2007 Waterloo Regional

[Bongle]

Of course 1503 and 1114 look good.

610 looks very good.

There were some succesful rampings, but not too many. Most of the ramps here are 2ft wide and quite long, which has made for some precarious mountings. I saw several robots overshoot 1114's lift/ramp and fall over or almost fall over.

Excitement at the very end of practice: 781's robot nearly caught fire. The judges/safety folks had to go running for the fire extinguisher, but didn't have to use it. It was spewing the densest smoke I'd ever seen. Rumour has it their battery arced, so it may not even be permanent damage.

[Vince lau]

how much is parking? i'm heading up tomorrow to watch. Last year I had a parking pass because our team was there. anyteams have any extra passes?

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by Mark Garver

2056!!!

Definitely a rookie that is going to be a force to be worried about at this regional...

I saw their picture the other day, and they look very effective. I can't wait to see them for myself, on the field.

[geo]

wow, 286 points in match 12. Good job guys

[mrs. p]

which robots were in match 12?

[neilsonster]

From what I can tell from the stats on the standings, 1114, 610, and 1901 were on the winning team in match 12.

Edit: The rankings appear to have live updates at the moment (no match results yet), here's the link for convenience:
http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/eve.../rankings.html

Edit #2: Wow, it looks like there was a second 286 point match? This time it appears to be teams 773, 1680, and one of 1114/1901/610.

[Nica F.]

The webcast on the NASA site isn't working for me , i was wondering if this is a problem with just me or everyone.


I really want to see this regional, so if you could send a link that you know works for sure that would be amazing.

Thanks!

and good luck to these teams!

[Vikesrock]

This link works for sure for me, just tested it. Clicking in FF opened WMP with the stream.

mms://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov/waterloo

Edit: The feed is now cutting in and out on me, but it may be connection issues on my end

[Bharat Nain]

The feed works fine for me in windows media player version 11. This seems to be one of the more exciting regionals to watch.

[Nawaid Ladak]

yeah, it's really fun to watch this regional, good music, good MC's and good robots,

[Pat McCarthy]

Oh man, Karthik and Paul make such a great announcing tag team...
I don't know too many other pairs that will put one on the other's shoulders for intros.

[Nawaid Ladak]

did u guys see that rack, man there were more ringers than there are for the awards ceremonies, i thought no one would get more than that

[neilsonster]

Originally Posted by FreedomForce

did u guys see that rack, man there were more ringers than there are for the awards ceremonies, i thought no one would get more than that

Yea that was a great match! Wow I'm not getting any more work done today hahaha.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by neilsonster

Yea that was a great match! Wow I'm not getting any more work done today hahaha.

Yea, I have made no progress on my physics lab...

Most of these matches are very exciting. While I've been to two regionals and seen parts of others, this is by far the most exciting. Can't wait until the elimination matches!

1114 is simply amazing. Probably the best robot I've seen.

[Joel J]

What's going on.. why can't I get the feed here? I must be doing something wrong.