Central Valley Regnional

[Reanna]

I haven't seen an official regional thread about this yet, so I figured I would make one.

6 days and counting!
Who's excited?

I'm halfway through Silicon Valley, and I'm already thinking about Central! CVR is gonna be so much fun! 256 will be there, with our robot better than ever, and with all the bugs fixed!

256 will be short on man power at the regional, so would anyone like to share the scouting work? Thanks!

Good luck everybody!

[DCA Fan]

I'm really excited, it looks like CVR will be very competitive with powerhouses like 1717, 973, 1538, and 254 in the house. I'm looking forward to being a part of it!

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by DCA Fan

I'm really excited, it looks like CVR will be very competitive with powerhouses like 1717, 973, 1538, and 254 in the house. I'm looking forward to being a part of it!

I don't think 1538 is going, unless I am mistaken. I didn't see their name on the First website.

To added to the list of amazing teams going: 330, 1678, and 1662.

[Marc S.]

We'll have to add to this list but so far...

254 - Current World Champs, (won 21 out of 25 regional they've attended)

330 - 2005 World Champs

368 - Hawaii Finalist

973 - Current World Champs, LA Finalist

1662 - Israel Winner (1st seed)

1678 - Sacramento Winner (1st seed)

1717 - LA Winner

3189 - Sacramento Winner

3512 - LA Winner

3669 - Sacramento Finalist

3970 - Sacramento Highest rookie seed

This is looking to be very competitive. I'll post an update on Monday.

[DCA Fan]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

I don't think 1538 is going, unless I am mistaken. I didn't see their name on the First website.

To added to the list of amazing teams going: 330, 1678, and 1662.

Sorry, you're right. I keep getting that mixed up in my head. 1266 and 1622 are the SD teams attending.

[emekablue]

Don't forget 971, also a Sacramento Winner, currently ranked #1 at SVR.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by emekablue

Don't forget 971, also a Sacramento Winner, currently ranked #1 at SVR.

971 is not attending Central Valley regional, just Sacramento, Silicon Valley and Championships. We wish everyone at CVR the best of luck, it's gonna be a real rumble!

[emekablue]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

971 is not attending Central Valley regional, just Sacramento, Silicon Valley and Championships. We wish everyone at CVR the best of luck, it's gonna be a real rumble!

Shoot! Totally knew that. Anyway, we're really excited to go to CVR as well. Good luck to all teams competing.

[steelerborn]

No big deal I think you were thinking of 973 not 971 only one number different.

But 1671 is ready to "rumble", they scored 136 Hybrid Points in Sacramento higher than any team at the Silicon Valley Regional. They also have added a few more "tweaks" to the practice bot which will be implemented on the competition bot on Thursday (Won't be surprised if we go from a 90% 2 point shooter to a 3 point one). Not to mention they also have a triple balance up their sleeve, I know I am looking forward to watching them go up against the best of the best.

[Grim Tuesday]

This looks like the event to watch for week 6, maybe a preview of the gameplay at MSC, Champs, or even IRI.

[steelerborn]

Team 1671 just finished testing the final modification of adding another camera onto the practice bot. Our drivers were not there yesterday at the shop (catching up on some school work I presume) so to make sure that the camera system worked we had two students who have never driven the bot before just grab the controls show them the buttons and let them drive. To make things even harder we had them drive from the side of the field so there was no way to tell that they were lined up except by using the camera systems. The results were incredible! They rarely missed a shot and when they did it was usually with a ball that had a deep gash in it (from earlier in the season).

Check out the video

http://youtu.be/o73pkBS-Wuc

[dcarr]

Does anyone know if there will be a live stream of CV? We have a lot of fans back home who want to keep up with the matches! And unfortunately one of our head mentors cannot attend so it would be great if he can see it.

[Joe Ross]

I count 36 teams that have competed at a previous regional. I count 6 regional champions, 4 finalists, 7 semi-finalists, and 5 quarter-finalists. 10 teams seeded in the top 8.

[Marc S.]

Here's the updated list:

254 - SVR Winner, Hall of Fame, current World Champions, 22 regional wins

330 - 2005 World Champions, 10 regionals wins

368 - Hawaii Finalists, 5 regional wins

973 - L.A. Finalist, current World Champions

1662 - Israel Winner (1st seed), 3 regional wins

1678 - Sacramento Winner (2nd year in a row, 1st seed)

1717 - L.A. Winner, 5 regional wins

3189 - Sacramento Winner

3512 - L.A. Winner

3598 - Sacramento Finalists

3669 - Sacramento Finalists

3970 - Sacramento Highest Rookie Seed (5th)

Let me know if I missed anyone.

I'm excited.