Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Well, no one else has started a thread on us so far, so I thought I would go ahead.

Team 492 will be returning hoping to fare a bit better then we did last time, at least competition-wise.

I would like to welcome our WAY out of town guests, team 272 comin' all the way over from PA! Now thats a good commute.

I would also like to welcome back all the returning teams, teams that are making there way to the PACNW for the first time (I think we got a few "new" veteran Cali teams, including team 192,) but most of all I would like to welcome the truly new teams who are just this year experiencing their first year of FIRST.

The PACNW is not only known for being competitive but is even better known for being a great bunch of teams who are just plain nice to one another, personally I think we got the best combo possible. So, this year, lets live up to our legend and have the best event so far.

On a slightly more downtrodden note, FIRST WEEK AGAIN?!? Come on, who has it out for us in FIRST headquarters... we know your in there...

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I was very pleased with the overall experience at PNW last year. We're going again, and I guess we'll see you there!

I look forward to seeing some of the teams from PNW from last time. I remember your bot; it was a pretty sweet piece of kit all right.

Ari.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Last year was an awesome competition at PNW, and I very much look forward to it again this year! see you all there!

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I am a bit confused. I don't see 114 on the team list:
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....false&event=OR

Is that a FIRST screw up or whats up?

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Hey everyone,
I'm one of the team leaders for our brand new first robotics team:)
we'll be making our way all the way from Surrey, BC.
It's our first year competing in first, but a number of the members of our team have experience competing in a somewhat similar but WAYYYY smaller competition called Skills Canada. This is going to be a blast!

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Well welcome to FIRST! As I can see this is your first post on delphi, so welcome here as well.

As I am sure you will find, the people here are more then willing to help you work through any issues you may be having, so feel free to ask.

I look forward to meeting your team at the PACNW.

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Yes, team 272 Cyber-Crusader Robotics will "Go west young person, go west!". This is our tenth year anniversary and we are very excited about coming to a new competition. Please drop by to say hello. Look for the old guy with green hair. Can't wait, getting lots of sleep now because once the season starts I know we will get very little.

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Team 1839 will be returning, this is our second year in first and we are exited to return to portland.

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Yes! A big welcome to Team 2273 from Sullivan Heights! We're looking forward to travelling down there with you. It will great to no longer be "THE" Canadian Team!

Portland is not only a great regional, but a great city. In fact we've had so much fun at PNW the last couple years that this summer my wife and I took our summer holidays down in Oregon (and scored a few of the last 1/2 price VEX kits at Radio Shack... and tax free too!)

Looking forward to getting together with you guys during build. Your presence now makes BC the #2 FIRST province in Canada.

Have fun this weekend and we'll be in touch,

Jason

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

1087 will be there as always. Definitely going to improve from last year's uhh... mishaps.

Also, the gorilla will be making another (possibly his final) appearance ever.

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My favorite thread -- all my pals from the last two years. I'll probably be there on Saturday, but I'll be teamless. Maybe I'll contact the PNW committee about volunteering.

Good luck to everyone!

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957 will be there again

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Hey, team 1983 wil also be there. This is our first year in FIRST and none of us have any past experience in FIRST, but many have taken robotics classes. We are all extremely excited to be competing and have a coach who has a lot of previous experience in FIRST. Furthermore, I'd like to thank team 492 for hosting the kickoff last saturday; it was fun and i met some of the team members including the president. You all were very helpful and I hope to see you guys down in Portland.

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Look forward to seeing you down there Rick!

Zach,

On behalf of the TRC you are very welcome. If there is anything more that we can do to assist you as a rookie team please let us know.

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Also, Team 1891 will be there unless we have been frozen to the ground. It was 9 degrees yesterday and the day before that :ahh:

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Team 604 would like to be there but due to a shortage of budget, we won't be going. Maybe next year.

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Darn guys, that really sucks. You have been a lot of fun in the past, and we were all looking forward to seeing you there!

