I would say the Davis Regional was the most exciting, but then again, I was in it, so that isn’t really a valid point…
Remember to bear in mind that Sparx (1126) couldn’t move either in that match due to a battery failiure.
I forgot that 1990 was out too… huh… we only had four robots running in that match. Rough finals! :ahh:
-q
Sure wasn’t L.A. That was over after the first pick, sealed after the last pick. There was only one third match, and it didn’t involve the #1 seed at all. It was to determine who got finalist.
Frankly, I’ve never seen a FIRST final – FRC or FTC – that wasn’t exciting. Choosing “most” would be very difficult. Seeing two red alliance robots hurdling at exactly the same time in the first match of the Seattle final was pretty darned cool, though. The final score was 82-80.
WMR, with all the errors with the scoring system…1st match had to be redone, 2nd match was a tie??? then the 3rd and 4th matches actually ended up with winners
i have to agree that match was out of this world
The Philly Final of #1 103 272 834 vs. #2 341 365 84 certainly needs to be in the conversation. It is probably the most exciting final I’ve seen in my years in FIRST (this game produces some great elimination matches). There are some great accounts of the final in the Week 5 Look Back. Here is my own account.
As soon as 103 picked 272, I (as well mostly everyone there) was pretty sure that their alliance would be unbeatable. The way they dominated through the Quarters and the Semis only reinforced that idea. The Road to the finals for 341, 365, & 84 wasn’t quite as smooth with a tie (after penalties) in the first Quarters match and some close Semis matches against 237 816 and 1370.
The first match was a blowout (128 pts) for the red alliance of 103 272 and 834 winning hybrid and never looking back. It looked like the finals would be a quick sweep (as we all expected), but the rest of the matches would be very close.
Match 2 started with blue (341 365 & 84) winning hybrid by a significant amount. Red quickly made up the deficient and it was back and forth the whole match. A key rejection by the Overpass of one of 103’s shots seemed to be the turning point. In the end it was 114-114, with Daisy was going for a place but couldn’t make it to the Overpass through the defense. They dropped the blue ball at the last second and they turned off the scoring display as the ball rolled across the blue finish line. The ball counted and they announced the score as 116-114 blue alliance. As far as I can tell that is the highest combined score for a finals match (tied with Detroit finals match 2). It also is probably the most exciting match I have ever witnessed.
Match 3 also started with a blue hybrid victory and 103 slamming into the wall and losing their bumper. Again it was close the entire match. In the last 20 103 broke their drive while in possession of a ball near their home stretch. Daisy placed on the Red overpass to make it 98-80 Blue (88-70 after penalties).
After matches like these you really appreciate the energy and sound of the tiny Drexel gym. I still don’t know how the blue alliance of 341 365 and 84 pulled off the upset, but I’m pretty sure it took all the luck my team didn’t have in the Qualification matches. Hopefully, the videos will be available online soon.
I second that Philly Finals match 2 is the most exciting match I’ve seen this season. There wasn’t a single dull instance and you saw everything from defense to offense to assists and alot of flying trackballs.
In my 8 years, I’ve never seen anything like the Philly finals this year. Match 2 in particular was probably the most intense two minutes I’ve seen in FIRST. EVERYONE in the stands was into it, even though there were only six robots out there.
I remember SCREAMING at the top of my lungs for Daisy to drop that last ball - fortunately it fell right on our front bumper and rolled forward for the deciding two points.
Nail-biting, heart-pounding, and breathtaking.
(About the Philly match) If I recall correctly there was even one point when all 4 trackballs where crossing their respective overpasses at the exact same time. Man I hope someone posts s a video of it.
Does anyone know if Philly was recorded?
I don’t want to speak for John, but I think he is working on it off his VCR recording. By Sunday he already had a long cut of all 3 finals matches on DVD. I saw plenty of other recording devices on the feed as well. I am also very excited to see Daisy’s PBS show, since the footage they got from Philly was Pure Gold 
(get it? Champion and CA gold medals)
This year, Philly was pretty exciting. The finals were 103, 272, 809 (834), VS. 341, 365, 84. I recall the one match score was 114-116. and the 3rd match of the finals was that way too. I was so exciting.
the entire eliminations at palmetto were really exciting! one of the quarterfinals went five matches long! one was a tie, and one was a replay after a scoring error. the finals included two ties and no double digit wins. none of the series’ wen only two matches. all of them went at least three matches.
so yeah. palmetto was exciting:D
One of the final ties we only had two bots and the last match we had no functioning hurdlers! very intense on both sides.
its on blue alliance.
Definately San Diego. Every single final match was so intense, the teams participating in the final matches all had world class robots. I remember packing up and hearing final scores being announced, all over 80. Very impressive regional.
There are some embedded Google videos of all 3 finals matches (official feed) on our website. The audio is delayed ~5 sec (something that happened during Google’s encoding). I cut the semis 2 (against 237 816 & 1370) and quarters 3 (against 357 1727 & 709) matches as well and will upload them as well.
EDIT: It looks like TBA already has some video from the stands. I’ll try to upload some stuff there too.
Newton’s quarter finals number 2
Quarters 2 Match 1 39 20 207 179 1251 1625 **102 to 112 **
Quarters 2 Match 2 207 39 20 179 1251 1625 **112 to 100 **
Quarters 2 Match 3 20 39 207 1251 179 1625 **112 to 102 **
Holy cow. The scores were so high and extremely close. until the scores were announced, nobody knew who actually won.
Are there any other elims that both alliances scored more than 100 on all the two or three matches?
Oh, and all the penalties in those matches made them even more unpredictable. I think one match our alliance scored 130 but got 3 penalties and ended up losing. I am glad our alliance was the only lower seed to put up a really good fight. Newtons eliminations were awesome to watch and had me going crazy to even think about getting out of qf’s. If we had beaten 20, 39, and 207, we would have had to play the 1 seed in sf’s and then the 2 seed in finals. Both of those alliances were pretty scary.