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class1234567 17-03-2013 22:18
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
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Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249323)
FIRST of all, thank you for the regional everyone, it was a great time with some great teams. Being that we are now done with our season, we are thinking ahead.

My teammates and I are interested in hosting an off season event at our high school. We are 20 minutes outside of St. Louis and were wondering:
1: Thoughts?
2: What teams may be interested?

We are shocked there is not currently one and would like area teams to have a little more fun.
That sounds like a great idea and I think a lot of area teams including my own would greatly appreciate an off season event being close to home.
But something to consider about it is timing since there is an off season event in Kansas city (Cowtown) that occurs around November.

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Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249340)
Great robot, robohawks. You were a good team this year as always. I am sad that 4246 wasn't given the opportunity to alliance with you.
And thanks, we strive to do our best. I do recall one match (my favorite) when we tied against your team 1208 and 3284 during qualifications. Maybe next year we'll get to partner with you

catacon 17-03-2013 22:43
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249323)
My teammates and I are interested in hosting an off season event at our high school. We are 20 minutes outside of St. Louis and were wondering:
1: Thoughts?
2: What teams may be interested?

We are shocked there is not currently one and would like area teams to have a little more fun.
1444 would definitely be interested. There are a number of students on our team looking to increase our off season activity and would love to help setup an event.

AllieS4246 18-03-2013 07:19
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
This is great to hear. A teammate and I yesterday ran some numbers and we would have to have atleast 15 teams (not including our own) to cover costs and make it worth the organizational nightmare it will be. Our facilities can hold about 45 teams comfortably, but being a 1st time event done by a 2nd year team we really doubt that many people would be interested. Would it be best in the 3 day regional format? 2 days no practice? Or a format of our own where you are allianced with everyone at some point in time? This will take a lot of planning and convincing to achieve a off season event, but we are very interested in doing so.

MagiChau 18-03-2013 07:28
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
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Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249486)
This is great to hear. A teammate and I yesterday ran some numbers and we would have to have atleast 15 teams (not including our own) to cover costs and make it worth the organizational nightmare it will be. Our facilities can hold about 45 teams comfortably, but being a 1st time event done by a 2nd year team we really doubt that many people would be interested. Would it be best in the 3 day regional format? 2 days no practice? Or a format of our own where you are allianced with everyone at some point in time? This will take a lot of planning and convincing to achieve a off season event, but we are very interested in doing so.
At the WMRI we host we use a one day format for 24 teams. I would not recommend more than two days, remember this is an off season event not a serious competition, although IRI can get intense.

AllieS4246 18-03-2013 08:28
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We were thinking a two day event. The biggest issue will be food for us. We aren't too sure where to go as far as that is concerned. Our cafeteria won't work, and we aren't sure if we have the man power to grill burgers out back or anything like that.

Jaxom 18-03-2013 14:30
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249486)
This is great to hear. A teammate and I yesterday ran some numbers and we would have to have atleast 15 teams (not including our own) to cover costs and make it worth the organizational nightmare it will be. Our facilities can hold about 45 teams comfortably, but being a 1st time event done by a 2nd year team we really doubt that many people would be interested. Would it be best in the 3 day regional format? 2 days no practice? Or a format of our own where you are allianced with everyone at some point in time? This will take a lot of planning and convincing to achieve a off season event, but we are very interested in doing so.
You should contact Team Driven (1730) and ask about organizing the Cow Town ThrowDown. There's a "Contact us" link on the web page -- http://cttd-robotics.com/ They've been doing this with Cerner for years now & should have a lot of good tips. It's been so successful, in fact, that we've out-grown Cerner's facilities & had to move the event to the Lee's Summit high school last year.

Just, PLEASE, make sure you don't put it too close to Cow Town. We'd really miss having all of the St. Louis-area teams come over; especially since this year we didn't see each other at one (or both) of the Missouri regionals.

AllieS4246 18-03-2013 16:04
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We will definitely ask them! And we don't see date being an issue. Our school is large on athletics so our gym is always packed. We were thing around July. Would teams from your area be interested in comming?

EOC 18-03-2013 16:15
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
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Originally Posted by nicholsjj (Post 1249116)
To team 1208: First of all how could you guys fall to 3284 as their first pick. Your robot was to good for that. The level that the MeTool Brigade has achieved throughout it's team's history is fantastic. Your team had not only an awesome robot, but also a fantastic program. Your Regional Chairman's Award is long overdue and I hope that someday our team can emulate the success that MeTool has displayed in their years of FRC.
Thank you for your kind words. It was a magical weekend for us. We are very grateful that 3284 did their homework and picked us. Drafting team 2408 was also a great move. The regional was very well run; everybody did a fabulous job!

AllieS4246 18-03-2013 18:20
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
Our team would be interested in doing our event in the summer, June/July ish. Thoughts?

Walter Deitzler 24-03-2013 01:10
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
Oh yeah, one week late.
STL this year was epic. Truly epic.

One big thanks to 1658, you guys made our weekend. For those of you who do not know, our alliances would more often want us on defense than on "feeding" them, so we did not get a chance to test actual feeding of a robot until our last match on Saturday, in which 1658 allowed us to feed them disks. It worked great, and even though we did not make eliminations, we left the regional satisfied, because we built a bot that could do exactly what we wanted it to do. 1658 helped us prove that, and we have much gratitude towards them.

Big congrats to all of the winners, and especially 1208, for their long overdue Chairman's award. These were the best eliminations I have ever seen at STL, hands down.

Also, a big shout out to our friends from 4330 and 4500. Our schools may not get along through regular sporting events, but it rocked hanging out with you guys while watching eliminations. I can't wait to compete with you both in the future!

Walter Deitzler 24-03-2013 01:11
Re: 2013 St. Louis Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AllieS4246 (Post 1249847)
Our team would be interested in doing our event in the summer, June/July ish. Thoughts?
It sounds awesome. 3397 would love to attend.


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