussman who really made things come together.

Can't wait until Kickoff! (But don't forget about the FVC on Dec. 16th at CSUN!)

-Mr. Van
Coach, Team 599 - RoboDox

[Royalpride1070]

We 1070 wants to say they had a total BLAST!.. although we didn't make it as far as we wanted.. and we had some problems w/ the ball, we can't are amazed at all the work put into this competition. so applause for all those who helped.. and just a comment.. seems like a repeat of SoCal Regional huh.. so i was wondering.. wat would happen if 1138 and 968 didn't team up?

[Regine]

Wait, just asking and I know it's out of topic, but 1070 would love to help out at the VEX SoCal games. How about it 599? We've been trying to get Mr. Shraibati to let us do the social.

[DCA Fan]

1070, please contact Ralph Mills in regards to the SoCal VEX. He's the main coordinator.