Which Regionals/Districts?

[akoscielski3]

After reading through "2013 Predicted Events Calendar" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=107780) I was thinking about what regional's Teams where thinking about going to.

So, what regional's are some teams going to, or even considering going to. I know the Regional List isn't out yet, but I'm sure some teams have an idea of where they want to go.

772:
Going to Smoky Mountains Regional (we want to try getting Back2Back Regional wins, Going undefeated there in 2012 wasn't good enough ;) )
Going to Either GTR West, GTR East, or Waterloo. (least likely is waterloo)
Want to go to either two of the above or go to Buckeye. (leaning towards Buckeye)

[Jay O'Donnell]

1058 annually goes to the Granite State Regional in Manchester, NH. We are also planning on going to a second regional, such as Boston, Hartford, or WPI. We went to GSR and Boston this season and both were fantastic events.

[dodar]

After reading through "2013 Predicted Events Calendar" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=107780) I was thinking about what regional's Teams where thinking about going to.

So, what regional's are some teams going to, or even considering going to. I know the Regional List isn't out yet, but I'm sure some teams have an idea of where they want to go.

772:
Going to Smoky Mountains Regional (we want to try getting Back2Back Regional wins, Going undefeated there in 2012 wasn't good enough ;) )
Going to Either GTR West, GTR East, or Waterloo. (least likely is waterloo)
Want to go to either two of the above or go to Buckeye. (leaning towards Buckeye)

Orlando or South Florida would love to have some of our brothers from Canadia come down to visit. And I bet your students would love to get out of the cold weather and into the warm weather of The Sunshine State.

[Walter Deitzler]

Robolions 3397 are going to go to St. Louis Regional, and if the funds permit, Kansas City (but probably not).

[LeelandS]

1405 will be hitting up the Finger Lakes regional, as usual.

Funding, unfortunately, does not permit a second regional.

But if Finger Lakes is the regional we're going to, I'm not heart broken about. I have enough fun there to cover me for weeks to come.

Aaron:

Finger Lakes is also quite popular amongst Canadian teams (with the likes of 2056, 188 and 610 having joined us in the past). If we're fortunate to not have it fall on the same weekend as one of the Canadian regionals again, you guys should consider coming down. Karthik has even graced us with his godly announcing skills in the past.

If not, Buckeye is also a great regional. Having gone twice, I can say you'll have a lot of fun with the teams there.

[rachelholladay]

We always go to the Bayou - its our home.
I'd love to go another regional and we are seriously looking towards Texas. Personally, Im favoring a visit to Alamo, but we will see what happens.

[akoscielski3]

Aaron:

Finger Lakes is also quite popular amongst Canadian teams (with the likes of 2056, 188 and 610 having joined us in the past). If we're fortunate to not have it fall on the same weekend as one of the Canadian regionals again, you guys should consider coming down. Karthik has even graced us with his godly announcing skills in the past.


I love FLR! We have gone to FLR in the past (2007, and 2009). I went in 2009 when my brother was on the team (my rookie year as a member was 2010). I know we were talking about going to it, I'm not sure why we "decided" (haven't really decided yet) Buckeye over FLR. If FLR works better for us than any other regional we will most likely be coming. We don't want to have Back to back regional's like we did this year, so if what we want makes us have back to back then FLR is a perfect plan B.

Though, unlike all the other Canadian teams, we don't live as close to Rochester as them. We live right across from Detroit, so we have to travel up to Niagara (4 ish hours) to cross the border. then make our way to rochester. I think the trip is 6 hours, which to us is average. 2012 we traveled a total of 56 hours (there and back), that was Smoky Mountains, GTR west, Queen City, and St.Louis, Thank gosh one of our sponsors supplies us with vehicles and gas.

Orlando or South Florida would love to have some of our brothers from Canadia come down to visit. And I bet your students would love to get out of the cold weather and into the warm weather of The Sunshine State.

Haha :D! I'll Mention it to our mentors, but a 24 hour drive (literally 24 hours for us) or a plane ride wouldn't really go well with them. If you ever wanted to come up to the "Great White North" and compete with some amazing teams (like 1114, 2056, 188, 610, 1503 etc...) and help us try and defeat 1114 and 2056, that would be amazing! ;)

[Tetraman]

I love FLR! We have gone to FLR in the past (2007, and 2009). I went in 2009 when my brother was on the team (my rookie year as a member was 2010). I know we were talking about going to it, I'm not sure why we "decided" (haven't really decided yet) Buckeye over FLR. If FLR works better for us than any other regional we will most likely be coming. We don't want to have Back to back regional's like we did this year, so if what we want makes us have back to back then FLR is a perfect plan B.

Rochestarians would love to see 772 come back to FLR!

174 is going to FLR, obviously. After the great success we had last season, we hope to continue it and make a run for a 4th FLR title. For our second regional, we are probably going back to DC, but that can change. Talks of the other two locations of Buckeye or Boston have been had. If I could choose, I'd take the Warriors to DC, so much fun and a great host of teams to challenge ourselves.

[Andrew Lawrence]

256's future depends on how much funding we can do this fall.

In the perfect world, 2 regionals + Champs, but if we're lucky we'll be going to:

Silicon Valley Regional

FIRST Championships (pre-registering, but qualifying would also be nice)

[akoscielski3]

Rochestarians would love to see 772 come back to FLR!


Well if we have so many people interested in having us come back I'm sure we will consider coming back :D

And by the way, Leeland, Karthik was MCing in 2009 when I went :D

[avanboekel]

2338 will be at Midwest for sure. We haven't decided on our second event as it depends on the specific weekends each of the events are on.

[MattC9]

We always go to the Bayou - its our home.
I'd love to go another regional and we are seriously looking towards Texas. Personally, Im favoring a visit to Alamo, but we will see what happens.

Yes Alamo is great!!!
We are going to Alamo and we are looking into going to orlando!

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

This year 842 is really trying to gun it this year. Provided we raise enough money we want to go to 3 regionals. Right now we are thinking week 1 Alamo, Week 4 Arizona, and Week 6 Central Valley provided the regionals are the same weeks as last year and they are probably not. :D

[Koko Ed]

We always do FLR and championships.

[gracie.]

You'll certainly see us at Buckeye this year- it's our home!!
If the money works, it's a toss up between Queen City and Pittsburgh for a second regional. QCR was amazing this year, we would all love to come back.
If the money is INSANELY AWESOME we might try for champs.

