2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

Ya know the deal by now.

who's coming?
Who's excited?
Who's going to win?

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I am MAD excited!!! and of course team 1126 SparX will be returing for the 3rd year of FLR!!!! And Cormier it is too early in my mind to predict winners

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I'm comming (and the X-Cats too :D ).
Ah, duh it's FIRST of course I'm excited (in my vulcan kind of way)
Too early to pick since there has been no game released yet, we don't have any idea who the competitiors are and the teams don't even know what students or mentors are on the team so this one will be a little later for an answer.

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On behalf of 340 we are all very excited! We can not wait for the 2007 year. After coming off of a great, fun year in Aim High, we are in high expectations! See you all there! -- And hopefully at Ruckus before then!

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1930 will will be there without a doubt. We should be registering for tomorrow. Majorly excited about this year.

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1511 will of course be there! Rochester FIRST!

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After having a great experience last year Team 188 regrets that they will not be at FLR in 2007. I on the other hand might.

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aww, i do hope that you spread the word about FLR to all of your Canadian friends. i see that 772 came back and I'm excited about them. any word about 1901!? they were one of my favorite bots last year.


edit/ yeah i just looked at pictures and saw it was 1901.

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You mean 1901? 1902 signed up for FLorida.

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I'm sure our team will be at the FLR we need to register still. :O

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I hope to see you there!

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We're gonna be there for sure, stop by our pits & say hi!

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HAHA, I get it! :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

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Wahoo i see some new faces form CT and MD coming as thier second regional. great to have you seek some interest in upstate ny.

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MOE 365 plans to attend the Finger Lakes Regional for the first time!

We are excited to meet some new friends!

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looks like there will be a few new teams at FLR this year, thats always a good thing :D

oh and of course 1591 will be there! ;)

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I am from 1901 one and right now we plan to come back to FLR it was are Favorite competition last year

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yea but that is what you said about the ruckus also ;) j/k

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Apparently they pre signed for the championship as well...

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We can't wait to have you guys come up here. That goes for all of our out of town guests. You let us know if there is anything we can do to make your visit a great one.

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its gonna be awesome this year!!!

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The teams in the Finger Lakes area as well as some teams from other States and Canada descended upon Rochester over Halloween weekend for the RaChaCha Ruckus event. (http://ruckus.penfieldrobotics.com)

If those teams are any indicator, the upcoming Finger Lakes Regional in March 2007 will be a real BLAST.

Congrats to the RaChaCha ruckus committee and onwards to 2007!

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Im Very excited for the Finger Lakes competition in 2007. Its going to be amazing! It was a lot of fun last year with the aim high game. :)

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Finger Lakes regional happens to fall on my spring break this year, if any teams are going and have extra hotel space or any one else is heading up teamless and would like to share a room let me know, I would love to go but it would be too expensive to stay in a room my self.

Also if any teams would like an extra set of hands let me know, otherwise I think I will be volunteering.

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Wow, 365 and 191 at the same competition. From what I understand about the levels of spirit from these two teams, it's gonna be close.

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Add in 772(last year's spirit winner) and the design of the venue and the pad is gonna be rockin'!

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Seven seven who?

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The X-cats are always a fun team to have at an event, and they seem to have a never-ending conga-line going. Too bad they can't distribute their "cat food" anymore.

Finger Lakes will be a new venue for us, but from the reports we hear it is one rockin' regional! March 7th can't arrive too early!

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it is a great regional...its not a really big regional but it is starting to grow...it has a very intimate feel but it is definatly worth it...im personally looking forward to seeing ur team thier...its nice to see some of the higher profile teams coming to FLR

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FIRST Robotics Competition

Finger Lakes Regional Live Broadcast (TimeWarner Cable Limited area)

Date- March 9-10
Place- RIT Field house
Time- 9 am – 5 pm

Live Broadcast: Time Warner cable channel 4 (The RIT, Brockport, MCC educational access channel) Friday and Saturday 9 - 5 pm.

The Cablecast will be available to Time Warner cable TV subscribers of any level) in Rochester NY and nearby suburbs.
The Cablecast has been sponsored by RIT and several Franklin robotics team mentors.

Please spread the word especially to those who may not have had a chance to see a FIRST robotics competition.

Also: there will be a WXXI Homework Hotline show with a few minutes of coverage of a City of Rochester FIRST robotics team. This will be aired Thursday March 8th at 5:30 pm. Please tune in!

Coverage of Homework Hotline broadcast includes all of NY state, portions of Vermont, Mass, Conan, PA and Montreal and Quebec!

NY city area will air the show on Monday March 12th at 4:30pm. If you know people in these localities who would be interested, please let them know.


Thanks to those in the FLR committee and Jeff Debes (a passionate parent)
for making this available.

See you all at the event! Let's Rack 'n Roll!

As Jason said before - for all you out of town teams - whatever you need to make your trip to FLR enjoyable let us know!

