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Nothing is extra heavy or oversized. The heaviest thing is the 80 lbs of batteries and the cart (a hand truck with a small wooden superstructure) probably weighs 50 lbs.
We have to decide about bringing or not bringing a portable drill press.

We're packing tomorrow night and instead of organizing we'll probably disorganize and distribute tools and materials among the students to hand carry into the building.
I imagine some tools and spare parts will remain lost for the entire trip. :)

But I'd think the policing at the door will be to reject any cart or hand truck and send them around back. I think the Convention Center management was stressed out by how much stuff we all wheeled through the doors that first year. The rule is wishy-washy on the restrictions and leaves it up to the personal discretion of whoever happens to be at the door Thursday morning. --Wishy-washy to an engineer who wants to see a spec. for under 200 lbs and under 38" x 28" x 5' in size. :)

I'd prefer to know ahead of time to leave the cart at the hotel, and the drill press at home. There are always surprises, and having to be in three places at once handling them all is the stressful part.

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We understand that the restriction is a little vague, and to be honest, that was done intentionally. Putting a true specification together to address every type of cart, wheel, and method of moving supplies, would be nearly impossible. The basic concern is that as guests at the Convention Center, we do not do any damage to the venue. (Any damage that is done, will have to be paid for by the Regional.)

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Let me rephrase this, since final determination can obviously only be made when you see what it is I actually bring (we'll leave the Ben Hur chariot cart with the spiked wheels at home this time, I promise).

Am I likely to be allowed to bring something in if one person can carry it in instead of wheeling it, and it isn't as bulky as a trackball? I promise to take the stairs rather than the escalator too.

I imagine part of the venue damage problem is carts that are piled high and heavy with boxes, long poles, really bulky items that could knock people off the escalator, crates, anything that could potentially damage the carpet, doors, walls, or poke someone's eye out.

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Can someone direct me to where i can find these regulations about transportation of equipment to the CT regional.


Thanks
-Simon

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Ct Regional Information can be found here

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Thank you... :)

You are correct... Hand carry items should be allowed in through the lobby. The primary concern is damage caused by cart wheels.

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

just 3 days left? whos excited?!

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Me me me! I really can't wait to see what everyone has created.

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We're leaving tomorrow! ;)

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Looks like we have some good weather for your trip, unless you were hoping for snow :)

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Who would want snow after that disaster last year? First our school tried to make us come home from the regional at 10:45 am, then our bus almost didn't make it back to our school alive Friday night. Although, we got to stay and we did get home safely, so I guess it all worked out in the end. All's well that ends well.

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No snow for the Connecticut Regional?? :ahh:

I'll believe it when I see it.

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Well, a lil' snow wouldn't hurt... ;)

Temperatures up there at this time of year aren't very different from what we get down here in the winter, so the snow would be a plus.

If you people from Connecticut can't get us snow, maybe the fine people of Central Valley, NY can spare some on the first day of our trip! :D

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Sorry, but I'd like to leave all the snow in Syracuse while I'm on spring break. I can't wait for Thursday.

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Snow *showers* predicted for Wednesday so our Brazilian friends can see some flakes while they are here. But WARMING UP for the weekend! Yeah!

I think FIRST competitions have seen enough snow delays in the last three weeks!

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Me Too :)

There should still be snow in the mountains in Vermont.

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Greater Hartford’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 11am on Saturday, March 15, at Capitol Avenue near the State Capitol Building, takes a left onto Main Street, a left onto Asylum Street, a left onto Ford Street, and ends by the Memorial Arch. The parade will be held rain or shine. Parade watchers may be using the venue's parking garage and streets may be closed so plan accordingly.

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I R ready for connecticut!!!

Get it? GET IT??

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I could live without the snow AND the FIRST flu from last year. My daughter was so sick she actually laid her head down and SLEPT for 3 hours in the middle of Friday's competition. And she missed Saturday altogether (although she did call me a million times to see how we were doing).

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Half our team woke up sick Saturday morning - someone must have tried to poison our awesome alliance if your team was sick too. Our only driver 1 was vomiting Friday night/Saturday morning - we almost had to get another team to drive our robot for us.

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team 772 sabre bytes- the only team from canada at the connecticut regional - see you all at overdrive

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1 day 9 hours left until the regional!

WHOS READY TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE?!

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we're bussing up later today!

