Re: Broken Links - Match times, Standings, Awards, etc.
 

From the FIRST people:
"The links are not broken, there just aren't any pages available to view yet. The placeholder pages may not have been uploaded due to an internet issue at the venue, but they will be up when the matches begin."

Re: Broken Links - Match times, Standings, Awards, etc.
 

Yay! The webcast is up!

I'm super excited about watching all the teams I met at Peachtree, specifically 2415, 1771, 1776, and 1261 (speaking of which just won the first match). I'm rooting for all you guys, and hope to see you in Atlanta.

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well... day one of the competition was pretty awesome! i hope that day two will be amazing (and im sure it will be:D) im super excited!

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It was a great day 1! Personally, I'm very impressed with the driving of 801, you're awesome. Of course, the usual suspects are impressive (342, 343 and many other SC teams), and 425 is a pretty cool surprise, love the hats. If the standings remain similar to the overnight, should be very interesting selections. Thanks to Uncle Jake's BBQ for some free food out front!

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I can't tell you how jealous I am of you guys. :( I'm sitting here in NC being bored when everyone is there.

And why was the Peachtree team social canceled? When I was watching the Webcast last night, they are like "Team Social at 6:00", my jealousy level went up by 10 points.

Very exciting matches, a lot of unexpected outcomes. Can't wait to see the picking and finals.

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YES!!! 2415!! Congrats guys. Congrats.

Oh, and 1771 and 21 too. :P

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Congratulations to 1676 and to all the winners! After watching 1771 and 2415 at Peachtree, I'm glad they get to be at Championships.

@Ben: I get the feeling the Peachtree social didn't happen because of the economy, but I'm not sure on that.

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congrats 2815 for your allstarness! hope to see you all in Atlanta

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Congrats to 2415, 1771, and 21 for the big win! Wish I could have been there!

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Team 1261 had an off regional, and things simply didn't go our way and we lost..we lost a lot.

So going into finals, we were really hoping for a second pick, and thanks to the 4th seeded alliance, we were able to join the finals.

Giving thanks where it's due, I would like to thank 1052 and 1746 for picking us. It was the highlight of a relatively "down" regional, and the alliance was AMAZING. With 3 scoring robots, we easily passed the quarters, and
in the semis, one of teams acquired a second yellow card and got an automatically loss, a match we should have won. Coupled with a loss in the third match, we were out of the championship, a proud, but still hungry alliance.

So I am most grateful to 1746 and 1051.

Congratulations to 1771, 2415, and 21 on the win. 1771 was due for one, and they deserve it. We were hoping to be aboard that epic GA alliance, but 4th seed really gave us a warm welcome, one we couldn't refuse. :P

Now to worlds. We have minor things to do, and I hope that 1746, 1771, and 1261 are in the same division so we can give this GA alliance another try. :D

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Nearly the entire system is not having socials this year due to the economy. There are only 3 or 4 system wide.

It is easier for a university to pull it off if they use their facilities. Much harder if you have to rent a venue.

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On behalf of Team 1379 I would like to once again thank Teams 3025 and 2815 for choosing us to join their alliance. You both are amazing rookie teams, and have managed to best some well-worn veterans, we hope to see you again in coming years.

I'd also like to thank 1771, 2415, and 21 for some amazing final matches. We are honored to have lost to such great opponents. I hope you do well at championships.

I'll be there at championships giving VIP tours and be ready because i'll be around telling the VIPs how amazing all of your robots were and how well you compete as teams.

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Thanks guys. We were really worried about things when we were 1-3 but were able to close out with a 5 match winning streak thanks to some GREAT alliance partners. Some times not the best alliance but great strategy helped us prevail.

I want to especially thank 1771 for picking us team 21 for being such phenomenal alliance partners. Yall were great and we worked nearly flawlessly together. I would especially like to congratulate all the Georgia teams. In my 6 years in FIRST, I have never seen that many Georgia teams going that far in a regional. FIVE TEAMS. Norcross 1379, Forsythe Alliance 1746, Peachtree Ridge 1261, North Gwinnette 1771, and us Westminster 2415.

I would like to thank all the volunteers for helping getting everything to fit in littlejohn... sort of haha.

