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Vince lau 01-04-2006 22:34

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 
wow another great day, congrats to all teams, you all did an amazing job.

Hope to see you all and even more teams next year at the GTR

Nawaid Ladak 01-04-2006 22:40

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does anyine have a recording of these matches. considering AOL blocked out acess to Toronto thanks to their servers.

i wish SOAP had them so i could watch.......anyone willing to stratigize agenst the triplets.

Tim Delles 01-04-2006 22:46

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 
I'd just like to say congrats to all 3 of the triplets, 865, 1620, 1419, and 1305.

Also I finally agree that Autonomous is KEY to this years game.

Stephen L 01-04-2006 23:02

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 
On behalf of 865, I would like to thank teams 1114 and 1503 for picking us for their alliance. Can't wait to see everyone in Atlanta, and a quick shout out to Quiet Riot!

Hiteak 01-04-2006 23:05

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Congratulations to all teams. I was well worth the drive early in the morning.GTR is in my top 3 Regionals to go to next year with my team. And if not my team, I will volunteer.

Unglued 01-04-2006 23:08

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today was a great day for 865, it's the first regional (we've always attended the GTR, and nothing else.)we've won since the original Canadian regional in 2002.

First of all, we'd like to thank our alliance partners 1114 and 1503 for picking us, we were ranked 68 by the end of he qualifying matches.

there were many problems with our robot this year, many were solved by the beginning of the last day, some later, some not at all.

Luckly our most important feature, a 2 speed transmission built and designed by students worked flawlessly throughout the competition. bumpers wern't used but were not needed because we had steel bars protecting us, originally it wasn't there, but we were almost 40 pounds underweight.

I believe we were chosen for our defence capabilities and ability to climb the ramp without a problem. Last year we paid the price of not getting picked for the finals because of our defence based robot, this year things are different.

to team 912 Mr. Edwards is a great mentor who not only helped us, but other teams also, he really dosn't need to do that, but he does and he pushes us to be the best we can. i'll forward your thanks, but for now we need some time to take it all in and raise some money for atlanta, we still don't know how we'll end up getting there. with a small team of 15 core members and 1-4 adult mentors a bus might be too big, and a plane will be too expensive. I don't think any of our supporters would want to drive for a full day, no matter how dedicated.

just getting the entery fee money wil be a challenge, but hopefully all will go well and we'll be at atlanta for the championships.

sorry for the long post guys <3

geo 01-04-2006 23:10

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GTR regional ROCKS!!!!
I would like personally thank team 1114 and 1503 for trusting us as a defence bot. You guys have the best robot I've ever seen.
Team 217, your robot is a night for us. Our driver told me that he was so scared of you guys because your robot could shoot well even if we were pushing you.....lol
Good job team 229/217/4 for kept us bus..lol..you guys are very competitive.

Thanks to all people who made this possible. Now we just need to get a bit more, actually alot more, money for us to go to the national...lol

sw293 01-04-2006 23:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard
Autodesk Visualization -- 296
GM Industrial Design -- 378 and 1241
Motorola Quality -- 854 and 1353
Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship -- 217
Daimler Chrysler Team Spirit -- 772 and 1547
Saturday Judges -- 1963
Rookie Inspiration -- 1935
Rookie All-Star -- 1814 and 1846
Highest Rookie Seed -- 1870
UL Industrial Safety -- 1846
Engineering Inspiration -- 178
Regional Chairman's Award -- 522

Why did they double up some awards and not others?

TheFerret 01-04-2006 23:56

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I got video of finals-2 but the file size is 105 mb though...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ianworld
Did anybody record the matches? There were a couple there at the end that I wish I had for posterity. Just some of the best FIRST competition ever.


Steve W 02-04-2006 00:08

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 
We did get the games archived but we need to edit and get put up on a server some where. I will post back with a link once completed.

Sagar Vyas 02-04-2006 00:58

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On behalf of 1503, I'd like to thank everyone that made today possible for our team. It was a very tough regional for us but we got through it smoothly.

Thanks

neilsonster 02-04-2006 03:23

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This was easily the best regional competition I have ever personally been to. The level that these teams were competing at was just insane! *Especially* the semi-finals on the Chevrolet field and the finals.. WOW!!! The Element of Division by Chickens sure gave Warp 7 and the two Triplets a run for their money, and if it wasn't for the mechanical problems I think 1680 1305 and 1620 (with 1419's robot having been replaced) could have taken it all.