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Anyone interested in seeing the new gear being used for FTC next season, please look for me in the lobby area - I will have it with me.

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Will there be a NEMO Meeting at the CT regional?

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Welcome to CT. We'll be going to Toronto next :)

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I normally don't hold them at FRC Regionals due to the time constraints of the mentors there... and the Vol. Coordinator has me booked. :)

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Yes, we are very excited to have teams 772 from Canada and 383 from Brazil joining us in Connecticut!

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I'll make sure to be watching the webcast from Paris. Good luck to everyone who will be there!

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10 more hours until pits open!!!

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Its officially the day of the regionals... so good luck to all!

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I can't sleep!

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Same problem with the person above me :D

Well goo luck to everyone, we will be there too, (we have to test a terrible amount on new coding we have done) cant wait!!

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I think that problem was pretty much seen across the boards with everyone who's going to be at the regional today.

2 hours until pits open- it's really regional time now!

Good luck everyone, and see you there. Stop by our pit if you need anything- especially flag holders. We brought about 10 extras since we forget them every year.

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Congrats planning committee for getting Governor Jodi Rell to visit the competition!

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In Match 11, Team 95 demonstrates the coolest way to displace an opponents trackball from the overpass ever. They literally catapult their ball into the bottom, sending it flying off the field.

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what's going on the webcast right now? it's been cutting in and out all morning.

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Does anyone know if the web cast is down? I cant connect to a steady feed.

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mms://vbrick.wmlivesvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_vbrick_vitalstream_com_eurocast0507

Works for me.

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We're doing well today.
Right now we're in 6th.
We're having a great time so far, we're really excited about tomorrow.
Dean Camen coming was nice, I was surprised to hear that he was in Florida too :O That's quite a trek in one day.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional - pictures
 

Sorry for posting a new thread on the Connecticut Regional, I didn't see this thread yesterday as I didn't look way down the page. Anyhow here are pictures from the first three days of the CT Regional. They are hosted on my FTC teams The Weaver High School Beaver Bots website http://www.beaverbots.com/events.htm but I am supplying direct links here.

Friday's qualification rounds are here along with the visit by Dean and also Gov. Rell, about a thousand pictures in the gallery, use the slideshow function and just let them run until you see yourself or a friend, your friend doesn't have to be human...http://www.beaverbots.com/ct_frc/qualifications/

Thursday's pictures from the first day of practice sessions and other facets of the event.
http://www.beaverbots.com/ct_frc/practices/

Wednesday's pictures from the setup and volunteer prep sessions.
http://www.beaverbots.com/ct_frc/

I will post Saturday's pictures in this post also.

Hope the pictures are worth the effort.
peace

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

SF1 should be good.
Most likely it will be:

1124 175 716
vs
195 126 173

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lets go 195/126...

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semifinal 1, absolutely incredible


even with gaelforce out for half the match....what a showing by buzz, uberbots, cybernights and gaelforce

142 for red-42 for blue, blue alliance had 40 points in penalties

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congrats to 1124, 175 and 716!

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1124 and 175 had amazing robots this year. 1124 did not lose a match throughout the whole tournament, what a showing!

We ended up losing in the semi finals, along with 383 the Brazil team and 549. The Brazil team was an amazing alliance partner and an amazing robot. They used an omni wheel drive system, and they made the wheels themselves! Now THAT'S impressive. 549 was a great defensive bot that almost helped carry us into the finals. Our bot was very solid and we hope to make another good showing in 2 weeks at Long Island.

Congratulations one and all!

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I believe those are mecanum wheels. And their robot looked eerily familiar.;)

Even though I just went to watch, I wanted to extend congratulations to the winning alliance of 1124, 175, and 716! And also to 126 for winning EI!

I also thought it was pretty cool that all the coaches on the alliance of 195, 126, and 173 were all former students of their respective teams!:ahh:

See y'all either in Boston or ATL!

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T-Shirt weather for the CT regional.... (even at night?!?!?!?) :ahh:

Well... I guess I'm a believer now.

It made for very nice weather at night after the competition was over in downtown Hartford while strolling out for some dinner.
Horray for no sign of snow this past weekend!

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I have to agree - great weather for our Fire Ball (the social.)

Last year we had nearly nobody due to the snow but this year we had a turnout of 220+

Hopefully next year we can break 300!

