FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff 2009 - The Blue Alliance LIVE!

  • The Blue Alliance LIVE!

    Welcome to The Blue Alliance LIVE coverage of the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff.

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  • Chatroom

  • LIVE Video

  • Nasa TV - Kickoff Webcast

    Other NASA TV Feeds: High-Res Windows Media (1200kbps) | Real Player | Close Captioned Real Player | Windows Media | Quicktime | Real Audio

  • LIVE via Twitter commentary

    This area provides LIVE commentary from the Kickoff! Watch here as news about what is going on get automatically added to this area or follow @thebluealliance on Twitter!


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    Apr 24, 1:13 am

    The Blue Alliance has grown a lot over the years since launching in 2006. In 2012, we know about 469 events with... http://t.co/Jsx8G7d4

    Apr 20, 12:35 pm

    We've now got over 1,000 YouTube videos of 2012 matches on our site! Time to start scouting for the Championship! #omgrobots

    Apr 17, 1:40 am

    Who's going to the Championship?

    Apr 05, 1:35 am

    FIRST is blocking our updaters. Does anyone have a contact on the FIRST website team?

    Apr 04, 2:27 am

    We are experiencing some data loss. Some old information is temporarily unavailable.

  • LIVE Flickr Photos

    Flickr Photoset: click here to view all photos in high-res

  • Posted Videos

    Check out our ongoing video coverage at vimeo.com/thebluealliance/


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    Kickoff 2009 - Initial Reactions from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.
    Kickoff 2009 Intro from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.

Fancy drag-n-drop design modified from tutorial by James Padolsey on NETTUTS. FIRST Webcast provided by NASA TV. Chat room provided using Meebo. Photos hosted on Flickr. Live video streaming via ustream.tv. Live text updates provided using Twitter. Twitter parsing code courtesy of Seth Glickman. Hosting generously donated by Hostrocket.