This is a spawn of the “who is the most aggressive driver in FIRST” thread…as someone suggested, skill is what really counts!
well in the off chance we do goto IRI, come see me, i will give you a chance to “test drive” our robt", and show you just how hard it is to do, esspesially when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled
Allen - Wildstang.
Results don’t lie.
aTm
*Originally posted by “Big Mike” *
**when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled **
From what i saw at Semi-Finals, and Finals at Nats, i’d have to agree 100%…driving that thing that fast…really, he made it look easy…it was almost as if you had some kind of “Human Error Prevention Software!”
Thanks Tony. Common Austin, how could you not mention a winning alliance driver. Whether it was 469, 111 or 65. At least one of them should get honorable mention. It’s pretty bad when you have a 3 year veteran driver from wildstang, with two national finalist awards behind him giving you gruff.
Come on Austin, its not hard…say it with me… D.J. not Drr Jay…its not hard to say. Even my 2 year old cousin can say it…so obviously it isnt hard 
*Originally posted by D.J. Fluck *
**Come on Austin, its not hard…say it with me… D.J. not Drr Jay…its not hard to say. Even my 2 year old cousin can say it…so obviously it isnt hard**
no no no…you both have it wrong…it’s either the Deejmeister…OR (my personal favorite…) Donald Jasper
*Originally posted by “Big Mike” *
**well in the off chance we do goto IRI, come see me, i will give you a chance to “test drive” our robt", and show you just how hard it is to do, esspesially when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled **
Meh, I want to give it a try… the robot appears to be like ours, minus turning problems, among other things (when in high)… and from what I hear, the exact same gearing.
Austin is very good, Allen is awesome… but…
Tyler from PantherTech is the best. Many times, 292 would be down and out during a match. Tyler and his wingman, Nick, would figure out a way to win, numerous times.
These guys had a reliable robot with a simple design. Tyler’s skill beat faster and sometimes stronger robots that had more features.
PantherTech had one of the best runs of success in recent FIRST history: #1 seed in Great Lakes w/ a semi-final result, #1 seed at Midwest w/ a Championship, #1 seed in Newton w/ a divisional championship. This was a great run, and Tyler’s driving had alot to do with this success.
Andy B.
i would have to say Fady Kais of team 902. He might be a bad driver in the real world but with the robot he had no equal. i don’t think i saw him ever hit any walls or such and i know that he could get within inches of a stack and manuver around them. he is an excellent driver and i don’t think i have seen his match yet. he has the knowledge of where to put the robot or what part is perfect for something that might arise. He is just…awesome.
2 people that I can think of that deserve this award
Allen from Wildstang. Anyone that can control a crab drive system like that has got to be the best driver in FIRST. That baby was so fluid, but you’d have to give credit to the wing man, Dan, because those two worked together amazingly well.
But I believe that everyone has forgotten our driver, Chris. If anyone was watching Galileo’s field, you wold notice that we were in firts place most of the time. After so many matches people would ask us - how is that bot in first? It sucks… People really did say that. It’s simple, excellent driving and excellent strategy. If you watch most of our matches, you’d find that with three robots on the top, we could always make room to get a fourth on top. I have always found that with a decent bot and excellent driving, you will do much better. And for the people that brag about being aggressive, destroying your robot shows that you have no control or are just plain dumb. I really suggest that you check out a couple of the matches from Galileo, because I believe that you overlooked Chris.
*Originally posted by Molly Menges *
**no no no…you both have it wrong…it’s either the Deejmeister…OR (my personal favorite…) Donald Jasper
Donald Jasper? I always thought it was Don Juan …
As far as the most skilled driver goes, I’m going to have to say Joey, our driver last year and in 2000, is the most skilled driver in FIRST. Unfortunately, he graduated last year but our new driver, Adam, rocks too! Watch out at IRI, everyone - 93 is comin’ at-cha!! :yikes:
- Katie
…but I’d like to throw my name into the pot too. Not so much for the 2002 game (we all know how much skill was required for that BEAST), but for the 2001 game. I’ve heard some people call the 2001 Beatty robot automatic and things like that, but it wasn’t as easy as it looked to line everything up perfectly match after match. Sure I made my mistakes, but who doesn’t? I just wish I could have driven a more competitive game, like this year’s or back in 1999. I did drive in 2000, but I was only a button pusher.
As for Allen…I’ve driven that 2002 'Stang bot…and man…I don’t know how you do it Allen!
Kev
Please - o’ please- o’ please. Somebody have some sort of video tape at Pittsburg (especally during the finals!!) I’ll show you my skills and agressiveness (other thread)! Please!!
I need that tape to prove my worth!!!
I’d have to say that the best drivers must be on teams like 1114, 365, or any other stacking team ahem. They needed to line up with boxes while getting smashed by other teams and also protecting their stack among other things. To do this well, we had 30+ hours of driver practice to do it well.
the wildstang driver is the BEST driver in the FIRST robotics competition as of right now…sorry i dont know his name and i dont think its on the poll…sooo thats my vote…
I would say that the best drivers are the guys who ran the wildstang bot.
I usually don’t get involved in threads where everyone is tooting their own (or team’s) horn, and I don’t like to do it myself, but I’ll make an exception for our driver Allen.
Allen is flat out awesome. He makes our crab drive system look easy to drive, but don’t be fooled. There is a huge learning curve to be able to drive our robot and it takes a tremendous amount of skill to master it, which Allen has done.
I’m certain that anyone who tried to drive our robot around the field would crash into the walls multiple times - I still crash it and I’ve been playing with it all season.
Watch some of the videos of the eliminations in Houston as he fights other robots for the top of the hill. And while you’re watching the finals realize that he drove both matches with a severly beaten & battered robot - it wouldn’t do a zero point turn (drive stick all the way left or right) unless the wheels were crabbed 90 degrees. It takes a skilled driver to realize this in the heat of a match, troubleshoot it, and compensate for it.
Sorry I forgot about Chris from Holland high school. He was a great driver. And a swell guy all the same. Personally, I like Lance from Bomb Squad too. I realized no one mentioned is name, however, he controled the 16 robot with great handling at such high speeds. It was cool to watch how they got to the top at the last second and suction down right away so they didn’t over shoot, and roll down…with no time to go back up.
Tyler, of course, was great.
Steve from 25 …was great
The Las Gurallas (469) button pusher and driver were AWSOME.
I bet there are countless more…which i will mention later.
I would like to thank our driver Brent for such a great season. Our robot would not have placed as well as it did in many instances if not for his great driving. If you watched our matches on Archimedes field you would understand what I’m talking about. Our robot control was simple but Brent knew how to drive it well, Out of our 19 matches we only failed to make the ramp twice because of tipping, once because we were counted off (I thought we were on, watch match 6 in Archimedes), and two other times in epic battles for the top with 118 winged beast, congrats to them, we knocked them off too both times. My favorite match he drove in was match 105 on Archimedes were we, not Wildstang our partners led to our victory against other champion team 469. Great driving Brent!