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Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional
It was on an old iTunes commercial.
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Re: 2006 GTR - Super Regional--What's with the FIRST web site?
There is no info on this regional beyond Q96. I'd like to know how the quarter finals and semis went, but there is nothing there. What's the deal?
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I can't recall many specifics from the quarters. One thing that stood out was 4 getting on top the ramp and perfectly blocking 703's autonomous. In the semis, 229, 217, and 4 faced 1114, 1503, and 865. In the first match 1114 and company lost auton. It looked like they were out of position after that, and lost. In the next match 1114 won auton, 4 tipped over early in the match, and 1114 ran away with the match. in the 3rd match, 1114 won auton and ran away with the match again. |
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GTR - the Absolute Best of FIRST, and the Greatest Regional Ever!
To Our Alliance - 378 and 296 - THANK YOU!! YOU ROCK!! We did our best to cover 1680, sorry it didnt work out that well. Once again, congratulations to 1114, 1503 and 865 for the spectacular win - it was history in the making. 865 Western Tech - please pass our thanks to David Edwards for his programming workshops, and best of luck in Atlanta. Thanks to 1213, NTCI and all others for your batteries/chargers - it gave us the power we needed. To all GTR teams - you made it what it is, and it will be better next year: GO GTR 2007!! |
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From my notes, the eliminations went like this: 8v9 was won by 9 in straight matches. 7v10 was won by 7 in three matches -- 10 won the second. 5v12 was won by 5 in straight matches. 6v11 was won by 6 in straight matches. Quarterfinals were won by the top four alliances, all in straight matches. SF1: 2v3 was won by 3 in straight matches. SF2: 1v4 was won by 1 in three matches, with 4 winning the opener -- this was hands-down the most exciting set of 3 matches I've seen in 2006. Division by Chicken really put a scare on the top alliance. Finals: 1v3. Wow! Three triplets, all Canadian teams, 1305 shooting very well, on-field repair of 1680 before match 3 with parts and labor provided by their opponents, mounting excitement generated by Karthik, 1620 getting on the field as 1st standby. The 1v4 semifinal was still the best played set of matches I saw, but the final couldn't be beat for drama! Won by the top alliance in three matches, with 3 winning the opener. SF2 and the finals at GTR reinforced the (by now majority) view that autonomous is the key to victory in Aim High. |
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Great times today...I'd like to thank our programming team for a great set-up, the shooter team for troubleshooting the shooter. Sorry I jumped to conclusions...the battery put into our robot during the 7 vs 10 showdown was dead oh well...stuff happens...GREAT REGIONAL
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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.
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Congrats to the Champions 1114,1503, and 865!!
and also a HUGE thanks to teams 1305, and 1680 who accepted us midway and helped us get into the finals. It's been a pleasure working with you guys! Also sorry to 1419 who got so far but had to drop out :( . |
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Anyone know who won what awards today? They aren't up on the FIRST website yet.
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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!
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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I got video of finals-2 but the file size is 105 mb though...
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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 =) |
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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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All i can say is GTR was amazing and i left the regional speechless. We had a great time up there and i hope to convience the team im on next year to come up there! One thing i did notice was that friday and saturday that there was not much responce to the balls going outside of the field and getting those back into the HP boxes or onto the field. It was pretty sweet to see two fields and 2 sets of MC's/Annoucers and all.
The quality of teams of robots at GTR was bar none of any other regional i have seen this year. Those triplettes are simply amazing and i have yet to figure out how to stop them from winning other then 1. make them lose auto mode. 2. take all the balls off the field! 3. pay them enough money to not shoot any balls in one of the periods. :D Congrats to 1114, 1503, 865 on thier win! It was not a surprise once i saw that we dropeed out of 1st place and saw that 1114 was first about your alliance. Even though we put up a crazy fight and somehoe won the first match i knew it was going to be very hard once we did not win auto mode. Well Team Division by Chicken Element was the best alliance we could have been made with what was left there for us. 217 was an amazing auto bot and was excellent when they had time to shoot without 865 in thier face blockign thier shooter. 4 was one crazy defensive robot and i was impressed how they got on the ramp and stopped 703 from thier famous auto mode. overall i was amazed and it stands up the the name. Greater Toronto Regional. i will be back. |
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On behalf of team 1935 (and bear with me, I know there are a million thank yous that always go out to all of the amazing teams out there), I'd like to thank all the teams that lent us tools and advice, especially teams 45 and 48, who turned our robot from a pile of duct tape into an actual moving device (that just barely passed inspection, but that's a long story)! It was an amazing experience I'll never forget, and it couldn't have happened without everyone at the "Super Regional". It's awesome that we won the Rookie Inspiration Award this year, not because we had a particularily functioning robot, but because we were able to build it without mentors or sponsors :D Hope everyone who qualified has an awesome time at the Championships, and if anyone wants to help us secure sponsorships/mentors for next season that would be so awesome and much appreciated. Thanks again everyone, and look out for us next year; now we know what we've got ourselves into! ;)
Matt Chou UTS FIRST Robotics '05-'06 |
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Does anyone have video of the semi finals between 1114, 1503, 865, and 229, 217, 4?