[JohnSchneider]

We always go to the Bayou - its our home.
I'd love to go another regional and we are seriously looking towards Texas. Personally, Im favoring a visit to Alamo, but we will see what happens.

After we all invaded Bayou last year, its only fair ;)


Were Going to Dallas-West again, and I *believe* Colorado. We're looking for some colder weather!

[Billfred]

Palmetto is a given for us. With that regional moving to Week 1, it more or less blows the door open for our second event (in the past, we always wanted something before Palmetto).

Traditionally, we only do Championship if we get in the hard way.

[EOC]

Team 1208, The Metool Brigade, will be attending the Greater Kansas City and St. Louis regionals (if the schedule allows).

[cgmv123]

Just Wisconsin.

I'm sure we have the money for another regional somewhere, but it's being used for our other programs.

[Tetraman]

Well if we have so many people interested in having us come back I'm sure we will consider coming back :D

I for one hope so!

Also, if FLR is back to week 1, I hope the Thunderchickens will make their return as well. But that's just hoping.

[LeelandS]

I for one hope so!

Also, if FLR is back to week 1, I hope the Thunderchickens will make their return as well. But that's just hoping.

I'm still not quite sure why they didn't come back this year... Oh well. Teams have their reasons I guess.

[akoscielski3]

Just a wild guess here, but I think 1114 and 2056 will be going to GTR west, GTR east, and Waterloo. Unless GTR west/east are on the same weekend then they will most likely go outside of Canada, FLR is a possibility.

[Andrew Schreiber]

I will be going to Orlando, 79's second regional, and the IE regional. Also Championships. After last year's world tour this is me cutting back.

[Phyrxes]

I suspect we will end up at Chesapeake* this year as DC is Easter weekend and our parents have asked that we avoid competing on that weekend if at all possible.

*Assuming Chesapeake doesn't seriously move weeks on us.

Not sure if we are going to do two events this year or not.

[LeelandS]

Just a wild guess here, but I think 1114 and 2056 will be going to GTR west, GTR east, and Waterloo. Unless GTR west/east are on the same weekend then they will most likely go outside of Canada, FLR is a possibility.

1114 and 2056, as well as any other Canadian team, will always be welcomed and celebrated (at least in my book) at Finger Lakes. I believe I recall hearing that 1114 has wanted to make the trip to Rochester for a while, but things just don't line up. I look forward to the day when he can have one or even both ROC out with us :)

[dodar]

I will be going to Orlando, 79's second regional, and the IE regional. Also Championships. After last year's world tour this is me cutting back.

79's second regional? 79 is going to be doing week 1 and 2 regionals?

[MARS_James]

79's second regional? 79 is going to be doing week 1 and 2 regionals?

I think he means Orlando then which ever regional Krunch is doing after

MARS will be doing Orlando, South Florida, possibly a third regional and preregistering for Championship, since it has been 5 years since we went

[dodar]

I think he means Orlando then which ever regional Krunch is doing after

MARS will be doing Orlando, South Florida, possibly a third regional and preregistering for Championship, since it has been 5 years since we went

Oh, ya I just misread the commas. Also, whats the IE regional?

[Steven Donow]

Oh, ya I just misread the commas. Also, whats the IE regional?

I believe IE Regional is, from the other thread, Inland Empire Regional. Google tells me that's Southern California right outside of LA. My mind tells me it is the most menacing sounding Regional.

[CalTran]

Team 2410 will be attending the Greater Kansas City regional, as it is our home regional, but I believe we are still deciding upon a second regional. Previously our 2nd regional has been St. Louis, Denver, Oklahoma, Midwest, and Oklahoma. We commonly like to attend a different Midwest regional than the year before, so any suggestions are open. Still raising funds to fit in that Hawaii regional we would so dearly like to attend...:rolleyes:

[Tetraman]

I'm still not quite sure why they didn't come back this year... Oh well. Teams have their reasons I guess.

Because FLR was Week 2 last time and the important Michigan districts start in Week 2 - which is what they were doing at the time.

With FLR Week 1, it opens up the door again. That's also why teams like 188 and 610 who make regular rounds to FLR didn't make it last time either - as that's when GTR East(?) was, week 2.

[LeelandS]

Because FLR was Week 2 last time and the important Michigan districts start in Week 2 - which is what they were doing at the time.

With FLR Week 1, it opens up the door again. That's also why teams like 188 and 610 who make regular rounds to FLR didn't make it last time either - as that's when GTR East(?) was, week 2.

Well... And I may be mistaken, or misinformed, or whatnot... but I believe Chesapeake and FLR were the same weekend. Yet they went to Chesapeake anyways. But whatever. Teams have their reasons for doing things. Reasons we don't need to know. I only hope we're fortunate enough for 217 to compete at FLR again :)

[BleakRNS]

Team 1165 will hopefully be having its first year attending two separate regionals plus the Championship. We're going to go to Arizona, but we're also going to try to make it to a March 28th-30th event.

[Mr. Lim]

With FLR Week 1, it opens up the door again. That's also why teams like 188 and 610 who make regular rounds to FLR didn't make it last time either - as that's when GTR East(?) was, week 2.

I would be very happy to hear that FLR is moving back to Week 1 again.

I know nothing is official yet, but is this the direction FLR is heading in?

[Tetraman]

I would be very happy to hear that FLR is moving back to Week 1 again.

I know nothing is official yet, but is this the direction FLR is heading in?

From the looks of the RIT schedule, it's most likely going to be Week 1 - but yes, it isn't confirmed yet. The event has always taken place in the returning weekend of RIT's break, so that's why it can be assumed this way.

[Justin Montois]

I am thinking about sending our team to the Razorback Regional.

I think it will be a great event and they have a beautiful venue. It would be a big trip for us for a second regional but I think it will be a great event and instantly be one of the top tier regionals.

[waialua359]

359 plans to do:
Plan A-unofficially go to a Canadian regional ;) Hawaii, and CMP
Plan B-unofficially Bayou, Peachtree combo if possible or Boilermaker, Cincinnati combo if possible...........and Hawaii and CMP

Going to either depends on when Hawaii is, which has been narrowed to 2 weekend dates at the moment.
We also try to go to a new regional every year, other than the second home for Hawaii residents......Las Vegas.

[Taylor]

If you're serious about Boilermaker - and that would be awesome - be advised that it has a hard cap at 40 teams.
Fire Marshall says so.
There figures to be 50+ teams in Indiana alone next year. My advice would be to claim it as your primary event to make sure you get in.

