2006 Boston Regional
 

Who's going to be at the 2006 Boston Regional? Hope to see a lot of great teams there and some good competition!

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I plan to be there as a volunteer.

From what I've been hearing it sounds like it will be a well-put-together and fun event!

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Team 40 is going to be there, and we are definatly looking forward to it!

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1511 will be there!

Looks for lots of red camo !

--Mike

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I'll be there as a Special Assistant to team 1403.

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well i know we are bringin the pink to boston so it should be fun c ya guys there hope to see some awsome designs

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I'll be there Friday through Saturday if all goes well. I'm always busy running around in the pits when my team is at an event, so I hope to get a bit of experience in the "spectator" role :D .

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Yeah, we'll be there. I think this maybe one of the most fun competitions in awhile, team list is hot (not the hottest, but its up there) looks like some cool people are heading up. Have you checked the Judge List?

James Earl Brown III n/a
Helen Greiner Chairman & Co-founder iRobot
Anette 'Peko' Hosoi MIT Mechanical Engineer
Bob Metcalfe Inventor of the Ethernet, Polaris Venture Partners
Lori Park Google
Sandy Pentland MIT Media Lab
Ed Starr President BBN (retired)
Robert Tinker President & CEO Concord Consortium
Liza Vertinsky Wolf Greenfield
Saku Vrtilek Harvard Smithsonian
Steve Wozniak Co-founder Apple Computer, Wheels of Zeus
Elizabeth Anne Zimmer National Museum of Natural History


yeah, its stellar. Hope to see everyone there with their A game, because all the New Jersey teams are bringing it.

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Team 549 will be there :)

look for the mohawk!

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Special indeed Corey, you rock. :cool:

We are really looking forward to this event!

GO 1403!!!

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Team 383 will be there as well, looking forward for a great competition!

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I'm hoping to make it up to assist Corey as he assists 1403. Should be an awesome regional. Excuse me while I continue begging my parents. :p

JT

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Team Paragon (571) will be there bringing our spirit. Look for people in blue wearing capes.

We're all excited about this new regional event

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Beg harder, or I'll beg for you. I tend to be very pesuasive.

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Watch out 233, there might be a new PINK team in the house!! :D
Go Team 1975!!

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I'm flying up for Saturday!! I can't wait!! I'll be a volunteer for Saturday, it's gonna be a blast!!

Jay-- I hope your parents let you come!

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I'll be there as a volunteer. Not sure what I'm going to be doing but there nevertheless.

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Team 88 will be there...

However I will be there friday and saturday possibly as a volunteer...

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lets see whos hotter than lol c ya up there bring the pinkness battle on :yikes:

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Team 69, team H.Y.P.E.R. of course is going to be there. I can't wait for it.

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Team 75 will be there

wow, that is an amazing judges list, I really have my work cut out for me.

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So where is everyone staying in Boston? Team 1403 is staying at the Cambridge Hyatt.

GO 1403!!!

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233. the pink team, will also be at the hyatt in cambridge

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Team 1568 will be there, i myself will be there after 10ish on friday since i go to BU and have class!! After 10 youll find me with 1568, scouting and helping them out, be prepared for the MECHANICATZ.....they are also staying at the hyatt, which is only a 15 minute walk to Agennis Arena which is HUGE...

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My apartment! I plan on bicycling to the event :D

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Team 1733 will be there. We are a rookie team and look forward to meeting everyone. *runs from room chasing the robot as it takes off again* those joy sticks are WAY to sensative still

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Team 578 will be there with blue hair and KG3! So excited! Can't wait! I'll have to try to steal my dad's boston accent!

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Aw, I am getting very excited for Boston! Everyone say hi to me and visit me in my pit between matches and stuff. :)

Everyone should get a picture with me :p jk. Anyways, see you all in like a week! And good luck to everyone, feel free to say hi to the team in red camo from Penfield NY!

<3

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can't wait for boston. going to be an awesome regional. and yea that judges list is amazing.

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Team 213 will be there after having fun at BAE.
We can't wait to see those teams from years pasts that missed BAE to attend Boston. Boston will be a great event and we are staying in Somerville.
DIRTY BIRDS 213

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571 will be staying at the Hyatt and will be bringing an xbox for some halo 2 - it looks like some other teams will be there so let me know if you guys want to set up a system link or anything. We're also trying to get a projector so we can have 2 boxes going in the same room, but we'll need another team to join us for the fun! PM or reply if interested.

