2006 Boston Regional [Archive]

Conor Ryan

24-01-2006, 17:39

I'll be there as a Special Assistant to team 1403.
Yeah, we'll be there. I think this maybe one of the most fun competitions in awhile, team list is hot (not the hottest, but its up there) looks like some cool people are heading up. Have you checked the Judge List?

James Earl Brown III n/a
Helen Greiner Chairman & Co-founder iRobot
Anette 'Peko' Hosoi MIT Mechanical Engineer
Bob Metcalfe Inventor of the Ethernet, Polaris Venture Partners
Lori Park Google
Sandy Pentland MIT Media Lab
Ed Starr President BBN (retired)
Robert Tinker President & CEO Concord Consortium
Liza Vertinsky Wolf Greenfield
Saku Vrtilek Harvard Smithsonian
Steve Wozniak Co-founder Apple Computer, Wheels of Zeus
Elizabeth Anne Zimmer National Museum of Natural History

yeah, its stellar. Hope to see everyone there with their A game, because all the New Jersey teams are bringing it.

rocknthehawk

24-01-2006, 18:18

Team 549 will be there :)

look for the mohawk!

slickguy2007

24-01-2006, 19:18

I'll be there as a Special Assistant to team 1403.

Special indeed Corey, you rock. :cool:

We are really looking forward to this event!

GO 1403!!!

Manoel

24-01-2006, 20:16

Team 383 will be there as well, looking forward for a great competition!

Jay Trzaskos

26-01-2006, 06:56

I'm hoping to make it up to assist Corey as he assists 1403. Should be an awesome regional. Excuse me while I continue begging my parents. :p

JT

Levin571

26-01-2006, 07:38

Team Paragon (571) will be there bringing our spirit. Look for people in blue wearing capes.

We're all excited about this new regional event

Corey Balint

26-01-2006, 14:48

I'm hoping to make it up to assist Corey as he assists 1403. Should be an awesome regional. Excuse me while I continue begging my parents. :p

JT
Beg harder, or I'll beg for you. I tend to be very pesuasive.

Erin Rapacki

31-01-2006, 14:48

well i know we are bringin the pink to boston so it should be fun c ya guys there hope to see some awsome designs

Watch out 233, there might be a new PINK team in the house!! :D
Go Team 1975!!

tiffany34990

31-01-2006, 14:57

I'm flying up for Saturday!! I can't wait!! I'll be a volunteer for Saturday, it's gonna be a blast!!

Jay-- I hope your parents let you come!

Melissa Nute

31-01-2006, 16:38

I'll be there as a volunteer. Not sure what I'm going to be doing but there nevertheless.

Pin Man

01-02-2006, 01:45

Team 88 will be there...

However I will be there friday and saturday possibly as a volunteer...

Masterfork

03-02-2006, 22:42

Watch out 233, there might be a new PINK team in the house!! :D
Go Team 1975!!
lets see whos hotter than lol c ya up there bring the pinkness battle on :yikes:

kronas

04-02-2006, 21:10

Team 69, team H.Y.P.E.R. of course is going to be there. I can't wait for it.

Alex Burman

05-02-2006, 12:58

Team 75 will be there

wow, that is an amazing judges list, I really have my work cut out for me.

slickguy2007

14-02-2006, 19:33

So where is everyone staying in Boston? Team 1403 is staying at the Cambridge Hyatt.

GO 1403!!!

mrs. p

14-02-2006, 21:54

233. the pink team, will also be at the hyatt in cambridge

akshar

17-02-2006, 07:44

Team 1568 will be there, i myself will be there after 10ish on friday since i go to BU and have class!! After 10 youll find me with 1568, scouting and helping them out, be prepared for the MECHANICATZ.....they are also staying at the hyatt, which is only a 15 minute walk to Agennis Arena which is HUGE...

Erin Rapacki

17-02-2006, 08:58

My apartment! I plan on bicycling to the event :D

orelinde

20-02-2006, 19:14

Team 1733 will be there. We are a rookie team and look forward to meeting everyone. *runs from room chasing the robot as it takes off again* those joy sticks are WAY to sensative still

copertop

14-03-2006, 20:10

Team 578 will be there with blue hair and KG3! So excited! Can't wait! I'll have to try to steal my dad's boston accent!

Ashley Christine

15-03-2006, 14:52

Aw, I am getting very excited for Boston! Everyone say hi to me and visit me in my pit between matches and stuff. :)

Everyone should get a picture with me :p jk. Anyways, see you all in like a week! And good luck to everyone, feel free to say hi to the team in red camo from Penfield NY!

<3

av11d

15-03-2006, 19:12

can't wait for boston. going to be an awesome regional. and yea that judges list is amazing.

DirtyBird213

15-03-2006, 21:44

Team 213 will be there after having fun at BAE.
We can't wait to see those teams from years pasts that missed BAE to attend Boston. Boston will be a great event and we are staying in Somerville.
DIRTY BIRDS 213

Steve Howland

17-03-2006, 22:53

Rick TYler

18-03-2006, 00:15

571 will be staying at the Hyatt and will be bringing an xbox for some halo 2 - it looks like some other teams will be there so let me know if you guys want to set up a system link or anything. We're also trying to get a projector so we can have 2 boxes going in the same room, but we'll need another team to join us for the fun! PM or reply if interested.

Halo 2. It's why our guys do Robotics. The students brought five X-Boxes to Portland. All our rooms were on the same floor, but not adjacent. They brought lots of cable, which they strung along the outside edge of the balconies to get signal from room to room, where they commenced to play H-2 with as many as 16 people online at a time. There wasn't much sleeping going on Thursday night...

