Michigan State Championship 2009

[Mr.G]

Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer

This past weekend at Troy, when 910 played with 217 we gave 67 their first defeat in like 38 matches.

I must agree the 67, 217 alliance is a great pairing and will be extremely hard to beat at States. How they compliment each other and work together is awesome to watch. I wish them luck at Nationals, but hope they leave us alone at EMU.

I would also like to thank 1188 and 1250 for the great team, we had a blast. We have a lot to be proud of being the only team to beat the 67, 217 super alliance in semi final round one (74 to 76) and we only needed a couple more balls to take them in round 3 (96 to 86). Hopefully it will play out different at states.

Good luck to all.

[MishraArtificer]

Members of local teams in the Monroe area whose teams ARE NOT going: I can probably drive some people up there and stay for the day(s) if you're interested in chipping in for gas. Being out of a job gives me the day off, I guess. Shoot me a PM or leave a reply here, either is good.

Members of local teams in the Monroe area whose teams ARE going: Hope to see you there, and here's to hoping it's as exciting as GLR (cough, cough) States should be!

[drhall]

I cannot believe some people think that the West Side does not have a chance against the East Side

85-141(not going to state)-216-904-1918

We will see what happens at State

[David Doerr]

Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer

I think 67, 217 and 910 would be insane. Three robots that can dump 20+ balls in 5 seconds - two of us turreted. We've all had 35+ ball matches, and all three of us can load up balls or handle empty cells during autonomous. Oooh. Gives me chills just thinkin of it!

How about after the East-West matchup we do a mentor East-West match? ...or can't we do that in FIRST? We might have to wait for MARC. (Adam's gonna kill me for this suggestion.)

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Goblue94

Well My team the Gearheads are in and are very pumped, but we were ranked 73rd

And last - welcome and may the good luck you've already received follow you. For that matter, good luck to all the teams.

Originally Posted by DaveD

How about after the East-West matchup we do a mentor East-West match? ...or can't we do that in FIRST? We might have to wait for MARC. (Adam's gonna kill me for this suggestion.)

Can Walt drive?

[Wayne TenBrink]

It sounds like there is a lot of interest in an East-West Shootout.

So, then, (on a more serious logistical note) what would it take to make this really happen? Is there any unscheduled practice time on Thursday or is everything structured? Who would be the person(s) to approach about setting this up if the current structure doesn't currently have room for it? Is is unreasonable to ask the field control staff to set up a special match? Is there some administrative/contractual restriction against it (insurance, scedule, etc.)? I don't want to just presume that we are going to do it and then have some poor volunteer look like a stick-in-the-mud for pointing out some legitimate reason why it can't happen.

Perhaps it could be worked in at the end of the day on Friday, before the awards ceremony. We could even get a perpetual trophy for the top seed to keep until next year...

Is there someone out there who could shed some informed light on the subject?

[Legator91]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Enough of this idle, speculative chit-chat! How about a for-real match??

Let's do the 1st annual East vs. West Shootout.

The top three teams from the East (67, 217, 248) vs. the top three from the West (85, 1918, 904).

Perhaps we could do this during an open practice match on Thursday (or at the end of the day on Friday?).

One round - for bragging rights.

(And I hope we don't have to drag those dang Martians into this. If we beat up on them, one of their mentors is likely to go crying to his mother and she'll give me a time out!)

This would be awsome. Like Adam said if it gets planed 67 will be there.

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Enough of this idle, speculative chit-chat! How about a for-real match??

Let's do the 1st annual East vs. West Shootout.

The top three teams from the East (67, 217, 248) vs. the top three from the West (85, 1918, 904).

Perhaps we could do this during an open practice match on Thursday (or at the end of the day on Friday?).

One round - for bragging rights.

(And I hope we don't have to drag those dang Martians into this. If we beat up on them, one of their mentors is likely to go crying to his mother and she'll give me a time out!)

As a member of team 904, I would be proud to join forces with 85 and 1918 in order to fight the Eastern alliance!

[robostangs548]

This will be a pretty sweet match... 4:54 PM Match #66 247 548 1918 vs. 1025 67 70

[johnr]

Just went through schedule and 910 plays against nobody twice and plays with nobody twice. I think that's a first. Are all schedules like that?

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

Do we have to play 2 v. 3... or can we have a third partner? Doesn't seem fair to me the way it is proposed in the quote.

Team 217 and Team 67 requests the assistance of team 1114.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by Mike Copioli

Team 217 and Team 67 requests the assistance of team 1114.

217, 67, and 1114?

Pssh, we can take 'em.

[tsiersema]

Go 1918, it should be a good match up

[roboraven15]

anybody else notice the floor troubles they had? i saw them out there fixing floor with tape twice, though durring districts i didn't see any issues with it. hope its not somethign that becomes a problem

[pathew100]

Originally Posted by roboraven15

anybody else notice the floor troubles they had? i saw them out there fixing floor with tape twice, though durring districts i didn't see any issues with it. hope its not somethign that becomes a problem

A robot caught the edge of the regolith with a ball scoop on the Red side of the field and tore it a bit. They had to patch it up with some tape.