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Congrats to all teams that participated. I was extremely surpised with the competition and how it played out. Us at 1647 are young but most of the members know what were facing next year and we will be back.

Congrats again everyone!!

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Excellent job to all the teams in who participated at this regional. Team 2729 would really like to thank everyone for openly welcoming our Team into the Philadelphia region through the many forms of GP demonstrated by countless numbers of teams (365, 272, 103, 87, 1647, 433, and 1089 to only name a few). We are looking forward to returning to this regional as our "home regional" and look forward to working with you all in the future.

From a Philly Alumni perspective, the Philadelphia Regional still rocks! Since I was in high school so many teams in our area (87, 103, 365, 272, 341, 433, 816) have grown in ways that make this regional one to remain exciting and competitive.

And, as an alumni let not forget Dean's homework! Get this link out and let's get in touch with the alumni that helped make this region what it is! http://firstcommunity.usfirst.org/

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Thanks to everyone who made the 2009 Philadelphia Regional another special and memorable experience.

Event Organizers - even though every had to get used to a new venue, from a participant's standpoint, everything seemed to flow extremely well.

Event Volunteers - part of the charm of Philly regionals are the solid group of veteran volunteers who know how to get things done effectively. 2009 is no different. Thanks for all your energy and enthusiasm throughout the whole event!

Teams - It was great to see old friends (316, 1495, 1370, 357, 222, 272, 84, 87 etc.) and, at the same time, see some friendly new faces at this year's event. It was great interacting with teams like 1507, 1153, 1089, and 395 (I'm sure I am forgetting some of you). Thank you for joining us "locals" in the City of Brotherly Love.

Drexel University and Temple University Without either of you, this regional would not have been as successful as it was. Thank you!

433 - Firebirds, congratulations on your well-deserved Chairman's Award. I was extremely impressed by the set-up you all organized for the Girl Scout activity. I also know about all the hard work you have put in over the years to spread the message of FIRST locally and globally. Keep it up!

341 - Miss Daisy, congratulations on your well-deserved Engineering Inspiration Award. We are fortunate in the local Philly area to see first-hand all your team does to inspire others. Great job! [also, thanks to the Daisies that joined in cheering for our eliminations alliance!]

103, 1153, 708 - Alliance #1, you were a tough opponent in the finals and played hard the whole time. Also, thanks to all the eliminations alliances. Matches were hard-fought, regardless of who was playing who.

395 and 56 - 2Train and Robbe Xtreme. Thanks to 2Train for selecting us for eliminations. You have a fantastic team and robot. Robbe - MOE loves being alliance partners with you guys! We are so glad you have come back to Philly! It was really neat seeing students from all of our teams standing along the balcony with MOE wobblies cheering our alliance. We also had spirited groups of team members on the floor and behind our alliance station. We worked extremely well together. You guys were great.

For those teams going on to other regionals or the Championship, good luck. For those of you whose official seasons are finished, see you during the off-season!

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Well, Philly '09 is in the record books.

The weekend was a rough one for us, things just didn't fall into our favor. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who came up to our pits and complimented us on our design or on our driving. It's true, we really don't have traction control of any sorts, there are no joystick filters, it's just completely open loop. (Some people refused to believe us.)

Some other Thanks and Congrats are in order though.

11- What can I say? I love you guys to death and it was great to finally play with you guys and I wish you the best of luck in Atlanta. Thanks for all of the kind words and moral support (Both on CD and in Philly) over the weekend, it means a lot.

222- You were by far my favorite team to play with all weekend. We worked so well together and it broke my heart that we couldn't ally together in the Elims. Oh well, there's always Atlanta ;)

316- You were awesome through out the weekend, even though you were plagued with drive train issues you still managed to get out and do well. Thanks for the support on and off the field and also thanks for the Driving advice. You guys are an awesome team, Maybe we'll see you at PARC.

365,395 and 56- Losing to you guys was rough but I'd have to say you were the best alliance through the Elims. No one expected you guys to come out and play as well as you did but you definitely deserved the win.

816- We did what we came to do, we got out there and played as well as we could with what we had. I'm so proud to call you guys my teammates, We built a Strong machine so don't let losing get you down. We'll get our wins where they matter the most, In Atlanta.

There's so much more I could say but I've spent too much time writing this post. See some of you in Atlanta.

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I just wanted to thank everyone involved with the Philly Regional for putting on a great event. My team had a lot of fun, and we can't wait for the Championship

Our alliance partners- 272 and 341- thank you for being you. We played well, and it was fun working with you guys. :)

For a team that had never been in an elimination round -EVER- in their first three years, a strong showing at both NJ and Philly was a dream come true for us.