As a responsible adult mentor, I don't even want to know how they strung that cable across non-team rooms.

Elgin Clock

18-03-2006, 00:18

A handful of 237ers will be up in Boston this weekend, and I may attend as well if I get a chance and am not busy this next weekend as well.Good Luck to all Boston Teams!

Sam Lipscomb

18-03-2006, 00:29

i'll be there on friday and saturday, hanging around as a nerd! possibly resetting the field too...but we'll see. :D

pi_guy578

18-03-2006, 00:54

Team 578 will be there with blue hair and KG3! So excited! Can't wait! I'll have to try to steal my dad's boston accent!

Yeah, 578 will be there, possibly with a short LAN party at the Hyatt. Check back for more details.

Jake the Snake

KathieK

18-03-2006, 07:53

I'll be there on Saturday volunteering (if I get my voice back...)

gondorf

18-03-2006, 08:13

team 1733 will be attending the boston reigonal

Heretic121

18-03-2006, 14:30

I am as well going up for at least friday + saturday and most likely doing field reset most of the day... cant wait to see everyone there...

Marc P.

18-03-2006, 15:09

I'll be up there Thursday, Friday, and Saturday keeping all those renegade field resetters in order :p

Mike M.

18-03-2006, 15:11

I will be there all weekend driving for Team 1100. Can't wait this should be an awesome competition.

Jay Trzaskos

18-03-2006, 15:45

Sadly, I will not be attending the Inaugural FIRST Boston Regional. But I still can't wait to see everyone in 11 days at GTR. Good luck to everybody, and Tiff, Conor, Corey, Ashley, I'm expecting updates by the hour. :)

JT
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Kyle Fenton

20-03-2006, 16:36

Just by curiosity, who is "Voice of FENWAY"?

In the last minute e-mail, it said that the Voice of FENWAY will be announcing at the Boston Regional

JamesBrown

20-03-2006, 17:18

Just by curiosity, who is "Voice of FENWAY"?

In the last minute e-mail, it said that the Voice of FENWAY will be announcing at the Boston Regional

According to the Connecticut School of Broadcasting it is Carl Beane

that is what google told me any way.

Rob

20-03-2006, 17:29

Who else is getting really psyched about this event??

I can't wait to see all the great teams in action at this first-year event. Looks like there will be some real bigtime machines there.

I want to challenge all Boston regional teams to change the stigma that northeast teams can only play defense...Lets give everyone watching the webcast something to watch...I want to see some high scores this weekend!

Good Luck to everyone!!

Rob

JamesBrown

20-03-2006, 17:41

The range of teams at this event is amazing.

Any one going to watch will see perennial powerhouses like 69, and 233. As well as up and coming teams like 1511 and to top it all off there are 14 Rookie teams, Rookie all star may be the most competitive award this year.

I can not wait for the Boston regional, a new event, a relatively new venue and it is all in Boston.

Conor Ryan

20-03-2006, 19:01

Boston will be a lot of fun, everything seems to be going the right way:

Good Sized Venue
44 Teams, including 14! rookies
Great List (http://bostonfirst.org/judges.html)of Judges, emphasis on Great, only Atlanta has a better list
A Live (http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/regionals_2006.php) Webcast
Tons of Awesome, Kick Butt, Cool, Volunteers
Awesome LAN parties at the Hyatt, featuring 75, 233, 571, 578, 1403, and more!
It's really gonna be great

Julia Magoolia

20-03-2006, 22:20

To everyone who will be at the competition: Don't forget to bring your old LEGOs and RCXs to donate! The RCU will be at the competition collecting donations on Saturday- see the RCU forum for more details!

Also, I'll be at the competition Friday and Saturday- I can't wait to see some competition!

Heretic121

20-03-2006, 23:15

im majorly excited for a few reasons...

1 - first time im voluenterring =D
2 - see how my old team is doing w/o me =P
3 - See people i havent seen in months since i moved out to Da Cutt
4 - See an amazing competeition
5 - Have fun w00t =D

2 days until i leave *going up weds night* and im so excited to so many extents... AH! cant wait to see everyone ther eand good luck to all competing...

btw conor... its 45 teams!!!

Conor Ryan

20-03-2006, 23:27

btw conor... its 45 teams!!!
Unless we are getting Team 38 (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22342) back together everything that I've seen says 44 Teams attending. Anyway what the heck! The more-the merrier!
2d 00h 38m

Heretic121

21-03-2006, 01:34

unfortunately only 3/5 will be there =/ oh well... good times though =D maybe again this BE?? =X

mkay my mistake... i was going by the 45 teams that were announced on Bostonfirst's webpage that states 45 teams =/...

im still excited though =D

RoboMom

21-03-2006, 11:32

I'm looking forwarding to meeting the local teams! I will be in the pits on Thursday, talking to the teams, especially the rookies, about hints to help with judging.

Tons of VIP's at this event. Lots of opportunities for teams to promote their team.
Try to bring handouts about your team.

gren737

21-03-2006, 12:28

Team 40 will be bringing our arsenal of Mini FRC-bots and playing a video of the demonstration.
see this thread if you're not familiar with it http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45531

Stop on by the pits to check out the robots!

Elgin Clock

21-03-2006, 13:10

Conor Ryan

21-03-2006, 14:27

As I said before, I plan on going.
If I'm not volunteering in some way or another, any team wanna adopt me? :)

If not, I'll have to be part of the ref's team, and I'll have to throw random flags. lol
I'll keep it fair, and only throw flags at people I know though. :p *cough* Corey, Ashley, Conor, Harry, Marc, and others..*cough*
We're already putting up with Corey, I guess we can take you too. One deal though, we have a 2 part cougar suit, Corey is the head, your the butt.

