Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

I have one in Rochester so not really convenient to get it to you... if you don't find one before then, I'll have LabView disk image on an external hard drive that you can use -- I'll be inspecting wearing a yellow hat. Stop by pit 2530 or the Inspection station and have someone find me if you are still wanting by Thursday morning.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Teams at north star, follow @northstarpits on twitter to recieve queue times.

We may share our scouting files at north star to teams.

Thanks (already?) go to 2175 for use of their batterybeak and 171 for helping us, and congratulations go to 4260 for a great rookie day.

111's going to be a force come elims.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

A big THANK YOU to all the teams at North Star. You all did a great job getting through inspection and helping those teams that needed it get ready for inspection. Tomorrow should be a great day!

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

For teams at 10k Lakes it is, follow @10klakespit

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

We were not in charge of web casting 10K lakes in 2011.

We will be archiving both events this year and putting them up on TBA as soon as possible after the event.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

What an awesome event! We won't forget it anytime soon, as we had Kinect working for 8 pt. autonomous and massive bridge balances. Thanks go to 2177 (Robettes), 2512 (Duluth East Daredevils), 111, 2225, 2220, and anyone else we may have missed for excellent double balances, and to every alliance partner for being excellent and easy to work with. Congratulations to 111, 2512, 4266 for an amazing show in the finals. The #2 alliance had an excellent autonomous program. And the #5 alliance, as the overwhelming crowd favorites, gave us the best matches of the day. I loved it all (and we seeded 20 places better than last year).

However I have one major concern about the northstar venue as a whole: While traffic flow has improved from last year with the addition of a walking lane in the front rows, one entrance only creates a needless traffic jam and makes some pits much less accessible.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

On behalf of WildStang, I want to give a shout out to every team at the North Star regional. You all were very kind and were amazing to be around, I hope to see many of you in the future. I would like to also thank 2512 and 4226 for being such amazing alliance partners, very proud of 4226 doing so well especially at their first regional.

Another shout out to the the Number 1 alliance of 2883,3293, and 1816. You were a fantastic alliance. I am sad that things did not work out between us and 3293, but you guys were fantastic and I look forward to competing with you guys in future events.

One last shout out to 1816, fantastic job at winning the Chairman's award. Your team really did deserve it and I wish you the best of luck at Championship.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Here's the semi final match one of the fourth alliance upsetting the firs alliance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOoPb2Qk3g

I wish every match was like this..

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Hey 111, don't sweat it. Your Team was an inspiration and we look forward to competing with you in the future.

Thanks to all of the Teams and volunteers in the North Star Regional.

A really big THANK YOU to our Alliance Partners 2883 and 1816. Our Alliance was very exciting and with a successful double balance, there would have been a third match in the finals. You can't ask for much more than that.

I want to let my Team know how proud I am of them for their efforts this year. We really worked and played with heart and put together some amazing matches to win our first 13 matches at the Regional. Finishing 9-0 and at the Top of the Standings after the qualifying rounds was well beyond our expectations.

You have set the bar very high for our future Teams.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

The 525 Swartdogs would like to thank our alliance captain 3747 Chaotech and alliance partner 3081 RoboEagles for making a great team.

Also congratulations to 2538, 2530, and 2232. The finals matches were unbelievably close and could have gone either way. There were 102 total hybrid points scored between all the teams in the two matches! You were a great alliance.

We'd like to send a huge Thank You to Susan Lawrence and Mark Lawrence along with all the volunteers who organize and conduct this event. Everything went well as usual.

Congratulations to Gene Jasper for receiving the Woodie Flowers Regional Finalist Award.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Here's the semi final match one of the fourth alliance upsetting the firs alliance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOoPb2Qk3g



John, This is an awesome video. I saw you guys working up there and I assumed something was being repaired. Now I know what was going on. The camera there is a great idea.

Any chance you have any other matches you would share?

Thanks

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

I have more matches.. But I got home last night around 8PM, after dealing with a dead wireless router and a newly leaking dishwasher, I started working on that video around 9:30. The next time I looked at the clock it was 2AM and I finished a little before 3AM. I'll certainly do the second semi-final match which was just about as epic with a 36 to 30 pt autonomous in the next few days, and also the finals. All from the same camera.. Not sure if I'll do the running score -- that's a lot of work..

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Team 3747 Chaotech would like to thank our great alliance partners, 525 Swartdogs and 3081 RoboEagles. We couldn't have asked for better partners. Your teams were filled with great students, mentors, and a couple of great robots. We are honored to have worked with you.

Speaking of great teams, we would like to thank teams 2530, 2538, and 2232. The finals matches were very exciting and we thank you for the great competition. (Your semi-final series has to be some of the best FRC matches to date!)

10,000 Lakes was a great experience for our team, the volunteers, other teams, and organizers were top notch. It truly is a pleasure to work with such a great group of people. Thank you all!

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

Team 2883 (F.R.E.D) Would like to extend a huge thank-you out to both 3293 and 1816 for allowing us to be apart of a great alliance that made it to the finals, your teams and mentors should be very proud of how great a job you have done.
I would also like to congratulate our team here in Warroad, through hard work and perseverance you have built and accomplished something you can be very proud of, nice work and we look forward to continued success.
1816 nice job on the chairman's award you are an inspiration and a shining example for all FRC teams in Minnesota.

Re: 2012 MN 10,000 Lakes | North Star Regionals
 

@3747Mentor

We heard yesterday afternoon that you guys were on the winning alliance at 10,000 Lakes. On behalf of our entire team, the Daredevils, we would like to congratulate you guys on earning a spot at Championships two years in a row. We'll see you there.

John