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After looking at the TIMS report on registration, I can only say that there is a TON of competition coming back to Philadelphia. So far we have no rookies (yet...) but I am sure there may be a few signing up last minute. Anyway, I know for a fact the Liacouras Center will be electric with competition this year. Although upsetting to see the competition being moved from Drexel, I believe that the Liacouras Center provides better space to actually watch.

Besides me, who else is psyched to play this year in Philly? I know for a fact that it will be a HEAVILY competitive regional and I surely cannot wait!

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Stupid Temple University...

Myself and other FRC alumni here were pretty disappointed to see that Drexel won't be the host of the regional...anyone know the cause?

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I'm not too sure but if it's capacity I can totally see why. Last year, I did love being in that building and the small but lively atmosphere was just too exciting. The more I think about it, I really enjoyed DAC more than I did Liacouras. Akash, I will try and get more info about this. I hope that Drexel isn't completely shunned out. :/

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Last year was the final year of the contract that was previously set up with Drexel. I believe that there are talks in bringing it back once all the construction dies down.

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As a Drexel student, I can tell you that its not becasue of construction (at least not anymore). I have heard a few rumors that its because of the new president comming in...

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Got enough Temple hate there, Stogi? :p

Anyway, we're planning on Competing in Philly again this year, assuming that it doesn't fill up before we can get in. Personally, I liked the Temple Venue in 2009 so the location change doesn't really bother me.

I believe the switch may be due to the Temple Arena's Size. From what I can remember in 2009 it seems to be larger than Drexel's Gym, and if you check the Team Capacity it is set at 54 (I'm assuming they'll have some rookie spots as well) for this year while I believe Drexel's max was around 44 in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, though I may be wrong.

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341 is really looking forward to another great Philly Regional!!
Temple is a nice facility, but we will really miss Drexel.

Drexel's DAC is the true home of the Philly Regional. (IMHO)

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The newly built DAC is really really nice. If any kids at the regional want to visit Drexel let me know.

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316, The LuNaTeCs, are extremely excited to be attending the Philly regional no matter where it is. However, I was hoping for a college tour of Drexel.

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Philly will be packed with competition yet again this year, that is one thing that Philly will never loose. It's always a great time and I can't wait to see what it brings. :)

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Its looking unlikely I'll be able to make it to Philly this year. The philly regional has become somewhat of a second home for me, the atmosphere and the people surrounding it are top notch. I'm hoping I'll be able to make another soon in the future.

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We'll miss you, Barry! We will need to get someone to wear one of your umbrella hats as a stand-in. :D

Philadelphia is always a good time - great teams, friends, and matches. MOE is looking forward to it!

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2495 is now registered, our only problem now is getting the money. This is the first time in our team's history were going to a second event!

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Should be a great regional as always!

I just noticed this: The Philadelphia Regional now has 3 Championship Chairmans award teams! :ahh: Woah! I guess that just shows how competitive this regional is!

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I'm really hoping that at some point (Philly, Duel, Ramp Riot...whenever) 103, 341, and 365 get to play on an alliance together. I'm pretty sure that would be a first in FIRST!

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I'd stop whatever I would be doing just to see that one.

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Ditto.

Who knows, Ramp Riot is coming up and one of these three teams is hosting the event. :D

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I believe it happened once, however 341 was only an RCA, but still. lol

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That will be very awesome! Being that there is only 18 Chairman award winning teams, and not all of them are still teams (I would tell you how many if TBA was up, but im pretty sure they are making the changes), that is extremely rare to have in one competition!

I guess we will see on Saturday morning when the match schedule comes out . . . :rolleyes:

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Actually, now that I think about it, the winning alliance on Galileo in 2003 was comprised of 3 (now) Hall of Fame teams. 175 (2002), 236 (2009), and 341 (2010). At the time we were introduced as "The Chairman's Alliance", as Buzz had won it all the year before, and both 236 and 341 had RCAs that year.

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Regardless, we are extremely fortunate in our area to have these nationally recognized role models in our region!

Team 2729 is also looking forward to attending the Philadelphia Regional, we're going to have some fun!

