FRC New York City Regional 2013

[darkember]

We would like to thank our alliance partners teams 334 and 1635. We had an excellent run and it was very enjoyable. You guys played very well and we are grateful for having the opportunity of playing with you.

We would also like to congratulate the winning alliance teams 694,3137, and 4797. You guys played very well and facing you guys in the semifinals was the highlight of the day. It was an intense set of matches.

Thank you to all the teams that participated and good luck in any of your future events.

[alex334]

Originally Posted by darkember

We would like to thank our alliance partners teams 334 and 1635. We had an excellent run and it was very enjoyable. You guys played very well and we are grateful for having the opportunity of playing with you.

We would also like to congratulate the winning alliance teams 694,3137, and 4797. You guys played very well and facing you guys in the semifinals was the highlight of the day. It was an intense set of matches.

Thank you to all the teams that participated and good luck in any of your future events.

Despite everything, team 334 really enjoyed working with you guys and 1635. You had great bots, attitudes, and members. We look forward to working with you in the future.

I would also like to congratulate the winning alliance, especially team 3137. You guys had a tremendously ingenious design and it got you places. Have fun in St. Louis. =)

I have to say this was one of the best years of my FRC career.

[slijin]

Originally Posted by darkember

We would also like to congratulate the winning alliance teams 694, 3137, and 4797. You guys played very well and facing you guys in the semifinals was the highlight of the day. It was an intense set of matches.

And the same to you. Watching your defense was excruciatingly suspenseful; you guys definitely made us pull out our A-game and get our act together. I guarantee that everyone on our team found semis to be as intense and exhilarating as you found it - it was most certainly among the highlights of our day, if not the highlight.

Shouts out to 1660, 3171, and 4122 as well; PRIDE's level 2 climber and 1660's accuracy made us very nervous, and competing against you guys was fantastic.

#frcnyc2013

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

As an audience member, it was very exciting watching semi-finals and finals. The replay made it even more so.

334: I admired your robot all weekend. It was consistent (and good) all weekend. As I programmer by trade, I admire the consistency.

375: Thank you for helping us fix our shooter. You showed what Gracious Professionalism is all about. I'm going to Chesapeake for fun and hope to see you in finals there.

1660: It was great seeing you win Chairmans. I'll never forget the first year I did crowd control when you were sitting right by the area I was "guarding." I asked to buy a granola bar (thinking it was a fundraiser) and was just given one. And the team helped me keep the area clear. While all the students on the team then have since graduated, the gesture made an impression on me and helped me enjoy the experience enough to come back. And later become a mentor.

1635, 4122 and 3171: congratulations to you as well. You all fielded great robots.

[bradubv]

The very tough build season we experienced had given us no indication that the NYC Regional would be so exciting. Thanks to all participating teams for making the competition a fun experience. Congratulations to the winners and especially to the rookie Team 4797 that was part of the winning alliance. What a thrill it must be to win the NYC Regional after climbing that steep learning curve of the first season.

Special thanks to our alliance partners 334 and 375. We played some good matches together. The qualifying match we played with 334 on our side was the turning point as far as our team's confidence was concerned.

[Delsmarto]

I too want to say thanks to Teams 1635 and 375. You fought hard and had awesome robots, its a shame we couldn't work together more. Also, congrats to the winning alliance of 694, 4797, and 3137. I remember when I met 4797 at a ConEd conference and they were so curious on how to even start, now look at them going to St Louis. I sincerely applaud those guys. As a Senior, this year really meant a lot to me and I can honestly say that I am happy with how we did. We quickly became the talk of the town among a GREAT showing of robots and I think we raised the reputation of Team 334. Thanks again to 1635 and 375, you guys really help give us a fighting chance.

[RoboTigers1796]

Congrats to the regional winning alliance and to all those who won awards.

Thanks to those of you who watched our webcast and to any of you who missed it or want to relive your matches for memories they can be found below.
We had a member at the AV desk both days cutting and splitting matches as they happened so anyone could easily go back and find their match in the videos section on the right of the website. Sorry if we missed any but I'm pretty sure we got 99% of them.
Link to archived matches: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29861992

Again congrats to the winning alliance and I'm sure we will see some of you in a few weeks at SBPLI.

[jblay]

I haven't had the chance to read through all the madness on ChiefDelphi or in my email after yesterday since I woke up about 30 minutes ago and am currently consuming every food item at my parents house, but just some initial thanks and comments.