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Thank you to all our opponents, and special thanks to team 126 for lending us parts. Teams 1124 and 175 did an incredible job, it was truly an honor to be on your alliance. Thank you so much.

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What a weekend!

First off, I just want to thank everyone who made this weekend such a great success for New England FIRST. This truely was a great event and that couldn't have happened without all the great teams and volunteers in attendance.

Congrats to 1124, 175, and 716!

I have to say, 1124 and 175 may be the most dangerous robots I have seen this year. I guess arm bots are just as effective as shooters afterall. Throughout the weekend, nobody was as fast as Buzz at picking up and delivering track balls...all I have to say is watch out, they are a major force this year.

Also congrats to 236 for another Chairmans victory!

Now...its time to get rest!

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I take it Buzz's arm is no longer breaking off their stops? If they've fixed that for good, then they'll make at least division champion.

But 142! 142 IS A LOT OF POINTS! Please put this match on TBA like now, so I can watch it. Please! Or at least a summary to tide me over. :D

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I dont think that a summary would do it justice... but basically we had a small advantage during autonomous, and just kept scoring after that. trackball after trackball after trackball. It was like a maximum sort of thing- the alliance came together and worked at 100%. 1124 and 175 were able to score freely, while 716 played EXCELLENT defense and kept the other alliance from scoring while also keeping them out of our faces. it was perfect.

you will have to wait until the video gets blue-allianced before seeing it (=

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Congrats to 1124 (three peat), 175, and 716 for putting together an amazing and unstoppable alliance!!

And to the Ticks for getting Chairman's, some of us really hope you can get the Championship one ;)

See you at Championships!!

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Thanks to Teams 1124 and 716 and all of the other 59 teams there for making BUZZ's return to the CT Regional a truly memorable OVERDRIVE experience. We've been away (@Chesapeake) for a couple years and it is always good to return to the "Home Zone".

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and we are glad you did (=

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First of all, congratulations to all of the amazing teams and robots I saw at the Connecticut Regional. There were so many unique ideas, and things that worked so well for all of you. (You have no idea how hard it is to only pick two teams to be on your alliance! Couldn't it have been one alliance of 62 robots?)

Team 236, congratulations for winning the Chairman's Award. The work your team does is amazing, and you truly deserved it.

Teams 230, 61, and 1991, thanks for being great opponents. You were fun to play against and you put up a great fight. Congratulations on your great robots and all your hard work to get as far as you did.

Teams 175, and 716, thank you so much for working with us! You guys were amazing partners, and our team never would have been able to do so well without your help. You let us keep our undefeated record, and have the "threepeat" ... both of which I can't believe really happened.

To all the people who congratulated our alliance, thank you for your kind words.

And to the guy from team 716, I'm really glad we got to work with you, too. Some of the people on our team who weren't connected with the alliance partners decision looked at your ranking and were shocked. (This is why we don't go by ranking numbers, we go by robot performance and capabilities.) You guys deserved another chance, and we wanted to give it to you, just like team 177 took a chance on us back in 2006.

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you forgot team 2621, who showed great gracious professionalism in untipping us in our last qualifying match. You guys had a great robot, and thoroughly deserved the rookie all-star award that you got. We look forward to seeing you guys again in Atlanta, if you decide to go.

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I didn't mean to leave them out... like I said, there were so many great teams at the regional- it's hard to remember everyone that was there and deserved a thank-you or a congratulations. I told them at the regional that their team was well beyond their years in all the things that go into FIRST, and I am very glad they won that award. They certainly deserved it.

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Anyone get a chance to look at the FTC gear? Pictures?

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I saw Kathie with one Gear :D

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It looked just like the photo of the large gear in the "FTC Blog".

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Sorry for any confusion I caused with my earlier post - yes, I had ONE gear from the new kit. I didn't mean to imply that I had a whole kit.

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Photos of the FINALS are going up as I type this it will be about another 20 minutes before the index.htm file makes it up but the images are listing and viewable while the directory is being built.

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Sorry for misunderstanding your post. I guess I am kind of anxious for the release of more information. Kathie is there any way they could speed this up. In the most recent video on the blog they show a functioning robot. If FIRST wants us to support this new initiative we need as much info ASAP.

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Great job all!

Thank you 1089 for that usb-serial cable, you saved us a ton of hassle.

383 549 Great job in the elimination rounds, we didn't win it, but we gave them a run for there money :D

Also, anyone know of any video going up? Great pictures!

