RIVER RAGE 13 - THANK YOU!

[Trying to Help]

After reading Bill's Blog, I was interested in knowing which teams are planning on running their robot using Java at River Rage.

And you know, we would have loved to have come to River Rage with our robot. But it wasn't destined for this year. But maybe at least some of us can come, enjoy the game and ask some questions about programming in Java.

Thanks!

Trying to Help

[Steve Kaneb]

Originally Posted by Trying to Help

After reading Bill's Blog, I was interested in knowing which teams are planning on running their robot using Java at River Rage.

20, 40, and 190 will be running Java at the event.

[Trying to Help]

Thanks Steve!

I'll try to make it to Manchester.

Trying to Help

[skimoose]

It was great to visit with friends at River Rage today. There were many interesting things to see and talk about today. I believe a few teams were running their robots on JAVA tests. The 2010 Driver's Station netbooks made a few test runs in the Mentor matches during the lunch break. It was also a chance to look at the prototype Delta playing field mentioned in Bill's Blog this week.

I didn't get a chance to talk to the teams running JAVA, but since the robots were always running I expect there weren't any major issues. Hopefully, someone can give us some feedback.

The DS netbooks got a shake down test too. They seemed to run without any major problems. Again any mentors wish to comment on their test match experience.

I was pretty inspired by the Delta field. It would be easy for any team to build a DS and/or HP area so their driver team could practice within a realistic environment. The only issues I heard from the field crew was the load in/out gate sticking and having pinch points, and a comment that someone thought a few 3/16" pop rivets might have failed from robot impacts. I couldn't confirm that, but the field did have a few impressive robot impacts and it seemed to weather the storm.

My pictures should be up soon.

Congrats to all the teams and volunteers on a great event. Awesome costumes, and a lot of fun.

[Dantvman27]

When i got home, i realized i lost my voice, did anyone find it and turn it in to lost and found??



oh and i was sad not a single person had seen REPO!The Genetic Opera

[XaulZan11]

The new field looks pretty cool (great pics!).

What robot did 78 use? A new one or 121's?

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

The new field looks pretty cool (great pics!).

What robot did 78 use? A new one or 121's?

Neither, they borrowed 126's practice robot. The school claims 121's robot is their property. Apparently, the school is keeping the bot and the original team number, maybe 121 will be resurrected as an old new team, as opposed to 78 being a new old team. Understand?

[BrendanB]

Dan-My voice is gone. It hurt during eliminations and then when I finally pinned 131 during the last final match and realized we just might win, oh man, i've never yelled louder!

First off, I would like to thank all of the volunteers, sponsors, hosting teams 40,131,238,and 501, and all of the other teams in attendance. You ALL made this one of the best off-seasons I've attended, not only this year, but in my FIRST experience.

To 126- YOU GUYS WERE SOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!! I can't believe that we were able to pick you guys and we all worked so well together. All of your members were such a pleasure to work with and our robots worked so well on the field together! By the finals we were able to get our grove together with pinning and scoring. OH MAN!!!! You guys are probably the best team I have ever worked with! And congratulations on winning your well earned award! I hope that we all can work together in the future.

To teams 131 & 1474- When the alliance selections were going on, I thought to myself that you guys weren't one of the alliances that we would have trouble playing against. Boy was I wrong. CHAOS you guys are so hard to pin, and 1474 really made trying to operate on the field hard. You are both two very good teams, look forward to playing with you guys next season, and you guys are very, very deadly together.

To my team mates- All i can say is WOW!!!!! For all of those whom switched out drive team during the seeding matches and those whom drove with me in the finals. Our team could not have been 1st seed without you guys! You all were extremely impressive with your level of skill. I really can't wait for 2010 now!

Thanks again to everyone and now onward to 2010!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by skimoose

Neither, they borrowed 126's practice robot. The school claims 121's robot is their property. Apparently, the school is keeping the bot and the original team number, maybe 121 will be resurrected as an old new team, as opposed to 78 being a new old team. Understand?

Actually, the Rhode Warriors ( Team 121 ) will continue to be a school based team as it always has. We hope to compete in the 2010 season, but as of this moment it is questionable. It was quite unfortunate that a lot of the mentors left to form another team. But just as other teams have lost major mentors / sponsors, we hope to rise to the challenge and overcome this difficulty.

[Akash Rastogi]

A little congrats to 3125 for a nice debut in FRC. 3rd seed with another team's robot is a great accomplishment. Keep it up

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Actually, the Rhode Warriors ( Team 121 ) will continue to be a school based team as it always has. We hope to compete in the 2010 season, but as of this moment it is questionable. It was quite unfortunate that a lot of the mentors left to form another team. But just as other teams have lost major mentors / sponsors, we hope to rise to the challenge and overcome this difficulty.

Thanks Kyle,

Always good to get both sides of the story. Good Luck.

[Rob]

From team 78 I would like to offer some big thanks to quite a few teams and people too numerous to mention!

First off, thank you to our elimination partners team 88 TJ^2. We had very exciting matches and even the ones we lost were very close. Great job and thank you!

Also thanks to the Manchester teams who work hard to put this competition together. Memorial High School was a great host and the facility was great for this competition. With all of the new things being tested (new playing field, field management software, JAVA, new driver stations) it was a great job to keep things running well with no major problems.

Last but certainly not least we would like to offer huge thanks and recognition to team 126 Gael Force. Winners of the River Rage Legacy Award and the Championship, this team still deserves much more for all of the things they do to support teams and the program. 126 continues to push the standard up for all teams and defines what a class act team is made of. 126 helped us imeasurably by lending their unused extra robot, support that shows what the best teams in FIRST are made of.

Thank you and good luck to all teams in the upcoming season!

Rob

[Ericgehrken]

From team 3125 I would like to send out some big thank yous!

A huge thanks and recognition to team 2648 for bringing their robot down to River Rage and allowing us to use it! Our team game gained some real insight on the competition experience. This was a true act of "Gracious Professionalism".

Thank you to team 190 for being excellent alliance partners! It was a great experience working with you.

Thank you to the Manchester teams who worked hard to host this competition together. Memorial High School was a great facility for the competition.

Our team is really looking forward to 2010 and beyond!

Thank you and good luck to all teams in the upcoming season!

Eric

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Ericgehrken

From team 3125 I would like to send out some big thank yous!

A huge thanks and recognition to team 2648 for bringing their robot down to River Rage and allowing us to use it! Our team game gained some real insight on the competition experience. This was a true act of "Gracious Professionalism".

Eric

Eric, I didn't realize until now that you guys were using 2648's robot. Your students sure didn't act like it was their first time at a competition. I wanted to come over when I didn't have time and once near the beginning, I passed by your team and said, "Nope, not them."

Congratulations on being 3rd seed! You must have been excited!

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by skimoose

My pictures should be up soon.

Nice detailed photos, thanks for taking those for us.
I sure appreciate it.