pic: 848 Puts a Massive Pin on 399

[huskyrobotics]

Hello,

I am the mentor for team 848 and we feel honored to be mentioned on Chief Delphi. What a great regional it was and we had an excellent time. Our green robot made out of Bamboo plywood and with a simple design far exceeded our expectations. Team 399 was our favorite robot and we were glad to give them a run for their money in the play-offs. We moved away from the pin because we felt it was best in the spirit of gracious professionalism and also because we were losing the match at the time. Additionally, team 399's human player was awesome and still scoring on us. We needed to herd an empty cell to our human player to exchange for a super cell in order to have any chance at victory....did anyone see our buzzer beater 30 foot shoot with the super cell?

As far as a penalty, I don't think any team deserved one. It was a great match and despite losing, we went away feeling great about ourselves. Team 399 members stood at the exit after the game, shook our hands and congratulated us on a great match. The end result was exactly as the competition was intended to be: challenging, fair, fun, exciting and gracious.

Thanks to all for a great regional.

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by huskyrobotics

Hello,

I am the mentor for team 848 and we feel honored to be mentioned on Chief Delphi. What a great regional it was and we had an excellent time. Our green robot made out of Bamboo plywood and with a simple design far exceeded our expectations. Team 399 was our favorite robot and we were glad to give them a run for their money in the play-offs. We moved away from the pin because we felt it was best in the spirit of gracious professionalism and also because we were losing the match at the time. Additionally, team 399's human player was awesome and still scoring on us. We needed to herd an empty cell to our human player to exchange for a super cell in order to have any chance at victory....did anyone see our buzzer beater 30 foot shoot with the super cell?

As far as a penalty, I don't think any team deserved one. It was a great match and despite losing, we went away feeling great about ourselves. Team 399 members stood at the exit after the game, shook our hands and congratulated us on a great match. The end result was exactly as the competition was intended to be: challenging, fair, fun, exciting and gracious.

Thanks to all for a great regional.

You guys were great and I made sure to let your drive team know how well they did. We were surprised when you moved back and we weren't exactly sure why until now, but we high tailed it out of there to score again.

Oh and just FYI that was 1388's human player scoring on you. You guys were high on our list of teams to be chosen as a third bot, but unfortunately you were the first to be picked.

[Jeff K.]

Neither team would have deserved a penalty. No rules against pinning this year.

[Brad Voracek]

Originally Posted by Jeff K.

Neither team would have deserved a penalty. No rules against pinning this year.

But there are rules about contact outside the bumper zone, which is what is being discussed.

[Dowjonesbotics]

Shouldn't that be a penalty or something?

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by Brad Voracek

But there are rules about contact outside the bumper zone, which is what is being discussed.

Then referees would have been unable to determine who is at fault, looking at the picture and watching the youtube video of the match. You guys won both quarterfinals by over 10 pts, so the difference would not have changed the outcome.

If anything though, a penalty would have gone to both teams, negating itself.

399 is inside of 848 a decent amount, and 848 is inside of 399 a decent amount as well.

[Brad Voracek]

Originally Posted by Jeff K.

Then referees would have been unable to determine who is at fault, looking at the picture and watching the youtube video of the match. You guys won both quarterfinals by over 10 pts, so what difference does it make?

If anything though, a penalty would have gone to both teams, negating itself.

399 is inside of 848 a decent amount, and 848 is inside of 399 a decent amount as well.

Oh no, i don't care if there is a penalty or who it is on. It just seems like a point of discontent between people, and if a general consensus isn't going to come around, then there could be issues. =x

[Trent B]

Yea, it was probably to chaotic to see what happened.

848 could have hit 399 and pushed it up, 399 could have driven up 848. Both could have collided and this result.

I think no penalty is the right choice unless live it was really easy to see who to blame.