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For those who weren't there, the Connecticut Regional was "buzzing" with media and political attention. The State Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, gave a speech on Friday. Congressional Representatives Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy spoke on Saturday. Both Dean and Woodie made appearances and drive teams were constantly flanked by television crews.

Everyone did a great job with Dean's homework this year.

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And don't forget our Governor Jodi M. Rell, and a news crew from NBC 30 were there was well!

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Awesome, I must have been in the pits when the governor was there. I also know that Channel 3 broadcasted live for 30 mins!! New England Cable News also had a long segment.

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Thank you to EVERYONE at Connecticut for helping to provide such a great first time experience for our team. We had a wonderful experience and are in a slight state of shock about Rookie All-Star. We are gearing up for Atlanta though and are excited to meet more teams and gain more experience.

We were wowed by all the amazing robots in Connecticut and the ingenuity shown by all the teams, along with dedication. 2104's constant work on their robot the entire time was inspiring - and paid off for them Saturday when they successfully ran.

We couldn't have done it without all the teams so quick to supply help and materials - thank you a million times over. Special thanks to Gaelforce #126, for letting us borrow anything and everything, along with checking in to see how things were going a few times. We learned a TON from everyone there!

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Thank you 1124 for selecting us and leading an awesome alliance! I am glad your scouts were watching us play as our rankings did not show our capability. Thank you 175 for being a great partner! Welcome back to the CT Regional!

Congrats to Team 236 for Chairman's (again! good luck at the Championship) and Team 126 for Engineering Inspiration.

Congrats also to Ernie for Woodie Flowers, I have known you a long time and you certainly deserved this award.

Special thanks to Team 126 for the sprockets for our arm lift.

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During eliminations, I was asked to wear a wireless mic while coaching by one of the media/production companies. Anyone know what this was for?

(Hopefully nothing too important, I'm sure no one wants to hear my incessant "ball over there", "swap up on D, jeff", and "OMG watch out for that wall!" )

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Both myself (driver coach) and one of our drivers did the same thing. We also had a camera crew follow us around during our driver/strategy meeting in quals. I'm not sure where either of the crews were from.

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

There were several film crews on scene throughout the Regional. Several were there from the news channels. One was filming for the Connecticut Science Center. One was filming for the 24 hour Global Marathon project (National Engineers Week).

There were people there from a number of print publications as well.

Thank you to the teams who have done their homework, and to the planning committee members who have also been diligently contacting our politicians and media.

FINALLY we got 'em there!

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I'm a bit bias here... But does anyone remember the awsome hand-off in our last match from RAGE-173. They don't score High this year, so after we hurdled the other ball they were behind us holding the second ball so we backedup and they dropped the ball into out lift and we then went to hurdle it. Unfortunalty we needed a few more seconds for the piston to fill, so is was a perfect ending. But is was an aswome pass none the less.

Congrats to all the winners... Congrats to Uberbots for also going undefeated. We did that two years ago in Vegas (until the semifinals that is)so We know how hard that is to achieve that. Great Robot - both you and Buzz made us work hard!!!

Good luck going forward to everyone. We are heading to New Orleans and our team is setting up the webcast there as well, so please tune is and chear us on.

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870/383..... THX for choosing us, I too thought we had a great chance..............maybe next year huh???

ALSO, this question is for everyone...... Anyone know how I can get a hold of someone from TEAM 1991???? We borrowed their thether cable, and I forgot to give it back..... I checked their website, and all the emails have gotten retirned to me.... :-(

TEAM 157........... I truly believe you should have gotten choosen for an alliance, you guys got a great TEAM

Stills

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

I tried sending you a PM, and it said you don't accept them. Send me one, and I'll get you in touch with a member of 1991 who posts on these forums.

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That move did not go unnoticed by Buzz. Was totally unexpected (by me) while watching that match. Rage is a great team, and they are always on top of their game.:) :)

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Same here. What they told me was that they were following five teams at our regional for a video for the new Connecticut Science Center. They also interviewed Dean Kamen on Friday, and they may have interviewed Woodie on Saturday, but I didn't see them doing that one.

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I am a mentor from team 1991 and you could go through me to get us the cable back. Call me at work 860-756-4769. - Bryan

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Thanks, you guys were great (and gracious) opponents. I wish you the best of luck in New Orleans, hopefully you'll bring back a trophy from there, too. Your robot this year is awesome, and you definitely deserve a win. (-:

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Five teams, eh? I wonder who the other two are.

