2007 New Jersey Regional

[Joel J]

Wow-- 375 is solid.

[AV_guy007]

The webcast isn't working here for me. It might be too busy

Try using VLC it seems to be working the best for most people.

[DUCKIE]

I think I missed alliance selections. Does anyone know what the alliances are?

[Joel J]

After lunch (12:15)

[av11d]

i dont understand the rankings at all.... i love 75.. they're my team.. but how are they ranked 4th with a 4-1-3 record??

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/rankings.html

[Liz Smith]

i dont understand the rankings at all.... i love 75.. they're my team.. but how are they ranked 4th with a 4-1-3 record??

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/rankings.html

Agreed.. I'm a little confused

[Joel J]

Does anyone notice that some teams in the rankings do not have all matches? Like, a few have only 6. The same is true for a few other regionals.

[Doug G]

There's been no selections between the top 8 - WOW!! This seems unusual?

[av11d]

There's been no selections between the top 8 - WOW!! This seems unusual?

Yeah that is unusual. Most of the powerhouses were not in top 8 tho so I suppose it was expected here...

[Heretic121]

i gotta say this is because of one thing... and one thing only...

RAMPS...

I know certian teams from who i talked to last night were not going to pick most teams in the top 8 because they lacked GOOD ramps...

I guess we will see how it all unfolds ;-)

[akshar]

anyone want to post the seeds and teams? can't find it anywhere, and the webcast isnt working for me. so watching VCU.

where only one selection was made within the top 8.

[av11d]

anyone want to post the seeds and teams? can't find it anywhere, and the webcast isnt working for me. so watching VCU.

where only one selection was made within the top 8.

1. 25, 103, 1302
2. 836, 237, 293
3. 1676, 375, 1218
4. 75, 1403, 11
5. 223, 177, 2191
6. 613, 708, 88
7. 1155, 359, 486
8. 1807, 637, 522

[Travis Hoffman]

STL alliance pairings are delayed until 12:45 their time. I believe they had ranking problems too.

Ah, Week 1.....

[Doug G]

Seed 1 wins QF1.1 easily 136 to 4. Way to score ringers with still some defense being played!!

[Doug G]

Halfway through QF1.2, #1 seed was winning but they stopped it when a spider leg fell off. They have to replay it.

[Travis Hoffman]

#1 seed will win without a reliable 2 @ 12 bot to oppose them....

I'd love to see the #7 alliance face them. 486 is the closest thing to one in the elims.

EDIT - ....and I get my wish.

We'll see offense vs. defense here....

[Ctrl Alt Delete]

Haha! I heard that a motor just dropped onto the field. Does anyone know who that was?

[BoyWithCape195]

No congo line can ever beat the 03 Championship one in Houston!

[Danny McC]

Hmmm i know people in New Jersey are here. So what rounds it in? And whos in it?

[Travis Hoffman]

Hmmm i know people in New Jersey are here. So what rounds it in? And whos in it?

#1 - 25, 103, 1302 vs.
#7 - 1155, 359, 486

[Danny McC]

Yes! Lets hope that 25 wins

[akshar]

halftime show. and who said FIRST wasn't a sport?

[AV_guy007]

The webcast stream will be going down after the finals and will not cover the awards ceremony. Sorry but I have to get back to CT:yikes: . Thanks for watching!:)

[Liz Smith]

The webcast stream will be going down after the finals and will not cover the awards ceremony. Sorry but I have to get back to CT:yikes: . Thanks for watching!:)

Thanks! The webcast was great! I, and I know a lot of other people really appreciate it.

[Daniel Brim]

Thanks! The webcast was great! I, and I know a lot of other people really appreciate it.I know I am (from Logan Airport, no less).

[Heretic121]

i just got back home =X

whats going on exactly? lol

nvm finals =X

[BoyWithCape195]

The NJ Regional: The King of Resets!

It seems like the elimination matches at NJ always run into problems...:yikes:

[Travis Hoffman]

The NJ Regional: The King of Resets!

It seems like the elimination matches at NJ always run into problems...:yikes:

Yes indeed - 2 different field control designers, too.

[Danny McC]

Is it over yet?

