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Justin Montois 30-10-2010 02:42

2011 Finger Lakes Regional!
 
Let's get pumped up for the 7th Finger Lakes Regional at RIT's Gordon Field House!

We're bagging and tagging this year but that won't stop some heavy competition from packing up their robots and bringing them to Rochester!

217 will be making their 3rd trip to FLR to defend their 2010 Regional win. Also 2056 and 2994 will be making their 1st FLR appearance along with fellow Canadian FLR veterans 188 and 2852.

FLR brings in some solid out of towners but we have plenty of home grown talent. 191, 1126 and 1511 will highlight a deep field of veteran teams that will surely bring their best to get 2011 started off right in week 1.

With Jondarr calling the action, Steve MC'ing and Dante in Yellow making the calls on the field, FLR will not disappoint.

Are you ready?!?!?!?!?
:cool:

Steve Ketron 30-10-2010 06:28

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Michigan Team 1528 MTR (Monroe Trojan Robotics), formerly the iPirates, is excited about coming to our first FLR. I have been trying to get the funds to come up there for the FLR/off-season event for years and have finally been able to do it. My team can't wait to display their capabilities to those outside of Michigan once again. While also meeting up with our old friends with 1126. I also love the chance to talk with KoKo Ed for a full weekend.

Rebecca Wasmer 08-12-2010 13:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife (Post 978963)
Are you ready?!?!?!?!?
:cool:

We were born ready! :P

Bring on FLR... I seriously can not wait!

EthanMiller 08-12-2010 16:14

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1713 can't make it this year. Something about not enough money. I even volunteered to sleep outside to save on hotels, to walk to save on buses. Apparently, you can't do that. All that aside, even if we're able to come up with the money at this point, we've missed the deadline for registration.

Good luck and have fun to the teams that will be there!

pandamonium 08-12-2010 16:22

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1511 is ready! Well... as ready as we can be 30+ days before build season... We definitely do not have a robot yet though... :)

pfreivald 09-12-2010 09:48

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1551 has these weird things now we haven't seen much of in the past -- what are they? Oh, yeah, trophies and banners!

We want more of those.

We'll be there. :D

RIT_FIRST_LH 09-12-2010 14:43

Re: 2011 Finger Lakes Regional!
 
In addition to the FIRST Robotics Competition at RIT. RIT will also be hosting a it's 1st annual "Brick City" Junior FIRST Lego League Expo the weekend following the FIRST Robotics Competition.



To Learn More Visit: http://www.rit.edu/first/jrfll

We hope to create FIRST March Madness in the "Rochester Area" with the addition of this event! As well as an opportunity for the area's youngest to get involved with FIRST!

We encourage local FRC teams to spread the word throughout their community (elementary schools, scout troops, community centers and more)!

LeelandS 09-12-2010 18:54

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Who doesn't love a good Finger Lakes Regional?!

I can honestly say that competition in the Finger Lakes regional is some of the best I have ever seen, and it is my distinct honor to be able to compete once more in what will be my final year as an FRC student! I love being there, the energy is positively electrifying, and it is always one of the highlights of my year.

I can't wait for the Finger Lakes Regional to come around!

See you guys there!

Justin Montois 09-12-2010 19:42

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Did I mention 2056 has never gone to a regional and not left with the Championship Banner?

Alex Cormier 09-12-2010 20:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife (Post 984607)
Did I mention 2056 has never gone to a regional and not left with the Championship Banner?

I have no problem helping them keep that alive. :p


3181 is excited with a few new big name sponsors and hoping to bring another sharp looking competitive robot to play.

booton 10-12-2010 10:14

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Fairport Team 578 Red Raider Robotics (formerly Blue Lightning) is ready for action.

I concur that FLR is top-notch- thanks in advance to all the volunteers who work so hard to make the magic happen.

Bring on the competition! And of course the dancing. :D

Sean Raia 10-12-2010 15:36

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The FLR has been great the past two years that i have gone... Theres always lots of energy.

Team 1559 will be there:)

GCentola 02-01-2011 11:58

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Team 1126 is proud to compete with everyone again! We are so glad to be able to work with the great teams, and look forward to such a fun event (and all of the dancing)!

Ryan_Davis 02-01-2011 12:06

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I'm totally psyched!:D

Tetraman 02-01-2011 12:19

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Don't forget, that 174 will not only be defending their title, but their three-time FLR winner title!

FLR is one of the few Week 1 regionals that provides a Week 5 experiance. About 90% of the teams have seen each other before - it's a very close FIRST family of teams and full of friendships. High energy, loads of veterens and rookies that are always better then the stigma of 'rookie'.

But it has to be the volunteers that make FLR so much fun. I have to believe that EVERY volunteer has been a student or mentor of FIRST teams, which is what I think makes FLR so much fun, expecially for volunteers.

I can't wait to have the Thunder Chickens return to the frozen tundra of Rochester! You help raise the bar and give us Rochester area teams something to aim for. And for all the teams returning, I wish you all a round of luck as this year just already feels exciting!

