Trenton Regional, Friday

Hey all,

Here are just a few thoughts from viewing Trenton today.

1. uber tubes are double points alone, then they act as multipliers seperately, this means that a logo on top with an uber tube is 30 points, in the middle is 20, on bottom is 10, a logo with two uber tubes on top is 42, and a logo with three uber tubes on top is 54 points!

2. Only 5 minibots climbed the pole: only one match had two minibots climb.

3. The average minibot climbed in 10-15 seconds, the fastest was around 4 or 5 seconds.

4. The average number tubes placed by single robots was 1 or 2, The average number of tubes placed by an alliance was 3 or 4, the highest number of tubes placed by one robot was 6, the highest number of tubes placed by an alliacne was 9.

5. The average final score was 10-15, The highest score was 80, the second highest was 74, almost every match was won with a final score of 20 or less.

6. Very few matches did human players throw tubes many at a time, most matches teams went to the feeding station or threw one or two tubes at a time onto the field.

7. Most robots had slow arm, most robots had slow claw/tube manipulators, most manipulators dropped their tubes very easily.

8. The field was having some slight trouble connecting to robots, but it mostly just delayed matches it never interfered with gameplay.

9. Most teams fropped their minibots early or missed during deployment and were assessed penalties.

10. Penalites were common for minibots and lane infringement, but penalties did not decide matches.

11. Most tubes were scored on the top or middle row, no tubes were scored on the bottom.

12. Only two defense robots all day.

13. The minibots are given a 10 second grace period to come to rest/score after time reaches 0.

14. Here is a list of standout teams with reasons:
2016 had the highest solo score with a minibot and 6 tubes on top in logo form and an uber tube (my personal favorite to win NJ regional)
25 has a lightning fast telescope but has a slow inside tube manipulator which slows them down to only 3-4 tubes per match
486 scored several tubes and scored one of the few minibots of the day (This team will be at Philly)
1302 scored a minibot
1676 scored a minibot
1860 did good, solid autonomous follows line, placed 3-4 tubes, and has a minibot (second favorite to win NJ regional)
1647 did good logo on top with uber tube (will be at philly)
1218 did good logo plus one on top with uber tube (will be at chesapeake)
816 did ok with 3 tubes on top in logo form (will be at philly)
102 did ok with 3 tubes on top in logo form (will be at philly)

I also have a video that is a trailer of some of the better teams and matches (i did not get the 80 point match, but i got the 74 point match)
-Christian