Thanks to all the Georgia teams and mentors (Jeremy Roberts and Mr. Rosen) who were continually texting me throughout with support from home. And for Mannie Lowe who was there for us as well at competitions. Wasting my unlimited texts...

Congrats to 1676 for winning Chairmans and 281 for winning EI. I hope that one day our team can match yours in involvement and in embodying the values of FIRST.
Thanks to the Spartans, 425, for helping cheer us on as well at 2438 for helping us as well.

and Congrats to my little "Kiddies" for winning the Entreprenuership award AGAIN and a Regional Championship AGAIN. Maybe we can go for 3 of each in a year at Championships haha...

It was a lot of fun. Kinda like a roller coaster, but without all the wind

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Hm...Just a comment about the venue,

I think it's time that Palmetto Found another place. Maybe like a convention center or something. Clemson is great, but their court simply doesn't work anymore. The pits are tight, and heck, some of the pits weren't even with the regular pits, they were in the back.

Just a thought, but still none the less, a GREAT regional.

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Congrats 1771, 2415, and 21!!!

I can't wait to see you all at the world competition!!!

I would also like to thank team 1051 and 1261 for being such awesome alliance partners in the finals! Thank you for picking us as well!

Congrats to team 1676 as well on the chairman's award! Maybe I'll get a rematch in Smash Bros. now ;)

It was an awesome weekend and a great regional!
I hope I can come back and visit next year :D

-Chris
P.S. Are you happy that you got your Fork Trick, Santosh?

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To Magiciandude... thanks for the congrats and Hell yeah I am happy. I have been waiting a long time for the trick. FINALLY.
And yeah ttldomination, I am sure that Clemson gives Littlejohn to FIRST at incredibly discounted rate (which is important during this time), and in turn they were able to plug the univ. of Clemson (which ALL you Juniors in hs should definitely look at (this is coming from an Emory univ Student)), I think they should consider lowering the # of teams or just keep it how it is. It wasnt that bad in all honesty. at first it seemed that way but I think it was fine.

and that is also why they had a social here. the university has the facilities just like Mr. Barker was saying

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Working with 1771 this season has been awesome, and I look forward to our collaboration in years to come. Good stuff Sean, good stuff. See you in Atlanta dude.:cool:

2415, you guys owned, 2 regionals...i mean c'mon:cool:

2815...holy $@#$@#$@#$@#!

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Congrats to 2415 on two in a row! and congrats to 1771 for getting a championship! and to 21, whom we might see in Atlanta

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Thanks. It all started with you picking us, when things started to finally fall into place!

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Some thanks and congratulations:

First, congratulations to 3025 for a great run, winning highest rookie seed by being #1 at the end of quals, and for being a regional finalist in their first ever event by captaining an alliance through some truly tough competition. Thanks to you for choosing us to share your moment of glory.

Congratulations also to our regional finalist alliance partners, team 2815, also a rookie who are cherishing their well deserved rookie allstar award along with their finalist medals.

Both of these rookie teams are very impressive and we hope to see much more of you in the future.

Congratulations also go out to team 1771, a team we share some history with. We hope we can strengthen those bonds as we both go forward. After some tough luck at Peachtree, you guys certainly deserved the win.

I cannot say enough great things about 2415 from Westminster. After winning Peachtree, you come north and take a second regional banner home. You're going to need a lot of wall space if you keep this up.

And finally congratulations to Team 21, a great partner for the two of our local teams I'm so familiar with. I hope to learn much more about you and see you again at coming events. I was the one who was honored to help you with your team pictures in the parking lot after the event. I hope they came out all right.

Congratulations are also due to both 1746 and 1261, teams we also consider close members of our local family. Beside both being excellently well run teams that consistently perform well, both overcame adversities in South Carolina to reach eliminations. I'm especially proud of all our Georgia teams that came to Palmetto and all five found their way to the semis. Seeing 1771, 1746 and 1261 together would be a treat at Championships.

I'd also like to add a special thanks to Clemson for their hospitality, along with the Palmetto Regional Planning Committee for staging an excellent event. Don't be surprised if you find some of your ideas adopted a little further south. The team social was great and hopefully a lot like what we'll do at Peachtree when we bring it back.

