2011 DC Regional...

[Phalanx]

I really want to give a shout out to Team 1511.

We had taken most of our machine apart on Thursday morning to replace a broken roll pin on our Super Shifter. Our machine was literally in 150 pieces on Thursday morning. We had forgotten to pack the replacement roll pin and they came to our aid with lots of choices and even tried to help replace it. While they didn't have what we needed they sure tried above and beyond.

After we had made that repair and re-assembled our machine as we were doing a "systems check" before inspection we broke an axle and again took most of the machine apart on Thursday afternoon for a second time.

After this second reassembly all of our encoders stop working, after I spent time doing diagnostics but unable to find any problem we called out for help and again Team 1511 sent someone to our aid. While neither of us could identify the problem again they went above and beyond in trying to help.

After all of these issue we actually made it out on the field Friday, and reached the semi's, Murphy was sure looking over or shoulders.

So Thanks Team 1511 we really appreciated everything you did.

PS. The mentor that came over to help me with our encoder issue send me a PM as I did find the problem, but you'd never believe it.

[omalleyj]

Well we (1279) are back from the DC Regional and nearly unpacked

A great event, well run, thank you organizers and volunteers.
The teams were all great and it was good to see many familiar Jersey faces.

We made some new friends with our mini-bot pole, some folks came to race and some just to debug or tune-up, but it was great to see all the designs and talk to their creators. Team 623 had the fastest time tested with a blinding 1.171 seconds, not far behind was 2016 with 1.312.

Finally very special thanks to 449 and 56 our alliance partners, we went down fighting and gave 378, 1511, and 2590 a run for their money! Good luck going forward!

[Mr B]

Thank you to everyone at the Washing DC regional for an outstanding event. The pink team felt very welcome, and we had a great time in your wonderful city. The announcers were fun and informative, the volunteers were helpful and cheerful, and the refs were simply fantastic. We met a lot of new friends and had a ton of fun.

Thanks very much to team 768 for selecting us. Competition aside, both you and team 2377 are really nice people and it was a blast facing the challenge with you.

Special hat-tip to the finalist alliance; 63, 2016, 1708, and 1885. You guys were insanely good, and if it weren't for a run of bad luck probably would have won. It was a privilege to compete against you, and I hope that we can play on the same alliance in the future.

[aatuck]

Originally Posted by omalleyj

Well we (1279) are back from the DC Regional and nearly unpacked

A great event, well run, thank you organizers and volunteers.
The teams were all great and it was good to see many familiar Jersey faces.

We made some new friends with our mini-bot pole, some folks came to race and some just to debug or tune-up, but it was great to see all the designs and talk to their creators. Team 623 had the fastest time tested with a blinding 1.171 seconds, not far behind was 2016 with 1.312.

Finally very special thanks to 449 and 56 our alliance partners, we went down fighting and gave 378, 1511, and 2590 a run for their money! Good luck going forward!

Thanks.

You guys were awesome. DC was a great regional, and we hope to make our next one (NC) even better!

[heydowns]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

So Thanks Team 1511 we really appreciated everything you did.

PS. The mentor that came over to help me with our encoder issue send me a PM as I did find the problem, but you'd never believe it.

Thank you very much for the kind words! We enjoyed helping out those who requested assistance. In your team's case, I only wish we could've been more directly helpful in actually solving your particular issue! I'm very glad you were able to figure out the problem with your encoders!

The mentor who I believe was helping you doesn't regularly check out CD I don't think, but I'll send him the link to your post

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by heydowns

Thank you very much for the kind words! We enjoyed helping out those who requested assistance. In your team's case, I only wish we could've been more directly helpful in actually solving your particular issue!

It was a very unusual and unique situation for us. Typically we, like yourselves are one of the teams that run around and help everyone else. It was rather strange for us to be on the receiving end. But it's this kind of support and fellowship that makes FIRST so great.

[theschell]

let me say this when you win Chesapeake then the week after at DC is that a record? back to back wins.

let me say thanks to team pink 233 and C company 2377 for the great alliance.
would be nice for these three teams to go to Einstein.

[1708xMr.Roboto]

I know it's a little late, but It'll work;

It was truly a pleasure to be on an alliance with Team's 2016 & 63 along with 1885. Though we had our fair share of problems with some communication issues, thank you for giving us the oppertunity to be in the finals it was a life changing expierence. We have in the week raised enough money to attend another regional, you guy's helping us make it to Finals in DC as lit the fuse on our team and gave everyone the motivation to work harder to get another shot a St.Louis.

On another note, does anyone have any Video from Qualification or Practice matches during DC? It would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Eddie
Team 1708 Driver.

[jskene]

The fastest team at 1.171 seconds should read 612, not 623.

Originally Posted by omalleyj

Well we (1279) are back from the DC Regional and nearly unpacked

A great event, well run, thank you organizers and volunteers.
The teams were all great and it was good to see many familiar Jersey faces.

We made some new friends with our mini-bot pole, some folks came to race and some just to debug or tune-up, but it was great to see all the designs and talk to their creators. Team 623 had the fastest time tested with a blinding 1.171 seconds, not far behind was 2016 with 1.312.

Finally very special thanks to 449 and 56 our alliance partners, we went down fighting and gave 378, 1511, and 2590 a run for their money! Good luck going forward!