Alamo Regional 2015
 

Alamo is a week 3 event with a handful of non-Texas teams in attendance.

I believe this is the 1st Texas event for most of these teams.
233 - Pink Team (FL)
1726 - NERDS (AZ)
1868 - Space Cookies (CA)
2415 - WiredCats (GA) - visited Texas many times, almost a Texas regular team.
3314 - Mechanical Mustangs (NJ)
3961 - MBA Execs (TN)
4721 - Tiger Bots (TN)
4989 - Jaguars (TN)

The usual Texas powerhouse teams are mysteriously absent from Alamo this year so new faces should appear in the finals.

Team List from TBA.

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We're looking forward to it! There should be several teams that already played at Dallas, too.

But first, for me, a little detour to Central Vally (California)....

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1296 is looking forward to some good food on the river walk and more fun with robots! I think a lot of TX teams are missing because this is spring break for many school districts.

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Had a little birdie tell me that a team is going to have a tribute to our beloved kickoff friend Dozer in their pit.

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Team 1868 is excited for our first regional of this year, our first Texas regional ever, and our first non-California regional since 2007. We're looking forward to seeing all the teams there!

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3314 The Mechanical Mustangs are packed and ready to get on a plane to Texas!!!!! See you in the morning!

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I just saw 3999 running a little while ago on what appeared to be a 6-wheel mecanum drive. I am now curious to know if I actually saw this, and if so, why they decided on a 6-wheel mecanum drive. It seems at odds with an awful lot of drivetrain kinematics.

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Just checked. 6 wheel omni.

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We have an H-drive with 4" omnis. We chose six along the side to get clarence for the bump, and 4" because we had them from last year's robot.

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Okay, that makes a lot more sense. I clearly wasn't looking close enough to tell the difference between omnis and mecanums. In my defense, I was at work and all that.

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1296 has come a long way since Dallas , ranked #1 with zero co-op points and the most litter points!

Looking forward to the Alamo elims

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Interestingly, we exclusively noodle cans, no throwing from us. And it was pure luck (or lack thereof) that no co-op stacks were generated by our alliance. (Our tether can't reach that far!)

Thanks a lot! We worked really hard moving and upgrading our can mecanism from the "stacker" to the "jacker" and finally got our act together. We are happy to finally be on an alliance with 2468. We've wanted to for years but never had a chance until today.

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This was a really fun regional! Great friendly people, plenty of action, and a good venue.

Big congrats to 5572 for RAS, and thanks for helping us make it to the Semi finals!

It was fun watching 1296 get their fantastic scoring machine working as the weekend progressed. We pretty much knew that they would be unstoppable if they teamed up with 2468, and that's what happened. Congrats on a well deserved win, along with 2415.

And Space Cookies for Chairmans...and 3103 for Engineering Inspiration...way to go!

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3103 for EI again? We're going to have to start calling it the Plaid Inspiration award here in Texas pretty soon. EI wins in 2011, 12, 14, and 15 is a pretty impressive streak.

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We had a lot of fun at Alamo this year, as always, we would like to give a big thank you to all of the volunteers and staff at the event, as well as all of the old friends and a few new friends for sharing in the great time that we had.

Oh, and at TRR, #TrashBagOfLitter will have its revenge!

Good luck to all the teams going on to champs and other competitions this year!

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It was a great event.

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We've had a great time at the Alamo, and enjoyed meeting all the teams there!

Thank you to all the volunteers at the Alamo regional, especially the inspectors who were very friendly when we had to keep reinspecting after each match (at one point), and let us weigh our totes on their scale when we were packing up.

Thank you to 3103, Iron Plaid, and 2881, Lady Cans, for selecting us despite our ranking. It was great working with you in the first alliance of three all girls teams that we've been on! Congratulations on your Engineering Inspiration and Imagery awards, and good luck to both of you at Lone Star.

Congratulations to teams 1296, 2468, and 2415. It was incredible watching your alliance with 1296's tethered robot, 2468's swerve drive, and 2415's step container grabber, and seeing how many points you could get together.

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Another great experience at the Alamo.. . shout out to the volunteers, refs and inspectors - this is how it should be done! It was great working with Coach Norm and 2468 and new friends from 2415. So get this - I went to go get the trailer and 1296/2468/2415 had parked next to each other on Thursday. The #1 alliance was destiny!

