High score of the season

[Marjory Frosty]

217,469,2960 scored 25 points!!!!

Way to go guys!!!!

[BJC]

I just watched this it was amazing!!!

469 just returns the balls back into the goal.

And for those of you who are going to say it this is not illegal because their ball returner is not active when the balls are touching it.

Great Job 469!!!

[Marjory Frosty]

Ok now 26 is the new high!!!!

[BJC]

They just did it again in the next match 26 to 1

I'm calling best robot of the year already

[Cory]

Originally Posted by BJC

They just did it again in the next match 26 to 1

I'm calling best robot of the year already

Until they play teams that don't suck...

Seriously, 469 is awesome and watching them put up 26 was amazing, but they couldn't have had an easier time doing it, since the defending robot was basically dead in the water.

Let's see how they do against real competition before crowning them.

[Marjory Frosty]

I agree. I don't think it would have been as easy or as high if this was last week at Kettering or next week at Detroit.

[BJC]

Ok I'll agree that with more compitition they would have a harder time.

But the fact remains that whatever regional their at they will get picked by the number 1 seed and that they will have plenty of ammo to score with.

Example: At kettering they would have been picked by HOT and in the finals our team (33) or The Charge would have been the only ones over their getting double defended so we couldn't get in the way.

This is the most efficent scoring machine across the country in elims.

Of course in the quals its a different story

[Austinmead]

can someone post a link to the video of it or something i wanna see it

[JABot67]

Okay, the Michigan State Championship is going to be ridiculous. So many good teams, so many strategies!

It would be a good idea for Michigan teams to write autonomous modes that drive or strafe in front of the tower in auton before 469 can get to it. (Does 469 grab onto the tower?)

[hipsterjr]

[BHS_STopping]

To explain 469's design (Just watched the last few matches at Cass Tech), it's really quite elegant. In autonomous mode it drives over to the tunnel and gets into position (this is to prevent robots from blocking it from the tower later). It then goes partway into the tunnel (Pretty much making it impossible to push out of position) while their ball redirection mechanism opens up over the platform. Essentially, it's just a pair of tracks which point toward either of the goals. I don't know how they select which goal the ball will be redirected to, but it probably isn't very complex. What's scored them so many points is having 217 in the scoring zone as well, herding up and scoring the balls that don't make it into the goal or those balls which are blocked. It's an elegantly simple system which has left my jaw on the ground each time I've seen it. 469 isn't just good; it's DISGUSTINGLY good. Might have to rank up there with 71's 2002 game breaker as well, it's just that awesome.

[BJC]

Originally Posted by JABot67

It would be a good idea for Michigan teams to write autonomous modes that drive or strafe in front of the tower in auton before 469 can get to it. (Does 469 grab onto the tower?)

Ya the thing is that 469 is not grabbing onto the tower THEY ARE UNDER IT!

This mean you cannot really push them anywhere once they get there (they get there in auto) they will be recycling any balls their team scores at the very least back into their home zone if not back into the goal for the rest of the match.

However since I believe that you can start asnywhere as long as you are touching your bump you may be able to start right in their way!!!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JABot67

Okay, the Michigan State Championship is going to be ridiculous. So many good teams, so many strategies!

It would be a good idea for Michigan teams to write autonomous modes that drive or strafe in front of the tower in auton before 469 can get to it. (Does 469 grab onto the tower?)

Didn't work. Some team tried it in the semis and 469 pushed them right out of the way.

[JABot67]

If a robot was strong enough, could it go through the tunnel and push 469 out of the way?

[Josh Murphy]

Originally Posted by JABot67

If a robot was strong enough, could it go through the tunnel and push 469 out of the way?

I doubt it... I think if a team wedged itself in the tower and not just in front of it in auto they could probably stop them.