2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

The Los Angeles Regional Committee is pleased to announce that there WILL be a Team Social on Friday night of the Regional. This will be the first time since 2001 that we have had a team social.

Because we are still in negotiations with the site of the social, we cannot give further details at this time. But we are far enough along that we can be sure it will happen. Really, we are discussing what things we want and how much we are willing to spend to get them.

Many thanks to those who have been diligently working to ensure that the Los Angeles Regional is not only fully funded, but that we also have enough money for the Social. This is the result of patient effort over several years by several people.

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I believe you mean 2002, in which the social was right out back, and we had music, and a big inflatable thing, and sumo suits, and so on. But anyhow, this is great news. :)

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Wonderful News!

Thank you LA Regional Planning Committee!!!

-Mr. Van
Coach, RoboDox

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AWESOME!!! Thanks SCRRF LA Regional Planning Committee.

Cant wait for the regional.

-Eric
Team 599

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

Sweet. I look forward to being there. Also, the regional looks to be shaping up nicely, team 399 is totally ready. ;p

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Oh nice. Team 4 is excited about it.

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Sweet I was hoping they would find a way to get the social back in LA. Sounds fun.

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yah, that'll be great. We had one at Vegas last year and that was pretty fun.

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nice, this will be my first FIRST social. hoping i can go to it.

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Wonderful! Thanks to you and Nancy McI (never remember her full name).

I almost said that I'd never been to a regional social, but then remebered the one at Finger Lakes a few years back. Heh.

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This is a really great idea. Seriously. Thank yoouuu SCRRF.

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Wouldn't you know it? I hate getting "old"! Being able to come in 2005 was a blast, 2007 should be even more spectacular, at least sunny beaches, six flags or disneyland and a team social beat 20 odd centimetres of snow and midterms. Have fun everyone!

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Cannot wait to see all you guys in LA :)

Team 1388 has been wanting to do LA for a couple years now, and we're extremely excited to be a part of it this year.

Lucky is just as excited as we are to be going there .. to see a little more about him (or her?) .. you can see a teaser video HERE (13mb WMV9)

Feel free to stop by our pit if you need anything (or if you just want to say hi :D ). We're extremely pleased to announce that we will have a special item to offer to every single team at the regional .. more information to come on that.

And Brad .. we're looking forward to meet another Eagle Robotics team ;)

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Hey, I will be running the Robot FIRST Aid Station again. If any teams want a special request for me to put on the database or if they have any suggestion, feel free to contact me.

For those who are new to LA Regional or what we do, the FIRST Aid Station is a database that 599 does of what everyone at regionals brings, to which if a team needs a part, we tell them which teams need the part. As well, we have experienced students go out to teams who have not passed inspection and/or are not finished with the robot and give them an extra hand or some advice of how to fix problems.

We are already updating the list and adding a new section so if your team has some expertise that you would like to help other teams with, we can include that when teams ask for help.

Thank You,
Eric
599 RoboDox

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The team social was fun back in 2002 (sumo wrestling), so Im glad they brought it back for my final year as a student. See all you guys/girls at the the regional in a few weeks.

-Jesse (580-Campbell Hall)

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Any word on what the 2007 LA regional official team social will be?

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From Nancy McIntyre's newsletter, Feb 22, 2007

"The team social will take place on Friday, March 9th from 6:00 to 8:00 at the Science Center and will include the new Star Wars exhibit. Dinner will be included. Dinner details to follow shortly."

Since she announced it, I can now make it public. We've been working on this for a while. The Science Center is a short walk from the Sports Arena.

ChrisH

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Hey LA teams! Can you please post a link to a picture of your 2007 robot. Let's work together and make scouting easier this year.

Here is a picture of our robot the night before ship. http://www.bhrobotics.com/robots_madmax.php

Thank you.

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We don't have any pictures up currently, but we have a nice sheet made... Just need to upload it to the website.

I'll have some up shortly.

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also on the night before ship =P

here:



or http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27251 for the finished one...

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This is excellent news! It's good to hear that the social is back (last time there was one in LA it was before my time). I'm hoping to be able to make it, so hopefully I'll see everybody there.

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4 days left! I can't wait. =D

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Daniel, I hope you can make it too. It will be good to see you there.

All: does anyone know what the social will cost? Also, does anyone know how to find the LA Regional webcast site? It's not on the LA Regional Website and google hasn't been helpful. I have some friends in Europe who don't get NASA TV but want to watch via the Web.

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The Social is free to teams. There is no official webcast planned for LA. A team that does a fair amount of video production was going to try and get something going on that line, but they had to work out some things with the venue to do so. ( internet connections etc.) I do not know the status of those efforts.