[Travis Hoffman]

Pittsburgh (almost a certainty)

1-2 of Queen City/Wisconsin/GTR West

Those are my personal preferences. 48 leadership won't discuss and decide on anything like this until the regional schedule is released.

[Alan Anderson]

Plan B-unofficially Bayou, Peachtree combo if possible or Boilermaker, Cincinnati combo if possible...........and Hawaii and CMP

If you're serious about Boilermaker - and that would be awesome - be advised that it has a hard cap at 40 teams.
Fire Marshall says so.
There figures to be 50+ teams in Indiana alone next year. My advice would be to claim it as your primary event to make sure you get in.

There's supposed to be a second Indiana regional competition for the 2013 season, in Terre Haute. If Boilermaker isn't available when registration time comes around, maybe the new one will be.

[George1902]

I expect SPAM will attend Orlando, South Florida, and Championships, though no final decision has been made as far as I know.

I plan to volunteer to GA Orlando and S. Florida again next year. I might even throw my hat in for champs since SPAM is qualified in advance... we'll see.

[Ekcrbe]

We'll probably go to Waterford again, since it's only 25 minutes away, and Northville or maybe Troy. If we have the funds and the weeks line up, we might head out-of-state (if I convince them:rolleyes:). Some of us were talking to our team leader, and he gave Queen City a resounding "maybe", which is about the best we could expect.

[rachelholladay]

359 plans to do:
Plan A-unofficially go to a Canadian regional ;) Hawaii, and CMP
Plan B-unofficially Bayou, Peachtree combo if possible or Boilermaker, Cincinnati combo if possible...........and Hawaii and CMP

Going to either depends on when Hawaii is, which has been narrowed to 2 weekend dates at the moment.
We also try to go to a new regional every year, other than the second home for Hawaii residents......Las Vegas.


We'd love to have you guys at Bayou! We're a fun little regional with spunk (i think).

[ghostmachine360]

359 plans to do:
Plan A-unofficially go to a Canadian regional ;) Hawaii, and CMP
Plan B-unofficially Bayou, Peachtree combo if possible or Boilermaker, Cincinnati combo if possible...........and Hawaii and CMP

Going to either depends on when Hawaii is, which has been narrowed to 2 weekend dates at the moment.
We also try to go to a new regional every year, other than the second home for Hawaii residents......Las Vegas.

Please come to Peachtree; watching 359 in person has been on my FIRST wish list for a while, and being able to watch & referee you guys would be one of the greatest endings to a college spring break.

[akoscielski3]

359 plans to do:
Plan A-unofficially go to a Canadian regional ;) Hawaii, and CMP
Plan B-unofficially Bayou, Peachtree combo if possible or Boilermaker, Cincinnati combo if possible...........and Hawaii and CMP

Going to either depends on when Hawaii is, which has been narrowed to 2 weekend dates at the moment.
We also try to go to a new regional every year, other than the second home for Hawaii residents......Las Vegas.

COME TO A CANADIAN REGIONAL TO HELP US DEFEAT THE "EH TEAM" (Referring to 1114, and 2056 right now).

(just to clarify to everyone, I DO NOT hate these teams at all, I simply (ha, I wish it was simple) want to beat them. I have actually gotten to know some of their members through Facebook. My goal for next year is to defeat 2056 in a Regional, which Does NOT mean I hate them, its a Goal I set for myself)

[Ekcrbe]

COME TO A CANADIAN REGIONAL TO HELP US DEFEAT THE "EH TEAM" (Referring to 1114, and 2056 right now).

(just to clarify to everyone, I DO NOT hate these teams at all, I simply (ha, I wish it was simple) want to beat them. I have actually gotten to know some of their members through Facebook. My goal for next year is to defeat 2056 in a Regional, which Does NOT mean I hate them, its a Goal I set for myself)

That was your 666th post. I'm pretty sure you're evil and full of hate.:cool:
On another note, I'd love to go to Canada to compete, but I don't see it on the menu.

[akoscielski3]

This a post just so I dont have 666 posts anymore.

Actually I see a few people interested in going to Canadian regionals, any reasons why?
Is it Karthik? Cause that would make sence ;)

[Ekcrbe]

This a post just so I dont have 666 posts anymore.

Actually I see a few people interested in going to Canadian regionals, any reasons why?
Is it Karthik? Cause that would make sence ;)

Sure, and 'cause we've been there before and done well... and gotten secretly famous. (Our robot is right behind Karthik in his WAI, from the 2008 finals at Waterloo [We got beaten by Karthik and the Eh Team + 1680])

That reminds me, I need a new passport...

[ttldomination]

772:
Going to Smoky Mountains Regional (we want to try getting Back2Back Regional wins, Going undefeated there in 2012 wasn't good enough ;)

If I remember correctly, SMR was a week 5 event in 2011. So, if they go back to that, which I hope they do, I hope it doesn't through a wrench into your plans.

1261 will be going to P'tree, of course, as well as another regional close by. Now, which regional will depend on proximity, week number, and the general wishes of the team.

- Sunny G.

[Anupam Goli]

1002 will be going to peachtree, that much I can say with confidence.However the current administration is unsupportive of a second event. We'll see what happens.

[Travis Hoffman]

Actually I see a few people interested in going to Canadian regionals, any reasons why?
Is it Karthik? Cause that would make sence ;)

Definitely the singing. /oldjoke

I'd personally like to go because Team 48 was one of the original American teams who supported the original Canadian Regional-turned-GTR (now GTR West). We attended from 2002-2007.

It was always a very fun time. Very few of our team members know what it's like to compete up there, and many/most have not been outside the country.

It would be awesome to return to the times of massive American involvement in Canadian events, which really hasn't been the case since oh, 2006-07 ish.

[Anupam Goli]

Please come to Peachtree; watching 359 in person has been on my FIRST wish list for a while, and being able to watch & referee you guys would be one of the greatest endings to a college spring break.
This. Seeing 359 in person would be so awesome! And who knows? I might be emceeing that event :o

[waialua359]

COME TO A CANADIAN REGIONAL TO HELP US DEFEAT THE "EH TEAM" (Referring to 1114, and 2056 right now).