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WHAT!!.... Santosh? forget santosh...i was sad! I wanted my second fork trick. what am i going to do with one fork....i need two....i expect 4 at championships:yikes:

WOW....Thanks to 1771 and 21 for a GREAT run! Cant say enough on the teamwork and strategy that was going on.

THANKS to everyone for your phone calls and texts!

THANKS to all the teams who helped us out and offered help when me.....um....flipped our robot over befo a mach:D

THANKS to the parents teachers and staff of WESTMINSTER schools AND all our sponsors for supporting us!

SEE ALL YOU GUYS AT CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Too sleepy still to write coherently, but here goes a try:

Thanks to 1379 for giving us our start, literally housing our team for the first couple of years, sharing tools, even feeding us. A privilege to face off in a finals with you.

Thanks to 1261 (especially Val and Mary) for their input and guidance on the growth and opportunities for our team.

Thanks to 1746 for sharing their practice facilities, advice, and FIRST spirit with us, we still have a lot to learn from OTTO (except in the case of shipping, we're good there.)

Thanks to 2415 and 21 for a great match, an amazing strategy!

Thanks to Meggitt Training Systems (http://www.meggitt.com) and Gwinnett County (with encouragement from Cisco) for finding that last minute funding to come to Palmetto, and of course GlobalAgendaGame.com for their new sponsorship ( and a really cool game! ).

Finally, we have rocking mentors: Martin, Sean, Jon, Bobbi, Gerald, and many others, we could not do this without you.

For those I left out, sorry, it's early. Pretty cool stuff.

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Don't ask me how I still have my voice, but I do.

Today was a rollercoaster of a day on all levels, one that's thrown the gauntlet down to all of the teams I've worked with. Some shouts:

1293, my alma mater, for finally making the elimination rounds. The kids that were freshmen my last year mentoring them are now seniors, and it's been three LONG seasons. (And, as someone who was there at the start, a LONGER five.) This year, everything just came together. Even if it was just two matches, I hope it's the beginnings of something much more.

1676 for winning Chairman's. They were 1618's neighbors at Palmetto and nothing but a class act. I hope it takes them less time to come back to Palmetto again. (They medal every time they do!)

1730 for helping out all the folks they've helped out. If someone told me they'd helped every other team in the arena, I would probably believe them. It got to the point that I had to ask if they brought a kitchen sink. (They hadn't.) Teams like yours save teams like mine from all sorts of calamities.

The Clemson Ph.D. student who inspected 1618 for not failing our inspection as my self-restraint with regard to Clemson jokes started to slip. :o (He gave as good as he got, though.)

Everyone who complimented 1618's shirts. It seemed that every time I would go over to other pits to talk strategy, the topic came up. Even if our robot wasn't quite delivering the goods, it was good to know that we'd hit something out of the park. Thanks. :)

1746 for owning up to their coach touching the controls in SF1-1. I can only hope I'd have the same nerve to admit that in the same situation (their alliance had won the match). Also, congrats on the Imagery award--we were gunning for you hard on 1618 (see above), but I was nodding my head in agreement as the citation was read.

2815 for a hell of a run at Palmetto. I didn't rejoin them until eliminations, after my duties with 1618 were done, but they took the lessons learned from Bayou and used them to reach that much higher. Their RAS efforts were much improved, their robot was driven better (in my view), and the team was that much louder. No team I've worked with, past or present, has worked as hard to earn their spot in Atlanta, and nothing thrills me more than to know they got it. Now, um...anyone happen to have $5,000 lying around?

Re: 2009 Palmetto Regional
 

Congratulations to 1771 on a very well deserved win!

It's been a lot of fun watching your team develop and mature over the last few years. One of the highlights of my time in FIRST was getting to see you guys pick up the very well deserved Xerox Creativity Award at the Championship last year. You have come a long way from building a robot from the scrap aluminum from the old school bleachers!!

However, I don't think I ever want to try and keep two Kits seperate in the same room ever again :)

Looking forward to seeing you, 1261, and 1746 at Championship.

And congratulations to 1379 for making the Finals for the first time ever!

