Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Congrats to teams 1251, my home team from my home state....go TECHTigers.
congrats also go out to teams 11 and 247 for giving us a fun and exciting Palmetto Regional for us at homw watching via Webcast to enjon insted of Toronto. (which still doesn't work after about 5 diffrent links. but i can always blame AOL for that)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

congrats to 11...that's what happens when you bring the best state with you...

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Congrats to the winning alliance. You guys did a great job!!! These teams always have really great robots and spirit!

Congrats to all the other teams for a job well done! Good luck to those teams headed to the Championship!!

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From what I hear, those elimination matches were amazing to watch.

First off congrats to MORT, 2nd Palmetto win in 3 years...I'm so glad you got your shooter fixed. I wish I could've been there with you but I was conducting some madness up in Philly. I can't wait to go down to Atlanta with you guys and watch you compete there.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Hey all!
Palmetto was awesome, and it was great to have another shot at competing after our problems at the Manchester regional.

Congrats to the winning alliance, a very impressive colection of bots and players.

Thanks especially to the Bomb Squad and PIoneers; Making it to the finals was great, especially for us seniors for whom it was our last shot. All you guys were awesome, and thanks again to PIoneers for the shirts.

16-95-1676 - 2nd place in Palmetto

good luck to all from 95 (Drive Team Coach + Human Player)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Hey this is Eric on team 247 typing from our hotel room...

We had a really rough couple of days (in 44th position at the end of qualifiers), but I'm glad team 11 saw that we had improved a lot. We really worked well together in a qualifying match (I think it was one of the highest if not the highest scoring match on Friday). They shot, we blocked. Also props to team 1251: you guys were awsome. Quite often they just snuck into the corner - uncontested - and dumped everything.

This is the first regional we've ever won in our eight years as a team. Pretty gosh darn exciting...

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Oh man what a regional!!! :] First I would like to thank the whole Palmetto regional, staff, crew and teams for making a great event possible. Next a special thanks to our alliance partners 11 and 247 you guys were amazing. Finally, the 1251 I love you guys and we definitely earned this won. To all the other teams at the event it was great being in such good company. Glad 1251 could attend.

Thanks and congrats,
-Drew 1251

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

First of all thanks to everyone that made this event so exiting and well run.
I will like to give a special THANK YOU to team 845 (Cutting Edge). If it wasn't for you guys we would not have performed as we did.

I also want congratulate team 11 (MORT), not only for having a great robot with a great autonomous mode, but also for having a great scouting team. You guys did not pay attention to the ranking position but to what the robots abilities were and how consistent they were. Thanks to this scouting we made a very strong alliance.

Big thanks to both teams 11 and 247, you guys are awesome. See you all at Nationals.

Dave

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

First, big thanks to everyone, it was an awesome competition, and some great matches! Everyone was friendly, helpful, and it just improved the environment of the regional.

Congrats to 1251 (I love the shirt, David), 11, and 247. All three teams had excellent machines that deserve the title, "regional champion."

Also wanted to comment on The Grasshoppers, and Truck Town Thunder - both teams had awesome robots.

congrats, thanks, and good work to everyone!
~Jay

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

So the 41, 44 and 8th seed take it all the way to victory.
What a great example of good scouting. I wish I had known that to announce it.

Please tell me more about 845's help.
thanks

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Please tell me more about 845s help.
thanks[/quote]

Well, 845 has been an absolute savior to 1251 this year. They had done so much for us already, but at Palmetto this amazing team came through again. 1251 decided after the Florida regional that we were taking our ball grabbing mechanism off to make our ball hopper bigger and just do human loading. However, we forgot the Lexan to make our hopper bigger and 845 thankfully was able to donate to us a whole piece and if anybody has seen the prices today on a sheet of 4ft*8ft lexan it's not cheap. Past competitions they have been our alliance partners, let us borrow tools and batteries.

Thanks from the whole 1251 crew 845!!!!!

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Hey all!

I want to thank everyone at the Palmetto Regional for making it an awesome one!

Congratulations to our friends from New Jersey, MORT 11 along with DaBears 247 and TechTigers 1251 for winning! It was a great match, even if my team's robot went down in autonomous.

