2011 Boston Regional

[Cheerleader1073]

I'll be there as a volunteer! First time volunteering at an official FRC event!

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Cheerleader1073

I'll be there as a volunteer! First time volunteering at an official FRC event!

You in boston tomorrow? I'll be heading down for the day with a few others, see you there!

[jsamp99]

Wow, interesting ending. I would love to see a video of the foul that caused the alliance that scored enough point to win the regional to have them all negated. Must have been a terrible foul.

[Fletch1373]

Originally Posted by jsamp99

Wow, interesting ending. I would love to see a video of the foul that caused the alliance that scored enough point to win the regional to have them all negated. Must have been a terrible foul.

I wasn't watching, but from how you described it, it sounds like a red card. With the way FMS is designed, the scorekeeper has to deduct the full score of the alliance in the event of a red card to force them to lose. This shows up as a massive penalty score.

[Nuttyman54]

125 received a red card for contact with an opposing alliance robot in its home zone. This is an unfortunate automatic red card, and results in a 0 score for their alliance...

[camtunkpa]

Congrats to 88, 78 and 1099. You guys played very well. Thanks to 125 and 2648 for having faith in our abilities. Boston was great. Good luck to everyone in st. Louis.

[Nick Rixford]

That is an unfortunate way to win and lose the regional, Great job to both teams though! That had to be one of the most exciting finals i have seen! Congrats to teams 78, 88, and 1099!

[Waffles]

Just one note:

I have never seen, so many suicidal mini-bots.

LOL.

[MikeE]

Firstly I'd like to personally thank 78 and 1099 for being outstanding alliance partners; it was a pleasure to work with you during eliminations, and we are proud of putting up the highest score of the regional.

I would also like to thank our fellow alliance in the finals, 125, 222 & 2648. Both alliances were very strong and it was fitting that the #1 and #2 seeds should meet in a series of hard fought matches.
I think everyone would rather win in a penalty-free match, and I've expressed elsewhere my thoughts on the number of cardable violations this year, but we have to play the game that we are given. After the first match, blue played a strongly defensive strategy which was clearly the right approach. But the way Logomotion is constructed there is an inherent risk in that strategy, and unfortunately it didn't work out for blue in the last match.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Waffles

Just one note:

I have never seen, so many suicidal mini-bots.

LOL.

You can say that again!

This was my first Boston Regional as I came down for the day and man was that an event! Week 6 can really bring out some crazy scores with several 4 minibot matches and a 116 to 108 score in elims!

The ending was sad and makes you wish red cards didn't exist in the finals but so is the game!

Congrats to 88,78, and 1099 (see you guys in STL) and to the equally powerful finalists who didn't go down easy 125, 2648, and 222 (see you guys around in the off-season)!

[TPNigl]

Again, congrats to 88,78, and 1099 for winning, as well as 125,2648,and 222 for a very hard fought finals.

69 didn't attend Boston this year (wanted to try out some new regionals) but it looked great. I'm glad Boston can be such a great competitive regional to come back to. Great job out there!

[Brandon Holley]

Thanks everyone for the kind words about our team.

First a big congrats to the winners 88, 78 and 1099. You guys were an extremely strong alliance, and playing against you guys was some of the most fun I've ever had at a competition.

I am extremely proud of my team and our alliance for getting to the point we did. 2648, you guys were so consistent in both scoring and minibot we were psyched to be able to pick you for an alliance. To my friends over at 222, we knew we might have a chance to grab you in the 2nd round, and I am so happy we did. You completed our alliance perfectly. Our alliance banded together to quickly adapt to robot malfunctions and adopt new strategies on the fly. Working together is what got our alliance as far as we did.

The red card was unfortunate, but warranted as per the letter of the rules. It's a tough way for a regional to end, but it was some of the most fun I've ever had at a FIRST event in my 11 years in the program.

Thanks everyone!

-Brando

[Grim Tuesday]

I would like to congratulate the winning teams 78, 88, and 1099. What a fantastic final match, though it was marred by that auto-red card. I can hardly imagine how much it must suck for 125, 2648, and 222. You guys played great, especially 125's great game of defense.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the guys who beat us: 1100, 1153, and 241. 241's defense was unbelievably good, while 1153 just hung tubes like crazy. And 1100 had the only minibot that could get up the pole faster than ours. Fun fact: That last match we lost was the only match we have lost the minibot race. And that second match was amazing: 69-66, one of the closest scores I have seen without them going into the minibot-winner tiebreaker.

It was an honor to be alliance captain, though it goes to show how much the seeding system is skewed towards teams with reliable(ly) fast minibots. But when you get to elims, it's the tubes that matter.

I don't know if we'll be in Boston next year, but all the teams were great. We were glad we could help everyone out with their parts requests (makes sense if you know we gave out 5 spikes to different teams, not to mention the insane amount of steel cable) The energy in Boston is unmatched at any event I have ever been to, though the pit setup is a bit wonky.

[Dantvman27]

I, on behalf of team 241, would like to thank everyone for making our first trip to Boston an amazing one, especially our alliance partners in the play offs 1100 and 1153. We are are thankful for all the compliments we received for the two things we worked on the most this year (our defensive drive strategy and our imagery). We had not made it past the quarter finals at a regional since 2003 and after failing to make it into the alliance selections at our home regional(Granite State) we were ecstatic that we were recognized at a regional where we were foreigners. This was an extremely emotional regional for myself as I am most likely retiring as a mentor for the time being due to time commitment issues so I would also like to take this time to thank my team for going wild in the stands when I asked them to, and for my drivers, Rob and Drew, for being the best drivers our team has had in my 6 years on the team.

[pbawesome]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

I would like to congratulate the winning teams 78, 88, and 1099. What a fantastic final match, though it was marred by that auto-red card. I can hardly imagine how much it must suck for 125, 2648, and 222. You guys played great, especially 125's great game of defense.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the guys who beat us: 1100, 1153, and 241. 241's defense was unbelievably good, while 1153 just hung tubes like crazy. And 1100 had the only minibot that could get up the pole faster than ours. Fun fact: That last match we lost was the only match we have lost the minibot race. And that second match was amazing: 69-66, one of the closest scores I have seen without them going into the minibot-winner tiebreaker.

It was an honor to be alliance captain, though it goes to show how much the seeding system is skewed towards teams with reliable(ly) fast minibots. But when you get to elims, it's the tubes that matter.

I don't know if we'll be in Boston next year, but all the teams were great. We were glad we could help everyone out with their parts requests (makes sense if you know we gave out 5 spikes to different teams, not to mention the insane amount of steel cable) The energy in Boston is unmatched at any event I have ever been to, though the pit setup is a bit wonky.

As a member of Team 1100's drive team, I'd like to say that it was tough finding a good strategy to beat your alliance. I remember clearly thinking this match is sooo close! and the crowd exploded at the results. The minibot races were awesome, in fact I think the only time the match ended early at Boston was in our quarter final matches.

Thanks everyone for the awesome experience!