And thanks to 801 for making the webcast available, so that I was able to see all the fun from up here in MN.

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We has 36 teams last year (and 10 matches) and decided to go up to 44 this year (9 matches). Thus the pits in the back room and a practice field outdoors. But I think it was worth it. It just occurred to me to put Pit Admin in the back and free up another 6 positions out fron, but that would put the Admin a long way away.

If you have ever been to the Champs, anything beats the 1/2 mile walk from the pits.

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Billfred, we would have brought the kitchen sink but would have had to leave a couple of kids at home to fit it on the bus. If you need a part in Atlanta look us up. We had a great time at Palmetto and enjoyed meeting some new team's.

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Actually, it was not a second yellow card, but a G41 violation -non-pilot operating the controls. The player who did it was devestated. The refs told me it was just a quick nudge,and he readily admitted it when the Head Ref went over to verify. I think his GP was admirable.

As for 1261, I was astounded to read your stats. As the announcer, I remember you making may great plays and always being in the thick of it.

Congrats on your achievements.

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Thanks for the props Santosh!

Congrats to the winning alliance teams 21, 2415, and 1771! What a great day for the regional (except the weather) and a great day for Georgia teams. Five GA teams came to Palmetto and all 5 of them made it to the semis - it was a great season.

Congrats to the Palmetto planning committee for putting on a great regional. You all rock and its fantastic how Clemson rolls out the red carpet for FIRST. Sure, the pits are tight, but it surroundings and hospitality can't be beat. It was fun volunteering for you and counting moon rocks.

Finally congrats to 2815, 281, and 1676 for RAS, EI, and Chairman's. You all deserve this and I'm looking forward to seeing you at Championships. Don't forget to check out DaVinci and the FTC competition while you're down there!

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Oh come now--think like an engineer! You stick the sink in the seats, then the two smallest freshmen in the sink. ;)

I wonder if I could stand traveling two thousand miles round-trip with the team to Cow Town Throw Down...

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Now you just need to think like a parent. Take the kids to an all-you-can eat buffet, then put them on a bus and travel all night. The trips are much quieter when a high school student has food and sleeps.

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I just wanted to say that I had a lot of fun at the palmetto regional and hope to see every single one of those teams again because you were all great.
Congrats to 1771, 2415, and 21, for winning the regional as well as every other team for the great competition. And to 1553 and 1102, thanks for the great alliance, If we had a little more luck we may have done a lot better, but sadly luck wasn't on our side; hope to be allies again next year. To the Pioneers, congrats on Chairman's; we'll see you at nationals, Hope you win chairman's there too. My only complaint with the whole competition is that the pit area was pretty small, but I could cope with that because of all of the fun I had. I hope to participate in the palmetto regional again in my next 3 years on my team.

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The tape thread made me realize I'd missed one shout I meant to make:

Mike Bryan for showing our team the best way to apply our vinyl lettering. We were just getting ready to apply them to the robot as he was walking by, and his advice saved us all a lot of frustration (and a potentially crummy-looking job). I shouldn't expect anything less from someone who had spent so much time with the Burning Magnetos. After a couple of years of carefully-protected plotter-created graphics, I think we might be making the switch. :)

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All I can say about the Palmetto Regional is Wow! We went all the way from Missouri and I am so glad we did. It was a blast! There were amazing volunteers, great teams, and a wonderful host. THANK YOU CLEMSON! I know our whole team had a blast and can't wait to go back.

I would like to congradulate all the teams for competing and doing so well and all of those who managed to recieve an award in this amount of incredible competion.I would especially like to congradulate teams 1676 for an awesome Chairman's award win, 1771, 2415, and 21 (Who dat bat, COMBAT) for winning the game and team 281 for the engineering inspiration award.

Lastly I would like to thank all the teams that came out and gave us something to cheer about. I would like to thank all of the volunteers for helping FIRST be able to put on such an event, and I would like to thank not only Team Driven's mentors, but the mentors for all the teams. For without you it would be truly impossible to have such a great program.

Good luck to all who are attending the Championship in Atlanta, and for those who are not, good luck in all years to come.