But the one big question...that everyone is asking...that will make or break how awesome FLR will be...is...will JonDarr Bradshaw return as game announcer?

pfreivald 05-01-2011 18:31

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He'd better... We use his voice to power the field!

Roger 09-02-2011 11:54

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Now that we're getting close (only 22 days!? Can that be? :eek: ) could you guys please impart some practical information about your little corner of the universe to an out-of-town team? Like food, of course, and what to do in the evenings. The only info we got from our two RIT'ers is that Walpole has more snow than Rochester, which, while important, is not practical; and that I know how to pronounce Skaneateles, which is practical, but not important. ;)

pfreivald 09-02-2011 12:03

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RIT is located just off of Jefferson Road... If you leave RIT and hang a right onto Jefferson, you will quickly encounter the magical LAND OF RESTAURANTS. There are tons and tons and tons (and TONS) of places to eat on Jefferson Road, and if you don't want to go that far there are some pretty good restaurants on the northwest corner of campus.

Food at events are run by concession if you didn't preorder.

As to what to do in the evenings... Umm... What are you looking for? You can have a LAN party at Millennium Games (which is immediately before the aforementioned magical LAND OF RESTAURANTS, just north of Jefferson road) -- but you'll pay for the experience with cold, hard cash.

You could go back to your hotel and compare scouting notes, strategize, etc, etc.

What is it that people do during the evenings at FIRST events? I try to get as much sleep as I am able!

Koko Ed 09-02-2011 13:54

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger (Post 1019132)
Now that we're getting close (only 22 days!? Can that be? :eek: ) could you guys please impart some practical information about your little corner of the universe to an out-of-town team? Like food, of course, and what to do in the evenings. The only info we got from our two RIT'ers is that Walpole has more snow than Rochester, which, while important, is not practical; and that I know how to pronounce Skaneateles, which is practical, but not important. ;)

Walpole is near Boston, right?
You guys don't even have half the amount of snow Rochester gets (we average over a hundred per year. We're up to 91 inches so far this year). Boston averages around 40ish. It's that stupid snow machine to our North that keep making more of that annoying white stuff almost every day of our winter.
There are lots of resteraunts near RIT because there is a mall area very nearby.
Sadly both the Knighthawks and Amerks are on the road so go there. Thursday I plan on going to Laserquest so you guys are free to tag along (usually only members of 229 take me up on the offer with a few members from 1511 and others as well). Nothing else really comes to mind for entertainment.

Tim Delles 09-02-2011 14:02

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed (Post 1019201)
Walpole is near Boston, right?
You guys don't even have half the amount of snow Rochester gets (we average over a hundred per year. We're up to 91 inches so far this year). Boston averages around 40ish. It's that stupid snow machine to our North that keep making more of that annoying white stuff almost every day of our winter.
There are lots of resteraunts near RIT because there is a mall area very nearby.
Sadly both the Knighthawks and Amerks are on the road so go there. Thursday I plan on going to Laserquest so you guys are free to tag along (usually only members of 229 take me up on the offer with a few members from 1511 and others as well). Nothing else really comes to mind for entertainment.

Good luck to all,

Ed,

If all the rain we have gotten in Providence was snow, we'd be well over that 100 inch mark :p. But yes Walpole is just west of Boston.

Koko Ed 09-02-2011 14:29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Delles (Post 1019209)
Good luck to all,

Ed,

If all the rain we have gotten in Providence was snow, we'd be well over that 100 inch mark :p. But yes Walpole is just west of Boston.

It's all about location location location. Because we are positioned to the north and west of the lakes we get dumped on while New England is east of the ocean so they don't get as much snow from it (but they do get those nasty Nor'easterners a few times a season).

EthanMiller 09-02-2011 14:52

Re: 2011 Finger Lakes Regional!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger (Post 1019132)
Now that we're getting close (only 22 days!? Can that be? :eek: ) could you guys please impart some practical information about your little corner of the universe to an out-of-town team? Like food, of course, and what to do in the evenings. The only info we got from our two RIT'ers is that Walpole has more snow than Rochester, which, while important, is not practical; and that I know how to pronounce Skaneateles, which is practical, but not important. ;)

Skaneateles - skinny atlas. More or less.

Food: I know my team always hits up the all you can eat country buffet. There's also a Buffalo Wild Wings around there. And, as mentioned, the magical land of restaurants is a great place to browse.

Team2340 09-02-2011 15:03

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Team 2340 Xcentrics (formerly NazareX) will be attending as usual.
couldn't be more excited for this year's competition!

Good luck to all participants!

Justin Montois 09-02-2011 16:26

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I need to amend my original post. I've heard it will be Karthik MC'ing!! Woohoo!

He will tell you things about your team that YOU didn't even know.

Tetraman 09-02-2011 16:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed (Post 1019201)
We're up to 91 inches so far this year

Come to Liverpool where we are at 132.4 inches.

Arctic Warriors in real life.

Roger 09-02-2011 18:28

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I'd like to think of Walpole as more south than west of Boston, right off of I-95. Just north of the Patriot's football stadium in Foxboro. Official Walpole snow count is 74 inches. We were getting a bunch of nor'easters.