Also, thanks to my own team's amazing alliance, Bomb Squad 16 and Grasshoppers 95! I think we put up some good fights there and I don't know about you all, but I had a great time cheering on our alliance!!! [[Plus the flag was pretty fun to rig with all the items, creating the "Pihopper Squad" :D ]]

I would also like to thank Team 180 SPAM for teaching us all to play STOMP at the social, and also Team 1885 for bringing on the X-TREME DUCK DUCK GOOSE! [[You guys really were Rookie All-Stars, have fun in Atlanta]]

This was an awesome regiona, and in my opinion, completely worth the 13 hour bus ride we took to attend it!

Can't wait to hopefully return and compete in another great Palmetto competition!

Thanks to all again!

~Zara... but you can call me Pi-girl~

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

just got home, Finlay back in the 56Ace . i want to thank everyone who made it possible for me to be there. Like Spam for bring me up there and back with them on their bus. and the tech tigers and billfred for allowing me a place to sleep. Special thanks to Drew Kev Sebas And Phil for their Floor. To Mrs. Lee For the shower. Billfed for his floor and the driving around and the walmart trip. Mr. E for your hospitality, Mr. Higgins for giving me toe okay to travel with spam. all the teams for trusting me with my hands all inside their robots. I had a great trip and enjoyed seeing all of you. congratulations 1251 for bring home the trophy to Florida again.

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Some thoughts about Palmetto, now that I survived the ride home with P and the trailer...

First and foremost, congratulations to M.O.R.T., DaBears and Tech Tigers - wow, if we had to come in second, I am glad it was to you guys. I am so proud to have been on the same field with you guys. I normally would wish you luck at Nationals, but you guys are so good, you don't need luck. But, good luck anyway....

None of this would have happened if the Bomb Squad team 16 hadn't picked us - our first quarterfinal, semifinal and final, all at once! The Grasshoppers team 95 were equally awesome, and there's a photo to prove it. Thanks to both of you, we really did form a great alliance. Both you guys work so well under pressure.

The people at Palmetto are so friendly and helpful. More teams that I can count helped us there, and we appreciate all of it. The purple hot melt glue, armadillo, #35 chain offset link (during finals!), battery chargers, and myriad other things we were given, all helped us make an astounding (to us) accomplishment. Even the judges, referees, FIRST folks, photographers and even the venue staff were all just amazing.

This might sound odd, but the bathrooms (well, the men's rooms at least) were by far the cleanest I have even seen at any public venue. Real hot water which stayed on long enough, always soap & towels, and spotless even at the end of a long day. I'm impressed.

I finally met Billfred in person! And he even knew where Radio Shack was!


Lastly, but not leastly, my team. I'm way too old for this, but I felt like a kid again. Dan (CEO), thanks for allowing me to be on the floor, I can't believe you didn't snatch that badge back from me the first moment you could. JK, Shu and Dom, just thanks - words can't describe it. Phil, Kevin, Ed, and our Team Mom Lisa, you are all far too modest, I'd proud to be considered an equal...

The scouting team, those I saw and those I didn't, YOU were the entire reason for our turnaround Saturday, and look what your hard work did for the team. (Finalists! Woo Hoo!). Lee, Kyle & Katie, thanks for a job well done. (Note: I found that the size of the code does NOT affect weight! I tried it.;)

From Andrew to Zach, Mike, Brian, Eric, and the rest of the pit crew - you guys are the best, thanks for keeping cool under the pressure, I admire that.
Zara (Pi-Girl? Since when?), Lizzie, the rest of the crew, the programming team (you know who you are!).... In short, everyone, including those watching on the Web...

Thanks for the hardest fun ever.

Don

(Sorry for the length. I owe out a lot of favors now)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

i think i speak for the other 3 but
no problem it was an interesting experience having you in our room Ty

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Palmetto Regional was awsome

special thanks to the 247 scouter because with her and our socuting systems we made the strategies for the matches at the end

also to ashley the scouter of 11 for really scouting the robot and not the alliance

also to cutting edge for being the greatest team ever and to all of the new friends that i have made

sebas

go 1251

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

I agree with Sebas up there^!!!!
Palmetto was an amazing Regional.
I had so much fun! And thank you to 1251, TechTigers for letting us share a bus with you guys. I think I can speak for the entire team when I say this : We had an awesome time hanging out with you guys.
I would also like to thank team 1026 for scouting and not just looking at our matches but our robot itself. And any other teams who had looked at our robot as well, and not jsut our matches.
This was also the first time Team 108 has ever gone to the Palmeto Regional but I can say it was beautifully orginized, it was so much fun, and we are so happy that SOAP was able to help out any teams that needed it.
Hope that everyone else had a great time, too!