(just to clarify to everyone, I DO NOT hate these teams at all, I simply (ha, I wish it was simple) want to beat them. I have actually gotten to know some of their members through Facebook. My goal for next year is to defeat 2056 in a Regional, which Does NOT mean I hate them, its a Goal I set for myself)
That's a pretty bold statement. :p
We just want to go to give our students an opportunity to see other places in North America.
In reference to the EH Team, its looking more like seeing 4334.:rolleyes:

It just depends on when Hawaii is, as going to a regional in Canada is our first choice. Otherwise we are looking at either a Week 1-2 or 2-3 in the mainland prior to Hawaii.
Bayou is my personal choice to attend since I've never been to New Orleans. We are definitely going there as a team sometime soon as I missed out on Hawaii playing Georgia in the BCS bowl.:mad:

[The Calgarian]

That's a pretty bold statement. :p
We just want to go to give our students an opportunity to see other places in North America.
In reference to the EH Team, its looking more like seeing 4334.:rolleyes:

It just depends on when Hawaii is, as going to a regional in Canada is our first choice. Otherwise we are looking at either a Week 1-2 or 2-3 in the mainland prior to Hawaii.
Bayou is my personal choice to attend since I've never been to New Orleans. We are definitely going there as a team sometime soon as I missed out on Hawaii playing Georgia in the BCS bowl.:mad:

Well, as "someone" who is "involved" with "Calgary FIRST", I can say that you might just meet more than 4334. It depends on a lot of factors, of course, so don't quote me on that. I bet that a lot of your students will experience something quite similar to the scene in Cool Runnings when they step out of the airport, though. Calgary in March/April is cold! You could take Sunday for a day of skiing! :p

The Bayou Regional is also very well run, and an event that you'd certainly be very happy going to. New Orleans is a really fun city! No team ski trip, though. ;)

[hiyou102]

We just want to go to give our students an opportunity to see other places in North America.
In reference to the EH Team, its looking more like seeing 4334.:rolleyes:

We are excited to see you there. You will make winning a much larger challenge though...

[R.C.]

1323 will be attending our home regional Week 1 and then out to the new Cali regional hosted by Richard Sisk and Co.

-RC

[Astrokid248]

This year 842 is really trying to gun it this year. Provided we raise enough money we want to go to 3 regionals. Right now we are thinking week 1 Alamo, Week 4 Arizona, and Week 6 Central Valley provided the regionals are the same weeks as last year and they are probably not. :D

Going to Alamo in week 1 might be a bit difficult, given that Alamo is a week 5 regional this time. :) Still fits your schedule though, so I hope your fundraisers work out.

[BrendanB]

This a post just so I dont have 666 posts anymore.

Actually I see a few people interested in going to Canadian regionals, any reasons why?
Is it Karthik? Cause that would make sence ;)

I went to GTR in 2005 and it was one of the best regionals I have been too! The Triplets confused me so much that year! ;)

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Going to Alamo in week 1 might be a bit difficult, given that Alamo is a week 5 regional this time. :) Still fits your schedule though, so I hope your fundraisers work out.

Ahh man. That really sucks. I'll have to see if any of the other regionals change as well. Going to going to back to back week 4 and 5 events is a little difficult because of school so if AZ is still week 4 we may not be able to go to Alamo. :( Does anyone know what time they released the regionals and their dates last year?

[geomapguy]

3666 is playing on 1 regional or 2 if funding permits.

1. Bayou Regional
2. Either Lone Star, Dallas E/W, Alamo, or the rumored Arkansas Regional

[BleakRNS]

Does anyone know what time they released the regionals and their dates last year?

The FRC Event Schedule was released on September 27th (http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-official-and-on-our-website.html) last year.

Edit: Oops, actually most of the dates were given on the 23rd (http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011/09/list-new-region.html).

[akoscielski3]

I went to GTR in 2005 and it was one of the best regionals I have been too! The Triplets confused me so much that year! ;)

I think your talking about 2006, which is when there was the triplets (1114, 1503, 1680). Unless they did they same thin gin 2005, and to my knowledge they didn't.

EDIT: They were around in 2005 also. (see post below)

GTR 2006 was my first ever regional that I attended :D My brother was on the team for his second year, and we all went up to Toronto for the weekend. That's the point that I got hooked to FIRST, and now I'm here :D!

@ Travis

I faintly remember 48 being there, and I am surprised at the amount of American Teams that no longer come to any Canadian Regionals. Aces High is 1 team that I specifically remember being there :)

I would love to see more Americans there this year. But we are going to the US most likely for 2 regionals so I'll see you all then (OH and in St.Louis ;) )

[Akash Rastogi]

I think your talking about 2006, which is when there was the triplets (1114, 1503, 1680). Unless they did they same thin gin 2005, and to my knowledge they didn't.


The triplets definitely existed in 2005. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/21242)

[Chris is me]

During our last meeting we discussed going to the BAE and WPI Regional, hoping that the WPI regional's increased capacity will allow us to sign up for it in the second round.

[Walter Deitzler]

I would love to see more Americans there this year. But we are going to the US most likely for 2 regionals so I'll see you all then (OH and in St.Louis ;) )

St. Louis regional or St. Louis for champs?

[stundt1]

Were going to FLR as usual. And were going to pre register for the champs.

[akoscielski3]

St. Louis regional or St. Louis for champs?

Champs, once we, hopefully, win a regional ;)

[Gregor]

Personally, I'd like to go to one or both of the GTRs, and one of the Buckeye, Finger Lakes, Granite State, or WPI regionals.

[Nick Lawrence]

I'd be happy to see FLR return to week 1 as well.

-Nick

[akoscielski3]

I'd be happy to see FLR return to week 1 as well.

-Nick

Hey Lawrence guy! (look I got it right this time) ;)

Come to FLR with us and lets beat all the Americans! lmao
Well If we decide to go.

If SMR is actually week 5 and FLR is week 1, Im pretty sure we could be going to those and then hopefully a GTR, possibly east which is most likely week 2.

[Koko Ed]

I'd be happy to see FLR return to week 1 as well.

-Nick

not me.

[Mr.Frishman]

3999(Shadetree Mechanics) will be at Alamo again this year.

[Djur]

2084 is going to Boston and possibly WPI.

[Gregor]

Since the official regional & district schedule has been posted, (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-09-14-12) where will your team be going?

[Andrew Lawrence]

Silicon Valley for sure, and possibly Sacramento.

[LeelandS]

Finger Lakes not sharing a competition weekend with Canada. This has made my day.

I hope this will have us see the return of many of our favorite Canadian teams to FLR! And Karthik. If you see this, and feel like hitting the states for a regional. We'd be ecstatic if 1114 finally took the trip to Rochester.

[SarahBeth]

The Aztechs I know want to do WPI and some combo of Boston/Manchester. Most likely Boston since Manchester/WPI are back to back (Weeks 1 & 2 respectively) and I don't think the school would be too thrilled at us pulling students out of school two weeks in a row.

