Virginia Regional 2013
 

It's looking like it's going to be a full house at VA this year, with 65 teams attending at the moment, including most of the traditional Virginia teams and quite a few northeast visitors. Only three rookie bots are signed up at the moment, half the number that were signed up last year at this time.
178 The 2nd Law Enforcers from Farmington, CT, USA
195 Cyber Knights from Southington, CT, USA
339 Kilroy from Stafford, Spotsylvania & King George, VA USA
346 RoboHawks from Chesterfield, VA, USA
358 Robotic Eagles from Hauppauge, NY, USA
384 Sparky from Richmond, VA, USA
388 Maximum Oz from Grundy, VA, USA
401 Hokie Guard from Christiansburg, VA, USA
405 The Chameleons from Richmond, VA, USA
422 Mech Tech Dragons from Richmond, VA, USA
527 Dragons from No. Massapequa, NY, USA
540 TALON 540 Godwin Robotics from Henrico, VA, USA
612 Chantilly Robotics from Chantilly, VA, USA
617 Enginerds from Highland Springs, VA, USA
619 Cavalier Robotics from Charlottesville, VA, USA
714 panthera from Newark, NJ, USA
1033 Team CLUTCH from Richmond, VA, USA
1095 RoboCavs from Chatham, VA, USA
1137 Rocket Sauce from Mathews, VA, USA
1262 The STAGS from Martinsville, VA, USA
1398 Robo-Raiders from Columbia, SC, USA
1403 Cougar Robotics from Skillman, NJ, USA
1418 Vae Victis from Falls Church, VA, USA
1522 DOTM - Defenders of the Multiverse from Mechanicsville, VA, USA
1541 MidloCANics from Midlothian, VA, USA
1598 Team Talon from Danville, VA, USA
1599 Atlee Raiders from Mechanicsville, VA, USA
1610 B.O.T. (Builders of Tomorrow) from Franklin, VA, USA
1793 The Pilots from Norfolk, VA, USA
1829 Carbonauts from Wallops Island, VA, USA
1895 Lambda Corp from Manassas, VA, USA
1908 ShoreBots from Eastville, VA, USA
2021 F.A.R. from Fredericksburg, VA, USA
2028 Phantom Mentalist from Hampton, VA, USA
2053 TigerTronics from Endicott, NY, USA
2068 Metal Jackets from Manassas, VA, USA
2106 The Junkyard Dogs from Goochland, VA USA
2107 Mighty Titans from Norfolk, VA, USA
2186 Bulldogs from Chantilly, VA, USA
2199 Robo-Lions from Eldersburg, MD, USA
2363 Triple Helix from Newport News, VA, USA
2402 RoboJackets from Fredericksburg, VA, USA
2434 Blue Devils Gear Heads from Hopewell, VA, USA
2890 The Hawk Collective from Chesapeake, VA, USA
2988 RoboGenesis from Berryville, VA, USA
2998 Vikings from Richmond, VA, USA
3015 Ranger Robotics from Spencerport, NY, USA
3072 Backwoods Bots from Wytheville, VA, USA
3136 Official Robot Constructors of America (ORCA) from Ashland, VA, USA
3168 Warriors from Suffolk, VA, USA
3258 Mad Dawgs from Martinsville, VA, USA
3274 Big-Blue-Botics from Harrisonburg, VA, USA
3307 Robo Dawgs from Luray, VA, USA
3359 Royal Robotics from Portsmouth, VA, USA
3361 Governators from Fishersville, VA, USA
3373 Team RoboHawk from Warrenton, VA, USA
3624 ThunderColts from Dix Hills, NY, USA
3709 RTC Blastro Robots from Richmond, VA, USA
3870 Fighting Gobblers from Broadway, VA, USA
3872 PanTech from Shenandoah, VA, USA
3939 Robotic Knights from Buchanan, VA, USA
4286 LDHS Robotics from Mechanicsville, VA, USA
4472 Super NOVA from Manassas, VA, USA
4538 Enginuity from Newport News, VA, USA
4714 The Millennium Falcons from Richmond, VA, USA
I know that 405 is not competing with their own robot this year, but 422 has accepted their seniors onto our team in order to allow them to still attend the competition during their senior year.

