2008 New Jersey Regional

[neoshaakti]

good game...good moves by the robot that tipped and picked itself up

[Justin Montois]

A few observations from the hour I watched.

-Filler line worked great, a lot of full matches.
-3 Hurdles Per ALLIANCE is good, much less per Robot.
-Laps make HUGE difference because of the few hurdles

Granted its practice day and a lot of team arent going all out but the scores were in the 20's. High thiry's and forty's is a great score.

[Laaba 80]

Who was the robot that got caught on the overpass?
Joey

[Scott Carpman]

Which bot was that? I just got home from school and my first impression of Overdrive is a bot righting itself 15 times...oy vey.

[BoyWithCape195]

I think they kept tipping because their arm wasn't made to be on that side. When trying to lift themselves up, the arm was on the opposite side they use it on. They would right themselves and then try to pass the arm over the top to the other side, it was to heavy and caused them to fall...again...

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Laaba 80

Who was the robot that got caught on the overpass?
Joey

That was Mort, team 11. They did excellent in other matches

[Matt Keller]

Originally Posted by DaveF

I am pretty flexible on music, but the stuff that is being played over the webcast is really shocking. An hour ago I sent the URL out to a bunch of my group's kids, of which some in elementary school - encouraging them to chack it out, trying to convince them to go to Chesapeake. Now I had to send them an apology.

Is this a FIRST-provided DJ? Or is the music being inserted by another party for the web feed? This does not look good.

We are not inserting the music in the webcast. The DJs are outsourced, usually from local companies and hired by the production crew, not directly by FIRST. From what I understand, they are given a thick binder with songs approved by FIRST. I thought FIRST also might have supplied the music to avoid uncensored music, but I must be wrong. At FL and LV last season, the SOAP table was right next to the DJs, and they were quite restricted to what they were allowed to play and when. (we talked a bit)

Someone is getting yelled at tonight...

[JaneYoung]

Practice days may not be the FIRST playlist, it may be people's CDs being played. I've read that from past threads in previous years. But I could very well be wrong. Either way, it is bad.

DaveF, I'm sorry you had to apologize to a group that you sent the URL to. That's really bad.

Jane

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Matt Keller

We are not inserting the music in the webcast. The DJs are outsourced, usually from local companies and hired by the production crew, not directly by FIRST. From what I understand, they are given a thick binder with songs approved by FIRST. I thought FIRST also might have supplied the music to avoid uncensored music, but I must be wrong. At FL and LV last season, the SOAP table was right next to the DJs, and they were quite restricted to what they were allowed to play and when. (we talked a bit)

Someone is getting yelled at tonight...

Thanks for the great service provided by 108!

[Tim Arnold]

Was working earlier with great quality but periodic drops... but now I can't connect at all

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Tim Arnold

Was working earlier with great quality but periodic drops... but now I can't connect at all

I'm assuming they shut off the feed. Practice is over for the day for both webcasted regionals.

[TheOtherGuy]

Originally Posted by Tim Arnold

Was working earlier with great quality but periodic drops... but now I can't connect at all

Practice matches are over for the day, I'm sure they disconnected the stream

[Tim Arnold]

Ah, thanks.

[waialua359]

I only got to see 3 sets of matches. I noticed that teams were not really hurdling. If they did 2, it seemed like a lot.
Bots making laps made a difference in the score, but only because hurdling wasn't really taking place.
Was it really that hard to do with traffic?
I didn't get to see team 25. How'd they do?
There was a post earlier that if an alliance can do 3 hurdles in a match, that's good.
I find it hard to believe that only 3 can win a match.

Comments from teams that competed today??

[Chris Marra]

Originally Posted by Matt Keller

We are not inserting the music in the webcast. The DJs are outsourced, usually from local companies and hired by the production crew, not directly by FIRST. From what I understand, they are given a thick binder with songs approved by FIRST. I thought FIRST also might have supplied the music to avoid uncensored music, but I must be wrong. At FL and LV last season, the SOAP table was right next to the DJs, and they were quite restricted to what they were allowed to play and when. (we talked a bit)

Someone is getting yelled at tonight...

At the regionals I was at last year, I am pretty confident they did not have DJs on Thursdays. However, it simply doesn't make much sense to hire a DJ for a day when not everyone is there and the event has not 'officially' started (referring to opening ceremonies / competition play, I know they've started). Most likely, some member of the production crew set up his laptop without thinking just so there would be music. If I recall correctly, this is exactly what they did last year at NJ, as a team member and I were running the webcast next to an empty DJ table, which was filled the next two days (even if they refused to play the FIRST theme songs...)