2007 UTC Connecticut Regional!

[Jessica Boucher]

I woke up today and realized - hey, where's UTC's thread?

In it's 9th year, the UTC Connecticut Regional is getting even better with improved seating, and some surprises we can't talk about just yet ;)

So, who is going to the regional you voted as the Best Regional in the East, and who is excited?

Don't forget to sign up to volunteer at https://my.usfirst.org/vims/ ! We were trying out a new email system that had some issues, so if you sent messages to it and it did not work, please send all volunteer-related conversation to FIRSTCTRvolunteers AT gmail.com

JAB

[Rosiebotboss]

Rosie :)

[Greg Marra]

I am very excited for the UTC Regional this year! It falls on the first weekend of my spring break, so I won't need to worry too much about homework. Plus, all kinds of crazy good teams are going to be competing there. I haven't checked entirely, but at least 3 teams that played on Einstein last year are coming to UTC, plus a bunch of other regional winners, and just generally strong-robot teams.

The competition is going to be fierce, and I think we're going to see some of the lowest scores posted nationwide (due to amazing defense and precision spoiler control, of course).

[Mark McLeod]

You showed us a great time last year, and the kids voted to return this year.
Probably pitted right next to Rosie again.
We'll see you there!

[aztech75]

I cant wait for UTC this year... there is deff gonna b some crazy competition this year!!!

see you guys there

[AcesPease]

The competition is going to be fierce, and I think we're going to see some of the lowest scores posted nationwide (due to amazing defense and precision spoiler control, of course).

We'll see if we can't post a few high scores too, due to the construction of some amazing robots :)

[Nica F.]

I would love to make the trip over to Connecticut again to help out and volunteer like last year, but i do believe i have school that week and i dont think i'd want to take the trip from California alone.. haha.

im sure this regional will be quite awesome though.

[KathieK]

I'll be there volunteering and hope to see a lot of you there!

[Mark McLeod]

I'll be there volunteering and hope to see a lot of you there!
I'd expect nothing less from the Volunteer of the Year :)

[Ericgehrken]

This is going to be the first regional of my FIRST career and I can't wait. As Greg said it is going to be fierce.

[Andy Grady]

Hello everyone!

I definately can't wait for UTC this year. Last year, new venue, great event! Honestly, I don't know if I have seen an event which matched the excitment and electricity that the Connecticut regional had last year. The loud banging of feet on the bleachers, the music, the excitment...made for quite possibly the best regional that Connecticut has held since the NE Regional moved to Hartford in 1999. 2007 promises to be just as exciting.

To the teams attending, don't forget to bring your bumpers. Things get a little rough out here in New England!

If you aren't competing, I highly encourage you to volunteer for the event. Its people like those of you who volunteer who make the competition work. There are plenty of available jobs to be done, so throw your name into VIMS.

Hope to see you all there!

[BandChick]

I'm excited! This is the first year my team is attending the UTC Regional, and though I tried (VERY!) hard to get there last year, this will be my first year there too! I can't wait for the tough competition!

[rocknthehawk]

549, the DevilDawgs will be there :)

I'm excited...I've heard a lot about UTC, so i'm interested to see how it compares to the Granite State Regional.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

The Blue Alliance will be there. We've got something thats going to blow your mind..

:confused: :eek: :cool:

[brinsy625]

549, the DevilDawgs will be there :)

I'm excited...I've heard a lot about UTC, so i'm interested to see how it compares to the Granite State Regional.

Gaelhawks will definitly be there and our painting skills are much better than last year for anyone who remembers the 3 body painted 230 people walking around.... much, much better.... and I've heard a lot about you and your mohawk and will definitly be stopping by to talk to you....you seem like a rocker which is definitly a good thing.... Yeah...anyway we'll definitly be there and painted again this year and also ooking for some more hackie sack action so if you want to play come find us... always looking to meet some cool new people

-Trev

[Levin571]

I may even be making a trek down from Canada to visit this event! If I'm there, I'll be the one draped in a Canadian flag

[nparikh]

I can't wait to go. I hear it's a great regional with some tough competition= lots of fun!

Anything fun to do around the venue? We're staying to the Marriott connected to the convention center.

[Uberbots]

im excited... sort of. i can only hope that our robot will live up to the UTC NER standards... and let me tell you i am not looking forward to programming it.

dual targets + 3 closed PID loops + a slew of teams that wrecked the competition last year = some fierce competition

[Levin571]

Looking at the teams, I think this may be the most intense regional this upcoming year

[brinsy625]

I can't wait to go. I hear it's a great regional with some tough competition= lots of fun!