422 Teaser video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvyC...ature=youtu.be

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It's odd seeing the list as it is. So many of the Carolina Teams are gonna be at their event. Some big local names are gonna be elsewhere. But still gonna be a full house as always.

Looking forward to it in two weeks.

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Yep, tied for the biggest event of the year, even with two major in-state teams in Raleigh. This is the biggest field since Rack n Roll.

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almost here

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3015 is excited! We make the 9 hour ride down on Wed. This is our first time in VA and look forward to working with all the great teams.

Mr. Gallina

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Looking forward to being with all our great friends at VCU once again. We learned a great deal at Palmetto and are now ready to play.::rtm::

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Team 195, The CyberKnights are excited to be coming down to VA. Packing the trailer tomorrow night and heading down early wednesday morning. We are looking forward to our first time in VA and getting to meet many of the teams down there. Best of Luck to all!

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ILITE Robotics (Team 1885) can't believe we arent going to be able to be there this year to join you all. Registration just didnt work out, with the event being so popular this year.

Keep an eye out though, there should be a couple of our purple shirts wandering around anyways, as a few mentors wanted to head that way to help teams in the pits, even if the entire team couldnt be there.

Everyone else on the team will be watching the webcasts with excitement as they are projected on the wall of our lab.

Good luck to all the teams this weekend.

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FIRST Team 422 will probably be dropping off their robot after the crushing 3 minute drive from school to the Siegel Center around 7:30 Wednesday night. I'm excited to be back in Richmond for the weekend!

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I just want to say thank you to ILITE for sending people yesterday. They help is greatly appreciated. The help from all of the teams that are willing to help others in need.

We've seen several third level climbers. A few matches where the frisbee firing squads took the field. Just an overall fun event so far.

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I know I speak for all of 1403 when I say this was a phenomenal event. Thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors, and teams that made this event so great. Congrats to the chairman's award winner 384 and the EI winners 540. Also congrats to the winners 1541, 1262, and 1610, you guys were amazing when you played together and deserved the win. 3015, 2363, and 2053 you played some amazing matches and were a pleasure to watch. Lastly we would like to thank our phenomenal alliance partners, team 401 and 1895, we had some great matches....putting up 145 points without fouls was fun to be apart of. Unfortunately the fun had to end, but we are glad we took the trip down to Virginia and would like to thank everyone who was apart of the event.

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This was a great event. Team Talon 1598 would like the thank everyone involved from Pattie Cook to the frisbee counters to the bag checkers at the door :rolleyes: . We would like to especially thank 540 (the other Talon) and 527 for picking us to be a part of your alliance. I would like to congratulate the winning alliance of 1541, 1262, 1610. I think I heard we might have been on your list, but I will have to say you got the better robot with 1610. We are very good friends with 1262 and 1610 and feel like we won when they did. 1262 -- glad the hose clamp we gave you fixed your shooter :) . It was great to be standing with Hank when they won and to see Liz jump up in the stands. Kyle -- enjoy your steak dinner. I told my scouts Friday night that the winning alliance would include 1262, 1610, or 1541 -- I had no idea they would combine for the perfect storm. See everyone next year.

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In one way or another I've been involved with FIRST for 11 years. Barring one Match in the Quarterfinals on Archimedes in 2005, that was perhaps the best elimination matches I've ever seen. There were no 3 level climbers but at the end of the day, it was epic. Almost no penalties. Constant shooting.

1541, 1262 and 1610, you guys Had to fight to win. 1403, that 5 disc shooter was incredible.
To the 2 three level climbers, I was in awe each time.
195, way to snipe the top goal. I hope we got you guys set to stun them at your next event.
Sparky, again, well earned award.

To all the teams and my fellow volunteers going to St. Louis, I'll hope to see you there.

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Does anyone have any of the Finals Footage from the VA Regional on Youtube or uploaded?

My little brother (driver for 1541) gave me a shout out before the last match from the Announcer and I would love to see the footage as I was unable to watch it due to the internet being down at the time.

Thanks.

