2013 Finger Lakes Regional

[Justin Montois]

Just saw a record number of technical fouls at FLR.....

5 tech fouls..103 points

[Scott Carpman]

Whomever is running the telecast needs to learn the basics of broadcasting. I couldn't catch the reason for the DQ because of a pit interview. What happened?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Scott Carpman

Whomever is running the telecast needs to learn the basics of broadcasting. I couldn't catch the reason for the DQ because of a pit interview. What happened?

I know that kinda sucked.

[gurellia53]

I know there was a red card for climb interference. Can someone who expand on this at all for those of us who were watching the webcast?

[dipmeinaluminum]

for the love of jaguars ZOOM OUT!!!!

[commodoredl]

On the red card in QF4-1, a newly-installed defensive net on 578 got caught on a protruding part of 1559's climbing robot. The 578 driver wasn't used to driving with a tall robot yet, and it cost the alliance the match.

[BleakRNS]

Wow. Nice job, 3173.

[Sean Raia]

Wow. What an awesome batch of elimination rounds! All of the matches were so close, and that nail biter match where 1507's alliance beat us by 1 point was probably the craziest of the night.

Big thanks to 3003 and 1405 for picking us to play alongside them. Despite 145, 1126, and 48 putting up a great fight, we were able to bring the blue banner home with you guys!

Additionally, kudos to teams 340 (Stellar climber/dumper), 1126 (Well executed defense), and 3173 (ridiculous full court shooting)... you guys were each a blast to watch in your own regards.

[GCentola]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Big thanks to 3003 and 1405 for picking us to play alongside them. Despite 145, 1126, and 48 putting up a great fight, we were able to bring the blue banner home with you guys!

So, this is now the second time 1559 has beaten us by a small margin. Keep up the great work guys, you guys keep getting better and better. Fantastic 30 point climb. Congratulations (to 1405 and 3003 as well!!). They were three awesome matches.

48 and 145, you guys were phenomenal. Thanks for inviting us to your alliance, we had an absolute blast.

[578robotsrock]

what was overlooked in that last match was the climbing defense 48 put in, that play was awesome, any team that can duplicate it can defend against those third level climbers. I think any short bot that can pull off the same move will be important to this years game

It was too bad we fell short, but 1507 will do just fine in their next regional. It was great to be with a power house team in eliminations for once and I'm proud of what we did. 578 is attending the championship no matter what, if we compete with our robot or not only the wait list will determine at this point as we don't have a second regional this year. It's been a great 4 years and there is still plenty of matches left. I'll be cheering for all of our outstanding finger lakes teams at other regionals and the championship.

It's all summed up from a parent on our team who was new to first, "This is more exciting than the Superbowl."

[pfreivald]

That was the most exciting set of elimination rounds I've ever watched, hands down.

[esquared]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

That was the most exciting set of elimination rounds I've ever watched, hands down.

THIS.


By the time we hit semis, we had still had 4 alliances that all could have legit won the event.


In a tough year, and a week 1 event, we had the deepest field and some of the most fingernail devouring matches at FLR EVER.


A big thanks to all the teams who made this event the one to watch on webcast, and one to compare all the upcoming weeks against!

Are the matches archived somewhere (or on youtube?)

FLR was the greatest possible way to start off the year. Matches you'd expect to see in week 6 took place in week 1, and the elimination rounds kept my team constantly cheering at the shop.

[LeelandS]

Ooookay. As a mentor of a local team who is able to get back to a computer quickly (like Sean and Garrick), I'll through my hat into the annual congratulation fest that follows every Finger Lakes Regional. You can read through them all or just look for a particular one:

1507/2809/578: Playing you guys in the Quarter finals was terrifying. 1507, off of two regional wins the prior year, is probably the scariest FLR team right now, field-wise. 2809, despite early issues, had grown into one of the main scoring machines and they had a winning drive train from Day 1. 578... We were sure 578 messed us up BAD. Their defense tore a bumper off our robot and completely wrecked 3003's drive system, forcing us to use our time out (something I HATE to do in the QFs) and almost call a back up. You guys were insane. I was terrified it was almost over in the QFs, before it even begun.

3173/250/378: Cam and I from 3173 are friends. So when we came head to head in the SFs, we shook hands and fist bumped and wished each other luck. But when I got back to the driver station, I was a nervous wreck, because I knew 3173 was going to be an absolute mountain to climb. In the first SF match, they scored about 25 discs. That's 75 points. FROM THE FEEDER STATION. CROSS COURT. OVER THE FIELD. INTO THE TOP GOAL. Tell me that wouldn't scare you. They wrecked us. Everyone told me that was a contender for match of the year. 103-102, favor them. It was insane. 250 and 378 weren't sitting on their hands either. 250 brushed off some cobwebs and was shooting long range as well, and was the perfect complement to 3173. 378 plays some hard defense that shut us down for a while. It was crazy. So proud of 3173, though. They're a young team I (as a student from 1126) helped out years ago. And look at them now. Fantastic. Just fantastic.

48/145: These matches. 48 is a legend in the FRC community. It seems everywhere they go, they always have a performance in the finals. This time was no different. For a robot that mainly shot for the 2pt goal, 48 was a force to be reckoned with. I never want to be on the opposite side of the field of 48. Because they honestly scare the crap out of me. But one of their drive team members dances a mean Harlem Shake. 145 was one of the top scoring robots at FLR. They were a sharp shooter and hit their shots like it was their job. It was scary when, in the second Finals match, they did exactly what I knew they would do. They all put down a new strategy and almost shook us out. We came out by one point. I was legitimately shaking, it was so close.

1126: My old team. The team I grew up on, was raised by. And I had to team with them in Q73, and then I had to look at them across the field in the finals. It was an emotional roller coaster. But it's how I wanted it to come down the whole time. I love 1126 to death and I knew that no matter how the match ended, we would all hug it out and congratulate each other. It just happened that my alliance did. By a very small margin: 1 point in the last match. I'm pretty sure I shook hands and/or hugged everyone in a SparX shirt today. It was an honor to face them, and to play them in such amazing matches.

3003: Our first pick. Did not disappoint at all. Tan[X] had a rough start, with some drive issues, but over came them and were ready to resume an offensive role quickly. They have a great drive team, and Steve Schlegel (another 1126 alumni) is a brilliant strategist. It was an honor to work with them and help them get their first ever regional win!

1559: I'm no stranger to Devil Tech. I faced off with them in 2011 as a member of 1126's drive team at Buckeye. This time, I got to work with them. We picked them for their offensive threat. And then they showed us their 30 point hanger. We just let them do their thing and they did not fail (until 48 did what I would call the gutsiest move ever, drove under our tower, and pushed them out). Their 30 point contribution plus their consistent autonomous saved our bacon many times. I thank them for being a great partner and team mate.

Thanks to everyone who made this an amazing regional. It was a blast. Being part of the winning alliance was like a dream, and having Karthik do the intros (and call me out) was phenomenal.

It was nice to meet some FRC people who I've only known over the internet. Gregor of 907 and Aaron of 77WHO? were awesome to meet in person for realsies.

See you all next year! I'm off to party with 1126

P.S. If you read this, Karthik. You owe me something! We won the event, now keep up your half of the bargain!!

[tsakshaug]

Had a great time working FLR this year, well the past several years. It was great seeing teams win that were not the 'normal' teams! Way to go! Great matches this afternoon, that one point win, when both teams were in the hundreds was amazing.

Looking forward to next year already