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Halo 2. It's why our guys do Robotics. The students brought five X-Boxes to Portland. All our rooms were on the same floor, but not adjacent. They brought lots of cable, which they strung along the outside edge of the balconies to get signal from room to room, where they commenced to play H-2 with as many as 16 people online at a time. There wasn't much sleeping going on Thursday night...

As a responsible adult mentor, I don't even want to know how they strung that cable across non-team rooms.

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A handful of 237ers will be up in Boston this weekend, and I may attend as well if I get a chance and am not busy this next weekend as well.Good Luck to all Boston Teams!

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i'll be there on friday and saturday, hanging around as a nerd! possibly resetting the field too...but we'll see. :D

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Yeah, 578 will be there, possibly with a short LAN party at the Hyatt. Check back for more details.

Jake the Snake

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I'll be there on Saturday volunteering (if I get my voice back...)

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team 1733 will be attending the boston reigonal

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I am as well going up for at least friday + saturday and most likely doing field reset most of the day... cant wait to see everyone there...

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I'll be up there Thursday, Friday, and Saturday keeping all those renegade field resetters in order :p

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I will be there all weekend driving for Team 1100. Can't wait this should be an awesome competition.

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Sadly, I will not be attending the Inaugural FIRST Boston Regional. But I still can't wait to see everyone in 11 days at GTR. Good luck to everybody, and Tiff, Conor, Corey, Ashley, I'm expecting updates by the hour. :)

JT
229

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Just by curiosity, who is "Voice of FENWAY"?

In the last minute e-mail, it said that the Voice of FENWAY will be announcing at the Boston Regional

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According to the Connecticut School of Broadcasting it is Carl Beane

that is what google told me any way.

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Who else is getting really psyched about this event??

I can't wait to see all the great teams in action at this first-year event. Looks like there will be some real bigtime machines there.

I want to challenge all Boston regional teams to change the stigma that northeast teams can only play defense...Lets give everyone watching the webcast something to watch...I want to see some high scores this weekend!

Good Luck to everyone!!

Rob

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The range of teams at this event is amazing.

Any one going to watch will see perennial powerhouses like 69, and 233. As well as up and coming teams like 1511 and to top it all off there are 14 Rookie teams, Rookie all star may be the most competitive award this year.

I can not wait for the Boston regional, a new event, a relatively new venue and it is all in Boston.

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Boston will be a lot of fun, everything seems to be going the right way:

• Good Sized Venue
• 44 Teams, including 14! rookies
• Great List of Judges, emphasis on Great, only Atlanta has a better list
• A Live Webcast
• Tons of Awesome, Kick Butt, Cool, Volunteers
• Awesome LAN parties at the Hyatt, featuring 75, 233, 571, 578, 1403, and more!
• It's really gonna be great

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To everyone who will be at the competition: Don't forget to bring your old LEGOs and RCXs to donate! The RCU will be at the competition collecting donations on Saturday- see the RCU forum for more details!

Also, I'll be at the competition Friday and Saturday- I can't wait to see some competition!

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im majorly excited for a few reasons...

1 - first time im voluenterring =D
2 - see how my old team is doing w/o me =P
3 - See people i havent seen in months since i moved out to Da Cutt
4 - See an amazing competeition
5 - Have fun w00t =D

2 days until i leave *going up weds night* and im so excited to so many extents... AH! cant wait to see everyone ther eand good luck to all competing...

btw conor... its 45 teams!!!

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Unless we are getting Team 38 back together everything that I've seen says 44 Teams attending. Anyway what the heck! The more-the merrier!

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unfortunately only 3/5 will be there =/ oh well... good times though =D maybe again this BE?? =X

mkay my mistake... i was going by the 45 teams that were announced on Bostonfirst's webpage that states 45 teams =/...

im still excited though =D

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I'm looking forwarding to meeting the local teams! I will be in the pits on Thursday, talking to the teams, especially the rookies, about hints to help with judging.

Tons of VIP's at this event. Lots of opportunities for teams to promote their team.
Try to bring handouts about your team.

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Team 40 will be bringing our arsenal of Mini FRC-bots and playing a video of the demonstration.
see this thread if you're not familiar with it http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=45531

Stop on by the pits to check out the robots!

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As I said before, I plan on going.
If I'm not volunteering in some way or another, any team wanna adopt me? :)

If not, I'll have to be part of the ref's team, and I'll have to throw random flags. lol
I'll keep it fair, and only throw flags at people I know though. :p *cough* Corey, Ashley, Conor, Harry, Marc, and others..*cough*

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We're already putting up with Corey, I guess we can take you too. One deal though, we have a 2 part cougar suit, Corey is the head, your the butt.