We did Manchester & Boston last year and had a blast, hoping to see some familiar faces again this year!

[jessss]

2705 WE ROBOT will be attending the 10,000 Lakes regional and we might make it up to Duluth for the Northern Lights regional.

[StanTheMan321]

Being a MAR team, we will hopefully attend Chestnut Hill, and Lenape District events. If we advance, then we would go to the MAR regional in Philadelphia, which is our hometown :)

[Grim Tuesday]

Definitely FLR, hopefully it being Week 1 will bring back the likes of 610, 188, and maybe even 2056 or 1114. Jon Darr and Karthik are the dream team when it comes to announcing/MCing.

[CalTran]

With the release of the official schedule, Team 2410 is definitely going to go to Greater Kansas City, and are looking into either Oklahoma Regional or possibly the new Fayetteville Regional in Arkansas.

[Ekcrbe]

Looks like Waterford and Grand Blanc for us, and probably entering the lottery for Troy. I'm surprised Northville has been moved, but it was a little far away without a hotel (some team members didn't get back until 1AM-ish Saturday morning, and then had to turn around and come back).

[Libby K]

I can't speak for 1923/229/4124, but here's where I'll probably be. The weeks with more than one listed are depending on what my teams and family decide to attend.

Week 1: FLR or GSR
Week 2: GTR East (I sadly missed the chance on my invite last year because FLR overlapped - I hope they'll still let me in)
Week 3: Montreal
Week 4: Boston (serving as Volunteer Coordinator)
Week 5: Connecticut or South Florida
Week 6: Western Canada or SPBLI Long Island
Week 7: MAR Champs.

And, obviously, the Championship.
And finishing my senior year of college somewhere in there, too.

[akoscielski3]

Week 5

GTR WEST
Smoky mountains
EDIT: Buckeye is also this week -.- All three regional's we originally planned are the same week. /END EDIT? lol

Crap.

[EOC]

Team 1208, The Metool Brigade, will be attending the Greater Kansas City and St. Louis regionals (if the schedule allows).

Since KC & STL are both week 3 regionals(very unfortunate for Mo. teams), Team 1208 will be attending the St. Louis regional and the Crossroads regional (Terre Haute, In), a week 6 regional.

[akoscielski3]

These are possible regional's for 772

Week 1:
-Finger Lakes regional (6:00 Hours) - Possible but less likely

Week 2:
-Greater Toronto East (4:56 Hours) - Most likely will go to GTR East

Week 3: HIGHLY doubt we will be going to any this week because we dont like to go on regionals during march break.
-Boilermaker (5:42 Hours)
- Montreal (10:25 Hours)- HIGHLY X2 Unlikely

Week 4:
-Queen City (4:41 Hours)
-Waterloo (3:38 Hours) - We don't always like going to Waterloo, but it is likely we will be going this year. Even if my team doesn't I may make the trip up.

Week 5:
- Buckeye (3:14 Hours) - Haven't been here since 2007, but it's the closest regional to us
- Greater Toronto West (4:12 Hours) - we've never missed a regional at the Hershey center, will this be our first? :/
- Smoky Mountains (8:46 Hours) - Won the regional last year, loved the event, we want to come back to try and win again, but we have some decisions to make.

Week 6: Probably wont be going to any of these, but they're still possibilities
- Midwest (5:04 Hours) - EXTREMELY competitive last year, but still would be a great regional to go to
- Crossroads (6:38 Hours) - 234 is just awesome and we'd love to visit you guys :D

Right now I think we will be going to GTR East, Waterloo, and Smoky Mountains, but I can't confirm anything

[rsisk]

week one - volunteer, Central Valley
week two - compete, San Diego
week three - volunteer, Chestnut Hill
week four - volunteer, LA
week five - compete/volunteer/run, Inland Empire
week six,seven - hello full time job, remember me?
CMP - Volunteer

[Koko Ed]

I think I'll put this in the right thread. :o

The X-Cats are doing what they usually do: FLR and Championship.
As for me my potential schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1: FLR
WEEK 2: Orlando
WEEK 3: Pittsburgh over Montreal
WEEK 4: Boston
WEEK 5: I want to go back to GTR but DC is the same week. If I don't get my Garmin issue squared away I may have to stick to the US so I don't end up traveling to Mississauga and end up in Calgary.
WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!
WEEK 7: MSC.
and obviously championships.

[Gregor]

so I don't end up traveling to Mississauga and end up in Calgary.

Step 1-Drive

Step 2-Cross the border

Step 3-Drive some more

Step 4-"Welcome to Mississauga"


Can't be that hard :rolleyes:

[Ekcrbe]

Can't be that hard :rolleyes:

Or it could be:

Step 1-Drive

Step 2-Cross the border

Step 3-Find a hotel

Step 4-How fast 100km/h anyway???* :ahh:

Step 5-Drive

Step 6-Welcome to Calgary!

*I know, it's 62 mph, and no, I don't disapprove of the metric system, and no, I don't think Koko Ed is stupid. Only the stereotypical ignorant American is. :rolleyes:

[Jimmy Nichols]

I think our plan will be
Week 4 QCR of course
Week 6 Crossroads

Only if we can raise the money for a second event. If we can't than we will only be going to QCR.

[Akash Rastogi]

week one - volunteer, Central Valley
week two - compete, San Diego
week three - volunteer, Chestnut Hill
week four - volunteer, LA
week five - compete/volunteer/run, Inland Empire
week six,seven - hello full time job, remember me?
CMP - Volunteer

I approve of week 3!

3929 is trying to decide on two between Hatboro, chestnut hill, Mt. Olive, and the tbd week 6 event. The lack of week 2 and 5 events didn't leave us many choices as those are the optimal weeks to choose usually.

[IndySam]

If I can get the time off and the Goats schedule works out the way we want.

Week 3 Boilermaker - Goats
Week 4 Queen City - Volunteer
Week 5 Smoky Mountain - Goats
Week 6 Crossroads - Volunteer
Championship - Volunteer or Goats

[Tyler Olds]

Team 2826 Wave Robotics will be back at the WI Regional for our main regional. We are considering either the Northern Lights or Midwest Regional for our second regional this year. Like all teams, we hope to qualifty for the championships.

Every year I wish we could go to more competitions but then I realise that objections such as money, student time off, and mentor time off stand in the way. Who would have thought?!?!?! Though I am also glad that we are able to go to two....