Ashley Christine

21-03-2006, 14:53

Elgin, Connor, Daddy[Harry!] I cant wait to see you all.
This REALLY is going to be the BESTEST regional of all time.
I miss all my connecticut and nj and other robotics friends.

<3

Elgin Clock

21-03-2006, 15:05

We're already putting up with Corey, I guess we can take you too. One deal though, we have a 2 part cougar suit, Corey is the head, your the butt.

I don't know if I like that deal.. maybe I'll just wear my 1403 shirt, and we'll call it a done deal, and make Corey be the whole Cougar? Or, Scott can be the Cougar rump if he wants to. lol

Adrienne E.

21-03-2006, 15:08

After reading this theard myself and Chris have finally convinced ourselves to join the fun! It should be an awesome regional, I can't wait to get down there :)

RoboMom

21-03-2006, 16:36

[QUOTE=Elgin Clock]As I said before, I plan on going.
If I'm not volunteering in some way or another, QUOTE]

Elgin,
ummm, you want to be on call to help get some robots up to speed? Or did we tire you out at Chesapeake?

Elgin Clock

21-03-2006, 16:41

As I said before, I plan on going.
If I'm not volunteering in some way or another,

Elgin, ummm, you want to be on call to help get some robots up to speed? Or did we tire you out at Chesapeake?

OH boy!!!! Maybe if I'm better by then I will.
I came back from MD and was sick. Darn allergies. That's what I get for goin' down south before spring ends. A mid-season change in climate did a number on my system. lol

Anyways, I may have to call in some reinforcements, but sure.. I'll be available... I think. :)

Ashley Christine

22-03-2006, 07:46

I leave for boston at 2:30 today! Ahhh I am so excited :D :D
I cant wait to see/meet you all!

I just want to say good luck to everyone, especially the 14 Rookies!!!!

<3Ashley

MOE

22-03-2006, 15:28

HELLOOOooooo
Welcome to BOSTON may you all have a great time . Stop by and say HELLOOOooo to team 88 TJ2 . Park your CCAARRR and enjoy!!!!!!!!!
see all thursday
MOE and team 88 TJ2 I will be the one in the TYE-DYE Ha Ha !!!!!
see ya soooon
GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!

MikeDubreuil

22-03-2006, 20:46

I just got back home from setup at the Agganis Arena. This is an awesome venue. Good luck everyone :)

Corey Balint

22-03-2006, 21:26

Im currently sitting in my sisters apartment watching LOST, anxiously waiting tomorrow morning to see all the bots. I'll be wearing my MAVERICK get up tomorrow, Friday and Saturday i am all Cougar Robotics. If you see me, say hi...if you want.

Should be a great venue, the Agganis Arena has gone through one season of hockey, and from what my sister and friends tell me, it is incredible.

Pat Fairbank

22-03-2006, 21:50

I just got back home from setup at the Agganis Arena. This is an awesome venue.
I'll second that. My only complaint is that some of the boards they use to cover the ice are quite loose, and shift beneath you as you walk down the pit aisles.

Jon K.

23-03-2006, 00:19

One of my friends goes to B.U. and as she was walking by there today, she called me just to tell me about all the signs they had up advertising it. I will be there Saturday volunteering should be fun.

MikeDubreuil

23-03-2006, 05:40

My only complaint is that some of the boards they use to cover the ice are quite loose, and shift beneath you as you walk down the pit aisles.
Yeah, BU has ice on the floor of the arena. The tiles easilly slide on the ice. Kinda makes me want to pull up a tile in our pit and do some ice fishing :p

Conor Ryan

23-03-2006, 18:12

Wow, the first day just ended and I can't say enough good things about the event. The organization is awesome, everything is running smoothly, problems with the field are minimal. I love how we are able to we are able to walk around the field and talk to people. The teams are looking pretty good too, the 14 rookies are competitive and all the veterans are bringing a pretty good game.

The most intresting match of the day to watch was probably the practise match where 69, 121, and 233 all were on the same alliance. For those of you that aren't familiar with the robots they all have a similar design (round spiral)

well the bus is moving and i have to wait for internet again

Tim Delles

24-03-2006, 10:25

So now that it is under way and the webcast is up here are few teams that are standing out to me.

121 - Nice shooter.
233 - What are the using so they don't get shoved around when they shoot.
1685 - Good defense

ScoutingNerd175

24-03-2006, 13:48

Watching the Webcast here in Enfield (I'm sick) team 233 looks awesome! Numbers seem to come up quickly here, don't they? I've seen a bunch of Teams up more than once in the last 30 mins.

Good luck to 839 (Go Hamilton SundStrand!) :)

Sam Lipscomb

24-03-2006, 21:44

hiya from boston! all of the teams are looking awesome, especially 121 and 233. who knew field reset would be such amazing fun! if you plan on going down just for tomorrow, yell hello! i'll probably end up distributing medals during awards...and i'll be 18! free hugs to anyone who says happy birthday!

Conor Ryan

25-03-2006, 07:22

Sorry I forgot to update, but heres my update after day 2. The competition is running really smooth, not many bumps, this really is a great regional and all the time they spent organizing it is really paying off.

