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2016 Finger Lakes Regional
I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar teams there! https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2016nyro
Many have already done well at other regionals, so this should be a very exciting competition! Best of luck to all the teams! |
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:( Gonna miss this...
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Bummer. Your energy last year helped make it great!
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I think a crazy stat for this event is 20% of teams competing this weekend already have bids to Champs.
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Team 2383: The Ninjineers are excited to have come all the way up to Rochester for a great event! Can't wait to meet the teams!
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Team 1126 is looking forward to seeing all of our fellow NY teams as well as those from out of state: 2010, and 2383! Good luck to all!
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5254 wild card 1665- wild card 20- sustaining 191-hof 1511-chairmans 5030-regional win 1126-regional win 1559-regional win 2383-wild card |
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Once again, FLR is posing to be one of the most competitive regional with over 20% of teams attending already qualifying for champs.
Does anyone know of other regionals this week, or later in the season that have >20% of teams pre qualified going into the event? |
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Woot woot.
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When one of the regional finalists in NYC already had a bid, it trickled down to our alliance captain team, who got to go. Is there a similar trickle down here, say if 2 qualifying teams are on the winning alliance (and that could certainly happen), do the 1st 2 teams on the runner-up alliance get bids?
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The finalist alliance all got bids. 359 was hall of fame so its bid went to 5254 The next wild card(I forget what for but I'm assuming EI) have a bid to 229 229 won chairmans so that bid moved over to the back up not 1665. It's actually cool that the backup not that came in and did help that alliance got a bid. |
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Almost happened again this year, 5/6 teams in the final match qualified.
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That was the most satisfying and frustrating regional I've ever been a part of.
After a rough three games to start, our robot went on to outperform any robot we've ever built, including our #1 seed, nearly-undefeated 2010 FLR champion robot. This included four of eight games where our robot executed what we designed it to do almost flawlessly, proving repeatedly that we could cross any defense, reliably score low, and scale the tower in seconds flat.... And we went 2-10 through the two days (including the two QF games with our downright nonsensical alliance.) We couldn't win for losing, despite meeting the vast majority of our engineering goals. I've never witnessed a robot do that well and that poorly at the same time, and I'm as proud of my team as I am utterly befuddled. Still, awesome regional, with some of the best people--both volunteers and other teams--of anywhere, anytime, ever. Congrats to all! |
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First I wanna say great job to everyone at this regional. FLR has to be one of the hardest regionals. It a so evenly matched where every match had points where one little thing made the difference of winning or losing. Some coming down to penalty. Other regionals have it being top 4 sweep easy, but teams were out to the test.
On the behalf of myself and everyone of 5030 we would like to thank everyone who offered tools, parts and services helping us rebuild our robot. It was very upsetting coming out of winning the regional to having so many problems we've never expected or thought could happen. We had rebuilt almost all of our robot across these last 3 days. I'm proud of how hard our kids worked. That being said Everyone was so helpful with trying to get us back in running form. From the robot inspectors to other teams, even ones we were about to play against were trying to help. That's the true message of FIRST and I think many of us experienced that first hand. Also big thanks to 340 and 578 for inviting us over to dinner and greeting us with such hospitality. It's amazing to see how nice everyone is here upstate here compared to downstate. How close everyone is so caring, communicate with each other so much, and everything else is amazing. It's also nice since where not in the area with all the capital district or Rochester teams but get included so much. Also fun fact 15 of 49 teams(30.6%) of the teams are going to champs. We got rebuilt and are excited to see how we do at champs. |
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I firmly believe FLR is the hardest event for a #1 seed to win, due to the insane depth and parity of robots at the event.
Congrats to 20, 639, and 1405 for taking the regional, it was well fought in semifinals against you. I also want to say thanks to 2791 for being amazing partners. This is the best machine you've ever built, and you were an amazing alliance partner. The fact that your robot isn't currently attending champs is a downright shame, and I hope you get in off the waitlist because you deserve it so much. Shout out to 3044 for qualifying for champs! If you improve between now and champs as much as you did between TVR and FLR, you should take your division by storm! |
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I'd like to comment on the difficulty of the event this year. Finger Lakes had a very deep middle tier with several phenomenal robots at the very top. You can get a decent understanding of the depth of this event by looking at the "Insights" tab for the event on The Blue Alliance. One telling metric is the qualifications capture success percentage, which was about 6% for week three, 12% for GTRE, and an incredible 25% for FLR this weekend. Things only got harder in playoffs.
