2011 Philadelphia Regional

[JB]

Originally Posted by Dancin103

I believe that is the case that they sent 88 and 340 out with the mini's for elims. I remember their mini in quals though. It was fast and efficient.

(Their mini looks like ours, kind of.)

Actually, it was 340 and us who placed minibots at the end of the elim matches in Chesapeake, while 88 kept on scoring. And lucky we were able to get it onto and up the pole each time!

[tim-tim]

WOW, Philly is looking like it will promise some great competition. However, this does not surprise me. I have been trying to convince 836 to go there for a few years now. Maybe next year it will happen?

Anyways, just a couple of quick shout outs to teams 103, 341, and 365.

I really wish I could watch the Regional, but will be attending Virginia with team 401.

Good luck to all!

[Siri]

Originally Posted by thefro526

1640 – Sabotage Seems to have fielded another good machine for 2011. 1640 pulled off a semi final appearance at Finger Lakes, only losing to the eventual Champions. Expect them to do some big things here.

Wow, thanks for the shout-out! We learned a heck of a lot at Finger Lakes. (Including that it's really hard to beat 2056, 1518 and 217 with both your partners and your arm broken.)

1640's coming to Philly with a more robust arm, a 1.5sec minibot on a 12" swivel camera-aimed deployer, and a well-tested autonomous for all 6 top row pegs. Hope to live up to the shout-out and looking forward to playing with everyone again! Definitely a deep field this year.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Siri

Wow, thanks for the shout-out! We learned a heck of a lot at Finger Lakes. (Including that it's really hard to beat 2056, 1518 and 217 with both your partners and your arm broken.)

1640's coming to Philly with a more robust arm, a 1.5sec minibot on a 12" swivel camera-aimed deployer, and a well-tested autonomous for all 6 top row pegs. Hope to live up to the shout-out and looking forward to playing with everyone again! Definitely a deep field this year.

I too have been looking into 1640 for the past two years. I love the progress. The robot is impressive as well.

See you guys on Saturday! (maybe Thursday)

[rabridges]

395 – 2Train Robotics is one of the few Regional Winners in this field. Expect them to do some big things, but I’m curious to see if they’ll fair as well as they did in New York City.

Xcellent predictions and observations. Thank you for them.

Antron
Senior Mentor
Team 395 2 Train Robotics

[TomT_1517]

As an FYI, Team 1517 is planning to webcast the Philadelphia Regional.

http://www.bbrobotics.org

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Siri

Wow, thanks for the shout-out! We learned a heck of a lot at Finger Lakes. (Including that it's really hard to beat 2056, 1518 and 217 with both your partners and your arm broken.)

To be honest, it's EXTREMELY Difficult to beat 2056 under any circumstances - their regional record backs this up.

Originally Posted by TomT_1517

As an FYI, Team 1517 is planning to webcast the Philadelphia Regional.

http://www.bbrobotics.org

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!

1517 is awesome. Thank you so much for doing this.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by TomT_1517

As an FYI, Team 1517 is planning to webcast the Philadelphia Regional.

http://www.bbrobotics.org

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!

After meeting your team at Chesapeake last, we were excited to see your team coming to Philly this year. Now you are webcasting the event your first time at Philly, that is simply amazing. Thank you very much, see you tomorrow.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by thefro526

To be honest, it's EXTREMELY Difficult to beat 2056 under any circumstances - their regional record backs this up.

Just kidding. 217 and 1126 aren't any picnic either! They did an EPIC job at Finger Lakes and there was never much doubt about the outcome.* We were just glad to play against them! Great teams.

*That red card though...

[IraJason]

Just giving a quick shout out to team 1712 (Dawgma). I'll be rooting for you guys all the way from Michigan! Good luck!

[Jeremy E.]

STORM 2729 wishes everyone the best of luck at the Philly Regional! Come visit our pit to learn more about our team, it's the giant orange tent right where you enter the field!

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by thefro526

To be honest, it's EXTREMELY Difficult to beat 2056 under any circumstances - their regional record backs this up.



1517 is awesome. Thank you so much for doing this.

Anyone have a direct link to a UStream by chance? Firewalls like to prevent me from rooting for all of my friends

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Anyone have a direct link to a UStream by chance? Firewalls like to prevent me from rooting for all of my friends

I searched on ustream for philadelphia and found the link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-team-1517

[Crossfire]

Really enjoying the regional so far, lots of good teams. It doesn't hurt that 272 is doing really well.

[rcmolloy]

Honestly, tomorrow is going to be ridiculous with ranking and alliance selections. I don't even know how I am going to handle it.