2009 Palmetto Regional

[ttldomination]

and..and..Kangaroos???

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[Jeff 801]

Originally Posted by 1261scout

I agree, this is meant to be a GA vs. SC thing. I'm most excited about Thursday simply because of the border war. PLEEEEEEEEEAASE tell me there'll be video archived.

I think 1771's robot fits into the third category: "Whatever, the thing owns".

In General I know 801 will be there trying to archive the entire regional

[Andrew Y.]

Originally Posted by rfolea

Please try to think of this as a friendly "Scoring Exhibition" as opposed to a "grudge Match."

Now for the important stuff - how BIG do you want this trophy to be?

We have something special in mind ... <grin>

Let's assume it will be the original concept:

Burning Flash of Metal vs North Ridge Alliance

Each team should invite a 4th robot to be prepared to stand in if one of the primaries dies ...

I'm hoping for a best 2 out of 3, but that will depend on how the day goes and how quickly we wear out our welcome ...

Expect it to be at the end of the day AFTER practice rounds.

Stay tuned ... Most of the details will be decided Thursday.

- Rick

C'mon Mr. Folea... i leave for THREE days and you break your robot?!

But wow... my face was in disgust from those pictures....cant imagine yours when you got the call

[team1102a]

Originally Posted by Billfred

You'll see fields. And pastures. And trees. Lots of trees.

(That's not even me sniping at Clemson--Barry, Chris, wanna vouch for me?)

I can't deny it. How do you get to Clemson?
Go North till you smell "it", East till to see "it", and then North again till you step in "it".
OR
Get a 1400 on the SAT.

[davidalln]

Does anyone with previous experience at Palmetto know whether or not they will allow teams on the field during lunch/after matches on Thursday to calibrate our camera? The refs allowed us to do this at Peachtree, but some extra preperations may be necessary if the rules are different here.

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

and..and..Kangaroos???

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nice. i wish there were kangaroos

[ttldomination]

I wish there were kangaroos everywhere....

As for trying to get onto the field during lunch, I'm not sure if anyone here can give an official answer. Your best bet would be to email the regional contact and ask him/her.

[team1102a]

Originally Posted by davidalln

Does anyone with previous experience at Palmetto know whether or not they will allow teams on the field during lunch/after matches on Thursday to calibrate our camera? The refs allowed us to do this at Peachtree, but some extra preperations may be necessary if the rules are different here.

I think this would be fine on Thursday, but not Friday or Saturday. I will campaign on your behalf if you need an advocate with the Field Reps. I do know that the lighting may be different during practice matches than during the competitions. Will that impact you?

[team1102a]

Originally Posted by rfolea

We can't bring Otto up in our trailer.

We have about 3 days to get this done, then it has to be on the FedEx truck for shipping.

We're being REAL careful to stay within the rules and guidelines so no one can claim we had an unfair advantage. (I'm still trying to find the rules about unfair DIS-Advantage ...)

How's THAT for irony ... <grin>

- Rick

I hope you got a tiny pair of crutches and somehow added them to your robot. If you can get photos of the damage to me on a flash drive at the event, I will see if we can do a story during some dead time.

[Tanner]

I certainly will be recording this border war, though I haven't decided how yet. A robot mount is a idea, but I have yet to build the mount or figure out where a good spot would be (or even if it is legal for that matter). I've got a control board mount for watching the field and will be watching another one to watch our drivers during the match, which I predict will be quite funny judging from the audio I got from Peachtree recordings.

Overall, I'm excited for Palmetto. First time to go, but it'll be fun. I can't turn down a chance to take another 3,000 pictures of a regional. Hope the weather is good though, I'd rather fly up than drive (even though it is a short drive).

-Tanner

[team1102a]

The high score for all events is 151. Who predicts they can beat that on Friday?

There will be an announcer's challenge to score all 4 Super Cells.

[Aidan F. Browne]

Originally Posted by davidalln

Does anyone with previous experience at Palmetto know whether or not they will allow teams on the field during lunch/after matches on Thursday to calibrate our camera? The refs allowed us to do this at Peachtree, but some extra preperations may be necessary if the rules are different here.

David,

This doesn't appear to be a local ruling - according to the follow Q&A post, this is available to teams at all events:

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11118

Aidan

[rfolea]

***************************************
- - - - - - - - - - NEWS FLASH - - - - - - - - - - -
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FIRST is asking us to postpone this friendly competition
for a more appropriate venue, like and off-season event.

So ...

We will still do a staged exhibition for the TV news media,
but it won't have anything 'official' about it

No name, no scoring, no trophy ... etc.

Please have someone from each of the 6 teams come
find me Thursday so we can coordinate.

- Rick

p.s. Your friendly neighborhood GeorgiaFIRST committee is
planning TWO offseason events. And YOU are invited!

Keep an eye on www.gafirst.org for an announcement!

The great thing about this is we can organize SEVERAL different
match-ups to allow more folks to get involved!

Two days - We can't wait (FYI: Otto might actually make it!)

[Kakashi1261]

Originally Posted by rfolea

***************************************
- - - - - - - - - - NEWS FLASH - - - - - - - - - - -
***************************************

FIRST is asking us to postpone this friendly competition
for a more appropriate venue, like and off-season event.

So ...

We will still do a staged exhibition for the TV news media,
but it won't have anything 'official' about it

No name, no scoring, no trophy ... etc.

Please have someone from each of the 6 teams come
find me Thursday so we can coordinate.

- Rick

p.s. Your friendly neighborhood GeorgiaFIRST committee is
planning TWO offseason events. And YOU are invited!

Keep an eye on www.gafirst.org for an announcement!

The great thing about this is we can organize SEVERAL different
match-ups to allow more folks to get involved!

Two days - We can't wait (FYI: Otto might actually make it!)

Wow. This may not be good. Summer is PACKED for me. I will be going to England, Africa, Miami, then be a Camp Counciler. Umm. Also, If we do it off-season, will FIRST give us an official field to use? Televise it? Announce it? Keep it just our 6 teams?

[hipsterjr]

EPIC FAIL!!! I was so looking forward to this. This match may be the only way we see these 6 teams on the field at the same time.