Teams that have been impressive (in numerical order)

40 - One of the most advanced robots I have ever seen in FRC, crazy mechanism wheels (soon available on a larger market from what I've been told) as well as a great combination of DeWalt transmissions and CMUcam usage.
69 - These guys have a great robot that doubles as a washing machine, started high early off but they are still a very competitive team and in the top 5 last I checked
75 - My buddies from Hillsboro have been playing really well, one of the best players of defence in this group by the look of it, the 8 wheel drive train they got going is pushing a lot of robots around.
121 - consistently getting better and better
126 - This robot is really great to watch, they have wheels to help them self-right/get up the ramp and they are consistently scoring too.
233 - top of everyones list, pretty dominating but nothing like 25 at NJ, however still consistently the best all around robot here
571 - These guys are one of my personal favorites, the robot is solid defensively and they score points in the corner goal really well. These guys would make great alliance partners for almost anyone because of their awesome versatility.
1511 - These guys are easy great or have a good schedule, I think they got one of the best schedules here so they've had a good share of luck, even so, there robot is solid, with a strength in picking balls off the ground by the look of it. They look like they may get seeded so it'll be interesting to see how they work out later in the day.
My own team is going pretty well too, we had a lot of sauces early off shooting, but we ran into a problem with our gearboxes binding and consequently eating up the battery, but that was fixed after competition ended yesterday so hopefully we'll impress the scouts as the seeding continues, or even possibly get seeded ourselves.
Lets see how this all plays out, only 5 hours until we find out.

PS- The sundial network is awesome, if you have the means set one up at your regional, it really is handy.

Kristian Calhoun

25-03-2006, 11:51

okay, the alliances were just selected:

1. 121,233,1568
2. 549,1511, 125
3. 40, 69, 213
4. 1685, 126, 1592
5. 157, 246, 383
6. 467,88, 1403
7. 97, 578, 1725
8. 1757, 1100, 571

good luck to everyone!

Ashley Weed

25-03-2006, 13:00

Fire at Boston Regional???

Anyone watching the webcast?

SURVIVORfan44

25-03-2006, 13:00

Does anyone know what's happening? I just tuned in to the webcast to hear the announcers telling everyone to leave the building. Is there a fire somewhere?

plutonium83

25-03-2006, 13:03

Seems like a fire alarm. Reminds me of a similar occurance at 2006 FLR. Someone probably opened an alarmed door.

Alex Cormier

25-03-2006, 13:06

Seems like a fire alarm. Reminds me of a similar occurance at 2006 FLR. Someone probably opened an alarmed door.
what happened at FLR? I remember having my friend from 1559 telling me that they couldn't have balloons because if they get lose and touch the ceiling the alarm will go off.

Jay Trzaskos

25-03-2006, 13:06

I just got off the phone with 1511's driver and apparentley someone pulled a fire alarm. Everythings fine otherwise.

Ashley Weed

25-03-2006, 13:08

I guess I can mute the video feed for a while, the beeping is getting a little monotonous.

Jay Trzaskos

25-03-2006, 13:09

YAY, I hear people, let's get these finals rolling. good luck teams.

Hiteak

25-03-2006, 13:11

Alarm is off and it sounds like people are re-entering.

SURVIVORfan44

25-03-2006, 13:14

Yeah, I can hear the alarms going off. It's so quiet though, even with the alarm system going off. I'm so glad this didn't happen at VCU this year.

plutonium83

25-03-2006, 13:17

what happened at FLR? I remember having my friend from 1559 telling me that they couldn't have balloons because if they get lose and touch the ceiling the alarm will go off.

I saw someone exit though an alarmed door. Not sure if everyone knew about it, we definately heard it.

Hiteak

25-03-2006, 13:24

Video is back. Good luck to all the teams in finals.

Ashley Weed

25-03-2006, 14:48

Wow, what a play!

Alex Cormier

25-03-2006, 14:51

wow, just like FLR finals.

If 578 didn't get the ramp they would have lost by 1 point! amazing!

Tim Delles

25-03-2006, 14:56

1. 121,233,1568
2. 549,1511, 125
3. 40, 69, 213
4. 1685, 126, 1592
5. 157, 246, 383
6. 467,88, 1403
7. 97, 578, 1725
8. 1757, 1100, 571

Starting in semi-s cause i missed quaters

1. 121,233,1568 Defeats 4. 1685, 126, 1592
3. 40, 69, 213 Defeats 7. 97, 578, 1725

1. 121,233,1568 Defeats 3. 40, 69, 213

Winner : 1. 121,233,1568

BoyWithCape195

25-03-2006, 14:59

You might want to rethink that bracket...

Tim Delles

25-03-2006, 15:13

You might want to rethink that bracket...

Sorry I just have faith in Rhode Warriors and Think Pink.

Koko Ed

25-03-2006, 15:15

Sorry I just have faith in Rhode Warriors and Think Pink.
I think all that first loss did was wake them up.
They're going to stomp everyone the rest of the way.

BoyWithCape195

25-03-2006, 15:17

In that first semi-final match where 233 lost, i think its because one of the opposing alliance robots successfully blocked 233 AND 121 in autonomous mode.

Joel J

25-03-2006, 15:26

233 is too easily defended (even in regular mode), and they continue to miss many balls at a time by being off. Either way, the finals will be hair raising!!!

Kristian Calhoun

25-03-2006, 15:41

does anyone else not have any sound for the NASA webcast of the boston regional>?

Alex Cormier

25-03-2006, 16:09

Congrats Winner : 1. 121,233,1568

It was really fun to watch, now only if i can get the team i will be on next year to go!

mgreenley

25-03-2006, 16:10

Congratulations 121, 233 and 1568!
Finals: (78-28 and 99-35)
I can't wait to see those of you that are attending the Championship!