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

I have about 300 pics/vids from Palmetto which I will post over the next few days. I met Billfred at the Social. We had a great robot but I would rather not comment on how we did as an alliance because I would get a lot of flaming. Oh well.

Tomasz Bania

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

I LOVE PALMETTO.

Everyone at this regional is so friendly, so nice, and so inspirational. This is why MORT keeps coming back each year.

Some thanks are in store...

TEAM 247 and TEAM 1251. We couldn't have asked for a better alliance. Rankings didn't matter in this case, because I knew you guys were amazing, so never lose faith! You guys were EVERYTHING, and we REALLY can't wait to see you at Nats. KEEP IN TOUCH. And hey, thanks for getting all your mentors in that fountain!

(and P.S. thanks 108 for cheering for us, we know we loved cheering for you guys)

Thanks to the Pi-oneers, for the support from good ole JERSEY, you guys did great through the whole competition, BE PROUD.

Thank you to all those volunteers. WOW did you guys clean up that field like none other. I couldn't get over how fast everyone was, it even stressed me out because it was less time for collection of thoughts after each match!

If you saw two girls from MORT walking around with a camera, thanks for your "one word to describe FIRST," the documentary should be AMAZING.

Congrats to ALL the teams at Palmetto, you ALL did awesome, there's no denying that at all. (Especially 16, 95, and 1676)

And of course, thanks to my own team. The drive team, programmers, and scout team. None of this would have been possible without you. Thanks for trusting I would make the right decisions, even though you all know deep down you were worried. Thanks to Mike from 247 for giving me that extra push to go with my gut feeling, and not what I was "supposed" to do.

Hope everyone keeps in touch, and I'll SEE YOU AT NATIONALS.


MORT, Tigers, and Bears...OH MY!

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

palmetto was amazing

i was so surprised by everything there. including the people, the venue and the teams.

i would like to thank 16, and 95 for a great run in the finals and team 11 and their alliance for a great finals match

i am definantly looking forward to coming back next year

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

The Palmetto Regional was amazing! The competition was exciting, and there were many great teams that attended. I would like to thank the PIoneers (1676) and the Grasshoppers (95) for being great alliance partners! :D Finals were intense and we had great competition. Congratulations to teams 1251, 11, and 247 for an outstanding performance!

The flag was awesome and I love the “PIhopper Squad” … that’s great!
Good luck to all teams attending Nationals!

-Nicole

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Team 95 is getting to be quite fond of Palmetto ourselves. We've only been there twice, and each time we've gotten some hardware to show for it. It's quite different from BAE, in that teams are more relaxed, the bots more polished, the weather nicer, and the game play much more brutal.

That, and 1676+16+95 made for some pretty fun elimination matches. First time as a mentor I've been able to watch right from the sideline, too.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

It was a great event for us, but I was surprised that we were not chosen for elimination rounds. We had our share of problems, but we worked through them and finished 19th. In our last match we dumped all 10 balls into the lower goal in autonomous. We usually scored another 8 to 12 after that. On defense, we shut down anyone we were assigned to, including 343 Metal in Motion. We almost always got onto the ramp.

It makes me think that marketing is more important that function, (just like the real world). Anyway, watch for us in Atlanta.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

well you are welcome for the little boost to picmk 1251, it was a hard decision, and I am very glad you looked to me to help you out in your decision. I thank you for the compliment, and the whole team thanks you all for picking us to win Palmetto. I wish you guys the best of luck and hopefully our paths cross in nationals. That would be sweet to go to nationals with 11 and 247 on an alliance like none other. Thanks for everything and keep in touch.

Mort, Tigers Bears....O MY

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Don't worry. You will be watched at Nats.

If its any consolation, you were a DEFINITE consideration by MORT. We knew you guys dumped well, had you down as one of the top 4 best dumpers. See you in ATLANTA.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

That was sweet. I wanted to do a xtreme dodgeball game too but oh well.