Anything fun to do around the venue? We're staying to the Marriott connected to the convention center.
I dont know about directly at the venue, butexcept for a few teams playing ultimate frisbee and hackie sack, but last year was good because it landed on the same day as a parade so we watched that for a while

[John Neun]

Team 20 will be there to and we look forward to seeing all of our old friends!!

[Jessica Boucher]

Remember, this year the Saturday of the event falls on St. Patrick's Day...so there are some surprises in store!!

[Greg Marra]

Remember, this year the Saturday of the event falls on St. Patrick's Day...so there are some surprises in store!!

It is actually really good that the St. Patrick's Day parade in Hartford is the same day. Last year, we were able to convince a bunch of kids from our high school who weren't involved in robotics to come check out the competition since the Convention Center isn't very far from the parade route.

I would encourage everyone to tell their peers to come see what it's like if they're going to be in Hartford already.

[BobC]

Remember, this year the Saturday of the event falls on St. Patrick's Day...so there are some surprises in store!!

So, Jess does that mean I get to get my Irish side of me up.
Bob

[KathieK]

It is actually really good that the St. Patrick's Day parade in Hartford is the same day. Last year, we were able to convince a bunch of kids from our high school who. Convince your local legislators to stop by afterwards, also. Or better yet, convince them that attending the FIRST event is more important than marching in a parade! :)

[Elgin Clock]

Remember, this year the Saturday of the event falls on St. Patrick's Day...so there are some surprises in store!!

Will that surprise involve changing the target light from rectangular to a 4 leaf clover shape? :p

[Kim Masi]

I cant wait for the UTC Regional!

The new venue is so spacious, it reminds me a lot of Atlanta...

If any teams need any help on suggestions for places to stay, restaurants, or anything, feel free to contact me!

[Heretic121]

My day is during UTC eh? i guess i gotta go now *sigh* lol... plan on voulenterring if needed if not might stop by to see the local competition =P

[Team905Animator]

Cant wait for this year's UTC Regional! :D

[Jaine Perotti]

I just found out that I will be home in Connecticut for my spring break this year, and that I will be able to attend the UTC Connecticut Regional! I am very excited because this means that I am now going to be able to spend time with The Who'sCTEKS for two out of their three events (I'm missing the New Jersey Regional).

Good luck teams, and see you there! :)

[aztech75]

Dose anyone know if there is gonna be a team social this year????

[AcesPease]

Dose anyone know if there is gonna be a team social this year????

I don't think so. Is it too late to book Bradley Bowl ;)

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Is there a webcast?
Has anyone volunteered to get the video feed for archiving at the regional?

[galewind]

This will be 1089's first time there. We're pretty excited about it!

[ScoutingNerd175]

I just found out that I will be home in Connecticut for my spring break this year, and that I will be able to attend the UTC Connecticut Regional!

Well, Buzz is not going to UTC, but I will be home for my spring break as well, so I'm definitely going to UTC. (This will probably be the only regional I get to, as there seems to be no way for me to get from Syracuse to Manchester. Stupid public transportation!) Hopefully I will be volunteering. But I'm just excited to get to see some competition this year!

[artdutra04]

Remember, this year the Saturday of the event falls on St. Patrick's Day...so there are some surprises in store!!Ahh, now that huge order of green ringers and Astroturf makes sense... :p

[Heretic121]

i will be there... scouting you boston teams... living it up on St. Patty's day *yup thats me*

Cant wait to see this competetion seeing the big 25 making its way up north and all the usual CT suspects making thier apperances... cant wait!!!

[Greg Marra]

Is there a webcast?
Has anyone volunteered to get the video feed for archiving at the regional?

My understanding is that the UTC regional will have both a webcast and Sundial.

[Mike Betts]

My understanding is that the UTC regional will have both a webcast and Sundial.

That is the plan...

And now we even have a web site (http://www.ctfirst.org/frc_events/index.html)! Check it out...

Mike

[Eric Scheuing]

I'm certainly excited. 25 is going to be there as well, and those matches are going to be fierce. Good luck to everyone going.

[AcesPease]

That is the plan...

And now we even have a web site (http://www.ctfirst.org/frc_events/index.html)! Check it out...

Mike

Site Looks good :) Thanks for getting it up!

[AV_guy007]

Does anyone know if the webcast will be live on Thursday during practice matches?

[Greg Marra]

That is the plan...

And now we even have a web site (http://www.ctfirst.org/frc_events/index.html)! Check it out...

Mike

The site looks really nice. I am excited to see it fill up with more content as the Regional comes and goes. Resources like these are very valuable and can make a big difference to new teams and teams with limited resources.

Keep it up!

[Mike Betts]

Does anyone know if the webcast will be live on Thursday during practice matches?