Koko Ed

25-03-2006, 16:12

Congrats Winner : 1. 121,233,1568

It was really fun to watch, now only if i can get the team i will be on next year to go!
and what team is that?

Alex Cormier

25-03-2006, 16:17

and what team is that?
It's narrowed down to three teams. :p

Koko Ed

25-03-2006, 16:20

It's narrowed down to three teams. :p
and what teams are those?

Alex Cormier

25-03-2006, 16:22

and what teams are those?
that's a disclosed information. good job Boston, looked like one great Regional.

nuggetsyl

25-03-2006, 16:45

hey guys of 1685 i am watching the downloads from soap and wanted to say if you are playing in any other event to watch your human player because i think he did not hear the bell and started to load your robot before auto ended. qf 2-2. I am trying to be helpful not a butt head i just do not want to see a dq because of a silly mistake.

shaun

Erin Rapacki

25-03-2006, 20:18

The fire alarm sounded because worker in the concession stands poured water on a greasy/hot cooking surface.

Chris Marra

25-03-2006, 20:29

I enjoyed the cake being brought out onto the field during elim's. Good thing there wasn't a caking, since I don't think the roomba's would have handled that too well.

KathieK

25-03-2006, 20:48

Had a great time in Boston today! Love the arena, and the emergency evacuation was just a "7th inning stretch" (gotta love those Red Sox!).... :)

Daniel Morse

25-03-2006, 21:25

This was a great regional, the organizers did a fantastic job making sure that everything went according to plan. There was a great mix of rookie and seasoned veteran teams present, which made it a lot of fun to compete in. Overall, I was very impressed and think that we shall see a regional in Boston for many years to come. By the way, congrats to team 121, 233, and 1568. You guys were amazing, you really blew us away in the finals.

Greg Marra

25-03-2006, 21:28

The regional, from what I saw of it today, was amazing. The venue was really nice, the judges were amazing, the roombas were funny, the teams were very spirited. I don't know what more anyone could want out of a rookie regional. Great job to the planning committee!

Rohith Surampudi

25-03-2006, 21:40

Jon K.

25-03-2006, 21:53

Roombas = Nice Touch
Anouncer on Roller Blades = Funny
Poems for awards = excellent
Judges = Amazingly cool
Dean + Woody = Sweet
Voice of Fenway Park = nice touch
Roombas + Roller Bladed + poems + judges + Dean + Woody + Voice of Fenway Park = !!!!!!!!AWESOME REGIONAL!!!!!!!!!!

Congrads 121,233,1568
I think fire drill should be added to that mix!!!

I loved the regional. I would like to thank the planning committee for doing such a great job with a rookie regional. While I was only there for today, I did have fun, even though I was a human easel for most of the day, I had fun people doing it with me. Then I finally got down to do field reset and had a blast! Like I said it was a great event from what I saw.

akshar

25-03-2006, 22:56

Boston: greatest venue ive attended in my first career, with that said: Thank you 121 and 233, together we made a solid alliance!!!!!!!!

hopefully we will see you at nationals, good luck 233. and of course to 121,

Sara Milton

25-03-2006, 23:17

While I was only there for today, I did have fun, even though I was a human easel for most of the day, I had fun people doing it with me. Then I finally got down to do field reset and had a blast! Like I said it was a great event from what I saw.

I agree!!! While we did make the best of the job as "human easel." We'll have to sign up for more then one day next time! My first time volunteering I'm def. volunteering more next year! :D

Tyler M.

25-03-2006, 23:28

On behalf of Team 213, The Dirty Birds <KHS Dirty Birds' Website (http://www.khsfirst.com) > I want to thank Team 40, Trinity High, and Team 69, Quincy High, for working with us and for their wonderful performance in the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and then the Finals themselves! Though we did not win, our alliance put up quite a fight against an extremely difficult alliance. And congratulations to Teams 133, 233, and 1568 for an amazing performance at the Regional. You were a killer team. I wish you all luck in Atlanta!!

Tyler Mundell-Team 213

ScoutingNerd175

26-03-2006, 00:26

While I was only there for today, I did have fun, even though I was a human easel for most of the day, I had fun people doing it with me. Then I finally got down to do field reset and had a blast! Like I said it was a great event from what I saw.

Glad to see you finally got to get off that VIP sign, the Buzz contingent was worried we might have to create a distraction so you could run.

Well, good luck trying to get a seat at the Boston regional when you come in after a fire drill before the final matches. That was like an extreme sport! We finally ended up right behind the red alliance drivers.

1519, glad to see you guys and looking forward to seeing you at nationals. If anyone from 1519 reads this, please ask Brittany to email me, I had a question.

A huge congratulations to teams 121, 233, and 1568
Another big congratulations to teams 40, 69, and 213
Congratulations to team 75 on Engineering Inspiration
Special Congratulations to team 383, it's so exciting to have an non-us team win CA.

Congratulations to all who participated and hope to see many of you at nationals. :) :) :)

Jeffrey Wong

26-03-2006, 00:54

Congrads to 121,233, and 1568. They were a good alliance. It was a very good regional for its first year. Can't wait until next year's.

Pat Fairbank

26-03-2006, 01:08

Erin Rapacki

26-03-2006, 07:55

From the Volunteer Coordinator standpoint:

Thank You TEAM New England!!!!!!!!!!!