Re: 2009 Palmetto Regional
 

I have some video of selected matches. All are 640x480 resolution at 30 frames/sec, so they're a little on the large side. If anyone is interested in having a copy for yourself, PM me and I'll arrange it.


2009 Palmetto Match 4 - R 2362 2092 3025 B 1553 1676 1771.AVI 290,908 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 5 - R 1398 1746 343 B 1102 281 1379.AVI 409,016 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 12 - R 1287 1772 1379 B 1369 1758 1618.AVI 303,644 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 17 - R 1102 1676 2751 B 1771 1249 1287 .AVI 290,932 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 18 - R 2430 21 2187 B 3025 1379 1730.AVI 430,208 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 27 - R 900 1287 1553 B 442 1379 1959.AVI 324,308 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 33 - R 2751 1379 425 B 801 1225 2362.AVI 305,696 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 38 - R 1771 342 801 B 2973 1466 1369.AVI 303,344 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 40 - R 1261 1379 2187 B 1249 1959 2415.AVI 470,100 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 45 - R 2092 342 2483 B 804 1379 801.AVI 302,928 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 56 - R 2614 342 1225 B 21 1771 1746.AVI 304,092 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 58 - R 1319 1293 425 B 1249 1379 2092.AVI 308,252 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 60 - R 2483 2614 1746 B 1772 1261 1959.AVI 299,936 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 61 - R 1771 2415 442 B 21 1730 425.AVI 298,240 KB
2009 Palmetto Match 62 - R 1676 1293 1379 B 1051 337 281.AVI 301,664 KB
2009 Palmetto Q1-1 - R 2815 1379 3025 B 1758 1676 337.AVI 291,820 KB
2009 Palmetto Q1-2 - R 2815 1379 3025 B 1758 1676 337.AVI 282,360 KB
2009 Palmetto S1-1 - R 3025 1379 2815 B 1746 1261 1051.AVI 289,488 KB
2009 Palmetto S1-2 - R 3025 1379 2815 B 1746 1261 1051.AVI 308,344 KB
2009 Palmetto S1-3 - R 3025 1379 2815 B 1746 1261 1051.AVI 288,744 KB
2009 Palmetto F1-1 - R 3025 1379 2815 B 2415 1771 21.AVI 290,228 KB
2009 Palmetto F1-2 - R 3025 1379 2815 B 2415 1771 21.AVI 309,848 KB

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Any chance you could pass these on to The Blue Alliance?

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team1102a, thanks for the aknowledgement, the team was mentally devastated by the end of the qualification round and we needed the strong final performance that we had in order to kick us back up.

1746's coach came over to apologize to us after the match, and I said, "Man, Thank You for picking us. You don't have to say sorry, we're just happy to be here." and that's how I truly feel. During the season and competition, we've always felt that 1746 and us had a great relationship, and us joining up in the finals was simply solidifying that fact.

I'm already looking forward to Palmetto next year, although there's still one year, college applications, AP test, SAT tests, etc. to do. Hopefully we won't be in the back room next year :P.

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I have to take the hit for that one ...

Most of you know we rotate 3 drive teams to give as many kids the opportunity to experience the thrill as possible (we also don't allow mentors on the field for the same reason).

We tried something new in finals this year - we collapsed it to TWO drives teams (THREEis too many to manage during the hectic finals ..)

The Captain that touched the OI was normally a Manipulator person, so in the heat of the moment he did what he had been trained to do ...

Ugh .. I've been kicking myself all night about that one ...

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE - WE HAD A BLAST!

- Rick

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Billfred- 1676 plugged in one of our spare laptops and recorded the entire webcast that Clemson was putting out. Everything will be uploaded to TBA (I'm assuming that's where we'll upload it) within the next week or so, if not the next two weeks (week after this coming one is our April break, so it'll definitely be done then). I'll let you all know on the thread when it's up.

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And you wonder why these guys are figuring out where to hang another Chairman's banner. :)

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Thanks!!!! I appreciate it so much. Still waiting for peachtree... lol. I guess I cant complain cause i didnt do it myself :D

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I'm uploading them all to filedropper.com right now. I'll be PMing the file links to those who requested them. If there's a better way to get them to thebluealliance, I'm certainly up for it.

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Thanks! Much appreciated!