[Heretic121]

Congrats to Teams 25, 103 *back to back champs* and team 1302!!!

[SPurekar]

Awesome job 25, 103, and 1302! Those finals really made the game come alive!

[akshar]

well played finals
congratulations 25, 103, and 1302

[AV_guy007]

Stream is about to go down, forever:rolleyes:

[Rich Kressly]

Congrats to Teams 25, 103 *back to back champs* and team 1302!!!

Actually, it's two in a row for 25, and three straight in NJ for 103 ... But I concur congrats to them and 1302 (very well played) as well as the finalists and all of the teams competing in NJ.

[Joe Matt]

Congrats 75 on the Chairmans and 1403 on the Engineering Inspiration Award!

[MikeSty]

That was a pretty sweet final. Shame about the resets, but once the action was going in the elims, the bots were really awesome.

Why did we lose the 8th qualification round, though?

Was anyone else really frustrated with the gigantic delay in alliance selection? That wasn't cool. Why didn't they just say "we're having troubles, go eat lunch now" instead of "do the macarena and cotton eyed joe and then have 20min to eat!." ??

[PAPAYAflvrdSOX]

yeah... that delay totally me off. it would have been much better if they had said that there were problems instead of have all of us just wait.

[av11d]

Congrats to Teams 25, 103, and 1302. 25 and 103... always proving why they're the best every year.

congrats to 1403 too!!!! EI!! yeaaaaa! such an awesome team. well deserving.

and of course 75... long time coming! making all us alumni proud.... congrats!

[Sean Marks]

Team 2016!!! MMY
ROOKIE ALL-STAR NEW JERSEY:D :D :D :D

Thanks Team 75 and J&J.

[av11d]

Team 2016!!! MMY
ROOKIE ALL-STAR NEW JERSEY:D :D :D :D

Thanks Team 75 and J&J.

Congrats!!! That is an awesome award. And a well-deserving team!

[freestylemotox]

does anyone have the video link for the finals matches. I missed all of the matches for the new jersey regional.

Thanks
Matt

[CVassos]

THATS RIGHT SEAN!!, see you in atlanta 75
(How bout that awesome acceptance cheer?)

[Sean Marks]

THATS RIGHT SEAN!!, see you in atlanta 75
(How bout that awesome acceptance cheer?)

Yea chris cant wait, it will be a lot of fun especially with our buddies team 75.:D

[Conor Ryan]

This will be a fun year.

Great regional, too bad they got a bad rap for running into the worst of problems during the finals, it was running so well that everyone went home EARLY (not on time, but ahead of schedule) yesterday. For my last NJ Regional as a student, I had quite the time between Engineering Inspiration and WFA (Go Mr. Leicht!).

I'd like to put out a nice thank you to two teams in particular, 303 and 75. 303, you know it, and 75 your our best teammates (see below), thanks for being great partners with 11.

Hope to see everyone at Monty Madness 2 on May 19th, this time co-hosted by your 2007 Chairman's Winners 75, and 1403.

Thank you everyone I had a great time and thats all I needed.

[Psychoflood]

haha we gave it a good run 1403, but not good enough it seems =P
see you at monty!

[overlord]

Team 2016!!! MMY
ROOKIE ALL-STAR NEW JERSEY

Thanks Team 75 and J&J.

Congrats on the award. Its a shame that my team didn't win it but it just goes to prove that you were the better team this year. Thats alright, we still got the Highest Seeded Rookie Team (9th). Plus our sister school, Team 2191 getting the Inspiring Rookie Award. Represent Hamilton! :) Good job on all of the teams this year! Wish we could go to nationals and more regionals to compete with you all some more!


P.S. Kasey and Morgan on Team 88, I will miss dancing with you all in the mascot pit. :)

[mtaman02]

The funny part about all of the final matches was the ladder sheet we (the volunteers) could not get copies easily & it doesn't exsist on the new scoring system. Yeah you may have saw it on the screen but it is not coded to be printed at all. We had some special people working very diligently in printing out a very close substitute which worked perfectly.

Maybe a total of 4 - 6 matches ran w/o the sounds not running (Charge, Buzzer, End Game), Maybe one or two scoring system foul ups.

