2006 Detroit Regional
 

Hey guys,
The 2006 Detroit Regional is only 4 days away, who's pumped up for the competition? I know we Aren't! JK> Anyways, whos goin?

Hopefully I'll see you guys there! :)

Tomasz Bania

EDIT: It's only 3 days away!!!

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Delphi Phoenix (703) we be there and ready to go. This should be a pretty good regional. Can't wait to go and see you all there.

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If anyone has those Robot Info sheets so it can be inputted into our system for the scouting program please send them to usfirst818@gmail.com

Here is a link to the original thread about this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...troit+Regional

Thanks,
Tomasz Bania

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the huskie brigade will be volunteering there. that means i will be there. it should be great again. detroit is becoming a real powerhouse regional. see you there.

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I and team #0000 (FRC Referees) are really psyched to be there. It should be awesome, especially if there are fewer field bugs than GLR :rolleyes:

P.S. - Stevie - where's my hat? ;)

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I've got a laundry list of questions, but i'll only post a few...

1. Where is Detroit Regional's field coming from?
2. Who are the MC's?
3. Will there be a wednesday night early uncrating and if so what time?
4. Does anyone want to help us out with FSN/STAMP???/SOAP??? at the Regional?
5+. I'll put these down later....

Tomasz Bania

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Answers:

1- GLR
2- MC - Steve Warren
2a -Game Announcer - Dave Verbrugge
2a.1 - Game Announcer Trainee - Ashley May
3. Not according to the schedule - Uncrating Begins 7:45 thurs
4. Not my area of expertise
5+. Bring em on :)

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It should be awesome, especially if there are fewer field bugs than GLR :rolleyes:

yes, i hope so, maybe teams will actually get the rank they deserve :ahh:

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4. Why won't you, all it is is (wow) a fancy name for scouting!

EDIT: NM, you are probably a little busy with voluteering.

New Questions:
5. Does anyone want to meet up at the regional and just hang out?
6. Is anyone thinking about potential alliance partners?
7+. More to come....

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it will be there, will my shirt be though ;)

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Knocking on all the wood I can find, we have eradicated most of the bugs from the GLR Field.

We will also be running a backup match results db to double check the rankings from the main match db.

We learned a lot on the real time and human scoring sides last week and hope to have far fewer problems this week. The head ref is Ron Webb (same as GLR) and I'll be running the field again, but most importantly the Husky Brigade is signed up for scoring, so I won't have to explain the game to the scorers.

We'll start scoring practice matches on Thursday and with a far more relaxed schedule than GLR we'll be able to fix problems as they happen instead of limping through to the end of the day.

Ben

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I personally think that is great!
This gives me 2 advantages:
1. Not having to drive on a glitched field (I might be the driver).
2. It gives me time (in case of a field problem) to go help better organize our scouting team/FSN/STAMP?/SOAP? which i'm heading.
?=Maybe

Good luck at the Competition!

Tomasz Bania

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Well the First day was great!
The field was very reliable, almost no glitching, with just a few minor issues.

Everyone who is at this regional should login to the scouting system which could really help out your team.

To login you will have to see me (I'll either be at the tables or around the stands) to recieve a team password. Each team can have as many accounts as you want. We will have an announcement tommorrow morning or just see me if you need any more information!

Tomasz Bania
FSN/Stamp Cordinator
Detroit Regional

P.S. If you need match video, we have it. Also come and see me about that.

Re: 2006 Detroit Regional
 

hey..

What's the verdict on 217? What do they do? How good are they? etc..

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TBA. They didn't practice. Methinks Paul is trying to keep their strategy a secret...

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Standings as of the end of Friday..
469
703
33
47
49
1286
1504
397
94
123
240
1216
818
247
1509
440
217
1481
379
1188
903
519
1250
302
515
1476
184
1506
1602
406
1481
1941
1508

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What's making 469 so "tough?"

What does 33 look like now? I know they are one to constantly "re-envision" their robot, so I'm curious what they are doing now.

What's the word on 217?

Re: 2006 Detroit Regional
 

469 has a very consistent, camera guided, turreted shooter. The camera does a great job of adapting while they're getting defended. The also have a very quick draw, allowing them to get out multiple balls quickly.

Their robot looks the same as GLR, but they've been tweaking it along the way. It's definitely improved since last week.

They started slowly, but rebounded to ward the end of the day. They're a definite player, and in the same class as 469 and 33. They have the best autonomous mode at the regional, and their "wheel of doom" eliminates the ball jams that have been plaguing most teams.

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I'm at the regional right now, and I hope everyone does the best they can.

Good Luck!

Tomasz Bania

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What's a update with the alliance selections from Detroit?

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I'm also curious.. did 469 take 33 or 217?

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From the official website, it appears that 469 took 217:

1: 469 - 217 - 1506
2.1286 - 240- 519
3. 703 - 818- 1602
4. 33 - 397 - 1250
5. 47 - 302 -379
6. 49 - 123- 1188
7 .1504 - 1509- 1481
8. 94 - 247 - 515

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469, 217, 1506 are up 1-0 in finals against 703, 818, 1602. 75-34
Second match 469,217,1506 wins 77 to 55 agaisnt 703, 818, 1602.

Congrats 469, 217 and 1506!

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Well we did our best.
Thanks to our great alliance partners!
Thanks to all the teams cheering for our team (and alliance) expecially chiefdelphi! Sorry to chiefdelphi for the idiots on our team that did bad things to you, but no they we're gone.

Well now it's off to Palmetto!

Tomasz Bania

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Congrats to everyone in Detroit

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yea
congrats
everyone did a great job
specially 217 and 1188
awesome
i love those two teams
<3

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At first, we wanted 1188 but since they were already picked, we couldn't.