Tomasz Bania

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Well put, alot of people were pretty puzzled by us picking a low seeded, non-shooting team. But thanks to great scouting, we knew you'd be key to our alliance. Proves that seeding doesn't mean much in some cases, which is why you need a good eye on scout team, and thinking outside the box.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Oh man what an exciting regional! Congrats to the Tech Tigers I LOVE you guys. I'm so happy that my team got to be in an alliance with 108 they've been one of my favorite teams for years. Thank's to anyone who cheered us on including 1270, you guys are allways fun. I'm also glad to see team 16 make it down to SC! I remember travelling with 343 my freshmen year of highschool to the St. Louis regional (2002) and watching you guys take it. I really liked all the designs Grasshoppers were amazing. I can't wait till nationals/ next season when I can actually mentor. Thanks to ALL for making this a good regional to watch. :)

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Personally I feel that our alliance demonstrated what FIRST is all about. It's not about the wins, it's about how well you work together.

Congratulations to everyone! it was an amazing regional!

a special thanks to the tech tigers for blocking for us during autonomous, we couldn't have won autonomous with out you guys covering us! and thanks to da' bears. Both of your teams are amazing!

and of course, congratulations to my Team, 11.

MORT, Tigers, and Bears OH MY!

oh my indeed. Thanks to Ed for coming up with that awesome chant!

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

It might be a little late but I'm doing it anyway.

On behalf of Team 1319 Golden Strip Robotics, I would like to thanks teams 1436, 1284, and 337 for going to the quarterfinals.

Y'all played like true champions and it was a pleasure to be alongside such fine people. You were truly gracious professionals in the heat of battle and we appreciate everything. We played our hearts out against a very strong alliance and we held our heads high.

We hope to see you again! :)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional - Investigation underway
 

I didn't.

(man, someone came all the way from India for Palmetto?)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

More likely than not, that was us. We brought our "b" bot down on the bus and kept it in the back of our Suburban to strip off parts as needed. For example, we took the omni wheels off the "b" bot in anticipation of our wheels on the"competition" bot failing. We also ran out and took an Igus pillow block off the bot for 1758 when one of theirs failed.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

YOU HAD IGUS PILLOW BLOCKS!!!! :eek:

that was the part that broke on our bot in the finals. for the next three matches we had 3 wheel drive. and during or after every match we would have to pick up our missing wheel. fortunantly we were still able to get up the ramp with three wheels

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional 6 on platform?
 

Does anybody remember which match got all 6 on the platform? I seem to recall it was early on Saturday, but cannot find the correct movie at soap.circuitrunners.com. It was not 59, 63, 64.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional 6 on platform?
 

this years was our best ever, big thanks to team 34 for letting us share a bus with them, and teams 68 & 180 for choosing us to go to the finals with them, didn't make it past the semi-finals, but hey, we have never been that far, so it was still an overwhelming experience

SEE YOU ALL IN 2007!!

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional 6 on platform?
 

You can also scratch 56, 61, and 67 from that list. (My notes indicate those were 1293's matches, and we didn't climb the ramp.)

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

is there another place to download the palmetto videos? the ones on soap dont work on this school computer.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional 6 on platform?
 

And scratch any match with Team 95, we didn't try to climb the ramp at Palmetto (it was better for us to stay at the far end and continue to pile balls in the 3 point goal).

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Those pillow blocks are awesome, but not great for DT purposes. We used ours to support the bracket on our throwing arms.

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I've been getting movies from
http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2006/movies/

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They only have some of the practice matches, and as luck would have it none of the grasshopper's. Which is greatly unfortunate as I wanted to see/show people those as our autonomous mode never worked again like it did on thursday....

This is what most impressed me. Kudos to the excellent scouting.

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

Yup yup. This was certialy our best year. I big thanks to teams 34, 68, and 180! We really enjoyed this year. One of my favorite thing said to us while there by another team "You übergeeks have been pushing us around all weekend, I think you deserve a button." (a mentor from team 343) For anyone that saw the webcat or was there, you know exactly what he meant. Our robot didnt work as expected when we got there so a few changes and we were sheer defense.

Well, This was a great year, good luck to all those that are in the finals in Atlanta! For the rest of you, See you in 2007!

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How very true. The first finals match, they were moderately effective - good enough to win it. The second finals match, they were absolutely devastating (in a nice way) to 1676's autonomous defense. No doubt, theirs was a critical contribution to the alliance. Well done!

Don

Re: 2006 Palmetto Regional
 

I must say I was very proud of how our fellow Jersey team played. You guys had heart and spirit, and let's face it...was the only robot that ever effectively blocked us in autonomous mode!

Good luck in many amazing years to come!