We might take you up on Lasertag, Ed. Our tradition from last year is a monster Monopoly or Risk game every night. (Or Candyland!) Or a trip to the mall. We're coming in a couple of 15-seat vans so driving around isn't a problem.

Regarding food, we knew about restaurants in the area, but there was some debate on if we should get the pre-ordered lunch or go to a local restaurant. Personally I think that going off-campus for lunch is a bad idea. Our RIT'ers didn't know if the concession stands would be open at GFH -- shall we assume they are open? Are they the typical high priced foods?

If it's Old Country Buffet, we have one here in town -- I think most of our kids are not in love with it.

Tetraman 09-02-2011 19:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger (Post 1019426)
Our RIT'ers didn't know if the concession stands would be open at GFH -- shall we assume they are open? Are they the typical high priced foods?

Yes, they are open during FLR.

Yes, they are typical high priced foods.

tsakshaug 26-02-2011 15:55

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Quote:

Regarding food, we knew about restaurants in the area, but there was some debate on if we should get the pre-ordered lunch or go to a local restaurant. Personally I think that going off-campus for lunch is a bad idea. Our RIT'ers didn't know if the concession stands would be open at GFH -- shall we assume they are open? Are they the typical high priced foods?

If it's Old Country Buffet, we have one here in town -- I think most of our kids are not in love with it.
A good china buffet across the street from Old Country. Pizza can be delivered- but not eaten inside, not bad if the weather is good.
One week from today, it will be done!

Roger 28-02-2011 12:36

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Looks like we may be dodging some snow, hopefully? We had a few more inches this past weekend, but also some rain, and one "weather event" that was rain at the high school that turned to snow as I was driving home one evening.

One silly question: the pits and the field are all in the same space? (I think I remember a youtube video that showed this.) We have to decide for our usual "Shipping Dept!" high cart (yes, it says that on the side; somebody was excited about it years ago), or our low-rider garden cart. I think we can manage robot carrying in and out of the building, but not a pit-field-pit transfer.

Justin Montois 28-02-2011 13:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger (Post 1032632)
Looks like we may be dodging some snow, hopefully? We had a few more inches this past weekend, but also some rain, and one "weather event" that was rain at the high school that turned to snow as I was driving home one evening.

One silly question: the pits and the field are all in the same space? (I think I remember a youtube video that showed this.) We have to decide for our usual "Shipping Dept!" high cart (yes, it says that on the side; somebody was excited about it years ago), or our low-rider garden cart. I think we can manage robot carrying in and out of the building, but not a pit-field-pit transfer.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30867
That's how the pits are set up. The field is to the right, I guess I don't see why you wouldn't be able to use your high cart.

commodoredl 28-02-2011 13:08

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Quote:

Looks like we may be dodging some snow, hopefully? We had a few more inches this past weekend, but also some rain, and one "weather event" that was rain at the high school that turned to snow as I was driving home one evening.

One silly question: the pits and the field are all in the same space? (I think I remember a youtube video that showed this.) We have to decide for our usual "Shipping Dept!" high cart (yes, it says that on the side; somebody was excited about it years ago), or our low-rider garden cart. I think we can manage robot carrying in and out of the building, but not a pit-field-pit transfer.
It's a bit of a tough call to make. The pits and the field are directly next to each other, separated by a large curtain, in the same building. However, you might have some issues with height using a tall cart because of FLR's wire management system - they use a couple constructed "doorways" to lift all the wires out of peoples way. Our team's cart has gotten the robot caught on that doorway several times before, so if you have a tall robot, you'll likely have to lift it off the cart and carry it under the doorway on your way to the pits.
If you like the height of the taller cart (and we do for ours, it makes us a nice workbench), then you'll just have to deal with doing the pit-field transfer every time.

Libby K 28-02-2011 16:43

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I will be at FLR this year with Team 229 Division By Zero!

See you all later this week! :)

Dancin103 28-02-2011 16:46

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I'll be watching the webcast. Good luck to all the teams competing at FLR and all the regionals this weekend! :)

Nevets Amstier 28-02-2011 18:38

Re: 2011 Finger Lakes Regional!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed (Post 1019201)
Walpole is near Boston, right?
You guys don't even have half the amount of snow Rochester gets (we average over a hundred per year. We're up to 91 inches so far this year). Boston averages around 40ish. It's that stupid snow machine to our North that keep making more of that annoying white stuff almost every day of our winter.
There are lots of resteraunts near RIT because there is a mall area very nearby.
Sadly both the Knighthawks and Amerks are on the road so go there. Thursday I plan on going to Laserquest so you guys are free to tag along (usually only members of 229 take me up on the offer with a few members from 1511 and others as well). Nothing else really comes to mind for entertainment.


229 is always game for laserquest...if you can keep up with us! :p :cool:

Waffles 28-02-2011 23:03

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John Darr John Darr!!!

Can't wait to get back together with all the Rochester teams! It's going to be an exciting year :)

RayTurner1126 28-02-2011 23:13

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We're all packing, preparing, and gearing up for thursday! We are getting our hairspray, gel, and faicepaint ready! Good luck to all! should be interesting this year! :)

Roger 01-03-2011 08:07

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We were more worried that there was a standard 7-foot door between the pits and field. Our robot is near the max height allowed. Have to check again this afternoon for the height.

