2007 Boston Regional!
 

Looking forward to a great time at the boston regional again. This event was a rookie regional last year, but it sure didn't seem like it. So who's going (officially)?

The current list is:
88
97
121
125
155
246
1100
1403
1568
1626
1686
1735
1779
1909
1965
1975
2009

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If any one is not impressed by the team list(it looks good but not like last year) then wait until every one registers for second regionals, alot of teams I have heard from have said that they plan to go.

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So where are people staying? Team 1403 is staying at the Hyatt in Cambridge.

We are planning to host a team dinner night out of the Hyatt and we are inviting all teams to come join us. More details about that will be coming soon.

-Aroon

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I believe 1511 will be attending again!!

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246 can't wait!

The high school I go to that is associated with 246, Boston University Academy, is literally one block from the Boston Regional, so I know the area VERY well. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask, or check out our website (burobotics.org) for more info (like mentor contact info).

Also, the official Boston Regional website is www.bostonfirst.org, and it also has a lot of useful information

- Toby

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On campus:p

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got space?

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I might. We can only have three people in at a time and I've told two people they can stay.

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I'm volunteering at it again this year and looking forward to it! :)

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I'm planning on going again this year and joining me are a ton of cool friends.. w00t!!

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Looking for Volunteers! If you're interested in volunteering, please send me an email at erapacki.frc@gmail.com and register in VIMS. FYI: I may not be allowiing walk-ons this year, so please sign up ahead of time.


Thanks!

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Team 97 is looking forward to our journey across the river. Boston last year was amazing and I think it will be even better this year.

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I am attending the Boston Regional for my second time, as a volunteer!

It's really a great venue and great competition, hope to see you there!

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Team 1403 is planning to hold a team social at the Hyatt hotel in Cambridge for any interested teams in the area. It is not affiliated with the regional in any way. Our plan is to encourage everyone to meet new people and relax. More details about this will be coming soon.

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My own comfy bed in my dorm room. =)

You know you're nerdy when...you're looking forward to delaying spring break by a couple of days just to go to a robotics competition. ;)

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I believe there is going to be an official team social this year at Boston...

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in my dorm room, or with the team.
the boston regional should be exciting. lots of rookies are going once again looking forward to seeing those designs :D

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Great, now there will be two chances for everyone to hang out. ;)

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Unfortunately 1547 can't come but 2 of us will be there!! Sounds like a party to me...

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348s excited for the Boston Regional. And yes the Boston Regional Planning Committee is excited about throwing the official team social. Please keep Friday night open.
-wayne

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No time for fun on Friday night. Friday night is for strategy....:D

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Only for those who are there with teams. :p

PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT!! LOL

Just confirmed it last night, staying right over the river at the Hilton Doubletree.

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Ive stayed at the doubletree before when visiting colleges, its pretty sweet...


As for me, like tom i will be staying in my dorm room and then walking to the regional (which to me is one of the coolest thigns you can do). Ill also be helping with field assembly/take down....your welcome erin.

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Does it have free wifi, or does that not even matter cause in a city like Boston there are enough open networks to not even care?

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i believe they do have wifi...but you can just walk to the window and pick up 10 others

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they got wifi AND free cookies

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So here's my plan....

I'm not gonna be able to hit Boston for all three days (:( )
I'll be joining in only for Saturday, stayin in Hyatt, Cambridge.
I'll be doign my job and volunteering at the same time.

Any teams who have done something extraordinary and would like to be part of documentation please let me know.

Thanks


Imad

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For those that didn't know I'm on the regional committee. Yesterday we did a walk through of Agganis Arena with their event management. I am more excited than ever now! We have a couple tricks up our sleeves and I think teams will really like it.

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There are change of plans for me. My midterms are moved to early march and now I can come to Boston Regional for all three days.
On that note, anyone looking for a room? anyone has a room to fit me in :)

I'm booked for Hyatt across the river, if someone wants to share a room; or if someone has the room and would like me to share it with them, please let me know. Thanks

Imad

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Your team coming to Boston? Check out the Team Welcome Letter located on http://www.bostonfirst.org.