[waialua359]

Team 2826 Wave Robotics will be back at the WI Regional for our main regional. We are considering either the Northern Lights or Midwest Regional for our second regional this year. Like all teams, we hope to qualifty for the championships.

Every year I wish we could go to more competitions but then I realise that objections such as money, student time off, and mentor time off stand in the way. Who would have thought?!?!?! Though I am also glad that we are able to go to two....

We have initial plans to attend the Northern Lights event as well, in addition to Boilermaker, for back to back weeks.
The question for us is which one should we sign up for first before it reaches max capacity?:rolleyes:

[Walter Deitzler]

3397 is going to STL regional, and, if money allows Crossroads as well.

[Travis Hoffman]

How's this for a nebulous regional list? Pick 1 event (maybe) from:

Week 2: NYC/Orlando/WPI (If FLR were Week 2 this year, it would have been a strong contender. Alas, it is during "Guinea Pig Week"....)

and then 1-2 events from:

Week 3: (not likely, OGT testing) Pittsburgh

Week 4: Queen City/Wisconsin/Boston

Week 5: Buckeye/GTR West/DC/Smoky Mountains

Week 6: Midwest/Crossroads/Long Island


Yeah, we haven't decided yet.

[P.J.]

Still not fully decided but...

Week 1: Kettering (Compete)
Week 2: Waterford (Volunteer)
Week 3: St. Joseph (Compete)
Week 4: Grand Blanc or West Michigan (Volunteer)
Week 5: Troy (Compete)
Week 6: Midwest (Volunteer)
Week 7: MSC (Volunteer and hopefully compete)

This is assuming we manage to get 3 districts. If not, it will probably be St. Joseph and Troy, in which case I'll be volunteering at Kettering.

[Peyton Yeung]

We have initial plans to attend the Northern Lights event as well, in addition to Boilermaker, for back to back weeks.
The question for us is which one should we sign up for first before it reaches max capacity?:rolleyes:

Boilermaker usually fills up the first week but with the addition of another Indiana regional I'm not sure how fast it will fill up.

[Gregor]

We have initial plans to attend the Northern Lights event as well, in addition to Boilermaker, for back to back weeks.
The question for us is which one should we sign up for first before it reaches max capacity?:rolleyes:

When the 2012 regionals reached initial and maximum capacity can be found here. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1182472&postcount=282) Boilermaker reached initial capacity within in a day, but there is a new Indiana regional now. And the Northern Lights regional is new, so no data on that.

To summarize, good luck :D

[KHall]

WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest ... I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!

And we will welcome you with open arms!! We missed you last year!

Lori Hall

[Taylor]

If I can get the time off and the Goats schedule works out the way we want.

Week 3 Boilermaker - Goats
Week 4 Queen City - Volunteer
Week 5 Smoky Mountain - Goats
Week 6 Crossroads - Volunteer
Championship - Volunteer or Goats

That looks like the exact opposite of us.

[Tyler Olds]

We have initial plans to attend the Northern Lights event as well, in addition to Boilermaker, for back to back weeks.
The question for us is which one should we sign up for first before it reaches max capacity?:rolleyes:


Northern lights will fill up insta-fast you should register there first :) .

[AlecMataloni]

Team 2826 Wave Robotics will be back at the WI Regional for our main regional. We are considering either the Northern Lights or Midwest Regional for our second regional this year.

Please come to Midwest! We want to compete with 2826 at least once this year! :)

Though with Wisconsin separated from Midwest this year, we might end up in Milwaukee as well. But that's just me speculating.

[AdamHeard]

973 plans to do;

Week 1 - Central Valley Regional

Week 4 - Los Angeles Regional

Week 6 - Las Vegas Regional

[Travis Hoffman]

The crystal ball is becoming less cloudy, but still much to discuss and decide.

One scenario heavily discussed today was:

Week 2: New York City

Week 4: Queen City

Week 6: Crossroads

with Finger Lakes as a possible alternate to New York if the costs of staying in the area are too high. Where can we stay in Manhattan for less than $100 a night? Haha.

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

With the latest dates released we are going to try and make it to:
Week 4: Phoenix Regional
and hopefully:
Week 6: Silicon Valley Regional

[Koko Ed]

with Finger Lakes as a possible alternate to New York if the costs of staying in the area are too high. Where can we stay in Manhattan for less than $100 a night? Haha.

Newark.

[Jimmy Nichols]

We meet tonight to dicsuss our plans.

[jwfoss]

2168 has discussed two basic options at this time; either GSR and CT, or WPI and CT. We are looking to save some money and stay close to home this year. Personally I will do some volunteering again at Boston, and maybe another NE Regional.

With the district model being discussed heavily in New England, I strongly encourage teams from outside the area to make the trip up here this year if they have never had the chance.

[Brandon Holley]

With the district model being discussed heavily in New England, I strongly encourage teams from outside the area to make the trip up here this year if they have never had the chance.

I will echo this sentiment.


For the NUTRONs, we're looking at this schedule:

Week 2: San Diego or Oralndo

Week 4: Boston

Week 6: Pine Tree


-Brando

[bearbot]

Ursa Major rough draft of events
DC: week 5
Chesapeake: week 7
*This is tentive since cheaspeake is the last regional on schedule possible go to and earlier regional

[Libby K]

Newark.

Although I know you are kidding, getting from the NJ side into the NYC regional is not incredibly difficult - I know it's hard for a larger group but the NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor runs from Trenton > Princeton Junction > New Brunswick > Newark > NYC... If you could find a hotel along the NECorridor line, you could probably stay somewhere for cheap and get some train passes. This also applies to staying somewhere outside of Manhattan and using the Subway (maybe- I'm not as familiar with that system)

[Koko Ed]

Although I know you are kidding, getting from the NJ side into the NYC regional is not incredibly difficult - I know it's hard for a larger group but the NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor runs from Trenton > Princeton Junction > New Brunswick > Newark > NYC... If you could find a hotel along the NECorridor line, you could probably stay somewhere for cheap and get some train passes. This also applies to staying somewhere outside of Manhattan and using the Subway (maybe- I'm not as familiar with that system)

Actually I wasn't kidding. The one time I went to NYC I stayed outside the Newark Airport (I saw a constant steady stream of planes landing til I fell asleep) and I took the train in (I was shocked how fast trains that didn't stop at the platform zoomed past the platform AT THE PLATFORM). If you're gonna go to NYC unless you got some super crazy deal I would suggest going that route.

