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Kevin Sevcik 02-04-2007 04:11
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
I'm finally putting up the eliminations on SOAP, so people can see what happened and make informed opinions. Also, I'm offering to make my archived footage available to other teams. See this thread for details on both.

Richard Wallace 02-04-2007 09:03
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by njamietech (Post 609466)
... starting next year the LSR will be hosted at a facility called the Merrell Center. this facility is owned by Katy ISD (team 624's ISD). This is an official and final decision. It is still uncertain whether or not this will be permanant as it depends on whether or not the regional goes well.

Here is a link to a video describing the facility:

http://www.merrellcenter.org/facilities.htm
Was the Merrell Center construction completed very recently? The satellite view on Google Maps shows a construction site.

CyberWolf_22 02-04-2007 09:07
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Where will the pits be located at this new venue? Will they be on the main floor blocked off by a curtain or will they be in a separate room?

This looks like a nice venue for the regional. I am a little said because I attend Rice University which is just up the Metro Rail from Reliant Arena. It was really nice this year to be able to just hope on and go back and forth from Lone Star.

Kymber 02-04-2007 12:59
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by njamietech (Post 609466)
Everyone intending on attending the LSR next year listen up to this post.

starting next year the LSR will be hosted at a facility called the Merrell Center. this facility is owned by Katy ISD (team 624's ISD). This is an official and final decision. It is still uncertain whether or not this will be permanant as it depends on whether or not the regional goes well.

Here is a link to a video describing the facility:

http://www.merrellcenter.org/facilities.htm

Thank you to Reliant Arena for all their years of support.
Yes we are working with the Merrell Center to host the 2008 regional there nothing is finalized at this point and until we have a contract this is not official, but this is a ONE YEAR ONLY thing, we WILL be returning to Reliant in 2009. We had to find another venue for 2008 because Reliant will be hosting the Sweet Sixteen that year. We have an amazing venue with Reliant and they go out of their way to help us make this a great event for all the teams that attend. This year not only did they open up Hall D to us so that the teams could eat inside without having to sit in the rain, they also brought chairs down without us asking and at no cost to us. It is this type of consideration and the ablility to grow at this venue that keeps our regional at Reliant.
Until we have a contract there will be no decisions made on pit and field layouts so any thing that is said by anyone other than a regional or assistant regional director for Lone Star is not accurate information. We will inform the teams that are attending of all the information they will need as soon as we have details but as of right now nothing is set in stone.

Danny Diaz 02-04-2007 14:11
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 608464)
I recall a partial list:
Sportsmanship - 57
Engineering Inspiration - 118
Chairman's - 922
Industrial Design - 148
Motorola Quality - 476
Team Spirit - 462
Safety - 476
Innovation in Control - 418

-Danny

ChuckDickerson 02-04-2007 14:24
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
The match results, final standings, and awards are now available on the FIRST website for Lonestar!

I noticed a new "Gracious Professionalism Award" for Lonestar. What's the story? I don't remember this before nor do I see it for any other regional this year. It sounds like a good idea though. Was this something special just for Lonestar? What outstanding GP did 57, 434, and 846 show? Sounds like the making of a great new award for next year!

Congrats to all the award winning teams!

ChuckDickerson 02-04-2007 14:28
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymber (Post 609631)
Yes we are working with the Merrell Center to host the 2008 regional there nothing is finalized at this point and until we have a contract this is not official, but this is a ONE YEAR ONLY thing, we WILL be returning to Reliant in 2009. We had to find another venue for 2008 because Reliant will be hosting the Sweet Sixteen that year. We have an amazing venue with Reliant and they go out of their way to help us make this a great event for all the teams that attend. This year not only did they open up Hall D to us so that the teams could eat inside without having to sit in the rain, they also brought chairs down without us asking and at no cost to us. It is this type of consideration and the ablility to grow at this venue that keeps our regional at Reliant.
Until we have a contract there will be no decisions made on pit and field layouts so any thing that is said by anyone other than a regional or assistant regional director for Lone Star is not accurate information. We will inform the teams that are attending of all the information they will need as soon as we have details but as of right now nothing is set in stone.
Kymber, I know nothing about the new Merrell Center but the good ol' Reliant Center is hard to beat. I wonder though, when Lonestar returns to the Reliant in 2009 could it be a two field super-regional? It sure seems like Lonestar and the Reliant Center could handle it. Could it be???? Me hopes!

Zoheb N 02-04-2007 14:35
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepWater (Post 609703)
The match results, final standings, and awards are now available on the FIRST website for Lonestar!

I noticed a new "Gracious Professionalism Award" for Lonestar. What's the story? I don't remember this before nor do I see it for any other regional this year. It sounds like a good idea though. Was this something special just for Lonestar? What outstanding GP did 57, 434, and 846 show? Sounds like the making of a great new award for next year!

Congrats to all the award winning teams!
Yes the Gracious Professionalism Award is a unique award that was started at the Lonestar regional. I do not remember why each of the teams one, but I do remember when the announced Team 57's they mentioned that they helped translate for the Brazilian Team 1772

Kymber 02-04-2007 15:45
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepWater (Post 609703)
The match results, final standings, and awards are now available on the FIRST website for Lonestar!

