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RAGE Team 173 is EXCITED to be attending the Chesapeake Regional!!! We were talking today about being able to sample some of Maryland's famous crab cakes! Can't wait for March to arrive!

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Team 836 will also be there again, had fun the last two years there and we are looking forward to another awesome competiton.

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Crab cakes, eh? Mabey we'll have to go up and get some..... ;)

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There is a little harbor near the Naval Academy they had some great crab cakes

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OK, all you native Marylanders (is that what they call you? Connecticut people are called Nutmeggers) - we're open for suggestions for places to stay; restaurants to eat at; and things to do. We'll probably arrive on Wednesday so we'll have a few nights to explore the area.

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The Chesapeake regional was amazingly fun last year. :D Only this year, * :( * the NJ and Chesapeake regionals are on the same weekend. Ahh.

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Team 007 will most definitely be attending the Chesapeake Regional. It's been amazing the past two years, and we personally cannot wait until the regional. It should be fun this year! And yes, Miss Kathie, we are called Marylanders. =)
As far as things to do, if you get here a couple days early, you can always go to the Inner Harbor. It's so much fun there, and there's great places to eat. Or, you can just come visit our team! We'd show you a good time here in Maryland. =D
Places to eat that are close to the regional, there's nice places just around the corner from the Naval Academy. There's a nice Italian buffet, and I think a good Chinese place too.
Don't worry, Maryland's not that boring! :ahh:

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We will hold you to that promise! Anyone attending Chesapeake that is also going to Ramp Riot, be sure to stop by and introduce yourselves!

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Team 1389 from Bethesda, MD will be at Chesapeake Regionals for the 2nd year! We look forward to seeing all of you there!!

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Oh yes... I reffed the Chesapeake Regional last year. It was a lot of fun! One of the highlights of the weekend was going to a local seafood place and eating blue crab on some crate paper. There's nothing more satisfying than taking a wooden mallet and smashing open some exoskeleton.

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You do that! Heck if my team won't do it, I will! =) I just need to make sure I get my provisionals by then. :rolleyes:
As for Ramp Riot, unfortunately our team is not attending, but we do hope to see you guys at Play Date in DC in February this year, if you attend.
=)

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HEY!!! I'm SUPER excited to be going to Maryland!!
Once again, as Mrs. K said, if anyone has any good ideas about places to stay or eat or anything!!! I believe we're coming in Wednesday night (possibly flying, possibly bus, not sure yet!!! If we bus, thursday morning) Cheap buses? Is there public transportation we could take from a hotel to the Naval Acadamy? I'm on the travel committee for our team, so you can pm or e-mail me anything that you think would help!
THanks!!!
and again SUPER excited, esp since it'll hopefully be warmer than CT in March:D

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We went to the first regional year there and travel was, well, um, really really bad in a really bad way. You had to park miles away then take a bus in! :p

But we found there is a great little farmer's market near the academy and a Subway up the street.

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I took Southwest to from Bradley to Baltimore when I went to the Annapolis Regional last year... the fares were pretty good.

Price of taking a bus & staying at a hotel for three days = price of flying down and sleeping on friend's couch.

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can you find a couchs for about 30 kids and about 10-15 adult mentors??:D

thanks for the info though, keep it coming!

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[quote=JosephM]We went to the first regional year there and travel was, well, um, really really bad in a really bad way. You had to park miles away then take a bus in! :p

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For those with a team bus, you can get approval for your bus to drive you right to the arena.

For those without a team bus, parking is offsite at the stadium (note: different than the arena) and they run shuttle buses to the arena. We had some people that were able to park near the Academy in town, but this is iffy.

Depending on the alert level, there will be various levels of security.

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Team 341 loves the Chesapeake Regional. Great people, great venue, and lots of fun!!! We will be there for our third straight year.

I have not checked the list but there are usually a fair number of teams that go to Ramp Riot that will choose Chesapeake.

We will be at Ramp Riot because we have to run the darn thing!! :D

See you there!

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Team 501 will be attending the Chesapeake Regional too! We can't wait. :D

Fortunately, I already know more than enough about the area since my mom lives down there. Guess I get to be tour guide for my team. :rolleyes:

~ Jill

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Will do! We're going to the Chesapeake Regional for the second time this year - we didn't register in time last year, but we made sure of doing it first thing last month.

