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2008 Florida Regional
Hey everybody, i dont expect anything else but a great competition at this year florida regional. For those of you that dont know us we are Team 457 Grease Monkeys and look forward to competeing in this year florida regional. All teams GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It is great to see a TX team and other out-of-staters at the FL Regional. The event should be amazing , particularly if all UCF's arena construction is complete. Hopes are high that all pits will be indoors this year!
Good luck to all teams who will be competing in the "Sunshine State" in 2008. |
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The new venue is amazing, I have yet to be inside however the construction is done and events are already being held. Construction is now pretty much at a minimum around that area as the Football stadium is done as is the bookstore, shops and dorms.
Check out some awesome yet a little older pics of the new venue The old arena is still standing right next to it, so if I had to guess the pits could be in the old arena as its about ~10-~20 feet away from the new one. This opens an opportunity for a lot more teams to attend. I'm definitely excited for the upcoming season the "new" Central Florida regional! |
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Is this going to be a Jersey-style regional with 64 teams and one field? Or will the double fields be brought out?
Either way, 2trainrobotics is extremely excited to compete in the sunshine! :cool: The field looks extremely deep this year....looking forward to see the final lineup. |
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Florida regional looks amazing so far. Good to see some first timers two train and Cybersonics comming to Fl as well as all the others. Nice to see our old new england friends back 348,69 and 56 to name a few. Then as always you have the usual Florida team suspects. Looks like another great Florida regional comming up.
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Its going to be a transitional year for the Florida regional so I hope that things will run just as smoothly as in the past and hopefully we will have that second field next year. |
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I heard that even though UCF's arena is complete its still going to be like the 07' regional. I really hope that thats wrong though because if they can hold more people and bring in two fields...well,that would pretty much be awesome.
Good luck yall see ya there !!!!! :yikes: ;) |
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I heard that we will not be able to use the new venue because the university wants to have their own events there first, before, well, FIRST this year. I could be wrong, but I believe that would make more sense for them. But, that was what I was told by another student so, I do not know for sure!
However, do not go solely on that, because I am only relaying what I know so please, don't get mad at me if my information is incorrect. |
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As for a super regional verse a max capacity one field regional, well all you would need to do is look at the team capacity on the FIRST website. It is very very expensive to run an additional field as well as very Volunteer demanding. It would take a large sponsor to step in and foot the bill, as well as dozens of new/additional Volunteers. I think FIRST will and should give it a year or two in the new venue to work out the kinks and prepare for a super regional, rather than go all out with a super regional this year. |
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We are hoping to attend, but it looks like we wont get in on oct. 25th.:(
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Thanks though, I didn't think about that. But, do you think it is possible that they would fit two fields in the old venue? Or maybe just that there will be area for more pits? I don't know. SORRY!!!! |
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I think the plan is for the pits to be in the old arena and the field to be in the new one. Maybe a 2nd field in the new arena in a year or two.
Either way...no more outside pits! |
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108 is excited to return for the 13th (I think?) time to an awesome regional! Can't wait until March! ...but I guess we'll have to build the robot first :rolleyes: |
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i cant wait to see the new arena i know for florida teams this is a long time thing coming and i cant wait to be a part of it
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Geeze, why does Florida have to be the same week as Chesapeake?
Y'all had better not have too much fun while I'm going north with my team this year. ;) |
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Robot Rodeo 2004 Florida Regional 2005 Florida Regional 2006 Mission Mayhem 2006 Florida Regional 2007 Mission Mayhem 2007 Not bad, but certainly not perfect either. ;) |
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Team 1270 will be coming down there again this year, hope the Florida Regional will be as exciting as it has been in the past Good luck All:D
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Team 233 cannot wait for the Florida Regional, but they have to because they have to build a robot or something first. . .
By the way, I have seen the venue and it is pretty sweet - lots more seating and excellent spots for scouts to scout (duh) the field, just to name a few advantages over the previous arena. There is also plenty of room for double fields whenever they decide to do that (probably not this year) - all they need to do is wrangle up a bunch of college students to come and help us out during their spring break - how hard could that be? |
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I'll be down there volunteering.
