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No tread on it so I'll start it...

Team 2604 will be there
Who's coming?

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857 will be there, wishing we had a practice day...

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I'm bringing this thread back to life, after being disappointed that there wasn't one higher up.

A practice day would be amazing, we want to test our drivers with more than two robots on the field. And 120 balls helps too :)

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Apparently you can get on the field Thursday night during the time you can get into the pits to get inspected and what not... So maybe we can get some real practice in...

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From the TC agenda at http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...se_city_agenda

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1918 is bagged and ready.

Thursday evening practice would be great - is that for real? That would be worth leaving home a bit earlier for. We were just planning to get the pit set up get the robot inspected so we could take best advantage of the Friday am practice.

Question - Does any time out of the bag on Thursday evening count against our 8 hour practice window? If so, then we need to make sure to leave some time on our "clock".

I hope everything goes well in TC - it is a new venue, new game, new robot control system, new field control system, many new people in charge. We all need to do whatever we can to help make it a great success.

See you there!

Thanks to Pat Major for bringing the field, and thanks to all the people in TC who are hosting us.

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I will be sure to tell my mentors about this newfound practice time. Our drivers didn't get much practice time as is, so this would be great time for them to get a better feel for the robot.

And I sure hope it doesn't count towards our "Bag Time". We technically are at the event so I imagine they wouldn't count it because they would have to count Friday morning practice also. But who knows...

Anyone feel like emailing FIM? :D

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Does anyone know if any teams are planning on webcasting?

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We are down for some true Michigan lunacy! ready...set...GO!

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They are showing the animation!!! After that comes the first match :) Wish Team 201 good luck!

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Team 85 would like to thank team 2645 and team 247 for being great alliance partners throughout the finals. It was a pleasure to be a part of such an awesome alliance.

Also, a big congratulations to teams 1918, 904, and 2188 for being regional finalists. It was great to compete against three spectacular opponents. The finals were three of the closest matches I have ever seen.

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Thank YOU! Yeah the finals were exciting, especially with the tie and all.

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Yes the finals were three of the closest matches I've seen too! It was a great pleasure to compete against 2645, 85 and 247 this afternoon.

I need to thank 1918 and 2188 for helping us get to the finals. What an experience!

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Well that was a lot of fun :) I can't wait for Detroit!

We would also like to thank Team 123 and Team 2612 for being amazing alliance partners. Without you guys we would have never had made it that far. I can't wait to see 2612 at Detroit with us.

Congratulations to all the teams that participated, everyone did a fantastic job this weekend!


If anyone was interested in viewing Team 201's award winning website you can view it at http://feds201.net :)

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Team 2771 wishes to thank the TC District event organizers and volunteers. We thoroughly enjoyed our first ever FIRST competition and are grateful to the many, many teams offering support and encouragement.

Thanks to our friends at Creston, Team 904, for the programming help and the support over the last several weeks. Thanks to 85 for scoring a boatload of points against us. :) You've got an amazing robot, and a great team there BOB.

Team 703, the Phoenix, chose us an alliance partner, and taught us a lot about scouting and game strategy. We are blown away by your intense desire to compete while being gracious and joyful in the process. Thank you 703!

Go 49!

What a great event, and congratulations to the District Finalists and Champions, and our hats are off to TC District and FIRST Michigan.

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Team 1918 had a great time at TC. We liked the venue, the host city, and we think Lunacy rocks!

Congratulations to 2645, 85, and 247 on a great victory. You were a great alliance.

Thanks to 904 for picking us. You have been a brother to our team since our rookie season. It was only fitting that our first experience in the elimination rounds was with you. We also were honored to be on the field with 2188.

It was soooo close! Three balls in the right place at the right time could have made the difference.

We hope to see everybody at Lansing or the WMR (WMD?).

TC was a new venue, new game, new robot controller, new field control system, new competition schedule, new group of volunteers, etc. I think everybody did a fantastic job, and I hope we get to come back next year. Thanks to all.

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Woot! Big congrats to team 247 Da Bears. MORT still loves you guys. ^_^ Good luck at your next competition.

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Traverse City was great. We would like to thank team 3115 for asking us to be partners in the finals. The local TV news cast showed a great news broad cast for that event.
http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/video.aspx?id=267073
It is wonderful how they showed so much of our robot in the cast(We maybe a little bias).