I'm already getting excited....

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Chesapeake Bay eh? TJ decided to make the trip down there this year since the Long Island Regional filled up so quickly this year... We will help get that place rocking!!! I can't wait!!! Kickoff is right around the corner!!!

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134 attended two years ago and we stayed at the omni, if you stay there the naval base is within walking distance. The bus is a big problem because everytime you enter the academy they search your bus. It's easier to just walk in.

Little insight,

-Pat

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The US Naval Academy is an operating military base. With that said, everyone who sets foot onto the Academy has to show ID. Assuming nothing catastrophic happens between now and March, everything should run similar to the way it has in previous years. Teams traveling with a bus will be allowed on the Academy grounds once in the morning to drop the team off and once in the evening to pick everyone up. For those teams who will carpool, use vans or something similar, you will have to park at the Navy - Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and there is a free shuttle to Halsey Field House. Parking in downtown Annapolis is very limited, and parking on the Academy grounds is limited only to those people with DOD passes. More detailed information will be available most likely in mid-January.

There is no Omni in Annapolis, so I'm not sure where you and your team stayed. In prior years, the Lowes Annapolis Hotel has been one of the hotels in the THS system. This hotel is about a 4-5 block walk from the Academy's Gate 1 (Main Gate, Halsey is right next to the gate).

This is a great event, and we look forward to seeing everyone in Annapolis! As for food, can't go wrong with MD seafood! There are plenty of hotels in the area, and all are close to food! Most of the hotels are either close to the Annapolis Mall where there is a food court and a number of surrounding restaurants, and/or the Festival at Riva Shopping Center and Annapolis Harbour Center where there are plenty of options. Also there are plenty of great options in Historic Downtown Annapolis for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If there are any questions about Annapolis, please feel free to PM me or reply back.


Steve

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Actually, 341 has gone for the past 2 years- the first year I didn't go, as my junior class load was rather extensive, but I heard that the naval academy did indeed search our buses..

Of course I couldn't not go last year, my senior year... and they didn't search our buses, they didn't even look at our id's..

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384 defiantly WON'T be going to Chesapeake regional this year. Because we are low on money, we wish to have the money available, or coming, before we register for regionals and make false promises. It's an ethics thing for us.

Hope to see you guys at Chesapeake at Champs!

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Team 1111 will be there for the 3rd year. This is our local event. As locals, we hope to have some handouts giving you guys ideas for places to eat.

If you've never eaten a blue crab, steamed and spiced w/ Old Bay seasoning, do it when you come to Annapolis! Buddy's Crabs and Ribs is right at the bottom of main street just a couple hundred yards from the Naval Academy gate. Cantler's Riverside Inn is a favorite of mine - 5 min. drive from the Academy.

Another Annapolis delicasy is cream of crab soup. Not as adventuresome as eating crabs, but absolutely delicious. Most all the restaurants downtown serve it.

Chick & Ruth's Delly on Main Street is great for breakfasts, sandwiches and shakes.

For you sushi eaters :eek: there are three Japanese places on Main Street.

Again, look for Team 1111 for more info on the area.

-Chip Tucker

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Any tailgating done at Chesapeake?

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I think this would be hard. The buses have to drop and leave, there is no parking lot.
But we could have a picnic! By the water! (Depending on the weather, it can be mighty chilly in March by the water)
But there were plenty of teams who had a picnic inside. You can bring in your own food.

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team 549 will be there for their first time.... i can't wait, from what everyone here is saying it sounds awesome!

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Who: Your team is cordially invited to a wild party!
What: A clean-up party!
Where: US Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland
When: Saturday March 19, 2005 4:30pm-7:30 (but will probably end earlier)
Why: Mike Wade and the field need to hit the road for Denver.

An elegant pizza dinner will be served!
Fancy door prizes! (2 rolls of 74’ x 15’ carpet)
RSVP: Jenny jbeatty@usfirst.org

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TEAM 341 will gladly help with clean up. Mike has worked with our kids before, so that should help.

Can't wait for Chesapeake!!

Al Ostrow
Coach, Team 341

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Since this is our first trip to Chesapeake, I'm hoping to meet a lot of new teams and see new faces (some of you who were at Ramp Riot got to meet a bunch of us)... I'm starting to taste blue crab... :D

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Thanks to all the teams that responded so quickly. We now have plenty of help. And I'm serious about the carpet. Any teams want to take some carpet home with them? Great for your practice fields, off season events. Otherwise it goes in the dumpster that night.

