Einstein 2012

[George Nishimura]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Are they using Super Smash Brothers jingles for their intros for each of the speakers?

I want to know the answer to this too. Sounds eerily similar.

[Botwoon]

Originally Posted by Gnishi2011

I want to know the answer to this too. Sounds eerily similar.

They are, most of them are from Starfox to be exact.

[Sean Raia]

Matches are being redone.

[Kevin Sevcik]

OMFG! Sanity prevails! It's unprecedented!

[BHS_STopping]

Very GP for them to replay those matches.

Edit: Oh no 118...

[hiyou102]

http://redd.it/syry2
This.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by hiyou102

http://redd.it/syry2
This.

I would like to ask as a Mentor that while I, possibly more than a lot of people, deeply understand the concerns about what happened here.

Please, please, please think about the consequences to FIRST in the future with regards to things you write today.

FIRST is a wonderful organization that has done a lot of very good things. However, there are people that have issues with FIRST that would love to extend the single failure to troubleshoot into evidence of a pattern.

Just remember that when you remove your posts from the vacuum of ChiefDelphi you run the risk that they might stick around longer, attract more attention, and even that you might not be able to go back and close the matter when the issues do get resolved.

I am not saying that what I read at that link is disrespectful, just please realize that the bigger FIRST gets the bigger the politics around it get.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

FIRST is a wonderful organization that has done a lot of very good things. However, there are people that have issues with FIRST that would love to extend the single failure to troubleshoot into evidence of a pattern.

Unfortunately in this case they would be right. This was not a single failure, and was indeed a pattern all season long. The train whistles before this wreck could be heard far in the distance for those that listened. There was more than enough discussion of this issue throughout the season to make it clear that we were heading for a calamity at Champs if something did not change to fix it. As far as I am aware, there was never any official acknowledgement from FIRST that there was a problem, or instructions for teams about how they could help prevent it. As a team that was affected by this issue both before and during Champs, I feel there is at least a silver lining to what happened on Einstein: It will guarantee a fix. The complaints of individual teams throughout the regional season were not enough to bring about a solution, but the events at Champs most surely will. It was painful and disappointing to watch it happen, but there was also a little voice inside me saying "I knew this wasn't just us."

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

Unfortunately in this case they would be right. This was not a single failure, and was indeed a pattern all season long. The train whistles before this wreck could be heard far in the distance for those that listened. There was more than enough discussion of this issue throughout the season to make it clear that we were heading for a calamity at Champs if something did not change to fix it. As far as I am aware, there was never any official acknowledgement from FIRST that there was a problem, or instructions for teams about how they could help prevent it. As a team that was affected by this issue both before and during Champs, I feel there is at least a silver lining to what happened on Einstein: It will guarantee a fix. The complaints of individual teams throughout the regional season were not enough to bring about a solution, but the events at Champs most surely will. It was painful and disappointing to watch it happen, but there was also a little voice inside me saying "I knew this wasn't just us."

Based on what I read today in topics related to this issue. I completely agree.

[Robby Unruh]

Wait, did they call timeout during award ceremonies? Can they do that? (ie. they would have had the time anyway because of them...)

[stundt1]

118 dead

[Kevin Sevcik]

And 118 still down. Guess we won't know if it's a Red station issue until the finals. In other news, I'm finding the announcer incredibly insulting talking about the blue alliance putting on a scoring demonstration.....

[lorem3k]

These constant comm issues are just embarrassing.

[Allison K]

Weather Underground says tornado warning for the St. Louis area... Anybody know if the dome area is in its path?

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by Allison K

Weather Underground says tornado warning for the St. Louis area... Anybody know if the dome area is in its path?

This just seems to be the perfect storm. (pun intended)

All we need now is Curie winning.