Should be a good time! |
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Not 100% sure what's going on cause I have a wedding that weekend also haha. Yay for spring break the same week. w00t w00t. Can't WAIT!!! And what a first trip to Florida it will be :) |
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The Florida Regional is one of the best parties in FIRST. Good competition, good teams competing together and working together. I met so many incredible mentors, students, parents, volunteers last year - and the campus is beautiful. Florida is just plain fun. Take lots of pictures and videos! |
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Team 1242 is coming back to the florida regional! we have gone to the peachtree regional in georgia the past 3 years and are glad to come back once more in our 5th year to our home state! any other teams in the broward/ miami-dade county area????
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the Florida Regional should be really great, the waiting is driving me crazy!
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I hope to make it down there, but I am unsure at the moment. Gotta love school...
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108, 408, 744, 1251, 1345, 1841 and 2383 |
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Miami Dade county:
Team 59 - Ramtech Team 168 - Flashbacks Team 1029 - Wolvecats. |
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1029 WolvCats
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Man, I just went to the new arena for a basketball game, Knights beat UTEP 107-88 or something like that.. but thats besides the point. Its my first time inside the arena, and it was flippin sweet.
Not only is the outside extremely beautiful with all the shops and landscaping style of the building and lights and high rise dorms, the inside is amazing to boot. ~10000 seats of pure awesome, sweet sky boxes, comfortable seats ( Not bleachers! I think unless they put it in the student section... ) So yeah, its going to be fun fo sho.. fo sho |
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any of the broward/ miami-dade teams interested in meeting up and sharing ideas or looking at each other's design? I am very interested in starting to build alliances for the regional, especially since there will be a lot of teams there, it'll be good to already know a couple local ones
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2008 Florida Regional and FCAT
I was wondering how other teams competiting the Florida Regional and their school districts are handling the FCAT testing conflict on March 13? In Polk County, the FCAT Science and the NRT are being administered on Thursday.
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Does anyone here know the date of the FCAT Science (11th Grade Obviously) for Orange County this year? I know there was some choice or something by the county, so our team is trying to figure out what we can do as far as practice day and such. Thanks..
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Greg- I am pretty sure its the same time and day in all of florida. I know its the same time here in Brevard as it is with my homie Mr. E. In Broward.
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Ya, as far as I know its is the Thursday, March 13, in all of florida. So everyone will go over wed. night except for our Juniors who will come over thrusday afternoon.
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I hope that this scheduling conflict can be fixed for 2009 and beyond. It's unfortunate when a great group of high school kids work so hard on such a worthwhile project only to see the bureaucracy crush their hopes. I'm guessing the gang-bangers will be up to their usual mayhem here in Palm Beach County, regardless of when the FCATs are scheduled. I think somebody needs to realize it's not all about what grades (and associated funding) the schools and districts get from the state, that by having this ridiculous blackout, they are missing an opportunity to keep some kids from going over to the "Dark Side." What a pity. :mad: |
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Hmmmmmmmm......... Regional Layout shows a 15 x 30 practice field in the pits. I hope noone was planning on driving very far past their own overpass during autonomous.
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the area for the pits (and practice field) are no longer available and everything is now going to be jammed into the arena. I don't know if the 10x9 pit size has survived or whether there will be any practice area aside from the main field. It is likely to be very tight for 60+ teams - but the new Arena is great. I do hope however, that with 60+ teams and only one practice field, the practice sessions will be expanded into late Thursday evening. At present there appears to be time for only three practice sessions per team which seems a bit short to me for this years game. |
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I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!!! IT'S GONNA BE SO COOL!!!!!!