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is all u people coming to chesapeake for the crabs and that's it i mean the crabs are good but I have lived hear for a long time and it's not a big deal man (lol the crabs) :p :p :p

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Why would we go for the crabs? It's the 'bots we want man!

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To everyone attending Chesapeake:
There is lots of information at www.mitc.org/first
Make sure your mentors have filled out all the paperwork for buses by March 7. No cars/trucks/vans will be allowed on the Academy. Free shuttle from the Stadium to the Field House. If you are transporting tools and are taking the shuttle, make sure registered for the "tool Shuttle" different from the people shuttle. I've been sending out regular newsletters to the mentors, but welcome any questions. We are thrilled to have a team of Americorps volunteers helping us all week. Be sure to give a big hello to these 18-24 year olds, who will be delighted to tell you about this national service program.
See you soon.

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We're all so busy when we get to a competition that we rarely have the time to meet each other and say hello... therefore NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) wants to gather all mentors who deal with the non-engineering portions of the team (like travel, fundraising, public relations, etc.) to get together for a few minutes on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in the lobby area as you enter the Navy museum. If you are facing the front doors, it will be to the left and you can get there inside or outside. I can't wait to put faces to names and to meet new people too! If the time and/or place changes, an announcement will be made and information posted at the pit administration table. Please let the NEM's on your team know about this informal gathering!

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I'm having a terrible time getting the team list to come up on the USFIRST website. If someone could send me just the team numbers that would be really really great.

E-mail me at JBejtlich@gmail.com.

Thank you.

~ Jill

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007, 49, 53, 87, 88, 104, 116, 122, 165, 173, 175, 203, 222, 225, 316, 339, 341, 422, 467, 501, 602, 611, 614, 651, 686, 709, 768, 836, 888, 900, 1027, 1048, 1111, 1143, 1168, 1184, 1195, 1218, 1257, 1370, 1389, 1391, 1446, 1449, 1455, 1464, 1507, 1524, 1531, 1542, 1585, 1629, 1640, 1655, 1656. Hope I got everyone. Should be 55.

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KathieK, I'll pass the message along to 116 and might stop by myself if I can get away from the field for a bit.

Everyone else going, I'll be on the field most of the time as a ref, so stop by and say hi. :)

Wetzel

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I will have a (very small) number of limited edition "I found NEMO" buttons at the meet-and-greet at 10am on Thursday. These collectors' items will sell for large sums of money on eBay one day, I am sure! :p

Only available on a first-come, first-served basis to NEMs from your teams who have actually joined NEMO, so encourage them to sign up!

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:eek: Just three more days! Can you stand it? Our team [007] will be there, and you'll be seeing Dori and I in our lovely duct tape creations, made especially for the event.
It'd also be cool to meet some of you CDers there!

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You are allowed to bring your own food and your own coolers into the pits at Chesapeake. No food allowed in the stands. This proud tradition will continue as long as you clean up.

There is also a little snack bar in the field house, the Drydock restaurant at the Academy near the ice rink, and many places to get lunch a short walk, outside Gate 1 and into the town, right on the harbor.
Remember that if you leave the Academy grounds, you will need an id to walk back in. Anyone under 16 will need to be with an adult.
www.mitc.org/first

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I am just so excited. I can't wait. Just a couple more days...

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222 can't wait! Only 2 days 7 hours and 27 min. (by cd time) We're looking to have a good time. Good luck to all teams this year! ;)

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One of our team members is really into duct tape creations - I will put her in touch with you!

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Agreed with Jamizzle up there, we will indeed be sporting some fun creations! Can hardly wait to see everyone! I can hardly sleep these days I'm so excited!

Come see me wherever I may be...I'll be running around everywhere. Hahaahaaaa....

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Duct Tape....Chesapeak Regional....Two years ago the running joke on the team was I was so small I could be a robot with a little bit of aluminium foil and duct tape. (Look at my avitar) Chesapeak is such a great regional! This is team 116's 3rd year in a row. (And Mine)

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i am also really excited for the chesapeake regional as it will be my first even though i am from baltimore....atleast i will get a chance to sleep in my own bed for a few nights....see you all thursday

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This is our third year at Chesapeake. Would not miss it for the world!!!