Maybe next time.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

team 360 is coming back as well.

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Team 753 will be showing up again (and hopefully winning/placing high again)
This is our favorite regional because of the friendly atmosphere and great sportsmanship
Can't wait!

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Madera will be attending Portland for the first time. We finished 8th in the Archimedes division this year and plan on being really competitive again. Look for the blue hair.

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997 will be comming back to portland for another year of fun and friendship!!!

Portland is always a blast and it's so nice to see a bunch of new faces this year, and of course all the old returning ones!

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114 is definitely coming back to PNW this year. Check the list again and we're on it. I loved the laid back and friendly atmosphere of the regional last year and I can't wait for another great time up north. Also, lowest team number at the regional, for whatever thats worth :p

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Anyone who is going to Portland Please view this thread

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...light=portland

This thread is an effort to get info on all teams before the competition that way we all can get a better idea on what to expect from bots without wasting a day scouting there

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Team 1425 will be there.

I'm excited.

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Would anyone be willing to post rankings / strategy data after the regional is over? I'm particulary interested in how the teams that are heading over to SVR in two weeks are doing, but any info would be awesome.

Thanks,
-Guy

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I don't have exhaustive data, but things are going well here in Portland. The field has been working wonderfully all day which is a welcomed change, in and of itself.

At the end of the day, team 948 is seeded first -- they're a nice, elevator-based lifting mechanism. 488 is fourth seed, currently, and we've got a 4 - 1 - 0 record. 1540, a mecanum drive tube scoring machine, is 2nd or 3rd, sharing that space with 2122.

I don't have a sense for how many penalties have been called except to say that my alliances have never been given one. Knowing the rules regarding when you can step up the controls, touch the ringers and such is important.

My biggest gripe is that the match lists SUCK. I make no exaggeration when I say that 488 competes against 492 during every. single. match. Other teams similarly compete against one team every time they're up. There're 54 teams at this event, so there's no reason why things could not have been mixed up a little bit more.

Tomorrow ought to be exciting. Congratulations to Eric Stokely, winner of the Regional Woodie Flowers Award.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

There is another thread in here about the match list issue - apperantly the selection algorithm pitches teams with similar numbers against each other, without much shuffling.

Thanks for the data, and I can't wait to see you (and everyone else) at SVR.

-Guy

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I think because of the matching algorithm the alliance selections will be a lot more interesting this year. A team can be ranked very high if it played an easy team every single match. A good scouting team will be valuable.

So far the matches have mostly been well played (I'm on drive team so I don't get to watch many matches). I am a little surprised by the number of bots who have a hard time picking up rings. Overall at this point in the game a strong ramp bot is about all that a team needs to win as very few games go over 30 or 60 points from the rack. That might change later with a couple of good scoring bots on the same team in finals.

Penalties have been somewhat nonexistent. Touching controls/throwing rings early has been a big one (and those penalties decided some matches). There was the occasional going into the other teams home zone at the end of the match. Also a few times a ramp would fold out outside of their home zone and exceed 72" by 72". No penalties in any of my matches. Not many penalties for pushing or things like that.

I think the highest scoring match was 128-0 and the highest combined score was 106 to 76 or something like that. The highest score might have changed later in the day.

One of the more interesting things that I have noticed is that all of the top robots are either scoring robots or ramp robots. There is not any really strong robot that has both a ramp and an arm. That really surprised me considering the number of teams with both a ramp and an arm.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I beg to differ. Team 948 (top seed after the first day) is primarily a ring-scoring bot, but also has a ramp. Not the best ramp in the world, but we had bots climb it in a couple of matches.

(The top of the robot is 13" off the ground. We had planned to have a ramp on one side and a "table" on the other side, both drop-down, so we'd be able to hold two robots at 13", but we ended up leaving off the table for weight reasons; instead, we just riveted on a couple of plates to keep robots from rolling off the other side after climbing the ramp. So we can only score 30 bonus points, not 60. We could in theory have a robot climb onto our back and then carry them up another single-robot ramp... at least, our drive team claims that the drive is strong enough for that... but I have a hard time imagining that happening in a real match!)