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If I remember it correctly (and every year, it gets harder to remember...) at the Finger Lakes Regional in 2008 there were three Chairman's Award teams, and people thought that it was the first time that had happened. The teams were X-Cats, MOE, and I can't remember the third. The three were never paired together in a match though.

There was a picture taken of the three teams together but I couldn't find it.

Or is my memory playing tricks?

(This is getting far afield from the thread topic)

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The Answer: The HOT Team #67

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Hey guys, don't hate on Temple! It's a great place!

Just wondering, has anyone made a flyer for the Philadelphia Regional yet? Two years ago, my brother and I spread the word, and got a few professors and faculty from Temple to come, and I was planning on trying to expand on that a little bit. I know of at least 3-4 professors in the Computer Science department who work on robotics, and would love to come and see the robots.

In all, I think the Philly Regional is one of the best in the country. Not only is it in Philly, but we have some of the best teams and the best competition. My first year (2008) I stayed with the team and watched the final rounds, and last year I was the last member of the team there when the final rounds ended, and I do not plan to leave early this year!

Good luck everyone, and can't wait to see you there!!

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I think the Philly regional moving back to Temple like it was on my freshman year has its goods and bads. The Liacouras Center does have a lot more room then Drexel, and I think that is a big plus. I think Drexel had only 9x9 pits, but I might be wrong. I did like the location of Drexel (I thank my dad for pointing out all the places you can get food there, he went to Drexel and all himself), but it wasn't hard to find food at Temple either. Overall, it really is the being in the city feel of Drexel vs the in the outskirts but a nice location of Temple. Either way, we will all have fun.

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Im sorry to say that 639 will not be attending Philly this year. To Boston we will go! Have fun everyone, especially 365!

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I am pumped for Philly.

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272 Will be in Philly as always. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

You can forget about Drexel at least for the near future. Its a combination of things including Drexel's new "management". We also recently lost a huge advocate of FIRST at Drexel and the powers that be in my opinion lack his vision. Plus with us moving to a regionized system similar to Michigan's. Drexel is probably to big/expensive for the mini 2 1/2 day qualifiers and to small for the regions championship.

However I will always have such fond memories of Drexel. 2008 anyone....Yes it still haunts me :)

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357 as well is really looking forward to another awesome Philly Regional!!
I am however disappointed that it will be at Temple this year :( .. I know temple is bigger, but Drexel just gave of such a unique experience, and the excitement there was the most of any regional I have gone to. No matter what it will still be a great time!

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The Firebirds are super excited for Philly this year!

We will once again be hosting our "Firebirds Fiesta" team social Friday night, April 8th. All teams are invited, and admission is only $5.

Attached is a flier with info, and we'll be posting updates here on CD, and we'll also be making tons of announcements at the competition.

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Hello all! We're now counting down the days until robots take over the Liacouras Center. I just wanted to remind team coaches and mentors to check their email for special directions and details regarding the event.

We'd also like to thank frc2641 for hosting the event's webcast and adding another layer to make the event more special. You should be able to access it at the link below.

http://team2641.com/2011-regional-webcast/

Thanks,
Nate

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FRC Team 395 is Xcited and ready for Phila.

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Sadly, I can't make it this year due to finances. Could someone please post the daily rankings? (The Regional Website for this seems to be down.) I really really want to know how Tigertronics (2053) is doing. Also, is it safe to assume there is NOT a webcast for philly this year?

Thanks

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Philly is next weekend.:p :p :p

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This is going to be an awesome event to say the least. :D

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Well, don't I now feel like an idiot.

:ahh:

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My team (772 from CANADA!!!) might be attending if we can get approval and everything .... hopefully we can, it sounds like it will be very fun if we can :D

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4 days til the regional, and I still have so much to do.

Can't wait to see you all there! I'll be the guy with the mic that you're forced to listen to for 8 hours a day mwahahahaha

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George.

Looking forward to hearing your voice in Philly again this year. Thanks for being our play-by-play announcer once again! You are a class act.

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3 More days to Philly!

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Does anyone have any information on the other rookie team that is competing this week at Philly? I know/have heard nothing about them.

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All I know is this is their Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebujak/...7625663030327/

Looks like a (tiny!) omni drive robot.