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This was really a great regional this year. They didn't run out of food...lol, we had a good spot in the pits and we were right across from one of the tv screens so i could watch from there. Jeff Seaton did a great job as usual.
Thanks go out to all our sponsors (especially Ed Ketz from BAE where i work
as they not only help support us financially, but he also helps me get paid time
off so i can go and help the team). Thanks go to Dan and team 1598 for rooting for us. I hadn't hoped it would have come to it, but we ended up playing against
2363 in eliminations again (we had at Palmetto) We had shared a bus and hotel with them while there and every one from Matt Wilbur on down on that team are class acts...and they had a wonderful alliance with 3015 and 2053. I did'nt know if our alliance could beat them with them being so strong. And finally i'd like to give congrats and thanks to our alliance partners 1541 and 1262. The three of us came together and worked as a team and played hard and won. Hopefully we'll see each other (hopefully on the same side of the playing field) at St. Louis.

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Paul... While video of the matches aren't up yet...here is some video Matt Glennon shot of the allances shaking hands...https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...p e=2&theater
There are lots of pictures on our teams facebook page too.https://www.facebook.com/FRC1610?group_id=0

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Thank you! I really appreciate that!

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I just uploaded some video of the finals shot by one of our parents, from the stands. Unfortunately, your shout out was during the handshakes.

The finals matches are up on youtube.

I also posted a bunch of pictures, though these are mostly of our team and our alliance partners. Others may be able to spot yourselves in the crowd shots...

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I saw that. I was the other shout out.

I too would like the video.


Congrats on winning.

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AWESOME!

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Todd is part of the reason that 2363 is such a great team.
Thanks Todd

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Well, aren't we all just feeling the love? :)

Seriously, though, the bus ride down to Palmetto with 1610 was one of the highlights of my year. Coming off the craziness of the final weekend, and the rapid turnaround preparing for a week 1 final, it was great having hours to just sit and talk to other people who are just as passionate about FIRST. I don't think there was any aspect of this year's game, our strategies, design decisions, and team organizations that we didn't discuss in detail. If we had to go down, there is no one we'd rather lose to...

Also, there is another good video up with the aforementioned shout-outs. Stick around for the match afterwards, it was the best one of the finals. (heh, heh)

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There is a school of thought in FRC Strategy that eliminations are usually won or lost the second following the 16th pick in the draft. After all alliances are put together, scouters with the right data and strategists with the right "feel of the game" can usually guess how elims will play out. I didn't have the heart to tell the students on 422 that they were probably the third or 4th best alliance on the field that had to face the best alliance by far in the quarterfinals. Though we have achieved a lucrative "officiating technicality hat trick" of being removed from eliminations at all levels at the Virginia Regional over the last 3 years, I knew the right alliance was moving forward. Congrats to the ALL-VIRGINIA ALLIANCE of our friends on 1541, 1610, and 1262 that stood their ground on their home turf and really put on a show. Even though only two match-ups went to 3 rounds, this was the most exciting elimination bracket I have ever watched. We hope all of you can get to championships, in addition to our rookie all-stars and alliance partners and the EI winners over at Godwin High.

Sorry that 422's drive train ate itself at the end of the event, 612. Build says there is a fix on the way for when we meet again in DC, but who knows.

I'm glad the judges recognized FIRST Team 422 for what it is. A great group of student's mentors, parents, sponsors, school administrators, alumni and friends that just isn't quite there yet. Rest assured, there are monumental plans in store for Team 422 on redefining what it means to have FIRST in Virginia, and it starts and ends with the team's business and outreach leader and Dean's List winner, Matt Aldridge.

Some of you may have met Matt in the pits looking for contact information about working together in the offseason. That was but a small, granular sample of the legwork he puts in for 422. He is a really special kid that inspired me to continue throwing hours of my time into the bottomless pit that is working with his bustling committee. Two years ago, the business committee was a committee of 1 (myself), but Matt grabbed the beast by the horns and now more than half of 422's nearly 5 dozen students, mentors and alumni work 365 days a year meeting with corporations, community leaders, politicians, and administrators, raising money for themselves and other FRC and FLL teams, and cementing long term goals for FIRST in our city and state, and it is all because he is such an impossibly amazing person to work with.