I heard there was some drama about our human player removing the slot, when we were told this was okay by the ref staff, I found it a little odd, but figured it was just something I hadn't thought about before and especially since those slots came off so easily it made sense that you were allowed to remove them.

In terms of the craziness with the field, I still don't know exactly what happened, I understand why teams were forced to lose their camera, because we wouldn't be able to play otherwise. 3137 basically couldn't score in teleop in the elimination rounds as a result of this and it was a huge blow to our alliance. As soon as I heard about this I walked over to the FTA to see if anything could be done, admittedly I would probably not have done this so eagerly if it didn't effect our partners, but I was informed that nothing could be done and I had to accept it. We modified our strategy as a result of this and rolled with the punches. I'm not saying this series of events was fair to anyone, because we all had to deal with them, but they existed so we dealt with them. I do appreciate the time that was put in especially in the semifinals to try and get everyone at full operation and the recognition that the #1 alliance deserved a replay in the semis despite the fact that we argued the call because that is always the initial response once you've won a match that is about to be replayed.

With regards to penalty calls, this game has extreme penalties and you have to develop strategies around them. We worked hard to make sure all our partners always understand the rules with regards to fouls and that made us walk out of the qualification matches with only 3 foul points on our alliances. This was a big reason that despite all our mechanical troubles during the first 2 days, we ended up in the top 5. Different refs have different interpretations of the rules, especially in early weeks while the game is still evolving and we emphasized understanding how the game was going to go at the regional, not how we thought it should go.

Now some shout outs:
375, you guys are the epitome of gracious professionalism, you just get what FIRST is all about, it's because of that, that you guys have so many wins and awards under your belt, you guys are the team I looked up to as a student and still learn from to this day. It was great getting to play a match with you despite the loss, and those elimination rounds against you were the craziest that I have ever been a part of.

334, you had the best robot at the event without a doubt, you were the first team on our pick list, no offense to our partners. Great job this weekend and really just proving yourself to be a force if not the force at NYC going forward, it is wild to think how much your team has grown in the last 2 years, I have a feeling Brooklyn Tech will be back with a vengeance next year.

3137, such a consistent auto and climb, and that was exactly what we needed. You guys have a great group and it was amazing getting to work with you. Your ability to just flip your strategy and just be the perfect teammate was unreal. A huge part of the reason our alliance won was that we weren't 3 teams operating on the same field, we were one unit playing towards one goal. It was an honor getting to work with you guys for the first and hopefully not the last time.

4797, showing everyone why you should not hesitate to pick rookies. We picked you guys cause you were consistently worth 20 points a match. 10 from the auto and 10 from the climb every time. What we didn't realize was that once we were with you and were able to help with some of your electrical issues you were able to be an awesome defender. Aldo, I hope I'm spelling that right, you were an awesome driver and seriously slowed down the best robots at the event while not committing penalties or slowing down our scoring. I hope you guys can get the money together in time and make it to St. Louis, we will try to help you get the sponsorship and fundraising you need.

To the finalists, it was awesome to see 1660 make it so far and pick up the chairman's award, I know you guys have been waiting a long time to qualify for the championship. 4122, just consistently solid all weekend, if you guys weren't scooped up we would have been facing a very rough decision between you and 4797. 3171, it was great to see you recover from that fall off the pyramid in the late matches of qualifications and still put together a finals run as an alliance captain, I hope we get to cross paths again in the future.

To all the teams that were at the competition this weekend, the volunteers, the judges, thanks for helping make this NYC regional what it was and hopefully next year will be even better.

[JABianchi]

Originally Posted by jblay

To the finalists, it was awesome to see 1660 make it so far and pick up the chairman's award, I know you guys have been waiting a long time to qualify for the championship. 4122, just consistently solid all weekend, if you guys weren't scooped up we would have been facing a very rough decision between you and 4797. 3171, it was great to see you recover from that fall off the pyramid in the late matches of qualifications and still put together a finals run as an alliance captain, I hope we get to cross paths again in the future.

Thanks Joe, winning the Chairman's definitely takes the sting out losing in the Finals. You guys really earned that win. Besides the solid shooter, your team showed great foresight on the importance of avoiding defenders with quick trips through the pyramids, and it looked like you made a great strategy adjustment during semifinals with double defenders. (3137 & 4797 looked like they could score, but were willing to play some very tough D to get a regional win.) Good luck at the Championship, and let us know if you have any advice for a Championship rookie.