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Elgin, Connor, Daddy[Harry!] I cant wait to see you all.
This REALLY is going to be the BESTEST regional of all time.
I miss all my connecticut and nj and other robotics friends.

<3

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I don't know if I like that deal.. maybe I'll just wear my 1403 shirt, and we'll call it a done deal, and make Corey be the whole Cougar? Or, Scott can be the Cougar rump if he wants to. lol

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After reading this theard myself and Chris have finally convinced ourselves to join the fun! It should be an awesome regional, I can't wait to get down there :)

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[quote=Elgin Clock]As I said before, I plan on going.
If I'm not volunteering in some way or another, QUOTE]

Elgin,
ummm, you want to be on call to help get some robots up to speed? Or did we tire you out at Chesapeake?

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OH boy!!!! Maybe if I'm better by then I will.
I came back from MD and was sick. Darn allergies. That's what I get for goin' down south before spring ends. A mid-season change in climate did a number on my system. lol

Anyways, I may have to call in some reinforcements, but sure.. I'll be available... I think. :)

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I leave for boston at 2:30 today! Ahhh I am so excited :D :D
I cant wait to see/meet you all!

I just want to say good luck to everyone, especially the 14 Rookies!!!!

<3Ashley

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HELLOOOooooo
Welcome to BOSTON may you all have a great time . Stop by and say HELLOOOooo to team 88 TJ2 . Park your CCAARRR and enjoy!!!!!!!!!
see all thursday
MOE and team 88 TJ2 I will be the one in the TYE-DYE Ha Ha !!!!!
see ya soooon
GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!

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I just got back home from setup at the Agganis Arena. This is an awesome venue. Good luck everyone :)

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Im currently sitting in my sisters apartment watching LOST, anxiously waiting tomorrow morning to see all the bots. I'll be wearing my MAVERICK get up tomorrow, Friday and Saturday i am all Cougar Robotics. If you see me, say hi...if you want.

Should be a great venue, the Agganis Arena has gone through one season of hockey, and from what my sister and friends tell me, it is incredible.

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I'll second that. My only complaint is that some of the boards they use to cover the ice are quite loose, and shift beneath you as you walk down the pit aisles.

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One of my friends goes to B.U. and as she was walking by there today, she called me just to tell me about all the signs they had up advertising it. I will be there Saturday volunteering should be fun.

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Yeah, BU has ice on the floor of the arena. The tiles easilly slide on the ice. Kinda makes me want to pull up a tile in our pit and do some ice fishing :p

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Wow, the first day just ended and I can't say enough good things about the event. The organization is awesome, everything is running smoothly, problems with the field are minimal. I love how we are able to we are able to walk around the field and talk to people. The teams are looking pretty good too, the 14 rookies are competitive and all the veterans are bringing a pretty good game.

The most intresting match of the day to watch was probably the practise match where 69, 121, and 233 all were on the same alliance. For those of you that aren't familiar with the robots they all have a similar design (round spiral)


well the bus is moving and i have to wait for internet again

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So now that it is under way and the webcast is up here are few teams that are standing out to me.


121 - Nice shooter.
233 - What are the using so they don't get shoved around when they shoot.
1685 - Good defense

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Watching the Webcast here in Enfield (I'm sick) team 233 looks awesome! Numbers seem to come up quickly here, don't they? I've seen a bunch of Teams up more than once in the last 30 mins.

Good luck to 839 (Go Hamilton SundStrand!) :)

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hiya from boston! all of the teams are looking awesome, especially 121 and 233. who knew field reset would be such amazing fun! if you plan on going down just for tomorrow, yell hello! i'll probably end up distributing medals during awards...and i'll be 18! free hugs to anyone who says happy birthday!

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Sorry I forgot to update, but heres my update after day 2. The competition is running really smooth, not many bumps, this really is a great regional and all the time they spent organizing it is really paying off.

