With 59 teams attending this year’s Autodesk Oregon Regional it’s hard to believe this thread hadn’t been started already. This will be our 7th year going down to Portland and maybe this year we can bring home the banner I know I’m excited. We have a lot of great teams coming, a lot of familiar faces and a few rookies, we’re looking forward to playing with all of you.
1540 is really excited for Oregon this year! Since we posted our reveal video, we’ve made some pretty significant changes that we’ll be putting on Inferno on Thursday (they shouldn’t take too much time to do). Our drivers have been practicing like crazy in preparation, and we wait for it all to start.
FIRST team 4057 is excited for this years Autodesk regional! We have a new robot to play with and cant wait to see some of the designs other teams have had. Here is a quick link to what is in store from us. A Youtube link is attached as well to our shooter in action: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/38595
Portland is going to be amazing. SpitFire has been practicing all week, and Phantom is in the bag waiting for us. We have some good tricks up our sleeve
I was wondering when this thread would get rolling. It should be fun getting to see everyone once again this year. It will be strange not competing with Skunkworks (1983) in Portland. I can’t wait to compete with all the other usual characters and what looks like a strong rookie presence based on the responses to this thread and rumours I have heard. 33 hours till load in!
Match Q67, 360 appeared to be touching 488 at the end of the match when 488 was hanging. It appears this caused 488 to be touching the floor. I wonder why no foul was called?
Based on what I saw, 360 rolled into 488 after the match had ended and did not do so under their own power, but rather because of momentum. I believe that 488 was credited with their 10 point hang even if they were touching the ground. That’s the only rationale I come see for why the penalty wasn’t assessed. To be honest, I was surprised myself, although not necessarily unhappy about it…
If anyone is interested in seeing it, we’ve posted our 2013 Chairman’s video:
Even though we were a disappointed with our robot performance, winning Chairman’s made all of our efforts worth it. It truly is an honor to win such a prestigious award. We hope that by sharing our video, it will inspire others to continue to work hard to spread the ideals of FIRST as we’ve come to love them.
The explanation we received was that the contact happened after the match had ended and that fouls can only occur during a match. Despite the contact, we were still not touching the ground. Roxie called NH and they upheld her decision. I don’t agree with the call, but it is what it is.
Given the explanation we received and that scoring is not tabulated until 5 seconds after a match has ended should objects remain in motion, it is conceivable that a robot could coast into a robot that has hung / coast into the pyramid and knock down robots and create a circumstance wherein no fouls are assessed and the hanging points are not awarded.
Those had to be some of the greatest finals I have seen in Oregon in a while. All the more reason we love Portland. Congratulations to 955,2471 and 2046 on a well deserved win.
I know I’m excited. We have a lot of great teams coming, a lot of familiar faces and a few rookies, we’re looking forward to playing with all of you.
It should be fun getting to see everyone once again this year. It will be strange not competing with Skunkworks (1983) in Portland. I can’t wait to compete with all the other usual characters and what looks like a strong rookie presence based on the responses to this thread and rumours I have heard. 33 hours till load in!