Sam,

I'm not sure but I rather doubt it. There may be a few test feeds to shake out the system but practice matches are a bit boring for the folks at home...

Another issue is manpower from 230. They will be staffing all day Friday and Saturday as it is...

Mike

[PandaMan]

I'm really looking forward to UTC, but I hope we don't have to play against team 20 in every other match.:yikes:

[Jessica Boucher]

Heads up!

The UTC CTR is still looking for a few great volunteers! Volunteering all day gets you free parking at the venue, a snazzy tshirt and badge, and free food!

There are still spots available in:
Crowd Control (all three days)
Field Reset/Repair (Thurs & Fri)

Please PM me or email FIRSTCTRvolunteers@gmail.com to get started!!!

Jessica Boucher
UTC Connecticut Regional Volunteer Coordinator

[JamesBrown]

I am looking for a place to stay in hartfoed thursday and Friday night, if any one has a room and is looking for or willing to take another person let me know, I will pay and don't mind the floor.

James

[Justin]

I'll be field-side at UTC, doesn't get much better than that. Especially with the intensity of the new venue. Should be another great regional, I wonder if that science museum is open yet?? I heard rumors of a Team Social there last year. Anyways can't wait for CT use to be one of my least favorite events (booo Meadows!!!!) now it is probably my favorite event (yay CT Convetion Center!!!!!). The UTC regional I think jut proves how much of a difference venue can make to a FIRST competition Meadows was a horrible FIRST venue and the intensity and excitement at the competition suffered as a result. Everything's back on track now should be a good time and great comp.

Justin

[Uberbots]

We will be there, and we are very excited for it.
that is, if banebots finally fixes these carrier plates for good....

[Jessica Boucher]

The UTC CT Regional is only days away now! Don't forget to bring safety glasses and your spirit!

[Heretic121]

I will be attending UTC all 3 days =X

If anyone has a floor or couch for me to sleep on thursday + friday night *possibly wednesday too* i would greatly appreciate it!!!

*please send an AIM - hardcore2xtremes or Email Heretic121@gmail.com

Thanks guys!!! cant wait to see you all there!!!

[smurfgirl]

im excited... sort of. i can only hope that our robot will live up to the UTC NER standards... and let me tell you i am not looking forward to programming it.

dual targets + 3 closed PID loops + a slew of teams that wrecked the competition last year = some fierce competition

Mechanically our robot is much better off than last year, so how bad could the task of programming it be? At least we don't throw chains and leave robot carnage as souvenirs on the field...

Anyway, on behalf of all the members of the ÜberBots, I believe I can fairly say that we're all super-excited for the UTC Connecticut Regional this year. Only a few more days!

[Xufer]

1740 will be in attendence for sure, we are putting in long hours all week to get ready for the regional, making lists checking them twice etc. Getting ready for a regional is kinda like xmas but more fun and less shopping.? In anycase looking forward to seeing you all there.

[kevin.li.rit]

596 is going to rock your socks off.

[Levin571]

If anyone is going up north to the upstate New York or New Hampshire area after the regional please PM or IM me!

[dmurdz]

Team 1027 is rolling from its competition in Orlando last week to return home to the UTC Regional this weekend and we can't wait.

[Chris Marra]

It is not critical or urgent, but if any team or one of its members happens to have an RP-SMA antenna for our wireless router that will be running Sundial at the event, we want to make sure the range will cover the whole convention center. It is, well, large :p

[KathieK]

Just got home from the venue - it's looking really nice! The planning committee has done an awesome job again this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

[JohnBoucher]

A UTC tradition returns ... Prediciting up to 12 inches of SNOW :ahh::ahh:

[KathieK]

We're NEW ENGLAND, we can deal with a few lousy inches of ice and snow... :yikes: Our new motto for the regional should be "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." - Herodotus

[Elgin Clock]

WHOO HOO!!! I'm the first one to ask for updates from UTC!!
So.. how you doin' UTC? :p

I feel all special now. lol j/k.

I'll be there around 2 in the afternoon today.

Good luck to all teams competing!!

[BoyWithCape195]

The webcast is up!

Page Link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/

Direct link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/webcast300.asx

[Tom Bottiglieri]

The webcast is up!

Page Link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/

Direct link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/webcast300.asx
Argh! Lunch needs to end!

[Jay Trzaskos]

Argh! Lunch needs to end!

agreed!

[Brandon Holley]

i hear noises...wheres the vid?????????


EDIT: vids here

[BiTurboS4]

Trying to convince the girlfriend to come down to see an event, but i'll probably be there on Saturday. See you folks there.

[SamC]

The webcast is up!

