2012 Virginia Regionl

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by JesseK

As for the RCA win:
Here's to all of the current students, ILITE alumni, current and former mentors who put in the thousands of hours required to make such an expansive program. You should be proud; it wouldn't have been possible without you!

Congratulations on your Regional Chairman's Award! We look forward to competing with you in DC.

Best regards,

Steve

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by JesseK

The balls in Quals all had varying levels of ball squishiness ranging from really squishy to WTF squishy. Ironically the first 2 balls we were handed in Elims were as almost as hard as actual basketballs.

All balls at the beginning of Qualifications were brand new. They were then replaced as needed when large cuts were discovered or chunks were missing. They were all replaced again before Eliminations. Your first QF match was only the 4th time that set of balls had been used.

Congratulations on your RCA. Very well deserved. 1885 has come a long way.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by JesseK

- The balls in Quals all had varying levels of ball squishiness ranging from really squishy to WTF squishy. Ironically the first 2 balls we were handed in Elims were as almost as hard as actual basketballs.

I know that game pieces are frustrating, but doesn't every team/alliance have to design/strategize around that variable?

- Inspections this year were the smoothest ever. It turned out to be a really great idea to put 2 inspectors in each aisle.

When your bumpers constantly need re-checking, you even get to be on a first-name basis with your inspector!

As for the RCA win:
Here's to all of the current students, ILITE alumni, current and former mentors who put in the thousands of hours required to make such an expansive program. You should be proud; it wouldn't have been possible without you!

Congratulations on the win. I had no clue how much you all did until I saw your video and met with your team for the last match. Great job.

I want to let everyone know that if we get allied with you, you'll have a hard time matching the quality of 346 and 1541. It's the greatest group of people in FIRST, outside of my team of course, that I have had the pleasure of working with. Sorry we couldn't help you win a blue banner this year 1541, but take Zooey wherever you can go, she's a bot to be proud of. 346, your communications problems should be under the bridge (game puns!) for DC, and I see you guys coming out of there with the big W.

Congrats to Stags, Sparky, and Robodawgs. You guys were awesome. Wish we could have gotten on the bridge in match 2 or not tipped in match 1 so we could have had a real go, but it is what it is.

To my teammates, mentors, our sponsors, and whoever is reading this, I'm so proud of the work you all have put into the team so far this season. When I challenged you all to put the best product possible on the court this year, I had no idea it would turn out to be the high-flying, wheelie-kicking, big-scoring masterpiece we call Orion (or internally, Operation RedPanda). We were bogged down with a tough seeding schedule, but you all held faith, cheered the whole team on, and were with us through incredible highs and lows this weekend. Shoutout to our driver who said to me during a match "Let me try something," then proceeded to pick up the front of the robot, and drive it forward onto the bridge. The new design capability of wheelie dropping made our weekend.

A special shoutout to an unexpected friend I made this year. See you in North Carolina, but first off, try to relax for a few days.

We have a secret project to make sure our robot stabilizes in the rankings and turns the Dorton Arena upside down in April with a high score and a big W to bring back to Richmond.

Attention teams 122, 339, 401, 435, 900, 1086, 2363, 2890 and all potential challengers from other regionals: we're waiting for you.

[mwilbur]

Triple Helix, FRC team 2363, would like to thank team 1885, iLITE, for the opportunity to work with you yet again. Let's keep it up -- maybe the third time will be the charm! And, as others have noted, many congratulations for the RCA. It is well-deserved! Now we just have to figure out a way on our side to meet up with you again at CMP.

To the Norview Pilots, team 1793, thanks for being such great partners, too. We really enjoyed playing with you guys. We wish that we'd had the opportunity to play a few more matches!

To teams 1610 and 3359, it was great being next to you guys in the pits. What great robots each of you had! It was fun to have Franklin, Newport News, and Portsmouth all lined up in a row like that. Sorry we didn't have more time to chat.

To our old friends at Sparky and on teams 435 and 1262, congratulations for a great tournament! You guys were totally awesome in the elimination matches!!

To all the other award winners, well done and well deserved!

A special shout out goes to my daughter and 2363 team captain, Rachel Wilbur, for being selected as a Dean's List Finalist. I'm wondering if there are any other father-daughter/son WFFA-Dean's List Finalist award winners out there. It's quite the honor and I'm pleased as I can be to be sharing it with Rachel, who has been my right hand for the past four years. I don't really know what I'm going to do without her next year...

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by JesseK

The balls in Quals all had varying levels of ball squishiness ranging from really squishy to WTF squishy. Ironically the first 2 balls we were handed in Elims were as almost as hard as actual basketballs.

