2006 Philadelphia Regional
 

What? No thread love for Philly yet???

So...Who's going?!? Who's excited?

Team 341 will of course be present at our favorite competition of the year.

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177 will return again this year.

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RAGE is going for the first time, and we are definately looking forward to it.

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Team 306 will be going there for our first time too, and we are looking forward to it.

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MOE might be there. ;)

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We are very excited about our good friends from RAGE coming to Philly. You will love it!!

We have been to many other great regionals but I always get a special feeling waiting for those doors to open at Drexel!

Good luck to everyone coming to Philly!!

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I'm looking forward to another 8 hour bus ride in the snow! woohoo!

much love for philly...great to see more CT teams going

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I remember partnering with you guys in 2004. Those were some fun matches!!

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Yeah, of course TEAM 204 WILL BE THERE, it's like one of the best regionals in FIRST!
Why wouldn't we be there!

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the 433 firebirds! n also some scouts from our Ghanian team! We're trying to bring 4-5 students and 2 of their mentors over. :D

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As was said, 306 will be there. We get to share a coach with team 291 from Erie PA, which means we get to go from corner to corner in the state.

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Team 104 has been going for the past eight or nine years. But last year we could not get in. We're back again this year!

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YEAH PHILLY!!!!!!!!!!! I AM EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



( I'm a little slow on the uptake... sorry :( )

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I will be there, and I will drag a bunch of my 1089 friends if they want to go! I expect some of them will at least. :D

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Unfortunately, 222 won't be at the Philadelphia Regional this year, we have been there ever year since it started. We were also one of the teams that help to start this regional back in 1999?

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Where are the tiger trons going to be then? Team 204 likes the Tiger trons, good competitors.

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Only VCU, we had major funding cuts this year. :(

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I did enjoy philly last year but I won't be going this year. Good luck to all competing teams.

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team 272 (lchs cyber-crusaders) will be making a return to the philly regional this year after missing it last year due to conflicts....

best of luck to all teams competing!

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Team 1640 will be attending Philly instead of Annapolis this year! We are excited!

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yay for philly regional!!

team 433 will see everyone there!

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when does the philly reginal's website get updated?

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I shall be there, volunteering as I have every year since starting college....and even though it's my senior year of college, I will be staying in the area for grad school and it shouldn't be my last :D

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I believe that Team 341,Miss Daisy is header upper of the Philly Regional ( Very good to Team 341 doing it)

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Team 84 Chuck will be making their first appearance at the Philly Regional this year.


I hope to make the trip in with the Seg from State College if my schedule permits. It's a long drive, but it's worth it, no doubt.

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I hope it will be as fun as the ramp riot

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I mean the website, not the regional.

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I am excited, it iwll be my first regional.

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I'll be doing the play by play at Philly this year. I did NJ last year, NYC last year, dabbled in pbp on Newton, I can't wait to bring my style to Philly...anything that I should know that will make everything more fun for those people in the stands?

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Team 316, the LuNaTeCs will be in the hizzy at Philly

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Rookie Team 1712, Dawgma, will be making it's first regional competition appearance at the Philly Regional. Looking forward to seeing everybody there!

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Unfortunantly Team 293 got closed out of this Years Philly Regional. We will not be returning to defend our second place title:(
Instead we wil be at Annapolis this year. Good luck to all teams at Philly, we will miss it!

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44305

FFL is already got they Philly Regional League. Come and join

Its easy

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Team 1394 will be in attendance...

Am VERY excited at\bout all the teams coming to the Philly regional for their first time (as well as the returning ones, and those that have been in the past and werent last year). Drexel is shaping up to be a stellar regional once again, methinks!

See you all there (if I can get out of the pit for more than 5 $#@% minutes this year...)

-Dillon Compton
Team 1394

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2 weeks and I am ready for the competition!