Best of luck to all. Let the games begin!!

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Does anybody know whether there'll be a Friday webcast? A lot of my non-robotics friends have been asking me for webcast information.

At any rate, see you all there! I'll be the red-haired 1168er guarding our team laptop with a shirt that says "Goobergunch" on the back (although it might not show due to the team jacket that should be arriving tomorrow), feel free to stop by and say hello :)

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I've had inquiries about webcasts for Chesapeake.
Saturday only.
www.nasa.gov and go to NASA TV link.
Also NASA channel on dish or direct tv.

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Dave made me some bling, Flava Flava style. Find me to check it.

:D

Wetzel

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I'll be there on Saturday, only guy in full Sparky uniform (good shoes, khaki pants, sparky shirt, sparky hat, safety glasses with Sparky glass straps.) Stop me to say hi, I'll be in the pits and the stands.

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Finishing up packing, putting the final touches on our team spirit, i think we are ready. Team 836 is coming loud. There is no way you can miss us, we will be heard. And it won't be hard to find me, bright yellow shirt and of course my red hat. I will be in the pits in the stands and driving the robot.

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I am so excited! We are leaving tomorrow morning. I can guarantee that you will see me a lot. I will be in an Alien Costume going around the pits and stands. In case you can't see me, you will hear me or see a large Alien Staff. Good luck to all teams...

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Well the time has come.

The time is currently 8:41PM on Wednesday and I will be pulling out of Tunkhannock, PA at 2:00AM (yes you heard me right!) Thursday morning.

Anyone who would like to meet me just stop and say hi!

I will be volunteering at the competition and my job will be Team Queuing, so if you see me yelling at you because you are late to the field say hi! ;)

Arriving at Annapolis in < 11 hours.

GOOD LUCK TEAMS, ESPECIALLY 222! ;)

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Team 1111 is also helping clean up at the Chesapeake. We'll clock the time :cool:.

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html

How you can watch the regional on Saturday from 9am-5pm. It'll pretty much be the webcast. Just tune in there and you'll get it.

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For those interested:

Friday Awards at the Chesapeake Regional

Volunteer of the Year - Lt. Aaron Steele (sp?)
Imagery - 709
Leadership in Control - 836
Creativity - 116
Driving Tomorrow's Technology - 467
Entrepeneurship - 501
Judges' Award - 7
Best Website - 341
Autodesk Visualization - 116
Woodie Flowers: our very own Dave Lavery (116)

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I know it's pretty late, but if anyone has the list of remaining matches for tomorrow morning that would be awesome. We didn't think to bring it with us and now i'm regretting it. I'm hoping there's some one else crazy enough to be up doing this past midnight eastern. If you have it please pm me or even post it. thanks a lot and good luck all.

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From watching the webcast...I copied down the elimination alliances. I missed the selection process and the ladder they put up is kind of blurry...so I apologize in advance for any mistakes. There were also two numbers that I couldn't read at all and it would be great if someone could fill those in for everyone else.

173 1027 53
104 1143 467
611 87 225
165 88 1524
??? 1507 836
614 ??? 1629
007 122 175
203 1449 222

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173 1027 53
104 1143 467
611 87 225
165 88 1524
316 1507 836
614 888 1629
007 122 175
203 1449 222

two missing teams are 316 (Go Lunatechs! Our sister team)
and 888

That order was based on the tourney bracket
the alliance seed order is

1. 173 1027 53
2. 316 1507 836
3. 007 122 175
4. 611 87 225
5. 165 88 1524
6. 203 1449 222
7. 614 888 1629
8. 104 1143 467

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How did 1585 do? They are a Rookie from up Rochester way. After being spectators at Finger Lakes, I knew they were pretty pumped up about attending the Chesapeake.

I hope they had an awesome time!

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semi finals

173 1027 53
165 88 1524

316 1507 836
007 122 175

Go Lunatechs!

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173 1027 53 just scored 121 pts!

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And they over came 40 points of penalties to win the next match. Crazy semi final

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And the finals are:

173 1027 53

007 122 175

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173 1027 53 Win it all
Congrats to all
Rage you have an awesome arm

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Anyone know what the awards were? My team left early, so we didn't get to see the ceremony. No information on the FIRST site yet.