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I think 488 is going to win this one.. especially if they end up with a decent scorer.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I have been to busy to take a look at your robot so my generalization might not stand. In general though ramp and arm robots have not faired terribly well with some exceptions.

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Let's not count our chickens before they've hatched ;)

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Anyone at PNW feel like updating the masses at home about how the alliance selections and later matches go?

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

according to First's website they are on the 2nd set of QF matches...

updated at the end of every match!!!

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/eve...chresults.html

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I just saw match Semi 1-2 vanish tied 32-32, and then reappear like this:

3:26 PM Semi 1-2 [1778 948 1540] [488 1595 1318] 32-0

What happened? Penalty? Tie-breaker?

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

There was a tie -- the match was originally scored wrong, then corrected to reflect the tie.

The series went to four matches before we lost. 948, 1540 and 1778 lost in the finals to 997, 272, and 1294.

Congratulations, everyone.

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Correction, 1087 was the other team on the winning alliance, not 1294.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

Great Job Everyone!

See You At Other Regionals or Hopefully Next Year!

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Yeah It was 1087 you guys were awesome righting yourselfs for the win in the last final match...
it was an honor to be paired with you and We hope to see you around at nationals :D

EDIT: DOH! how could I forget the awesome placing power of 272, they were great alliance partners and even fixed their manipulator between matches!!!

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

My apologies. Congratulations to team 1087 -- I don't know how I could've forgotten the fantastic righting move y'all made to take the match.

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In match 2 of the finals I was on the losing side (1540, 1778, 948). We were just playing defense and trying to stop the other teams ramp. 1087 flipped over trying to get up a ramp. I thought that we had the match easily. Then somehow they started going up again. In some impossible feat they righted themselves. After the regional talking with my teammates we all agreed that if you can pull that move off you deserve to win. Great job 1087.

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Gotta tell you what a roller coaster ride we had at PACNW. Our bot was working great most of the time because of a dedicated pit crew of students and mentors. Our drive team big Mike, human Mike, Crash and the Ice Man did a great job. These folks are all backed up by our scouts & SMEs. This really is a team effort. But all this gets you so far. We had great alliances throughout the prelims. Finally we were very fortunate, delighted, happy, euphoric (ok out of terms for this) to be picked up by 997. A great bunch of passionate robo folks. At LC we often discuss how the second pick is the toughest. What a great pick 1087 turned out to be. The competition was tough but great fun and no one got en eye poked out! So it all good.

I tried to thank everyone I could, if I missed anyone please accept my sincere thanks. After a red eye flight, we are back home safe and sound, but will soon not forget all the great folks we met at PACNW.

Thanks

Frank Larkin
Lansdale Catholic Cyber Crusaders
Team #272.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

There is a Flickr Group containing many photos taken from this regional. If you feel like sharing yours create a Flickr account and add your photos to the group. Tag them with "team XXXX" for each robot/team shown and everyone will get to see all the photos.

http://flickr.com/groups/2007frc_pnw/

Look for the team links on the group page to see all the photos of your team.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

does anyone have any of the regional on tape or webcasted anywhere

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

I think that our team has a few of our matches on our team website. That actually won the best website award. I think the thing that was the coolest about it is that a freshman was in charge of the design of the it. Anyways, if you would like to go to

www.bullbots.org

This is team 1891's website a.k.a. the "Bullbots"

I hope this answers your question.

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

thanks. does anyone else have any of the matches

Re: Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW
 

http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/movies/or/

is a video archive of all of the matches held in Portland last year.

You may want to grab the matches your teams were in before this gets taken down for next year.

Does anyone know of a similar video resource for the 2006 year in portland?