JamesBrown

26-03-2006, 09:11

The Boston Regional was extremely well put together. From the Field crew to the pit announcers to the judges the regional was at the top in all areas. The entire atmosphere was great and the teams were all friendly.

Thank you to 121 and 233 for picking us for eliminations. Thanks for putting up the big points and letting us do what we did best, play defense.

A special thanks to Andy Grady and every one on 121 and 233 who did scouting and helped us to set our auto to play effective defense in the elimination rounds.

Also thank you to Team 40 for giving us all of those sky way wheels because we kept ripping the center out of ours. Also congratulations to team 40 for putting together an amazing alliance of 213 and 69 and making it all the way to the finals to give us a serious run for Championship.

Congratulations to team 383 you guys were great I'm glad we got to meet you and hang out with you for a while hopefully we get to see you in Atlanta.

nightrenegade00

26-03-2006, 12:24

overall a great regional...i was only there for saturday and it was sooo much fun...field reset team rules!!! cant get over the chicken dance mosh pit we had. :yikes: i think we had too much fun...but theres no rule against that. time for 230 and the other new england teams to represent the n.e.r.d.s in Vegas!!!

-Crash

JC-75

26-03-2006, 12:27

Great regional. I met a lot of awesome people, and I really hope everyone I met can make it to Atlanta SOMEHOW.

Props to the awesome judge team, volunteers, refs, venue staff, can't thank everyone enough.

To all the rookies, you guys rule, awesome showing 1757 with highest seed, <3 1965 & 1975

To team 233: In these short 3 days you have taught me so much. I will definitely be visiting you in Atlanta, great job on everything, your victory as well as your outstanding chairman's career.

And team 75! how did those guys win two engineering inspiration awards in the same year :S Didn't know it could be done, not to mention autodesk visualization =)

Overall, 11/10 for the boston regional :)

Marc P.

26-03-2006, 12:52

If anyone has the space and bandwith to support a 55mb file for download, I have first hand video of Blair's dramatic entrance on Saturday morning.

What can I say... I've been to regionals for 7 years now. This was definitely one of the best regionals I've ever been to. The energy of the teams, the insane level of play, the speakers throughout the day, and the general atmosphere all made me completely forget this was the first year for this amazing event. I've been volunteering for Beantown Blitz for the 2 years it's been put together, and every time afterwards, the comment was always made- "how cool would it be to have a regional in Boston..."

Now we know how cool it can be. And it was well beyond what we could have ever expected.

Thank you to everyone- teams, volunteers, staff, VIPs, for making this one of my best FIRST experiences ever.

Alex Burman

26-03-2006, 13:14

What an amazing competition. Beyond words. Anyone have or know where I can get a copy of that photo montage that they showed?

edit: nvm i found the photo montage under the video archive on the regional website.

av11d

26-03-2006, 13:49

I was very impressed with this innagural Boston event. The volunteers, refs, judges, and planning committee all did an amazing job!!

Congrats to teams 121, 233, and 1568. Truly an unstoppable alliance!

Congrats to all the award winners and especially team 383. They are truly a role model team for the rest of FIRST!

I hope to see some of you in Atlanta!!

wxwatcher91

26-03-2006, 15:27

congrats to 233, 121, and 1568

my thanks to 233 for an awesome match with us scoring 132 points.

Steve Howland

26-03-2006, 15:38

congrats to 233, 121, and 1568

my thanks to 233 for an awesome match with us scoring 132 points.
Same from 571 - it was an amazing match.

The entire regional was a blast for my team. Though we had to face the killer alliance in the quarterfinals we were happy with where we ended up. We loved the venue and the teams there had as much GP as anywhere. The announcer was, as usual, terrific, and the lineup of judges was outstanding. The sheer number of rookies shows that New England FIRST is growing at an alarming rate (I heard a rumor of at least 13 more Boston rookies next year!).

Great job to everyone involved in planning and pulling off this great event!

Andy Grady

26-03-2006, 15:46

A special thanks to Andy Grady and every one on 121 and 233 who did scouting and helped us to set our auto to play effective defense in the elimination rounds.

Thanks James...though it was more the scouting of the students on 121 and 233, and the quick thinking of team 121 coach Ricksta who had an effect on your outcome than anything I did. It was a fun ride that I was fortunate enough to be able to follow along on. Congrats to all of you.

Also...way to go NERDS! It was great to see them brining so much spirit and hard work to the field as volunteers...all while touting shirts and buttons! Way to go!

See you all in Atlanta,
-Andy Grady

Marissa Leach

26-03-2006, 15:52

Conor Ryan

26-03-2006, 16:52

That regional was phenominal, I don't know how much better they can come and words can't just describe it. The crew they had working it (including the organizers, judges, advisors, refs, volunteers, and random helpers) was just awesome and did everything right. I don't know how they can call that a first year regional, it looks like they've been doing it forever.

But hey the crew can't do the job alone, the teams chipped in a fair amount too. Going into the regional, they key stat was the fact that there were 14 rookies. Did you know that Every Single team made Every Single match on Friday and Saturday? It may not have been a "powerhouse" regional with lots of teams that are stellar, but the standard of play was quite high compared to many other regionals. Only one match had less than 10 points scored in it total, Q45 (intresting fact the winning blue allies all turned out to become the 6th seeded alliance) with a score of 7-0 after penalties, all the other matches were higher scoring.

I had a great time at the regional and 1403 is planning on making the trip back for next years regional, and this time we are bringing a better robot. If your team isn't getting how great this regional is, just think of a perfect regional, with a 5 minute fire drill timed perfectly between alliance picking and playoffs.