The wire overhang for the curtain and back area is usually much higher and I'm not too concerned with it (unless people at RIT think we're all incredibly small). (Though re-reading Dan's message, now I'm not sure.)

As for the Laserquest -- have your people call our people. ;) I'm sure we'll get some of us going. (Insert generic high school aged chest-thumping vague threats here.) I personally won't be keeping up with anyone at this... :o

Tetraman 01-03-2011 08:35

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Yes. Laserquest is a good idea.

The frame "doorways" from the field to the pits are very high. There would be no way you could have a cart -that- tall, however if your robot has an arm you would probably have to make sure the arm has folded down.

Koko Ed 01-03-2011 10:06

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Here are the directions from RIT to Laserquest in Greece.

Racer26 01-03-2011 10:22

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I'll be there for Saturday cheering on 1075 and our Canadian friends in 188, 843, 2056 (good luck on 9 straight), 2852, and 2994.

I'm expecting to show up around 10AM, assuming the border crossing goes well. Anybody know what crossing times are like southbound at Queenston-Lewiston at about 8:30 on a Saturday morning?

DarkFlame145 01-03-2011 16:26

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I will be rooting for 145 from warm, sunny Bradenton, FL go T-Rx!! I hope you all have a fun and wonderful FLR.

Racer26 03-03-2011 09:48

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Any news on when FLR's webcast will go live?

Starke 03-03-2011 10:39

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1075guy (Post 1033991)
Any news on when FLR's webcast will go live?

I found this quote on FLR's website (firstrochester.org):

Quote:

2011 FLRC Cable and Webcast

Starting Friday, March 4th at 9:00am and Saturday, March 5th starting at 9:00am on Rochester area Time Warner Cable Channel 4. Both days will also be streamed Live through the Rochester City School District's website at www.rcsdk12.org/rcsdtv

PriyankP 03-03-2011 12:22

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Anyone want to commentate what they see on the field?! :)

Nick Lawrence 03-03-2011 14:07

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Word on the street is FLR is having field issues. Have these been resolved yet?

-Nick

Racer26 03-03-2011 14:46

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I would hazard a guess that this is true, given a lack of FMS posting to:

http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FRCROC

FMS is happily posting away with hashtags #FRCNJ (New Jersey Regional), #FRCNH (BAE Systems Granite State Regional), and #FRCSTX (Alamo Regional)

commodoredl 03-03-2011 14:58

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I'm not exactly an insider here, but from what I understand we still haven't been able to connect any robots to the field yet. Not sure why that is. No update announcements have been made since lunchtime.

SarahB 03-03-2011 15:01

Re: 2011 Finger Lakes Regional!
 
I can confirm that FLR is having significant field issues. On the plus side the lack of matches has given people plenty of time to get their robots inspected.

Racer26 03-03-2011 17:28

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Any update on FLR's field issues? The day is now basically over according to the agenda.

No @FRCFMS #FRCROC tweets... did any FLR teams get to practice?

I'm headed for Rochester after finishing work tomorrow, to cheer my team on for Saturday. Hope everything gets worked out.

EDIT: Looks like FLR field is finally up: http://twitter.com/leedrake

Upon further inspection of that twitter feed, it seems like RIT's IT department had been jamming adhoc Wifi (which the field depends on)

brianc217 03-03-2011 17:38

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed (Post 1019230)
It's all about location location location. Because we are positioned to the north and west of the lakes we get dumped on while New England is east of the ocean so they don't get as much snow from it (but they do get those nasty Nor'easterners a few times a season).

Are you referring to the finger lakes or the great lakes? I know you're north west of the finger lakes but I didn't know they had much of an effect on weather. Also New England unfortunately is not east of the ocean (that would be England!)

I think in general it snows more in Rochester by snowing a little bit everyday, whereas in New England, a lot of snow falls during each storm, but storms occur less often.

FLR seems like a great regional though with good competition. It's unfortunate the field was down today.

Racer26 03-03-2011 17:55

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WOW! Look at our FLR teams go!

2 Matches played today:

http://twitter.com/search?q=%23frcroc

frcfms #FRCROC TY P MC 1 RF 18 BF 82 RE 1153 156 639 BL 340 2056 1518 RB 0 BB 30 RP 0 BP 0 15 minutes ago via FMS

Practice Match 1 (15 Minutes ago)

Red Alliance(1153,156,639) v Blue Alliance(340,2056,1518)
Final score 18-82
Blue bonus: 30

frcfms #FRCROC TY P MC 2 RF 73 BF 48 RE 191 1511 1559 BL 217 578 1640 RB 50 BB 0 RP 0 BP 0 2 minutes ago via FMS

Practice Match 2 (2 minutes ago)
Red Alliance(191, 1511, 1559) v Blue Alliance (217, 578, 1640)
Final score: 73 - 48
Red bonus: 50.

Off to a late start, but are they ever playing. Compare these scores to #FRCNJ, #FRCNH, or #FRCSTX. Seems like FLR is the regional to watch so far.