Shout out to P.R.I.D.E. (3171) for picking a great #7 alliance. We loved playing with you guys and O-bots (4122)!

[bakerjohn42]

Originally Posted by JABianchi

Thanks Joe, winning the Chairman's definitely takes the sting out losing in the Finals. You guys really earned that win. Besides the solid shooter, your team showed great foresight on the importance of avoiding defenders with quick trips through the pyramids, and it looked like you made a great strategy adjustment during semifinals with double defenders. (3137 & 4797 looked like they could score, but were willing to play some very tough D to get a regional win.) Good luck at the Championship, and let us know if you have any advice for a Championship rookie.

Shout out to P.R.I.D.E. (3171) for picking a great #7 alliance. We loved playing with you guys and O-bots (4122)!

FIRST Team 3171, Hurricane P.R.I.D.E. would like to thank and congratulate our #7 alliance partners, The Harlem Knights (1660) and The O-bots (4122) on a great run all the way through to finals. Congratulations to Team 1660 on their Chairman's Award win, and congratulations to 4122 on the Inspiration In Engineering Award. We wish you both the best in St. Louis. Congrats to 694, 3137, and 4797 on their win, with a huge thank you to 3137 for helping us with our bot. We can't wait to compete with you guys at SBPLI. We'd like to thank Team 353 for their support and friendship. Finally, it was great working with Team 4713 in getting their robot ready for their next match! Good Luck Teams! On a final note, we hope Team 694 has an easy time with getting their photon cannon reset! - By the way, we love it.

[Tico2415]

Originally Posted by slijin

And the same to you. Watching your defense was excruciatingly suspenseful; you guys definitely made us pull out our A-game and get our act together. I guarantee that everyone on our team found semis to be as intense and exhilarating as you found it - it was most certainly among the highlights of our day, if not the highlight.

Shouts out to 1660, 3171, and 4122 as well; PRIDE's level 2 climber and 1660's accuracy made us very nervous, and competing against you guys was fantastic.

#frcnyc2013

Man Thanks Congrats to you guy, it was a great match! And you guys all played well, I'd like to thank 3171 and 4122 we was great team and had a great run!

[Rlin]

Did anyone find a Navy Blue North Face Recon yesterday? The last place I saw it was on the stands on the side of the scoring table, horizontal middle, vertical top. I left it with my team while I went to do something else. Inside is a clipboard with stickers from Autodesk, VEXpro, Con Edison, Bronx Science Robotics, and Nvidia. My name, Richard Lin and Team 1155 is written on the back of the clipboard. There is also a frisbee with a Bronx Science logo on it. I'd appreciate any information that you may have. Thanks!

[mom1155]

Originally Posted by Rlin

Did anyone find a Navy Blue North Face Recon yesterday? The last place I saw it was on the stands on the side of the scoring table, horizontal middle, vertical top. I left it with my team while I went to do something else. Inside is a clipboard with stickers from Autodesk, VEXpro, Con Edison, Bronx Science Robotics, and Nvidia. My name, Richard Lin and Team 1155 is written on the back of the clipboard. There is also a frisbee with a Bronx Science logo on it. I'd appreciate any information that you may have. Thanks!

Richard,
All of the lost items were sent back to Manchester in the crate. There was a backpack, but we didn't look inside of it. There were also jackets, pants, hats. It amazes us what you guys lose...

[Spatel7793]

Originally Posted by mom1155

Richard,
All of the lost items were sent back to Manchester in the crate. There was a backpack, but we didn't look inside of it. There were also jackets, pants, hats. It amazes us what you guys lose...

Haha! How could someone lose their pants?! I mean I know its an exciting event, but come on...that's a little too much.

[bakerjohn42]

UPDATE****

FIRST Team 1796, the Robotigers picked FIRST Team 358 and us, FIRST team 3171 to be in their number 4 alliance. We won the SBPLI regional and now the following teams who competed in NYC have invitations to nationals: 694 (NYC W), 3137 (NYC W), 4797 (NYC W), 1660 (NYC F/Chairman's), 4122 (NYC F/Insp. in Engineering), 1796 (NYC G.P./SBPLI W), 3171 (NYC F/SBPLI W), and 353 (NYC SF/SBPLI Insp. in Engineering). 358 was also an SBPLI winner and winner of the regional chairman's award, but did not compete in the NYC 2013 regional.