2014 Central Valley Regional

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

You haven't even seen the pretty robots play yet!

+1

I think CVR is going to be EYE POPPIN!!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

My friends on 148 have described our matches at IE as "clean"

If those matches were "clean", then I gotta wonder about the rest of the country. I think they were referring to some of the robots out there.

[mdiradoorian]

I am really excited to watch CVR, considering 254 and 973 are going to be there as well as my team (696). I agree this regional will include some of the prettiest robots if not in just in California but the country as well.

[kghaemi96]

I know I speak for everyone else on 2637 when I say WE ARE PUMPED!!!!!! I absolutely can not wait to see all the robots and I hope this regional will be awesome.

I for one can't wait to see some of my favorite teams at CVR.

See you tomorrow evening!

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Gregor

The unfortunate byproduct of this game is brutal, I mean majorly brutal defense. Defense will dominate all of eliminations, no matter how many good scorers there are. If you're not prepared for your robot to be destroyed, you are not prepared to play Aerial Assault.

I'm not saying it's a good thing, I'm just saying what it expect.

I fully agree with all you points.

I am just suggesting it doesn't have to be this way. It's a choice.
Unfortunately, brutal defense is the choice that is made the majority of the time.

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by billbo911

I fully agree with all you points.

I am just suggesting it doesn't have to be this way. It's a choice.
Unfortunately, brutal defense is the choice that is made the majority of the time.

This year has far more defense than the past few years simply because of the game design. There's only one ball for your alliance! So if you are the "forward" on your alliance, what do you do while waiting for your alliance to move the ball to you? Play defense on the opposing alliance (or set a screen for your alliance).

[MrTechCenter]

Here's the full team list. I got this off of TBA so it might not be 100% up to date.

8 The Vikings
254 The Cheesy Poofs
256 Robo-Rams
295 Renevatio
649 M-SET fish
670 Homestead Robotics
691 Project 691
696 Circuit Breakers
702 Bagel Bytes
841 The BioMechs
973 Greybots
1072 Harker Robotics
1148 Wafflebots
1159 Ramona Rampage
1323 MadTown Robotics
1422 The Neon Knights
1458 Red Tie Robotics
1671 Buchanan Bird Brains
2073 EagleForce
2085 RoboDogs
2135 Presentation Invasion
2443 Blue Thunder
2637 Panthers
2643 Dark Matter
2761 IronHorse Robotics
3022 MKS Explosion
3045 SWAT Robotics
3120 RoboKnights
3189 Circuit Breakers
3256 WarriorBorgs
3303 Metallic Thunder
3482 Arrowbotics
3495 MindCraft
3501 Firebirds
3512 Spartatroniks
3562 LiveWire
3970 Duncan Dynamics
4135 Iron Patriots
4159 CardinalBotics
4543 The Illuminators
4695 Chowchilla Robotics
4973 Gateway Gators
5102 PAL Robotics
5104 BreakerBots
5136 Mechapirates

[legogeek24]

LiveWire Robotics 3562 can't wait for the competition! We're making the 12 hour drive from Idaho to compete in California for the first time since 2011, and we're excited to be back!

LiveWire's robot "Wilma" is quite unique as far as we've seen thus far. With only two motorized parts (excluding drive train) on the entire robot, it'll be interesting competing against the likes of 254 and 973. We're looking forward to some excellent competition and an overall fantastic regional!

[399thegeneral]

Is there a webcast for this event?
Checked out TBA but doesn't seem to be loading.

Nevermind this started working: http://www.thebluealliance.com/gamed...w_0=2014cama-1

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by 399thegeneral

Is there a webcast for this event?
Checked out TBA but doesn't seem to be loading.

Nevermind this started working: http://www.thebluealliance.com/gamed...w_0=2014cama-1

Should be working now.

We're trying something new this year. Matches are uploaded to TBA a few minutes after each match. Check it out!

http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2014cama

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by EugeneF

Should be working now.

We're trying something new this year. Matches are uploaded to TBA a few minutes after each match. Check it out!

http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2014cama

Awesome! Can you do this for every regional, or is it not automatic?

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Awesome! Can you do this for every regional, or is it not automatic?

It's currently mostly automatic, but requires manual input at the start and end of every match. We are working on making it fully automated.

[Dan_Karol]

I have noticed that many teams at this event are driving to the white zone when transferring the ball to another robot. Are the refs not giving credit for position unless a boundary in the field is crossed?


R | W | B | Robot #
X | - | - | 1
X | X | X | 2
- | - | - | 3

and

R | W | B | Robot #
X | X | - | 1
- | X | X | 2
- | - | - | 3

Should have identical Assist Values. So why waste Robot #1s time carrying the ball to the white zone if robot 2 is already in the red zone waiting?

[Gregor]

254 just chose 973 as the number one overall pick.

973 was ranked third last with a record of 2-9. Were they having issues, or just the worst schedule imaginable?

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by Gregor

254 just chose 973 as the number one overall pick.

973 was ranked third last with a record of 2-9. Were they having issues, or just the worst schedule imaginable?

And also the 41st rank. (in addition to the 43rd) I didn't get to watch enough matches, but it does seem like a deep field.