Justin Montois 03-03-2011 18:15

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Field issues appear resolved and practice matches are underway. I was blown away by the first few matches. Didn't expect those scores at all. At alllllllll.

2056 and 217 just missed putting up 4 logos.217 with a quick minibot, 2056 scoring theirs as well. Well over 100 points.

Jonathan Norris 03-03-2011 18:18

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What teams are looking good out there?? How are the chickens (217) doing?

I'm especially interested in fellow Canadian teams 2056, 188, and the others competing there.

Chris is me 03-03-2011 18:27

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Anyone got a photo of the ThunderChickens?

DarkFlame145 03-03-2011 19:45

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Anyone get a pic of 145 for me please =)

dmoody92 03-03-2011 20:54

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Hmmm, my team left around 5 and I don't think we have got on the field. When did they stop doing practice matches?

commodoredl 03-03-2011 21:03

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Phew! That was a long day.
It turned out that the root cause of our field issues was RIT's wireless network interfering with the FRC network. Once we got the okay to disable their network in the building at about 4pm, we were able to finally get going with our matches, and we extended practice time until 9pm.
I wasn't able to take many pictures, but I have pics of 217 and 2056 that I'll link for you guys:

http://i.imgur.com/3lRd1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RcHIV.jpg

Best robots at the competition so far: Easily 217 and 2056. Both are scoring machines with incredibly fast minibots. 217 has a bit of a tendency to get caught up on field elements during autonomous, but it's clear these teams are the best ones that have played so far.
In the time I was at FLR (until about 7) I didn't see 188 play.
The traditional local powerhouses 1126 and 191 were also playing well today.
One last note: In practice match 2, the only robot that was playing on the blue alliance was 217, scoring 48 points but missing out on the minibot right at the end (I think that was the match where the minibot fell off the deployment mechanism). So yeah, I'd say the Thunderchickens are at their usual level of awesome this year.

Valkyrie133 03-03-2011 22:26

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Very long day!!

There were some impressive robots out there today. I suspect that we'll see some other robots improve significantly during Friday, with all the pit time and practice field time that they got today to work the kinks out. The qualifying matches should be fun!

Koko Ed 04-03-2011 05:34

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Due to unforeseen Circumstances and having to work overtime to be able to get some practice matches the Laser Tag had to be postponed but we can try again tonight.

Racer26 04-03-2011 09:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by commodoredl (Post 1034316)
I wasn't able to take many pictures, but I have pics of 217 and 2056 that I'll link for you guys:

http://i.imgur.com/3lRd1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RcHIV.jpg

Interesting to see 2056 for the first time this year. Its surprisingly VERY different to their bot from 2007 which was easily the most dominating rookie bot I've seen in 8 years of FRC. They were brand new, coming in under 1114's wing as part of the NiagaraFIRST alliance, and won Waterloo, GTR, and IRI in their rookie year.

Best pic I can find of their 2007 bot: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28599

Chris is me 04-03-2011 11:48

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I never thought 2056 would make a bot with more than one degree of freedom.

crprato7 04-03-2011 16:06

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High score of 102!!!!! Match 43.

Bill_B 04-03-2011 16:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1034516)
I never thought 2056 would make a bot with more than one degree of freedom.

They are kicking butt and taking names!
thunderchickens 217 look good too

DarkFlame145 04-03-2011 17:19

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145 is looking strong again this year!!!

jblay 04-03-2011 18:03

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Watching thunderchickens play is incredible. They are the best team I saw in action today by a bit. Their driving is truly phenomenal and their minbot is the fastest I have seen.

pfreivald 04-03-2011 21:20

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2056, 217, 1126, 191 -- not necessarily in that order -- are absolutely dominating FLR. Good on you, guys!

Elliot191 04-03-2011 22:07

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pfreivald (Post 1034723)
2056, 217, 1126, 191 -- not necessarily in that order -- are absolutely dominating FLR. Good on you, guys!

Thanks a lot. We're just doing our best to have fun I guess. But your guy's minibot is crazy good. Nice job. Also congrats to your team for having a mentor win woodie flowers

Bill_B 04-03-2011 22:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pfreivald (Post 1034723)
2056, 217, 1126, 191 -- not necessarily in that order -- are absolutely dominating FLR. Good on you, guys!

340 not doing badly from what I saw. Pretty much agree on your selection too. Alliance picking will be tricky. I'm going to FTC regional, so I'll miss the fun tomorrow afternoon.

Xaviermw191 04-03-2011 22:32

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There have been a couple of very entertaining matches today, when enough good robots are on the field together. Us(191) plus 1511 verses 217 was one of those matches I remember, turned into a very competitive, high scoring affair. Excited to see 217 + 2056 vs. 1126 in tomorrows qualifications. Tomorrow's elimination rounds should be littered with these good matches and I am stoked to compete in them. Good luck to everybody tomorrow!

Tetraman 04-03-2011 23:26

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10:36 AM - Match 67 - 2056, 3013, 217 v. 1126, 174, 1518

aka: a good look at what the elimination finals might look like.