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Team 1293 and I especially (1293 driver) would like to thank Team 801 and 1369 for choosing us for your alliance during eliminations. Tough luck seems to follow us, so sorry for rubbing off on you 801 during our second quarterfinal match ;-). It was great fun and 801, you guys rock.

As Billfred noted earlier, this year is the first time 1293 has reached elimations, which seems to be a great achievement but an unfortunate realization at the same time. 1293 has always had the potential to do great things, it just seems that this year is the first time we've gone out and achieved what we should of done all along. Build a great bot, do well at competition, avoid bad luck and make it to elims. Next season we hope will build on our successes this season and maybe we'll get past the quarterfinals, who knows :-D. As this years bot co-designer and driver, I feel as though we peaked on saturday but had an unfortunately short lived run in the elimination rounds. Such is luck, but big props to the robolions and their alliance for the win against us.

I'd like to give a shoutout to 342 for beating us by 1 point in the most heartbreaking match of the weekend for us, 343 for the sexy bot and the compliments towards us, 425 and 1319 for achieving the highest qualifying match score at Palmetto with us of 111, and the ever so lovely 1319 for that JB weld that practically cemented a troublesome bearing in place (at least until the final quarterfinal match when it got smacked super hard for the 10th time). Also a shoutout to 1618 for the battery chargers/battery for elims and Billfred, because his sideburns are just so wickedly awesome. (Also, sexy bot and t-shirts)

Also, i'd like to give a shoutout to 1771 especially. Each match they proved to be the best bot at the regional, and its refreshing to see an obviously dominating bot actually win a regional. I really do love to see the best bot or best alliance win at a regional, but it seems to be more often than not that some mishap happens and they end up falling short of the victory after a spectacular weekend. (See: 342/343 alliance last year, and 1251's alliance).

We'll see you guys next year for hopefully bigger and better things. As always palmetto was great fun and Billfred, stay sexy my man ;-)

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Thanks!

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That was 1319 and yes JB weld is great stuff. Congrats on your new found success.

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Lol my apologies. I had a strong hunch it was you guys but my memory pretty much only remembers 425's wildly animated and energetic coach haha.

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That was match 58 against us (1379, with 1249 and 2092). Awesome performance. Glad to be of service. Sorry we weren't able to supply some more ranking points for you.

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Oh trust me I know haha...

I cant wait to see everyone at champs. maybe 6th time is the charm to win something for us (the college mentors of 2415 from 1002) haha...
And Mr. Ray I think the highest score might have been set at 114 for Palmetto but I am not too sure. I think it was teh 2nd semi with us against 425 but I may have made that one up completely haha

Re: 2009 Palmetto Regional
 

Good memory Santosh - highest score was indeed 114

2:50 PM Semi 2-2 2614 1319 425 21 2415 1771 65 114

full match results: http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/eve...chresults.html

uploaded automatically after each match by the FMS software. Did anybody follow the Twitter feed?

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Awe, so close ;-). Apparently I need to spend more time in the stands instead of the pits...

Guess I need to edit my post for our score to be the highest qualifying round score ahhah. Still 111 is pretty spectacular.

Re: 2009 Palmetto Regional
 

I now have all the elimination matches from the previously posted list up at filedropper.com. Matches 4, 17 and 58 are also there. Once I've got them all there, I'll post a master list back here with the links. It turns out that their link is just the filename without spaces or extension, so it shouldn't be hard to figure out what the link is from the filenames I previously posted. I've also discovered that there is a link on the filedropper.com main page called 'files' that will take you to another page where there is an index. On that page click on '2', since all my files start with '2009 Palmetto' and go to that page. It will list all the files starting with the number 2. Search using your browsers find feature for the word 'palmetto' and you should find whatever I've managed to upload.

All of the files I've uploaded are straight off my camera and use the standard AVI encoding. The good news there is they should play with almost anything. The bad news is they are not as small as they could be. If the size is a problem, PM me and I may be able to help.

Re: 2009 Palmetto Regional
 

Whew. Finally recovered enough to type.

To start, congratulations to 1771, 2415 and 21 for their win. They beat us handily right off the bat and went all the way. It wasn't luck!