There are ways to combat such realities...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=11

[RubixCubero]

Thank you for all the congratulations!

Sparky 384 would like to thank our sponsors Flexicell, GE Volunteers, Aerotek, ShowBest Fixture Corporation. mentors, family, friends, alumni, coaches and alliances 435 RoboDogs and 1262 The STAGS, we couldn't have done it with out you!

We would also like to congratulate team 1885 ILITE Robotics on winning Chairmans. We hope to see you all at Worlds!

[wilsonmw04]

On a personal note:

I wanted to congratulate team 2106 for their first elimination appearance. You had the most consistent autonomous at the regional and a great pick for the 7th seed alliance. Keep up the great work and continue to grow. You made your old coach proud!

To my new team: what i wild ride! Thank you for being patience as I learn the ropes of guiding a large team through a build season. You are great group of young adults, mentors and alums. Together, we are going to be great things. Time to share our cheesiness with our NC FIRST family!

[PatrickBrew1086]

On behalf of FIRST Team 1086, I would like to congratulate and thank the following people and teams:

1885- After your two Engineering Inspiration awards last year, you were more than due for your first Regional Chairman's award. Your team has exemplified what Virginia FRC should be, it was more that deserved which is saying a lot considering some of the feats of other teams (388- getting studies that show FIRST improves math and science scores, 2363- reaching out as far as Ellen DeGeneres, 122- going on an outreach mission to Europe)!

384- For those of you who didn't have the pleasure of seeing this team up close, they'll amaze you. We were lucky enough to be pitted across the aisle which gave us a great opportunity to see some of our former mentors and alumni! They un-bagged nothing but a frame and drive train, literally, on Thursday morning and were regional champions with a beautiful, fully working robot by Saturday evening. Congratulations on the Regional Win and the Engineering Inspiration Award.

1262 & 435-Your teams played awesome with 384, both of your teams really deserved the win with the way you played in the eliminations.

2402- It was amazing to get to know your team throughout the build season and it was amazing to get to hang-out with you guys throughout the tournament. Your team of 4 to 5 students and 3 mentors rising to be the 7th seeded alliance captain was amazing. We are so happy we got to take a little part in such an amazing story!

2890-Thank you so much for selecting us to be assimilated into your alliance. Sorry that we weren't able to get a long run in eliminations but while it lasted our team much enjoyed the spirit and enthusiasm your team included us in behind the alliance stations, the spirit award was much deserved!

900- We were so excited to get you guys in the third round and can't wait to see your team again in North Carolina!

Liz Smith- After our terrible experience with connection last year we owe a lot to the FTA that kept us communicating the whole regional! Also we loved the robo-towels you and Alex made for us! For the rest of you who haven't ordered any yet: they are so affordable, stylish, functional, and spirited so you should get yourself some! I am proud to say that my cheesehead now has one of the TPD stickers you gave us on it!

All the Volunteers- I gained new appreciation for all the volunteers after our team (along with our friends, 540) stayed after for an hour to help them break the field down, in an hour we only got about half way done. They work so hard through the whole tournament including for hours after the final match is over to make the regional and the one after it a success. Without these volunteers the tournament would not even be close to the same!

I am positive I have forgotten many people who deserve congratulations and our thanks, so if that applies to you I'm so sorry! We can't wait to hit the field again in Raleigh in less than 3 weeks, our robot will be really different but we'll be the same old team (so if you need help on Thursday don't hesitate to find us)!

Patrick Brew
Captain FIRST Team 1086
Blue Cheese Sponsored by PCS and Deep Run High School

[DRH2o]

Did you mean 1262 instead of 1282?

[ToddF]

Match video has been posted on Youtube by team 3389. Video is from event video feed. Video only, no sound.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...E&feature=plcp

[PayneTrain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL...tLQrTw8#t=197s

Watch the right side of the field.
That should be on SportsCenter /biased

[ToddF]

Video posted of all quarterfinals. Full field video in 1080 HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDb9m...HNIouLPgJIU%3D

[pyroslev]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Video posted of all quarterfinals. Full field video in 1080 HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDb9m...HNIouLPgJIU%3D

Bless you sire and all your HD camera goodness.

[ToddF]

Thanks, pyroslev.

Semifinal and final matches in HD are up. Here.

[mrmummert]

VCU was really great this year...Its the best we've done since 2007. We had a
very good team of students this year who learned a lot.We came
so close in the semi finals...Congrats to 384,435 and 1262. and congrats to
346, 422 and 1541 you guys made for great competion in that last semi finals
match. Thanks also go to our alliance partners 1598 and 1699.Congrats also go to team
1885 for the RCA. Many good teams and matches this year.