2007 Colorado Regional
 

anyone got any scoops on the out-of-state teams coming in this year?? looks like we lose a lot of kansas budds, due the opening of the kansas regional :( who's the MC this year? same guy? Can't wait till march 29th... ahhhh

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

Most likely it will be the same guy for the MC. The only "scoop" I can think of is that this is the last year The Colorado Regional is to be held at the Magnes Arena(I got from our coach) and that most likely there won't be a team social for us.:( (I got from our FIRST senior mentor for colorado) - unless they're able to put something together.

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So yay! There is a team social again.:) Can't wait to see every one who is attending the Colorado Regional.

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Team 1515 from Beverly Hills, California is returning to the Colorado Regional. (we also went in 05).

You can check us out at bhrobotics.com. Our team is also going to be making an episode of our TV show at the regional. Past episodes can be viewed at http://youtube.com/mortorqtv

This is our 2007 Robot:



We're very excited and can't wait for the event!

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

Team 1583 Ridge View Rambotics will be there among 31 others from Colorado and 16 Teams visiting from other states. Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year, We will also be wearing a new team logo for this years match just a little more formal than past years.

preview logo and clips of bot at

http://youtube.com/profile?user=WRG3

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

so whats up with people being so quiet about this regional, i wanna hear whats going on up there in Denver.

w00t Post 300!!!

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I agree. I just keep refreshing the match results page to check up on 555. :D Any information on robots would be great.. I'm dying all the way here in Pittsburgh!

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555, 1853, and 1636 are the winning alliance of the regionals. :D WOOHOO!

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I think you mean 1583. ;) Anyway, congrats to all of you! I am especially happy for my former team 555!!

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oh darn!, sorry 1583!!! sorry, I'm the driver for 1636 and I'm still dehydrated from today, I'm so tired but still so excited!!!

I posted this in predicitons but I'll post it here too since it relates to the elims:

The final alliances were (RED)207-score bot(is a ramp too but it wasn't good enough), 1515-score bot, and 2083-score bot against (BLUE)555-score bot, 1583-Ramp bot(AWESOME DEFENSE-I LOVE YOU GUYS!), and 1636-Score bot(had a ramp but we got rid of it for finals to make our bot have more speed and it kept getting caught on the rack anyway).

Match 1 - Blue lost 14 to 4.207 got a keeper on.1583 broke down because their battery came loose. so 1636 was doing the best we could on defense and 555 was scoring as much as they could.

After effects-Blue used their time out.1583 fixed their battery problem, 555 was fixing their autonomous(plus I think their was something else but I was concentrated on getting our bot fixed first), and because of how rough 1636 got in the last match, their mast got slammed and it caused it to where the arm was stuck inside down in the chassis. Called the time out and all three teams were fixed and ready to go. also I want to thank 1515 for coming over to see if you guys could help, we appreciate it.
during the timeout, 1636's coach went out and spoke about 1636 and how this is the last year the team will be in operation, and a lot of other stuff but I was busy working the bot.

Match 2 - Blue won 32 to 34. 207 score the keeper, 555's autonomous got messed up.

After effects - 2083 was doing something, I don't know what because I was talking to our coach and something happened to 1515 and replacement had to come in. I don't remember the team number though. their time out was being used which I was defiantly happy about because our motors were really over heated and you were able to smell the wires.


Match 3 - "THE" match. blue won 36 to 70. 555 didn't have their autonomous work and 207 missed the leg. 1583, awesome defense, 1636 and 555 went into crazy scoring as much as possible. 1583 was able to get back to the home zone and 555 and 1636 climbed on top, 12" for both.

We got the GM Industrial Design and Regional winner.
555 - You guys had the most awesome autonomous I've seen. Hope you guys get it dialed in again at Championships.
1583 - You guys have the most awesome defense ever! and one the most efficient ramps there, good thing we had the ground clearance for any ramp. Good Luck at Championships.

