2010 Waterloo Regional - No Rookies?
 

By my count, there are NO rookie teams attending Waterloo Regional this season (FRC Code: WAT)

One assumes this means that all of the Rookie-only awards will go unawarded from this regional... I think this is the first time that's ever happened.

Rookie teams this year have numbers over 3130 as i recall... Nobody going to WAT this year is over 2702.

Teams currently shown as attending 2010 WAT:

296
610
771
772
781
854
1000
1075
1114
1219
1246
1305
1310
1334
1503
1535
1565
2056
2185
2200
2361
2386
2609
2625
2702

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i'm depressed that team 68 can't come this year just as we weren't able to come last year. Waterloo was one of my favorite competitions (particularly in 08' when we where the only American team there). the venue is quite nice and the people there where very friendly.

Good luck to everyone attending Waterloo this year!

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Team 1000 is the only American team scheduled to be there this year, coming all the way from Indiana.

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BMR has 10 rookie teams attending. Wanna trade :rolleyes:

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looks like there are 2 rookies attending now!?

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Indeed it does...

Looks like 3161 is offspring of 1334, OTHS Red Devils, according to their website

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3396 will now be attending the waterloo regional :)

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Actually, the nickname we've been using is "Devil Spawn" :D

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So, with Paul not coming, who's doing the amazing play by play's?

Re: 2010 Waterloo Regional - No Rookies?
 

Who said Paul isnt coming?

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He did, in the thread on Armadillo (148's robot, for those that don't know.) Apparently he has work in New Zealand.

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With only 8 days until practice day, I want to say that anyone having trouble with C++ or debugging should drop by 2702's pit and ask for Art. I helped get a bunch of teams get dead robots moving and out of control mechanisms moving smoothly last year and would love to help again.

Also, I should probably change my CD account to have my real name on it or something...

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In the schedual it says that robot dropoff is on wednesday between 6 and 8 pm

Do we HAVE to drop off our robots that day? or can we just bring them with us on thursday?

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No, you can bring them Thursday.

According to the e-mail sent out to team contacts, it's just a measure to alleviate some of the Thursday morning traffic, and eliminate the problem of finding secure overnight robot storage for the teams that are planning to arrive Wednesday.

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Pat is correct, it is not mandatory. However, it is highly recommended. Anyone who has attended the regional in the past knows how long of a process Thursday morning load in has been in the past. With the addition of bagged robots, the line ups along Ring Road could be even worse. So if you can make it to Waterloo on Wednesday night, please drop your robot off!

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To add to Karthiek's point above, the ring road south of the PAC could be a bad place to get back logged thursday morning. Current construction on the quantum nano centre could potentially become a traffic nightmare with teams lining up alongside construction vehicles.

If you can get your robots in on wednesday night, you can probably avoid the construction entirely.

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How did Thursday go?

From the reports I've heard 2056 looks to have another great robot, them and 1114 are going to be a dangerous duo. Who else is looking good?

I've been working with the team running the Waterloo regional to try and get a webcast up for tomorrow, if things go well it should be brodcasted here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2010-f...erloo-regional

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i think israel regional was the most challenging to the rookies. there were 9 rookie team. 4 rookie teams make it to the final 24. 3 rookie teams were in one alliance at the final. my team - 3339 were in that alliance and we won the rookie all star. the bosnian team won the rookie inspiration award. the team 3383 who were in the final 8 won the rookie seed. (my team was chosen as number 3 to the final)

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We're online and ready to go. Tune in for what should be an amazing show.

Getcha popcorn ready!

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Was there an explaination for the two DQs on 1114?

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Two robots in the opposing alliances close zone.

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#1 1114, 2056, 296 versus #3 (I think?) 1305, 3190, 1310 in the finals.

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What an amazing event!!!!
All the teams played great and it was a fantastic regional!

Congrats Teams 1114, 2056, 296

1114 - A robot that can do anything! An amazing robot, an amazing team an amazing victory!! Cya guys at GTR!
2056 - Congrats on winning as well as pushing your streak of regional wins to 7 IN A ROW!! Great work guys!!
296- Excellent work guys!

1114 (again) - Congratulation on your RCA! You totally deserve this award for all the things you have done for the first community

1305- Congratulations on your Engineering and Inspiration award! A well deserved award!

Congratulation Teams 1310, 3190 and 1305! You guys made the finals and interesting one! Hope to see you guys at GTR!

Re: 2010 Waterloo Regional - No Rookies?
 

@1075guy
team 3190 from quebec was there. they were n00bs, and pretty darn good ones at that

Re: 2010 Waterloo Regional - No Rookies?
 

Well when he made this thread, none of the 3 Rookie teams who attended had signed up for WAT yet...

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Footage taken by the awesome cameraman Mark Rozitis is now up at http://uploads.team781.com/2010/! I don't have time this year to list which teams were in which videos, sorry!

PS: I suggest download accelerators (: