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Congrats 281, 11, and 122 also. I'm really glad to of taken part in this regional.

I just got one question though, was it just team 5, or did they play some un-G-rated music? I don't mean songs like "Lose Yourself" and such like that, but like that skirt song played during the semi-finals or something like that.

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I thought I heard that song in the pits...I was back there trying to help the Firebirds with anything they needed...yadda yadda yadda, 1293 is not using Fisher-Price motors anytime soon. (Not that we were gonna, far as I know. I was just desperate to yadda yadda SOMETHING about the regional.)

Personally, I'm surprised they played "Party Up" by DMX. Outside of the hook, it's a very dirty song. Even the CLEAN version is dirty by my standards, and I'd imagine FIRST's standards are higher!

...was it just me, or did the music shoot up about 40 dB from Friday to Saturday? Ah well.

Congrats to Keenan High as well for the Rookie All-Stars. Catch y'all in Atlanta (as a volunteer, at least)!

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The DJ wouldn't let team 5 listen to Beethoven's Sympony (sp?) #5 song because of their "special list". I think the song-play was not very well thought of.

I believe it did get louder from Fri. to Sat.

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

WOW, what a weekend ........

I don't think it could have been any better. Congratulations to all that volunteered and participated in this regional. Columbia is such a cool city: good people, great food, interesting history, clean, safe, and a good central location to a lot of teams. You will certainly be a popular regional from now on.

Thanks to teams 180(S.P.A.M.) and 435(Robodogs) for being such great alliance partners. You guys did a wonderful job and we hope to "Hang" with you again in Atlanta. The volley of "Rocket Bot" and "We Love SPAM" cheers was soooo cool to see & hear from the playing field. The Rocket-Spam-Dogs are a strong allience. :)

As to the comments about the referee calls on goal tending (or anything else) ...... let's be careful.

I was a volunteer inspector on Thursday, a volunteer pit tech on Friday, and a referee on Saturday. I was the lead inspector at Peachtree regional and I've volunteered for just about every field reset and scorer position at regionals in the past. By far, the most difficult job I've experienced is the referee position.

All of the referees (and Inspectors) are volunteers. A few have years of experience with FIRST in some capacity but most do not. All of us have one thing in common - to do the best we can to insure that the game is played within the rules. We're human and we don't have instant replay ...... Hmmmm maybe next year. :ahh:

Volunteers read the Chief Delphi forums - I know the majority of us appreciate them and wouldn't want to give them any reason not to volunteer again next year.

I want to give a BIG THANKS to the FIRST Crew, our host S.C. Teams, and all of the volunteers that made this event such a joy to attend.

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

yea the music did concern me out too (i know its been a few posts since we talked about that but i still wanted to say this) i believe those are professional DJs (correct me if im wrong) and they bring their own collections and that would be my idea why we got some more suggestive music than we are used to...i thought it was nice to not have just 70s songs...but that tweet song was a bit over the top (the skirt one)

i wanted to come down there and cheer with you guys but our team wanted us to stay together....sounded like fun too bad :(

the robodogs had a blast and kudos to all of the teams who helped in starting the regional and all who came to support it!

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I hated most of the music they played at this regional, everything else about it rocked though. But I mean, the best songs they played were the Metallica song, and the Evanessence song. I was hoping for at least some Green Day like I heard at UCF but no luck. It seems to me that maybe the DJs need a little more variety. Like, there wasn't any country at all, and in South Carolina no less. I personally didn't care about that but a few of my team members kept wondering "where the <explitive deleted>" the country was. Oh well it's not easy being a DJ I guess, gotta try and keep everyone happy.. That must be harsh. :\

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Is there an archived copy of the Palmetto Regional broadcast available? :confused:

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i would personally prefer them just 2 play some trance all day long. after all, its a robot competition, y not have electronic music :D

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Well what about those people who don't like trance? Variety is important in my book. =P

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

I'm still completely exhausted from the trip...

I had a great time in South Carolina. The competition was very well-run. The venue was great, the pits didn't seem at all cramped, and the food was...eh, let's call it decent. :)

It was nice to see 818 do well for once - this is the first time we've ever been one of the seeded teams and gotten to pick our partners for the finals. Thanks to 900 and 9 for accepting our offer...and we apologize for letting you down. We weren't planning on breaking down; if we had been working, things might have been better.

Also...Palmetto was special because it was the first time that our robot has EVER hung. We did it for the very first time on Thursday in practice, and we managed to do it again during our real matches. Unfortunately, the robot wasn't very reliable. Still...we finished in ninth and we had a good time. That's what matters the most.

I spent almost all of my working time in 507's pit - since no one on their (very small) team knew C, I ended up becoming their programmer. Helping them made me feel great - they told me that I'm the reason they were able to compete at all on Friday and Saturday, and I got to see the autonomous on one of my robots work flawlessly. Thanks to 507 for allowing me to help you out - I had a lot of fun doing it.

I'm still happy about our Sportsmanship award...especially since I've been told repeatedly that I'm the reason that we won it (because of what I had done for 507). I don't know how accurate that is, but it's a nice feeling. I've finally become important to 818. :)

I had a great time in SC...I got to help others and see 818 do well both on and off the field. I don't know if we'll be making it back next year or not (the travel costs being the biggest problem), but I'd love to be back next year. Thanks for the great competition.

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

Don't care what anyone else says, that regional was frickin awesome! The matches were all intense, there was brilliant strategy, and there was so much gracious professionalismness going on. I must agree with the rest of the people that the music...sucked. I know people like rap and techno, but please mix it up some. 2 years ago at VCU they did a great job of having a big mix of music, they had everything from rock to pop to country to ::insert music:: I find it kind of sad that I can pick out my favorite songs on one finger.

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

Team 818,

Your performance off the field exemplified FIRST’s motto of Gracious Professionalism. I heard many comments from teams that you helped at Palmetto, especially 507. Congratulation on your Sportsmanship award, it was well deserved.

Tim Tedrow
Lead Robot Inspector

Re: Palmetto Regional - South Carolina
 

Thanks for the comments about the music...I was so busy that I really did not focus on what was being played...just something to consider....if at (I would say) any regional...anyone notices any music being played that is inappropriate...they should let one of the host volunteers know...at that time we could address the issue and see that it does not happen again...Not sure who chooses the DJ, but I will make sure that this is addressed...Thanks again for the comments...keep them coming.

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I was dying to be there guys, feedback from our team was that the regional was great all around. Only one question - what was up with the "No Dancing Allowed" signs at the team social? DJ's playing "Electric Slide" and you're not allowed to dance?

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Thanks, we are also glad we didn't win our third regional. Too much pressure and everyone's high expectations. Next, everyone would expect us to win the Championship. Hee hee. J/J.

For real, though, why would you say that about Team 5? I am sure we've never done anything to offend you, and we've worked hard on our robot and done tons of fundraising to get where we are today. One thing FIRST has taught me is that you don't need to put down a team in order to cheer for another team. Remember gracious professionalism!

Awesome job Teams 281, 11 and 122! We were cheering for you! Hope to see you in Atlanta!

Woo hoo... Go Team #5!