Page Link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/

Direct link:

http://www.shsrobotics.org/06/webcast/webcast300.asx

You can also go straight to http://159.247.235.150/T230 in Real player.

[BobC]

As of 4pm Thursday. Friday's start time for UTC will be at the time posted. Pits open at 8am and matches start 9:30am.

[Uberbots]

As far as i can see, this regional is going to be amazing. I see quite a few intimidating teams there. Good luck to all on the qualification matches tomorrow!!

[Ericgehrken]

Good Luck to all of the teams at UTC in Qualifying tomorrow!

[griff549]

549 was there today and we did alright. there seems to b many good teams at this regional its going to b a tough one. any other teams that are attending feel free to reply

[KathieK]

Um... maybe we should hold a snowman building contest instead of competing with robots tomorrow... :ahh:

[Chris Marra]

So now that half of CT has prematurely cancelled schools, I know 177 is going to have issues getting there and being allowed to use our robot, how about everyone else? I believe our school policy is, you need to come with the school, or with a parent to be allowed to be there as part of a team, which complicates things for a lot of the team.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

So now that half of CT has prematurely cancelled schools, I know 177 is going to have issues getting there and being allowed to use our robot, how about everyone else? I believe our school policy is, you need to come with the school, or with a parent to be allowed to be there as part of a team, which complicates things for a lot of the team.
We had this problem in 2004. We called a whole bunch of people the Friday morning of competition, and eventually word made its way to the super intendant. We were allowed to go;)

[griff549]

Um... maybe we should hold a snowman building contest instead of competing with robots tomorrow... :ahh:


nope just robotics there isnt any snow to use

[Levin571]

The webcast isn't playing any music?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Yay for audio!

:rolleyes:

[K.Shaw]

it works with audio in VLC

[Ctrl Alt Delete]

VLC works. I laughed when I saw it said United Technologies Scrimmage 2006.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Woo Joe Lieberman is the MC!

[Brandon Holley]

195 and 25 are my picks

[Jay Trzaskos]

Who’s announcing, I have an idea, but I can somebody there reassure my suspicions?

Is that 229's own Joel Johnson?!?!?!

[Bongle]

Two spoilers sighted in a match with 40 and 20 in it! (I don't know the other teams, the webcast isn't clear enough) First ones I've ever seen.

[Lil' Lavery]

Imho, the best teams so far are:
195
25
173
176

[JamesBrown]

Just in case and one hadn't heard yet 25 is good, a row of 8 w/ defense being played, and they still made it up the ramp for 2@12 inches.

[Jake177]

25 just scored 316 points! A row of 8 and 2 bots above 12".

[Brandon Holley]

another 316 posted

[Ferrer]

Hey, would anyone be able to post the rankings as of the end of Friday's competition? I'm an alumni stuck in NJ :(

[Justin]

Who’s announcing, I have an idea, but I can somebody there reassure my suspicions?

Is that 229's own Joel Johnson?!?!?!

Yes it was!

[BobC]

Do to the weather some teams were not allowed to stay. Which kinda stinks. Other things happened too, but I will let someone else tell you so I am not accused of being bias.

[Uberbots]

today went very well, i must admit. good luck to all the teams tomorrow!

(glad that we got our autonomous mode to work 3/7 times today... which is good considering our massive EMI, drivetrain, and transmission problems earlier)

[Joel J]

Hey, would anyone be able to post the rankings as of the end of Friday's competition? I'm an alumni stuck in NJ :(40 is in 1st. 25 is top 5, maybe 4th?

[dmurdz]

The qualification day was a ton of fun! Competition is intense. So far they have not posted the results/schedule and the standings on the usfirst.org website.

All the teams have 10 matches, 6 today (Friday, depending on when you read this) and 4 on Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday, the regional has been delayed ONE hour because of the snow and sleet and the driving conditions in the weather. That means the pit opens at 9 AM and opening ceremonies at 10 AM.

Now it's time to go over scouting and then catch some zzzz's.

[Kim Masi]

I would personally like to say thank you to team 176, Aces High, for the gracious perfessionalism that they demonstrated today.

In the middle of the competition, for various school, snow and board of education reasons, our team was forced to stop competing (for the rest of today, atleast). Thanks to an amazing team, we were still able to have our robot out on the field.

Thank you to the three drive team members on team 176 who stepped in to drive two matches with 177's robot. Without ever having driven the robot before, they were able to score a ringer, and play great defense!

Thank you guys so much,

This goes to show how awesome FIRST is.

[Eric Scheuing]

I would personally like to say thank you to team 176, Aces High, for the gracious perfessionalism that they demonstrated today.