Music was alright, nothing to brag out about definitaley loud enough.

Maybe a couple matches got messes up by the scoring system causing the score to be off.

Team Queueing held up all day as well as Field Rep/Reset.

Had many popped tubes and most if not all were given away as souvenoirs.

[Joe Matt]

Hope to see everyone at Monty Madness 2 on May 19th, this time co-hosted by your 2007 Chairman's Winners 75, and 1403.

There in a heart beat Conor. And since 75 too, I guess also Roho. :P

[Psychoflood]

oh yes, the mounds of popped tubes dissapearing to the masses. The only problem i had with that was that everyone was very anxious and excited to get down there and grab as many tubes as they could, yet when i went back into the arena when it was mostly empty, a quick survey of the stands showed that a lot of popped tubes were littering the stands and seats of the stadium. D:

[Scott Carpman]

Congrats and good luck in Atlanta teams 25,103 and 1302.

I would like to thank 359 and 486 for being such an amazing alliance. I never thought that we would advance all the way to the final match. Good luck 359 in Vegas & good luck 486 in Philly and Atlanta.

[Fuzzy]

Conor - I'm sorry I couldn't get a hold of you to come down to the field for the short fuel cell demonstration; I somehow missed you each time I went to your team's pit.

[Jweiner]

congrats to my team, team 1676 on not only placing higher than we have ever placed before (placing as the overall #3 seed, with a previous best of the #49 rank), but also winning the WEBSITE AWARD, SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD, and QUALITY DESIGN AWARD.. as well as making it to the semi finals, congrats to everyone else, including the winning alliances

[petek]

i dont understand the rankings at all.... i love 75.. they're my team.. but how are they ranked 4th with a 4-1-3 record??

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/rankings.htmlUmm, yeah. There was a glitch in the rankings tabulation and those aren't correct. All teams completed 7 rounds (and a few did 8 to fill in the matches) - which was our first clue that not all was well in the data.

Great heaping kudos to Sara and Darrell for exporting the qualification match results (http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/matchresults.html) to Excel and creating an accurate ranking - in less than 30 minutes!

[Freddy Schurr]

Congrats to all the teams that competed at the NJ Regional. I must agree with everyone that this is one of best regionals in FIRST. Today was one heck of a competition.

Remarks

Team 75 and 1403: Congrats to 75 for winning Chairmans Award and 1403 for winning Engineering Inspiration Award. You guys truly deserve this honors for the hard work and dedication you put into FIRST.

Wayne P: Amazing job as an emcee for this regional, one of the best in FIRST!

Monty's Madness will return for another round of great robot competition in New Jersey. When I got the pamphlet, I was ecstatic.

Volunteers: It was fun meeting all you and sharing this wonderful experience together.

I must say that this is one of the greatest robotics competition that I have been to for a long time now. I had a blast meeting other volunteers and talking to other them about FIRST. Good luck to all teams in upcoming regionals.

[The Lucas]

Great heaping kudos to Sara and Darrell for exporting the qualification match results (http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/matchresults.html) to Excel and creating an accurate ranking - in less than 30 minutes!

Kudos to you Pete for dancing with a vacuum cleaner. That was very entertaining, and I'm laughing now just thinking about it :D

Oh and great work as usual keeping things running.

[Sean Marks]

I would just like to thank team 75 for all there support throughout the year.
You guys were a real help. :)

Congrats to all teams. It was so much fun and lots of great memories.

[Rohith Surampudi]

Congrats teams 25,103 and 1302.


And to Team 1403 for winning Engineering Inspiration

And 2016 for the rookie all star award!

And A huge thanks to Teams 1403 and team 11 for being the best alliance partners we could ask for:)

[Mark McLeod]

Kudos to you Pete for dancing with a vacuum cleaner. That was very entertaining, and I'm laughing now just thinking about it :D

Got that on video (http://www.team358.org/history/2007/extras/).