Other stuff that happened:
Team 1636's dogtags dissappered within less than 2 hours of the practice day.(I told my team they were going to go fast, did they believe me? noooooooo. j/k guys)
Team 1636 dominated the entire morning of Thursday up until team began to realize what kind of defense they need to put on us, that dropped us to 15th overall. But luckily we got chosen. 555 couldn't get their first pick, so they chose 1583. 1583 wanted us because we had the ground clearance.(which was a problem with a lot of the bots at the regional, ground clearance compared to slope and height of the ramp). so they got 555 to choose us, we all realized what a better alliance this was.(Also, awesome job to the communication done between the drivers and strategists, simply amazing!).

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It was an awesome alliance. We had the perfect blend of offensive and defensive capabilties. Two great arm bots (one with a very reliable autonomous) and our defensive ramp. Our driver, Eric Jones, is one of the most talented drivers we've ever had. He's got great defensive skills. In two matches he completely shut down the other alliances offense with scores of 76-0 and 92-0. Btw,our power problem was with the Allen Bradley power distribution block. The negative terminal came loose. You've got to check those things often. Thanks again 1636 and 555.

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Man, those PDB bug me. But oh well, I just learn to carry a screwdriver in my back pocket and my other other driver just learned to carry a pair of diagonal cutters(if you noticed all the zip ties-we leanred from one of our alliance's team last year, we just find it better to zip tie the panel and we're in and out and zip, it's closed, locked, and ready to go. It's just all those screws to go through last year just made the time out worse and because it took so long to get to each screw, they never made it and we had to get a replacement team.). Oh yeah, hey, thanks for the candy 1583, the pit crew couldn't enough for sure, lol.

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ya that was a great finals set! right down to the line, a few times nobody really celebrated until the final score was posted because it was too hard to calculate who actually one with all the ringers and lifting at the end. We made it to the quarterfinals, our lifters worked about 80% of the time time, but we kept having the same alliance partners throughout the qualifiying matches and the ones that were not compatible with our lifts the first time were still not compatible the second or third time or drivers were not skilled enough to line up correctly, so that was kinda a bummer. I wish there would have been more variety in the alliance pairings (but the few precious times we had robots that did fit and when nothing on our bot was broken sure was awesome!). But anyways, in the quarterfinal matches one of our alliance teams got on but then fell off because they just didnt fit well on in the first place, and then the other team (159) nearly caught on fire, but it was so much fun and everyone was so nice I still had a blast and couldnt believe the 2nd seed alliance actually wanted us for the finals. Thanks everyone, it was a great regional still and we had lots of fun! Definetly my favorite year out of the last 3 for our team.

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Congrats to all of the regional champs!!! A special way to go goes to the Rambotics team !583 for doing such an awesome job and for allowing us to be a part of your winning season. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP IN MAKING SUREWE HAD MINI-ME UP AND RUNNING FOR REGIONALS AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR ROOKIE SEASON. AGAIN CONGRATS AND CONTINUE BEING HARD-CHARGERS IN ATLANTA.:cool: :cool: :cool:

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OMG!!!159, watching them run off the field with their robot to fix it and all, man, it was heart breaking. I love that team and I'm really excited that they'll be in Atlanta anyway, I can't wait to see those guys again. Hopefully though they get everything more together and not do a repeat of last year. 159 GO ALPINE!

Man the final score we were confident. Because once 555 and us got onto 1583 with a whole 35s left, we all started adding up the score on the rack, 207 was still scoring at the same time, but they just weren't fast enough to beat our bonus points. My team told me that match was more thrilling and energy rising than last year but it could be because we were tee finalist out there. Hopefully Team 555 can mail me all theh media stuff they got. My team ran out of battery and memory right at the last threee matches(All the fnal matches man, I can' believe that!, Oh well, I'll wait for 555's e-mail).