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FYI There will be a shuttle launch on the Thursday of Florida regional. The only down side is that it is at 1AM!:eek:
We are going to try and see it, and we'll just sleep on the bus Wednesday. Now that I think about it, I never sleep while I'm in Florida:cool:. My secret as a driver, lots of energy drink, mountain dew, and Cheifdelphi. |
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the layout looks fairly interesting. It kinda looks like they isolated all the rookies together. I'm just glad there's no more tent-pits!!
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wait, so how do the pits work?
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On a different note, I like the layout of the pits. |
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People FIRST age and older tho will probably like Universal better, but its still occasionally fun to go to Disney. |
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I didn't realize the shuttle is suppose to take off that night. I am so tired after trying to get the bot ready I will be fast asleep by 1am.
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I've been to Disneyland - once. Loved it. |
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Thank you for helping to make last year's Florida Regional so special for me. You and your team mates in 1902, all the volunteers, and the teams that participated in the regional - made it one heck of a special memory. (Arefin's pigging at the airport with Wendy still makes me smile.) The new venue should be amazing. Everyone take pictures! Lots of pictures! |
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What's going on for a team social this year? [*starts mapquesting Disney World to UCF*] Florida is one of the funnest regionals and the wait is killing me!!
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P.S. And yeah, I can't wait either...11 more days!!!!! |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TEAM 1242
Team 1242 would like to inform all teams attending the Orlando Regional that we are currently collecting items and shipping them overseas to the troops in Iraq. We are collecting pocket size hand sanitizer, pocket size hand wipes, individual drink mix packs (on - the - go packs) Beef Jerky and small tootsie rolls. We would appreciate any donations of the above items. Please drop them off at Team 1242's Pit. HELP SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT RISK THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY AND CALMLY IN THE UNITED STATES We will also be raising money to help cover the cost of shipping of the items to Iraq. Stop by Team 1242's pit to purchase a team gumball and help us out. Thank you for your support!!!!! See you all soon!!! |
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I remember 108 was going raffle off some Motorolla Cell phones one year I believe it was for some sort of charity and they were told they couldn't do it, I think its silly especially since its a noble cause. Just don't advertise that your selling them and that your accepting donations and I would imagine your still within the rules. |
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For all teams attending the Florida Regional,
Do you have something unique about your robot or an interesting (short) story that happened during build season? Well I am gathering information so I will be able to announce facts about teams when they are on the field competing. For example, last year team 386 had an easy button as a scoring sensor, and team 180 had a funny story on why their robot was named ItchyBotCrane. If your team has something similar that can be said within 2 - 3 sentences, please PM me so your team can be recognized among your peers. I hope this gives a personal feel to the competition and makes it more exciting. |
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i believe our team has gotten permission from US First and the organizers of the Orlando regional...i'll double check to make sure they did. Thanks for the heads up! but do remember that all the other items mentioned above can still be donated regardless of that rule
=D see you guys in a couple days!!! i cant believe its so soon already |
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To all teams headed to the Florida Regional.........check your mailboxes......be on the lookout for a package from Exploding Bacon.
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With Florida 4 days away, anyone have any interesting updates (or a picture of Pink:p )? Has a team social been put together?
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We tried to get a team social together but it was denied. Problems with Liability and number of people.
We might just post a date and time of either bowling or a movie or something and anyone who is town could just show up,. |
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Hopefully we'll get this problem straightened out in the next few days, but again our teacher has backed out of the trip. So without an escort our team can't go until Friday night.... Also we're still hung up on the FCAT with a number of students.
Now we're hunting for a teacher to go with us. We've never had any luck getting teachers to help us out. MARS our neighboring school seems to get a lot more support from the Palm beach county school system. I wish we could afford to pay a teacher and keep one interested.... ugh... |
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PS: Sorry, hipsterjr, you'll just have to wait until the competition to see Roccobot 2K8. I have the feeling that it will be worth the wait. |
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Do you guys have any home schooled or other schools involved? Why can't the parents just sign them out of school for 2 days?
