The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.

[Thad House]

We just triple tortuga'd match 19 at wilsonville. I'll get a video as soon as it uploads

[Golfer4646]

Originally Posted by Thad House

We just triple tortuga'd match 19 at wilsonville. I'll get a video as soon as it uploads

Did you mean match #18?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zc9opgxEas

I believe this might be just a double tortuga though, but I'll let someone else be the judge.

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Golfer4646

Did you mean match #18?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zc9opgxEas

I believe this might be just a double tortuga though.

Yeah that one.

In the last 20 seconds all red robots are dead.

2 died hitting the defenses, and then we had to estop because the new flaps accidentally triggered an unexpected mode on our robot which caused it to get stuck.

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by Thad House

2 died hitting the defenses, and then we had to estop because the new flaps accidentally triggered an unexpected mode on our robot which caused it to get stuck.

The field strikes back!

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Golfer4646

Did you mean match #18?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zc9opgxEas

I believe this might be just a double tortuga though, but I'll let someone else be the judge.

We have our 2nd Winner! Golfer4646, you put the link up to the match first. PM to work out the $10 Gift Card.

3 More $10 Triple Tortuga's Left plus the big kahuna, $50 buckaroo bonzias for the link that shows a Double Triple Tortuga (if it ever happens).

Cheers,
Dr. Joe J.

[Jarren Harkema]

I don't really know where this should go. It's not really a tortuga, and it's not really a Dukes of stronghold, but I thought it was funny nonetheless.
Watch the field volunteer in the white shirt. The camera was pointed on that side of the field, and all you could see was her reaction, and then it cuts over to the punchline.


Dr. Joe, we might just need a thread for all the funny moments of Stronghold, this season is FULL of them. I've enjoyed every match I've watched, and something interesting is always happening.

[Landonh12]

Match number 60 at CVR had 3 robots tip over. Two of the bots tipped from the ramparts and another bot tipped over on itself.

[Anteprefix]

Originally Posted by Landonh12

Match number 60 at CVR had 3 robots tip over. Two of the bots tipped from the ramparts and another bot tipped over on itself.

Here's a picture:
Also, the red robot was knocked over by a blue robot, causing a foul.

[seg9585]

Potential Triple Tortuga at the Los Angeles Regional!

Quals 41, Teams 3512, 4415, 848

848 got hung up in the low bar early and lost comm. 3512 flipped going over ramparts, and late in the match 4415 flipped backwards attempting the chival de frise.
Photo attached. Video

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by seg9585

Potential Triple Tortuga at the Los Angeles Regional!

Quals 41, Teams 3512, 4415, 848

848 got hung up in the low bar early and lost comm. 3512 flipped going over ramparts, and late in the match 4415 flipped backwards attempting the chival de frise.
Photo attached. Video

First of all, AMAZING find. It's like a fine wine. So many flavors and tastes to swirl around your mouth and enjoy.

Second of all, sorry I have been away on family matters for a few days.


Allow me to call the match:


At first I thought 3512 was a gonner in Auton. But no, they pulled it out and righted the ship. All is well, they are crossing defenses and looking good. Then at :55 it's their 4th time across the 3rd defense, heading to the neutral zone to presumably move to start weakening another defense and BOOM! They get sideways to the defense and cartwheel, ending up wheels to the ceiling (the most iconic of all tortuga poses*).

Meanwhile it looks like 848 is near the low bar having problems with coms(?). They are touching the outworks so I'd be inclined to give them the tortuga if the the match ends here, but no, 848 comes alive and completes the limbo at 1:05.

Then at 1:14, 848 is back under the limbo bar apparently down for the count (coms again?).

All the while, 4415 is gamely (and if I am being honest, shakily) weakening defenses . They have a few near tortuga experiences (e.g. at 1:32 but their driver and their wheelie bar save them for the moment).

At 2:15 4415 wisely decides that the drawbridge is the best way back to the neutral zone and 848 is ALIVE.

848 trashes around a few times in the courtyard by the low bar as 4415 sets up for one last crossing.

848 seems to be having drive train problems in addition to the coms issues(?). They move a bit away from the outerworks but can't really get away and end up driving into the low bar as 4415 tumbles backward (no wheelie bar to save them this time because their wheelie bar does double duty as a Chili Fries actuator) and time expires.

I think it is POSSIBLE that 848 was not quite stuck on the outerworks but in the end, they spent all but a few seconds of the match actually in the outerworks and clearly hadn't escaped the low bar's maw as time expired.

I'm awarding our 3rd Triple Tortuga!!!

seg9585, PM me and we'll make arrangement to get you your $10 gift card (which was started as Starbucks but was then expanded to Amazon and now another person has asked for iTunes. so... ...I am pretty open about gift card sources).

May all your tortugas be TRIPLE Tortugas.

Dr. Joe J.


*This happened to Overclocked at Reading on Saturday so I'm not casting aspersions -- it can happen to the best of us.

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

848 seems to be having drive train problems in addition to the coms issues(?). They move a bit away from the outerworks but can't really get away and end up driving into the low bar as 4415 tumbles backward (no wheelie bar to save them this time because their wheelie bar does double duty as a Chili Fries actuator) and time expires.

I do believe the wheelie bar would have saved them. They were not using it to Shovel the Fries.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Not quite a Tortuga but it's pretty entertaining.

http://livestream.com/accounts/12312913/events/4953783

8:47:00 one robot flies over the CDF onto another.

Link not showing any video.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

Qual 32 GTRE http://livestream.com/accounts/12312913/events/4953783. Match starts at 7:56:30.

EDIT: This might not actually count, one of the robots starts moving again right at the end.

Link not showing any video.

[yonip]

Originally Posted by AGPapa

And here's the new video!


5624 and 6016 get stuck on the moat, and it seems like 4281 is stuck on the sally port. Given more time they may have been able to escape.

it looks like 4281 lost a side of their drivetrain, so they drove into the side of the sallyport instead of driving straight. Dunno if that'd be a tortuga or just unfortunate damage from a the defenses/field.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by yonip

it looks like 4281 lost a side of their drivetrain, so they drove into the side of the sallyport instead of driving straight. Dunno if that'd be a tortuga or just unfortunate damage from a the defenses/field.

No, no, don't you dare try to take this one from me! They were in the process of crossing the Sally Port when they threw that chain and then they just did the "I've only got one side driving two step" for the balance of the match. But they definitely seemed stuck on that Sally Port Defense.

I am declaring this the 4th Triple Tortuga. AGPapa, PM me and we'll work out the details of the gift card (Amazon seems to be the popular choice these days).

Nice find.

Dr. Joe J.