Kettering Results from Week 2

[nikeairmancurry]

From watching the webcast (Thanks 2771 Codered Robotics) I saw the level of competition go up from where it was last weekend at Traverse City. But with all the wellknown teams doing so well at the event, I'm afraid that w have seen some of the first teams, that we will not be seeing at the State Championship. I do hope that those teams who probably aren't gonna be selected aren't dissaproving of the format, but inbrace the oppertunity that was set before them.

Ike I hear you seating issue, but I do believe the rest of the venues do have the right amount seating. West Michigan, Detriot, Cass Tech, for sure have tons of seating ready. But, the resevered level for scouts is amazing, I have been to Kettering and been on that top level, its probably the best seat in the house to see everything.

Congrats to team 70, 245 and 2619, I almost counted the martians(70) out friday, when I didn't see much scoring, but you guys really improved and showed that you guys still win, when it matters. I'm also glad that you guys didnt have to go to a back robot before elimations started. 245 yuo guys have a great bot, you following what has been the dumper dominance of this years game. Your guys robot gives our team high hopes that are robot somewhat similar is in for big things. 2619 when I looked at this weeks Looking Forward thread, they pointed you guys out for needing a big week, you did not dissapoint. On the number 1 allaince a District regional win and a good amount of state points. I wouldn't be surpised to see you guys at the state champs.

Team 65, I was really rooting for you guys, since I golf with a couple of you, your bot is so good when being able to be filled up in auton. 2586, just like I said with 2619, you guys needed a big week and you got one, best wishes for you.

Congrats to all teams!

[RyanCesiel]

2619 was a HUGE reason why our alliance won Kettering. Our drive team recognized their defense early and knew they'd be a great asset in the eliminations.

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by RyanCesiel

2619 was a HUGE reason why we won Kettering. Our drive team recognized their defense early and knew they'd be a great asset in the eliminations.

Yeah, we got SHUT DOWN in the finals. Now we know we got a bit of work to do to try and overcome that sort of thing. We'll be back better than ever in Detroit. I can't wait.

Other than the lack of seating, I thought Kettering went really well. It definitely had an IRI feel to it without the fancy lighting system and all, but I can deal without that if it means more competitions for everyone and less cost to the teams - everyone knows how important that is in this economy we're facing.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by RyanCesiel

2619 was a HUGE reason why our alliance won Kettering. Our drive team recognized their defense early and knew they'd be a great asset in the eliminations.

I saw this too. At first I assumed you guys would win simply because you would outscore everyone else by a wide margin, but actually the other alliances were able to keep up the scoring fairly well. 2619's defense was absolutely amazing. Several times they kept teams from scoring the whole match, and definitely won a few matches with that defense.

Congratulations to 70, 245, and 2619. You were an amazing alliance and definitely deserving of the win. Congrats to 65, 2771, and 2586 on being finalists as well. You put up a great fight. Congrats to 2771 especially, you guys are an amazing rookie team, and I think you will have many good years ahead of you.

Thank you to 1504 and 1025 for being great alliance partners. There were some tough alliances on that field, but I think we managed to put up a pretty good fight, and only fell short by a little bit. This was a much better start to our year than we usually have, so hopefully things will only get better.

Thank you to all of the volunteers and referees this weekend. There were very few problems, and I think the whole competition was run quite well. They only major issues were the problems at the start of the eliminations and the seating problem.

[RyanCesiel]

Just finished uploading pictures we took. We also have HD video we will be uploading along with every single match video of the whole competition (no sound do to lack of audio feed).

OUR PICTURES

[JackN]

Wow what a great competition. First off, I would like to say thank you to 910 and 1025, you guys were great partners in eliminations, we were so thankful to get a chance to work with your two amazing teams. Second, I would like to thank Eric Y. from 33 for all his help this weekend. I would like to congratulate 245, 70, and 2619 for winning the event (I graduate and 70 wins, of course), and 2586, 2771, and 65 for pulling some crazy upsets off. Also congrats to team 33 for winning the Chairman's Award, it could not have gone to a better group of people. I agree with IKE that they need to do something to the stands, either add more or to get bigger ones, but all in all a great competition.

[MattLi]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

I saw this too. At first I assumed you guys would win simply because you would outscore everyone else by a wide margin, but actually the other alliances were able to keep up the scoring fairly well. 2619's defense was absolutely amazing. Several times they kept teams from scoring the whole match, and definitely won a few matches with that defense.