With this in mind, I'd like to thank our alliance partners 639 and 1405 for our hard-won banner this weekend. 639 was a scoring machine at the low goal with a highly consistent climb, and congratulations are also due to them for winning EI. 1405 played some of the best shut-down defense I've seen all year, with a consistent scale as well; we were incredibly lucky to pick you up in the second round. Having the two scales and heavy defense on our side are what tipped those critical playoff matches in our favor. Congratulations to the finalists, the 4930-3044-340 alliance! I'm glad that 3044 and 4930 were able to qualify for championships via wildcards, and we're looking forward to seeing you again in St. Louis. Quote:
There were so many other good teams at this event that I won't list them all, but I'd like to thank everyone for a great competition. We'll see at least 15 of you at Championships! |
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That said, I can't take anything away from 4930/3044/340. 340 is a legend in the Finger Lakes, and always a class act right up until the end. For a robot of that quality to be such a late pick truly speaks to the depth Finger Lakes offered this year. 3044, like 2791, 5254 and 20, have become spectacles at Finger Lakes these last few years, and this year they truly hit their Magnam Opus. Truly a crazy bot with such astounding accuracy. And lastly 4930. What can I even say, truly a magnificent performance from such a young team. The friends I have on 4930 have always been extremely supportive, and we frequently wished each other luck as we climbed the elim ladder together. 4930 has a truly great program and having watched their growth over the last several years tell me that this team has great things in their future. We walked into Saturday not knowing what our Saturday afternoon was gonna be like. We had terrible consistency issues Friday, including our climber garnering us penalties that was costing us matches. By Saturday, we had those issues nailed down and were operating at almost full capacity. I've been doing this for quite some time but the time I spent with 20 and 639 today really showed me how far I have to go and how much 1405 can can improve as a whole. To pair up with a legend like 20 was truly an honor. A great team in every respect. And to pair up with 639 who has a great robot this year was a greater experience than I could have imagined. Despite being the 3rd robot on the alliance, I never felt like we were less a part of our alliance's success than our scoring powerhouse partners. We hope this will not be the last of our teams' partnerships in the future. It's been a rollercoaster for 1405. With an event with so many teams having already competed (an such a large margin of that having been very competitive at those regionals), we were definitely wary of how our lack of experience was hitting us. We unbagged a robot that did nothing but acquire and score in the low goal, and added the climber that we had rapidly prototyped prior to FLR. We're proud to say that you wouldn't know by looking at it that that climber was nonexistent 2 weeks ago. The process we went through to develop it was a very stressed and determined one, using whatever we had on-hand (sans those shark hooks) to make it work. It's so meaningful that so many teams took such an interest in our climber and the praise we received for it was surreal. And finally, as always, a heartfelt thank you to our friends and family on 1126. It seems like I do this every year but we cannot understate how much you guys have helped us and continue to help us. Whether it's software help, parts, strategy advice or just general support, our teams' partnership grows stronger every year and we look forward to continuing it for years to come. You guys are the best friends we could ask for and we are forever grateful for everything you've done for us. As an 1126 alumni and forever fan, you guys make me proud every day. Go SparX! |
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Does anyone know if/where the individual match videos were posted?
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We walked into this regional very unsure of how we would do. After not doing so great at Buckeye last week, we were skeptical of whether or not mechanical improvements would push us up in ranking. Like LeelandS said, this regional was a huge roller coaster, we really didn't know what was going to happen on Saturday. We had so many issues to work through on Thursday and Friday, we just couldn't tell what was going to happen next.
It was an honor to be picked by 20; you guys are amazing and we enjoyed every match that we had the pleasure of working together. 1405, you guys really were the perfect pick to compliment our alliance. Your defense shut the opposition down and your consistent climb set our alliance apart. We really hope to work with you two in the future. 5254 2383 and 2791, you guys really were an impressive alliance and we had such a good time on the field together. Those semi-final matches we played against you were played at such a high level, it was truly incredible. We are still in awe of 5254's and 2791's high goal shooters. And we hope 2791 ends up at champs somehow, because you guys have a serious chance of doing very well. FLR this year was probably the most incredible FRC regional we've ever seen. Every match was fast-paced and incredibly well played. This is a level of game play you could easily find at champs. All the teams were really impressive and were a joy to work with during qualification matches. We really appreciate the opportunity to work with everyone. Thank you! |
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Team 20 recorded all of the individual matches for scouting purposes, and we'll post them as soon as we can. I'll post again in this thread once the videos are up. |
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On behalf of Shaker Robotics, Team 2791, I would like to thank the Regional Planning Committee for hosting such a great event again this year. Thank you 5254 for choosing us to be on your alliance, it was a great honor. Once again you have designed a robot that is simple, effective, and robust; congratulations on the Quality Award it is well deserved. 2383 thank you for rounding out the threesome, we were all very excited that you had somehow managed to slip under the radar.