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WATCH DAILYPLANET AT 7:ooPM TONIGHT april 3rd. just got e-mail from them say a short film will be shown on GTR
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Team Division by Chicken Element : ] The GTR regional is a robotics experience i wont be able to forget. From walking into an empty pit area to find out that our robot is still in Los Angeles... to building a new robot in six hours... to winning the first semi finals match against 1114, 1503 and 865 ;this past weekend,the regional was absolutely AMAZING. i cant pick any other words to describe it with |
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Can someone from 217 or 229 talk more about your decision to choose 4 as an alliance partner? Specifically, I'm curious about how the use of their 'real' robot only at the end of qualifying matches affected your consideration. Presumably, they were allowed only to use that robot once they decided to make the switch and had retire the one-day wonder.
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After watching the regional on the webcast I must say that I am in shock. That regional was AMAZING! The legendary list of teams, the relationships between the teams, the set up of the regional, the 12 alliance difference etc. It seemed really exciting. I am really going to push 1403 to make it out to that regional next year. Even if they don't go, I definitely will. Great job to everyone competing, those were some of the most exciting matches I have ever seen(and I have seen a lot of matches). I graciously/humbly bow down to the GTR event planners/organizers for putting on such a great competition.
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Well to make a long story short, our goals for the regional was to end up either paired with 1114, or 217 our two closest friends at the regional. When it heavily looked like we were going to end up number 1 we had a fierce internal debate on our team going about who we would pick. As it turned out we lost our last qualification match and ended up 4th. Luckily we were still able to pick the thunder chickens. Now all weekend we had to watch 4 live out our reoccurring nightmare, of showing up to Toronto with no robot. They handled it with amazing professionalism and grace, and even their one day wonder turned out a decent performance. But walking through the pits seeing their beautiful Kingman/poof style drive base, we decided that if they were around in the second round they really deserved a shot to show their stuff. Due to the shipping snafu they never really had a chance to fix all their battle damage from the previous regional, but we stand by our choice of them. They were great to work with, and played their hearts out in the finals, it was inspiring to watch and be a part of. It turned out our alliance didn't have enough to take out the triplets twice, but without 4 I don't think we would've been able to take them out the one time we did. Best of luck to everyone at Nats. Chris C. Field Coach Team 229 |
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We had to play our 'real robot' in at least one qualification match in order to be allowed to use it in the elimination round. The robot made it on the field "just-in-time" for our tenth qual match. The drive team and, thankfully, the robot performed as well as in SoCal. We played that match as if it were an elimination match because, in essence, it was. |
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sadly, the archive from GTR is not going to be available on the nasa webcast site. http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webc...onals_2006.php
Someone please put some video up!!!! |
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I want to thank Chris Carnevale (229) and Paul Copioli (217) for picking Team 4 as your third alliance partner. It was an honor to be part of your alliance.
Paul and Chris put a solid strategy together for both the quarterfinal and semifinal matches. Their robots and drivers were totally awesome in the elimination matches. I thought we could pull off the upset in the semis, but the gremlins got to our robots and the 1114 alliance was way too strong to be beat with anything less than 100% performance. Maybe we'll hook up in Atlanta or IRI and take it to the finals... |
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So, i've got the videos split and trimmed, and the harddrive with the files is about to go back to Vance, just one tiny problem. Other than the huge file size (30-50mb per match :|) the quality is amazingly poor still, and the sound is amazingly high. If anyone knows of a program I can use to decrease the volume, it'd be appreciated.
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I also have the other rounds including the Semi's with 217,229,4 but I can't get them up on our site until Friday. Check back.. |
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Wow. Those videos are pretty amazing. Thank you SO MUCH for posting them. There may be a highlight video in the works now :p
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When (if ever) will the final match results and standings for the 2006 GTR get posted on the official FIRST GTR website?
I read the following post describing the difficulties: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...97&postcount=4 The two-field and 12-team elimination round formats cannot be accommodated by the Hatch scoring software. Apparently, the some of the match results will need to be entered manually and the final standings recomputed. I know the FIRST staff is busy making preps for the Championship, but this data is useful for scouting, etc. |
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You would be better to contact FIRST as they are the ones that control the website. If we had the info we would be glad to post.
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