2011 Boston Regional
 

So lets kick this one off...
Who's going? I can't wait and I am just a volunteer!
Any other 2007 field repair volunteers super excited for more inflatable tubes?!?!?! Because I know I am!!!!

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2013 From Stayner Ontario Canada will be going again! Any other Canadian teams???

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I'll be there as a volunteer, for the third year. I love the Boston Regional!

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Not to necro this thread (though someone's got to do it some time!)

But I was reading this document:

http://bostonfirst.org/pdf/2011-Bost...ome-Packet.pdf


It contradicts it's self.

And then later down the page


So are we getting internet or not?

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We are working with the venue to make sure everyone can access the wireless, so yes, our plan is for you to have access to the internet. However, what we want to avoid is people bringing in their own routers, access points, repeaters, etc that could interfere either with the Arena wireless infrastructure or with the field.

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Team 61 will be there as always! Who's ready for some minibot races?

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125 hasn't missed one yet, and we don't plan on doing so this year!

Looking forward to a solid competition.

-Brando

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222 will be there for the first time. From what I've heard it will be a good regional, can't what to see every one there. :)

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Thanks for the clarification on the wireless availability Mikell.

Fresh from a very exciting and eventful Chesapeake Regional, I'm looking forward to returning to the Boston Regional with TJ^2.

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TJ^2, you guys were awesome in Chesapeake - I'm looking forward to seeing you in Boston!

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I can't wait to see all the teams I usually don't see! At FLR, we are all familiar faces, but its fun to see some new competition some times! I don't know much of the Boston scene, do any "powerhouse" teams attend (powerhouse being defined as a team like 469, 1114, 67, 217, etc... who win every year)

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1922, team Oz-Ram will be there. We had a rough time in Manchester mostly because our robot wasn't complete. I am looking forward to seeing what difference we have made in the weeks between.

Grim, I don't know if any of the teams have the national reputation of the teams you mention but the competition last year was as tough and exciting as any I saw anywhere, and Boston and GSR have the best announcing team in FIRST (in my opinion). I hope you enjoy.

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They're aren't usually any powerhouse teams who attend Boston, and looking over this years team list I don't see any. The field is pretty wide open...

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I'll be volunteering there & hopefully helping to present the Dean's list award to the 2011 recipients!

Can't wait :)

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well you must have skipped over 88...

we are wicked excited for Boston and are looking for the second win in a row.

good luck to all that go and see you there

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Will the competition be streamed? I've got an obligation for that Saturday but I thought I might be able to sneak in a look now and then.

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One of the reasons our team loves the Boston regional is because of the lack of powerhouse teams. Everyone plays on the same level and it's just that much more competitive and exciting!

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Hi everyone,

Two things.

(1) We should have streaming set up via TBA, as in the past.

(2) I have an update on the wifi situation. After speaking with individuals who have worked other regionals, and with our event manager, we will be disabling the wireless in the arena since wifi networks have caused serious issues with the field network configuration at other regionals. Please do not set up any 802.11 networks on your own to prevent interfering with the field. 3G access to the web is fine, obviously, via phones or USB modems, and wired LANs in the pits are okay as well (assuming you manage your cabling safely). I'm sorry we won't be able to provide it this year, but I suspect there's a greater desire for the matches to run smoothly and on time than there is a desire for everyone to have web access.

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Once you know the web address can you please post it here?
Thanks

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I think there are more than a few teams that I see attending the Boston Regional that would take exception to your comment. :) :)

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This just in: the Boston Regional webcast will be at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bostonregional.

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Thanks, Mikell. I was hoping to tell people before I leave Thursday morning.

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Officially registered as a volunteer!

I'll be team queuing on Saturday, so I can't wait to meet all the teams!!

See you soooooooooon :D

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i registered months ago to volunteer.....havent heard back..... :(

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YAY! it was just a communication issue, had a great time during the practice rounds today, cant wait for the main competition to begin tomorrow!

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Looks like teams are getting 10 matches this year. Awesome!

