2011 Philadelphia Regional

[Kyle]

Congratulations to Teams 303, 1640, 365 and 2607 on WINNING the 2011 Philly regional!!
Great job by 1391, 316 and 486!
I wish I could have been there to see it in person.

[Dillon Compton]

What a dramatic series of elim matches - upsets, penalties, red cards, broken robots, and so many time outs! It was an exciting one for sure (but strangely low scoring).

Congrats to the Blue Alliance (303, 1640, 265, and 2607) for #winning the 2011 Philly regional!

1391 - great job! Wish I could have been with you this year instead of out in SF! 316 and 486, thanks for fighting with us to the end!

//Dillon Compton
//Ex-1391 Mentor

[rrossbach]

On behalf of team 2607, huge CONGRATS to all the teams at Philly, and special thanks to our alliance mates 303, 1640, and 365 - we loved competing and cooperating with everyone and are totally psyched for our first trip to nationals!

An extra special shout-out to 1218 Vulcan Robotics - especially Peter and Rob - for their continued support! Our arm and minibot redesigns couldn't have happened without you!

Look forward to seeing everyone at nationals!

- Ron
Team #2607 controls mentor

[Barry Bonzack]

Huge congrats to 357 Royal Assault for winning the Engineering Inspiration Award and to the 433 Firebirds for another Chairman's Award! I can't wait to see you in St. Louis!

[AlexH]

What a great event. I would like to thank everyone who helped us out on Thursday (sorry names escape me) and finally I would like to thank 486, and 316. You guys were awesome alliance partners and I had a blast competing with you.


Also did anyone get pictures of 1391's fire in round 3 of qualifications?

-Alex
Driver 1391 Metal Moose
Philly Regional Runner Up with 486 and 316

[maryliz:)]

Congratulations to all the winners! Also, thanks to all the teams for continuing to make Philly such a fabulous event. We Firebirds always have a great time!

Also, thanks to our alliance partners 395 & 304!

[ahollenbach]

Thank you to all the teams for an excellent and thrilling up and down event. A special thanks to the awesome work of our alliance members, 56 and 1302. And of course, a big congrats to all the award winners.

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by AlexH

What a great event. I would like to thank everyone who helped us out on Thursday (sorry names escape me) and finally I would like to thank 486, and 316. You guys were awesome alliance partners and I had a blast competing with you.


Also did anyone get pictures of 1391's fire in round 3 of qualifications?

-Alex
Driver 1391 Metal Moose
Philly Regional Runner Up with 486 and 316

Did someone catch on fire again in philly? I remember that happened last year, too!

[Big Kid]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

Did someone catch on fire again in philly? I remember that happened last year, too!

Yeah we at 816 smoked out our bot last year in spectacular fashion...

Congratulations Teams 303, 1640, 365, and 2607 for taking home the Philly Gold

Great job to the Runners up 1391, 316 and 486 you guys played one heck of a finals too bad it ended the way it did.

Congratulations to Royal Assault for winning the Engineering Inspiration Award and the Firebirds for the Chairman's Award

Finally, thank you teams 1403, 1712 and team 87 for coming in as our back up bot, I believe that we left it all out on the field when those matches ended.

Overall, this was my final Regional event as a student, and I must say it was one of the more exciting ones.

Good luck to everyone who are moving on to the Championship!

[Siri]

1640 would like to thank and congratulate all the awesome volunteers for making the Philadelphia Regional so great once again! Awesome job.

Special congratulations to Al Ostrow on his WFFA! I know I wasn't the only in the stadium thinking "you mean he hasn't won already?!" Also, thanks to 341 for awarding us their Coolest Robot Award as well as 365 and 204 for their GP awards. We really appreciate it!

Congrats 433 and 357 on Chairman's and EI respectively. You definitely deserve it! And congrats once again to 486, 1391, 316 on a very stressful finals match up and to all the alliances on some crazy elimination rounds!

And of course a huge thanks to our alliance! To 365 for being an awesome guide for our official captainship, and 303 for their stellar performance as well. And certainly to 2607 for that last-minute save! Great to work with all of you and hope to see you in St. Louis.

[OZ_341]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that volunteered to make the Philly Regional an amazing experience as always. Our kids had a blast. You could not stop them from dancing and cheering the whole time.

Congratulations to the the winning alliance of Teams 1640, 365, 303, and 2607). What an amazing finish. I am sure that some people thought it was over when 365 had to step out. But the alliance found a way to win. A great lesson for every kid at the regional. Never, ever give up!!

Congratulations to Team 433 the Firebirds on winning Chairman's. Hopefully some day you will be our neighbors in the Hall of Fame.

And finally I wanted to say how much we enjoyed working with the Iron Devils 1647 and the Lumberjacks 1517. You guys were amazing partners with great drive crews and powerful machines. We are really sorry that your season had to end on such a disputed Red Card. That is not how a season should end. You should both feel proud about how you performed.

Team 341 is really looking forward to St. Louis.
Best wishes to every team going to Champs!

[Akash Rastogi]

On behalf of 3553 I would like to say a couple thank you's for the amazing time we had at the Philadelphia regional:

The Staff/Refs/Volunteers- despite our penalties and a red card in qualifications, calls were fair. The even was run smoothly and the staff was amazing.

272 and 834- Thank you 272 for taking a big risk and selecting us as your first pick for the 6th alliance. Your encouragement towards the other mentors and the driver was incredible, we are just sorry we couldn't help you reach farther into eliminations. It was fun while it lasted. Thank you 834 for being an AMAZING second round offensive pick. You had an autonomous that was more reliable than most of the captains, great work. 103 and 56, thank you for playing some heavy defense on us in the first quarterfinal match! That was so much fun to watch! Your strategy during our second match was incredible and we are honored to lose to such dominant and smart teams. Let's play again real soon.

Thank you to the teams who helped me personally with design and strategy all season such as 816, 357, and 1647. You guys are ALL class acts, and I look forward to continuing our partnerships in the future. Truly three of the best teams in the area.

Thank you to 365 for your help with troubleshooting with our pneumatics, again, such a class act. It was great talking to your mentors all weekend.

And finally, a thank you to everyone who came to our pit to talk to the students and mentors and give words of encouragement and applause for what we are doing at South Philly High School. Our Rookie All Star award represents what all of you recognized about our team, and the impact we have on our students. A woman came over (so sorry I didn't even ask what team or name but I think from 341) while just the mentors were in the pit, and said "So you guys are the ones from South Philly HS?.....Wow....I know all about this school, so what you guys are doing there is amazing."

THAT right there is what keeps us going.

See you all during the offseason and next season, and hopefully many of you in St. Louis.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

On behalf of 3553 I would like to say a couple thank you's for the amazing time we had at the Philadelphia regional......
See you all during the offseason and next season, and hopefully many of you in St. Louis.

I was talking to some of the kids from South Philly while waiting for my shipping papers after the end of the event. They were so excited to be going to St. Louis.

Best of luck at Champs!!

[lando]

I would like to thank teams 1391 and 316 for being such a great alliance partners. It was an exciting afternoon competing with all of you. I just wished it didn't end that way.

[DELurker]

I wanted to toss in my thanks to all of the teams at the Philadelphia Regional, as well. Team 1370 had a great time and we all learned a lot. It was especially heart-wrenching for us to be the #4 backup team with so many bots breaking during the elimination rounds.

However, it was nice to be able to tour the pits and help out so many other teams with their miscellaneous problems and needs, especially 303 (Panther Robotics), 3167 (Environmental Tectonics Crusaders), 2234 (Antibot), and 3182 (Athena's Warriors).

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in St. Louis.