In the middle of the competition, for various school, snow and board of education reasons, our team was forced to stop competing (for the rest of today, atleast). Thanks to an amazing team, we were still able to have our robot out on the field.

Thank you to the three drive team members on team 176 who stepped in to drive two matches with 177's robot. Without ever having driven the robot before, they were able to score a ringer, and play great defense!

Thank you guys so much,

This goes to show how awesome FIRST is.

I believe you speak for our entire team when you say that. Not only did Aces allow us to keep competing, but we also even won a round :D. Good work and thank you team 176.

[ben_0614]

Team 25 was crazy fast at scoring tubes!:yikes:
The snow really made it bad for some teams that had to go home. I feel bad for them. I got to sign Woodie Flower's shirt though (so did a lot of other people). Going 20 mph home on the highway was rough. :p

[KathieK]

The snow really made it bad for some teams that had to go home. I feel bad for them. I got to sign Woodie Flower's shirt though (so did a lot of other people). Going 20 mph home on the highway was rough. :pTook a long time getting home tonight. Hope every got home safely and arrives safely in the morning.
(And I got to sign Woodie Flowers' shirt too!!! :) )

[Mike]

Some rough stats for you all...


Ring scoring bots

Team # Avg. Ringers
25 4
40 3.571
237 3.286
195 3.143
1124 2.714
236 2.571
1089 2.571
230 2.429
549 2.286
716 2.143
173 2.000
287 2.000
176 1.833
1071 1.714
1740 1.714
228 1.667
157 1.571
177 1.571
20 1.429
2064 1.429
999 1.286
181 1.000
134 0.857
1665 0.857
1027 0.571
1733 0.571
521 0.429
571 0.429
809 0.429
1493 0.429
358 0.286
1685 0.286
1699 0.286
905 0.143
1373 0.143
1991 0.143
2067 0.143
2170 0.143
178 0.000
558 0.000
596 0.000
839 0.000
1099 0.000
1687 0.000
1784 0.000
1995 0.000
2104 0.000
2105 0.000
2168 0.000


Ramp robots

Team # Bots Held
1099 8
2104 5
558 4
2170 4
230 3
549 3
839 3
1027 3
1089 3
1685 3
1991 3
2168 3
596 2
1493 2
1665 2
1733 2
2067 2
178 1
521 1
809 1
2064 1

[Uberbots]

Whoa mike... our robot failed mechanically for 5 out of our seven matches and we are still in fifth on that list?
that makes me very happy (=

[waialua359]

im sure team 25 will be the team to beat!:yikes:

[Mike]

Whoa mike... our robot failed mechanically for 5 out of our seven matches and we are still in fifth on that list?
that makes me very happy (=
If I remember correctly you scored highly in a couple of matches, which pumped the average up.

Median would've been a more accurate representation I suppose... less resistant to outliers. I'm not crunching those again though :p

[dapub]

Team 1991 would like to thank all of the teams that showed sincere interest in the social that we had planned for tonight. As most of you know, we had to postpone it due to weather:(

However, we are all set up and ready to go for tomorrow (Saturday) night.:)
The details, once again:

FOOD: Pizza, drinks, snacks, dessert
DJ
DDR
XBOX (16 player on 4 projectors)
GAMES

Place: American School for the Deaf (12 minutes away from Convention Center)

Cost: $15 (we won Rookie All Star in NH, and any profits are to help get us there)

Come to our pit for tickets.... we need to know around how many people will come so that we can order food.

Thanks everyone for a couple of great days so far. We are having a blast!

[JamesBrown]

If I remember correctly you scored highly in a couple of matches, which pumped the average up.

Median would've been a more accurate representation I suppose... less resistant to outliers. I'm not crunching those again though :p

DO you have the raw data that you used, if you do I would be interested in seeing it so I can check out the numbers.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

So, I had a hell of a night. I only slept about an hour at a time and visited the porcelain gods four times. I think it was the hotdog I had for lunch yesterday. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it today.
Did anyone else get struck down?

[galewind]

Oh man, I hope it's not a stomach bug going around. Our team had a couple of kids come down with that at NJ.
Feel better!

[Mike]

DO you have the raw data that you used, if you do I would be interested in seeing it so I can check out the numbers.
We do, but its dead tree still. When we digitize it I'll let you know.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Here's the excel sheet we have.

[Levin571]

does anyone know what time the webcast will be up this morning

[Travis Hoffman]

does anyone know what time the webcast will be up this morning

It's up. Opening ceremonies.

[The Lucas]

Wow, a #1 seed (176) v #2 (716) qualification showdown and its a rout. 716 and 40 score 2 blue keepers. They extend the row to 6 even though 716 looks like it has radio problems and 40 is constantly defended. Congrats to new #1 seed 716, your dead reckoning autonomous never ceases to amaze me.