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You know, I was GA'ing that match, and I was looking at one part of the field, heard everyone cheering, and then I turned, caught the end of it, and realized what had happened and tried to "make-up" for it on the mic, and I was bummed I missed it.

That's the sort of thing I love to see.

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This video isn't available any more. Anyplace else I can get it? That footage was perfect for fundraising video purposes...

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I had to re-add the Week 3 Regional matches, so that link doesn't work anymore. We don't have video of the CT Regional yet, but ought to after Team 230 gets us a copy. Hang on until then :)

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Alas, you can also contact me. I'm on here several times a day.

Jacob

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

I'd really like to thank teams 1230 and 2170, our (1071) alliance partners in the finals. It was my first year on the drive team, and they really made it a weekend to remember. They were gracious and professional, enthusiastic and a lot of fun. They were an amazing group of guys to compete with, and I'd like to thank them all for that, from me and the rest of my team.

Congrats to the winning alliance, you guys were unstoppable. It was a real thrill going against you!

Good luck to all the teams continuing on, and we hope to see as many of you as possible in Atlanta!

--Iona

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Thanks! Your alliance had our spectators (and team members) in the stands nervous because of the really close score on the first match. You guys all had great robots, and you were a lot of fun to play against. It was too bad when your radio came disconnected, though. See you in Atlanta!

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I'll try to get it posted.

It surprised me too. We talked as a team about catching another partners hurdle (which we never realy had a chance to try in competition) and we talked about teams hurding balls to us, but an direct hand off was definately cool. I never asked the drivers if they planed that of came up with it on the fly.

Its funny, a few years back (04 i think) the last year we had to hang from the bar. We had a Picture Perfect moment hanging from the bar going against RAGE that match... we both hung with a big ball stuck in the middle. Seems like our robots like each other :) no matter which alliance were on!!!

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It was semi-planned. We knew we could do it, but we didn't want to do it just for the sake of doing it. Luckily, the situation worked out well and we were able to pull it off.
Good Luck in New Orleans!

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

I also want to thank 1071 and 2170 for joining us in the #8 alliance. We had a great time working with all of you, and we put up quite a fight!

Team Lionics was excited to be in the quarterfinals, but the icing on the cake was that last match because it allowed us to actually see the robot make it all the way around in hybrid for the first time on a full FRC field. If I remember right, our alliance had 32 points at the end of hybrid! (This lead was quickly eliminated by the remarkable offensive power of our opponents, but it's something we can be really proud of!)

It was also an honor competing against the #1 alliance - 1124, 175, and 716. you not only dominated the elimination matches, but amazed us all with how MANY people you had there supporting your teams! I think all three of you wrapped around the entire arena when accepting your regional champion medals. Congratulations on your three great robots, but more importantly, congratulations on the extent to which you have spread FIRST within your community. Good luck in Atlanta!

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I'm pretty bummed because I just had a long response typed, and my computer deleted it. That always seems to happen to me...

Anyway, I have to say congratulations to your alliance. Like I said to someone else, you were a great group of teams and you worked really well together- you had our supporters scared after QF 1-1 because the scores were so close!

I was the drive team coach, and I definitely noticed that hybrid mode. I was a little jealous that ours wasn't working right. I know the feeling of it finally working, though. We had a beautiful hybrid going at our practice facility, but it was a little off at the regional. There was this one match, though, where we knocked off one alliance trackball (second was a near miss), and crossed 5 lines, for a total of 28 points on our robot alone. It wasn't as great as practice, but way better than the times we went backwards around the field.

And the funny thing about our supporters is, I was even shocked to see so many people come watch us- I guess all of our work on spreading the word is paying off. There were middle school kids (and younger) who wanted to join the team in the future, school administrators, teachers with their families, kids from our school, parents, siblings, sponsors, families, friends... Looking at us now, you would never have known that in 2003, we began as a team of 12, and even in 2006, we were only 24. (-:

Re: 2008 Connecticut Regional
 

That's quite a turnaround!

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We couldn't have been more honored. Like I said, it was an amazing first drive team experience for me, and an equally awesome competition for my teammates.

Your hybrid was fantastic, we were all really impressed. It's not easy to get a fully functional hybrid, but you guys really did an amazing jobs.

Thanks again.