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341 won the Chairman's Award.
1507,our alliance partner's, won Highest Seeded Rookie Team and Rookie Inspiration Award.

That is all I can remember cuz I so tired after all the excitement today.

See everyone in Philly

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WOW what an awesome competition!!!!

Team 836 would like to THANK TEAMS 316 and 1507, a strong and determined alliance.

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The Chesapeake Regional was so much fun. I am so happy that Team 104 got to the elimination rounds and was captain. Our claw on the arm broke right before our first elimination match and couldn't fix it in time. However, I had a blast and congradulations to all teams that participated this year...

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It was such a blast. This was my first time going out to the regionals. In my opinion, we (team 1111) did really well, considering we didn't really pull together until the last parts of Friday and Saturday. If we had only listened to one guy's instructions, we would not have been a defense-only robot.

However, I thought 1111 played awesome defense. The 173 alliance took our tactic into the elimination rounds. I thought we were going to be selected because we played some really good defense and were 2-1 on Saturday (but 3-5 overall). We ended up finishing 38th. But We (from Team 1111) want to extend a round of applause to the winners, and the people who piled on the 121 points (which made Chesapeake the region to beat).

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Just got back home... Awesome times. We managed to place 15th. Didn't get picked for an alliance, but I'm pretty sure that was because today we had a bad showing today. We won our first two matches, but we were "defense" and just kind of looked stupid. In our last match, we lost, but we did perform well. But our team is quiet, and our robot doesn't have any "OMG wow" features or designs, so I think that contrubuted as well.

I am definitely happy though, a very very good weekend, much improvement over last year, and Philly is next week. A very good time for us. I hope everyone had this much fun.

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Our team didn't do so well, though *sigh*. If anybody noticed, for one match it didn't even move!! That was reeeeally depressing but kind of funny for moi, who is on animation and wouldn't understand a robot at all -_-. Overall I think we placed around 45th. Did so much better last year! The animation won, at least *grins*.

This was my first time going to a competition, and I really loved it. You just meet so many great unforgettable people. Saturday was the best day of my LIFE, really (or does that sound geeky?!). I fell in love with a dude from team 1542 (unfortunately the team from London) and met another dude from team RAGE who liked anime. So many great memories ^^. If nothing more than because I love my team, I'm joining robotics next year just to go to the competitions ^^.

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We placed 43rd at the end of the day. Also we did much better last year. I mean after all we made the semi-finals at VCU but non-the-less Chesapeake was so great. I enjoy it every year win,lose, or lose to a team that didn't uncrate (2003). The fact that we got everything to really work during our last match was great. I really enjoyed talking with the different members of the teams when I was scouting.

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I just would like to thank teams 175 BUZZ and 122 NASA Knights for being wonderful alliances. Your team spirit and enthusiasm to win was amazing to see and hear, and I am so thankful we chose you! Excellent work.

Also to my group of singers for the National Anthem: You all did so wonderful, I'm so happy. We all were great! Thanks for trying so hard and being so cooperative with our practices and helping me overcome my nerves. I love you guys!

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I just want to say that Rage was awsome. Wow, one of the best bots this year. Also, congrats to Miss Daisy 341 for winning chairmans!

I just hope Chesapeake isn't trying to seduce Jeff to start only MCing for them....

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You all missed the 120 point match from Friday, and the story to go along with it.

Friday morning had Jeff Seaton as the MC. Sometime in the early afternoon, he switched with Dave Lavery. One of the things Dave did was issue a challenge: "The season high score was last week in Phoenix at 112. If any alliance here beats that score, Jeff Seaton and I will buy you a steak dinner." Jeff kind of looked up and wondered what Dave had got him into.

Lo and behold, about 7 matches later, 1027 working with two other capers owned all the goals and scored 120 points. Shortly thereafter, I asked him what his wife would say, his response was a simple "Don't ask."

Dave and Jeff, being NASA engineers, later made sure during speech time that teams understood how important wording is in government contracts. "The exact wording of the bet payoff was A steak dinner."

All well and good, Jeff Seaton offered a new challenge to teams on Saturday morning: "Each team on an alliance to beat the high score will get a box of Krispy Kremes from myself and one box from Dave"

With motivation like that, how could teams NOT score higher than 120? :D

I'll share more later, being a ref was far more exhausting then I expected it to be and I am very tired and this probaly dosn't even make sense to someone thinking logicaly, but it makes sense to me. However, I will goto bed now.