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Alright! Team social at the Museum of Science on Friday night! The museum of science is loads of fun, and will only more amazingly fun when it's packed full of FIRSTers!

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Nice.. Free food and MoS. Should be a great time.

I thought the Boston regional was the most well planned and coordinated event I've been to. I expect it to be even better this year. Good job to the planning committee.

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Oh man. That is the coolest thing ever. They are recording all of the matches as they happen and putting them on an internet server for teams to watch. This is going to make scouting and strategy meetings on Friday night very interesting.

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The Boston Regional rocks! They seem like they will always have something new in store for the teams each year. This will be a HUUUGE help when doing strategy and alliance selections.

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I am volunteering as a referee for the upcoming FIRST Robotics Boston Regional Competition, and am looking for a place to stay between Wednesday and Saturday night of the event (March 21-25). I'm travelling from New Jersey for the event and am hoping to find an affordable place to stay. If anyone has an extra hotel room, or is willing to split a hotel room with me, that would be fantastic. Or, if anyone would be willing to let me crash on their couch for a few nights, even that would work. I'm more than happy to reimburse for travel and subsidize any boarding costs.

If you have any suggestions or can spare a college student a place to sleep, please PM me or email me back at sreffler@usfirst.org.

Thanks in advance!

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Wow... i don't have to sit in the stands all day Friday now... i can do it all within what an hour or so??? =D

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Still need to watch them.. and you dont get all the angles.

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The real March Madness will be at the Boston Regional! Who has their final four picks ready?

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just want to point out that if your driving up and such, and planning on eating dinner out at a restaurant or what have you. the parking meters are free after 6. but a lot of streets might also be parking with a permit only.

less than 2 days!
good luck to all the teams!

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or they are covered in snow

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and if u park at a meter overnight u gotta move it by 8am or put money in the meter or thats a 25 dollar ticket

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** We highly recommend all teams bring at least one laptop
computer, along with an Ethernet cable, in order to utilize this system **

and if you are lucky, Bob Metcalfe can autograph the cable.;)

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Or, Steve Wozniak can autograph your MacBook!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional! VOLUNTEERS WANTED
 

We are still looking for a few volunteers to help support the videodatabase system, as well as in crowd control, safety glass distribution, and spare parts attendant. So team members if you want the videodatabase to happen or are willing to volunteer for another position please e-mail me at waynep@bu.edu
We will also be accepting walk on volunteers if you find yourself available at the competition.

Thank you very much and I will be looking forward to seeing all of you in a few days.
Best,
-wayne

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We leave tomorrow at 3PM! Can't wait!!!

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The Boston Regional Committee would like to announce that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will be attending the competition Saturday!
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070320/20070320005684.html?.v=1

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Thanks to the efforts of Agawam State Rep Rosemary Sandlin.....and the letter writers from MA FIRST teams.

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Field setup begins in about 4 hours I believe......ohhh so close

I cannot wait for the 07 Boston Regional

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Better yet, see if you can get Bob Metcalfe to autograph your MacBook running Linux. Bob Metcalfe LUUUUUVVVVS Linux, as well as the taste of newspaper.

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:mad: It looks more and more likely that I am going to have to work this weekend and miss what promises to be a very interesting and exciting Boston Regional. Certainly the folks down in Beantown are trying to out do last year's performance and seem right on track. The Governor will be there, FREE Museum of Science (I highly recommend all teams attend the Boston Museum of Science is a great place), I'm curious to see how the video system works. Unfortunately I may be watching the web cast from my desk. Oh well such is life as they say.

Good luck to all the teams at Boston and have fun!!

-Justin

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I'm leaving to set up the field in 20 minutes! Woo Boston!

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Team 88 is packed (almost), pumped, and ready to go! This regional is bound to be awesome. We're leaving at 6:45 tomorrow and looking forward to the nice, short bus ride (compared to the time it took to get to NJ!).