Ellery

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Yeah I heard that Ellery might be there... and that he might be hard to miss...........

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but the question is, will those leather pants return as well?

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Fortunately or Unfortunately (depending on how you look at it!) I heard not... I think he is opting for something more breathable!!

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Here is a collection of all the robot pictures I was able get ahold of, thanks Joel and Ed.

I'm psyched for FLR, let's make this year even better than the past two!

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What do you do when your high school team comes to FLR and the team you are mentoring comes to FLR and both teams what you to cheer with them?

Volunteer.

Can't wait to reset the field!

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haha, smart move!

Nice picture references jay, those could help a lot. Also for more FLR robots in action, I believe ed has some videos from Rally....

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You are still going to have to cheer with/for us though :-p

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Question, why is my lovely bot 'Rover' classified as defensive? I mean we had a round or two where our compresser went blah, but I thought everyone saw us pwning those plastic tubes at the rally. Just wondering if thats supposed to be some sort of jab or if it was just a miscalculation or whathaveyou.

haha, I just realized that the only ramp score at the rally was CougarTech on Devil Tech.

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I am sure that it was by no means an intentional jab against your team. probably just a mis-interpretation of the picture by someone who did not attend the rally. An intentional jab would be very ungracious and unacceptable.

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All right, cut it out. I feel bad enough that I can't come and you keep going on about how it will be better than ever.

I know that all who attend will have a great time. If you have never been to FLR then you should at least stop by and see for yourself. Just tell them Steve sent you .................then RUN!!!!!!

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Yeah, that's what I figured. It just seemed really weird to me for us to be classified as defensive.

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Steve,

We'll all definitely miss the voice of the FLR & Ruckus this time around. We'll hopefully see you and your team come fall for some more pumpkin fun!

Ellery

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Craig,

You guys at HFL had a great show for your rookie year so far... Wait till the actual competition and witness the great FIRST community we have here in at the FLR. We're not the largest Regional but From my past 8 years the smaller ones are the most fun but very fast paced.

See you guys in few days...

Ellery

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In case anyone is looking for some footage of the Rally, we're uploading a bunch of vids to youtube. Up to Round 5 is uploaded right now, but only 1-3 are showin g up, keep checking back for the later rounds.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Skierarc

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you have the one where you ramped 1559?

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yeah, its jsut not up yet. Someone else has a vid uploaded though. Ill go find it.

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...te ranTOS.flv

Courtesy of Xcats

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i cant wait for FLR!!!
Good Luck everyone!!!!

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Craig, I am by no means makign a jab at CougaarTech, in fact I have been all for you guys this season. I happen to be a personnal friend of one of your sponsors, find me at FLR, and I'll fill you in.Craig, I am by no means making a jab at CougarTech, in fact I have been all for you guys this season. I happen to be a personal friend of one of your sponsors actually. (find me at FLR and I'll fill you in.) The fact of the matter is I have not had a spare moment to watch any of the rally video, or any of the web casts from the past weekend, or even any of the other early scrimmages. I actually saw my first full match of Rack'n Roll about 45 minutes ago. I have only seen the pictures of your robot that are currently uploaded on that page. I thought I detected a gripper, but was unsure.

I can't wait to get around to your pit on Thursday in order to see this machine up close.

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Anybody up for some Laserquest after the Thursday practice rounds?

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Is that similar to what they do (did? I don't know if it is still open) at Lasertron in Buffalo? If so... you can probably count me in.

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Two level maze with participants wearing vests with sensors with a laser gun attached to it. 20 minute time limit per game. Free for with the occasional (if requested) organised game like Vampire, Capture the flag or Star Wars: Assault on the Death Star.

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yes and yes lasertron is still open, i was there a few months ago.

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You just keep enticing me. Laser Quest is one of the games I love. Played as many as 12 games in one night (when I was a bit younger). Played on the Scarborough team against other locations. How about for Rukus????? :cool:

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You're on!
I'd love to see what the blacklights will do to your hair.:p
I'm sure there are plenty of Laserquests in Cali.

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I'll talk to the team, but I have a feeling my Thursday night is going to be used for catching up with old friends, and catching up on Calc homework. But I don't doubt that you'll see a few 229'ers there, just not me, most likely.

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whoa whoa whoa i am knida an old friend!!!!:cool: but yeah we will catch up. Jeremy idk if we will be able to get a ride u can always try tho!

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You won't be catching up with me, I'll be at Laserquest with Ed :):p

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I'm in! Last year was great when we did it.

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no twinkletoes this year fellas. im stuck in class till 2:30 FRIDAY! then i jet home !

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Team 84 will defiantly be there! lookin' forward to it!:D :D

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Only two more days!!!!! Whos excited!?!:D :D :D

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... I am!

I'm taking a couple days off of my co-op job to make it to this competition. I missed it last year too, so it's that much more exciting.

