Sacramento Results

[HaWkeYe15]

Originally Posted by Sillygates

We had round with eighty-something points I believe







Josh
MA Robotics - Team 766



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I was refering to a game yesterday 3/4/05, but it might have only been 78 points, I dun think so tho. We did have quite a few rounds with a 70's range score

awsome, i cant wait til our competition in vegas... its so far away still

[whakojacko]

we were 2 seconds away (i swear) from capping all 9 tretras in our quarters vs team 4 (692 and i forgot who else )and get 111 points . O well, cant complain about 78 either . We went lossess in elims, wooot. congrats to 245 and 766, great job helping out guys !!!

edit: just realized that 78 is higher than 72. Yay

[MFS766]

I should point out that 254, the cheesy poofs, had never lost the sacremento regional, until now. They were finaly defeated by 245, 766 and 1072. We didn't have close matches in the finals, we dominated. The silicon valley regional will be very intreasting. 254 is still a tough team.

[Rod]

Originally Posted by MFS766

I should point out that 254, the cheesy poofs, had never lost the sacremento regional, until now. They were finaly defeated by 245, 766 and 1072. We didn't have close matches in the finals, we dominated. The silicon valley regional will be very intreasting. 254 is still a tough team.

The Poofs did not win Sac in 2003

[whakojacko]

EDIT:your right, i checked and 254 was 2nd at sacra in 03

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by MFS766

254, the cheesy poofs, had never lost the sacremento regional, until now.

The Cheesy Poofs have never lost at Silicon Valley, not Sacramento.

[Mike Hendricks]

Originally Posted by MFS766

I should point out that 254, the cheesy poofs, had never lost the sacremento regional, until now. They were finaly defeated by 245, 766 and 1072. We didn't have close matches in the finals, we dominated. The silicon valley regional will be very intreasting. 254 is still a tough team.

254 took some serious blows. I dont remember the exact team number (which is probally a good thing .. I dont want to start a flame fest) but they seemed to be driving into 254 non stop. They actually broke a few wheels off the poof's bot and we were ready to give up our wheels if they needed em in the finals - their custom wheels are basically the same as ours (except ours arent anodized and dont have a little design cut out).

The game was alot more agressive this year than I expected .. and its much easier to get a penality than I expected also. The refs were tossing down so many flags that on Saturday, the ref would explain to the human player on why they got the points docked. There were alot of matches that were X-0 or 0-0.

I cant wait for Atlanta

[whakojacko]

that was 753. Then they got dis qualified the first match of their quarters for knocking over 2 bots

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

that was 753. Then they got dis qualified the first match of their quarters for knocking over 2 bots

I think that 753 was disabled and DQed not for knocking over two bots, which I thought they did quite nicely and within the rules, but for trying to knock over the third. See this post:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=14

[Raul]

Originally Posted by jgannon

I think that 753 was disabled and DQed not for knocking over two bots, which I thought they did quite nicely and within the rules, but for trying to knock over the third. See this post:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=14

As I explained to them, they were DQ'd because they rammed into those two robots with their arm, not their base. The rules say that they can hit their opponents with their base (and from a reasonable distance to stay within the rules). It is quite easy to tip robots when you hit them high and this is against the rules.

Now I want to say that I was very impressed by how graciously the drive team from 753 accepted this explanation, and they even apologized for their actions. We also acknowledge how smart they were by removing their arm for future matches so they could continue to play aggressive defense. And they got no further penalties after that.

The other parameters that caused DQ's was when teams with wedges were running into and under the base of other robots causing them to tip. So, be aware of this if your robot has a wedge, in which case you may want to push them with the other side or not hit them with your wedge if they are extended and somewhat tipsy.

[phrozen solyd]

Originally Posted by PhatMike

254 took some serious blows. I dont remember the exact team number (which is probally a good thing .. I dont want to start a flame fest) but they seemed to be driving into 254 non stop. They actually broke a few wheels off the poof's bot and we were ready to give up our wheels if they needed em in the finals - their custom wheels are basically the same as ours (except ours arent anodized and dont have a little design cut out).

Yeah, we thank 1388 for the offer. Although we never had to fall back on using their wheels, it was an incredibly classy move by the team. They definitely impressed me with their GP.

[Michael Corsetto]

A big thanks to teams 254 and 1097 for picking us as the third member of the #1 seed alliance. 114 has never made it to the finals of a competion before so this was a great experience.

By the way team 114 won the Delphi award due to James Fry's amazing job designing and building our teams swivel drive train. The award was well deserved.

[Anthony Kesich]

We (1097) were also the #1 seed that the end of qualifying matches, a big first for us. Now the pressure's on at SVR....

-Tony K

[Doug G]

Rookie Inspiration Award went to team 1678 from Davis High School - They had to start two weeks late (due to a late payment and finals) but still were able to get it together and were stacking 1 to 2 tetras a match and even got some auto moves down. Not bad for a such a small team with limited engineering support. Many of us were worried there were going to be no rookies coming to the Sac/Davis competition, so it was nice to see some rooks there and they all were very successful and seem to have had positive experiences.

[Mike Hendricks]

Originally Posted by phrozen solyd

Yeah, we thank 1388 for the offer. Although we never had to fall back on using their wheels, it was an incredibly classy move by the team. They definitely impressed me with their GP.

Well .. if you need some more parts for the wheels in Atlanta, feel free to stop by our pits. We (1388) thank 254 for their machine shop, and the wheel offer is just a small token of our appreciation for the work you guys do. It seems like you guys got some screws for the wheels and some treads that we already cut to fit the wheels. Its the least we can do .. after all, we havent been able to complete the Sac Regional without a few stops by the 254 trailer