Edit: I was watching the webcast and heard that the winner would be number one, I guess it was one of those weird ranking situations.

[Alex Cormier]

well word is 176 are paired with 25.

i'll update when i get more info.

[Athleticgirl389]

Here are the final alliances for the 2007 UTC Connecticut Regional

Alliance 1:
176
25
2104

Alliance 2:
1493
20
230

Alliance 3:
716
40
1027

Alliance 4:
1685
236
177

Alliance 5:
237
1089
549

Alliance 6:
195
1124
558

Alliance 7:
1733
173
1099

Alliance 8:
839
134
157


Good luck to all those teams in the final rounds!!!
Great effort by every single team at the 2007 UTC Connecticut Regional :)

[JamesBrown]

Wow, a #1 seed (176) v #2 (716) qualification showdown and its a rout. 716 and 40 score 2 blue keepers. They extend the row to 6 even though 716 looks like it has radio problems and 40 is constantly defended. Congrats to new #1 seed 716, your dead reckoning autonomous never ceases to amaze me.

Andy Clarified this during alliance selections, 176 was a surrogate team so they still seeded first.

[Levin571]

CONGRATS 195 1124 and 558!!! THE NEW NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS!!!

Nice job 176 25 and 2104

[JamesBrown]

Congrats to 236 for winning chairmans (again) 5 in a row is pretty impressive ezpecially at a regional with as many quality teams as UTC.

[Ericgehrken]

Thank you 1124 and 558 for being a great alliance with us!

[BobC]

Andy Clarified this during alliance selections, 176 was a surrogate team so they still seeded first.

What does surrogate team mean?

[JamesBrown]

What does surrogate team mean?

Since the number of teams at the regional wasn't divisible by 3 you guys had to play an extra round, however they don't count that round because it would be unfair if they did.

[lukevanoort]

Congratulations to 195, 1124, and 558 for their win as well as 176, 25, and 2104 for being finalists! 195 and 1124 are the best offensive duo I've seen yet this year, they seemed so smooth and fast it was beauty in motion. Putting up seven ringers when 25 puts up two is no small feat! And then following that up with, IIRC, five ringers through the awesome defense of the #1 seeded alliance. A very exciting set of finals matches to be sure.

[Justin]

Congratulations to teams 195, 1124, and 558 for battling to the top of the bracket at the 2007 UTC Regional. Also Congratulations to the UTC Regional planning committee on another nearly perfect event. Without a doubt the UTC Regional in the last few years has established itself as one of the premiere regionals in the country. From a great venue, to great teams, to an incredibly enthusiastic crowd this year and loud too!! Congratulations are also in order to team 236 for their fifth (yes fifth!!) Regional Chairman's Award, how they have not won the national yet is utterly beyond me. Congratulations to everyone who competed at and made the regional a success, there was a lot to be proud of.

See you all next year!!!!,

Justin

[Uberbots]

Thank you 1124 and 558 for being a great alliance with us!

No problem mate. We worked extremely well together... and i must admit that the finals this year were extremely intense.
Congratulations to 558 and 195 for being a great alliance, and to 176, 25, and 2104 for putting up a great fight- you guys were an extremely intimidating alliance.

[BandChick]

Congratulations to the winning alliance! You were a tough group to beat!
Thank you to our alliance partners 237 & 549, we sure gave our opponents a run for their money!

This is (don't tell anyone) probably my new favorite regional.
The spirt was wild, and Connecticut really seems to get the gist of what FIRST is all about.

Thanks for a wonderful weekend!

[whytheheckme]

I had a great time at the regional. I really enjoyed it, especially as a part of a rookie team. A lot of cool stuff happened, including changing out a BaneBots carrier plate of whom's pins fell out in under 8 minutes!

Kind of a sucky way to end the day though.... After the closing ceremonies, we had a Social back at our build site, and I had to leave to go to the hospital due to some chest pain (I have a history of pneumothoraxs..) Turns out it was just a pulled muscle in my back from picking up the bot.... Glad it was this though (better than a week in the hospital...)

Anyway, the regional was great. Congrats to the winning alliance, and to the rookie all-star winners... We know how hard it is to be a rookie team, and you guys deserve the award for all of the great work.

Jacob

[Flanamana]

Does anyone have a video of the match with teams 25 and 1991 in which there were 316 points scored?

[Golto]

I think I do. If so it will be posted on www.team2064.com under Video.