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How funny would it be if one rookie team built a tiny quick and agile robot, and the other built a big immovable wall. Nothing like complete opposites.

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We just got an email from 2641 saying that they won't be able to do the webcast after all. If anyone attending is able to help with it, let me know.

Webcast or not, the event will be awesome!!!

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Have you tried contacting someone from 341? I believe they've done webcasts before?

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We can do it.

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You guys are my hero!

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I'll wear an umbrella hat like Barry!!! I just can't jump as high!!! See everyone!!

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Team 3629 is looking forward to the Fiesta!!!!
See you at the Regional!!

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Yayyy!

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Team 1403 will be back to Philly this year!
We are pumped after our great run in Baltimore and I hope to see a lot of our friends there.. with just two days left we have a lot of stuff to finish up

Does anyone know who can successfully deploy minibots?
And also do you think there autonomous will have a huge effect in this regional? being that it is week six...

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Tanay, I'm really glad you guys are coming to Philly again, kinda missed you guys, just a bit :rolleyes:

And yes, autonomous with be important, even in week 6.

See you guys soon man.

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We're all set to compete. It's strange though because I did just come back from our senior class trip and totally got split from my robotics life. It will take a few days to come back to reality and truly be amped for this competition.

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Thanks a lot Jared. I might contact you about it later. I received an email from Donald saying that another team is going to get it together.

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Good to finally hear from the Other Rookie team attending :)

A picture of your final robot would be great to see!

I started to look through the flikr page but realized there were several hundred pages to look through :p

See you soon!

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Team 223, as usual, is xtremely excited for this weekend. Can't wait to be at the Liacouras Center. We're definitely gonna be in much better shape than we were in NJ. Can't wait to see everyone!

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I was a bit bored at work today, so I figured I'd do my predictions a day early.

Believe it or not, it’s the last week of Regional Competitions for the 2011 Season. Some teams hope to extend their seasons here by qualifying for the Championship, but for many it’s the end of the line.

Philadelphia is historically home to one of the most competitive and unpredictable regional events in all of FRC. Only once in the last 10 years has the #1 Seed taken home the Banner, and the last time we ventured to the Liacouras Center (2009) the Dark Horse #6 Alliance of 365, 395 and 56 took home the gold in rather convincing fashion.

Top Tier:

341 – Miss Daisy, without a doubt, is fielding one of the strongest robots in the field. If not for Electrical problems in Florida, they’d be coming into Philly with one Finals appearance - if not a Regional Win. If 341 can come out of the gate swinging like they did in 2010, then they might just pull off another Philly Regional Win.

103 – For those of you that haven’t seen the Cybersonics yet, I’d suggest you check out 25’s Machine this year. The two machines share similar elevators and claws, with the only distinguishable difference being the drive train. Their Elevator is among the fastest in FRC, but their claw just wasn’t able to make the cut in Florida. Count on 103 making some tweaks and putting up some serious numbers.

365 – MOE has won the last 3 Philadelphia Regionals so of course they get a mention here. I’m not sure if they’re up to their usual standard this year, but they are by no means bad. They were a very capable scorer in Chesapeake with an equally capable Mini-bot. If 365 can avoid the type of Defense they encountered in the Chesapeake Elims then they just might leave Philly with another Banner.

1647 – The Iron Devils are sitting right on the cusp of the Top Tier for me. They made it to the finals in NJ with 1089 after winning some very hard matches, relying heavily on their quick Mini-bot – but their tube scoring leaves something to be desired. If they can turn their game play up a notch, then expect 1647 to do well here.

Tips:

1403 – Cougar Robotics has fielded an extremely capable machine this year. It was capable of putting up its fair share of tubes in Chesapeake, but if memory serves me correctly, they were lacking a Mini-bot. Expect 1403 to work on fine tuning their machine throughout Thursday and Friday and do some damage in Eliminations.

272 – The Cyber Crusaders had a decent run in New York, but the lack of a consistent Mini-Bot and some bad luck in Alliance Selections left them sitting in the Stands after being Eliminated in the Quarter Finals. I hope to see 272 make some tweaks with their Mini-bot and it’s deployment and come out as Strong as ever.