Teams that have been impressive (in numerical order)

• 40 - One of the most advanced robots I have ever seen in FRC, crazy mechanism wheels (soon available on a larger market from what I've been told) as well as a great combination of DeWalt transmissions and CMUcam usage.
• 69 - These guys have a great robot that doubles as a washing machine, started high early off but they are still a very competitive team and in the top 5 last I checked
• 75 - My buddies from Hillsboro have been playing really well, one of the best players of defence in this group by the look of it, the 8 wheel drive train they got going is pushing a lot of robots around.
• 121 - consistently getting better and better
• 126 - This robot is really great to watch, they have wheels to help them self-right/get up the ramp and they are consistently scoring too.
• 233 - top of everyones list, pretty dominating but nothing like 25 at NJ, however still consistently the best all around robot here
• 571 - These guys are one of my personal favorites, the robot is solid defensively and they score points in the corner goal really well. These guys would make great alliance partners for almost anyone because of their awesome versatility.
• 1511 - These guys are easy great or have a good schedule, I think they got one of the best schedules here so they've had a good share of luck, even so, there robot is solid, with a strength in picking balls off the ground by the look of it. They look like they may get seeded so it'll be interesting to see how they work out later in the day.
• My own team is going pretty well too, we had a lot of sauces early off shooting, but we ran into a problem with our gearboxes binding and consequently eating up the battery, but that was fixed after competition ended yesterday so hopefully we'll impress the scouts as the seeding continues, or even possibly get seeded ourselves.

Lets see how this all plays out, only 5 hours until we find out.

PS- The sundial network is awesome, if you have the means set one up at your regional, it really is handy.

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okay, the alliances were just selected:

1. 121,233,1568
2. 549,1511, 125
3. 40, 69, 213
4. 1685, 126, 1592
5. 157, 246, 383
6. 467,88, 1403
7. 97, 578, 1725
8. 1757, 1100, 571

good luck to everyone!

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Fire at Boston Regional???

Anyone watching the webcast?

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Does anyone know what's happening? I just tuned in to the webcast to hear the announcers telling everyone to leave the building. Is there a fire somewhere?

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Seems like a fire alarm. Reminds me of a similar occurance at 2006 FLR. Someone probably opened an alarmed door.

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what happened at FLR? I remember having my friend from 1559 telling me that they couldn't have balloons because if they get lose and touch the ceiling the alarm will go off.

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I just got off the phone with 1511's driver and apparentley someone pulled a fire alarm. Everythings fine otherwise.

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I guess I can mute the video feed for a while, the beeping is getting a little monotonous.

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YAY, I hear people, let's get these finals rolling. good luck teams.

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Alarm is off and it sounds like people are re-entering.

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Yeah, I can hear the alarms going off. It's so quiet though, even with the alarm system going off. I'm so glad this didn't happen at VCU this year.

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I saw someone exit though an alarmed door. Not sure if everyone knew about it, we definately heard it.

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Video is back. Good luck to all the teams in finals.

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Wow, what a play!

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wow, just like FLR finals.

If 578 didn't get the ramp they would have lost by 1 point! amazing!

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1. 121,233,1568
2. 549,1511, 125
3. 40, 69, 213
4. 1685, 126, 1592
5. 157, 246, 383
6. 467,88, 1403
7. 97, 578, 1725
8. 1757, 1100, 571

Starting in semi-s cause i missed quaters

1. 121,233,1568 Defeats 4. 1685, 126, 1592
3. 40, 69, 213 Defeats 7. 97, 578, 1725

1. 121,233,1568 Defeats 3. 40, 69, 213

Winner : 1. 121,233,1568

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You might want to rethink that bracket...

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Sorry I just have faith in Rhode Warriors and Think Pink.

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I think all that first loss did was wake them up.
They're going to stomp everyone the rest of the way.

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In that first semi-final match where 233 lost, i think its because one of the opposing alliance robots successfully blocked 233 AND 121 in autonomous mode.

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233 is too easily defended (even in regular mode), and they continue to miss many balls at a time by being off. Either way, the finals will be hair raising!!!

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does anyone else not have any sound for the NASA webcast of the boston regional>?

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Congrats Winner : 1. 121,233,1568

It was really fun to watch, now only if i can get the team i will be on next year to go!

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Congratulations 121, 233 and 1568!
Finals: (78-28 and 99-35)
I can't wait to see those of you that are attending the Championship!

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and what team is that?

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It's narrowed down to three teams. :p

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and what teams are those?

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that's a disclosed information. good job Boston, looked like one great Regional.

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hey guys of 1685 i am watching the downloads from soap and wanted to say if you are playing in any other event to watch your human player because i think he did not hear the bell and started to load your robot before auto ended. qf 2-2. I am trying to be helpful not a butt head i just do not want to see a dq because of a silly mistake.

shaun

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The fire alarm sounded because worker in the concession stands poured water on a greasy/hot cooking surface.