[Laura 1547]

So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

[Graham Donaldson]

So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

Glad you thought so. It was nice to meet some Canadian "sisterin", particularly Canadian FIRST "sisterin". Hope you return to NJ again. My whole team was teasing me about the national anthem when you guys were singing it- it had been a long time since I had heard it, and I enjoyed it. (Thanks for showing my team how the anthem really goes- half the time, they're just "Oh Canada, Oh Canada, ...")I really want one of those shirts too- Zara should be getting in touch with you guys soon. Congrats on the Imagery Award, and hopefully you'll return.

Congrats to 25, 103, and 1302 for winning. Congrats to 75 for a well-deserved Chairman's and to 1403 for the Engineering Inspiration. Congrats also go to 2016 for the Rookie All Star award- we won it our rookie year. Show the judges you deserved it by coming back and doing more next year.

Thanks everyone for a great regional!!

EDIT: In case anyone needs them, here's the results (http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/awards.html).

[Mark McLeod]

Here is full resolution videos of both the (not including the false starts and field resets) Finals matches (http://www.team358.org/history/2007/extras/).
I have quarter and semifinal matches as well and may add them.

I must add that the level of play during the Elimination rounds was fantastic on everyone's part. Your robots really showed their stuff!

Specials include the Waldo conga line, the 359 hula, and Pete Kieselbach on vacuum.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Halfway through QF1.2, #1 seed was winning but they stopped it when a spider leg fell off. They have to replay it.

Heh... :cool:

I'd like to thank both Teams 103 and 1302 for being AMAZING alliance partners - we look forward to playing with you at the Championship Event!

Also, congrats to the Finalist Alliance, 359, 486, and 1155 - you put in a tremendous amount of effort, and made the final matches very interesting. It was awesome playing against our friends from Hawaii, and if all goes well, hopefully we can visit you next year!

I'd also like to thank teams 1547, 1923, and 1089 for letting us borrow batteries for our alliance during the elimination matches.

I have to agree with the others and say that this was the best NJ Regional that I've yet to experience - there were definitely many memorable moments, matches, and crazy plays.

[TheBeatlesGirl]

Thank you so much to all of the teams who were at the 2007 NJ Regional. You all made the regional an amazing experience for me, as well as for the rest of my team.

A special congratulations to the NJ Regional Champions, 25, 103, and 1302. You all did an amazing job, and your robots were truly outstanding.

Congrats to 1403 for your Engineering Inspiration Award, 2191 for the Rookie Inspiration Award, as well as to 2016 for winning the Rookie All Star Award.

To all other teams, congratulations for your hard work, dedication, and efforts at this year's event.

I am truly proud of all of you.

[Chris Marra]

For our first time to NJ, and I believe, to a Week 1 regional, 177 had tons of fun and really enjoyed the competition at NJ. Congratulations to all of the award winners, especially for 1403's Engineering Inspiration, 75's Chairmans, all of the rookie awards, and the WFA. Also, thank you to the great teams who defined the regional, including, but not limited to, 75 for ALL of their assistance everywhere, 1547 for the Wave and the Canadian National Anthem (I can't believe I've never actually heard it before), and of course, our alliance partners, 223 and 2191 for being great team-mates.

I apologize to all of the people who did not see me (Sorry for ignoring you Laura) as I was running around trying to get 177 queued all of the time yet deal with NASA losing power to Kennedy Space Center for the webcast. Roho - I still need to trade shirts.

Also, we should have a full archive of all of the Saturday Matches in full quality. It will make its way to the TBA TV archives soon enough, but if anyone really wants some specific matches, Sam Hillyer from 177 (AV_Guy on CD), should be able to help you out.

PS: Congrats to 2191, our alliance partners, on their Rookie Inspiration. The Judges were asking us about your team after Alliance Selection, but after playing with you guys, it looks like our good word wasn't needed with how impressive your robot and your team was. Congratulations!

[Bharat Nain]

Congrats to all award winners!

First and foremost, thanks and congrats to our alliance partners 103 and 1302.

Thank you 359, 1155 and 486 for an exciting final match. It was great to see you guys come all the way from Hawaii.

I hope you Canadian folks had fun too...

1089 - thank you for your batteries.

NJ Regional committee - lets have more than 7 matches next year per team...

Wayne Penn- happy birthday!:p

[George A.]

Ok I just got home (woke up at 4am, at the arena by 7, worked SBA until 5ish, then worked until 1) so I'd like to add my few cents in and apologize in advance if my post runs long...