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Woo Hoo For Being Excited!!!:D :D :D

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Everyone on 340 is pumped, could be shaping up to be the best FLR yet!:)

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MOE 365 is pumped to be joining all you veteran (and rookie) FLR teams for the first time!

See y'all in a few. :D

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Make that 424 as well! HAHA! :yikes:

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its going to be a LONG drive, but it will be worth it !!!!!

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I'm totally pumped. I'm very temped to just drive by RIT right now to just look at the building and think how soon it is, but its a little on the cold side:-p

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i am so ready for this thing to start!!! got my new safety glasses so be ready!!!!

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Dylan! i need some safety glasses of my own! and prob about 5-6 more pairs too. :P

i wish i could go thursday. darn college stuff. :p

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i only have special glasses for the kids that ordered them, but we can probably give u some extra ones. dont worry i will hook u up...maybe :cool:

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borrow from the school eh.

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Dylan,

You might want to make sure since I hear they are getting more strict on safety glasses and the fancy sunglass ones may not be valid according to one of the latest updates sent out.

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For our out of town guests - Bundle up to Rochester Spring Weather :)
Rochester, NY
Cloudy, 7°

*
Tuesday
Scattered Flurries8° / 2°
*
Wednesday
Scattered Flurries21° / 6°
*
Thursday
Flurries13° / 2°
*
Friday
Cloudy34° / 2°

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Forget Hawaii, Rochester is the Ultimate Vacation Regional! :rolleyes:

At least I'm planning a ski trip Sunday. :)

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Dylan and all -

Here's the quote form the safety manual about glasses -

"* ANSI-approved, non-shaded safety glasses with approved side shields"

Be forewarned...

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Whoa, that will actually be quite a bit warmer (but 2° is pushing it) than what I've been dealing with the last few days. Can't wait! (I'm bringing shorts!)

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Canadians...:rolleyes:

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Hey Greg! Saw you on channel 13 news last night getting your ticket.
So you treating everyone too lunch on Friday and Saturday with your winnings (and becomming the principle spnsor of all the robotics teams in the Rochester area)?

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details?

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I went to buy a lottery ticket at the 7-11 by my house last night for the 370 million dollar jackpot, and a news crew was there interviewing people. I got interviewed but didn't even know I was actually on the news until a couple people said they saw it.

one even felt it was required to send the link to the whole team.


p.s. I didn't win :(


edit: after being bugged for it, here is the link http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx

click "more lotto fever"

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Wishing everyone in Rochester the best this weekend. I wish I could be there but I will be spending time with my team.

It's alsmost time to go to Venice beach here in California. Temp yesterday 85 degrees and sunny. Boy what I give up for the team. :rolleyes:

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have room for a jolly man in your luggage?

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dont worry Ellery we read the rule a bunch and we just got clear ones...with very nice frames! but thanx for being concerned...i still wish i could wear my ones from last year...:(

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Can you say less then 12 hours...?

:] :yikes: :) ;) :]

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Haha, yeah, at first I was like OMG did greg just win the lottery!?!?!

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OOhhhhhhhhh Greeeeeeeeeeeegggggggggg, look what Josh found!

Click "More lotto fever"

http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx

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FLR Update - MOE is in Rochester and settling in for a fun day of practice and scouting tomorrow. See you all bright and early.

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welcome to rochester...enjoy the balmy weather that we are having!:yikes:

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I'm not sure if it will be up on thursday or friday but were going to have a computer game based on our mascot at the Finger Lakes Regional in ours pits (The Amazing Robot Guy Game). Be sure to check it out!

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All I can say is this was the easiest Field to setup in years! No allnighters today! NIce!

See you all bright and early tomorrow !

Ellery

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Im leaving Clarkson right now. 221 miles to go... should be there around 9 :)

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It's bright, or would be if it weren't semi-white-out conditions. It's, fairly early, and team 229 is getting ready to head in for a work filled Thursday. Just want to wish any one that's already here a safe, and fun filled pit day, and everone on their way a safe trip.

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good luck to all teams!!!! hope everyone has a great practice day!!! i wanna be there so bad but i got class till 3 or so then i will be there prob by 330!!!! see you all there!!!!!:D

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The practice day is over! It was, as always, amazing to see all of the designs from Rochester. It will be an interesting tournament here in Rah-Cha-Cha. It ran smoothly today and SparX finally unveiled their robot!(lol) Good luck teams tomorrow!

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Wow, tomorrow is going to be great. There are some really nice robots here, and I can't wait to see how things work out in the qualification rounds.

Some of my favourite bots from today:
354
229
1126
365
174
191
2228

We (772) had to remove the claw on our arm since it put our robot outside of the 72"x72" bounds with the ramps deployed, and because the joint couldn't handle being hit by other robots. It has forced us to play the game differently, and led us to playing a practice match we aren't too proud of (MOE 365 - we really apologize for being overly aggressive in that last match). We do hope to put the manipulator back on for our next competition.

Anyways, best of luck to everyone tomorrow.