Then congratulations to 2815 for RAS - These guys (and their robot) looked like experienced veterans out there...and since we all know it's not about the robot, they do good things in the community as well. This award is a reflection of their mentors*, parents and other supporters.

I did not get time to visit with 281, and now I see I really should have (and still need to), since EIS is an award we covet. Congratulations.

To team 1730, Team Driven, our neighbors in the pits, the J&J GP award does not even come close to showing the FIRST community just how awesome you guys are. For Chairman's, you guys are on the right track and I'm personally disappointed that you didn't win it. Of course, I thank you profusely for your kind and gracious help in the pits, from the bandsaw to the printer/scanner/copier and everything else. Now you need to get Clara on Chief Delphi! (Also glad you got home safely).

One Six One Eight, you guys deserve an award for perseverance. Whatever the competition threw in your way, you overcame it. Thanks for being such gracious neighbors in the pits.

1319, you guys are cool.

As I wrote when I started this thread, Palmetto has such nice folks there. There are so many people to thank, and I just can't remember them all. The scouting lady from 425, Barry from 1102, the kids at the hotel (including the fork bender and the kid working on decryption code in the pool area), the UL guys, the Pit announcer (whose name I forget)... everyone else, too: Thanks!

Until next time...

Don


*Except maybe one with killer sideburns...;-)(JK)

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Thanks alot Don. It's nice to know we are on the right track for Chairman's. We tried pretty hard to win it this year and we have gained alot of experience and knowledge to help us in years to come. On the other hand you guys were an incredibly great team and deserved the chairman's award 100%. I can't wait to see you guys in Atlanta and hopefully next year at Palmetto.

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Thanks for the compliment I was very impressed with your bot as well. It was unfortunate that we were not able to utilize the scouting info that you provided to all the teams due to our ranking, however I am sure it would have helped alot. Congrats on the Chairman's Award, and hope to see you guys again. And a big thanks to both of our mentors Mike Bryan and Robert Zende for making us look so cool and to all the students and other mentors who worked hard to make this a great season.

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I'm here Mr. Rotolo! I had a blast at Clemson. There was some tough competition there and I really enjoyed meeting the diverse group of people that we saw there.

I would like to extend my congratulations to Teams 1771, 21, and 2415 you guys did a great job and I can't wait to see you in Atlanta!

I would also like to thank our alliance partners you guys did a great job and I hope to see you again soon!

Team 1676- It was so much fun being next to you guys! Your pit looked awesome and you definitely deserved your Chairman's Award. You guys are a great bunch of people that really made the Clemson regional a fantastic experience for us. Thank you so much for letting us move into you pit to make copies and things. I'm so excited to see you guys in Atlanta!

Team 1369- Wow. You guys were so awesome! I wish I could see you in Atlanta but hopefully we'll see you there next year ;) You truly were an inspirational robot and you have our number if you need any help with anything.

Mr. Billfred and all of the teams that you work with-First of all your stickers are still crooked :P Secondly thank you for all of your hard work with your various teams as well as your work as a moderator on this website I can't hardly find anyone who has as much passion for FIRST as you do. Finally, I can't wait to see Pollo Loco in Atalnata!

3025- It was so much fun being next to you guys in the pit you're a great "rookie" team. I can't wait to see what you guys roll out next year and you are definitely a team that I expect to see in Atlanta next year!

1319-You guys are just a great team. Anyone who I saw smiling at that regional I could count on seeing a FLASH shirt on them as well. You have a friendly group there who builds great robots. We're amassing our summer camp information onto a CD and hopefully onto our website as well so please shoot me an email so that I can get the information to you. I hope to see you guys again!

2362- While you weren't next to us in the pits it sure felt like it (just kidding). Thank you guys for being so friendly to our team. It was really great talking and working with you in the pits and your robot did a great job as well. If you need anything.

1764- You guys are such an inspiration! I would have still been devestated if that had happened to our robot. You guys did a great job bouncing back and your robot looked awesome out on the field. Thank you so much for helping our Chairman's Team out! We really appreciated your input about the questions that the judges ask. I hope to see you guys again. Your team is truly amazing!

