2013 Greater Kansas City Regional

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Woolly

I thought no team had won it more than twice.

My mistake. You are indeed correct. No team has ever won it more than twice.
The fact that the winning alliance changes up so often has become something that's kind id nice. GKC is definitely a regional that swings in any direction, and that's what makes out exciting. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing power houses sweep Canada and Michigan, but you almost always know who's going to win over there just buy seeing the roster. Kansas city? There's to many teams on a level playing field to tell.

[class1234567]

Is there going to be a webcast of the event?

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by class1234567

Is there going to be a webcast of the event?

MOREnet provides one of the best webcast feeds and match archiving. To see some of the past archived matches you can look here: http://www.more.net/first-robotics

Most years they don't update their page for the new feed until right before the event.

PS. You might be too busy driving at the St. Louis regional to watch, but each match is usually archived within minutes.

[Woolly]

Practice day is tomorrow, so good luck to all the teams, stay safe, and have fun.


Oh, and be sure to watch out for Identifiable Frisbee Objects. Those hurt when they're fired out of a robot and into your face or any other body part for that matter.

[holygrail]

We saw tons of extremely impressive robots today. It is going to be a deep field like usual in KC. Not too often that you see over 100 points scored in practice matches.

Good luck to all the teams!

[Alpha Beta]

Some concerns today that if anyone on the field uses more than their allotted bandwidth it can introduce lag into other robots on the field. Teams are starting to check the camera/bandwidth settings for their alliance partners and perhaps should look at their opponents too to make sure they won't be affected. Seems like coopertition all over again.

Looks to be a very competitive regional. We may not be the only robot that can hit 7 discs in auto. All types of climbers, including one robot without wheels at all. May even see a defensive robot with a small fan as part of their blocking scheme. Can't wait to see how effective these designs prove to be in tomorrow's qualification matches.

[CalTran]

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

[SharonO]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

http://www2.usfirst.org/2013comp/eve...eduleQual.html

Lucky you- facing 1986 first thing

Sharon
Up Next

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by SharonO

http://www2.usfirst.org/2013comp/eve...eduleQual.html

Lucky you- facing 1986 first thing

Sharon
Up Next

So I think I discovered why no one wrote our opponents up in the pits...That first match'll be rough for us.

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by CalTran

So I think I discovered why no one wrote our opponents up in the pits...That first match'll be rough for us.

While we're at it..
Lucky you, facing RaileRobotics first thing.

[Ravage457]

anyone have a good link for the live stream

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by Ravage457

anyone have a good link for the live stream

http://www.more.net/first-robotics


Also very excited for these elims. Could see almost any alliance winning it all. Very excited to see what happens when a tall bot gets in front of 1806. Will get really crowded loading for 1986 then.

[CalTran]

Cal here with an update from Hale arena: the number four seed managed top topple team titanium's win streak, but the number one seed came back with a vengeance. The arena is thirsty for the number two to upset the number one, but 3928 had to sub out.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Does anyone have a link to the match schedule? I know what matches we're in, but I don't know our alliances or opponents.

FRC Spyder has it.

Lucky you...facing Winnovation first thing.

[billylo]

Anyone has the video for the 13-disc auton performance? That gotta be on the highlight reel of Ultimate Ascent! Amazing.