Congratulations to 70, 245, and 2619. You were an amazing alliance and definitely deserving of the win. Congrats to 65, 2771, and 2586 on being finalists as well. You put up a great fight. Congrats to 2771 especially, you guys are an amazing rookie team, and I think you will have many good years ahead of you.

Thank you to 1504 and 1025 for being great alliance partners. There were some tough alliances on that field, but I think we managed to put up a pretty good fight, and only fell short by a little bit. This was a much better start to our year than we usually have, so hopefully things will only get better.

Thank you to all of the volunteers and referees this weekend. There were very few problems, and I think the whole competition was run quite well. They only major issues were the problems at the start of the eliminations and the seating problem.

Yeah there was absolutely no way that we have won without 2619 or 70 on our team. Even though our robot scored well and moved fast, if we were taken on by a defensive robot, our score would be cut in half. In order to win we had to have a another high scorer and a defensive robot. We got both.

[MrMatt]

As a mentor from 2619, I would like to thank teams 245 and 70 for a great showing at finals. Hope to see both of you at State!

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by MrMatt

As a mentor from 2619, I would like to thank teams 245 and 70 for a great showing at finals. Hope to see both of you at State!

Congrats Matt, from an OLD friend. I was cheering you guys on the whole time.

[Not2B]

Well, that was fun. Glad 33 and 548 joined us. Thanks!

Here's my views on the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good:
- Nice, small regional feel.
- Much smoother than I expected, the volunteers did a GREAT job.
- The volunteers were all so NICE too.
- The second screen in the cafe area was nice to have.
- Good judging. Good judge selection.

The bad (or at least, could be improved):
- Lack of seating. That was inconvenient.
- Lack of power. That was frustrating.
- The sound level was actually painful. We couldn't even talk to the person next to us.

The ugly:
- The number of teams that had trouble getting to the field. I could care less about how that affected the game. (Trust me, I really don't). But I could feel the frustration from the teams. I wish they had more time to prep. Maybe it's just growing pains.
- My team might noogie me for this, shaking more gray hairs loose (hence the ugly), but I like hearing from guest speakers. Please don't get rid of too many.
- You should SEE some of the pictures I got of my team when they were not looking. Talk about ugly. heh heh heh.

[IKE]

[quote=Not2B;833365]Well, that was fun. Glad 33 and 548 joined us.

The ugly:
- The number of teams that had trouble getting to the field. I could care less about how that affected the game. (Trust me, I really don't). But I could feel the frustration from the teams. I wish they had more time to prep. Maybe it's just growing pains.
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This is the downside of the 12 match/40 team format. There is not a lot of prep and fix-it time. All that aside, believe it or not, there were fewer No shows than at Midwest which had significantly longer times between matches.

This format reinforces the need for a robust robot and prepared pit crew.

[Tom Line]

It also reinforces the need for Labview to improve their build times. 5+ minutes to build means that teams utilizing labview are taking a big gamble trying to make a code change between rounds - one error compiling and you're in trouble.

C++ teams? Not so much.

[joeweber]

I agree with the slow down load time. Our programer had the program ready to down load, but it sure seemed to take for ever when they are calling you for second call and it is still loading!!!! Evrybodys saying hurry up but all you can do is watch the line get longer.

[Clinton Bolinger]

Here are the results:

Kettering - http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...ults_Week_2_KU

Overall - http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...esults_Overall

Looks like 2771 is going to States Congrats, you guys are an amazing rookie team.

Thanks to 818 and 1 for selecting us to be on your alliance it was great. Juggernauts your shooter was awesome, dropping both Super Cells in the final seconds against 1504, 910, and 1025.

Congrats to 245, 70, and 2619. It seems like 2619 always gets the best of us at Kettering (Rookie Regional 2008 and Kettering District 2009).

Team 33 congratulations on winning chairmans you are truly an inspiration to us younger teams.

-Oris-

[JNelson]

Looks like 2771 is going to States Congrats, you guys are an amazing rookie team.

Thanks to 818 and 1 for selecting us to be on your alliance it was great. Juggernauts your shooter was awesome, dropping both Super Cells in the final seconds against 1504, 910, and 1025.

Congrats to 245, 70, and 2619. It seems like 2619 always gets the best of us at Kettering (Rookie Regional 2008 and Kettering District 2009).

Team 33 congratulations on winning chairmans you are truly an inspiration to us younger teams.

-Oris-[/quote]


Thanks Oris. We certainly are enjoying the ride, and learning a ton from other teams