Look Back: Week 2

[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/