Most Exciting Final?

[Guy Davidson]

Johnathan, link please? Or are the matches being uploaded to TBA?

[GBilletdeaux930]

wow...all i can say is wow. That third san diego final... Blue lap bot kept one of the two red hurdlers in that quadrant for about 1:07. During that time the other red hurdler only made 3 hurdles and the two blue hurdlers only made 3 hurdles also because one got stuck between the two stuck bots and the red lap bot, and the other looks like it got stuck on the bumps near the centerstructure...

wow

[Drwurm]

Basically what happened in FM3 of SD is 330 turned around and went back to obtain a trackball with their ball arms open. 294 was rounding the corner and the 2 robots plowed into each other. One of 330's highly powerful ball corralling arms got jammed into 294's lift system and they became entangled. Fortunately they were able to break apart near the end.

294 went on to keep 330 from getting a trackball to place and then got in front of 987, sent up their lift, to make sure they could not place.

Upon closer inspection after the match, it was discovered that we had actually sustained a bit of damage from the entanglement. The 3rd stage of our lift became dislodged and there were scrapes of yellow paint inside o_0. Luckily, this was repaired before recrating so 294 should be ready to swing when LA comes around. This time, we hope to prove the functionality of our lift hurdling during practice and qualifications so that we end up being seeded and not 47th. Also look for us to be testing out new autonomous.

We hope that 330 and 294 get to compete or even get to be allied together at LA. We also look forward to seeing our partners again: 1717 in LA and 968 in Atlanta.

[mark johnson]

HANDS DOWN SD WAS BY FAR WAS THE BEST FINALS THIS YEAR TO DATE. GREAT JOB TO ALL!!!!!!

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by sumadin

Johnathan, link please? Or are the matches being uploaded to TBA?

check out this link for now: http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vande...Ahomepage.html

click on video gallery and go down to 2008.

[Aces]

I thought it was pretty incredible when our [2102's] motors on the inside our our left transmission came loose, and in 8 minutes we managed to take off the transmission, open it up, tighten the motors, put it all back together, and drive beautifully.

That was semi-final match 2; 2102, 1138, and 1572 VS. 968, 1717, and 294. We ended up losing that match, and the match after, but I think the crowd was very impressed seeing only us students working on our robot, and managing to fix it, and have it running for the next two matches.

[rsilverstein]

Does Week 3 compare? I know the scores at SVR were close...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by rsilverstein

Does Week 3 compare? I know the scores at SVR were close...

SVR compares. They were close... and reminiscent of L.A. finals 2006.

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by EricH

SVR compares. They were close... and reminiscent of L.A. finals 2006.

Close, yes. But the same caliber as SD? A quick look at the scores says no:
San Diego:
106 - 108
122 - 94
60 - 64

SVR:
76 - 34
30 - 36
66 - 58 (and this is one of great debate...)

[rsilverstein]

Originally Posted by EricH

SVR compares. They were close... and reminiscent of L.A. finals 2006.

Bitter about LA-2006? That was a really exciting regional final too

[chaoticprout]

I think he meant that a game that was scored incorrectly was called a tie and there was a rematch, which does make it reminiscent.

[ZakuAce]

Match 1 of the finals for Wisconsin was awesome, I was really cheering for 93 to win! Was extremely disappointed that King Tec's robot failed in the 3rd round, leaving 93 to do pretty much all the work.

[johnr]

detroit regional-last match i think- team rush shoots over center wall and scores hurdle. only thing better would be if it won it for them.

[Josh Murphy]

Originally Posted by johnr

detroit regional-last match i think- team rush shoots over center wall and scores hurdle. only thing better would be if it won it for them.

Detroit had some pretty good finals.
RED:217, 440 ,469 vs.BLUE: 47, 27, 453 score= 98 for RED, 84 for BLUE
RED:440, 469, 217 vs.BLUE: 47, 453, 27 score= 124for RED, 106for BLUE

[bduddy]

Whatever your opinion on SVR was, I think it has to be it. It literally came down to inches three times. The second game was decided by a penalty (not exactly desirable, but indicative of a close game), and in terms of the fourth game, even though the score wasn't -that- close (a whole 8 points!), 8 was literally less than a foot away from knocking off the red trackball and winning the game. Of course, the third game is a thing in itself, but this is not the topic for that discussion...