2011 Boston Regional

[Trying to Help]

Will the competition be streamed? I've got an obligation for that Saturday but I thought I might be able to sneak in a look now and then.

[fox46]

One of the reasons our team loves the Boston regional is because of the lack of powerhouse teams. Everyone plays on the same level and it's just that much more competitive and exciting!

[Mikell Taylor]

Hi everyone,

Two things.

(1) We should have streaming set up via TBA, as in the past.

(2) I have an update on the wifi situation. After speaking with individuals who have worked other regionals, and with our event manager, we will be disabling the wireless in the arena since wifi networks have caused serious issues with the field network configuration at other regionals. Please do not set up any 802.11 networks on your own to prevent interfering with the field. 3G access to the web is fine, obviously, via phones or USB modems, and wired LANs in the pits are okay as well (assuming you manage your cabling safely). I'm sorry we won't be able to provide it this year, but I suspect there's a greater desire for the matches to run smoothly and on time than there is a desire for everyone to have web access.

[Mr. B]

Once you know the web address can you please post it here?
Thanks

[Teched3]

Originally Posted by fox46

One of the reasons our team loves the Boston regional is because of the lack of powerhouse teams. Everyone plays on the same level and it's just that much more competitive and exciting!

I think there are more than a few teams that I see attending the Boston Regional that would take exception to your comment.

[Mikell Taylor]

This just in: the Boston Regional webcast will be at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bostonregional.

[kstl99]

Originally Posted by Mikell Taylor

This just in: the Boston Regional webcast will be at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bostonregional.

Thanks, Mikell. I was hoping to tell people before I leave Thursday morning.

[Waffles]

Officially registered as a volunteer!

I'll be team queuing on Saturday, so I can't wait to meet all the teams!!

See you soooooooooon

[wedge41388]

i registered months ago to volunteer.....havent heard back.....

[wedge41388]

Originally Posted by wedge41388

i registered months ago to volunteer.....havent heard back.....

YAY! it was just a communication issue, had a great time during the practice rounds today, cant wait for the main competition to begin tomorrow!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Looks like teams are getting 10 matches this year. Awesome!

[Mikell Taylor]

Hey everyone, just a few things (and please spread the word to those who may not read CD regularly):

-- Yes, Virginia, there *is* a team social, Friday night at the Museum of Science! Free admission to their exhibits and discounted tickets to Omni theater and (the newly redone!) planetarium. Social starts at 6 PM.

-- There are a few scouting tables set up in the box alcoves around the mezzanine on the arena. They have signs on the tables indicating that they are scouting areas. These areas give you an opportunity to sit down, recharge your laptop, and have a good birds-eye view for several matches' worth of scouting. Please remember your gracious professionalism and don't hog the spots -- we have lots of teams who need to scout! -- but definitely take advantage of their use.

-- Thank you all for a great first day! Can't wait to see how Friday and Saturday go!

[Chris Marra]

Hey everyone,

As Mikell mentioned, The Blue Alliance is providing the webcast for the regional for the next two days. We had someone doing a test run of it today and ran into some technical issues that we're going to work to resolve tomorrow, so hopefully all of the morning matches will be webcast, but if not we'll push heavily to make sure things are sorted out and operational for the afternoon and into Saturday.

The webcast feed can be found @ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bostonregional when we are streaming.

We'll also be archiving all of the matches for the regional.

[Akash Rastogi]

Best of luck to 125 and 222 this weekend in Boston!

[team222badbrad]

For those of you with smartphones stop a Tigertron and snap a picture of one of a QR code on our t-shirts!

You will need an application such as RedLaser for the iPhone or Google Goggles for Android devices.

Don't know what QR code is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

We also have QR codes all over our robot. Who knows where they take you?