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not speaking for the team but I know I've been contacted by several alumni from an abundance of teams loyal to the drexel regional and there should be a group of independently roaming FIRST alumni showing support from a variety of teams, including some that are not even competing in that regional this year.

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team 1370 will be showing some love in philly this year, its always been one of my favorite regionals.... hopefully well do as good as we did in pittsburg!

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You should know that it is my bday at philly, and i want a shout out.

:D

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Yeah, I am ready to rock at the Philly Regional

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I'm pumped and ready to go...it looks like a bunch of the NJ crew is going to rock the house in Philly...aw yeah? Who's psyched?

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I AM SO PUMP UP FOR PHILLY~ HOLLA

COME SAY HI TO ME!

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March 30,2006 Going to be the best day ever!

6:30 AM- 6:30 PM- Philly Regional

7:30 PM-11:00 PM- BILLY JOEL CONCERT

MARCH 31,2006

Waking up at 6:30 AM to do it all over again: priceless!

Well maybe not the concert but still.

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That happened at UTC too. The venues were too close though as it made going out for dinner afterward quite difficult. Everyone going to the concert filled up the restaraunts in the area.

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These two venues in Philly are not that close. The impact should be minimal.

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I'm trying to go at least Saturday!
Hopefully I'll have a new bumper by then!
(compact car versus pickup truck = ouch)

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381 is gonna be there
i cant wait

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You're going to have the Amazing MC/Announcer Tandem of Chiniqua Gallop, and yours truely...we are going to rock Drexel like its never been rocked before...see everyone on Friday, and come by to say hi! I'm always looking to meet new people.

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I will definitely say hi MORT, AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL PHILLY!!!!

See everybody there, and GOOD LUCK!


...I might just go into hibernation until Wednesday morning... :)

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Team 379 is excited to be back in Philly. Last time attended was our rookie year back in 2000. Good luck and see everyone there.

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Team 103 is so pumped for philly. does anyone know if there will be a team party this year? if there is, where is it?

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Hey Lea103, according to the schedule, there's a team social friday night (march 31) 5.30-7pm at Drexel's Great Hall...not sure if they cancelled it or not.

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Unfortunately, 358 was shut out when trying to register for Philly, so we won't be there this year.

We did get to UTC, and got to play the Bobcats in the finals. I'd suggest everyone going to Philly should watch out for them, as they have a very well balanced machine (both offense and defense) and very good drivers.

Best of luck to all in Philly, and for those going to Atlanta, we'll see you there!!!

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I'm really looking forward to Philly this year. Last year it was amazing, and even though we didn't make the finals, it was still a great event to go to. And this year with teams like 173 and many others we know, I think its going to be an awesome regional. Plus there are three champions and five finalists attending. Its going to be some very fierce competition, and a lot of good matches. I can't wait to get out there and compete against some of the best Northeastern teams. Good luck to everyone going; I'll see you there.

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Team 379 will be there and we're really looking forward to it. First time back since our rookie year! What a great team party that was!

But, by winning the EI at Detroit, we qualified for nationals and tried to attend ATL by canceling Philly, but were told no. If there are teams who want into Philly, and Philly is obviously full, why can't this be done? Won't help us this year, but perhaps something to look at next year.

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Seems like it would be a concern with money and last minute arrangements. The waiting list for Philly is probably used for teams who discover much earlier that they cannot attend, and then the regional organizers are able to reimburse the entry, but still make the money back up from another team. I imagine that a lot swings on a single team's entry fee, since renting the venues and paying for everything can't be cheap! So they were probably just concerned about getting another team off of the waiting list that would be able to attend and make travel arrangements this late.

Also, what hotels are teams staying at this year? After the Hilton not having free internet or suitable walls (we hung sheets) for our Halo matches against 571 last year, The Bobcats will be staying at the Sheraton. If anyone has a projector with a few thousand lumens, we look forward to some gaming on the side of the hotel with you ;)

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Chris the Sheraton is going to have free free internet? Teams let us know if your going to be at the Sheraton. Not only am I excited for the robot, but the halo is awesome.