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I agree, I was so glad to see 159 make it anyways even though we got slaughtered in the quarterfinals. Go Alpine!!!!!! woo-hoo!!!!

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Teams 1636 (fixed typo!) and 555:
You guys did an awesome job in demonstrating a cooperative spirit!! You gave us the opportunity to do our job well and really stayed on top of your game. I have not seen any other group, such as I saw in our alliance, slow 3 minutes down the way we did. It was the persistence to get past the stalled bot in the second match that allowed us the opportunity to play a third.

I appreciate everyone's effort of course, but you guys brought us to Atlanta. Thank you!!

Sincerely,

Russell E. Burchill
Applied Technology
Ridge View Academy
"what a man's mind can create, man's character can control." - Edison
please visit us at:
http://www.ridgeviewacademy.com/ &
http://www.riteofpassage.com/

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lol, you're welcome, that was a lot of fun. The endless pictures taken were even fun too. lol, at least I'm the not only one that goofs on team numbers.;) Come to think of it, those matches did seem longer than it usually is. Probably because so much was happening in those matches. oh it was the second match, sorry, I guess my mind was still racing when i was typing up about the matches. Plus I think I typed it up late at night. completely dehydrated and completely tired.

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What a fun regional. I'm the driver of 1515 and I've got to say this has been the best competition I've been to. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone who's going to Atlanta. Great job and good luck in the national competition!

Also: Look for another episode of our tv show, MorTorq TV, at youtube.com/mortorqtv sometime this week. The episode is live from the 2007 Colorado regional!

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It was lots of fun. 1339 went with all rookie members, unpolished code, inexperienced drivers, and a not so excellent robot, and we still managed to enjoy it. We probably wont do too much better next year because most of the team was seniors, but we'll try.

We were the team with the coolest looking robot. It had a ladder.

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OH DUDE!!! I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I loved it!.

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Don't sweat it! Due to our team's unique circumstances we have a completely new group of students every year, yet managed to come up with the right idea to be on the winning alliance.

My only regret is that out of 45 teams only 3 can win the competition. There were SO many great teams and great robots I wish all 45 teams were going to Atlanta! I am also very sorry for the 3 Montana teams that could not make it due to the weather. Keep your heads up and know that regardless of whether or not you were able to compete you did some great work, learned a lot of valuable lessons, and we look forward to seeing you next year.

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That was a shame we were short 3 teams. Could have made a big difference on the regional. Could have added to the excitement too.

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Ok guys and gals youtube just rendered the final match video our photogs shot once again a big thanks to all on team 555 and 1636 Lightwaves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg9kMwBcruM

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AHHH! That's so cool, really good footage. That really gets me excited for Champs even more now.:D :cool:


I almost forgot. Team 1636 would like to thank The S.H.A.R.C. Team for returning a poofball back to us. It was unexpected and unnecessary be really cool. It gave me a good laugh to see a poofball after a losing match since I was last year's driver too. Ah, the memories, and I can't wait for the new ones.

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This was my last regional as a member of 555 (and the programmer), and I'm quite happy 'bout it. An awesomely-fun regional, to which a win was but icing.

I'm annoyed that we didn't get an auton lock in the final matches, but it took until that day to get the program fully functional (such bugs and other nasties I've never seen), and I'm comfortably satisfied with it. Also justified the Innovation in Control award to have a few caps :D.

Anyway, does anyone have video of the finals from the press feed or otherwise? Our Cowon DVR's battery died and I'd love a record for the team video.

Thanks to all you midwesterners.

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GO BEEF!!!

anyways, yea our cowon died and we would really like footage of the second to last match (where we bashed 1636 off the ramp to get on), those were some intense moments. Good job everyone!

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GO BEEF!!!

Once again, great job to everyone and I look forward to seeing you all in Atlanta!

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Our media guys videoed all the finals on our HD camcorder. It will take us a while to edit the raw footage. You can rest assured you guys on 555 and 1636 will be the first to get a copy. When you guys on 555 pushed 1636 out of the way to ramp was definetly one of the most exciting moments of the competition. We're looking forward to seeing all of you in Atlanta.