I really want to thank teams 1353 and 48 for picking us... We did not have much luck in qualifying rounds in this competition and the fact that we were even chosen raised the spirits of our whole team. Then the two matches we played to get to the quarter finals were just awesome and really made everyone's day. Once we saw who we were paired against in the quarter-finals (1114, 1503, 865) I think eveyone knew we would need to pull off something crazy to get a win, but it was great to get to play against such an incredible alliance.

I'd like to say congrats to everyone who received awards. There were 74 teams at the regional this weekend... be proud that your team was singled out and rewarded for their efforts! Also, a special congrats is in order to Where's Waldo, the other team spirit winners! Your team pretty much taught us how to cheer last year in Rochester, and you have always been a benchmark for the spirit of FIRST. Well done!

Team 188... it's been an amazing season. Three regionals together and although we didn't get to team up again this year in the competition, we love cheering you on! Keep up the awesome work... I hope you guys might be able to get a spot in Atlanta! But other than that, we'll be seeing you next season for sure.

Firestorm 02-04-2006 05:52

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On behalf of Team 1346, I'd like to give a huge thank you to Team 65 and 854 for selecting us to be your alliance partner. We'd run into huge technical problems midway through Friday and were afraid of our chances. Our wonderful engineers and builders were able to fix it with hard work and time so good job to my own team =)

On a more negative note, I hope the guys who put the stinkbomb outside our room at the Novotel Hotel will grow up soon. We know who you are. It's not too hard when you say things like "keep a straight face" when you pass us. Learn some class and dignity. You're the only team staying with us here, so I'm pretty sure you know who you are. Been nice talking to the rest of your team, they've been nice people.

Overall, this will be my last year in FIRST as a student, I had a blast =)

GaryVoshol 02-04-2006 07:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rohan_DHS
Congrats to the Champions 1114,1503, and 865!!

So do the eyebrows come off now? :yikes: :eek:

Congrats!

Paul Copioli 02-04-2006 09:00

Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
 
What an extremely exciting regional. It was definitely a great experience for all of our team: students and mentors. The 1114, 1503, 865 alliance was very tough and those were some of the most exciting matches that I have been involved in.

While I agree that auton is very, very important; what is more important is to have three functioning robots during the competition. Two shooters is essential and two defensive robots is also essential. What this means is one of your robots better be good at both.

The auton strategy switch by the 1114 alliance was a key to their success, but we helped them by not being very reliable as an alliance. For those of you that do not know the story leading up to the amazing semi-finals, I will break it down as best I can.

Semi-Final match 1 we knew the double defense against the triplets was the way to stop them. We also knew they would be sending 865 to defend against us in auton. Well, we were able to get 9 in auton and 229 and 4 clipped the Triplets enough to only allow them to get 7. We win auton and go on defense. 229 and 4 play amazing defense all over the field and we waited to load up. During the remainder of the match, 229 and 217 were able to score a few more balls, but 865 and 1114 played very good defense. We managed to still outscore them and win match 1.

Before Semi-Final match 2, Team 4 had some loose wires that needed to be repaired so we called a timeout to give them time to fix it. Also, the 229 shooter was busted so they had to fix that too. Remember, team 4 did not get their robot until Friday morning due to some shipping SNAFU and spent all day Friday and most of Saturday morning fixing it from the battle damage obtained in LA. They managed to get it out for the last match Saturday morning and played amazing defense. The 1114 alliance changed their auton strategy to stop playing defense against us in auton. They used 865 to block for them. This strategy worked and our robot got free-throw fever. With no one defending us, we had our wheel of doomed get jammed (this is the thing that is supposed to help clear jams .. gotta love irony) and only scored like 2 or 3 balls in auton (if that). The blocking strategy freed the triplets up enough to pop off at least 11 balls in auton winning auton. Team 4's drive base was not at it's top game due to the loose wire/Victor issue and team 229's shooter was broken. As a result, we got demolished. There is not 1 robot in FIRST that can keep up with 2 great shooters.

Match 3 was more of the same, but the triplets only scored 9 in auton. Even if we won auton, we would not had enough firepower to keep up with them as the 229 shooter was completely out of commission. However, getting only 3 again in auton for the same reason as match 2 was very disappointing.

The 1114 alliance was very tough and they had some hard fought battles to take this regional. At least one of the 1114, 1503, and 1680 Triplets will be on Einstein in Georgia.

Thanks to 229 and 4 for fighting through the damage and playing hard until the end. Finally, Division by Chicken was formed! To team 4, your team is amazing and we were glad to be a pert of your great story.

To the rest of the ThunderChickens, I am proud of all of you. Your actions on and off the field made me very proud to be a ThunderChicken. All in all, the GTR was a great event.

-Paul


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