2014 Virginia Regional

[pyroslev]

Originally Posted by dellagd

So how is the seating at the event? Is it hard to get ~7 good seats for scouts?

Seven Seats ought to not be a problem. Only thing I'll ask/recommend is don't save entire rows or blocks of seats. Section 4.14 of the Admin portion of the manual prohibits this. 65ish teams and all the people, space won't be tight until Saturday. Remember to be GP on that front.

Leave the air horns/vu vu zellas behind too. I personally find them just as grating as the food check or "Robot!" yelling.

on the Ramp front, a warm front will thaw it out I hope. Otherwise the field crew will be sledding on lunch breaks.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by pyroslev

Seven Seats ought to not be a problem. Only thing I'll ask/recommend is don't save entire rows or blocks of seats. Section 4.14 of the Admin portion of the manual prohibits this. 65ish teams and all the people, space won't be tight until Saturday. Remember to be GP on that front.

Leave the air horns/vu vu zellas behind too. I personally find them just as grating as the food check or "Robot!" yelling.

on the Ramp front, a warm front will thaw it out I hope. Otherwise the field crew will be sledding on lunch breaks.

All of these things are also covered in the "Site Info" by VirginiaFIRST. They will be enforcing these things.

[dougwilliams]

TigerTronics from Endicott, NY will be making the trek again this year after such a great experience last year.

We look forward to playing with our Finalist partner from last year, 2363 - Triple Helix again. We also just ran into our other partner, Ranger Robotics this past weekend at the NY Tech Valley Regional.

The game is intense and we're looking forward to playing again this week... and seeing all the great robot designs and mapping out good game strategies with all the teams.

See you in a few days...

[wilsonmw04]

is there a webcast this year?

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

is there a webcast this year?

I attempted to find it but the Virginia site still says coming soon.

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

is there a webcast this year?

It will be listed here when the stream is available.

[pyroslev]

Good morning Ladies & Gentlemen and welcome to Day One.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by pyroslev

Good morning Ladies & Gentlemen and welcome to Day One.

Bus leaves in 1 hour!

[pyroslev]

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for a good day yesterday and welcome to Day Two. See you guys at the Siegel Center.

[Johnbot]

FIRST Team 2607 has been having an amazing time so far! It's so nice and warm down here

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

[brrian27]

Thank you to Virginia FIRST and everyone at the regional!

We had a blast at our first out of state regional, and as finalists for the first time.

Thank you also to the best alliance members 1418 and 435. You guys were awesome.

We made a lot of new friends! If any team wants to come to Florida, look out for the Ninjineers to show you around.

Thank you again everyone and congratulations to all the winners.

[DRH2o]

Congratulations to 1610, 384, and 2607 on the Regional win. You had a great alliance. Hank -- Love the tutu. Thanks to 346 and 540 for joining us in eliminations -- we put up a good fight. Congratulations to 422 on the Chairman's and 540 on EI -- both well deserved. Thanks to all the volunteers and refs for a well run event. It has already been stated that this is a tough game on the refs -- I think Lisa and the crew did a great job of getting everything as "right" as they could. Pattie, Carol, Sally, and all of VA FIRST -- wonderful. Some of you know that my son's '76 Corvette that we spent 6 years restoring caught on fire and was destroyed while he was coming to Richmond Friday (he is okay), so Saturday was a day of mixed emotions for us, but it was great to be around friends in Richmond. Thanks everyone for a great time!!

[RoboHatter]

Team 346 Here. Thank you for selecting us to join your alliance. Together we put up a really good fight. We enjoyed working with you. Your drive team was fun to work with.

[mwilbur]

Triple Helix would like to congratulate team 2607, the Robovikings, and our friends from Sparky 384 and 1610, Builders of Tomorrow on your win at the Virginia Regional. Also, congratulations to all of the award winners, especially our friends at 422, the Mech Tech Dragons (RCA), Talon 540 (EI), and 4969, Iron FeNix (RAS). And a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our own Sarah Selim for her selection as a Dean's List Finalist!! Triple Helix has three Dean's List Finalists out of the four years that we have submitted essays, which is a testament to the quality of students that we have at Menchville High School. You're all great, and your dedication to the team and your commitment to the ideals of FIRST is a major contributing factor in our team's success over the past several years.

We would like to thank team 1533, Triple Strange, and 2068, the Metal Jackets for being such awesome alliance partners in the elimination matches. You guys all performed excellently, allowing us to consistently execute our plan. Another second or two and we would have cashed in on another 3-assist cycle and we would have been in the finals, penalty or no penalty. Thanks for being so good to work with! We would also like to thank all of the sponsors, volunteers, and the dedicated staff at VirginiaFIRST for another awesome Virginia Regional. We look forward to at least one more Virginia Regional before we go to the district model. Keep up the great work!

Finally, we would like to thank all of you who complemented our team and our robot this weekend. As a few examples, we had a student from the Chairman's-Award-winning Mech Tech Dragons come up to us and tell us how our team inspires them to excel, we had someone ask if he could buy one of our team hoodie sweatshirts, and we had several people tell us that they consider us to be the easiest team to work with in the state of Virginia. We feel that these statements validate our approach to being good representatives of FIRST, and we humbly appreciate all of the support that you provide us. Our team is dedicated to turning Virginia into a state that people mention when the subject of the best-of-the-best among FIRST teams comes up. We look forward to working with each and every one of you in the future.

[mrmummert]

I'm trying to think of anything anyone missed..Hmmmm....Food and Drinks at VCU are a bit pricey....its a better deal to go to one of the places across the street, but keep in mind with the teams there they all will be busy. If you can stagger lunch times for students and mentors that might work better.

The music is LOUD....so if you have students with sensitive ears bring ear plugs.
A plus though is we have some great announcers and Jeff Seaton is our MC.

The team social should be....as its has been the last ten years or so at the Va. Science Museum....
Unless they change it this year...the food isn't so great
(i think it was better 10 years ago...my opinion) but the museum is a neat venue
and there is lots to see and do while there.

The Va. First folks are a great bunch of folks and know their stuff...Most of the Einstein crew
from CMP last year were the Va. folks. The head ref has
already reffed at two other regionals so she knows her stuff.
Queuing...They like to try and stay "on time" and they do announce matches often...
but keep on your toes for match times sometimes its hard the hear
the match announcements.

Load in and out can be a pain...but you can load in early on Wednesday night until 8pm i think...
there is more information on the Va. First site.