Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

It seemed like a communication error/ gremlin error.

Our OI was reading 1.1V meaning it wasn't reading any power. IFI said our battery was dead, but it wasn't. Our victors were spinning and everything. Then a robot bumped us, voltage shot up back to 13.3V and everything started working.

I remember someone saying the IFI guy moved our robot forward to show us it started working, but it was probably our driver.

We did a crazy amount of testing when we got back. We couldn't find the culprit. We even took out all of our wires apart to check if anything was fried/loose.

If we had to suspect anything, we are going to suspect the battery. The battery was nice and tight, and the wires were making full contact.

It drives us crazy that we didn't move. We only lost by 20 points. If our robot had moved we could have easily made 20 points.

Oh well. Onto NY.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

That is truly something I love to hear from such a hard working and great team. You guys have a wonderful robot and I think with a little tweaking you could go far.:)

Good luck in NY

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Thank you also and team 2016 as well. Speaking for myself only I want to thank you guys for already making my first year as Director of Strategy and my last year as a student on my team a success. I came from being almost useless last year (except for in ultimate frisbee) to picking a semifinalist alliance that could have definitely made it to the finals and won. Although I can only speak for myself I know that everybody on my team was extremely happy with your team(1279)'s and team 2016's performance. I wish our robot worked in our last match, especially since the score was so close but I understand that it is the nature of the game and that it happens. So again thank you to not only your team but team 2016 as well.

I agree that that mechanism was awesome as well as being able to hurdle both overpasses and being able to hurdle over a ball placed on the overpass.

I also want to say to team 381 that you were definitely one of the nicer teams to work with on my part (im not a driver) in the qualifying matches of. I was really $@#$@#$@#$@#(i guess i mean darn here) nervous because i had never talked to another team before but you guys were cool to talk to and didn't ignore me like some other teams. Also you guys played some great defense in those elimination matches including the defense you played on our alliance in the semifinals. I definitely think that the regional would have ended differently if your team wasnt there.

Finally. Congrats to you guys and team's 103,and 25 for winning the regional.

I also want to say congrats to team 1676 for winning the chairman's award. That scouting system you guys set up was awesome, and learning that the picks i made were correct and backed up by more data while waiting to go up on to the field to make those picks was a very relieving feeling.

Next stop home game in NYC. Im going to be working hard for the month along with the rest of my team preparing for it but when it comes we'll be prepared.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

NJ Regional was a blast this year despite the amount of work and frustration we went through to fix our robot. But that is what makes it fun sometimes.

Overall, I was very impressed with just about every aspect of the NJ Regional this year. They fixed the floors this year so this is the first time I have come out of the NJ regional not feeling sick. The entire field crew including referee's, MCs(Wayne and Shaniqua), Announcers(Chris and George), scorers, queuers, pit announcers, robot inspectors, Judges and pit desks were all very friendly and made the competition run smoothly. All this is a huge step up from last year. Everything seemed to be a whole lot more organized than last year too. Congratulations to all who made it happen. My only complaint was the field was not completely into specs and no one told us the field used an IR system to track the laps. Both things messed us up for a couple days.

It was an honor to play against our neighbors 11 along with 1980 and 2590. Thanks to a good match pairing algorithm, we did not have to play 11 all day.They came up with a very decent robot and they truly deserved to be finalist.

Congratulations to 1676 on the Chairmans. I cannot think of a more deserving team for this honor. I remember working with them when they started their team and they had a good mentor-base very early. This team knows where to learn from example and where to start their own ripples. With a combination of practicality, hard work and honest dedication, they made themselves worthy of this award even though they are a very young team.

I cannot thank our alliance partners 103 and 381 enough. 381 decided to keep it simple and do their job very well. This is what we looked for when we picked them. We would also like to thank 103 for picking us this year. Over the years, we have become good friends by working together on various things. They build excellent robots and they are one to watch out for this year. It was no easy task taking this regional again and all the teams we played put up an excellent battle. It was definitely an adrenaline rush to play against them.

Finally, I'd like to thank team 25 for letting me be a part of them. It is truly an honor to work with bright minds such as Mr. Cokeley, Shaun, the BMS guys and some really excited students. There is always something to learn when I'm around them and there is always something to give. Putting together such a team is no easy task and it has taken years to do so. It is inspiration.

-Bharat
p.s. Congratulations JessJank("MOM") for running into the "boys room" one more time at a robotics competition.:p :p

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Almost,
103 did it in 2003
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....event_type=FRC

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

As I see (and I could be wrong, I only did a quick look), 103 won two awards and was a finalist. 1676 won three awards (J&J, Motorola, and Website). I know
2590 was a finalist- did they only win two other awards?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Congrats to teams 25, 103, 381 for the win. Hope to see you guys later (toronto or atlanta?).

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

I have a few congratulations to send out to NJ regional teams. I found and congratulated most of the team leads in person, but to the rest of the teams...

Thanks to 103 and 381 for putting on a terrific display. 103: Your shooter was very good, you were by far and away the best hurdler at NJ. You had the regional in the bag from the get go. 381: I called your design a great looking U-Boat that should be able to maneuver around other teams quite easily. You proved me right. Great job!

To 1676, you guys are just awesome! I've seen a lot of the stuff you have accomplished over the years, and you are a terrific FIRST team. I feel awesome knowing that I was around you guys from the start. Your team has had a great impact on FIRST and myself.

To 1403.. so close, yet again. But don't worry, you guys will get the Chairman's soon enough. You more than deserve it; you are a beam of light out of Central Jersey. And with the Leichts up front, you will soon be one of the best teams in the Mid-Atlantic.

Finally, to team 25: I was very upset with the way the drive team conducted themselves. C'mon, you are a much better team than that. I felt embarrassed talking to other teams at the event knowing I was associated with you. It is wrong to take what should be "locker room bulletin board material" and put it on the back of your shirts, as you did. You shouldn't publicly mock someone's opinion like that. In this case, the opinion is true. You ARE clearly mortal. You can (and most likely) will be defeated. What you did was neither gracious nor professional. It was truly disappointing to see a team that many look up to, look childish and immature. Watch out for bumps this season, the fall from your saddle is a long one.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Please keep in mind that this forum is used for constructive networking between teams around the world. I hate to see threads get locked.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Yeah, thanks for that reminder.

Btw, awesome robot. Cold Fusion is constantly putting out awesome robots onto the field. :D

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Everyone at the NJ regional was awesome. 1923 loved getting to work with all of you.

To the gals (and guy) from 103- thank you for letting me sing with you on the national anthem. :)

On that note, does anyone (either SOAP or TBA) have video of Saturday's national anthem? My mom wasn't able to make it to NJ Regional saturday, and she wants to see it (and, of course, like any mom, pass it around to everyone she knows.... oy.) :P

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Two awards and a Finalist, three awards (and a robot that hardly moved...:eek: ). Doesn't matter. Team 103 is still one of our heroes, and we'd never want to detract from them. Thanks, Rich, for clarifying

Don

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

What is he referring to?

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

He may be referring to the stickers on the shirts that said "Clearly Mortal" but im not sure. If so I thought it was quite humorous.

Re: 2008 New Jersey Regional
 

Guys- Lets let the subject drop. Thanks.

WC