Bill_B 04-03-2011 23:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tetraman (Post 1034814)
10:36 AM - Match 67 - 2056, 3013, 217 v. 1126, 174, 1518

aka: a good look at what the elimination finals might look like.

After seeing tube placement by some of these teams, it no longer seems unreasonable to expect an eventual full grid logo array. The only problem they face is staying out of each others' way. Our team should be so lucky.

Justin Montois 05-03-2011 00:04

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Heck of a day. Good luck to all teams tomorrow. And if your reading this (instead of sleeping) please please please please make a pick list. It's embarrassing for everyone that takes this competition seriously when a team that is in the top 8 is making an alliance selection for a team that isn't even at the regional or looking up at the big screen and picking the highest on the list. Do some scouting, do some research, you put so much work into your robots, don't get lazy now.

I can't wait for Saturday, I think the elimination rounds are going to be very exciting. This game may challenge as one of the best all time. Can't wait to see it played at the highest level.

Waffles 05-03-2011 00:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife (Post 1034831)
Heck of a day. Good luck to all teams tomorrow. And if your reading this (instead of sleeping) please please please please make a pick list. It's embarrassing for everyone that takes this competition seriously when a team that is in the top 8 is making an alliance selection for a team that isn't even at the regional or looking up at the big screen and picking the highest list. Do some scouting, do some research, you put so much work into your robots, don't get lazy now.

I can't wait for Saturday, I think the elimination rounds are going to be very exciting. This game may challenge as one of the best all time. Can't wait to see it played at the highest level.

1511 just booked for the night and pretty much finished our pick list. It definitely was one heck of a day. One crazy regional too so far. Can't wait to see how things go tomorrow!

We're on the watch for improving teams :)

pfreivald 05-03-2011 05:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Elliot191 (Post 1034763)
Thanks a lot. We're just doing our best to have fun I guess. But your guy's minibot is crazy good. Nice job. Also congrats to your team for having a mentor win woodie flowers

Thanks!

If I could have picked only one thing to go right this year, it would have been Paul Jacobs winning Woodie Flowers. That was awesome!

...and has anyone else noticed that throwing tubes is a VERY BAD IDEA when your alliance is offensively outclassed?

dmoody92 05-03-2011 07:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tetraman (Post 1034814)
10:36 AM - Match 67 - 2056, 3013, 217 v. 1126, 174, 1518

aka: a good look at what the elimination finals might look like.

ehemmmmm, it's 3015! :)

Our team is really looking forward to this one for an obvious reason.... haha

bam-bam 05-03-2011 11:46

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Will someone please post the alliance selections after they are over?
I have to apologize, I can't read the text (I'm watching the live webcast, and the text is blurry) and I can't hear as well. Thank you, and Karthik is doing a great job being the MC.

Vikesrock 05-03-2011 11:52

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Alliances
2056, 217, 1518
1126, 340, 3157
191, 229, 3173
145, 1551, 1640
3799, 1511, 174
716, 156, 188
2228, 1153, 639
1559, 3015, 1075

George Nishimura 05-03-2011 13:14

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What were 1518 red-carded for?

That's a massive penalty... a whole dq for the team.

BIGWILLI2081 05-03-2011 13:19

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touching a tower during minibot deployment

EthanMiller 05-03-2011 14:15

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Watching it makes me so sad that 1713 had too many budget issues to compete this year. Looks like a really fun game this year.

Good luck to all! Excellent fun watching the webcast!

bam-bam 05-03-2011 15:17

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Wow, really (REALLY) close win by blue alliance (340, 3157, 1126) against red (2056, 217, and 1518). It was won by 2 minibots that finished first and second for blue. 2056 failed to put on a minibot.

The 3rd finals match must've scared the heck out of the red alliance until about 45 seconds. Blue alliance was very close to winning the regional and making a huuuge upset. Unfortunately, it looks like one of the other minibots on the blue alliance was deployed too early. If the blue alliance would've gotten it in, they could've won the whole thing. Check that people, minibots are HUGE part of the game, and this match just proved it.

Congratulations to the red alliance. Great robots, great alliance.
Monster scouting by 1126 on blue alliance.

Chris is me 05-03-2011 15:46

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Amazing alliances on both sides of the finals. Congratulations 2056 and 217 and 1518, as well as 340 / 1126 / (team escapes me right now)

George Nishimura 05-03-2011 15:49

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Can someone explain what happened? My computer froze at exactly the wrong time...

Chris is me 05-03-2011 15:50

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It looks like 340's minibot started going up, then a motor smoked.

bam-bam 05-03-2011 15:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gnishi2011 (Post 1035020)
Can someone explain what happened? My computer froze at exactly the wrong time...

The minibot from one of the blue alliance (can't remember) didn't go up/deployed too early. That cost them the entire match. If it went up, the blue alliance would've won.

Starke 05-03-2011 17:58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1035021)
It looks like 340's minibot started going up, then a motor smoked.

This is exactly what happened In Finals Match 3. The minibot was successfully deployed and began moving up the pole for about a foot. Then a motor burned out.

Either way, great job 340! We were so proud to work with such close friends!

