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For the most part, it was the same refs for almost all of the matches. They were rotated more between Thursday and Friday, rather the between matches.

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I meant that they rotated positions, not refs per say. Fully rotating refs is pretty unrealistic, there just aren't enough refs out there. Normally they have an extra ref that rotated around for "breaks". I believe they were specifically commenting on the fact that the one side of the field was calling fouls harder than the other.

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Thanks Kartik. I have responded by email rather than continue to hijack this post with frustrations. I really want to reiterate that team 2013 had a fabulous time in North Bay otherwise. I can't encourage teams enough to attend this regional. The city is 100% behind the program. After the red card issue we were showing the Mayors grandkids pictures of 781's robot because they love hockey so much. They were thrilled to see hockey sticks used on a bot. Chatting with the mayor and his family was a sample of some of the great experiences we had there.

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Just wanted to write a post about 229's experience at North Bay.

We had an amazing time joining our Canadian friends at North Bay. Being the first US team to compete there brought us some attention, but we felt like we were just another team at home there. All of the volunteers were amazing, the venue was great, the hotel was very close, and the food surrounding the venue and in the venue was excellent.

As for the competition we were very excited by our dramatic improvement from TVR last week, as we were putting up as much as 5 high goal cycles in a match. We know we can improve even more by the time World Champs comes around at the end of April.

Thank you to teams 4907 and 4069 for working with us in the elimination rounds. We loved playing with both of you. It's a shame we couldn't get out of quarterfinals.

Major congrats to 1241 for bringing home the win and the Chairmans award. You were my favorite team to work with both on the field and off. Such a deserving team.

Thank you to everyone else who made North Bay awesome this year!

Edit: any idea when match videos will be up on WatchFIRSTNow?

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Really? That's awesome. I'm glad someone other than us loves the hockey sticks on our robot! :D This was this season's robot you were showing them?

On a side note, I'm sure our team will support you again in these issues you have faced. When I was watching the match via the livefeed, it sure didn't look like your drive team had meant to do any tipping—they backed off right away. Good luck in Western Canada. We hope to see you in St Louis at the end of next month!

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This year's. We took a picture of it at Buckeye. THAT was exciting robotics! Way to go guys and thanks for your continued support!

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Fair enough. I apologize for that. But I still maintain they could step up and do a lot more.

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I was reviewing the matches we played at Bayou and in one instance when our robot was pushing against another robot in the Neutral Zone, I could see the Head Ref counting with his arm for a pin. He continued with two more waves of his arm after the robot being pushed escaped. It is not clear what they were being pinned against. Maybe the robot that had been disabled for an infraction before the match started? It seemed that we were not alone in experiencing anomalous reffing, especially in the first few rounds of matches. I would not call this unfair since other teams seemed to have similar experiences and the calls went both for and against the teams concerned. I can only hope that the GDC thinks through the games more thoroughly so that the Ref's are not so overwhelmed.

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When FIRST Canada came to Team 1305 four years ago asking if we would like to help hold a regional, we were totally gob smacked from what we thought was an impossible dream actually coming true.

It has now come true three times. Being given the opportunity by FIRST Canada to host such a fantastic experience both within FIRST and within our region, on behalf of the North Bay Regional Planning Committee I cannot possibly express what joy and satisfaction we always get from the FIRST community coming to our city either as competitors or volunteers and making Nipissing University’s Robert Surtees Centre resonate with all that FIRST enthusiasm.

This year was particularly special as we had teams from Quebec and the USA join us to show our community how broad the reach of FIRST is.

The event was once again successful from what we have heard, thanks to the ongoing commitment of generous sponsors, support from all three levels of the political classes, our community from hotels saying welcome, to retail stores advertising the event, and our friends in the media and of course FIRST Canada.

What else can be said about all our fantastic volunteers; we ran out of regular event TShirts with all the late additions!! And our alumni, how you came out to support us.

Congratulations to all the winning teams and those that came. Without all of you making that trek a bit further north to us, it wouldn’t have been as special as it was.

See you next year!!!

Anthony Koziol
Logistics & Site Manager

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Thanks to all of you who put so much effort into the planning and execution of the North Bay regional! You guys are great - from the strong presence on social media to tasty team social to the overall high quality of production, capped by a Patrick Gilbert video no less - you guys run a great regional.

Thanks also for whoever rescued my jacket from the coat racks after I drove home without it :o

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Any word on when match videos will be up?

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I have been checking watchfirstnow.com periodically over the past week, and they haven't been posted yet.

They should be up in the next week or so. I'll be sure to post here with a link where they're up.

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The amazing Wrap video produced by Patrick Gilbert has now been posted!

Check it out here: North Bay Regional 2016 Wrap Video

Match videos have yet to be posted on WatchFIRSTNow. I've sent them a message asking when they'll be up.

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Have you heard anything back yet? 229 would love to have videos of our matches to watch before champs. It really helps to watch yourself play.

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I completely understand. But unfortunately, no, I haven't heard anything back.

Its weird. GTR-Central (Before North Bay), GTR-East (Before North Bay), and Windsor-Essex (After North Bay) have been posted, but North Bay, Waterloo, and Montreal (Both After North Bay) haven't.

If I were to guess, at this point, I doubt that the videos will be posted before Championships, since there are only 3 business days between now and then. I have found a few match videos on YouTube (searched North Bay Regional) posted by some of the teams in attendance, but selection is pretty sparse.

Sorry about this! Livestreaming the Regional and archiving match videos is completely out of the hands of Volunteers like myself.