To everyone at Pit Admin- We had a great time with you guys! You kepty the atmosphere in the pits lively and fun! Thank you so much for all the help with RWT! We really appreciated everything you guys did and I can't wait to see all of you again!

To the Safety Judges- You guys were so much fun! Thank you for you patience with our team and also with the suggestions that you provided for improving our safety habits. I hope to see you next year and thanks again for volunteering your time!

There are so many other teams that were awesome at the regional that I didn't get to name but the door's still open to see you guys again! Come visit us at the Cowtown Throwdown. I would love to see you all again and The Grinder is always up for a rematch ;) . I thank everyone there for giving our team such a memorable experience and I sincerely hope to see all of you this Novemeber.

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Would like to give a big thanks to team 1553 for choosing us on the alliance! You and 1102 were wonderful to work with. Technically speaking, the only team we lost to won the regional so I will proudly take 2nd place to 1771, 21, and 2415 ;) . Pi oneers, congrats on chairmans. You guys did great. 1369, congratulations on pulling together. I was very glad to help you guys out, and it's awesome that you got your robot working in such a short time to fix it. Great job, nice work. To everyone else, it was great working with you and competing with you. 1771, we'll see you at atlanta. Make sure you come find me. I want to make sure that the team we lost to is the team that wins it all. Good luck everyone!

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Oh I'll make sure we come find you in Atlanta. We'll be there bright in early since we are only 30-45 minutes away from it. Thanks for the awesome competition and look forward to competing with you in Atlanta!:D

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Team 342 would like to thank our alliance partners 343 and 2751. We would also like to congradulate the winning alliance with teams 1771, 21, and 2415 you all have great bots.

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You guys(1771)are a great team, and we really enjoyed competing with you and all of the other teams. We are definitely looking forward to competing with you too. Unlike you, we will be making another 15 hour bus ride down there to compete, heh. Congratulations on your win with 21 and 2415. Congratulations to 1676 on their Chairman's win. Everyone that came to Palmetto, thanks for making it a great regional. Come find us in the pits, and maybe, just maybe we will be competing in the same division :D . We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Atlanta.

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Check this out!

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/19055982/index.html

If any of you saw the Fox news crew there, here is the video of what they got. Enjoy!

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that was pretty cool.

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You know, I think that's the first time all of the Richland One teams have been in the same piece of news. (They interviewed 1398, while the match footage showed 1618 tangling with 2815. The former two appeared on the local minority affairs program before 2815 was founded, though that's different.)

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hehe got you beat....i think its like a 10min drive :yikes:

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Hey all, thanks for making Palmetto an awesome (^9999 = understatement) experience. Uberthanks to 1746 and 1051 for an awesome run at the finals, and for picking us despite our streak of losses--made us feel a lot better =)
No sweat about the DQ, these things happen, and we are reeaally grateful that we were picked for a run up to the semis. We were trying out new controls at Palmetto, which we reverted at the end of Friday for obvious reasons, haha.
Thanks to 3025, 2815, and 1379 for being great competitors in the semis, awesomely played :)

And... ditto for all the gratz in the posts before! I'm really glad 1771 is going to champs.

Much thanks to 1051, 1771, 1287?, 1730 and the red tie team (2614 or 2483?), for lending equipments / moon rocks / copier. I actually liked the pits in the back, heh, although battery swapping during elims was a bit of a walk.

Thanks to 2430, 1746, 1771 and 1730 for answering questions... wanted to talk to a lot more teams but this time there was stuff to do on our robot, haha.

And thanks to all the judges who were always really pleasant to talk to, and the refs, all the volunteers who made this possible :)
See you all at world!

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look ma, im on tv....thanks for this link :D

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That's what I'm saying! :cool:

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Below are more links to coverage of the event.

http://wyff.highschoolplaybook.com/s...cd8a8135d8f5bd

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280803&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280802&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280801&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3270804&Ref=PH

http://www.wyff4.com/video/19041638/index.html

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Even 1676 was in two brief shots...and Woo Hoo! for Ciara, the lady in the pit from 1730, for all that great air time!

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http://www.wyff4.com/video/19041638/index.html


Those are some mad dancing skills.

I still can't believe how much fun Palmetto was.

Thanks for this link.