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

Ok here it is second to last match Team 555 saves the day enjoy..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF3_Bl0bxHo

Assume job 555

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1583, I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! Thank you so much!! Now we'll have some exciting stuff to get our school more involved and help keep our team from shutting down after this year because, even though I'm a senior, I still want 1636 to keep running with the other Colorado teams too.

That was so close!!! That was so freakin' awesome driving 555 to get us out of the way!!! Watching our robot go down made my heart just shatter to like, "Darn it, not the mast!!", because if you guys remembered or not, after the match where 1583 broke down, our mast got bent in to where our arm could not escape the chassis. But we made it!!

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

TEAM 207 here.. in denver regionals we owned. Not to make anyone jealous. Sorry to say, but we were first to score keeper in autonomous.. then we had the most scored keepers and we had the highest score in a match.!!

DENVER rocked and loved having team BLITZ and MORTORQ for alliances...!!!!:cool: :rolleyes: :) :]

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

not jealous at all.

Re: 2007 Colorado Regional
 

Out of curiosity, what was your method for auton. scoring?

New Episode of MorTorq TV from DENVER, CO!!!
 

On this surprisingly fantastic chapter of the MorTorq TV saga, we are pumping our coverage of the 2007 FIRST Colorado Regional in Denver straight into your eyes and ears. Make sure you watch to see our exclusive interviews with Jim Beck and former MorTorq president, Eli Chait and much, much more exciting stuff! This is without a doubt our best episode from Colorado ever!

Teams featured: 207, 159, 1984, 877, 2083, 1583

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Tnsq6mm5U

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Not jealous at all. You're autonomous, umm, I like 555's more because they applied sensors, we tried to but our gear tooth sensors got ripped off and our programmer became hopeless(he would never show when we needed him, but at least he showed last minute right before we entered the first match of quarters.). I'm not impressed by who gets it first but how the robot does it(use the sensors and not go by chance). It seemed you guys used just a simple timed autonomous(go this far for this many seconds). Nice keychains though, very cool, I was impressed by that, except not as much as 877's teddy bears, and our dogtags(300 dissappeared in one hour on practice day-it wasn't two hours, the people in the pit corrected me on that one). Oh yeah, for those going to the Championships, we're giving away dogtags again but only 250, if they went that fast at the regional.First come first serve, no resevations, no contest.

We have custom made dogtags for these teams going to Atlanta though(30 in each pack):
Team 159 - Alpine Robotics (Colorado) 159 GO ALPINE!! Thanks for offering to help us(To Nick) and congrats again on Chariman's, See ya in Curie. Don't catch fire now;) .
Team 555 - Montclair Robotics (For being on winning alliance together) BTW guys, remember my partner driver, he yells the the 300 cheer as much as he can, yep, he's defiantly excited for Champs, Good Luck in Archimedes. We're rooting for ya!!
Team 1583 - Rambotix (Colorado, For being on winning alliance together), Good Luck in Galileo, We're cheering for you guys most defiantly!!
Team 1826 - The Fuse (Colorado) Thanks for taking our tools guys. See ya in Curie.
Team 2083 - Team BLITZ (Colorado) Congrats on winning All-Star Rookie, you guys were defiantly Team 1636's favorite rookie team. Good Luck in Newton, we'll be cheering for you guys.

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Hey guys, sorry for my comment. I was anxious to see what everyone said. I was extremly happy since i was the driver and my first year. Sorry for my post before. Hope everyone had a good time. Thanks for hosting us all. Denver was awesome! Hope to go there next year! Our autonamous was pretty much guess and check. And the reason why i was so full of myself is because it was only guess and check and did so well. But good luck next year to all the teams, and hope to see you guys soon.

TEAM 207. METALCRAFTERS. Hawthorne,CA.