Oh a quick thanks to everyone's favorite corey for helping us out a bit.

Andrew of FoN

26-03-2006, 17:09

To put it simply, Boston was an amazing event. In my mind, it was more enjoyable than the NJ Regional. Everybody was extremely professional and treated eachother with gratitude.

I loved:
-The Interspersement of Rookie and Veteran Teams- Team 75 had alot of fun helping everybody out
-Special Guests- Where else can a High School Student have a conversation with "The Woz" for 10 minutes!?
-Enthusiasm of Rookie Teams- You all did a stellar job and showed you were more than just "the new guys".

And I absoluetly loved painting "Defense" my chest with 6 of my fellow team mates. I never would have thought I would do that!

Everybody did an amazing job. Thank you all for putting on such an amazing event and making it worth the 6 hour bus ride up.

-Andrew

rocknthehawk

26-03-2006, 19:04

I want to thank team 1511 and team 125 for being such great alliance partners. It was amazing and we did the best we could.

I also want to give a HUGE thanks to team 88 tj squared and 1909 for helping us win our qualifying match against teams 233 and 126. That was deffinetly the most exciting match of both regionals we attended.

Marc P.

26-03-2006, 20:09

Huge thanks to Tom Schindler for hosting a 55mb file for us- Blair's entrance on Saturday. (http://www.tomschindler.net/zambonie.MPG)

mrs. p

26-03-2006, 22:19

just got home from boston. thanks so much to teams 121 and 1568. it was a great regional. congratulations to 383. hope to see you all again in atlanta. the boxing matches were great.

AWESOME job to the planning committee in boston on a fantastic regional.

Kim Masi

26-03-2006, 22:50

awesome, awesome, awesome regional.

The most fun i've ever had at a FIRST event, honestly.

If you ever get a chance to volunteer, do it, its an amazing experience.

Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

tiffany34990

26-03-2006, 23:10

this was a great regional!! i'm sad i was only there for the saturday though! but it was a lot of fun. hats off to the teams..the volunteerings... planning commitee.. judges... refs...well everyone!!

i hope to be back next year!!!

(Click_Here)

27-03-2006, 03:17

We won the website award and got one of those shiny trophies. Fun regional by the way we copied team 75 by making a aim high logo in the stands, and we came pretty close to winning the regional. :yikes:

Ken Streeter

27-03-2006, 07:51

1519, glad to see you guys and looking forward to seeing you at nationals. If anyone from 1519 reads this, please ask Brittany to email me, I had a question.

Wow - didn't really think we'd be noticed -- we were just there scouting in preparation for Nationals. It was a lot of fun for us to be watching a tournament without competing -- I think I only saw about three matches other than our own at the BAE GSR! One of the highlights for us was seeing that the FIRST-related questions we wrote for the BAE GSR to be filler for the big screen were being played at Boston, too!

I've emailed Brittany to let her know you're trying to get a question to her. She'll probably email you directly; I don't think she has an account here.

RoboMom

27-03-2006, 08:37

http://www.bostonfirst.org/contact.html

Consider dropping an email to some of the people on this list thanking them for this event. Most of these folks hear way more complaints in their day-to-day work than they do compliments.

I had a blast talking with each of the rookie teams on Thursday. They were an amazing group (almost as great as the 15 rookie teams I had at Chesapeake ;) ) Props to Brad.

Fantastic volunteers and planning committee. Obviously a steller group of judges that I had the pleasure of spending Friday with.

And then on Sat. got to wear the red shirt and talk even more to some amazing VIP guests. I cannot describe how impressed these folks were with all of you.

Kit Gerhart

27-03-2006, 09:12

Boston was a great event. Congrats to Team 383 on winning the Chairman's Award. I look forward to seeing you guys in Atlanta.

Also, thanks for great work from the referees. We had a truly star studded group of refs at this event. You guys did a great job.

akshar

27-03-2006, 09:12

In that first semi-final match where 233 lost, i think its because one of the opposing alliance robots successfully blocked 233 AND 121 in autonomous mode.

1568 had a loose pwm, making us incapable of doing our job: defending 126, once that was fixed, the next two matches, 126 didnt get off that many shots

slickguy2007

27-03-2006, 11:40

Congratulations to 233, 121, and 1568. 233 and 121 were just amazing to watch as they did not give the scoring system a chance to rest.

Congratulations to team 383 for winning the chairmans award. See you in Atlanta.

233, you guys are a lot of fun to hang out with. The boxing matches were great and it really inspired a lot of our students. We had a lot of fun hanging out with you and 75 in the hotel.

Thank you 467 and 88 for picking us!

Congratulations to everyone!!!

GO 1403!!!

HighClimber1768

27-03-2006, 12:59

This was my first FIRST event, and I was totally impressed by the entire spectacle. It far exceeded my expectations.

Congratulations to all the winners!
Special congratulations to my good friend Mark Holthouse and Team 1757 for the top rookie team finish.

meredith

27-03-2006, 13:10

I would first like to say that the organizers and volunteers at the Boston Regional did a phenomenal job. It was as if this regional had been conducted for many years. Also, the refs, judges, and speakers all did an excellent job!

I would like to thank team 1685 and 1592 for doing a great job in the elimination rounds. It was a pleasure working with all of you.