395 – 2Train Robotics is one of the few Regional Winners in this field. Expect them to do some big things, but I’m curious to see if they’ll fair as well as they did in New York City.

357 – Royal Assault is always a Favorite in Philly. From what I’ve heard about their bot, it should be pretty good, but with Philly being their first competition, I hope that they don’t run into any issues.

486 – The Positronic Panthers won Philadelphia last year as the 3rd robot of the #1 Alliance, and they were by no means carried. They’ve come back for 2011 with a more than capable machine, and were able to put up some decent points in New Jersey. Expect them to be a player in the Elims, at least.

1640 – Sabotage Seems to have fielded another good machine for 2011. 1640 pulled off a semi final appearance at Finger Lakes, only losing to the eventual Champions. Expect them to do some big things here.

2729 – Storm is back for another Philadelphia Regional. They had a more that respectable performance in New Jersey, putting up some decent scores, while working on their Mini-bot’s consistency. I’m not sure how they’ll do here, I could see them being one of the top players, but at the same time I could see them slipping to 14th or 15th in the draft - we’ll have to wait and see.

56 – Robbe Xtreme is fielding another capable robot this year. From what I saw at DC, they have some serious potential that could be harnessed with some more practice. Harnessing that potential could be the difference between making it to the Finals and having another Quarter Final Exit. In any case, they’ve got a darn cool Mini-bot and deployment system, expect it to work well.

303 – Panther Robotics built another strong robot for 2011. With a Regional victory under their belts already, they’ve already proven their worth. Expect 303 to play a solid all around game and make it into the Eliminations.

Wildcard:

3553 – The South Philly Rambots have fielded one of the most interesting machines that the Philadelphia Regional may have ever seen. Their robot is essentially a semi-mobile wall, capable of expanding to approximately 7 feet wide. From what I’ve seen this could be a huge advantage for them, and for whoever they ally with in Eliminations. 3553’s major flaw will be their inability to control their destiny, as they rely on a scorer or two to get points on the board while they play defense. A good Mini-bot should help cover this flaw up somewhat, but who knows right now.

Others:

The remainder of the teams playing in the Eliminations will probably be some of these teams: 87, 102, 223, 316, 433, 834, 1302, 1370, 1712, 1980, 2607, 3123 and 3629.

Notes:

The Evolution of Mini-Bots since the earlier weeks of competition will be interesting to see. Almost every team that has competed in a week 4 or earlier event has probably been exposed to a “fast” mini-bot in one form or another so expect smart teams to show up with newer “Faster” mini-bots. Hopefully by this point in the season, there will be more teams with Mini-bots than without, and that should help move the focus of the game back to Tube Scoring and winning the Mini-bot race – not just being the only one to get to the top.

Ubertubes will be as important here as they were anywhere else. Expect at least one team to attempt scoring two Ubertubes in Autonomous (Most likely 341), and expect each Elimination Alliance to be capable of putting up at least two Ubertubes on the top row.

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Dustin, as always thanks for the predictions and insights. I love to hear what you have to say!

On minor correction, they have a minibot, a very fast and capable one at that. :)

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Hmmm, did 1403 not use it during Chesapeake elims then? I could've sworn 88 and 340 deployed mini-bots while 1403 scored? (Or am I just stupid and blending too many regionals together in my head...?)

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I believe that is the case that they sent 88 and 340 out with the mini's for elims. I remember their mini in quals though. It was fast and efficient.

(Their mini looks like ours, kind of.)

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Actually, it was 340 and us who placed minibots at the end of the elim matches in Chesapeake, while 88 kept on scoring. And lucky we were able to get it onto and up the pole each time!

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WOW, Philly is looking like it will promise some great competition. However, this does not surprise me. I have been trying to convince 836 to go there for a few years now. Maybe next year it will happen?

Anyways, just a couple of quick shout outs to teams 103, 341, and 365.

I really wish I could watch the Regional, but will be attending Virginia with team 401.

Good luck to all!

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Wow, thanks for the shout-out! We learned a heck of a lot at Finger Lakes. (Including that it's really hard to beat 2056, 1518 and 217 with both your partners and your arm broken.)

