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Jan 05
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Lunacy Game Animation

The Lunacy game animation has been posted by FIRST. Visit the NASA Robotics Webcasts page to view or download it in a variety of formats!

Good luck teams!

Jan 03
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Hands-On with Lunacy Field Elements

We managed to get on the field after today’s Kickoff in Manchester, NH to check out what this year’s game pieces are like hands-on. In this video, we look at the Moon Rocks, Trailers, Payload Specialist Stations, and the slick playing field. Check out how all of these pieces interact and get a better idea of what this year’s game will be like!

Also, be sure to check out the photos of this year’s game elements we’ve posted on Flickr


Kickoff 09 - Field Elements Hands-On from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.
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Kickoff 2009 - Behind the Scenes

The Blue Alliance just wrapped up our trip to Manchester, NH for the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff Event, where we learned about this year’s game - Lunacy. We’ll be posting our hands-on video with this year’s field and game elements in a little while (transcoding HD video is slow going!). Here are some other videos and photos we produced today during our live coverage!

Behind the Scenes - Teams’ Pre-Kickoff Impressions

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

Behind the Scenes - Kickoff Production Equipment

Kickoff 2009 - Behind the Scenes from The Blue Alliance on Vimeo.

Behind the Scenes - Photography

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

Dec 30
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LIVE COVERAGE - Kickoff 2009

The Blue Alliance is heading North for the 2009 FRC Kickoff. We’ll be bringing you live video, photos, and updates from behind the scenes in Manchester, NH!

Bookmark http://www.thebluealliance.net/kickoff09/ to get all the behind-the-scenes LIVE coverage!

Dec 12
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Blog Coming Soon

Maintaining Wordpress on thebluealliance.net was turning out to be too large of a hassle, and exposed us to security vulnerabilities. Google temporarily delisted us from search results because a hacker exploited our out-of-date version of Wordpress, and upgrading took too long and created too many headaches.

Here’s to hosted services!