2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

The inaugural Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional is in less than a week!

The hashtag that's we've been trying to use is #FRCWEGL

This will be our first chance to see a whole bunch of new robots - and teams - in competition. Out of the 40 teams registered, 13 are rookies... and I believe this will be the first event for all of them.

So... who's excited for the WEGLR*?




*I've been trying to encourage people to call it the WEGLR - pronounced "wiggler" - but so far, it hasn't caught on. :D

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

This event has plenty of potential wildcard players.

772-North Bay EI
781-GTRE Chairman's
1241-GTRW Chairman's
1285-GTRE Winners
1305-Waterloo EI/North Bay Chairman's
2056-Waterloo Winners
4917-Waterloo RAS

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

My mistake: all but one.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

AFAIK, only regional wins create wildcard spots.

So the only spots are generated from 1285 and 2056.

Also, 771 won The Chairman's Award at Pittsburgh yesterday.

-Nick

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Anyone who has qualified at a prior 2014 regional can create a wildcard (see 4914 yesterday at North Bay.)

http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...eet%202014.pdf

771 won Chairman's at Pittsburgh, not 772, and they won't be attending the wiggler.

772 won EI at North Bay.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

That's news to me. That's really cool though!

-Nick

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

is there a webcast for the event?

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It's here, and probably the blue alliance eventually too.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

I'm just waiting for some volunteers to setup the hardware as I am not at the event until tomorrow. We will get it up and broadcasting as soon as possible.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

How did 4678 get picked third last? they are one of the best front zone scorers in Canada, played amazing in Waterloo. The 2809, 4678, 4814 alliance is really, really good. Three smart well driven robots. Any of the 4 semi-finals alliances can win this.

edit: 4678 was actually picked 3rd.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

They were picked third.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Did 5288 change their configuration for elims?

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Thanks, the TBA alliance order mixed me up. But could say the same thing about 4814.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

I believe 1114 and 2056 built them a new robot during lunch :yikes:

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Wow, the #5 alliance of 4525, 4519 and 4917 is really holding their own against the #1 of 1114, 2056 and 5288.

Series is tied 1-1, and the underdogs had a shot to win in the 2nd match, as they had a 3 assist ball in play they just couldn't score as time ran out.

These are really entertaining matches!

The #3 alliance of 2809, 4678 and 4814 alliance has looked really good too...

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Its really interesting seeing the game shift week to week. With the run and gun offensive strategies started to become more prevalent recently it is interesting to see the game shift back to a heavy defensive struggle similar to what gtr-east was like.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

And then our pickup broke :(

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Are there videos of the elimination matches anywhere?

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Yep, you can find them here: http://watchfirstnow.com/archives

Search by event and match if you like.

Re: 2014 Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional
 

Yes, 1114 helped us change our design to the wooden frame with the roller intake to better adapt to the gameplay they wanted.

Inspired by this design we went back to London and machined some aluminum out, and when we got to St. Louis we swapped the BAG motor, roller and ramp over.

The design was simplistic in nature but did so well, as it generated many assist points and still allowed us to play our defensive game.