2014 Greater Kansas City Regional

[Alpha Beta]

The Greater Kansas City Regional filled its initial 50 slots yesterday, and has already pulled one team off of the wait-list to go to 51.

7 rookies are currently on the list and a couple more may still join the event. It's great to see the area growing.

There are 4 veteran teams who have made KC their home for years which have yet to register for the 2014 season. (1802, 1737, 1984, and 2167)

Current Team List

0932 | Circuit Chargers | Tulsa, OK | Memorial HS (Tulsa Engineering Academy)
0935 | RaileRobotics | Newton, KS | Newton HS
0937 | North Stars | Overland Park, KS | Shawnee Mission North HS
0938 | Team Botman | Richmond, KS | Central Heights HS
1723 | The FBI (First Bots of Independence) | Independence, MO | Independence SD
1730 | Team Driven | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit HS
1763 | Paseliens | Kansas City, MO | Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
1764 | Liberty Robotics | Liberty, MO | Liberty & Liberty North HS
1769 | Digital Hawks | Kansas City, KS | J.C. Harmon HS
1775 | Tigerbytes | Kansas City, MO | Lincoln College Prepatory Academy
1777 | Viking Robotics | Overland Park, KS | Shawnee Mission West HS
1785 | United Robocats | Blue Springs, MO | Blue Springs SD
1806 | S.W.A.T. | Smithville, MO | Smithville HS
1810 | Jaguar Robotics | Shawnee, KS | Mill Valley HS
1825 | The Cyborgs | Independence, MO | Metro Homeschool
1827 | Robo-Jackets | Kansas City, MO | Center HS
1847 | Robodogs | Kansas City, KS | Wyandotte HS
1939 | The Kuh-nig-its | Kansas City, MO | The Barstow HS
1982 | Cougar Robotics | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
1986 | Team Titanium | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit West HS
1987 | Broncobots | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit North HS
1994 | Horse Power! | Kansas City, KS | F.L. Schlagle HS
1997 | Stag Robotics | Roeland Park, KS | Bishop Miege HS
2001 | HERMES | Kansas City, MO | Ruskin HS
2164 | The Corps | Harrisonville, MO | Harisonville HS
2335 | Sargon | Prairie Village, KS | Shawnee Mission East HS
2345 | Animal Control | Kearny, MO | Kearny HS
2346 | Cel-Techs | Kansas City, MO | Archbision O'Hara HS
2353 | The Legion | Kansas City, MO | Pembroke HS
2357 | Panthers | Peculiar, MO | Raymore Peculiar HS
2410 | Blue Valley CAPS (Metal Mustang Robotics) | Overland Park, KS | Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies
2457 | The Law | Lawson, MO | Lawson HS
2560 | RoboDog | Grandview, MO Grandview C-4 SD
2874 | Eagles | Grain Valley, MO | Grain Valley RV SD HS
3172 | HorsePOWER | Salina, KS | Salina Central HS
3485 | Cyclone Robotics | Kansas City, KS | Bishop Ward HS
3528 | Up Next! | Kansas City, MO | UNLF Homeschool Community
3612 | GearHogs | Springdale, AR | Springdale HS
3784 | Bit by Bit 4-H Robotics Team | Aurora, MO | Bit by Bit 4-H
3973 | Pirate Robotics | Platte City, MO | Platte County HS
4455 | The Burger Bots | Warrensburg, MO | Warrensburg R6 SD
4522 | Team SCREAM | Sedalia, MO | Smith-Cotton HS
4646 | Team ASAP | Des Moines, IA | Des Moines metro area schools
4809 | Black Knight Robotics | Marceline, MO | Marceline HS
4959 | Falcon | Kansas City, MO | Staley HS
5013 | Trobots | Kansas City, MO | Park Hill HS
5041 | System Overlord Robotics | West Branch, IA | West Branch HS
5082 | Northmen Robotics | Kansas City, MO |Oak Park HS
5098 | Operation STING - R | North Kansas City, MO | North Kansas City HS
5119 | Firebirds | Lawrence, KS | Lawrence Free State HS
5126 | Park Hill South Robotics | Riverside, MO | Park Hill South HS

[CalTran]

What, no history or trivia of the KC regional like last year?

[treffk]

1802 has registered now!

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by CalTran

What, no history or trivia of the KC regional like last year?

Well, looking at last year's thread:

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

For those of you looking for a good week 3 regional, here are some facts.

A lot of parity in the field.

• No team has ever captained the winning alliance more than once. (2007 = 935; 2008 = 476; 2009 = 1806; 2010 = 2345; 2011 = 525; 2012 = 1986)
• No team has ever been on the winning alliance more than twice.

A deep top end. In 2012...

• 5 teams went on to seed #1 at another regional event: 16, 935, 1986, 2996, 3528
• 9 Teams total were part of alliances that won a regional
• 1/4th of last years field (16/64 teams) attended champs.

Currently 4 states are represented

• Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma

All the trivia in the "a lot of parity in the field" was broken by team 1986 captaining the winning alliance while 1806 won it's 3rd Greater Kansas City Regional.