Also, thanks to 1188 for giving us the best Alliance Partner Award!

Tomasz Bania

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that would have rocked the house

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I Don't know why but I feel a little weird after the event.
Does anyone have any ideas on why?

Tomasz Bania

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I know that I'm deaf from all the Thunderchickens on my left...

Major congrats to them, regional winners, WFA winners and Chairman's winners. I believe the phrase "could not ask for more" comes into play here!

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I know you didn't mean this to be wrong, but the Thunderchickens were one of the winners, and you should show some love for the Finalists too.

Too bad I didn't see you.

Tomasz Bania

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I'd like to say thanks to our alliance partners 217 and 1506. They were having a few problems throughout the day that was hurting their ranking, but we knew they could pull through and they did. They were definitely a great alliance partner, with their excellent shooting ability and autonomous. Also, 1506 played great defense on our opponents, blocking shots and pushing robots.

Our opponents were tough to beat; it was a shame 703 fell over right after autonomous in the first match.

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I will tell you that would have been a deciding factor, but what happened happened, so lets look into the future! I hope to pass the ball back at the Championships!

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Beth,
You guys had a great robot, and the phrase "could not ask for more" definately came into play here!

Tomasz Bania

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Everybody, watch out for 469. These guys just blew me away.

Don't worry about us tipping over. Your whole alliance played wonderfully and you deserve the win. We wish you all luck at Nationals.

Matt Berube

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469 is always great
i remember the first time i saw them
in 2002
at GLR
they were so awesome
then we won with them in 2003
they made it to the finals in 04
they had some problems last year
but now
i think they could take it all again
it would be sweet if the 03 national champs teamed up
and did it again
(111, 469, 65)
<3

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Quit sucking up to them Stevie - it does not become you. ;) ;) :) :)

Jack

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haha
i just want to win nationals again
it would be sweet if we teamed up
but
if we don't
it wouldn't break my heart
haha
<3

Re: 2006 Detroit Regional
 

I think we would've done better if 703 hadn't flipped over after the autonomous in the first one.

It was definately a great event though, our programmers rock. When I feel like moving I'll go get the STAMP server out as well as my personal PC and upload a few vids.

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i was sick the whole time. was reallly bad on thursday but got progressivly better. but hopefully i didnt get anyone else sick...

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I was tired as hell from going thursday, working, going friday, working, getting home, going to a lan party and drinking like 3 xxl monsters, then not sleeping then going saturday and mostly sleeping.

if you want our scouting results and ranks, you can get them at
http://usfirst818.isa-geek.com

I'm taking login pridvliges away from everybody as nobody needs them anymore, and there is no reason to modify anything.

edit:
it's up and running, i took away all the input options.
If it's slow be patient, I have fat pipes but this pc is superold and has trouble running ubuntu with no gui.
The irc chat, while still being up, is not available via site as the java hurts too.

and if you look at the ranks, imo the best 3 bots were the ones that scored all the auto points via shooting.

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What team is the winner of the WFA on?
I saw Beth Sweet said 217 but I just want confirmation.
It isn't listed on the FIRST site.

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Yes, Ron A is with 217. What, you didn't believe Beth? :ahh:

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It wasn't on the FIRST site. I now learned that I should always trust Beth Sweet. :D

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Hey, I like the way this thread is going! :p

If you guys want to see pictures, I just threw a bunch of them up onto our picture site. They're mostly of us, but there's a few of other teams too. I know there's 217, 33, and 1216 for sure.

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Thanks.

When I decide to stop being lazy, I'll lug my computer down the stairs (it's lucky it made it into my kitchen from the jeep!) and plug it in, then tommrow I'll get my hands on videos from almost every match, then have them hosted here at my house.

I <3 Fat Pipes.

Just be careful with the match predictor and the rankings, if 10 people look/use them at the same time, it pretty much kills the server, which is why I'm moving up to a faster server sometime this week.

No guarentee on how much I'll get done, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion comes out tuesday, as does tetris ds. :D

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Thanks to teams 469 and 217 for having the confidence in us that we'd get it right even though we had problems all day friday and our first match Saturday. It was a pleasure being your alliance partners throughout the elimination matches, and I'm glad we were able to help win the regional :)

Congrats to teams 703, 818, and 1602 are also in order , you guys were also a good alliance and tought to beat, its unfortunate 703 went down at the end of autonomous in the first match :(

Hopefully we'll see you all at Nationals :)

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if we can win SC we'll be there (hopefully)

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Since when did you have an account on CD?
I'll get those videos to you as soon as I can. I'll put them on my Streamload account and give you an access code.

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no dude, just no, it's going to take you at least a full day to upload those, wideopenwest only gives 786kb/s up on the premium accounts.

Just burn them to a cd and give them to travis.

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OK, i'll do that as soon as I can. I've gotten it up to 793 once but youre right. I currently only have 3 uploaded. I'll get the DVD (since that's how much there is) to you as soon as I can. My svchost file was corrupt and restored it so I just got back up to uploading today. If you want, I can give you just the memory card. Your choice.

Tomasz Bania

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Any way I can purchase a copy of the DVD?

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If we give it away, it would be free, but mind you that it is very bad as the people that were filming it did not not even have a remote clue how to film ( expecially when they would rather sit and play DS) and Hexagram, yes, a couple were filmed by me and the cameramen would always appropriately blocking me) but I'll do my best to get the videos to you and the rest of the FIRST Community.

Thank You,
Tomasz Bania

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Thanks guys! it would have been awesome to be in the finals with you. congrats anyways