I noticed a new "Gracious Professionalism Award" for Lonestar. What's the story? I don't remember this before nor do I see it for any other regional this year. It sounds like a good idea though. Was this something special just for Lonestar? What outstanding GP did 57, 434, and 846 show? Sounds like the making of a great new award for next year!

Congrats to all the award winning teams!
This is an award that BP sponsors for the Lone Star regional, we went to our judges and asked them what they felt wasn't really covered by the awards. They told us we really needed an award to recognize the teams that exhibit outstanding gracious professionalism, they said that we teach and encourage gracious professionalism but there really wasn't an award to recognize those teams that took it to heart. Team 57 not only translated for Brazil, Team 1772, they provided transportation to and from their hotel as well as meals during their stay. As for Teams 434 and 846 I am not positive what exactly was said about those teams, I was having to run around and deal with things for the regional so I missed most of the awards ceremonies. I do know that 846 really seemed to be one of the favorite teams among the other teams, I heard quite the roar from the field when they won the BP Gracious Professionalism award Saturday.

Kymber 02-04-2007 15:50
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepWater (Post 609708)
Kymber, I know nothing about the new Merrell Center but the good ol' Reliant Center is hard to beat. I wonder though, when Lonestar returns to the Reliant in 2009 could it be a two field super-regional? It sure seems like Lonestar and the Reliant Center could handle it. Could it be???? Me hopes!
Reliant is absolutely capable of handling a super regional and the Lone Star Committee is more than ready to turn Lone Star into a super regional. Now here's the but, to have a super regional you have to have 80 teams. We had 52 teams this year so we know that with all our Lone Star teams out there recruiting teams and helping them find funding we could achieve super regional status. As of right now we are not planning a super regional but if our teams pull together and recruit enough teams I'm sure we could have a super regional in the not too distant future.

Kymber 02-04-2007 17:19
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by njamietech (Post 609856)
I don't know how big the field for next year is going to be. but if the merrell center deal comes through i can tell you that the floor space is that of a high school basket ball court plus there are retractable stands that make it even bigger than that

also i got some questions regarding the merrell center's basic floor plan so i attached some files that contain the floor plan located below. I don't really know the dimensions of a high school basketball court in relation to the first fields so I can't really judge the possibilty of a super regional but mabey you can.

Attachment 5385

Attachment 5386

This venue is not large enough to accomodate a super regional nor are we ready for a super regional. We are REQUIRED to have 80 teams for a super regional and we will only be accomodating 45-50 teams maximum at this venue. This venue will NOT accomodate 80 teams and 2 fields. Once we return to Reliant in 2009 if everything comes together just perfectly, the committee has been able to raise the funds, and teams have recruited enough teams that we have 80 teams then we MIGHT have a super regional. This is a big job and will require everyone to work together and get the word about FIRST out.

ChuckDickerson 02-04-2007 17:44
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Kymber, this sounds encouraging that Lonestar might one day be a super regional. I know the Reliant Center can handle it if another section were opened up for a larger pit area. Please correct me if I am wrong but isn't the number of teams at a regional more of a limit imposed by FIRST rather than how many the regional can get to attend? I have always thought that FIRST specified a number of available slots and that was it. At least the FIRST regional registration webpage makes it appear that way to me. X number of slots - Y number of teams signed up = Z number of open slots. I would think that since there were 13 new rookie teams at Bayou this year just from Mississippi and Louisiana that by 2009 it would be very possible to make 80 teams at Lonestar. Lonestar is a great regional and since it is usually the last weekend I would think many teams would love to make it their 2nd or 3rd regional if FIRST would open up the slots. I can honestly see it happening and hope it does!

Kymber 02-04-2007 18:13
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepWater (Post 609900)
Kymber, this sounds encouraging that Lonestar might one day be a super regional. I know the Reliant Center can handle it if another section were opened up for a larger pit area. Please correct me if I am wrong but isn't the number of teams at a regional more of a limit imposed by FIRST rather than how many the regional can get to attend? I have always thought that FIRST specified a number of available slots and that was it. At least the FIRST regional registration webpage makes it appear that way to me. X number of slots - Y number of teams signed up = Z number of open slots. I would think that since there were 13 new rookie teams at Bayou this year just from Mississippi and Louisiana that by 2009 it would be very possible to make 80 teams at Lonestar. Lonestar is a great regional and since it is usually the last weekend I would think many teams would love to make it their 2nd or 3rd regional if FIRST would open up the slots. I can honestly see it happening and hope it does!
Actually the limit on many teams a regional can have register is set according to how many teams the venue can accomodate. We will have to expand the pit area but we do have the ability to do that.

SnareDrummer37 03-04-2007 18:59
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny Diaz (Post 609696)
Innovation in Control - 418

-Danny
Well, I guess it won't quote a quote within a quote...

But... Judges' Award- 16

TubaMorg 03-04-2007 19:05
Re: 2007 Lone Star Regional
 
Hey does anyone have video of qualifying matches at the LSR? I don't know the match number but I would like these ones:

9:50 AM (Red 441 1561 1859) (Blue 16 1867 1480)

and

10:38 AM (Red 1772 16 653) (Blue 1867 1480 231)


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