Discuss the Chesapeake regional here–anything you’re finding there, comments about bots, etc.
It has been an interesting day here, I have been very surprised by the number of teams that were no shows for the practice matches. Most matches were 1v1 or 1v2. A lot of teams still seemed to be assembling their robots. Inspections seemed to be behind, and teams seemed to be having problems getting approved.
Very few teams have a working auto mode, there have been a few teams 888 and 1629 who have placed a keeper in auto mode. Other then that I can’t say I saw more then 10-15 working autos.
I will be curious to see how things go tomorrow in terms of pairings, and who is working.
As for our robot SPIKE seems to be happy, we swapped out our hook for a claw grabber, and that has wored great. I am curious to see what others think.
I thought the driver’s meeting today after matches were over was done very well, and the questions were answered more thoroughly than I’ve heard before. I’m looking forward to tomorrow, I can’t wait to see some of these robots in real-match scenarios.
Now there you go! 
Have you been able to pick up anything yet?
How many people has everyone sent to build robots at regional? It sounds crazy, but it happens.
Well, the lights out and the early cut-off didn’t help much but we managed to make it to every one of our matches even though inspection took almost an hour!
We made some mods before closing and I think we are ready to go for tomorrow. Just the usual tightening and tinkering.
Looking forward to seeing all of out there…
Team 2199 - The “Robo-Lions!”
175 has a working auto as well. I predict that there will be a new national high score at Chesapeake.
Wetzel
With a little bit of luck, Chesapeake might top the 316 mark with a proper [mis]match-up, but I think someone at the Midwest (especially if 111 gets its auto working and if 71 fixes its motor issue) or Silicon Valley will beat 316 first and set the new high for the week.
Team 007 had a pretty easy day, compared to previous years. Despite missing our first practice match, we ended up getting inspected quickly and early, and we’ve been able to test everything our robot should be able to do. Autonomous works, our ramp works, and we can reach all three spiders with relative ease. The upcoming matches should be rather interesting.
The only real thing that I was a little set aback by was the need for a “Team Safety Log” as well as a compilation of Material Safety Data Sheets, and related safety items (like Baking Soda for leaking batteries). I honestly had never known about that until today when two of the, well, I guess you could call them “Safety Judges” came around and asked me about them. SURPRISE!!! So, that’s what I’m doing right now. As well as getting together anything else I think we might need tomorrow that I can get from my house.
Best of luck to all teams out there, and I’ll see you tomorrow!!!
Chesapeake has always been one of those regionals where if you have a really good alliance, the points will pile on.
I think at least one alliance is going to get over 400 points. 512 is very unlikely, though.
ehm ehm…
there is already a thread with the on going discussion regarding 2007 Chesapeake Regional
Now lets not worry, but score like crazy FIRSTers! 
This thread is for discussion of stuff at competition, namely robot commentaries, high scores, etc. The other thread is more for a general discussion.
This is also funny: in 4 or 5 matches 175 or 1111 have either been paired with or against each other (3 times with, 1 time against.) Anyone notice this with other combinations?
The scheduling has been absurd, we have been paired against our neighbors at least twice each. It seems down right silly to have this kind of pairing, it needs to be more random.
Today has been great for us! We got 264 in one match, if we had had more ringers we may have have broken the national average.
There was a lot of problems with inspections, they finished at 1:30 today. A lot of teams were missing from matches throughout the day which was unfortunant.
I am looking forward to tomorrow, it should be interesting. Curious to what others thought.
Out of 6 matches today, we played three with only two robots on our alliance. Not to mention a ringer on our flag mount, the one place we can get a ringer stuck on us that we can’t get it off, unless we drop our ramps. This trend of missing matches is getting disturbing, it really hurts your alliance partners. Just a shout out to all teams: if you can move at all, make it to your match. Your alliance partners will thank you, even if you’re not quick or high-scoring. It’s a terrible psyche-out for your alliance when they’re down a partner, and you can always try to play defense.
We have a detailed scouting database; when it’s finished I’ll post some of it. Our stats show a big discrepancy between scoring potential and standings.
Or if you can’t move at all you could always score 30 pts without moving
I saw that thread after I made my post…see, even a non-mover can score.
Whuuhhh-huh? Who told you that??? Geez, just when FIRST goes to extra lengths to make sure one set of officials remains focused on what they are doing and doesn’t make up rules they shouldn’t, another group pops up and starts in… Lets be clear about this - the Safety Advisors are just that - advisors. They have absolutely no regulatory authority at a FRC competition. They are not judges. They are not referees. They are not sanctioned event personnel with judicial authority. They can NOT tell a team to create a Safety Log or anything else. The U/L personnel that may be attending an event are there to observe and advise - they are not there to create rules or additional bureaucracy. If you find that this is happening, please notify the FIRST FTA, your Regional Director, and/or the event manager immediately.
-dave
Is there any way at least to compile at least which robots are better at scoring ringers and those that are better rampbots?
I wish I could share our teams scouting info, but I am not authorized to release such information.
I hope the roads are not too bad tomorrow.
You shouldn’t have this snow problem tomorrow. However, if you do wear shorts, make sure you wear either a hoodie or sweatshirts or at least 2 polos :D.