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Hey everyone, just a few things (and please spread the word to those who may not read CD regularly):

-- Yes, Virginia, there *is* a team social, Friday night at the Museum of Science! Free admission to their exhibits and discounted tickets to Omni theater and (the newly redone!) planetarium. Social starts at 6 PM.

-- There are a few scouting tables set up in the box alcoves around the mezzanine on the arena. They have signs on the tables indicating that they are scouting areas. These areas give you an opportunity to sit down, recharge your laptop, and have a good birds-eye view for several matches' worth of scouting. Please remember your gracious professionalism and don't hog the spots -- we have lots of teams who need to scout! -- but definitely take advantage of their use.

-- Thank you all for a great first day! Can't wait to see how Friday and Saturday go!

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Hey everyone,

As Mikell mentioned, The Blue Alliance is providing the webcast for the regional for the next two days. We had someone doing a test run of it today and ran into some technical issues that we're going to work to resolve tomorrow, so hopefully all of the morning matches will be webcast, but if not we'll push heavily to make sure things are sorted out and operational for the afternoon and into Saturday.

The webcast feed can be found @ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bostonregional when we are streaming.

We'll also be archiving all of the matches for the regional.

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Best of luck to 125 and 222 this weekend in Boston!

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For those of you with smartphones stop a Tigertron and snap a picture of one of a QR code on our t-shirts!

You will need an application such as RedLaser for the iPhone or Google Goggles for Android devices.

Don't know what QR code is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

We also have QR codes all over our robot. Who knows where they take you? ;)

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I'll be there as a volunteer! :) First time volunteering at an official FRC event!

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You in boston tomorrow? I'll be heading down for the day with a few others, see you there!

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Wow, interesting ending. I would love to see a video of the foul that caused the alliance that scored enough point to win the regional to have them all negated. Must have been a terrible foul.
:ahh:

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I wasn't watching, but from how you described it, it sounds like a red card. With the way FMS is designed, the scorekeeper has to deduct the full score of the alliance in the event of a red card to force them to lose. This shows up as a massive penalty score.

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125 received a red card for contact with an opposing alliance robot in its home zone. This is an unfortunate automatic red card, and results in a 0 score for their alliance...

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Congrats to 88, 78 and 1099. You guys played very well. Thanks to 125 and 2648 for having faith in our abilities. Boston was great. Good luck to everyone in st. Louis.

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That is an unfortunate way to win and lose the regional, Great job to both teams though! That had to be one of the most exciting finals i have seen! Congrats to teams 78, 88, and 1099!

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Just one note:

I have never seen, so many suicidal mini-bots.

LOL.

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Firstly I'd like to personally thank 78 and 1099 for being outstanding alliance partners; it was a pleasure to work with you during eliminations, and we are proud of putting up the highest score of the regional.

I would also like to thank our fellow alliance in the finals, 125, 222 & 2648. Both alliances were very strong and it was fitting that the #1 and #2 seeds should meet in a series of hard fought matches.
I think everyone would rather win in a penalty-free match, and I've expressed elsewhere my thoughts on the number of cardable violations this year, but we have to play the game that we are given. After the first match, blue played a strongly defensive strategy which was clearly the right approach. But the way Logomotion is constructed there is an inherent risk in that strategy, and unfortunately it didn't work out for blue in the last match.

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You can say that again!

This was my first Boston Regional as I came down for the day and man was that an event! Week 6 can really bring out some crazy scores with several 4 minibot matches and a 116 to 108 score in elims!

The ending was sad and makes you wish red cards didn't exist in the finals but so is the game!

Congrats to 88,78, and 1099 (see you guys in STL) and to the equally powerful finalists who didn't go down easy 125, 2648, and 222 (see you guys around in the off-season)!

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Again, congrats to 88,78, and 1099 for winning, as well as 125,2648,and 222 for a very hard fought finals.

69 didn't attend Boston this year (wanted to try out some new regionals) but it looked great. I'm glad Boston can be such a great competitive regional to come back to. Great job out there!

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Thanks everyone for the kind words about our team.

First a big congrats to the winners 88, 78 and 1099. You guys were an extremely strong alliance, and playing against you guys was some of the most fun I've ever had at a competition.