Lastly, I would like to congratulate the winning alliance. Your teams played a great game and your robots were very impressive. Great job, you deserve the gold medal!

mrm013

27-03-2006, 18:31

To all the rookies, you guys rule, awesome showing 1757 with highest seed, <3 1965 & 1975

Hey, thanks! It was an awesome experience for me and the whole team. To be honest, I was surprised we did so well. As you could probably guess from looking at our robot, we got as far as we did on the strength of our drive team and pit crew. ;) I think we had the only biodegradable robot in the event! Oh yeah, it wasn't my idea to add the "1" and "7" on either end of your big 75 in the stands, but I thought it was pretty funny. :D

Thanks again to our alliance partners, teams 571 and 1100 - boy, I showed Blair with my memory skills. :D After playing defense against 1100 for 3 straight mathces on Saturday, we had to be allied with them at least once. It's too bad we drew the number one seed, but I think we put up a pretty good fight - not everyone can be George Mason. The highlight of the quarterfinals was pinning 233 in autonomous, though 121 ruined our fun by scoring anyway. Oh, and I'll apologize for my driver for running over the Mechanicats in the final seconds of the match!

I know I have more to say about the whole experience, I'll be back later!

JamesBrown

27-03-2006, 19:04

Hey, thanks! It was an awesome experience for me and the whole team. To be honest, I was surprised we did so well. As you could probably guess from looking at our robot, we got as far as we did on the strength of our drive team and pit crew. ;) I think we had the only biodegradable robot in the event! Oh yeah, it wasn't my idea to add the "1" and "7" on either end of your big 75 in the stands, but I thought it was pretty funny. :D

Thanks again to our alliance partners, teams 571 and 1100 - boy, I showed Blair with my memory skills. :D After playing defense against 1100 for 3 straight mathces on Saturday, we had to be allied with them at least once. It's too bad we drew the number one seed, but I think we put up a pretty good fight - not everyone can be George Mason. The highlight of the quarterfinals was pinning 233 in autonomous, though 121 ruined our fun by scoring anyway. Oh, and I'll apologize for my driver for running over the Mechanicats in the final seconds of the match!

I know I have more to say about the whole experience, I'll be back later!

You guys were great and tons of fun to play against congratulations on how well you did and you did a great job selecting a great alliance.

Matt Shea

27-03-2006, 20:28

I have to start by saying this was an amazing regional and by far the best i have been too yet. Also I wanna thank teams 233 and 1568. 233 you guys were amazing shooters and did a great job. 1568 you guys played some of the best defense i have seen and i hope to be seeing you guys next year.
I also want to thank the refs and volunteers for giving up their time to help make this regional such a great one.

Levin571

27-03-2006, 21:20

The most exciting part of the competition for our team came during our final round when we got our robot on the ramp without needing anyone to push us since we had always contemplated the idea of adding a little more clearance space on the bottom of the bot and lo-and-behold it worked during our final showing. Although we knew we had jsut been eliminated from the competition, we were all cheering at our accomplishment.

Rick

28-03-2006, 10:24

Kit Gerhart

28-03-2006, 11:47

What a great time in Boston. Our MC Blair made the mistake of forgetting to announce Rhode Island on Friday. Both hotel rides up on Friday left me face to face with him and I let him have it :rolleyes:. With an apology on Saturday, both Rhode Island teams (1568 & 121) performed seamlessly with 233 for amazing elimination rounds. Big thanks to all who helped us create a great machine and also thanks to our partners 233 & 1568. There is a good chance we will defend our title in Boston next year.
It was great working with you guys and Team 1568 in the elimination rounds. While the Boston regional was great, we probably won't be back next year because we "move around" to different regionals so the students can see different places. Over the past few years we have attended regionals at Denver, New York City, Seattle, Toronto, and Philadelphia. Next year is to be determined.

Anyway, Boston was great, and we'll see you in Atlanta.

Winged Wonder

28-03-2006, 17:19

Boston was amazing. Thanks to everyone who made the regional truly memorable, with all of its firsts (no pun intended), including but not limited to Blair in the Zamboni and the "fire drill". It was great to meet Woodie and Dean, and it was great to meet so many amazing people on amazing teams... this was truly memorable.

but what i wanted to mostly give kudos to everyone there was the sportsmanship. I've been to about... -counts on fingers- ten or so competitions over the past five years (i was a tag-along for the first two) and in all of the competitions i've been too--with Championship Events at both Epcot and Atlanta included--i have never been to a competition with such nice people. Just because FIRST is all about GP and teamwork and sportsmanship, that doesnt mean that all teams behave as they are expected to at all times. It was a wonderful relief when not only our team, but other teams as well, were embraced and respected by our peers. There was seamless positive attitude and energy at the venue--in the stands, in the pits, and everywhere inbetween--that was unique to Boston, and i hope to find it at many more regionals to come. :)

dhitchco

29-03-2006, 09:57

Boston was amazing. Thanks to everyone who made the regional truly memorable, with all of its firsts (no pun intended), including but not limited to Blair in the Zamboni and the "fire drill". It was great to meet Woodie and Dean, and it was great to meet so many amazing people on amazing teams... this was truly memorable.

Boston was a GREAT regional; they even had their own P/R firm engaged. And, it went so smoothly from start to finish that I completely forgot that it was a "rookie" regional event.

Our team has tons of photos if you want to browse through them:
http://rollingthunder.smugmug.com/gallery/1108508. I'm the goofy adult mentor in the camo tux jacket (yes, I made it myself...I'm an electrical engineer...and engineers can do ANYTHING!)

We loved watching the other teams in the finals since we got beaten at the buzzer in the quarter-finals....sigh!

But, we won the "Imagery" award for all our hard-to-see red camouflague motif. The public on Commonwealth ave at the lunch spots were a bit scared to see all of us coming at them.....and that doesn't include you all in bright pink either!