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Man, I am PUMPED.

Still so much to do before thursday though; My schoolwork is dying right now!

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The Social is definitely ON for Philly!! Always a great time!

From the FIRST Senior Mentor (Rich Kressly): The social will be held Friday evening from 5:30-7:00 in the "Great Hall" of Drexel's Main Building which is on ChestnUt Street, 3 blocks from the DAC. A Drexel campus map is linked from here: http://www.philadelphiafirst.org/directions.html

This will be our seventh straight year at the Philly Regional. Its the focal point of our year. We can't wait to see everyone there on Thursday.

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Are you guys doing another video collage this year?

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Team 716 is going to be at Philly for the first time, and we are pumped!
Is there any sort of special sign up we need to do in order to attend? Or can we just show up?

Hope to see you all there! Good luck to all teams!

-- Jaine

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You can just show up for the Team Social but I think you need to have mentor with you.

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Well, since it looks like the weather might actually cooperate for this weekend (with avg temperatures in the mid to upper 60's), anyone up for a challenging game of Ultimate Frisbee on Friday or Saturday?? :D

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I think you pretty much just need to show up with your team, unless you look like a mentor. We basically just walked in at our convenience last year.

And yes the Sheraton has free internet.

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From an offical email
so it looks like we just go over to the social

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Shhh here's a secret...
ILL BE THERE SATURDAY!
I haven't worked out the details yet (either driving, going with Dad, or taking the train), but I'll be there.
And maybe Friday too.... ~_^

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Oops some Senior Mentor sent out that official email and he screwed up a little.... The location was wrong.

So he got to send this one out...

"Teams,
My apologies for giving the wrong location on the team social...
TEAM SOCIAL on FIRDAY will be held at Bossone: 1st floor lobby
on Market Street's South Side between 30th and 32nd Streets
Still a short walk from the DAC competition venue."

So you are right....all teams ATTENDING the regional are invited to the social with their team mentors. The walk to this location is right down Market Street two blocks.


(note to self: delete 2006 team social email file before 2007 rolls around and you wind up looking like an email idiot to 46 teams again.)

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Attention Mentors:

I will be giving out flyers for Mentors Unite! So come and find me.

Can't wait, 2 days and 3 hours left. R U READY!

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Team 1719, The Umbrella Corporation, is excited to be attending the Philadelphia Regional for the first time. 2006 is our rookie year and this will be our second regional. We won the Rookie All Star Award at the Chesapeake Regional and had a great time. Our team is based at The Park School of Baltimore and includes students from the Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen High School and 1 student each from 2 more schools. We are the only team representing Maryland. Please look for our umbrellas and feel free to give us hugs and tips.

:) Melissa, Team 1719 non-engineering mentor

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AHHH!!!

DREXEL is TOMORROW!!!!

the ghanaian team will be there!!!

everyone come say hi to me, k?

YAYYYYYYYY!!!!! :D

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I will not be there TOMORROW!!!! but I will be there Friday and Saturday, come and say hi.

Can't wait!

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I wish my team could go. :( :( But, I'll be there on Sat. hopefully. Good luck to all teams!

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Something like 11 hours.... maybe less... this will be a good one, gotta love Philly (though then again I lived there so it would be wrong not to.)

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Just got home from the venue. 46 crates are all there with sleeping robots inside. Field was all but ready when I left. Lights, viedo, sound all ready to rock.

Show Ready Events, Drexel University, our volunteer coordinators Maureen Weiss and Anne Larkin, and dozens of volunteers have all done a phenomenol job getting us ready to go.

Get some rest, you'll need it.

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Kressly:
You're probably the one that needs rest!

Thanks for all of your hard work.

O.

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Want to guess who gave the safety spiel to the volunteers tonight?
FIRST made this guy earn his dinner at Drexel.