Wetzel

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To all the teams and volunteers who traveled to the Chesapeake and helped to make this the best regional in the country.
You guys rock! Thanks to everyone for their incredible spirit. We had many teams who helped get those teams lagging behind to pass inspection before match one. You did a great job of cleaning up and the clean up party finished the rest. The Americorps volunteers had a blast. So did the Brits! You were patient with the shuttles and all the extra stuff we have to do because this is held at the Academy. I hope everyone from out of town got to walk down to the harbor and to visit the sites at the Academy.
See you next year. Time to clean out the 14 pockets on my fishing vest.....

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sooooooo much fun at the Chesapeake... Great alliance partners to bring 88 to another semi finals... We seemed to be stuck and can't get passed the semis this year... :( but we still had sooo much fun... The competition was great, the venue itself was soooooo awesome... We had such a great time...

173, 1027, and 53... You guys were just unstoppable... it was unfair... hahaha...

Great job...

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Wow, WHAT FUN!!! For three days I met mentors, students, judges and volunteers who were so polite, so enthusiastic, so full of energy. It was great meeting all of you - I loved your team spirit; I enjoyed meeting the rookie teams and wish you well in the years to come; I thank the NEMs who took the time to stop by on Thursday for our NEMO meeting - it's always fascinating to hear how teams are so different yet so much alike; and...

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DONUTS! :D

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Congratulations Regional Champions 173, 1027, and 53 and Finalists 7, 122, and 175.

Congratulations 341 for the much deserved Chairman's Award!!!!!

Thanks to our alliance partners 1507 (great rookie team) and 836.

Finally a big thanks to the Americorp and all volunteers and sponsors who made this event such a great success.

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I want to thank our alliance partiners teams 007 and 122 for a great performance. Thank you for bringing Buzz into your strong alliance. Also thanks to 173, 1027, and 53 for a great final match and congrats on winning the Chesapeake regional you were unstopable. See you at nationals.

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Don't think you weren't looked at. If we had not been picked by team 165 we had talked about you and were on my list for when the time came. You guys did a great job this past weekend

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Yeah, Chesapeake was pretty awesome. I finalized autonomous mode Friday morning and we successfully removed a hanging tetra in autonomous mode in all but one of our remaining matches (and that one match was because our alliance partners wanted us to start in the middle position). To my knowledge, this is the first time that our team has ever gotten autonomous to work as hoped for. It was also the first (and will be the only) time that I've ever driven a Friarbot during an actual FIRST regional (match #52, the last of Friday), and that experience will be one I'll likely never forget. From Dave pointing the stick at our driver station to announce #1168, to grabbing a tetra from the loading zone, to crazily driving the bot back and forth near the corner goal (ramming the goal quite a bit in the process) to get the arm unstuck and the tetra capped, to quickly getting the bot back behind our alliance line with ten seconds to spare in the match (it shook horribly, but didn't tip :D), to winning the match - possibly one of the best 2.25 minutes of my life. Even though we weren't chosen for an elimination alliance and didn't win any awards (to my knowledge - if we did somehow win a Saturday award, please tell me ASAP), the 2005 Chesapeake Regional was really good. Pity it's my last ever FIRST event as a student participant, but it was a pretty nice way to go out.

I'll probably post a few pictures from Chesapeake in the near future. If anybody has any video from matches 2, 13, 21, 36, 45, 52, 61, or 69, it would be vastly appreciated (I'll hand-deliver you cookies if you're going to the Philly regional) if you could post them here, link me to them, or e-mail me them.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

I just wanted to say that Chesapeake was one of the most fun times I've had.
I was particularly amused by RAGE trying to get us more spirited by coming over and chanting "We've got spirit, yes we do, we've got spirit how 'bout you?" ...our team just sort of sat there for a few seconds, unsure of how to respond, then bursted out laughing. :o

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Next time we meet we're going to teach you guys that cheer! :D

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

That cheer worked at the BAE systems regional with team 157 the Aztechs. It is a great cheer and is a good way to involve multiple teams.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Kathie, they do know that cheer. They just thought it was more fun to watch RAGE trying to get them to do it. :)

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Ah... then maybe we'll have to set up a scoring system where we rate the team's responses, what do you think? LOL

Kathie to Jenny at Chesapeake: "I can add cheerleading to my resume now!"