1640's coming to Philly with a more robust arm, a 1.5sec minibot on a 12" swivel camera-aimed deployer, and a well-tested autonomous for all 6 top row pegs. Hope to live up to the shout-out and looking forward to playing with everyone again! Definitely a deep field this year.

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I too have been looking into 1640 for the past two years. I love the progress. The robot is impressive as well.

See you guys on Saturday! (maybe Thursday)

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395 – 2Train Robotics is one of the few Regional Winners in this field. Expect them to do some big things, but I’m curious to see if they’ll fair as well as they did in New York City.

Xcellent predictions and observations. Thank you for them.

Antron
Senior Mentor
Team 395 2 Train Robotics

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As an FYI, Team 1517 is planning to webcast the Philadelphia Regional.

http://www.bbrobotics.org

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!

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To be honest, it's EXTREMELY Difficult to beat 2056 under any circumstances - their regional record backs this up. :D

1517 is awesome. Thank you so much for doing this.

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After meeting your team at Chesapeake last, we were excited to see your team coming to Philly this year. Now you are webcasting the event your first time at Philly, that is simply amazing. Thank you very much, see you tomorrow.

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Just kidding. 217 and 1126 aren't any picnic either! :) They did an EPIC job at Finger Lakes and there was never much doubt about the outcome.* We were just glad to play against them! Great teams.

*That red card though...

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Just giving a quick shout out to team 1712 (Dawgma). I'll be rooting for you guys all the way from Michigan! Good luck!

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STORM 2729 wishes everyone the best of luck at the Philly Regional! Come visit our pit to learn more about our team, it's the giant orange tent right where you enter the field!

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Anyone have a direct link to a UStream by chance? Firewalls like to prevent me from rooting for all of my friends

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I searched on ustream for philadelphia and found the link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-team-1517

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Really enjoying the regional so far, lots of good teams. It doesn't hurt that 272 is doing really well. :)

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Honestly, tomorrow is going to be ridiculous with ranking and alliance selections. I don't even know how I am going to handle it.

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Congratulations to Teams 303, 1640, 365 and 2607 on WINNING the 2011 Philly regional!!
Great job by 1391, 316 and 486!
I wish I could have been there to see it in person.

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What a dramatic series of elim matches - upsets, penalties, red cards, broken robots, and so many time outs! It was an exciting one for sure (but strangely low scoring).

Congrats to the Blue Alliance (303, 1640, 265, and 2607) for #winning the 2011 Philly regional!

1391 - great job! Wish I could have been with you this year instead of out in SF! 316 and 486, thanks for fighting with us to the end!

//Dillon Compton
//Ex-1391 Mentor

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On behalf of team 2607, huge CONGRATS to all the teams at Philly, and special thanks to our alliance mates 303, 1640, and 365 - we loved competing and cooperating with everyone and are totally psyched for our first trip to nationals!

An extra special shout-out to 1218 Vulcan Robotics - especially Peter and Rob - for their continued support! Our arm and minibot redesigns couldn't have happened without you!

Look forward to seeing everyone at nationals!

- Ron
Team #2607 controls mentor

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Huge congrats to 357 Royal Assault for winning the Engineering Inspiration Award and to the 433 Firebirds for another Chairman's Award! I can't wait to see you in St. Louis!

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What a great event. I would like to thank everyone who helped us out on Thursday (sorry names escape me) and finally I would like to thank 486, and 316. You guys were awesome alliance partners and I had a blast competing with you.


Also did anyone get pictures of 1391's fire in round 3 of qualifications?

-Alex
Driver 1391 Metal Moose
Philly Regional Runner Up with 486 and 316

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Congratulations to all the winners! Also, thanks to all the teams for continuing to make Philly such a fabulous event. We Firebirds always have a great time!

Also, thanks to our alliance partners 395 & 304!

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Thank you to all the teams for an excellent and thrilling up and down event. A special thanks to the awesome work of our alliance members, 56 and 1302. And of course, a big congrats to all the award winners.

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Did someone catch on fire again in philly? I remember that happened last year, too!

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Yeah we at 816 smoked out our bot last year in spectacular fashion...

