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Re: 2009 Philadelphia Regional
From what I saw today on the field things went SO much smoother than yesterday. By 10:30 we had every team through inspection and there were only three matches that had any missing robots. Congratulations to all the teams that participated today and to all of those who won awards today. A special congrats to Kirsten from 341 on her WFFA.
Okay, so here are my predictions (in no specific order)...the teams who are going to have a major impact on tomorrows matches are; 365, 103, 1923, 708, 816, 1507, 378, 222, 11, 809, 87, and 272.
There are other teams who have been excluded from this list...don't worry I haven't forgotten about you.
357 has been doing a fantastic job playing the "empty cell" game and if they can get their turret code to function they will certainly be a force to be reckoned with.
Team 1279 has made changes to their robot since the DC regional. They have added two rollers on the top to of their manipulator to give the orbit balls an extra "umph." Unfortunately, for some of the time orbit balls are getting stuck JUST below that top roller. Due to the incredible amount of orbit balls being scored by them I'm not sure if this is a consistent thing that happens OR if it is only when I am looking. I'm sure that they will be able to figure something out and they will continue to impress me throughout the rest of this regional.
Don't let the rankings for team 341 fool you. Miss Daisy still has three matches left and being the champions from the San Diego regional still have a chance at playing tomorrow afternoon.
Team 484 played around yesterday trying to decide if their side dumping manipulator was effective enough to keep. After gathering their data from yesterday they showed up today excited and ready to redesign and rebuild their manipulator. Now it can be top loaded and bottom loaded directly into the original conveyor. This team (now ranked 15) could make it into an alliance captain or become an early-mid first round pick.
As far as human players (payload specialist) go I have seen a number of ones that have completely amazed me. Payload Specialists from teams 56, 2229, 365, 56, and 486 have been extremely consistent and a valuable part of their alliance.
Thanks again everyone for being so responsive today while queuing and getting onto the field. Please continue to make the lives easier for all of the volunteers and make sure you all have a blast. Good luck and see you all bright an early tomorrow.
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FIRST Americorps VISTA, Philadelphia
DAWGMA TEAM 1712: Alumni (2006-2009)
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