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Chesapeake was one of the best FIRST events I have been to in my four years of FIRST even though Rage and 1027 and 53 absolutly destroyed us in the semis... hahaha... I just wish we put up more of a fight... There was only two things that I didn't like about it... The music could have been louder, because whenever we tried to dance we couldn't tell if the music switched or not... And the field was backwards... hahaha from our view anyway because we were sitting on the other side of the field... But it was a GREAT competition...

FREEDOM!!!

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

I had fun at the Chesapeake Regional. It was spectacular to be down there. Meeting lots of new people was great. The MC's did a great job and having it at the US Naval Academy was very cool. I noticed many teams had great spirit including RAGE. Especially during the elimination rounds when our Alliance did the you got spirit cheer across the filed to the TJ Squared Alliance. That was pretty cool. The 121 point match was truly unexpected, because we didn't realize what we did till like a minute after it was over. Also winning the regional was special because it is my senior year. All the teams competed well especially 1507 The Warlocks. Wow what a unbelievable rookie team!!! I like to thank all the teams who lined up with RAGE during the awards ceremony on Saturday to high five other teams. Also thank you to 1027 and 53 for a great alliance. 007,122 and 175 did a great job and I like to congratulate you on your performance. Congrats to Miss Daisy team 341 for their Chairman's Award win, Great Job!!!To all the other teams that was there I wish you good luck in your upcoming competitions.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

I must say, I am rather surprised that no one has mentioned how surprised they were with our 2nd pick, team 53. Considering team 53 was ranked at about 54 of 55 teams at the end of the qualifying matches and then our alliance took the finals, it was truly something spectacular, and proves just how important a team, and their drivers, and their robot, can be because with out team 53 it would have been harder for us to win, this also goes to show that just because a team is low in rank doesn't mean they have a bad bot. Also team 1027 was an awesome pick, and we were lucky to get them as they were number 2 and could have declined if they had wanted to. I was the alliance captain out on the field, yes I know they are 1027 not 1071 like i had said. I still don't know why I said 1071, and I know my team won't let me live that down any time soon I am sure. But ultimately all of the team at the regional were amazing, and extremely good competitors.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

53 was ranked 53.
Jon, you make an excellent point. The rankings can be so deceiving and good scouting is really important.
As Senior Mentor for Maryland, it was the first time that so many Maryland bots have played in the elimination rounds. Really exciting.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

we were like praying that we wouldn't be picked so we could have the chance to be picked by you if you wanted to... but we would have been seeded because we moved into like 7th or something after some selections... haha we joked around about losing all our matches on saturday on purpose to be low rank... hahaha but we were joking about that... we had a great time...

haha and it was funny when you said 1071...

we thought we won the competition... because during the finals the red alliance team numbers said 165, 88 and 1524... haha... when you guys were celebrating we were gonna run over with you... hahaha

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

We were very lucky to get picked. We were ranked 42 or something(It kept changing!) and yet we still got to compete in the quarter-finals. 104 and 1143, thanks so much for choosing us. Congrats to RAGE and the other members of that alliance, you were great. Congrats to all the other teams who participated this weekend too.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

LOL! Yeah that's how evil our team is ;)

But Miss Kathie is absolutely awesome, as is Miss Jenny. EVERYONE WHO CAN PLEASE MEET THEM IN ATLANTA. They are wonderful people, and sure are interesting. ;)

Miss Kathie, I still have that Dory band aid. I'm so keeping it! =P

[edit]w00t, it's my 1,000th post! =D[/edit]

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

Yeah, we all know the cheer, but just watching was funny.

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On another note, I want to thank Team 88 for their support of the 007-122-175 during semi-finals and finals; I'm sure it seems strange, but your enthusiasm kept us (or at least me) going.

Re: 2005 Chesapeake Regional
 

I just want to put out a special thank you to three teams who were always on time and prepared for queuing. It made my life much easier, especially Friday morning when everyone else needed three calls. Those teams are 122, 1640, and 104. Also, a high-five to team 1542 for being really nice and listening well to instructions, and not getting discouraged about the lack of scoring ability. I thought all these teams were exceptional, and I hope you continue to show up promptly for queuing. :)

Sammy

P.S. Next time you show up for queuing, bring some bling. I was disappointed at the lack of bling I received :(