Great heaping kudos to Sara and Darrell for exporting the qualification match resultsto Excel and creating an accurate ranking - in less than 30 minutes!


I second what Pete is saying. If it weren't for Sara and Darrell we'd still bet there right now. What you three were able to do with that field is nothing short of miraculous.


So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

A very big thank you to our Canadian friends from Where's Waldo for helping keep the excitement up (not to mention doing a great job on Wayne's and my hair). We'd love to see you back next year and many many more years to come.

Of course the congrats go out to 25, 103, and 1302. 25 going back to back and 103 going back to back to back. Winning a regional once is impressive, let alone being able to repeat numerous times.

To Wayne: You did an amazing job as MC, the excitement you poured into the event was breathtaking and I personally cannot wait to work with you in the upcoming weeks.

To everyone else in attendance, thanks for making this the best NJ Regional in my 8 year career with FIRST.

[Joel J]

I was processing the NJ match list for Fantasy First purposes, and I simply can't get a standings chart that matches the one used for elimination picking. Can someone post the top 16 rankings of NJ?

Here are my results:

25 6 0 1 13 0.857 260
836 6 1 0 12 18.714 256
1676 6 1 0 12 13.571 256
223 5 1 1 11 12.429 64
1807 5 1 1 11 10.000 44
613 5 1 1 11 9.429 98
1155 5 1 1 11 8.000 36
2180 5 1 1 11 5.429 63
75 4 0 3 11 4.429 46
375 5 2 0 10 22.286 256
1218 5 2 0 10 10.714 260
708 5 2 0 10 9.571 44
103 5 2 0 10 1.429 98
1391 4 2 1 9 9.571 32
1403 4 2 1 9 8.000 128
1881 4 2 1 9 3.571 236
694 4 2 1 9 2.143 64
88 4 2 1 9 1.429 76
359 4 3 0 8 16.000 64
2016 4 3 0 8 12.857 72
177 4 3 0 8 11.000 46
293 4 3 0 8 10.714 72
716 4 3 0 8 9.571 38
237 4 3 0 8 8.429 236
2140 4 3 0 8 7.714 46
1495 4 3 0 8 2.000 260
381 4 3 0 8 1.429 128
522 3 2 2 8 0.286 76
165 3 3 1 7 6.143 30
1617 3 3 1 7 2.857 36
869 3 3 1 7 1.429 16
1048 3 3 1 7 1.429 6
816 3 4 0 6 9.571 39
1302 3 4 0 6 7.286 35
1367 3 4 0 6 2.429 17
224 3 4 0 6 2.286 8
486 3 4 0 6 1.429 57
550 2 3 2 6 0.286 4
219 2 4 1 5 16.143 64
1727 2 4 1 5 6.857 32
1811 2 4 1 5 6.714 38
1882 2 4 1 5 4.143 17
637 2 4 1 5 2.143 16
1689 2 4 1 5 1.714 16
1547 2 4 1 5 1.429 64
1672 2 5 0 4 15.571 64
1279 2 5 0 4 10.714 44
714 2 5 0 4 9.571 32
1923 2 5 0 4 8.143 32
303 2 5 0 4 5.857 31
341 2 5 0 4 4.429 32
2191 1 5 1 3 12.714 38
555 1 5 1 3 9.429 64
11 1 5 1 3 8.571 36
1089 1 5 1 3 8.000 54
136 1 5 1 3 0.286 2
834 1 6 0 2 18.714 64
41 0 5 2 2 3.286 23
102 1 6 0 2 1.429 8

[Wayne C.]

I was processing the NJ match list for Fantasy First purposes, and I simply can't get a standings chart that matches the one used for elimination picking. Can someone post the top 16 rankings of NJ?