Tetraman 05-03-2011 18:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1035019)
Amazing alliances on both sides of the finals. Congratulations 2056 and 217 and 1518, as well as 340 / 1126 / (team escapes me right now)

3157

And yes, the finals in eliminations were the best. The way JohnDarr explained the tie rules and hearing everyone on the blue alliance explode was amazing.

Amazing job by 2056, 217 and 1518. Congrats to 340, 1126 and 3157. A special congrats to 174's alliance captain for winning both highest rookie seed and rookie all star, team 3799. It was great working with you and 1511 in our quarterfinal match.

Also, a huge congrats to 340 on their 4th regional Chairmans award in a row. I really hope you all win at the Championship this year! Every team in Rochester is pulling for you.

Thank you to all the teams and volunteers that make this regional one of the best there is. See you all next year!


If everyone can post links to their photo galleries, that would be great.

pfreivald 05-03-2011 19:40

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Awesome job, everyone! What an incredible regional to be a part of!

Waffles 05-03-2011 20:26

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The regional was a blast, and teams really gave eachother a run for their money!

I cannot wait to see who ends up on Einstein this year, it's SO exciting! Mini-bot REALLY makes end-game periods so much more exiting, and believe it or not, what some teams lack, those of others conquer.

Talk about scary!!!

This year has been the most fun in all my years so far, and I cannot wait to attend DC with the team and Boston with my mentors. :)

I look forward to some really great competition.

LeelandS 06-03-2011 00:46

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This year's FLR was a blast. I am very proud to say we were a part of such a great regional. We've been in a bit of a rut the past few years, so to be able to make a comeback and go to the eliminations with two hometown heroes in 340 and 3157 was a tremendous honor on my/our part. The competition presented at the regional was tough. A lot of teams had solid minibots and hanging abilities, so a lot had to be done to neutralize teams like 340 and 1551 who had game-changing minibots.

I'd like to extend my own congratulations to team 217, 2056 and 1518. That is a true powerhouse alliance if I ever did see one. I'm honored to say we got to duke it out in the finals, going into a rubber match and losing by only 5 points. To say we went toe-to-toe with teams of such an amazing calibar is something I take pride in. Again, congratulations, and if you ever want to go another round, I'm dying for another shot at you guys ;)

Again, I congratulate everyone on another great Finger Lakes regional. This is my last one as a student, and I'm very happy with the overall competition and the energy levels. Keep it up ladies and gentleman. Keep making FLR one of the best in the country (at least, in my opinion :D )

jharold12 06-03-2011 02:38

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Here's a shoutout to the awesome peeps on SparX 1126 for a job well done! Not only did we win second place in our REGION, give the top teams there a run for their money with a competition so close, we lost by 5 points in game 3 of 3, and were awarded for best autonomous; we also brought team 3157, in their second year, completely passed over by the other teams, into the spotlight, where they were able to display their awesome skillz on the field. To come in 2nd place at a regional competition is a high honor in and of itself, but to do it in only your SECOND YEAR OF EVER COMPETING!?!?!?!?!? Being able to help them accomplish this feat meant more to me than all the awards in the world! Great job, Blue Alliance!!!

Bill_B 06-03-2011 09:10

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The difficulty with the GSR feed on Friday had me pick FLR as alternate. Glad to have done so, even though I didn't see the Saturday "show" because I went to an FTC tournament. Now I'm hoping for some replay video to continue admiring the class of competition there. No disagreement with what's been mentioned here already.

Ryan_Davis 06-03-2011 09:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jharold12 (Post 1035286)
Here's a shoutout to the awesome peeps on SparX 1126 for a job well done! Not only did we win second place in our REGION, give the top teams there a run for their money with a competition so close, we lost by 5 points in game 3 of 3, and were awarded for best autonomous; we also brought team 3157, in their second year, completely passed over by the other teams, into the spotlight, where they were able to display their awesome skillz on the field. To come in 2nd place at a regional competition is a high honor in and of itself, but to do it in only your SECOND YEAR OF EVER COMPETING!?!?!?!?!? Being able to help them accomplish this feat meant more to me than all the awards in the world! Great job, Blue Alliance!!!

WOOOH! Thank you SPARX 1126, G.R.R. 340, and FTC Team Error:404.

578robotsrock 06-03-2011 10:17

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It was a great competion, even though we didn't make it to eliminations and weren't called up for back-up, it was still great watching the top alliance earning there win. It was still gret because not only did one of our own win Deans list (giving us a two year streak :D) we won Engineering Inspiration which means we get to compete at Nationals. We are gonna work to see if we can afford to send the team, but even if we don't we'll see Rolling Thunder and anyone else thats going at DC during week 4. Congrats to all and see you next year!

Waffles 06-03-2011 14:23

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill_B (Post 1035333)
The difficulty with the GSR feed on Friday had me pick FLR as alternate. Glad to have done so, even though I didn't see the Saturday "show" because I went to an FTC tournament. Now I'm hoping for some replay video to continue admiring the class of competition there. No disagreement with what's been mentioned here already.

