2008 New Jersey Regional

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

haven't seen a single hurdle yet.

though all practice matches are full with teams, unlike previous years.

*Dancing to regional webcast with endless smile on face*

From what I've seen most of the teams shown so far are high high number teams (lowest maybe a 1600), so it's not unexpected in my book. No 75 yet with their arm vs. 25 with their shooter... thing.... lifter.... elevator... stuff.

[JesseK]

Hmm, remind me again...balls have to be removed from the overpass to be considered in play, therefore if a ball never left the overpass it doesn't count for the endgame correct?

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Hmm, remind me again...balls have to be removed from the overpass to be considered in play, therefore if a ball never left the overpass it doesn't count for the endgame correct?

it does.
just saw an hybrid for 16 total points by an alliance, 12 of them by a single team....niiiice

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

From what I've seen most of the teams shown so far are high high number teams (lowest maybe a 1600), so it's not unexpected in my book. No 75 yet with their arm vs. 25 with their shooter... thing.... lifter.... elevator... stuff.

i wouldn't count out 11 and their mechanum...oops did i spill the beans?

[hipsterjr]

1511 looks fairly quick. Not too much action right now.

[JesseK]

Note: 1811 (1611? 1511?), by plowing thru traffic, was able to do 4 laps in 60 seconds...not too shabby

[Tottanka]

seems to me like teams are having some hard time removing the trackballs.
The winner has for now been always decided by balls left on the overpass in the end of the game...

[Bongle]

There were some fast robots in that last match, and the fastest one (sorry, can't see team #s) also appeared to clothesline itself in the overpass.

[Vince lau]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Note: 1811 (1611? 1511?), by plowing thru traffic, was able to do 4 laps in 60 seconds...not too shabby

they also plowed into the wall at the beginning of the match

[Matt Keller]

The webcast is up and running. We had a couple issues earlier, but now is all well. It is difficult to orchestrate this stuff when I'm 1300+ miles away. So far, so good.

You can use http://nj.webcast.soap108.com/ which redirects to the proper stream url. Enjoy!

[Tottanka]

WOW! a shooters almost had it, but lost the ball last sec...

[Vince lau]

was that the same same bot that helped the red team robot get unstuck from the overpass?

[jax1488]

I HEAR DISTURBED.. FOR THE WIN! lol never heard disturbed at a region be4 yay im so happy right now haha

[Bongle]

There's a very fast robot with bright blue bumpers who I foresee racking up a lot of points in rough-handling penalties tomorrow if their drivers don't start being a bit more courteous. They plowed into several robots at full speed trying to complete laps.

Edit: 2016, looks like. Very fast robot (5 laps in the match I watched), but my impression was they were a bit lax in avoiding slower traffic.

Edit2: ooo, low-number match coming up.

[Mr. Lim]

HURDLE SIGHTING!!!! Who was that?