2011 Los Angeles Regional

[cbudrecki]

surprisingly, I couldn't find a thread for this yet, so I guess I'm starting it...

I have no interest in starting rumors so I am only going to ask questions... I caught a glimpse of a news story about team 1366. Does anybody know anything about this?

My local news (News 12, Cablevision) posted a quick blurb about in FB, but haven't been able to find it on their website or anywhere else. Again, I don't want this to turn into a game of telephone, so I won't post what I've seen, I'm only asking questions.

[EricH]

All I know for certain is, they haven't made a single match today. I haven't heard anything further.

[Edit] It's been brought to my attention that maybe some of the comments I made in this post might have been a little inappropriate. If that's so, I apologize--at the time I was ignorant of the circumstances.

[cbudrecki]

I believe there is good reason for their absence today. The story I read is a hotel issue... again, don't want to list too much detail.

[SpaceOsc]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201..._in_hotel.html

[cbudrecki]

yeah, that's what I was referring to...

I am amazed at the grammatical excellence of nj.com....

Neither agency could not be reached for comment.

shouldn't they leave out the "not"???

[cbudrecki]

my thoughts are with 1366, the student's family, and all of the FIRST community. I hope to hear about a moment of silence at this, and all regionals tomorrow.

[JaneYoung]

This is difficult news to absorb. We all always wish the very best for all of our students in FIRST - for all of our teams.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time as this news unfolds.

Jane

[Nick Rixford]

Condolences from 126, it is always sad news to hear of such a loss...students in FIRST are like family. Our Thoughts and prayers are with you 1366.

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by tb222

my thoughts are with 1366, the student's family, and all of the FIRST community. I hope to hear about a moment of silence at this, and all regionals tomorrow.

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.

[Torbots 1197]

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...

[rsisk]

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

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Congrats to kiet and our friends on 968.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Congrats to kiet and our friends on 968.

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.

[cbudrecki]

Originally Posted by SpaceOsc

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201..._in_hotel.html

Thank you Oscar... I've posted this link on my FB page, and I'd like to see it spread through the FIRST community like wildfire! Let's spread the word, I feel people need to know.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by tb222

Thank you Oscar... I've posted this link on my FB page, and I'd like to see it spread through the FIRST community like wildfire! Let's spread the word, I feel people need to know.

It may not be our news to spread right now. The family is the first concern. And the team. I don't know that making it spread quickly would be wise. I'd let it spread on it's own. Just a thought, not a reprimand of any sort. This is very very sad.

Jane