2011 New Jersey Regional

[flyingcrayons]

Another year, another great NJ Regional. I cant believe this is my last one as a student! so many memories, I realllyyyy hope i will be able to make it the next few years (college beckons lol). To me this was an amazing way to go out. I've never seen one of our robots make it that far at a regional, so to tmake it to the finals is incredible.

Ive been involved with scouting and strategy for 3 of my 4 years on the team, and this year was way better than any other year. I never had the chance to actually go out on the field and handcraft an alliance. I was upset about declining 2180, I love their team, but our scouting team had a partner in mind if we made it to the top 8. Lo and behold 1647 was still available after we declined 2180 and formed our own alliance. That was a fantastic bit of luck, as 1647 was one of our top 3 ranked robots at NJ at the end of quals. I was so happy i was able to pick them!

Im so proud of our alliance for not giving up after that first round beatdown. We could have played out the second match of the QF's much like the first but we figured out a strategy and WON! very proud to say we're the only alliance to beat 25 in elims in 6 (?) years! A very big shout out to 1647, your consistent scoring and beastly minibot all but guaranteed us a ton of of points. 102 played amazing defense throughout and without them, the opposing alliances would have scored at will. We formed a great strategy and made it all the way to the finals as a 6 seed! Good luck 1647 and 102 at all your future events. Sorry 25

I want to give a shout out to 2016, 1676 and 303. when i saw the final alliance selection results, I knew that if we got to the finals, we would be facing a major challenge. 2016 and 1676 were the top two robots at the event (imo). 303 was another amazing robot and when your faced with an alliance like that, you should be proud to even be in their presence lol. Congrats to you guys for the win, especially 1676 for their second NJ regional in a row! I know 1676's drivers and I personally told them how amazing they were! Good luck to all of you guys!

Congrats to 2016 for the Chairman's win! It was well deserved. I loved the rap! See you guys in DC in a few weeks and Good luck to you guys at St. Louis

Also, congrats to Lenny Bernas, from my own team on making Dean's List. Lenny contributes so much to our team and it was amazing to see his reaction when his name was called. He literally jumped out of his seat and almost tripped down the stairs in his excitement to get to the field!

That about wraps it up, I cant believe my last NJ regional is over. Upsetting that i was only able to attend one day of competition this year (i unluckily got sick on thursday and couldnt go on friday), but what a day it was. I cant wait for DC and I really hope i can come back to jersey next year!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by jblay

How many psi is that for each tube?

I saw somewhere official, they do not inflate to a pressure but to a size.

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

Overall losing was the best thing for our team because it taught us valuable lessons and brought a few folks down to earth and losing to our friends and past partners was not a bad feeling

You have no idea how relieved we were when we learned we wouldn't be facing our friends and past partners Team 25 in the finals. Testament to how scary good you guys can be.

Now let's show VA how NJ does it!

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

Very proud to say we're the only alliance to beat 25 in elims in 6 (?) years! Sorry 25

See the above post. Thanks for the 'help'.

[flyingcrayons]

^ lol no problem. i think everyone in the arena breathed a sigh of relief when 25 was knocked out, which just goes to show the level of respect that we all have for them. it was an honor to beat them, and 1923 who also have an NJ banner, something we're striving for! it was one of those student beats master moments, like in a ninja movie or something

[jblay]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

I saw somewhere official, they do not inflate to a pressure but to a size.

Is it listed anywhere what exactly that size is?

[Brandon_L]

VIDEOS!

Not much, and not as good as what TBA will get, but enough to hold us over for now at least I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...09E6BAEDA0432C

Adding more now, mostly our matches and 2458s. I do have some of the elimination matches as well, Ill try to get everything I can up.

[rdlevy1215]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

VIDEOS!

Not much, and not as good as what TBA will get, but enough to hold us over for now at least I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...09E6BAEDA0432C

Adding more now, mostly our matches and 2458s. I do have some of the elimination matches as well, Ill try to get everything I can up.

The entire regional was archived by us (1676) and I have uploaded to TBA to be parsed. Everything is there, but in a raw format that has everything. I said this in another thread, but if anyone needs any videos, do not hesitate to email me at levyro@team1676.com -- I have all of the official video!

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by rdlevy1215

The entire regional was archived by us (1676) and I have uploaded to TBA to be parsed. Everything is there, but in a raw format that has everything. I said this in another thread, but if anyone needs any videos, do not hesitate to email me at levyro@team1676.com -- I have all of the official video!

I'd help parse if I could get the files, maybe take one of the days and split it up

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by jblay

Is it listed anywhere what exactly that size is?

Originally Posted by Bill's Blog

At events, we’re using templates to ensure game pieces are inflated consistently. The triangle template has a 7” diameter hole which is used to measure in the middle of leg (between the two corners). The template for the circle and square has a 8” diameter hole.

http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011...-and-week.html

[gloomy_lion]

The Robo-Lions would like to thank all teams at NJ for showing us a great time! And we would especially like to thank teams 2191 and 181 for being great alliance partners, if only for two matches. Congrats to 2016, 1676, and 303! We hope to see all of you in St. Louis!

[kitfisto92]

First off, I'd like to congratulate ALL of the teams that competed at NJ this year; it was an insanely awesome competition and all of you made it great =)

I'd also like to congratulate 2016, 1676, and 303 for winning -- you guys were AMAZING and the minute you aligned I legitimately started jumping up and down (that's pretty characteristic of me). Also, I want to congratulate 2016 on winning Chairman's and 2199 for winning EI -- NJ's a stacked regional and it's an honor to have competed with you this year.

I also want to give a shout to all of the teams that stopped by our pits/I hung out with this weekend -- you are all superstars in my book.

I'd also like to give a shout out to Team 2590; after our team worked to start them in 2008 (my freshman year), I've watched them grow and constantly have been impressed with their team and program. I'm so glad I got to hang out with y'all at this regional and CANNOT wait to do it again in DC! =)

Also, if you didn't get a chance to stop by our pit and would like our business plan and/or business plan presentation tips, PM and I'm more than happy to send it you =)

And... thanks to our alliance partners 1647 and 102 for putting up a great fight the entire regional. You were both awesome

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

Also, congrats to Lenny Bernas, from my own team on making Dean's List. Lenny contributes so much to our team and it was amazing to see his reaction when his name was called. He literally jumped out of his seat and almost tripped down the stairs in his excitement to get to the field!

Thanks Aashay -- it helps a lot when you have such a great and supportive team to inspire you. I still don't know how to even begin to express how honored and excited I am to have been selected as one of this year's winners.
And... I don't remember "tripping." Just saying. Lol

Finally, I want to congratulate the other Dean's List Award Winner from 2265, The Iron Maidens, Francesca. It's an honor to have been selected with you.