Here are my results:

25 6 0 1 13 0.857 260
836 6 1 0 12 18.714 256
1676 6 1 0 12 13.571 256
223 5 1 1 11 12.429 64
1807 5 1 1 11 10.000 44
613 5 1 1 11 9.429 98
1155 5 1 1 11 8.000 36
2180 5 1 1 11 5.429 63
75 4 0 3 11 4.429 46
375 5 2 0 10 22.286 256
1218 5 2 0 10 10.714 260
708 5 2 0 10 9.571 44
103 5 2 0 10 1.429 98
1391 4 2 1 9 9.571 32
1403 4 2 1 9 8.000 128
1881 4 2 1 9 3.571 236
694 4 2 1 9 2.143 64
88 4 2 1 9 1.429 76
359 4 3 0 8 16.000 64
2016 4 3 0 8 12.857 72
177 4 3 0 8 11.000 46
293 4 3 0 8 10.714 72
716 4 3 0 8 9.571 38
237 4 3 0 8 8.429 236
2140 4 3 0 8 7.714 46
1495 4 3 0 8 2.000 260
381 4 3 0 8 1.429 128
522 3 2 2 8 0.286 76
165 3 3 1 7 6.143 30
1617 3 3 1 7 2.857 36
869 3 3 1 7 1.429 16
1048 3 3 1 7 1.429 6
816 3 4 0 6 9.571 39
1302 3 4 0 6 7.286 35
1367 3 4 0 6 2.429 17
224 3 4 0 6 2.286 8
486 3 4 0 6 1.429 57
550 2 3 2 6 0.286 4
219 2 4 1 5 16.143 64
1727 2 4 1 5 6.857 32
1811 2 4 1 5 6.714 38
1882 2 4 1 5 4.143 17
637 2 4 1 5 2.143 16
1689 2 4 1 5 1.714 16
1547 2 4 1 5 1.429 64
1672 2 5 0 4 15.571 64
1279 2 5 0 4 10.714 44
714 2 5 0 4 9.571 32
1923 2 5 0 4 8.143 32
303 2 5 0 4 5.857 31
341 2 5 0 4 4.429 32
2191 1 5 1 3 12.714 38
555 1 5 1 3 9.429 64
11 1 5 1 3 8.571 36
1089 1 5 1 3 8.000 54
136 1 5 1 3 0.286 2
834 1 6 0 2 18.714 64
41 0 5 2 2 3.286 23
102 1 6 0 2 1.429 8



Unfortunately the pit display throughout the day only showed the overall ranking of teams and not their win-loss record. Maybe the "improved" version will correct this oversight.

[lordy]

Great heaping kudos to Sara and Darrell for exporting the qualification match results (http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/events/NJ/matchresults.html) to Excel and creating an accurate ranking - in less than 30 minutes!

Good job Sara!

[lordy]

Pics of robotos lifted in NJ.

[lordy]

Pic of Spider without a foot! Quickly fixed by the great team of volunteers.

[lordy]

Pics of volunteer team at work in NJ!

[lordy]

Only saw the spoiler used a couple of times in NJ.

[Libby K]

What a great Regional!

Thanks to Wayne, and, of course, the voice of NJ, George. Y'all made the event so fun to watch, and kept everyone involved. [p.s. thanks, Wayne, for letting me do your hair on saturday :P]

I'm so happy that the group from 103 let me join them in singing our national anthem, [p.s. anyone have that on a video? My parents weren't able to catch it, as they were busy volunteering. it'd make their day] Thanks to Becca, Nate, and Sara(h?) from the Cybersonics, it was great working with you.

One humongous thank you to the teams that helped us out this year [and there were many...], 1923 is very grateful for everything you did for us. You showed us that the most important part anyone can lend is just a hand, and we really appreciate it.

Even though we didn't do so well as a team, I know I had a blast meeting everyone and just being at the regional. Thanks to all the volunteers that helped make it happen, and I'll see everyone in [maybe] Atlanta, and definitely at Monty Madness in may!

Missing the regional already,
Libby
[a.k.a. OH MY GOD IT'S LIBBY KAMEN!!!! (thanks Big Mike.....GREAT idea:p)]

[petek]

Pic of Spider without a foot! Quickly fixed by the great team of volunteers.Everyone who enjoyed this year's NJ Regional can thank the quiet fellow in the tan ballcap, Fred Harding. Some of you may know him as the recently-retired team leader of the Tigertrons (FRC 222) and the the driving force behind the PA Robot Challenge. Fred was the FIRST Technical Advisor for this event and the man in charge of the field from the time the truck dropped it off Wednesday morning until the last piece was back on the truck Saturday night. He's the one people should thank for making sure the field worked, and I think we'll all agree that, despite the beating 59 terrific teams gave it, the field in NJ did work (and almost never broke). It was a pleasure (and a blast) to work with Fred and you'll be able to see him in action again next week at the Finger Lakes Regional (http://www.firstrochester.org/).