I really have a hard time putting into words the positive impact he has had on so many people, his humility, his humor, his attitude and outlook on life, that I was terrified the essay we submitted wouldn't have been good enough. I am indebted to the judges for finding Matt's story special enough to merit recognition on a regional level, and I hope his good deeds find the same recognition they deserves on a global level.

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Congrats to the winning alliance of 1451, 1262, and 1610. You guys made an extremely strong alliance. And 1610 still being available when you guys picked just shows how deep the quality of robots was at Virginia this year. Those finals matches were some of the best I've watched in the years I've been in FIRST. Thank you to team 3015 for selecting us for the elimination rounds and 2053 for being a great 3rd alliance partner. hope to see some of the teams that came to visit from out of state back again next year.

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On behalf of team 2053, the TigerTronics, I would like to congratulate the winning alliance of 1451, 1262, and 1610. Thank you Ranger Robotics, team 3015 and Triple Helix, team 2363 for picking us to be on your alliance. It was an exciting end to the competition. We lost a significant amount of funding this year so we could only attend one competition. I am very glad we decided on the Virginia regional. The competition was very fun. We will most definitely return to Virginia next year!

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Thank you all for the congratulations it is truly an honor! Congratulations to teams 1610, 1541, and 1262 for winning the competition and also congratulations to teams 3015, 2053, and 2363 for making finalists! Congrats to team 540 for winning Engineering Inspiration! We missed seeing team 1885 there hope you guys can make it next year! We hope to see you all at worlds, it was truly an amazing competition! :)

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What a competition! Team 612 would like to congratulate team 384 on winning their third Chairmans award in team history, and team 540 on their first Engineering inspiration award. We would also like to thank our alliance partners 422 and 4472 for a great effort in the elimination rounds.

To team 422, it's unfortunate that your drive train and shooter decided to stop working in the playoffs, but that's apart of the game. Even with a chain missing, you guys played some great defense and kept us in the game. I can't wait to see your teams robot at the DC regional when everything is working again.

To team 4472, congratulations on winning the Highest Rookie Seed and Rookie All-Star awards. It's hard to believe this is your teams first year. Honestly, your team looked like veterans out there. Good luck in St. Louis, hopefully we will see your there.

Finally, I have to give a shout out to one of my good friends in FIRST, James Gillespie (2068) for winning the regional Woodie Flowers award! Congratulations G, I'm glad to see you're finally being recognized for all the work you have done for team 2068 and the Virginia robotics community.

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Thanks to 1541 and 1262 for selecting 1610 to your alliance. We were a powerful alliance and put up some of the highest scores at the regional. 384 and 540, congrats on your Chairman's and EI. We hope to see you all again in St. Louis.

3015, 2363, and 2053: you played some awesome matches! Thanks for the great competition. Triple Helix, it has been great getting to know your team this year and we hope that our new friendship continues.

And 1598, thanks for your continuous support. You've been there for us since our first regional win back in 2006.

Now that all the thanks have been given, here is a little food for thought. There was a meeting at the regional about moving to the district model. I have calculated the VA rankings from the MAR model based solely on the Virginia Regional results. Please note that I did not include tiebreakers. I would be interested to hear everyone's thoughts after viewing the rankings.

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Hello, I'm from Team 2068. Last weekend, our mentor and student went down to get the Chairmans comments from the Pit Admins and they were told someone already came to pick it up. None of our students and mentors have them, so we suspect that another team may have got the wrong packet. Does any team have our packet by mistake? We really need to see those comments to improve the presentation next year. Thanks, if you can help us, please contact our coach, Mr. Gillespie, at over.prime@gmail.com

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The Virginia Regional was an amazing event, huge thanks to all the volunteers who came together to make the event the success it was!

Team SuperNOVA, 4472, was honored to have received the Rookie All-Star, and Highest Ranked Rookie awards. In addition being picked to play in the alliance with 612 and 422 was a huge honor!

A huge thanks to the Woodie Flowers Finalist - Mr. G! He along with the team members from 2068 provided an invaluable partnership this year during our rookie year, and helped get off the ground, to have such an awesome time this year!

We can't wait for Worlds in St. Louis!

Note: Some of our team members will be helping at the DC Regional, say hi!