New York 2009

[Sheogorath]

That was the explanation given to us

[rocketscience17]

oh okay must have missed something

[dukoden]

Congrats, FM, JD, Camden, Red Creek!
We'll see you at states!

Thanks, congrats to you too, see you there

[Leonidas]

FM won every round they played in Sumo
the scoring was a mistake
I watched the whole thing (both the prelims and the finals)

Red Creek, Syr Academy of Science, and FM did not loose one round until the finals
Red Creek beat Syr Academy
FM beat Red Creek
FM beat Syr Academy

I just hope Red Creek didn't realize

Best of luck to the top teams in Mid-State at states!

[Sheogorath]

We didn't watch every round, with 6 events it was kinda hard to. So if the coordinators and some other spectators told us that they lost one round we went with it.

[EastStroudsburg13]

Wait, Sumo Bots is not listed as an event. Is it just used in NY, or is it a trial? If it is a trial, there isn't that big of a difference for the teams, just the individual participants didn't get the medals they were supposed to.

[andrewwski]

I guess you could call it a trial, but it counts for score.

[Sheogorath]

Yep, just a trial event that has no effect on the team's score at regionals.

For our regional anyway. Though at states it does count towards the total score.

[Leonidas]

Alright, glad to hear no foul play

I actually cant believe it counts as an event anyway (along with solar, the other trial event for NY that counts as well)
for sumo, the competition at states comes down to the sharpest "blade" - whoever is closest to the ground
not to mention robot parts are expensive for schools to buy. I remember some of the motors we used to buy for robot ramble ramble were about $40 a piece! Not to mention wheels, micro-controllers, remotes, crystals, miscellaneous parts... the list goes on!

almost blew our whole budget on one event!
Ah well... good times

Again, best of luck at states

[Sheogorath]

Yeah, I'm glad it isn't an actual event, because it all depends on who you get paired up with. Because there were some bots in the finals at states last year I could have beaten hands down, but if only 1 from each time slot goes and you get paired up with who is going to be in 1st than even though you might be able to earn a 5th place medal you can't because you lost to the 1st place team and thus end up getting 22nd place. Blah.