Next Saturday, Nov. 7, Exothermic Robotics is hosting the first event of the year in the Pacific Northwest. Twenty-six teams from British Columbia and Washington will be struggling for “Masters of Cascadia” bragging rights. Let’s see if the teams from Washington can stop the nearly-invincible Canadians on their home turf.
If you are in Western Washington, the event is being held at Redmond High School (in Washington, not the one in Redmond, Oregon – you don’t want to get that wrong) starting at 9am. Stop by and say hi.
“HI”
our team will definately beat the exothermics
we need to wake up so early though >.<
long drive…
our teams are doing pretty good and they are working extra hard (especially on friday night)
btw how many teams can the competition hold?
(the max roster)
thanks
Which school are you from? We have the event posted as 30 teams on RobotEvents, but we realistically expected 18-20 this early in the year. Twenty-six is plenty.
ahhh…
26
i missread and thought there was going to be 26 teams FROM canada
my badd
and ill keep my identity a secret for now
until we win…
ill give u a hint
last year we went with the name “Gordova”
so close in coming first in the Victoria island competition too >.<
cant wait to see the insane designs the exothermics come up with
since your their mentor, cant you just give us a hint
to tip the scales a bit??
see you on Saturday
All of our groups here are not done with robot construction, let alone programming.
However… in the case of programming I think I can ease the transition from radios to VEXnet as I already know what steps are necessary for it to work. =O (Originally no one knew how to get it working… and it took awhile for me to figure it out as well.) I doubt people will be doing lots of autonomous though.
A lot of the designs here are also mediocre and probably temporary… which in this point of time is the best we could probably do given that there are only four more nights to work on the robot. I don’t expect any big wins this time around but hopefully there’ll be some inspiration to push for success like our surprise win last year on the Island.
One other issue that might be problematic is VEXnet. If you browse through the VEX Questions forum you will find several of our posts detailing troubles with one particular upgrade set. I don’t know how fast that will be repaired. =S
OMG u DIDNT get vexnet yet?!
of all people, i thought you would have a whole closet full of those things!
since you have a fairly large amount of teams and you have good fundings…
(3 courts last year?!)
btw when i was at your pits area, i was shocked on how many parts you guys have
its like, vex heaven
(esp the pneumatics)
The students on the three 1346 teams heading to Seattle from David Thompson are rookies this year. In fact every one of the Trobotics VEX students from last year has been moved along (occasionallly against their wishes) to other, non-VEX projects.
However I do have to say that they sure don’t build or code like rookies. I think the veteran teams will have a bit of an edge this weekend but will have to work very hard to keep that advantage as the season goes on.
We will also have a “real” rookie team on the bus as the team from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary will be getting their school’s first taste of VEX competition.
hey martin you actually posted
on topic:
is Allan K. gonna be on the teams this year?
(going to redmond)
i think we’ve seen him a couple of times before
(and alliance partners before)
thanks
Having fifteen (sixteen?) teams is sometimes more of a hindrance than a benefit… It means more specific part ordering, marking, keeping students in line and administration than usual.
Of course, things get overlooked with all this distraction… We’re vexnet-less and competition kit-less and don’t expect to practice properly any time before Saturday.
Well… I wonder if it hurts to give a sneak peek… meh…
There are four teams going down I think… I’ve looked at each of their robot designs and for people who haven’t competed before some of their robots seem quite advanced… However… from Elevation experience and from designs I’ve seen on the web, I don’t exactly expect any of our teams to be on the winning alliance… although maybe one or two can land spots in the other alliances. The next competition, however, might be a nail-biter as they will (for sure) take home with them experience that will help them succeed. That… and the fact that we’re going to get a load of new parts in Redmond. =P
murdomeek… I will be going down this time… they just managed to squeeze me onto the bus… the only thing I have to do is hand in my forms in one day. =O But I won’t be playing in the tournaments myself. BTW… are you CambieSS students? Just curious. xD
721tba… actually we’re in a similar situation… we only have 2 VEXnet sets atm (one of which isn’t working but will hopefully be repaired).
Since people ask, here is the team list for Washington Jump Start:
1983B Aviation High School Skunkworks Robotics
1983A Aviation High School Skunkworks Robotics
1346C David Thompson Secondary School Trobotics
1346B David Thompson Secondary School Trobotics
1346 David Thompson Secondary School Trobotics
10Z Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Billy Mays
10X Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Stairs
10V Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Victory
10Q Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Salsa
10E Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Albatross
10D Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Flounder
10C Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Astley
10B Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic AI3
10A Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Cybernetics
575 Explorer Post 2036 Exothermic Haiku
2Z Gladstone TBA
2Y Gladstone TBA
2T Gladstone TBA
2K Gladstone TBA
2C Gladstone TBA
2A Gladstone TBA
721 Gladstone TBA
1107B H.J.Cambie Secondary GorDova
1107A H.J.Cambie Secondary Donuts and Timbits
1899 Interlake High School Interlake Saints Robotics
1426A Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School LTSS
2605A Sehome High School Sehome Robotics
Aviation High and Sehome High are both new to VEX, so three brand-new schools this tournament.
It’s not that random. There’s probably a host of teams not going down south… instead preferring to wait until the Gladstone tournament at the end of the year.
It was 26 until Lord Tweedsmuir (you Canadians know how funny that sounds to a USAian, right?) signed up. Both Gladstone and Exothermic Robotics have taken advantage of the “pick your own letters” feature of the team registration software, and eight Gladstone teams are NOT attending. And, on my screen the 1346 teams do have letters affixed.
Today, we are testing the new field hardware with VEXnet for the first time.