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Team 1515 is going to produce two episodes of our "MorTorq TV" from the competition. We're aiming at one of them completed by Saturday. Check out our first two episodes at youtube.com/mortorqtv

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19 hours left =)

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We're on our way :D

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Attention all teams, Attention all teams. If your robot has not passed inspection, it is imperative that you visit the inspection table first thing in the morning. You will not play a match until you have fully completed inspection.

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Anyone know the alliance selections from this regional?

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1070 Picked 968 and 599
254 Picked 330 and 4
399 Picked 1622 and 1138
1702 Picked 606 and 981
980 Picked 696 and 580
1717 Picked 188 and 1722
2272 Picked 585 and 1515
1197 Picked 1388 and 207

QF went like this:
8th Seed beat 1st Seed
2nd Seed beat 7th Seed
6th Seed beat 3rd Seed
5th Seed beat 4th Seed

SF went like this:
5th Seed beat 8th Seed
2nd Seed beat 6th Seed

Finals:
2nd Seed beat 5th Seed

Congrats to 254, 330 and 4 on their victory

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Does anyone have a video archive of any games or the award ceremony on friday?

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Here's a few matches:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=prk5joiQJ1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9yjjIIh4g
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I7FOPBBdNhk

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

how did everyone like (or dislike) the team social? i have to say, i was a teeny bit let down... i suppose, not enough socialization

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Oh! I loved the team social. We sat with the Canadian team (188), and chatted. Then the science center was awesome!! I got in a lightsaber fight with Obi-wan and lost... horribly.

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So how many bloody stumps do you have now? ;)

Seriously, comments on the Regional and especially the Social are much appreciated. It has been several years since we had a Social and are a little out of practice. I can assure you that coments in this thread will find their way to at least one Regional Committee member.

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I thought to social was great. Great location, lots of cool stuff to play with. However, if you want me back as an inspector, you better make sure those brownies will be there. :D (thems were good).

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Many people on my team had a lot of fun. And I must admit the Star Wars exhibit was pretty cool. I think I was just too tired to enjoy it after two days of driving.

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The media group of our team got most matches of all three days (16 90 minute tapes is what they tell me). They have all of our (team 585's) matches on a dvd so far, and I have requested that they get all the matches to me by at least the end of the week. They will either be distributed through team 585's website or youtube (depending on how much bandwidth we've got left).

The entire regional was so much fun. It was the first regional that the team attended in 2001, and we were glad to be back. The whole team got the chance to meet one of the very first team members (and driver) from the 2001 season. We also had the chance to really help a lot of teams with their robots (especially the signal lights and power distribution blocks) since our pit had a lot of rookie teams near by.

The team social wasn't too much of a social, but that was made up for by going to the Star Wars exhibit. We had fun making small talk with 399 in the big exhibit upstairs and 1717 at the Millenium Falcon show.

Altogether, it was quite a fun experience. I'm still trying to get my voice back as well as get ready for the San Diego Regional next week.

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What did everyone think of the Regional Video played right before the Finals??

Is that something new this year for all regionals? or are we just special?

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They did this at BAE as well. I thought it was pretty awesome

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I thought it was fabulous. And I think I need a copy. Where to get?

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http://team585.org/gallery/lareg07

pictures are up. should have some more in the coming days. :)

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One of Jason Morella's productions. He did one at the CSUN VEX competition. I'd say contact him about it.

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Thanx for posting those videos. All are good except for the middle video when a popped intertube got stuck in our wheel:p . It was a lot of fun being the alliance, it was a good way to wrap up my last year.

ps-Is there any way i can get the picture we took of our alliance after the competition?

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sure is!



or http://flickr.com/photos/hayakuneko/419650747/

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Can I just say that our team had a really great time at the social! Thanks so much to everyone who helped organize this year's social, you gave our team memories that will last a lifetime!

-Team 1717
D'Penguineers

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

great pictures! check out ours at bhrobotics.com

- also our tv show should be up in the hour.

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

One of my coworkers took a video of Semifinal 2, Match 2, which I've uploaded to google video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...760&pr=goog-sl

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw25L1eBNnA

- MorTorq TV Episode 3

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

anybody with a pic of 254 or 968 with their ramps on. Curious to see what it looks like?:D

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Neither 254 or 968 had their ramps installed on the robots last weekend. Wait till during/after SVR.

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So far it looks like you are gonna have to wait til SD for the ramps to appear...

sorry guys :(

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Does anyone happen to have the video for qualifying match number 57? Thanks a bunch, Michael

Re: 2007 Los Angeles Regional
 

Let's show the rest of the country what the west is made of. Send you videos to contact@thebluealliance.net so they can be posted on the Blue Alliance's TBA TV: Match Archives. There are only three videos posted for the Los Angeles Regional so far.