Florida Regional 2007

[Ryan Albright]

I know why one of the robots, 233, wasn't there. We had major structural issues with our tower which were awaiting repairs. We, like all teams in this situation, feel badly about letting our alliance partners down. The possibility of "no shows" affecting other teams is a down side of the alliance system which has been part of FIRST since 1999, though there are also many good points to the alliance system.

We'll try to do better next year, and make it to all of our matches.


Every year since I have been involved with FIRST I have known pink to be FLAWLESS. That robot is always ready to go. Then when i heard this year that they were having problems, I was like WHO pink? No way!

So we can finally prove that 233 is Human and not machines!

After hearing your story, you guys came through big. congradulations

On of the rookie members of my old team asked me, why did pink get picked for Elminations they werent doing very well.
My answer: It doesnt matter pink is always a good bet in pickings, they can have the worst qualification matches but will always pull through in elmination.

[EricS-Team180]

On of the rookie members of my old team asked me, why did pink get picked for Elminations they werent doing very well.
My answer: It doesnt matter pink is always a good bet in pickings, they can have the worst qualification matches but will always pull through in elmination.

As our mentor of strategy and WFA winner (W00T!) Warren said on page 14:
Actually, the choice was quite easy.

SPAM was looking for the best arm-only robot that was left to choose from. Watching your two qualifying matches on Friday showed us that you could do it.

After that, we were looking for a good defensive robot and we were very familiar with 1889's capabilities.

It was a blast having the chance to play with Pink, rather than against them. In all of my years with the team, I cannot recall ever having the opportuninty, either in qualifying or eliminations.

And it is always a blast to play with Gary and Tytus. What other mentors do you know who break dance during the elimination rounds

Scouting is an important part of the game ;)
Eric

PS kudos to the finalists and to Krunch and M.A.R.S for chairmans and E.I.
great competitors and great teams

[Masterfork]

dude i ditto on the playing with spam it was awsome playin with you guys and still thanks for believing us and lookking past just ranking and i hope we mmade you guys happy with our performance at UCF and i also love fact that we were last seed and ended up placing fourth in finals talk about a comeback. weven thyough we didnt win we still did becuase that was amazing and i loved driving with you guys and can't wait for nationals. And as for vegas here comes pink and we got the kinks worked out so we are up and running and ready for vegas and everybody who will be there. Ohh and all you FL teams not goin vegas cheer on our FL teams like the ones goin to vegas. And we will cheer for you guys as u compete at other regionals and wish u the best of luck and see you in atlanta. So everyone support ur fellow teams and lets make these the best regionals ever. Good luck and see you in competition

[hipsterjr]

I'm thinking it's pretty funny that 342, 79, and 1027 all have blue bumpers and trim despite being on the red alliance.

Actually, 342 is completly red. But anyway, we were very happy with our allience. Despite the radio problems, we played on and had a great time

Thanks again to 1027 :cool:

[redbarron]

So we finally got our voices back and we are caught up on sleep. I would just like to say that on behalf of team 1270 that we had a blast during our stay in Florida, and it was a pleasure to compete with all of you Florida teams as well as all the other teams who traveled there. I'm glad we came down there because it was a heck of a regional. Good luck to all teams and we hope to see you in Nationals!

P.S. We also wanted to add in a word of appreciation towards 1251 and 86 for partnering with us. Hope to see you guys in nationals!

[miketwalker]

Hey everybody, now that we've had a few weeks to relax (and by relax I mean attend other regionals/take exams/try to keep from failing/etc.) I would like to try to get together a formal "Lessons Learned" for the planning committee. I have joined the regional committee as a Volunteer Co-Coordinator in anticipation for the hopeful super regional next year. I have seen many great tidbits of issues and improvement ideas in this thread and from various mentors that I've been in contact with since the regional, but I would like to extend that even further since you guys were the ones participating in the regional itself.

If you find the time and would like to get in touch with me with ideas and suggested improvements (which will be kept anonymous, so feel free to tell us exactly what is on your mind), please e-mail me personally. Please keep in mind that most of the issues in the pits this year have been addressed and will be improved next year, most of it the problems this year were because of the intense construction around the arena this year. With that in mind, talk with your students/mentors and try to send me an e-mail with your thoughts. Thanks guys! I look forward to a fun filled year next year, and good luck those continuing to other regionals and the championship.

My e-mail: mtw@michaeltwalker.com