CalGames 2009

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Who's pumped? This is gonna be a very competitive event!

3 Regional Finalists, 4 Regional Champions, 1 World Champion, and 1 IRI Finalist.

As of today registration is full with 36 teams! (1678 is on the waiting list)

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1678 - Wait list

Can't wait to see everyone there!

[NickE]

I believe 9999 has recieved the team number 3129.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

Who's pumped? This is gonna be a very competitive event!

3 Regional Finalists, 4 Regional Champions, 1 World Champion, and 1 IRI Finalist.

As of today registration is full with 36 teams! (1678 is on the waiting list)



Can't wait to see everyone there!

Unfortunately, the IRI Finalist (Team 980) had to withdraw from the event (we lost our drive team to SAT tests).

[Eugene Fang]

604,100,971 alliance again, anyone? Haha.

Our team can't wait.

[Steven Sigley]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

we lost our drive team to SAT tests

Yeah we lost a massive chunk of our team to SAT's this year as well. Bad timing I guess.

We'll have rookies driving for Cal Games.

[Katie_UPS]

Where does this take place?

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Pikat

604,100,971 alliance again, anyone? Haha.

Sounds like fun We'll have to see how things play out. I think this year's bot might seed a bit higher than last year's so it would be harder to get together...

I'm definitely excited! 971 has been working hard on training a new driver for Calgames and making the bot even better.

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

Where does this take place?

Location:

Woodside High School
October 10 199 Churchill Avenue
Woodside, CA

Schedule:

Qualifying matches: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Playoff matches: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Award Ceremony: 4:30 pm

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

Sounds like fun We'll have to see how things play out. I think this year's bot might seed a bit higher than last year's so it would be harder to get together...

I'm definitely excited! 971 has been working hard on training a new driver for Calgames and making the bot even better.

I'm 99% sure your bot this year will seed higher than last year's, too. Haha.

Nice hopper addition, by the way

[Chris is me]

I'd wager 99% sure that 971's robot will not only do better than last year, but win the event.

Changes? Worked fine before

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Changes? Worked fine before

Meh. It was hard for the human player to throw balls in the hopper. And the hopper jammed some, so we didn't always collect as many balls before dumping as we could have. I guess the moral of the story is that you can always find something to fix up if you have time. And if the students are excited about working on the bot, why not?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Changes? Worked fine before

"Fine" is not perfect.

There's always improvements that can be made.

[Chris is me]

I meant that as a bit of a joke, that their uchanged robot "did fine" being World Champions and all. I guess I should explain myself better late at night. Best of luck to you guys!

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

Unfortunately, the IRI Finalist (Team 980) had to withdraw from the event (we lost our drive team to SAT tests).

That sucks We'll miss having you guys here! Its always great when Out-of-state and SoCal teams show up to CalGames.

Hopefully we can play you guys again in the finals some time

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

That sucks We'll miss having you guys here! Its always great when Out-of-state and SoCal teams show up to CalGames.

Hopefully we can play you guys again in the finals some time

Yeah, it was a big disappointment when we realized that we weren't going to be able to compete this year. Woodside is an awesome facility and this year's team list is amazing. Team 980 has had an epic time at CalGames over the years. It's a fun event and especially intense in the elimination rounds. I'll be up there to enjoy the action!!