Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

There was a moment of silence at the Los Angeles Regional. I would expect that FIRST did the same at other regionals, but I really don't know.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

It is very unfortunate that a FIRST member has passed away due to an unfortunate accident. Team 1197 sends their deepest condolences to the family as well as to Team 1366.

We would also like to send a HUGE THANK YOU to our alliance partners, RAWC #968 and Team Sprocket #3473 for helping to make the 2011 LA regional our most exciting and successful year yet! It's because of synergy we brought as a team that we were able to make it all the way to the finish. RAWC's scoring deftness and Team Sprocket's superb driving abilities was exactly what we needed to take the quarter and semifinals in straight matches, as well as execute exactly what was needed to secure the two wins in the finals. A just as HUGE THANK YOU to 330, 1717, 1515, and 3851 for making this year's playoffs the best it can be! Your robots are excellent just on their own and are simply scary allied together. For those teams we'll run into at Las Vegas and now St. Luis, beware as we still have a couple more tricks up our sleeves... ;)

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

Congratulations to Danielle Sisk and Louis Gavidia, Dean's List finalist. And 3521, The Noble Nuts, Rookie All Stars

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

Congrats to kiet and our friends on 968.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

Yeah. Even though they beat us in the semi's, we were totally stoked that RAWC won the regional and punched their ticket to champs.

Hopefully we'll be in the same division, we want to play again.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

599 gives our condolonces to the Roughriders. We're sorry for your loss.

Congradulations to RAWC, Torbots, and Team Sprocket. Hopefully, we'll be able to see you again in St. Louis! And the same goes for D'Penguineers, Beach Bots, and GreyBots - we hope we'll meet you in St. Louis.

Also, congradulations to the Bagel Bytes. You guys did a phenomenal job getting the Phoenix back on the field.

And finally, congradulations to Eagle Robotics, on the Gracious Professionalism award. You guys deserved it!

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

I've heard they helped a rookie team make a pile of parts into a robot at the competition

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

We did help build a robot on Friday, but it wasn't a rookie team. Team 1702.
From what the 399 members involved told me, It was really fun to slap together a robot in a day.

Thanks to every single one of our alliance partners during the competition. Especially the following:
294 - For selecting us to be a part of their alliance(Returning the favor from the SD finals? :P)
2339(our friends from across town) - for becoming an awesome part of this alliance
1702 - For stepping in during Qual 79 in lieu of team 1366 to become part of our alliance

Thanks to team 330, 1717, and 1515 for putting up one heck of a fight during semifinals. Too bad you just barely lost(in the finals). I hope 330 and 1515 fixes any problems with their robots.
It was fun playing with you guys! Hopefully we will see you at St. Louis!

Personally, I think it was really fun being on that field as a member of our drive team. Great event!

Our condolences go out to team 1366 for their loss.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

From myself and all of the Cybersonics Team 103, our thoughts and prayers are with Team 1366 and the students family. If there is any thing you need 1366, please don't hesitate to call or email.

Cass

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

I would like to deeply and sincerely congratulate TorBots. Not only were you part of the winning alliance, you exemplified the kind of enthusiasm and attitude that every FIRST team should strive for. You made qualifiers a joy to play, and I find myself unable to stop gushing about the personal caliber of your drive team.

Additionally, as a human player who often found himself in the "enemy camp" when feeding, I want to commend the Robodox drive team for their friendly demeanor even when were on the field on opposing alliances. All in all, a wonderful regional.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

All of us at Team 3309 want to extend our condolences and prayers to 1366 and the young woman's family. As we finish the remainder of our season back at school and prepare for next year, they will be in our hearts and minds.

Another question...how long do the robots take to arrive back home? We're in Anaheim so not too far from Long Beach but I'm curious how long the shipping usually takes.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

Team 88 just heard of this news today, and we all send our condolences to the members of team 1366 and also to the family of the girl who died.

Re: 2011 Los Angeles Regional
 

Here is a lo-res, lo-fi video of the "magic white smoke" incident. Not that smoke needs HD video. ;)