2010 New Jersey Regional

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by sundancekid92

awww. I was hopping to be teamed up with Mort this year

That's what eliminations matches are for

[JohnBoucher]

25 has a killer bot. Scoring 7 to 8 from anywhere on the field and doing a strong man hang at the end. The place went nuts when they did that hang.

[jblay]

I can wait to check out all the teams tomorrow especially 25 and 1279.

Any chance someone could let me know what color the driver buttons are this year?

[TD912]

I caught the end of Match #55 in the webcast. I saw Blue Alliance get *26* penalties, 25 of them apparently due to DOGMA...

What happened out there?

Best of luck to all the teams out there, and don't score too many penalties!

[darkember]

There were 25 penalties because the balls weren't returned to the field on time.

[Brandon_L]

http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/eve.../rankings.html

Tied for first in climbing points!!!!

Also, I think were in good shape! Were in 32nd, but almost everyone above us have played one more match then us. (Cept for team 25. WOW!)

AND I met the fro :O

[ZeroGAdam]

Has anyone seen an archive for matches at all? If there is one in fact?

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by ZeroGAdam

Has anyone seen an archive for matches at all? If there is one in fact?

Even if the matches are being recorded, an archive will likely not be up until at least a few days after the event is over.

[flyingcrayons]

Originally Posted by jblay

I can wait to check out all the teams tomorrow especially 25 and 1279.

Any chance someone could let me know what color the driver buttons are this year?

Driver's buttons are white with black lettering. kinda disappointing, cuz the orange ones last year matched our team colors

Originally Posted by TD912

I caught the end of Match #55 in the webcast. I saw Blue Alliance get *26* penalties, 25 of them apparently due to DOGMA...

What happened out there?

Best of luck to all the teams out there, and don't score too many penalties!

That's not even the worst of it. one of the first matched of the day, (maybe 6,7 or around that, but dont hold me on that), one alliance recieved 71 penalty points. at first i thought it was a typo, but after that 25 point penalty i found out that it was legit. interesting

I also find the fact that a lot of bots are getting 3" penalties. As co-head scouter, i was watching matches all day, and about 90% of the matches had a 3" penalty. and many teams got multiple ones in a match. something to look out for the rest of the regionals.

i want to congratulate all the teams that won awards today, including MORT, Iron Maidens, one of the Brazilian teams (Sorry guys), 219 for their inflatable bag (the crowd goes wild when it puffs up), and all the other teams (sorry i forgot).
Finally to the website guy on my team, Lenny aka McLovin, and my mentor, Mr. Gregory for winning the 2010 NJ Regional Woodie Flowers Award.

Mr. Gregory, you truly are the cheese to our macaroni

see you guys tomorrow for elims!

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

219 for their inflatable bag (the crowd goes wild when it puffs up)

Ive heard about that, what exactly is it?

[afowl]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Ive heard about that, what exactly is it?

I haven't seen it complete it's hang yet but I believe it grasps the two vertical struts of the tower and deploys an air big on the top of the bot and it flips over onto the platform, sitting on the air bag. I haven't seen it do the whole action but that's word on the street.

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by TD912

I caught the end of Match #55 in the webcast. I saw Blue Alliance get *26* penalties, 25 of them apparently due to DOGMA...

What happened out there?

Best of luck to all the teams out there, and don't score too many penalties!

Actually its quite easy to explain.

Ever have an alliance partner reach into the funnel on the goal to get a ball (1 point penalty)? Ever thought about the ball counter reading the human players hand as a nonexistent ball that can never be returned?

Yup, that is what happened, or so we believe.

[Akash Rastogi]

I just want to give a huge congratulations to Chris Gregory from 1089 for NJ WFFA. Well deserved dude.

Good luck today everyone.

[ZeroGAdam]

I have a question about penalties. Here at the NJ regional, I noticed many teams were hanging before the last 20 seconds. The did, in my opinion, extend to more than 60 inches when the performed this before the finale. I did not see any penalty given because they tried to hang before the last 20 seconds. Is this true?

[Ryan Simpson]

Rule <G30c> states:

TOWER Contact ROBOT Volume - During a MATCH, ROBOTS in contact with their ALLIANCE TOWER may extend beyond their NORMAL CONFIGURATION volume but may not exceed the FINALE CONFIGURATION maximum volume.

So, their actions are perfecly legal.

This has been a great competition and I can't wait until eliminations. Good luck, and I'll see you there!