Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

What a great event! I'll admit, like Fin, I was a bit hesitant about how competitive this regional would be. But all the veterans and even some of the rookies truly proved me wrong! Congratulations to 126, 125 & 69 on a well-played finals round! Thank you to 2079 for offering me a place to stay, you really do shine as Rookie All Stars, and I hope to see you all in Atlanta!

And finally, thank you to all the teams, you made this an easy event to referee & definitely an event I am more than excited to return next year for!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Fred, you nailed all of my thoughts right on the head. Since kick-off, I kept thinking that with 3 fast enough scorers, you could run a tube-blitzkrieg on the opposition and overwhelm them with tubes. I'm glad to see that I was partially correct, but I was humbled to see that the ramps were still needed for that final extra push up the point scale.

Spoilers were and still are huge in my mind. When the tube count is low, they're inconsequential. But the fact that one well place tube can slice a score in half is insane. Plus, I like the fact that a spoiler induces so much fear in the other drivers' minds that when they see it coming, they immediately send 1-2 bots to play D on the spoiler-bot, leaving 1-2 of your alliance's robots free to continue scoring tubes or ramp-climb.

I still feel that you need 3 scorers to win Einstein in 3 weeks, but it'll be teams like 69, 121, 190, and all of the other ramp bots with a good arm that will be integral to the winning alliance.

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Congratulations to teams 69, 126, and 125! You guys had a powerhouse stacked alliance and it was great to have the honor of competing against you in the SF matches (plus we can say we lost to the winners :D ).

Congrats to team 126 for the Chairman's award!

Thank you to team 2079 for picking us and congrats for the Rookie All Star award! You guys were great! Thank you team 97 for also being a great alliance partner!

Thank you to Wayne and to the Regional Event Coordinators for letting me thank the mentors on the field. That was an unforgettable experience and it was a blast!!

Congrats to everyone who competed and we'll see you all in Atlanta!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Boston once again was a joy to watch. Thanks to all of those who made it happen!

Furthermore, a huge congratulations to Team 126 for their dual win. From the amount of time I have spent in Clinton over the years, to my interactions with the team, they have always been a passionate, professional bunch that is well-overdue for a Chairmans win. I only wish every team had such a strong foundation as 126!

JAB

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Big congrats to 69, 126, and 125! You guys certainly Racked AND Rolled in Boston.

Gael Force, you all definitely deserved the Chairman's award. You're always so full of the FIRST spirit, and are exceptional examples of what the program is all about.

Thank you to teams 1922 and 2043 for being our excellent alliance! We put up a good fight (those matches were intense!).

Thanks to the Boston Regional Planning committee- we had a blast all because of your hard work.

The rookies were amazing at this regional. Watch out Atlanta! (2079 had one of the best looking rookie bots I've ever seen)

Experiencing Boston '07 was something to behold. Once the quarterfinals came, the feeling of excitement in the air was palpable. I was able to meet so many wonderful people, and look forward to seeing them in Atlanta. This is an event that will be in our memories for quite some time.

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Dude, if you've worked with me once I've entered "the zone" and see what I'll do to complete 10 minutes worth of work in the 3 minutes between rounds, and you still want to be my friend and work with me again, then you're welcome back anytime! ;)

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

This was a great regional! I took photos during most of it and many of those photos are now on my website. I split them up between Team 121 photos and everyone else.

http://www.joemenassa.com/robotics2007.html

Scroll down to after all of the daily build season photos to get to Boston.

Congrats to 126, 69, and 125. You guys were amazing!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

Joe, these are some great photos! Come to more events! Take pictures! Man, what I could do with photos like that ....

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

I wanted to congratulate 126, 69, and 125 on their impressive win and an awesome finals round. I've seen a few competitions so far, and the elimination rounds in Boston were definitely one of the best! Both alliances were evenly balanced, but I thought you guys were just a tad quicker. Alliance picking for the elims though were some of the most stressful and high strung I've ever experienced. There were so many options and scenarios, we couldn't decide what to do! But in the end, I think we made the best choice. A big thanks goes out to 1626 and 1568 for an awesome alliance. I had never heard of 1626 before this past weekend and I certainly won't forget them from now on. What a great, quick, fast-scoring robot. I definitely hope to team up with you guys again.


Congrats on 126 winning CA too...I couldn't believe that it was your first one! I'm sure there will be many more to come. :) I look forward to seeing y'all in Atlanta.

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

I have the last match with the last second ramping via my kodak digicam. I'll post it later tonight.

KA-108

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

PLEASE DO!! Im dying to see another perspective

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

quicktime, 30 MB
http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2...a/100_7632.MOV

wmv, 14 MB
http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2...en_digicam.wmv

Still misses most of the action of ramping, but i did get some crowd reaction. :)

Enjoy!
KA-108