As far as a deep top end goes:
2013:
1 Divisional Finalist at Worlds
2 Teams that made Eliminations in their respective divisions at worlds
2 FRC Top 25 Robots (Ranked #3 and #22)
6 Regional Winner Trophies were brought back to the Kansas City Area (967 makes 7, but they are neither from Kansas City nor registered for this year)
8 World Championship Qualifying Teams (By My Count) (Would be 9 with 1710)

5 states are represented: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma


Maybe the statistics aren't as impressive, but KC and STL got divided last year by being events on the same week, and team 16 opted not to return to Kansas City. With that in perspective, along with the fact that many teams went to the Razorback Regional where they were beat by an alliance captained by eventual FRC World Champions, team 1477, it's quite understandable that we don't have 9 regional winning teams from 2013.

[runneals]

2167 just got registered and is on the wait list for KC.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by runneals

2167 just got registered and is on the wait list for KC.

Excellent. I think getting on the wait list before 2nd registration opens up this afternoon is important.

There should still be a few spots left open for teams wanting to come in for 2nd registrations this afternoon as well. We're in a new arena this year, and organizers are indicating a 60 team target size.

Originally Posted by treffk

1802 has registered now!

And now officialy in as KC's 53rd team.

Wondering what other teams might be lurking on the waitlist.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by runneals

2167 just got registered and is on the wait list for KC.

And now officially listed on the roster for the KC Regional.

Want to get a sneak peek at the KC Regional? 35 of the 54 registered teams (including 1 of the 8 rookies) will be competing at the Cow Town ThrowDown this coming weekend.

0935, 0937, 0938, 1730, 1764, 1775, 1777,
1785, 1802, 1806, 1810, 1825, 1847, 1939,
1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2335,
2345, 2346, 2353, 2410, 2874, 3172, 3485,
3528, 3612, 3784, 4455, 4522, 4646, 5013.

Edit: 1769 replacing 4646 in the 48 team Cow Town ThrowDown

[Alpha Beta]

How many teams coming to KC are attending more than 1 regional?

Of the 46 veteran teams registered (8/54 are rookies) 21 of them will be attending a 2nd regional.

Teams Playing Before KC (Perhaps bringing a Wild-Card)

0935 (Arkansas)
1764 (Central Illinois)
1806 (Central Illinois)
1810 (Arkansas)
1939 (Arkansas)
1986 (Central Illinois)
2164 (Central Illinois)
3784 (Arkansas)
4522 (Arkansas)

Teams Playing After KC

0932 (Oklahoma)
0938 (Wisconsin)
1723 (Oklahoma)
1730 (Bayou)
1775 (Oklahoma)
1785 (Oklahoma)
1982 (Colorado)
1987 (Colorado)
2410 (Oklahoma)
3528 (Oklahoma)
3612 (Bayou)
4646 (Wisconsin)

[Alpha Beta]

News from the KC Regional Director:

As of this morning, we now have 57 teams that have been pulled in to our Regional Tournament and one on the wait list. Olathe South, make sure you get your spot!

All veteran teams from last year are now registered for a 2014 tournament, and when Olathe South registers we will have 10 !!! rookies coming to KC.

I'm wondering... whose the one team left on the waitlist?

Additional news

You Are Invited to FIRST LOOK 2014!
As I hope you have heard by now, you are invited to meet, in person, the new President of US FIRST, Don Bossi, at our FIRST LOOK Party. This party is for your entire team, mentors, parents, teachers, and volunteers. Come out and see our new KC Regional Tournament venue. Doors open at 4:00 on Friday, November 8th. We will have food, tours, workshops, and last but not least, pit selection. Take part in a bingo-style drawing to select your pit for the Regional Tournament. You will want to bring the whole team to make the selection or at a minimum, a team representative. Out-of-town teams, please reply and we will make accommodations for your pit selection that best suits your needs. Please RSVP with the number attending.

Doors open at 4:00 Friday, Nov. 8th for tours and light refreshments
Program 5:15 – 7:00
MCC-Business & Technology
1775 Universal Avenue
Kansas City, MO
RSVP

[Alpha Beta]

Had a great time at the "FIRST LOOK" for our new regional venue.

Numbers were drawn at random and teams were then given the oppotunity to select their pit location.
A map of the pits can be found here.

I had to leave the event early, and wasn't there for the pit selection, but I did notice one team on the Pit-Map that isn't on the official registration list yet. Must be that one team on the waitlist still.

PS. Olathe South is now registered, taking us to 9 rookies. 5041 from Iowa is no longer registered for KC. They are now the only rookie registered for Central Illinois.

[Abhishek R]

Gonna take a wild guess at that team, 118?

[SharonO]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Gonna take a wild guess at that team, 118?

I "think" that might be a typo for 1108.

[holygrail]

118 sure seems to have a spot in the pits. When I checked the FIRST website earlier in the day, they still weren't listed though. That would be a lot of fun. KC can be pretty competitive.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by SharonO

I "think" that might be a typo for 1108.

It isn't.

[CalTran]

ZOMFG if Robonauts are actually coming then my volunteer duties may or may not end up being neglected....