2008 Arizona Regional

[Nibbles]

The stream should work with any number of people, since it is streaming from ustream, not the stadium.

My web-based scouting system should be running in the stands tomorrow tracking scores, matches, and penalties, should be running. I could use some help entering data in. I'm a real person wearing a caution tape bow-tie (and team 498 button and/or black team shirt), probably in the camera area in the center of the seating.

Great seating/pit layout this year, by the way. Teams just need to learn that you do not own areas of the seating for yourselves...

[MrForbes]

here are some lousy pics of the match list for those who are interested....sorry for the lack of quality!

[Donut]

Unfortunately teams aren't receiving their printed version of the match schedule until tomorrow, all we got was to see it on the video feed. I (and a number of other teams) took down the matches we were in, but I don't think anyone got the entire list.

For anyone who wants an exciting match watch match #1 tomorrow at 9:30 Arizona time. I remember that 39 is in it, one of the best teams here, so it should be a good opener for the regional.

And I'm glad to see team 125's robot arrive today. Can't wait to actually see it on the field tomorrow!

[s_forbes]

And I never saw where the pits are... are they in the back loading area? (and are they open to the public still this year?)

[BornaE]

We got our match list at 8:40, unfortunately I don't have it with me.

and yes we are on the match #1, Thanks for the comment, your robot was one of the few that were running, and it scores well.

Good luck to all teams tomorrow, should be fun.

[Donut]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

And I never saw where the pits are... are they in the back loading area? (and are they open to the public still this year?)

Kind of. The practice field is in its normal place next to the machine shop in the back loading area. The pits are on the South side of the stadium under the seating (the areas in the past that were large empty exhibition rooms that teams would cut through to get outside faster).

[s_forbes]

Sounds cool! I'll be sure to check it all out tomorrow morning (hooray for being able to go!)

[MrForbes]

here's a bunch of not too good pictures of most of the robots, but it's practice day and most were being worked on so the robots are not complete.

http://selectric.org/nerds/2008az/

Sorry again for the not so nice web page...it was easy for me to put them there, but not so easy for you to see them.

[BornaE]

Can the scouts post a rough top ten list, i was running all the day to get the bot working, and a lot of our members were absent.

[Donut]

Some of the better teams from matches I witnessed:
39
498
815
1011
1324
1515
1726
2375
2380
2478

And the most unique mechanism goes to 2406, for the wind up ball-knocker-offer (just watch a match with them and you'll notice it quickly).

I didn't get to see alot of matches though and many teams didn't run today so this is a pretty poor gauge of what the field will actually look like tomorrow (notice especially I saw maybe 4 low numbered teams in any matches I watched). I'll post the results of our scouting information after tomorrow, as about 100 other teams will.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Donut

And I'm glad to see team 125's robot arrive today. Can't wait to actually see it on the field tomorrow!

We're also very excited to have our robot in our possession even though we did not get it until 3 pm today

The good news:
We got the robot
We are close to being ready to compete on a full scale

The bad news:
We are not fully inspected
We definitely will be missing our first match tomorrow (Match #2)

We did our best in the 5 hours we had to get the robot as up and running as possible.

Hopefully tomorrow by lunch everyone will see us hurdle, finally.



By the way thanks to all the teams who have been helping us out with parts, information and everything else. Teams 842, 498 and 698 have been class acts and we thank you guys for everything you are doing for us.

It's been a very long journey, and its only thursday night....we're confident however that we can get through this and by tomorrow afternoon it will be like none of this ever happened.

[Mark Pierce]

Originally Posted by Nibbles

The stream should work with any number of people, since it is streaming from ustream, not the stadium.

Thank you for providing this service. It's been really great to be able to watch these matches.

[Wayne Doenges]

Did I see right? Did a team set a record for most penalties (12)
What were most of them for.
You do not need to mention the team.

[N7UJJ]

I was in the pits and did not see it, but it was during hybrid mode when a robot went next to the line and started to spin. Every time part of the robot crossed the line, they received a 10 point penalty. I'm not sure how many they earned then (-90?) but it was considerable. There were a few more line infractions during teleoperated mode.

I'm sure someone who saw it will post a better description.

[MrForbes]

The match list schedule is on the FIRST page

http://www2.usfirst.org/2008comp/eve...edulequal.html

Looks to be a great day today, can't wait to get started!

good luck teams!