Look Back: Week 2

[Fe_Will]

Interesting how Oregon gets 3 lines... I guess its better than usual.

[AlexD744]

I think one os the hardest things about learning from other regionals is that there is no guarentee that something you saw work at one place will have the same affect asgainst a different team at your regional. To me the little things that you see can become huge strategies if you repeat them enough times throughout the season. And stategies can form off of other teams accidents (not that we know of any ). And this is always a helpful guide to understand different strategies because I can't see every regional, I barely saw any this weekend.

[Tetraman]

I felt so bad for 610. They were one of the better robots on the field and the entire regional would have been played completely differently if they accepted or did end up a seeded team.

[KevinReid]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

I felt so bad for 610. They were one of the better robots on the field and the entire regional would have been played completely differently if they accepted or did end up a seeded team.

Does anyone know what happened? Was it a miscalc or deliberate(broken bot)?

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by KevinReid

Does anyone know what happened? Was it a miscalc or deliberate(broken bot)?

You'd have to ask them to get the real story..but I can guess that it was a miscalculation on their part. Their robot was working the entire regional so I'd be surprised if their bot was bust.

[Fe_Will]

Maybe they didn't see Q56 Dave

[commodoredl]

Originally Posted by KevinReid

Does anyone know what happened? Was it a miscalc or deliberate(broken bot)?

My team's coach was standing next to the 610 coach during the alliance selection... From what he said it sounded like the 610 coach thought he was ranked number 11 instead of 12 and had a good shot at picking an alliance... Too bad for the miscount. I remember 610's robot being a very good machine.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by commodoredl

My team's coach was standing next to the 610 coach during the alliance selection... From what he said it sounded like the 610 coach thought he was ranked number 11 instead of 12 and had a good shot at picking an alliance... Too bad for the miscount. I remember 610's robot being a very good machine.

I don't know exactly what happened, seeing as I wasn't there. But I do believe they thought they were a bit higher, however they fully knew the risk of declining the 3rd seed and believed they could form a powerful 8th alliance.I'm sure Duncan will chime in at some point about what happened, it was a risky move that didn't turn out in their favor. I know 610 learned a lot at FLR and have a very strong, high quality robot that will be a force at GTR.

[Jim E]

As far as 610, if you are invited, accept graciously. Anything else is a crap-shoot.

[Dave McLaughlin]

I did enjoy that match, perhaps they missed Quarters 1 Matches 1-3, Quarters 3 Matches 1-3, Semis 1 Matches 1 & 2, and Finals Matches 1 & 2...

For those that want to watch the username is guest and the password is guest... http://www.bpsepaa.com/video/

[Dave McLaughlin]

I guess we just left them speechless Fe Will

[engunneer]

If Finger Lakes had worse field issues than Oregon, then they must have had a really hard time running, Oregon took 40+ minutes to start Qualifying 1, Match 24 was played 4 times, and QF2-1, 3-1, and 4-1 all had replays due to field issues.

I think LF doesn't get alot of information about Northwest regionals, so there isn't much for him? to say.

Portland had some great competition, and was alot of fun to watch.
My highlights:
1983's Skunkswerve was even more impressive in person than their videos showed.
955's revolving ball chamber looked amazing, and had a very clever Geneva mechanism to keep it aligned. Too bad it seemed to have some minor ball jamming.
488's hopper is HUGE, and it's impossible to keep track of how many rocks they possess - until they hit you with them all.
2951's small pusher was FAST. Expect more from this team in the coming years.
A few teams scored in autonomous with the robot, among them, 192, 2046, and 1318.

Things certainly got more exciting in the Elimination matches. 2915, 488 and 2471 were at a big disadvantage bringing a double G14 penalty into SF1-1, ultimately helping Alliance #1 into the finals. The first finals match was a nailbiter right up to the last 30 seconds, and in the end 1318, 1983 and 2635 took home the gold. 1571, 2898 and 2046 were quite an alliance, and I look forward to seeing 2898 and 2046 in Seattle. Everyone in Oregon did a great job.