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Yes we work with 2 schools. Tomorrow morning our team lead is going to see the principle at our other school and plead with them. However they did see the principle of our primary school this morning and she said they will work it out as a last resort. I wonder if one of the FIRST mentors could be an advocate for us and convince our local school system that this program should be more of a priority. They do give a us a nice place to work out of, and I understand teachers are tired at the end of the day and want to go home. So I'm not sure what the answer is, other than paying them extra. We as a team have never done a very good job of advocating for ourselves. We just don't have a real dynamic go getter administrative type, just a bunch of caring average busy volunteers. I'd like to steal someones chairman award winning team leads for a while ;)
One way or another, we'll be there :) |
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I wish you all the best! Jane Young |
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kidnap the janitor lol jk. well maybe......no it wouldn't work.
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PS, itcan b piggo boom in 3d 14h 14m:P |
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:ahh: :ahh: I'm going insane!!! theres so much stuff to still get done...3 days!! I can't wait!!!:ahh: :ahh:
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The conflicting schedules between the Florida Regional and the FCAT scheduled in Florida has been going on for several years now.
Florida should move to week 5 or 6. I know that FIRST has no control over the Arena scheduling, and the Legislature determines when the FCAT is given. The Championship coincides with Senior skip day or something like that. We had a really hard time locating a charter bus for the trip to Atlanta, when most of Florida's graduating seniors are going to Orlando that weekend. |
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I know that my senior year on 108 all the graduating students had to chose between attending Grad Night and Championships. |
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MARS' was able to set up a joint MARS/Swamp presentation to Palm Beach County's School Board last year because the father of 2 of our students is a board member. Perhaps we can try to do that again. Let us know if there is anything else we can do. Also, just wanted to gripe again about FCATs. Our Juniors are being driven up seperately when their tests are over, & we were lucky to get that approved by the school. :mad: |
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I know Mr. Z is great. I wish we had a guy like that :) Anyhow I wasn't at the commission meeting, but I wonder if we made a case for $upport and teachers. Seems like we need to do that again but try and get some response. |
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I am so excited! Only 2 days for me! We leave wednesday morning at 6! I can't wait!
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Be sure to pack warm clothes; it is supposed to be in the 50's Wednesday night and in the 60's and 70's the rest of the week.
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PS: Sorry, hipsterjr, you'll just have to wait until the competition to see Roccobot 2K8. I have the feeling that it will be worth the wait.
IBLEEDPINK exactely what are we waiting for a six wd,telescoping arm and a huge roller claw on the end:cool: ? Thats just my guess. Can't wait for the regional. -good luck to all -Drew |
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Don't worry I've got it all! haha But, anything is better than our 30 degree weather, trust me! I can't wait! |
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Hey could someone tell me what building the regional is held in at UCF because we need to tell the bus company where to take us. Thanks
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Here is a map of the campus: http://campusmap.ucf.edu/flash/index.php |
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The Florida Regional is held in the University of Central Florida Arena.
Detailed driving directions and the campus map are in the following link: http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles...L_SiteInfo.pdf |
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:D Thank you 1902!:D
I really appreciated this, especially since I didn't have lunch today. 342 has a small present of you Thursday. Oink Oink, yum:p |
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I am going as a teamless alumni (RIP 186). I have not been involved with FIRST since I graduated in '03 but I'm looking forward to seeing how things have changed since then, and hopefully finding a team to mentor next year.
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On behalf of myself (I am going to be volunteering at the Regional), I would just like to thank all of the teams that will be participating at the Florida Regional this year. I would also like to wish good luck to all and any participants of the Florida Regional. I know that everyone will have fun, and I hope that everyone gets down (or up) here safely and enjoys their stay in [semi-] sunny Florida!
I can't wait to see everyone! -Vic |
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Has anyone else gotten 1902's candy yet? :ahh: wait a sec...what if Bacon is just trying to take advantage of my sweet tooth to make me eat the whole bag and make me sick for Thursday?:eek: [*eats last M&M in the bag*]
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Ditto this. I really meant to save these for our team meeting tonight, but they didn't last :-). |
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