[smurfgirl]

No problem mate. We worked extremely well together... and i must admit that the finals this year were extremely intense.
Congratulations to 558 and 195 for being a great alliance, and to 176, 25, and 2104 for putting up a great fight- you guys were an extremely intimidating alliance.

Shh! Don't tell them that!

Actually, the finals were very intense and my heart was pounding even when I wasn't up there coaching. It was so much more fun to have a difficult match at the end, so thanks to 195 and 558 for your amazing teamwork, and thanks to 176, 25, and 2104 for spicing things up for us. Congrats to everyone on your excellent robots!

[KathieK]

If your team/visitors/sponsors/family happened to arrive home this weekend with FIRST safety glasses that they borrowed to visit you in the pits, and you will be attending the Boston event you might want to turn them back in there. A number of them went missing (perhaps because teams left early or in haste on Friday) and were not turned in to the Student Hosts who were collecting them yesterday... They are marked by a yellow line on the nosepiece.

[Stillen]

This was the devil dawgs first time competing at UTC. The competition was excellent, and we made some new freinds. The parking fees were marginal, and the food was moderately priced (where else can you get a cheeseburger for six bucks that tasted that good?). I was kinda confused on loading dock senario. I know it's a union shop and they have their own rules on when certain docks can be used, but to wait to the last minute to tell us we can't use the front doors to load/unload our tool carts caused some confusion, that shoulda been on the UTC event website info. See you next year at UTC...


Stills

[smurfgirl]

So, I had a hell of a night. I only slept about an hour at a time and visited the porcelain gods four times. I think it was the hotdog I had for lunch yesterday. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it today.
Did anyone else get struck down?

About a third of our team, including our drivers and coach, came down with a similar problem Friday night/Saturday morning... luckily it worked out in the end, but between that and the snow, we were worried for a while.

[KathieK]

It's the FIRST Flu as I like to call it. Some years it take form as a stomach upset. Some years as a cold. Some years as the laryngitis virus (last year that was the one that got me - couldn't speak in a normal voice for several weeks! and it wasn't from yelling - I caught it at BAE where I was a spectator - not cheering - and had it through Championships). This year it seems to be the stomach thing that is affecting different regionals.
Wash your hands. Frequently. Get rest and drink lots of fluids. Eat properly. Take care of yourself before the competitions and you will be able to fight things off better.

[BoyWithCape195]

Will anyone from team 230 be putting up an archive of the webcast?

[Justin]

The folks over at Soap 108 (www.soap108.com (http://www.soap108.com)) have already started uploading matches from CT. It usally takes them about a day to get everything uploaded which isn't surprising considering the enormous task they undertake for all these regionals, encoding, editing, and uploading every match...but I'm sure glad they do it!!

-Justin

[Tom Bottiglieri]

The folks over at Soap 108 (www.soap108.com (http://www.soap108.com)) have already started uploading matches from CT. It usally takes them about a day to get everything uploaded which isn't surprising considering the enormous task they undertake for all these regionals, encoding, editing, and uploading every match...but I'm sure glad they do it!!

-Justin
The matches were being uploaded live as they happened, but then stopped after match 20ish. I believe theres a few DVDs floating around with the remaining matches in them. They need to be parsed and uploaded though.

[Mike Betts]

This was the devil dawgs first time competing at UTC. The competition was excellent, and we made some new freinds. The parking fees were marginal, and the food was moderately priced (where else can you get a cheeseburger for six bucks that tasted that good?). I was kinda confused on loading dock senario. I know it's a union shop and they have their own rules on when certain docks can be used, but to wait to the last minute to tell us we can't use the front doors to load/unload our tool carts caused some confusion, that shoulda been on the UTC event website info. See you next year at UTC...


Stills

Stills (and anyone else),

As always, things can deviate from the script. I was not happy with the event loading and unloading for the teams but most of this had to do with teams having ignored or not read the information on our event web page.

The info on unloading was posted here (http://www.ctfirst.org/frc_events/site_info.html) ("Access to the Loading Dock"). If you experienced something different please send me an email (mbetts@usfirst.org) detailing your experience. Please be as specific as possible.

I was upstairs supervising the load-in at the loading dock and could not be everywhere at once. We need your input if we are to make corrective action for next year.

I look forward to getting your emails...

Mike

[Crazy Ivan]

Congratulations to the winning alliance, we saw first hand how powerful you guys were. Also, a big thank you to our alliance partners 716 and 1027.

And a big thank you to team 134 for sharing the bus ride to and from Connecticut with us.