See y'all in Atlanta! :)

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I'm back from Philly, and every year I'm falling more and more in love with this event.

Some regionals give off the feeling that it's too professional and distant from the volunteers/students, but every time I go to Philly it feels like I'm coming home to an extended family reunion.

To all the volunteers that worked with me: THANK YOU.

The people who were in charge of getting robots to the field did so with expertise, we never had to wait for a team that ran late.

Pit Admin: It's not easy being behind the curtain, but somehow you work your magic year after year.

The ref crew was outstanding, they made my job a lot easier explaining penalties to the crowd. I felt their calls were fair and justified all around.

The scoring table: Andrea, and Mike, it was a pleasure working with both of you again.

The field reset crew: You guys kept were awesome at your job, every time i turned around after a match the field would be cleared in seconds! I am still amazed at your speed and efficiency.

Pete and DeAnn: You kept this regional running. The work you do is so undervalued it's really criminal.

Maureen and Anne: As volunteer coordinators, it's a thankless job trying to fill in all the positions, but you two pull it off with flying colors!

Carol: Thank you for letting me continue to work the event year after year, your generosity goes above and beyond anything that I deserve.

Chiniqua: What can I say? We've been doing this for 5 years, you've given my best friend a nickname that precedes him, and we've got the rhythm down to a science. I can't wait to work with you again.

Finally, to the teams: Thank you for doing what you do. The energy that all of you put out over the three days really makes my job easier. You all are one of the main reasons I keep coming back year after year.


Sorry this post was so long, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some people. But I can't wait for Philly next year!

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Philadelphia will once again be a week 5 regional next year. The regional is traditionally held during our spring break as the DAC is constantly booked until that week. However once the Armory is done, the regional may be moved to another week, but only time will tell.

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Philly was even more exciting for me this year then the last. I'd like to thank team 1791 for the Personal Recog. Award they gave me.

I'd also like to thank teams 87 (RV Diablos) and 223 (Extreme Heat) for being great alliance partners. things just didn't go as planed unfortunately.

Great job getting the victory 365, 56, 395

See you all in Atlanta, I'll be the only underclassman there for Team 816.

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TEAM 708 would like to extend an enormous thank you to Teams 103 and 1153. For the first time in our team's history we made it to the finals!!! :yikes: As always you both fought exceptionally well, I just hope that we were able to live up to expectations.

Congratulations to Teams 56, 365, and 395!!! You all fought valiantly... and it was an honor to go down against teams of your caliber!

1391 - You were a formidable opponent!!! We enjoyed dancing with you through the semi-Finals

816 - You guys gave me a deep butterfly feeling in the pit of my stomach every time you got near our trailer... I am reviewing our video reels, I'll have to forward you along some of it...

341 - As always you are a great opponent!!! Look forward to seeing you at the Championship!!!

1712 - We look forward to seeing you at the National Championship. Hopefully we can avoid getting tipped by you this year!

If any team would like a copy of the awards presentation I will be making it available (minus Dean's Speech) later this week. I was unfortunately in the pits for the majority of his speech!!!

Good Luck to everyone going to the championship, hopefully we'll see you there!!!

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Yea...about that. I definitely look forward to seeing you guys in ATL. Hopefully we wont tip you guys again this year.

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Being as I was the driver who unfortunately tipped you guys a few time last year, I would like to make sure that my apologies are heard. I hope that our team can work with you guys sometime in the near future. Hopefully on the same side of the glass to prevent any tangles!

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I wanted to shout out to MOE for giving us their camera color values. Really appreciate it guys. :) We didn't have any other time to calibrate properly.

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It's all part of the competition... but a perfect demonstration of GP was everytime you knocked us over, there was a post match visit to our pit, to see if we needed any help!!! DAWGMA's got it going on!!!:D :D :D

We would love to work with you guys, a great team with great mentors and students!!! Hopefully we'll get to see you guys at the championship, and if not hopefully at either the Duel or Ramp Riot.

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MOE is one of the teams we should aspire to be!!! They've got a great organization, great mentors, and most importantly a great attitude...

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Wow where to begin.....Philly was a great regional comprised of a bunch of amazing teams! As always thank you so much to the volunteers for keeping the event running smooth.

Thanks to all the teams we played with throughout the competition. We got to play with some old friends and some new friends. We were hoping to play with 816 in the elims. but the got picked before we could get to em.....however our alliance with 11 and 316 was awesome! I really wish we could have taken it further. 1279, 1391 & 834 you guys played great! 272, 341 & 1923 you guys played great against the #1 alliance and those were some great rounds to watch! Also congrats to 395, 365 & 56 on their regional victory!