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Can someone kept us posted on CD on what happening during the first day?

Thanks
Freddy

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One more long day of classes....

... driving home tonight ...

... then off to Philly in the morning!

We Are ... Chuck 84!

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Updates, we need updates! :)

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For practice rounds? :rolleyes: You must be really missing this, Kathie!

OK - We're running simulated competition practice (just like qualifying) this afternoon and the word of the day is Faaaabulous! Kinda warm here in the gym (as usual for Philly). What else do you want to know?

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LOL, I've already heard that the weather is great, everything is starting to bloom, the Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches are awesome and it's warm inside. But TOMORROW... well, the world is waiting to hear about Philly!

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Make sure to applaud extra loud for judge Tim Matt. ;)

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Hey Joe, any other folks from Sparky coming to scout Philly?

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OK newshounds, here's the latest scoop from the field:

We finished practice rounds ahead of schedule :)
The pits are still buzzing with activity and the field is sleeping peacefully, probably dreaming of epic battles to played on it tomorrow :D
George and Chiniqua were here to check out things, promising to be at their usual greatness :cool:
Stay tuned for more to come from the city of robotly love ;)

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I will be representing Sparky on Saturday to check out the competition and meet some people. Just look for the Sparky shirt and hat;)

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I had a great time! See you all tomorrow. Here are (some) of my photos I took today.
http://www.team1640.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=9

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How did my team do?

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HEY,

Well today was the best day ever in my FIRST life! We have a completely working robot and I am so proud of all the ERV members for working so hard today. I must say that all the teams were impressive and can't for some great competition tomorrow.

Good Luck
Freddy

p.s: If you want to know who I am, I was the person screaming in the 204 stands and also have short hair.

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Why are there no scores, standings or awards listed?

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I have no idea, ill try to post the standings (I figured they would be up on FIRST site) tomorrow if I get reception in the pit (Drexel is all wifi campus). I remember some of the members of the top 12 since I helped reinspect them tonight. Here they are as I remember them in no particular order (I apologize for any mistakes or omissions):
365 (#1 I know that)
103 (#2 also know that)
the rest are out of order
84
341
357
563
291
379
433
716
and I think 177

I know I am 1 or 2 short but that is all I can remember. I didn't reinspect everyone and it I probably forgot some during the team social. I'll try to do better updating tomorrow since I know the official updates are not there.

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Jules Scogna of team 357 Royal Assault won the Woodie Flowers Award. Congrats to Jules! He truly deserves this award. :D
357 also won Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award. Royal Assault is currently 4th.

Team 365(Moe) won the Website Award.

I think 103 (Cybersonics) won the Radio Shack Innovation in Control award.

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here are the sat morn standings(as best i could copy them):
365
103
716
357
379
157
291
816
84
341
563
177
433
284
250
486
173
1719
708
272
1143
1647
444
1712
113
56
316
381
1394
321
104
834
709
1634
304
204
528
1391
1640
484
1370
300
1370
306
423
1384
618

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Everything is updated and now live on the web sorry for the delay.

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Alliance Selections:

1. 103...341...528
2. 716...365...1370
3. 291...177...306
4. 357...272...834
5. 84....250...104
6. 379...56....709
7. 816...486...563
8. 157...173...381

Good luck all!

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709 crated thier bot early, 284 will replace them in Alliance #6.
New Alliance Selections:

1. 103...341...528
2. 716...365...1370
3. 291...177...306
4. 357...272...834
5. 84....250...104
6. 379...56....284
7. 816...486...563
8. 157...173...381

Good luck all!

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Go Allince #4

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What's happening??

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Sorry I was in the stands cheering like crazy.
Semis:
#5 vs #8
#2 vs #3

Finals
#3 vs #5

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#3 wins match 1

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#5 wins 63-35
going to a 3rd match!

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Oh man, I wish they were webcasting this!!