[bloodstaindmire]

does any one happen to have the awards ceremony on video. Ive been looking for them





Congrats to all teams!!

[Bluesky55J]

Alright thanks to all the teams for a great regional. I dont think that i have ever ran a regional so smoothly.

I do apologize for the rankings issue guys, i should have caught it sooner. im glad we got it worked out quickly and we didnt have to make you all wait to long. I want to also apologize to the teams that thought they had made it in but because of the issue didnt. :(

Congrats to all the winning teams.

Thanks to Pete and Fred for being awsome FTA's as always! the field ran without breaking because of those guys ^_^

Big high five to Sky and his ref crew.

George and Wayne, you guys are great as always.

and if i missed anyone... well great job to you too!!

[Starke]

does any one happen to have the awards ceremony on video. Ive been looking for them

Congrats to all teams!!

On the same note, is there any footage of the regional on the internet yet? I would love to see it! :yikes:

[SteveGPage]

I, on behalf of Team 836, would like to thank all the teams at the NJ Regional for a great event! It was our first trip to Trenton, and hopefully not our last! Congrats to 25, 103 and 1302 for a well deserved championship! Congrats to 359, 486 and 1155 for a great job in the QFs against us, and through out the elimination rounds!

Thanks to Spike and the Tribe for being on our alliance - I hope we get to team up with you again sometime, and would like to invite all of you to head to our regional, The Chesapeake Regional at the USNA in Annapolis, MD sometime!

Lastly, congratulations to team 75 for the Chairman's award!

Thanks to all the volunteers for their hard work in making this such a great event!

[AV_guy007]

I'm so happy that the group from 103 let me join them in singing our national anthem, [p.s. anyone have that on a video? My parents weren't able to catch it, as they were busy volunteering. it'd make their day] Thanks to Becca, Nate, and Sara(h?) from the Cybersonics, it was great working with you.


I have a copy in our archived footage. I will post it on Google video when i get a chance.

EDIT: Finished! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6336615042466933045

[overlord]

What a great Regional!
and I'll see everyone in [maybe] Atlanta, and definitely at Monty Madness in may!

I am going to talk to my teacher tomorrow to see if he will register us for Monty Madness. Then once again our mascots will battle it out. Hopefully my mascot wont use your crutch to break your mascots sword again.

[mtaman02]

I'm so happy that the group from 103 let me join them in singing our national anthem, [p.s. anyone have that on a video? My parents weren't able to catch it, as they were busy volunteering. it'd make their day] Thanks to Becca, Nate, and Sara(h?) from the Cybersonics, it was great working with you.



I have the Entire Competition on DVC (Digital Video Cassettes) So if you would like a copy of Saturdays opening Ceremonies let me know and I will see what I can do to get a copy out to you. BTW what did happen to your leg?

[tim-tim]

Hello from the guy with the PINK belt

I want to thank our alliance 237 and 293 for doing all we could ask for in the elimination round. I would also like to congradulate all the teams winning the various awards.

I believe that we were the first ones to score all the way around the rack, Match number 7. And I know I scored a ringer in competition, but did anybody else do it throughout the qualification matches?

Tim, Team 836

The Robobees

[dbeck103]

Hey - I want to send a thank you out to IFI for making the radios a non issue. I know before the competition started there was a lot of anxiety about the radios, but I think they did a tremendous job in making the radios a non issue.

To all of the teams who competed - thanks for once again making the Jersey Regional the best. You all were fantastic and great to see. Thanks to 25 and 1302 for making the championship possible and providing more excite than this old bald guy can handle. Can't wait for Philly!!

[Alexa Stott]

Hey - I want to send a thank you out to IFI for making the radios a non issue. I know before the competition started there was a lot of anxiety about the radios, but I think they did a tremendous job in making the radios a non issue.