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As 1 of the many volunteers ( I was the Pit Admin) I want to thank all of the teams for everything. I had so much fun with all of you! This was a wonderful event esp. for it being the first time. Congrats to BOB and their winning alliance. Every team there did a great job and all should be proud of how well they did and conducted themselves.

Thanks for all the t shirts, hats, buttons, key rings, bubbles, crayons, coloring books and crossword puzzles. Craig and Carol the 2 of you made my job much easier. Tim and Jeremy I had a ton to fun with both of you! I hope to see several of you at Kettering!! Best of luck to everybody!:D

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Huge thanks to all the people who volunteered and worked their butts off to make this regional happen. You were great.
But honestly, FIRST needs more than a high school gymnasium. Compare your experience at Traverse City to, say, Milwaukee if you have been their. The pits were undersized and overcrowded, the practice field had no trailer, the sound system was three feet from the red alliance wall, and the whole thing had the feel of a Lego League competition. FIRST in Michigan forced too many competitions into too small of an area, and low quality events are the result. In my opinion, someone needs to take a hard look at the FiM system next year.

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It might just be me, but did anyone else see that they gave the highest rookie seed award to 2771 instead of 3115. On the FIRST website it says that 3115 was the highest rookie seed, and they were as they were a picker, but they gave the award to 2771.

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Yes we noticed it to. They were our alliance partner. They deserved that award and I am not sure what happened there. :eek:

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3115 got highest rookie seed and rookie inspiration

2771 got rookie all star

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Nope they def gave 2 awards to 2771 they had to run back from taking their 1st picture to get the 2nd award.

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There was a mistake, probably mine, in passing the seeding information to the judges. 3115 was the highest rookie seed and the error was corrected immediately after the awards ceremony.

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Thats good Dan, I'm glad that it was fixed. 2771 had one heck of a robot, but they technically didn't earn that award.

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Yes 3115 earned and received the Highest rookie seed award.

Its too bad they announced us for it instead of the true winners :(

But we gladly gave back the reward so it could make its way to its rightful owner!!!


It was a great time at the event I hope everyone had fun there were a lot of great robots and even more great people there!!!

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Code Red you guys are awesome! I was amazed by your team. I really didn't realize you guys were rookies until somebody told me that you were.

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Agreed i didn't know they were a rookie team until they won a rookie award, and we were sitting next to them all weekend...

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At the awards ceremony they also announced us (1918) as the captain of the "finalist" alliance. That honor belongs to 904. I went from the nosebleed section down to the table at the end of the ceremony to let them know. The guy said, "That's nothing, we announced the wrong high rookie seed!"

By the way, I was very disappointed with the policy of only letting 7 representatives from each team on the field to accept the awards. I understand the need to keep the schedule moving along, but it would be nice if the entire teams could share those moments.

Is that going to be the policy everywhere this year?

All in all, it was still a great time.

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i hate to be a sore loser but when we got there we had to update the bot so wile updating theoficals messaed up our bot by cuttng the power in mid update another words our pogram was eaten so for the first 2 matches we did nothing wile our programer fixed it then we got in the fight and it worked out but i think if it wasnt or that lil problum we would of been in the finals :confused: i just hope everything is better at next comp we still got 2 more to make our selves look good:D :cool:

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i thought u guys desirved the most sperit not team 47 because u guys started every chant and u where the loudest out of them all :) :D maby next comp good luck code red

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Hey, any links to video from the competition?

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I found 3 on this YouTube site:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TCFRC

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team 2612 also had alot fun at the compitions thank you for picking us teams 123 and 201 we can wait to see you guys at detriot

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Results are in:

http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...ults_Week_1_TC

-Oris-

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This is kinda interesting, I just reread the FIRSTinMichigan rulebook, and if you are attending 3 district regionals only the first two count towards your state ranking points. So what if the 5th week regionals have the top 2 seeds are playing in their thrid regional, what do you do with the points?

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Any of the points earned by "third event" teams will not count toward their total. To the best of my knowledge, they won't be applied to any other teams either. They will just vanish into thin air (so to speak). The net effect of the "vanishing points" will be to reduce the required point total for getting into State. The top 64 (?) teams will receive invitiations to State, ragardless of their point total.

Confused yet?

For TC, the "median" score was 21.5. It will probably be similar for future events. Based on that, a 2-event total would be 43. I expect the cutoff to be somewhere between 35 and 40 after "3-event" team scores are accounted for.

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Looks like FiM is updating/ changing points at their site later today