Except for the "FIRST flu" this was a great regional.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I've got the eliminations rounds parsed out and up. These may only be up for a day or two as we update the TBAtv (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv) system with week 3 data and videos. Enjoy.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/vids/utc07/tombeta/

[flightofone]

Congrats to 1124, 195 and 558! And many thanks to our great alliance partners 25 and 176 for giving us the opportunity to have an amazing experience in our first FIRST season. We've learned so much and are looking forward to next year.

[whytheheckme]

I've got the eliminations rounds parsed out and up. These may only be up for a day or two as we update the TBAtv (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv) system with week 3 data and videos. Enjoy.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/vids/utc07/tombeta/

Thank you for posting these.

Do you know if there are plans to post the seeding matches?

Jacob

[1493kd]

Team 1493 would like to thank our alliance partners team 20 and team 230 for teaming with us and using great team work to get as far as we did.

Sorry things went bad and a gremlin busted our bot and we were no help for match 2+3 of the semi's....who knows how things would of worked out if that had not happened...

[Kyle Fenton]

I've got the eliminations rounds parsed out and up. These may only be up for a day or two as we update the TBAtv (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv) system with week 3 data and videos. Enjoy.

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/vids/utc07/tombeta/

Also if anyone wants to have the finals in DVD quality of the UTC finals, you can download it here:

http://www.rhodewarrior.org/temp/utc/

Note these are not web-ready videos. These are meant to be burned onto a DVD

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Also if anyone wants to have the finals in DVD quality of the UTC finals, you can download it here:

http://www.rhodewarrior.org/temp/utc/

Note these are not web-ready videos. These are meant to be burned onto a DVD
You have a ridiculously fast server. I'm downloading 10+ mbps from you now.

[Kyle Fenton]

Also if anyone wants to have the finals in DVD quality of the UTC finals, you can download it here:

http://www.rhodewarrior.org/temp/utc/

Note these are not web-ready videos. These are meant to be burned onto a DVD

There was a problem with one of the files, but it is fixed now.

[Greg Marra]

Thank you for posting these.

Do you know if there are plans to post the seeding matches?

Jacob

All of the elimination matches have been uploaded to The Blue Alliance Match Archive System (http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/matchlist.php?eventid=21). We have some of the first few eliminations up thanks to SOAP, but we haven't had time to split all of the other elimination matches. If anyone wants volunteer to help us, let me know and I can send you the big files to cut up.

[stevek]

Sorry things went bad and a gremlin busted our bot and we were no help for match 2+3 of the semi's....who knows how things would of worked out if that had not happened...

Thanks to you as well!!! Yeah it's pretty rough when things start breaking. In Semi#2 We would have had it if we could have gotten the second robot up, thats pretty impressive considering you we dead in the water the entire match. But things happen!!! 20 Put up a good fight in Round Three- When we got nailed and the ramp poped open 20Sec into the 2min Human Op time, they were stuck doing everything them selves.

Good job all around regardless.

Congrats to all the Winners- And lets all root for 236 in Atlanta for the Chairmans. This is there 6th year getting there, and 4 in a row for UTC Regional (2003 they submitted and won in NH) So They definately deserve to be there and need to win soon! Good luck to everyone going forward!

Steve

[MChapman]

well word is 176 are paired with 25.

i'll update when i get more info.

Oh Alex! I wonder who was telling you this info? :p I told you i would keep you updated, and i guess i did! :D

[BandChick]

Congrats to all the Winners- And lets all root for 236 in Atlanta for the Chairmans. This is there 6th year getting there, and 4 in a row for UTC Regional (2003 they submitted and won in NH) So They definately deserve to be there and need to win soon! Good luck to everyone going forward!

5th year, actually. 4 at UTC + 1 at NH = 5
Last I checked anyway ~__^

[Jack K.]

As the Pit Admin Guy, I would like to thank my wonderful pit assistants for all their help breaking in the rookie (Pat & Bob your great) :) I would also like to thank the TEAMS who were there. You all showed your Gracious Professionalism and it was great to have you all here in Hartford. If you have any ideas that you would like to see for next year please private message me and I will pass it along to planning committee. Thanks again for making my Rookie year a great one and I will see you in Atlanta. Look for the HAT;) Thanks Jack PS I can't control the weather it is New England wait 5 mins. it will change

[Scott358]

Here's a story about GP at UTC...

Our bot was having major gearbox issues, where we need to change a ratio by means of a larger sprocket on Thurdsay evening so we could compete on Friday.

Upon asking, many teams offered to bring one in for us on Friday morning, which was a wonderful offer. Then came the response from Team 177 (the Bobcats).

Upon understanding our need, a mentor and teacher offered to take us to their school shop about 20 minutes away to help us find a sprocket. Less than a hour later we were up and running and ready for Friday.

This isn't GP, this is GP^2!!! Thanks Bobcats!!!