1511 recorded a good majority of the matches and plan on posting them either on Blue Alliance, YouTube or even our website, so we'll keep you posted!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 578robotsrock (Post 1035360)
It was a great competion, even though we didn't make it to eliminations and weren't called up for back-up, it was still great watching the top alliance earning there win. It was still gret because not only did one of our own win Deans list (giving us a two year streak :D) we won Engineering Inspiration which means we get to compete at Nationals. We are gonna work to see if we can afford to send the team, but even if we don't we'll see Rolling Thunder and anyone else thats going at DC during week 4. Congrats to all and see you next year!

Congrats on the second year Dean's list win! That happened for us too! (I won in Boston last year)... Can't wait for DC :)

commodoredl 06-03-2011 15:14

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For anybody looking for pictures of their robot or other robots, I've uploaded all the pictures I took on Friday doing field reset to an album:
http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u...onal%20Friday/
Congratulations to the regional winners 2056, 217, and 1518 as well as the finalists 1126, 340, and 3157!
Congratulations also to team 340 for winning the Chairman's award yet again! I think you guys are the class of FIRST and I can't wait to see you win it at the World Championship one of these years!
My team was so excited to find out we had won the Engineering Inspiration award! This was a project several years in the making, and to see our efforts come together with winning the award at last was truly inspiring to the team. Now to see if we can find the funds to attend the championship this year. :P

rees2001 06-03-2011 15:44

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Congrats to 2056, 217, and 1518 on winning the regional. Those last few matches were some of the most exciting I have watched in years. To have the first match come down to a tie and the last match could have easily gone either way. Tube for tube, minibot for minibot just to have ours burn out on the pole. Great finish.

Congrats to 578 for winning the EI. I hope to see your team at championship.

Thank you SparX for picking us for Eliminations. When my kids asked me on Friday why I agreed to lend you guys our minibot, I told them that 340 & 1126 go way back and that it is just the right thing to do. Getting picked and almost winning the whole thing was proof enough. It is the thing that FIRST is made of and the reason we do this. It was great that we were also with 3157 a fellow B+L team.

578robotsrock 06-03-2011 19:51

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Waffles (Post 1035520)
Congrats on the second year Dean's list win! That happened for us too! (I won in Boston last year)... Can't wait for DC :)

That's awesome that you won, and of coarse congrats on winning this year. It's good to see you guys rewarded for your hard work. Again, see you in DC

Justin Montois 07-03-2011 16:23

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The 2011 Finger Lakes Regional was one I will never forget. It was great to bring a robot that was ready to go out of the bag.

To the other 43 teams, the atmosphere was amazing, especially in elims. The house was packed, standing room only around the upper level, it was quite a sight. I talked to some people that came to watch and they loved the game, they loved the venue and they loved the atmosphere.

Thursday was kind of rough, but no one got discouraged. Our veteran field staff worked hard and made sure we got in some practice time.

Friday afternoon, we worked with 1126 to see if we could outfit their robot to deploy our sub 2 second minibot. Everyone knew that if either 2056 or 217 was ranked #1 they were going to pick the other. Knowing they both had quick minibots, only a pair of equally quick minibots could bring them down.

The college aged mentors on both teams have a great relationship with one another and it's been talked about since 2004 that we would love to go into elims with them again and it couldn't have worked out any better this year. When they selected us with the #2 selection I knew who was going to be waiting for us in the finals. And we couldn't wait to get there. Before elims started we finished all the preparations to have SparX deploy a copy of our minibot. During the endgame of Quarter-Final 1, watching the Steve and Stevie (The minibots) go up the poles almost simultaneously will be something I will never forget.

In the finals, we knew it was going to be a fight. Everyone expected 217 and 2056 to win. We knew we had fast minibots and consistent deployment, we knew we could give them a run. The First match, going into the endgame down 62-12 and coming back to win with 1st and 2nd place minibot (tie goes to the minibot winner) was amazing. I can't wait to watch that match again.

In the third match, we just couldn't get the blue square on the peg, so we gave up on it and went for our bread and butter. Steve. Sparx Deployed Stevie and got 1st place, 2056 got 2nd, all we needed was Steve to do what he had done so many times, go up that pole one more time. However Steve deployed, went up about a foot and went up in smoke. Seeing Steve on the pole blowing out smoke, knowing that it just cost us a regional will be an image that will be tough to forget.

Our alliance of 340-1126-3157 had a great strategy and it was awesome to see the excitement and energy that 3157 had. Ranked 33rd out of 44 teams they felt they didn't have a shot at elims but good scouting is all about finding those teams that can complete your alliance. Working with a fellow B&L team that was so happy to be playing with us was great.

Take nothing away from 217, 2056 and 1518. Congratulations on your regional victory and an additional congrats to OP Robotics on your 9th consecutive regional win.

Congrats to 578 on your much deserved Engineering Inspiration award. I hope you can make it to championship.

Karthik and JonDarr, you guys make an amazing team and it was a pleasure to listen to you both all weekend.

To Glen Pearson and the rest of the regional planning committee, thank you for putting on another great regional event. FLR truly is one of the best.

Good luck to all teams that compete in future events, for us it's on to Chesapeake!

pfreivald 07-03-2011 16:55

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The FLR finals were the most epic games I have witnessed to date.


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