Congratulations Teams 303, 1640, 365, and 2607 for taking home the Philly Gold

Great job to the Runners up 1391, 316 and 486 you guys played one heck of a finals too bad it ended the way it did.

Congratulations to Royal Assault for winning the Engineering Inspiration Award and the Firebirds for the Chairman's Award

Finally, thank you teams 1403, 1712 and team 87 for coming in as our back up bot, I believe that we left it all out on the field when those matches ended.

Overall, this was my final Regional event as a student, and I must say it was one of the more exciting ones.

Good luck to everyone who are moving on to the Championship!

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1640 would like to thank and congratulate all the awesome volunteers for making the Philadelphia Regional so great once again! Awesome job.

Special congratulations to Al Ostrow on his WFFA! I know I wasn't the only in the stadium thinking "you mean he hasn't won already?!" Also, thanks to 341 for awarding us their Coolest Robot Award as well as 365 and 204 for their GP awards. We really appreciate it!

Congrats 433 and 357 on Chairman's and EI respectively. You definitely deserve it! And congrats once again to 486, 1391, 316 on a very stressful finals match up and to all the alliances on some crazy elimination rounds!

And of course a huge thanks to our alliance! To 365 for being an awesome guide for our official captainship, and 303 for their stellar performance as well. And certainly to 2607 for that last-minute save! Great to work with all of you and hope to see you in St. Louis.

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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that volunteered to make the Philly Regional an amazing experience as always. Our kids had a blast. You could not stop them from dancing and cheering the whole time. :)

Congratulations to the the winning alliance of Teams 1640, 365, 303, and 2607). What an amazing finish. I am sure that some people thought it was over when 365 had to step out. But the alliance found a way to win. A great lesson for every kid at the regional. Never, ever give up!!

Congratulations to Team 433 the Firebirds on winning Chairman's. Hopefully some day you will be our neighbors in the Hall of Fame.

And finally I wanted to say how much we enjoyed working with the Iron Devils 1647 and the Lumberjacks 1517. You guys were amazing partners with great drive crews and powerful machines. We are really sorry that your season had to end on such a disputed Red Card. That is not how a season should end. You should both feel proud about how you performed.

Team 341 is really looking forward to St. Louis.
Best wishes to every team going to Champs!

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On behalf of 3553 I would like to say a couple thank you's for the amazing time we had at the Philadelphia regional:

The Staff/Refs/Volunteers- despite our penalties and a red card in qualifications, calls were fair. The even was run smoothly and the staff was amazing.

272 and 834- Thank you 272 for taking a big risk and selecting us as your first pick for the 6th alliance. Your encouragement towards the other mentors and the driver was incredible, we are just sorry we couldn't help you reach farther into eliminations. It was fun while it lasted. Thank you 834 for being an AMAZING second round offensive pick. You had an autonomous that was more reliable than most of the captains, great work. 103 and 56, thank you for playing some heavy defense on us in the first quarterfinal match! That was so much fun to watch! Your strategy during our second match was incredible and we are honored to lose to such dominant and smart teams. Let's play again real soon.

Thank you to the teams who helped me personally with design and strategy all season such as 816, 357, and 1647. You guys are ALL class acts, and I look forward to continuing our partnerships in the future. Truly three of the best teams in the area.

Thank you to 365 for your help with troubleshooting with our pneumatics, again, such a class act. It was great talking to your mentors all weekend.

And finally, a thank you to everyone who came to our pit to talk to the students and mentors and give words of encouragement and applause for what we are doing at South Philly High School. Our Rookie All Star award represents what all of you recognized about our team, and the impact we have on our students. A woman came over (so sorry I didn't even ask what team or name but I think from 341) while just the mentors were in the pit, and said "So you guys are the ones from South Philly HS?.....Wow....I know all about this school, so what you guys are doing there is amazing."

THAT right there is what keeps us going.

See you all during the offseason and next season, and hopefully many of you in St. Louis.:)

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I was talking to some of the kids from South Philly while waiting for my shipping papers after the end of the event. They were so excited to be going to St. Louis.

Best of luck at Champs!!

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I would like to thank teams 1391 and 316 for being such a great alliance partners. It was an exciting afternoon competing with all of you. I just wished it didn't end that way.