Congratulations to Teams 20, 639, and 1405. We knew that you were the alliance to beat, your strategy was well played. Team 20, we appreciate your kind words, it is great to have such a powerhouse down the street from us. It is unfortunate that we were pitted against one another in not one, but two events this year. Congratulations on your two Gracious Professionalism awards, they are well deserved. 1405, your defense was amazing and your driver team should be very proud. 639, you had one of the best climbers at the event, congratulations on winning Engineering Inspiration. 3044, congratulations on your safety award and the Industrial Design Award. I am still amazed that you did not win the control systems award at either of the regionals as your custom circuitry for the RoboRIO and Tallon SRX is truly the best design I have seen all season. I am glad that you have decided to share the design - I think that you will find it on our robot next year :) Congratulations to our pit neighbors 2638 for winning the Chairman's Award. It is clear that you guys know what FIRST is all about and are truly a team to aspire to emulate. We appreciate all of the support from the teams at the regional and the support in this thread. We would have loved to have seen things turn out slightly different. We have entered our team into the wait list lottery and hope to be selected. In my opinion, and apparently others, our students and robot definitely deserve to go and we will wait with bated breath in hopes of winning a spot. |
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Congrats to everyone who participated this weekend it truly was an amazing event with outstanding robots, teams, and people. Special thanks to our members on our alliance 4930 and 340, both of you were a pleasure to work with and we cant wait to work with you again soon.
20, 639, and 1405 were great competition and although you got us in the end, you sure made it exciting and fun to play against. your whole alliance was amazing but I have to give prompts to 1405, you guys played the strongest defense at the whole event that really made it difficult for us to score. 3044 is looking forward to seeing everyone at worlds in a few weeks and 4930 just remember if you are in a picking position again, third time is the charm! |
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Team 2809, K-Botics, had a great time at FLR this year! As always it was a great event and we had a lot of fun. The energy and enthusiasm was through the roof! It was also awesome working with 1507 and 3003 in the playoffs, you guys rock!
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On behalf of Team 340, all we have to say is wow. This event is always a great one, and it didn't come close to disappointing this year. From the qualification matches, to the finals, we were all on our feet once again for such amazing performances from all the teams that competed.
Team 340 would like to thank teams 4930 and 3044 for choosing us to be on your alliance for the regional this year. Although we may not have won it this year (what can you say we are cursed :rolleyes: :mad: ) what a journey it was! The finals were tough and we each played our hearts out, we couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with. Congrats to both of you on being picked as wildcards for Champs! Kill it out there for us here at home. Team 340 would also like to give a special shout out to everyone in the stands that were supporting us all the way, especially to team 3015. Our drive team could here every single one of its members cheering us on, we appreciate all your guys support and hope you bring home a win for our teams at champs. 340 also would like to congratulate teams 20, 639, and 1405. You fought hard and really gave our alliance a challenge. The defense by 1405 was impenetrable. That along with 20 being able to shoot so well and 639's scaling ability, proved you were the alliance that deserved the win. We hope the best for you at champs. And as always we would like to thank the regional planning committee, volunteers, and venue staff for all their hard work and dedication. Without you this regional truly couldn't be what it is. Let us see what next year entails for the regional! |
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My buddy and teammate Leeland, couldn't say it any better. We thank our partners and provide a good fight to the other alliances.
I do want to wish a personal thanks off to team 20. My mind was there, but my body was giving up. I had a huge amount of pain and didn't want to quit or let the team and alliance down. I apologize if I walked away from anyone trying to talking to me or such. It all worked out in the end and I am grateful. It's touching to see so many people caring. Having me only stay behind my drivers and have 20's human player extend my calls over the entire alliance was very crucial to the D that we played so well. Thank You all, hopefully see ya'll in STL. We have some major fundraising todo in short weeks. When was the last time a #5 seed went undefeated in the eliminations? |
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271 had a blast at FLR this weekend, the event is very well organized and everyone was very welcoming and helpful.
We had a rough build season this year and ended up putting a non finished non driving robot into the bag, we came in with a lot of work ahead of us but we ended up pulling through it as much as we could and where happy with the results. Special thanks to team 20 and 1507 who helped us with the parts we needed to get our bot up and running and all the other teams who offered their help as well as all the inspectors who were very patient with us! Congratulations to 20, 639, and 1405 on their win, 2638 on their Chairmans, 639 on their Engineering Inspiration, and all the other award winners. We're looking forward to competing at FLR again in the future, good luck to all the teams in the rest of their season! |
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Here's a link to a Saturday recap video from our sweet video team. Enjoy. http://youtu.be/XdksEhzAD0E
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Go to the account live page at http://livestream.com/accounts/15422470/events/4389024
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On the subject of video, I just wanted to complement whomever set up the webcast this year. As someone watching from afar, it was great to see two field views in auto, have the music properly mixed with the announcing, and have a clear, high quality stream. Kudos! |
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It was a great eliminations bracket to watch in person. |
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In any case, match videos are in the process of going up on the Team 20 Scouting channel. Qualifications up to Match 70 have been uploaded at the time of this post, and the rest of quals and playoffs should be up by the end of the day. Enjoy! |
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Did anyone happen to find a Dell Laptop by chance?
As we were going up for finals we left our spare drivestation on the field to charge. When we finished we looked for it and it was gone. The laptop has a label on it that says drive station 2 on it. When it boots up it says NicholsDriveStation as the windows username. If anyone happens to find it please let me know! Here is a picture of it! http://i.imgur.com/hcyseyk.png |
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