[Ekcrbe]

Looks like Waterford and Grand Blanc for us, and probably entering the lottery for Troy. I'm surprised Northville has been moved, but it was a little far away without a hotel (some team members didn't get back until 1AM-ish Saturday morning, and then had to turn around and come back).

Okay maybe not. There is a different proposal on the table among the mentors I just heard of, so we'll see how it turns out.

[sanddrag]

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

[42!]

We're thinking of the following schedule.
Week 1 Madera
Week 4 Sacramento
Week 6 Canada West Regional
Anyone have Any predictions on how fast these will be filling up this year?

[Alan Anderson]

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

Missing school days two weeks in a row is a problem for most students. It's been labeled a show-stopping problem by the teachers on our team.

[MattC9]

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

We kiddos get burned out, 2 regigonals is enough already. Plus our teachers wouldn't like that...

[rachelholladay]

So the Bayou Regional is our home and this year is week 4. Our spring break happens to fall on week 5. While it would nice to go to a regional on spring break (so us kids wouldnt miss school) no one really wants to go back-to-back regionals. That knocks out Smokey Mt and Alamo, leading us to favor Lone Star.

[IndySam]

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

There is no time to make changes or improvements. It's also hard on everyone involved.

[jblay]

Looking like NYC week 2 and Hartford week 5 for 694 again, hopefully not our last year playing in the Hartford area #districts.

[Jimmy Nichols]

We kiddos get burned out, 2 regigonals is enough already. Plus our teachers wouldn't like that...

You kiddos, imagine the toll it plays on us old mentors. Among the missing school thing, back to back weeks is a very tiresome thing for the whole team, students and mentors. Plus if you need to make in spares or replacement parts, there isn't much turn around to do it.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Looks like we are registering for:

Week 4 - QCR

Week 6 - Crossroads


Crossroads depends on funding

[Brandon Holley]

Let me ask one question. With bag and tag now, is there any real problem in doing two regionals in consecutive weeks? I'm thinking not. Opinions?

In 2012, we did NYC in week 3 (Fri, Sat, Sun) followed by Boston in week 4 (Thurs, Fri, Sat). Most of the issues have been brought up, but we did experience all of them.

The week 3 in NYC was nice because the students only had to miss 1 day of school for that event, but missing 3 days total over a 6 day span was difficult for many of them. Doing NYC put us back in the Boston area around 10pm Sunday night, which meant a rough start to the week. Fitting in time to make the modifications/tweaks along the way also ate up more time and pushed us physically/mentally.

By the end of the Boston regional we were all quite exhausted. We're avoiding a back-to-back at all costs unless we have no other options.

-Brando

[sanddrag]

If we did two regionals, our students and teachers are off school on spring break for the first one, and both regionals are local. Only two days of school missed total. With those factors, I'm thinking it could work.

[TKM.368]

WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City.

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[Cory]

If we did two regionals, our students and teachers are off school on spring break for the first one, and both regionals are local. Only two days of school missed total. With those factors, I'm thinking it could work.

It totally sucks, but there's no reason that it won't work.

We did SVR and Madera back to back last year. It's incredibly stressful, very difficult to make changes or get more practice in, and completely draining to be going nonstop for 2 weeks.

[JB987]

KOKO ED:

"WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!"

Ed, did you apply personally as a volunteer or are you talking about trying to register your team to compete in Vegas...and when did you apply? I am on the planning committee for the regional and want to make sure you and anyone or any team who contacts us has their contact returned. If you are still interested in joining us this year please let me know and I will be sure to look into hooking you (or your team) up. Just IM me and I guarantee I will get back to you ;)

[Koko Ed]

KOKO ED:

"WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!"

Ed, did you apply personally as a volunteer or are you talking about trying to register your team to compete in Vegas...and when did you apply? I am on the planning committee for the regional and want to make sure you and anyone or any team who contacts us has their contact returned. If you are still interested in joining us this year please let me know and I will be sure to look into hooking you (or your team) up. Just IM me and I guarantee I will get back to you ;)
I applied as a volunteer and was waiting for weeks for a response. Jimmy Nichols was pressing hard for me to serve as lead que at Queen City so I switched out.

[JB987]

I applied as a volunteer and was waiting for weeks for a response. Jimmy Nichols was pressing hard for me to serve as lead que at Queen City so I switched out.

So sorry to hear about the communication problem. I will follow up with a talk to our Volunteer Coordinator and try to see what may have happened...he has always been very good about processing requests. Was your request only through VIMS or was it direct through our website? If you or anyone else finds it easier to communicate with me I will happily play the middle man. I am going to be the main team liaison for all potential or registered teams to LVR this year.

[Koko Ed]

So sorry to hear about the communication problem. I will follow up with a talk to our Volunteer Coordinator and try to see what may have happened...he has always been very good about processing requests. Was your request only through VIMS or was it direct through our website? If you or anyone else finds it easier to communicate with me I will happily play the middle man. I am going to be the main team liaison for all potential or registered teams to LVR this year.

I applied through VIMS.

[akoscielski3]

So when Registering for competitions this year do you think that the Wild Card will affect which regional's fill up first? Will a week 3 or 4 event fill up quicker than a week 1 or 2 event? Any thought may be helpful for teams registering for events.

[Gregor]

So when Registering for competitions this year do you think that the Wild Card will affect which regional's fill up first? Will a week 3 or 4 event fill up quicker than a week 1 or 2 event? Any thought may be helpful for teams registering for events.

Most definitely. If teams are planning on attending say, a week 1 regional and a week 4 regional with traditional fill up times being the same, the week 4 regional will fill up faster this year for sure. If it is a tossup between these 2 regionals, and one has a potential additional qualifying spot, I know which event I would select first.

[Justin Ridley]

The Robonauts are going to be very excited to play with some west coast teams during week 6 at Silicon Valley.

If registration works out, we're also planning on Lone Star during week 2 and Bayou during week 4.

[Pat Fairbank]

The Robonauts are going to be very excited to play with some west coast teams during week 6 at Silicon Valley.
Awesome!

We may end up doing some travelling of our own in an earlier week.

[akoscielski3]

Awesome!

We may end up doing some travelling of our own in an earlier week.

Come to Canada!!!!

Or go to FLR :D!

[rachelholladay]

The Robonauts are going to be very excited to play with some west coast teams during week 6 at Silicon Valley.

If registration works out, we're also planning on Lone Star during week 2 and Bayou during week 4.