Congratulations to 233/1817/2158, that first 2-point match almost stopped my heart. You guys built and fielded some beautiful machines.

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One again FRC Team 4063 had a great time at a the Alamo Regional. Although we didn't take home a blue banner, we did take home the Creativity Award and our 4th consecutive Gracious Professionalism Award at the the Alamo Regional. We are very proud of the way our robot performed, but I am even more proud of the way our team performed. As we always say, FIRST is much more than just building robots.

Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing many of y'all in Lubbock.

Mr. B

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Team #3103 (Iron Plaid) had a wonderful time being on an alliance with teams #1868 (Space Cookies) and #2881 (Lady Cans)! We are so glad that you were able to come down to Texas for the Alamo regional and definitely enjoyed working with you. Congratulations on your Chairman's award!! We look forward to seeing you in St. Louis.

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Alamo Regional was a great tournament. It was great to see the number of teams who were honored to have been there for all five years of the event. We also missed some of the traditional teams that have attended in the past years.

It was great to meet new teams who came to Alamo for the first time and play with old friends and foes.

Thanks to FRC 1296 for believing in us as their first pick for alliance selections. It was great being alliance partners with Full Metal Jackets and FRC 2415 WiredCats. 1296 was such a great a alliance captain and made stacks on stacks. WiredCats made modifications to their robot for Can Burglaring and provided extras cans every match for our alliance to use.

Congrats to Space Cookies FRC 1868 for their Chairman's Award. It was no doubt they are changing culture in their area. In addition, as Kevin says, congrats to the Iron Plaid Award Winners (FRC 3103 wins Engineering Inspiration Award Winners), for those that do not know Iron Plaid has won this award 4 times in 7 years.

We might also need to rename the Gracious Professionalism to The Bunnies Award as they continue to build their legacy by taking home their 5TH Gracious Professionalism award in 4 years of of existence.

It was also great to see the all girls alliance team of FRC 3103 - Iron Plaid, FRC 2881 - Lady Cans and FRC 1868 in the eliminations. How many times in FIRST history has their been an all girls alliance competing on the field? Their spirit and enthusiasm and not to mention strategy was very exciting to enjoy and witness.

Alamo regional also hosted all four levels of FIRST Robotics Contest under one roof over four days. It was a packed house but great to see all the other contests in the same building.

In closing, Fred Stong was awesome as head referee. Kids loved his attitude and presence he presented before each match. He was consistent throughout the day and communicated to the teams what his expectations were. The referees and volunteers at Alamo providing an atmosphere that was great for the kids and teams.

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Any ideas if/when the livestream/matches will be available?

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I'm not super in the know on this, and I could be wrong, but from what I do know I wouldn't expect to see either the livestream or matches.

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I have been to 5 regionals over the years and I can say Fred is the best referee I have come across in FRC. "Fred's World" as he calls it must be a great planet to live on. The Alamo regional this year was so much fun and the best event I have been to so far.

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Something I found interesting while watching the Alamo Elims was the 231, 1255, and 457 alliance.

I'm sure everyone been a part of (or at least seen) a team that wasn't ranked in a position where their performance should have placed them (in either direction). Not knocking on 231 by any means - I'm sure their robot will be working much better at Lonestar and they were working hard all weekend - but they were still struggling during elims. But they did a heck of a job creating an alliance that could compete. Blarglefish did a fantastic job stacking totes and the Grease Monkeys capitalized by capping them. It was an alliance capable of breaking 100 points. It's a shame they were never able to take advantage of 1255's solid autonomous pulling totes and containers into the autozone with them.

Great job by all 3 teams to get an 8th seed alliance into the semifinals! Scouting is important, and I think it goes to show that you can still do really well with a team that focuses on doing one thing well in this game.

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That is disappointing.

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I have had communications with Jess from Alamo Regional regarding match videos. She said they have the matches recorded but it will be a while before they are posted for viewing.

Norman

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Its a little late but I want to do a shout out to the LabVIEW teams 5754, 5726, 5681, and 4670. I'm really proud of what y'all accomplished those 3days and glad you had fun. Also, special thanks to the many other team whom helped these rookies have a wonderful time.

https://twitter.com/_Jakenan/status/578274415038701568

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We had a great crew of volunteers to compliment a great bunch of teams. Alamo comes through again. Thanks again to everyone that worked the event and 3 rousing choruses of Happy Birthday. Coudnt think of a better way to spend my 50th.