Thanks to everyone for the kind compliments.

We'll see everyone in Atlanta!

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There no way anyone can be disappointed about the quarter finals we all played hard and were bested by a powerful alliance. 11 and 316 both played their heart out for this alliance. All three of our teams should be holding our heads up high! Best of luck to 11 and 316!

On another side note sorry to 223 for the decline. Also sorry our representative on the field only said "we decline". We heard the boos....unfortunately Dave is a man of few words. :o

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THANK YOU PHILADELPHIA

Team 1153 Robo-Rebels from Walpole, MA would like to thank everyone for a great regional in Philadelphia and a great experience for our team. This was our first time at the Philadelphia Regional. We came because we heard that the people were great, the teams were great, and the competition was great, and all of this was true. We really enjoyed meeting all the teams, playing with and against some really great robots, competing hard, and having fun.

Regional Staff & Volunteers – Thanks for running a great regional, we appreciate all the hard work you put in to give the kids a great experience.

Team 103 – Cybersonics and Team 708 – Hardwired Fusion. We had a great time playing with you and competing hard in the playoffs and making it all the way to the Finals. While we came up just a bit short of our goal – we are proud to have had the chance to compete with two great alliance partners.

Teams 56 [Robbe Extreme], 365 [MOE] , 395 [2 Train]- Congratulations to the winning alliance. When we saw you win your semi-final, we knew it would be a battle all the way to the end and it was, lots of great action.

We wish all the teams going to Atlanta – good luck. We hope to meet you all again at some point in the future at a regional event.

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Thanks man, it was awesome to be a part of your alliance, just sorry we couldn't help get you that second regional win all in one year. :cool:

I remember hearing "ohhhh" of surprise when you guys denied, not "booo". I don't think anyone should hold declines against others anyway.

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Awww we love you too. But you still aren't getting a shirt. Yeah it seemed that we were pretty popular for the Elims I don't know why.

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It's all about "The MORT Anomaly Featuring The Tigertrons".

Yeah. It'll happen, and you'll be scared when it does.

Upon Further Thought these alliance names would also be acceptable:
The Tigertron Anomaly Featuring MORT
The Westech Tigertron MORT Experience
The Alliance of Orange (And Mort)
The Tigertron Marauder Anomaly

etc....

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PHilly was great i enjoyed every part of it. thanks to all the teams there.
I was wondering if any one knew where i could see pictures of the event any thing will do.

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I'll be posting a gallery later in the week, probably on Picasa.

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I just wanted to say that the Philly regional was great, even though our team (304) just missed the elims being 23'rd.

Shoutouts go to all the teams that let us borrow tools and game pieces, gave us advice, etc...

Special thanks goes out to 321 (for letting us hang around when we weren't doing anything, and letting us tether two bots at once on the practice field), and 316 (for being great pit neighbors).

Again, thanks to EVERYONE who helped make Philly great, and make it such fun for all of us!!

--Philip, and all of Team 304

P.S. no complains with the randomizer like i had last year. the problem was fixed well....:D

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No problem, 304. We here at 321 appreciate you guys staying with FIRST this year, as we were the only two Philly school district schools that were competing. I look forward to working with you guys in the future!

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It's all good. We understand. Though, you have to admit that the boos were somewhat entertaining. I got it on camera and it's fun to watch the ENTIRE stadium boo in unison.
Thanks to team 816 and 87. You guys were great. <3

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Aww, thanks :) You guys were fun pit neighbors and we loved every second of it. Also, thanks for the muffin on Thursday before they opened the doors hehe :D I know my friend is thankful for his as well.

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Congrats to all the teams and especially to my friends of Team 204 for being in the Top 10. I wished I could have been there.

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whoa that's a lot of pictures!

thanks for posting them for everyone!!!

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More pictures - only 140 this time. These were taken by the MOE mentor who took the ones I previously posted, but he also took a lot of pics of other teams, so check them out.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mikejpeo...eat=directlink

P.S. Particularly nice shots of a team member from Cougar Robotics and another from Team Mercury. And one of the teams numbers spelled out on empty seats.

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I'll add to the photos, too -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1795759...7615785730411/

I may add more come the weekend, but I didn't take as many photos as I usually do at events (only ~800 and I wasn't pleased with them). They're almost all from Saturday.

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Wow these are awesome! Thanks everyone! :D

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Hehe, 2 regionals down and i barely got photographed....I call that a success

:cool:

But the pictures that were taken of the events were amazing, kudos to all of you

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Is there any video of matches?

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Yeah, there is video. I've been quite busy recently, but i'll be splitting it up this summer. I'll post on here when I start uploading.

Again, can't wait for offseasons and next year....

--Philip