I would like to second that.

We had some issues with our radios during build season and had to send them back. IFI replaced them and got them to us on time for the competition. Once we downloaded the new master code to our robot, everything ran smoothly.

I know that we had no problem with the radios the entire competition. So thank you to IFI for fixing those few problems with the radios.

Also, thank you to the representative (sorry, can't remember the name!) from IFI for helping us to get in touch with someone who could help us figure out why our auto wasn't working.

[Bharat Nain]

Also, thank you to the representative (sorry, can't remember the name!) from IFI for helping us to get in touch with someone who could help us figure out why our auto wasn't working.
Ricky, the hardware guy. :p

[aallen88]

Enjoyed coming back to Jersey this year!

Congrats to 103, 25, 1302...you guys destroyed.
(PoJo...its about time!)
And of course to 75 for winning chairmans :-D.

[DonRotolo]

Ricky, the hardware guy. :p
yeah, big kudos to Ricky, he worked his magic for us, too.

Oh, and I have to thank the Hawaiian Kids for their great idea for PWM cables - curling them up like that!

[slickguy2007]

Congratulations to all teams participating at the 2007 NJ regional. I have to admit that this was the most fun NJ regional of my high school days.

Congratulations to 25, 103, and 1302 for a well deserved win.

For the past 10 years I have had a chance to watch team 75 grow. IMHO, team 75 is one of the most gracious teams I have ever encountered. You guys are always thinking about others first and without your assistance team 1403 may have never gotten started. No matter what the situation may be for any team in need of help, team 75 will always be there to help them. When I told my brother and sister (both are 75 alumni), they were absolutely ecstatic. Congratulations on this well deserved Chairman's Award and I wish you the best of luck in the future. (By the way, our team has all of a sudden become obsessed with polishing the robot..... I guess I am saying thanks for giving us a new between-match-hobby :))

And to my team, 1403.... Great job guys. I have watched you guys develop over the past four years and I am proud to say that you have come a long way. Of course there were ups and downs, but you guys just kept on moving. Starting by winning the Rookie All Star Award in 2004 and winning the Engineering Inspiration Award in my graduating year are memories I will never forget. I leave you guys after this year knowing that you will have a lasting impact on the world. I am glad that you have achieved this success and I look forward to seeing many more great things come from you guys in the future.

Teams 75 and 11, thank you for being such great allies in the Finals. I wish we could have gone further, but we all had fun and that's what is most important. Good luck at the rest of your competitions!

Congratulations to Tim Leicht, team advisor of 1403 and former advisor of 303, for winning the Woodie Flowers Award. You deserve the award for all of your hard work and dedication. Words cannot describe how much of a positive impact you have had on the team. I don't think anyone on 1403 will forget that moment when you had tears in your eyes after they announced your name (but just in case they do forget, we have plenty of footage of it ;) )

Thank you to all of the volunteers, mentors, and FIRST'ers who made this regional possible. Without your dedication, we wouldn't be able to brag about having one of the best regionals in the country! :cool:

Hope to see everyone in Boston, Atlanta or Monty Madness.

[Rohith Surampudi]

OOO how could i forget!

CONGRATULATIONS MR. Leicht

[themagichat]

I just wanted to thank 25 and 103 for a really great time. This was by far the best NJ regional I have ever been a part of.
I also wanted to thank 75 for the tread. Without it we would have been a lost cause. Thanks again and CONGRATS! on the chairmans award win.

[OZ_341]

It was great going to the NJ Regional for the first time. We had a blast.

Congrats to the winning alliance. Team 103 is a team we are close too. We were also happy to see Tim Leicht win WFA. He is an amazing coach and a nice guy.
Also congrats to team 75 for Chairmans and Team 1403 for EI.

[Alex Burman]

I have uploaded all my photos to facebook links are as follows. They should all work even if you don't have a facebook acount.
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[ChristinaR]

Those pictures are great. They bring back some good memories from one of the best regionals (and best mascot pit)! Thanks for capturing all the excitement!
And there is no such thing as too many pictures. :)

[Scott Carpman]

I can't wait for next year! Thanks for all the amazing pictures.