Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

Just wondering what yours or another's shortlist for Northstar is.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

I'm obviously biased but after our big win in Kansas City with our Swartdog friends from Team 525, we are looking for continued success at North Star next week. We've been working on improving our machine and our code and are looking forward to a great event!

Good Luck to Team 525 across the street at 10K Lakes, you guys will be a force over there, I'm sure.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

Rugrats theme?

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

How's this for a statistic:
2 regional/district winners
2 finalist
3 semifinalist and
5 quarterfinals appearances

And almost 4/5 of the field has yet to be seen this season :eek: !!!
Looks like it's going to be a pretty deep regional and a LOT of fun.:)
Can't wait...
I would not be surprised given the depth of this field to see an upset in the elimination rounds.

My shortlist:
93 525 967 1714 and 2062
Not so dark horses:
141 2052 2169 1806

I will not be surprised to see a lot of successful teams come out of the field though and give some of these teams a run for their money in qualifications and elims.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

Glad you had a great time in Kansas City taking away your 2nd win in a row at GKC regional. Good luck in Minnesota, plan on walking across the street and catch a couple of your rounds.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

It is ok if they are forgotten; well, it is ok for the teams that aren't facing them... Any team who has the teams listed above in the competitor alliance should practice up. (I guess I have bias) If 2169 works out their comm problems, and everyone gets a little practice, these teams are guaranteed a spot in the eliminations.

The more I think about it the more I realize that this year is going to be one of the most competitive years. Maybe this year the competition will rival that of Texas, Michigan, or the east coast. (Any two uber tube autonomous yet in MN?)

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

I totally agree that the level of competition here is on the rise and I expect it to continue, but no second ubertube for us yet, just the one. We can't wait to get some more practice in teleop though.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

I realized that just in general when taking a quick stroll through the pits in WI on Thursday.

The end result: not one match had a score of 0-0 that weekend. Hopefully this will come as well at 10k Lakes.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

At Duluth, there were a decent amount. With the competition at this growing stature, I would assume that SOMEONE could get some form of points, but you never know.

We only have 10 rookies this year.

The countdown starts now! (well maybe about a week ago :) ) See you all there.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

ONLY TEN! I'm sorry if that hurt your ears, but when I hear that there are TEN rookies teams at a regional competition I'm thinking that there are enormous new potentials for accomplishing FIRST's goal of inspiring students.

As an interesting side note, it also means we're probably going to be very busy helping out on Thursday... :ahh:

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

I guess i didn't look at it that way. FIRST is accomplishing its goal ten teams at a time. Well, we too can help the cause. 2518 can help teams out if they need it, just come find us. Every robot is making it to the field.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

Jonathan,
The "only ten" comment is because both regionals have had huge numbers of rookies in the past few years. I think last year there were 26 rookie teams in MN, 13 were at 10K (one team was from TN) and 15 at North Star (one team was from WI and another from IL). In 2009, is was 19 at 10K and 18 at North Star.
There are eight at North Star and ten at 10k (according to my count). There were nine at Lake Superior. As far as I can tell, there are no overlapping teams.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

True, but I suppose it's all how you look at it because, let's be honest, ten rookie teams at an event is still a lot of rookies.

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

The 1939 Ku-Nig-its will be there, we hang 4 tubes in teleop and are working on code to hang 1 tube in auton plus minibot deploy in 2.9 sec

Re: 2011 Minnesota 10,000 Lake Regional
 

I see you guys listed in the Northstar event, not 10000 lakes. Maybe our team should breathe a sigh of relief? Congratulations on your great play and teamwork in your win over our #2 alliance in Kansas City. That was a really, really exciting semifinal and you guys did a great job. To everyone else at Northstar, don't underestimate 1939!