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I wanted to toss in my thanks to all of the teams at the Philadelphia Regional, as well. Team 1370 had a great time and we all learned a lot. It was especially heart-wrenching for us to be the #4 backup team with so many bots breaking during the elimination rounds.

However, it was nice to be able to tour the pits and help out so many other teams with their miscellaneous problems and needs, especially 303 (Panther Robotics), 3167 (Environmental Tectonics Crusaders), 2234 (Antibot), and 3182 (Athena's Warriors).

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in St. Louis.

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

i was wondering if anyone has or anyone knows if there are match videos somewhere online that i can see of the matches at philly.....

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

Congratulations 303, 1640, 365, and 2607! It was a great fight against you all in the end! 1391 and 486, we couldn't have asked for a better alliance, thanks! I hope everyone had as much fun as we did! Hope to see you all in St. Louis. :)

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

Your Welcome, your team did a Xcellent job.

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

The Philadelphia Regional, as usual, was quite a roller-coaster ride this year. MOE 365 would like to thank...

Firebirds, Team 433 - your team works amazingly hard and deserves to take home the top prize. Congratulations on your Chairman's Award. All the best in St. Louis!

Royal Assault, Team 357 - Congratulations on your Engineering Inspiration Award. Your pit ambassador was well trained! He got me to read your business plan as I was rushing by to meet up with our competition team! Nice document!

Al Ostrow, Team 341 - Congratulations on your Woodie Flowers Award. Extremely well deserved. You finally get some credit for your endless hard work. Enjoy!

Don Bowers and the Regional Organizing Committee - we understand all the logistics involved in making an event like this happen. Kudos for all your work.

Event Volunteers - People who give their time for activities like this are the true heroes. Thanks to all our Philly whiteshirts!

All Participating Teams - The Philly Regional, whether at Temple or Drexel, has been special because of all the special people and team members. Thanks for all the spirited and friendly competition!

Temple University - While Drexel has been our Philly Regional home most of the time over the past decade or so, I really enjoy the Temple venue, especially the seats!!!!!

Our Alliance Partners in the eliminations - 1640, 303, 2607 - It was a tough road all the way, but somehow, our alliance managed to make it through. It was great how each partner contributed to this regional win. From broken arms to back-up bots to adaptive strategies, I thank you, partners!

For those teams who have finished your official FIRST season, we look forward to seeing you at off-season events (Duel on the Delaware is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd). For those continuing on to St Louis and the Championship, congratulations! We will see you there. Safe travels.

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

Well, this years Philadelphia Regional at Temple was just as memorable as those we've previously held at Drexel. All of the volunteers were awesome and the teams were even more spectacular in the ways you played and worked with each other. Hopefully everyone who tuned in was able to see just how hard Philly plays.

On behalf of Storm Robotics 2729, we'd like to thank everyone for making the event so memorable and to send big congrats to all of the award winners.

Special thanks to MOE for helping us getting our autonomous code up and running too. That was a major accomplishment for us this weekend!

Iron Devils - It was a lot of fun watching a cheering for you all during the playoffs. Sorry things didn't work out in the end. I forsee more great things for you all in the future.

Looking forward to seeing everyone back here next year!

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

Xcellent job in Phila.

Re: 2011 Philadelphia Regional
 

All our thanks yous have been said in person to the people that needed to hear them. If not, I would like to thank 341 & 1517 for putting together one hell of an alliance. Also, a big thank you to teams 103, 365, 816, and 2729 for your continued support and efforts. Our congratulations go out to 433, 357, the Dean's List finalists, and Al Ostrow.

We left our mark on Philadelphia and aside from being upset with the red card, our team came out with one large value. Integrity was in every Iron Devil that day because they did what they could to the best of their ability and created one hell of a robot. I loved every minute competing with it in qualifications and eliminations. Also, teams are recognizing what our team can do in FIRST.

As for next year, I will be heading off to California and be leaving behind the Philadelphia scene. The Iron Devils, however, will be back to get what they ultimately deserve.

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Thanks 341 for offering us your batteries during Finals in case ours died on us! We've been working on figuring out how we are going to fix this problem, but it is definitely a work in progress. So thanks again!