CalGames 2009

[Sam N.]

I'm in college and nobody on my team was answering their phone. Did anyone pay attention to how 1351 did?

[Ken Leung]

Originally Posted by Sam N.

I'm in college and nobody on my team was answering their phone. Did anyone pay attention to how 1351 did?

I got home last night around 8p, fell down on the bed and didn't get up until midnight. Then I ate some dinner and went back.

You think it's easy having 36 teams and running matches almost non-stop from 8:45a till 4:15p?



Thanks to JeffChan for the elimination alliances.

1 beat 8 (three matches), 2 beat 7, 3 beat 6, 4 beat 5 (three matches)
1 beat 4 (three matches), 2 beat 3
2 beat 1 and emerged victorious as our 2009 California Robot Games Champions.

I kept the award scripts with me yesterday. Unless anyone beat me to it, stay tuned for the 2009 CalGames Awards.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Dennis Jenks

604 – You have a great all around team and your machines are always competitive. Despite our schools natural rivalry, we always like to see local teams do good - congratulations on a well deserved win.

Thank you. Like you mentioned to our mentor, our teams should definitely have some team activities together. I hope it happens!

[rahilm]

Congrats to 604, 254, and 2854 for winning Calgames.

Also, teams 100, 971, and 701, thanks for providing us with some intense quarterfinals matches, and congrats on getting to the finals

Team 668 had a great time at Calgames thanks to all the teams there and the volunteers who put this event together.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Thanks to everyone who made this an awesome event! We loved having everyone here!

It was really cool seeing team 3129 do well. As an alumni of Rolling Hills 4-H its gratifying to see the program evolve and develop to match the times. The most technologic thing I had in 4-H was wood-crafts! GL next season!

Also thanks to 971 and 701 for joining our alliance. We got through some very hairy matches with you guys!

I'm excited for the season now! See yall at CalGames 2010! One Love

[Gabe]

Congratulations to Quixilver, a wonderful team with a wonderful history.

[Ken Leung]

All right, here are the results:

Highest Seeded Rookie: Team 3129, the Green MacHHHine from 4-H

Autonomous Mode Challenge Award: Team 2073, Eagle Force from Pleasant Grove High School

BLADE Entrepreneurship Award: Team 604, Quixilver from Leland High School

Lead Volunteer Recognition:

Western Region Robotics Forum Board of Directors
Dr. Eugene D. Brooks, III, President
Michael (Mike) Schmit, Vice-President
Alvin Cheng, Secretary
Cecilia (Ceal) D. Craig, Treasurer
Deborah Epperson, BOD Member
Mark Epperson, BOD Member
Dr. Chris Kitts, BOD Member

Field Supervisor, Jayne Sonnenschein
Lead Inspector, Mark Epperson
Head Referee, Dane Boulton
Volunteer Coordinator, Deborah Epperson
Team Queuing, Ken Mitchell
Field Technical Advisor, Gary Koerzendorfer

And

CalGames 2009 Event Manager, Ryan Epperson!

WRRF Director's Award: Southern California Region Robotics Forum (represented by David Brinza)

Judges Award: Team 100, the Wildhats from Woodside, Carlmont, & Sequoia High Schools

BAE Design Award: Team 604 Quixilver from Leland High School

2009 California Robot Games Lunacy Tournament Finalist:
Team 100, the Wildhats from Woodside, Carlmont, & Sequoia High Schools
Team 971, Spartan Robotics from Mountain View High School
Team 701, Robovikes, from Vanden High School

2009 California Robot Games Lunacy Tournament Champion:
Team 604, Quixilver from Leland High School
Team 254, Cheesy Poofs from Bellarmine College Prep
Team 2854, The Prototypes from Evergreen High School

Volunteer or Volunteer Group Award, Presented by WRRF President Dr. Eugene D. Brooks, III:

"This FAMILY has supported FIRST events and the WRRF CalGames for many years, first supporting a team: the Apes of Wrath,
then supporting the WRRF in the CalGames,
and now also FIRST regionals,
and the SCRRF Fall Classic.

Join us in honoring...

2009 CalGames Volunteers:
The Epperson Family!"

[chronon]

Big congrats to teams 604, 254 and 2854 on their Calgames win; it was an incredible competition.

Thanks to team 100, 971 and 701 for making the quarterfinals a blast, and another thanks to team 100 for hosting the event!

[JYang]

Also hoped Eric from Team 2854 had a great birthday song yesterday!

Did anyone happen to catch that moment on tape?

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

Thanks to 100 for picking us. It was a lot of fun, and I was surprised at how far we got after seeing all the balls in our trailers after one or two of the matches. Thanks to 701 for joining us. It was fun to see how excited you guys were when you guys were picked.

Thanks a bunch to 100 and 971 for the pick - while we didn't have much offense to offer, we did our best to try and slow down the opponents. We so much appreciated the help and patience you showed to our rookie driver. I can't think of a better way to break in new talent than to have them working along side such professional teams like 971 and 100. Those were some nail biting rounds! Congrats again to the winning alliance of 604, 254, and 2854.

[CarolZaff]

Originally Posted by JeffChan

HUGE THANKS to 604 and 254. We could not have done it without you guys.

Good job to the other teams. You all did great

We had rookie/freshmen drivers until our experienced drivers got here from SAT.

Originally Posted by Techgirl675

Who is driving for each team? are you guys using expirienced drivers or letting rookies get the hang of it? Human player?

This was the test of fire for the 604 new rookie drive team. They drove the whole time, and showed us that we've got a lot to look forward to.

Congrats to you, 2854, and 254 as well. Pretty cool that your team numbers are so similar, too.

[Eugene Fang]

CalGames pictures are up!

Many thanks to Tim Craig!

http://picasaweb.google.com/calgames2009/

[Cory]

Originally Posted by CarolZaff

Congrats to you, 2854, and 254 as well. Pretty cool that your team numbers are so similar, too.

This odd coincidence is made even more interesting by the fact that 254 mentored 2854 this season.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Cory

This odd coincidence is made even more interesting by the fact that 254 mentored 2854 this season.

And a few members from each of the three teams interned together over this past summer

[JeffChan]

Originally Posted by Cory

This odd coincidence is made even more interesting by the fact that 254 mentored 2854 this season.

Originally Posted by Pikat

And a few members from each of the three teams interned together over this past summer

And in fact, it was 604 who contacted 2854 around Sept. 2008 and encouraged us to register for FIRST. They helped us get in contact with potential sponsors too.