I am extremely proud of my team and our alliance for getting to the point we did. 2648, you guys were so consistent in both scoring and minibot we were psyched to be able to pick you for an alliance. To my friends over at 222, we knew we might have a chance to grab you in the 2nd round, and I am so happy we did. You completed our alliance perfectly. Our alliance banded together to quickly adapt to robot malfunctions and adopt new strategies on the fly. Working together is what got our alliance as far as we did.

The red card was unfortunate, but warranted as per the letter of the rules. It's a tough way for a regional to end, but it was some of the most fun I've ever had at a FIRST event in my 11 years in the program.

Thanks everyone!

-Brando

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I would like to congratulate the winning teams 78, 88, and 1099. What a fantastic final match, though it was marred by that auto-red card. I can hardly imagine how much it must suck for 125, 2648, and 222. You guys played great, especially 125's great game of defense.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the guys who beat us: 1100, 1153, and 241. 241's defense was unbelievably good, while 1153 just hung tubes like crazy. And 1100 had the only minibot that could get up the pole faster than ours. Fun fact: That last match we lost was the only match we have lost the minibot race. And that second match was amazing: 69-66, one of the closest scores I have seen without them going into the minibot-winner tiebreaker.

It was an honor to be alliance captain, though it goes to show how much the seeding system is skewed towards teams with reliable(ly) fast minibots. But when you get to elims, it's the tubes that matter.

I don't know if we'll be in Boston next year, but all the teams were great. We were glad we could help everyone out with their parts requests (makes sense if you know we gave out 5 spikes to different teams, not to mention the insane amount of steel cable) :D The energy in Boston is unmatched at any event I have ever been to, though the pit setup is a bit wonky.

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I, on behalf of team 241, would like to thank everyone for making our first trip to Boston an amazing one, especially our alliance partners in the play offs 1100 and 1153. We are are thankful for all the compliments we received for the two things we worked on the most this year (our defensive drive strategy and our imagery). We had not made it past the quarter finals at a regional since 2003 and after failing to make it into the alliance selections at our home regional(Granite State) we were ecstatic that we were recognized at a regional where we were foreigners. This was an extremely emotional regional for myself as I am most likely retiring as a mentor for the time being due to time commitment issues so I would also like to take this time to thank my team for going wild in the stands when I asked them to, and for my drivers, Rob and Drew, for being the best drivers our team has had in my 6 years on the team.

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As a member of Team 1100's drive team, I'd like to say that it was tough finding a good strategy to beat your alliance. I remember clearly thinking this match is sooo close! and the crowd exploded at the results. The minibot races were awesome, in fact I think the only time the match ended early at Boston was in our quarter final matches.

Thanks everyone for the awesome experience!

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Thank you guys for playing awesome defense. We were so close to getting 88 78 and 1099 in the semi-finals. I think it came down to one tube, and we left it to go for the minibot. So close. I remember looking at our list of good defense bots during alliance selections, and luckily you guys hadn't been picked yet and we got our pick!

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As Team Leader of FIRST Robotics Team 1099 "The DiscoTechs", I would like to thank our alliance partners, Team 88 and Team 78, for choosing us in the alliance selection. Our Team really enjoyed working with you guys and we hope to have the opportunity to work as an "Ultimate trio" again.

Secondly, all teams played very well this weekend. Especially team 1100, who went up against our alliance by themselves when their other partners lost communication.

Good job teams, I hope to see everyone back in Boston next year.
Good Luck to all in Saint Louis!

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Our minibot tried that by doing a back flip off the pole one match (after winning the race:D) but it landed on an ubertube and survived:yikes:

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Hey everyone,

The raw match recordings are now on our FTP and need to be chopped up into individual matches. If anyone has time to help out, email contact@thebluealliance.com and we'll get you set up.

We've also got other regionals that need cutting up, so anyone who can help out would be awesome.

And congrats to everyone on an amazing regional! Finals 2 was one of the most spectacular matches I've seen in my years of FIRST.

--Chris

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I can help out Chris. How do you access the FTP?

-Brando