West Michigan 2010

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

They have a very effective arm-hanger that elevates them on the vertical post, and then slides down with a rubber stop on the platform.

But how are they getting 2.8 hanging points per match.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

But how are they getting 2.8 hanging points per match.

FIRST's results report hanging points as all hanging points received by alliances you've been on, not just your own hanging points. Hence the plurality of hanging points.

[IKE]

I only got to watch the last match that they were in. 1718 is doing a good job playing the game. They move 3 balls home in auto, and then slip through the tunnel to mid field. They seem to concentrate on moving balls well from the mid-field into the home row. They are also consistently hanging (so I have been told).

Besides 1718 playing well, their opponents and teammates are playing well. West Michigan is basically full of teams that played at Traverse City or one of the other districts. All the teams have stepped up their game.

This makes me very excited for the state Championship.

All that being said, averaging over 25 seeding points a maatch is really impressive.

[Clinton Bolinger]

The closer we get to states the more excited I get because of the competitiveness and well built machines in the State of Michigan.

Also from West Michigan 2959 has been hanging fairly consistently.

-Clinton-

[kgzak]

We got our robot working and it works better than expected. After the first day we are ranked 4th! That is a big change coming from kettering where our robot only ran 2 or 3 matches. We also enhanced our ball catcher and kicker. Tomorrow we need to fix up our autonomous so we can score all the balls and add skid plates so we stop bending our ball catcher.

[littlek050844]

How did this district end up?

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by littlek050844

How did this district end up?

Winners-
3357/2054/1243

Finalist-
1896/1718/1918

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by littlek050844

How did this district end up?

You could look here.

[littlek050844]

Really? The 1718-1918 alliance was beaten. It had to be a good final cause 1718 was really lighting up that competition.

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by littlek050844

Really? The 1718-1918 alliance was beaten. It had to be a good final cause 1718 was really lighting up that competition.

Yes, many of us at Detroit District were paying a lot of attention to the event. We were shocked when hearing this. Yet, great job, by the 3357/2054/1243. Both events were great, awesome action. A great day to be a Michigan team!!

[littlek050844]

Yes. Michigan teams are awesome this year. With the way things are shaping up, the Michigan State Championship is going to be like a mini Atlanta. Alot of good robots and good teams trying all tp win. I am very interested on how this is going to play out.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by littlek050844

Yes. Michigan teams are awesome this year. With the way things are shaping up, the Michigan State Championship is going to be like a mini Atlanta. Alot of good robots and good teams trying all tp win. I am very interested on how this is going to play out.

I would like to think of it as a concentrated Atlanta MSC has been known to be much more competitive than Atlanta.

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by Alex Dinsmoor

I would like to think of it as a concentrated Atlanta MSC has been known to be much more competitive than Atlanta.

Agreed.. 64 teams... This will be a deep, deep, competition. I wish we could moved it to a 10 seed format =]... It could work!!!