If you guys see a tie-dyed, crazy girl decked out in pins on Friday or Saturday, say 'hi'! I'd love to meet some CD FIRSTers. If you were in NJ, you'd recognize me (from several crazy dance parties on the field and mascot pit :) ).

Good luck to all teams! Let the party begin! Woo!:D

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Two words:

Pixel Panels.

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I love pixel panels don't get me wrong. But you do have to ask why? seems a little too over the top.

Greg is Sargent productions running boston? Cause if it is... I need to ask Steve if we can barrow them.:rolleyes:

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I'm going to be there all day Friday and Saturday-- In fact, we'll be having an RCU meeting on Friday at 2!!
I'm so excited- Boston was fun last year, I can't wait to see it get even better :D

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

We tried to sign up for Beantown since we had a blast there last year but was not in the cards....however will be on our list for sure next year.


Would like to wish all the teams the best of luck and hope to catch some of it...

S

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Didn't Boston get enough press coverage this year with Electronics based board devices?




And, yes.. there is a reason I bring this topic back up.. It was rather amusing how a city can go crazy over the lack of electronics knowledge Boston really has.

Hopefully in the future, with FIRST as mainstream as it is headed, everyone will know the difference between a "bad" electronic device, and a simple LED cluster. It's all about raising awareness in science and tehnology, now isn't it?
:p

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Somebody, please, anybody!!!! UPDATES!!!!

Who is good? Who is Great? Who is AMAZING?

What's the game play like so far? Is New England Defense raining true, or are there some real offensive powerhouses taking control?

We need INFORMATION people!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

of the matches i saw, since i was busy in our pit:
defense wasnt really played, maybe tomorrow.
173, 125, 1626 were really consistent in placing rings.
didn't get to see 121 perform :-(

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Quickly since I'm about to leave to go to today's action

I showed up somewhat late, but I got to see most teams go out at least once.

No defense being played at all, really, everybody was concentrating on tubes today.

The best tube scorer is 121, in my opinion. 126 is also pretty good, as is 1626. 173 had to exit the field when they were up, so I didn't see them in action. 69 has the best ramps so far. I expect a lot more defense today, so I think we're in for an intense regional.

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Hopefully they'll have a webcast up today, then perhaps I can catch up on the action in English :p

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the webcast was bad later in the day i tried it at five different places so it wasnt just my computer...anyone else have this problem?

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I am also having this problem, the video and sound keep cutting out every few (20 or so) seconds, and I was disconnected from it a couple times. Hopefully it's fixed for elims tomorrow.

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Good robots:

2079: their roller gripper works, and it at a very good speed (fast). If they play smart, they could easily make it to the finals-- finals finals.

69: solid hybrid. Good ramps, good tube scoring, good autonomous. They could win this thing-- easily. If 1626 stays number one, then I wouldn't be surprised if 69 goes as the number one pick.

1626: I thought they'd be a sleeper, but they are undefeated. heh.

121: The gripper is good, but I think the robot itself is too slow. They'll do alright. Maybe the second or third pick of alliance selection, if they don't end up as the second seed themselves.

1403: These guys are playing the game out there. They should be a force in the elimination rounds. They are the next to go, after 121, IMO.

126: They are good, and I don't understand why. Sorry. I wonder how well they'll hold up under any sort of defensive pressure. I hope they are solid enough to not get knocked out in the first round!

Re: 2007 Boston Regional!
 

All of today's qualification matches can be found downloadable from SOAP and streamable on The Blue Alliance Match Archive System.

It was really exciting today, and few huge scores got put up. Check out Rage's match where they put up 260!

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Update on 88.............can someone post the standings and would share their possible forecast on selections?

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I only noticed this from TBA, but it 121 has played with 1626 3 times. They've won all three of those matches. One of them picking the other seems quite possible (why try to find a good alliance partner when the match shedule is already giving you one?)

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Just 88?

You gan get all the standings at http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/eve.../rankings.html

but 88 is currently 15 out of 49, with a 4-2-1 record.