We would love to have you guys come to Bayou! Texas teams are always fun to have and this is particularly true for NASA friends. (if memory serves me well, this we be y'alls first time back since 2008)

[Koko Ed]

I think I'll put this in the right thread. :o

The X-Cats are doing what they usually do: FLR and Championship.
As for me my potential schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1: FLR
WEEK 2: Orlando
WEEK 3: Pittsburgh over Montreal
WEEK 4: Boston
WEEK 5: I want to go back to GTR but DC is the same week. If I don't get my Garmin issue squared away I may have to stick to the US so I don't end up traveling to Mississauga and end up in Calgary.
WEEK 6: I want to go back to Midwest but Hawaii and Las Vegas are available too. Hawaii is most likely out because Southwest does not fly there and last time I tried to apply to Las Vegas no one called me back and I switched out foe Queen City. I know Dee will call me back for Midwest!
WEEK 7: MSC.
and obviously championships.
With the events (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events) officially up on the FIRST website my final choices are:
1. FLR
2. Orlando
3. Pittburgh
4. Boston
5. GTR West (I can rent a car with a working GPS that acknowledges the existence of Canada. Doing two years without GTR is not good for my mental state)
6. Midwest (I owe Dee)
7. MSC
8. Championship

[mdiradoorian]

Team 696 has attended the LA Regional every year and occationally attend a second regional which is San Diego.

[Travis Hoffman]

After a passionate debate, Team 48 has decided to attend:

Week 2 - New York City

Week 4 - Queen City

Week 6 - Crossroads

[bearbot]

Any teams going to DC or Chespeake I will be at both

[Jimmy Nichols]

After a passionate debate, Team 48 has decided to attend:

Week 2 - New York City

Week 4 - Queen City

Week 6 - Crossroads

Yay!

[CalTran]

Team 2410, BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics, has officially registered for our first event, Week 3 Greater Kansas City Regional! :D :D :D :D :D

(on a side note, did you know there's a limit to how many emoticons you can add?)

[Libby K]

Teams 229 and 4124 are registered for GSR Week 1!
(So much credit to the awesome Clarkson mentors for camping by their computers to get them registered! Thanks Casey & James! :D)

[Nemo]

Team 2410, BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics, has officially registered for our first event, Week 3 Greater Kansas City Regional! :D :D :D :D :D

(on a side note, did you know there's a limit to how many emoticons you can add?)

We are also now registered for Kansas City. We look forward to catching up with 2410 - maybe we can scout together again.

[Peyton Yeung]

FIRST Team 45 made it into Boilermaker before it filled. While I'm sad to not see 3940 on the list this year I'm glad to welcome 359 from Hawaii to Indiana.

[BrendanB]

Teams 229 and 4124 are registered for GSR Week 1!
(So much credit to the awesome Clarkson mentors for camping by their computers to get them registered! Thanks Casey & James! :D)

I am really excited 229 and 4124 are coming to GSR! :)

We are registered for GSR with a second event to come soon!

[SarahBeth]

The Aztechs, Team 157, are registered for WPI and are excited to see familiar teams on the list, as well as meet new ones!

Hoping for Boston with our second regional registration. :)

[Chris is me]

Our plans changed due to a mix-up. We're doing WPI and looking at Boston or Maine.

[Akash Rastogi]

3929 is registered for Chestnut Hill District so far, and plans to register for Mt. Olive on the 11th. Hopefully CHA fills up nicely.

[F22Rapture]

3737 will be attending Raleigh, and is registered for Myrtle Beach as well, though the second is subject to change depending on our financial situation in 2 months.

[Anupam Goli]

As a volunteer, I know I'll be making the Peachtree Regional for 2 of the 3 days. After week 3, I was thinking of heading to a week 4 event, since it is at the end of my Spring Break. Maybe Bayou or Dallas, since that's not too far from Atlanta, though I may always try to fly standby to check out Waterloo, who knows? (Oh, what I would do to volunteer on the same field that 1114 and 2056 play on). Though as of now, Bayou might be winning my vote since it's closer to home and I could see the Robonauts live.

[Gregor]

I'll be at GTR East, Waterloo, and GTR West. Team is still undecided.

[jeleser]

2080 is registered for Bayou, now we just have to decide on one other regional from the few we have it narrowed down to. I'm already counting down to Bayou, it should be fun with the teams expressing interest!

[Joe.Quirk]

Team 1817 will be at Hub City and Dallas regionals.

and hopefully championships of course.

[Bob Steele]

Skunkworks Robotics will be trying to attend the following regionals:

Week 4 Central Washington
Week 5 Seattle
Week 6 Spokane

I know ... its crazy... but our school's teachers support our program..and are going to go on Friday to Spokane with most of the team. (we have 65 members on the team this year...)

It will be a tough three weeks...

[Peyton Yeung]

It will be a tough three weeks...
Holy Cow....and we thought 2 regionals in a row was too much

[F22Rapture]

Week 4 Central Washington
Week 5 Seattle
Week 6 Spokane

It will be a tough three weeks...

That's going to be brutal :yikes:. Get plenty of sleep on your 4 days off...

[Sayrah]

With the events (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events) officially up on the FIRST website my final choices are:
1. FLR
2. Orlando
3. Pittburgh
4. Boston
5. GTR West (I can rent a car with a working GPS that acknowledges the existence of Canada. Doing two years without GTR is not good for my mental state)
6. Midwest (I owe Dee)
7. MSC
8. Championship

Week 2 makes me smile :D

[Bob Steele]

That's going to be brutal :yikes:. Get plenty of sleep on your 4 days off...

I am a FRC Coach/Mentor I don't know the meaning of the words "days off" or "rest".
At least not from January to May

Last year we worked every single day of the build season... well not all the students did but I did...(except the 6 days we lost because of snow...)

i think we had a couple of days off sometime during the competition season....
but it was pretty much a blur to me... we did 3 regionals last year too but not in a row... (and CMP)

It's a great time ... but exhausting

[Phyrxes]

2068 is heading back to the Virginia regional and we are bringing 4472 (Rookie) with us!

[z_beeblebrox]

4183 will be at the Phoenix regional and probably one more in the Southwest. Maybe San Diego...

[sg999]

We (Team 999) are probably going to end up going to CT and NYC or CT and the closest regional that's still open because we ended up not signing up in time for NYC last year. However, we're going to do our best to go to 2 regionals this year even if we don't get into NYC.

[Gregor]

Week 1-Finger Lakes-Team
Week 2-GTR East-Volunteering*
Week 4-Waterloo-Spectating(Saturday only)*
Week 5-GTR West-Team


*not with the team