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Yeah, there have been some serious issues with the randomness algorithm. If I remember correctly, the lowest number 125 is ever partnered with is 1626. We will be against 1403 three times when all is said and done (I think), and against 1511 twice tomorrow (in two matches).

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What time does the Boston webcast start for Sat?

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The scheduling algorithm use an A, B, C, pooling system by team numbers (A all the lowest numbers, C the highest). Based on a quick look at the team list the only team with # < 1626 you could possibly be paired with are:
1350
1403
1511
1568

Lot of rookies there, almost fill (13/16) the C pool

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I forgot about 173. They've also been looking good towards the end of the day.

what do you think:

126+69
1626+121
2079+(173/1403?)

If hyper sneaks into 1st, I'm almost positive its going to be 69+121, then 1626+2079, and also 126+(173/1403?).

It looks like the only good ramp bots here are 69 and 121 (one ramp). If they end up together (69 and 121), I don't think they'd lose a match in the finals. 2079 looks like a big threat-- they'll be in good picking position, and they have the gripper to make it happen.

Its going to be interesting. Hopefully the action picks up tommorow.

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As an aside, I love 1975s ramps. No drive train, and they "flop" backwards as they deploy. They may not be the most effective ramps, but it certainly takes some serious guts to go with that strategy.

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Webcast is doing alot better today. Matches have been really good today. I've been surprised of how high scores have been in alot of the matches.

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Well, the rankings have changed..

1626+69
2079+121
126+(1403/173)

If that happens, then I think 121 will win.

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Way to go 1626 on being the #1 seed!!!
The finals will surely be good :D Can't wait!!! Best of luck to all teams!!!

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alliance pickings over?

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my pics

1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

1 vs 5
6 vs 7

5 vs 7

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Can you post the alliances?

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Do you have the alliances?

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1) 1626 121 1568
2) 2079 1403 97
3) 126 69 125
4) 1511 467 1350
5) 1922 88 2043
6) 1919 1768 2162
7) 1973 173 2084
8) 1686 1685 1100

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thanks i was calculating my pics for waterloo sorry guys :-(

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When are the elimination rounds going to start?

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After semi finals are done.

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Elimination matches start at 1:00, correct?

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elimination matches at EVERY Regional and at Championships start at 1:00pm local time

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1) 1626 121 1568
2) 2079 1403 97
3) 126 69 125
4) 1511 467 1350
5) 1922 88 2043
6) 1919 1768 2162
7) 1973 173 2084
8) 1686 1685 1100

1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

1 vs 5
2 vs 3 this ones going to go to three

1 vs 3 this one is going to go to three also

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At home regional chat:

chat1174754445162

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Quarter Finals:

1. 1626 121 1568 vs. 8. 1686 1685 1100
4. 1511 467 1350 vs. 5. 1922 88 2043
2. 2079 1403 97 vs. 7. 1973 173 2084 -- This is going to be close, and great to watch!
3. 126 69 125 vs. 6. 1919 1768 2162

Semi Finals:

1. 1626 121 1568 vs. 5. 1922 88 2043
2. 2079 1403 97 vs. 3. 126 69 125 -- another good one to watch.

Finals:

1. 1626 121 1568 vs. 3. 126 69 125

Winner:

3. 126 69 125

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BTW, if RAGE pulls the upset in the quarters, then they'll make it to the finals, IMO. 121 would have a bit more fire power, and would pull out the regional win.

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A new high score of Boston : 290

I believe the alliance was 126 69 125

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Here are the Semis

1 1626, 121, 1568 -v- 5 1922,88,2043

2 2079, 1403, 97 -v- 3 126, 69, 125

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That's the 2nd wrap-around in a row by 126, 69, 125!

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Yea, man-- 69 was the best choice for a first pick at this regional. 1st and 2nd seeds missed out. 126 is still doing their part for the 3rd seeded alliance, very surprising.

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Good Luck 1626!

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I hope they keep the high scores up there now this is exciting.:yikes:

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Fun matches to watch :D

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Congrats 126, 69, and 125!

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Best Finals To Date.

Congrats to both Finalists for a great 3 match set.

KA-108 :cool: