2014 Queen City Regional

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Reeve L.

I heard it from a fellow team's coach. Just a rumor I guess.

FIRST, after week 1, added an additional ref to the mid-field position across from the Head Ref. Other than that, I we have not discussed adding additional Field Ref's as this would make it unfair to the other events/teams since our event would then be different from how FIRST has detailed the Field operations.

[Jefferson]

Bomb Squad is excited to be making the trek out to Cincinnati. We're even getting in a plant tour at the Toyota facility on Wednesday afternoon!
We're looking forward what looks like some very tough competition. See y'all there.

[Jimmy Nichols]

That's cool!

On Thursday we will have 2 Bomb Squad's in the house. For the third year, the Cincinnati Bomb Squad will be on site with their Bomb Disposal Robot.

[Reeve L.]

Anyway here is a compilation of images from the season with a few video's mixed in not the best video ever but the team put it together awhile back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip98...n1ZLAR40ajWvGg

[Jefferson]

In case anybody is interested, we'll have a demonstration for the 2015 control system set up in the pits. Y'all come by and poke/prod/ask questions... That's why we brought it. If you don't see us at the demo, just come find us at our pit. We are a little small this year, so we may not be able to keep it manned all the time.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Jefferson

In case anybody is interested, we'll have a demonstration for the 2015 control system set up in the pits. Y'all come by and poke/prod/ask questions... That's why we brought it. If you don't see us at the demo, just come find us at our pit. We are a little small this year, so we may not be able to keep it manned all the time.

FYI you have an end pit next to the practice field and I will be setting up an extra table or 2 next to your pit for the demo.

[IndySam]

Just got back from the practice field where I was watching a few of the central Indiana teams practicing. QC better watch out!

[Jimmy Nichols]

Just got back from our practice field as well! Still practicing as it is being broke down to load out tomorrow for QCR.

[Travis Hoffman]

Fearless Likely Wrong Prediction - 16 and 525 will defeat 1024 and 868/234 in the finals, and 2016 will win the Chairman's Award.

[Dave Campbell]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Fearless Likely Wrong Prediction - 16 and 525 will defeat 1024 and 868/234 in the finals, and 2016 will win the Chairman's Award.

Laying all out there, eh Travis? There are quite a few strong teams showing up in the teams list - we're up to 47 teams now and adding maybe one or two more. Anything can happen here in our fair Queen City. Even your "fearless likely wrong" prediction could come true, hard to dispute those powerful teams. It's going to be tough for everyone.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Fearless Likely Wrong Prediction - 16 and 525 will defeat 1024 and 868/234 in the finals, and 2016 will win the Chairman's Award.

I was pretty darn close. Also took a look at the awards list and noted its similarity to Buckeye- congrats to all the visiting winning teams!

QC Awards - http://www2.usfirst.org/2014comp/Eve...CI/awards.html
Buckeye Awards - http://www2.usfirst.org/2014comp/Eve...CL/awards.html

Seriously, just look at those awards lists. Ohio got GP and WFFA at QC. Are outside teams that good? Are Ohio teams that bad? Do judges have some kind of extreme sense of state self-loathing?

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I was pretty darn close. Also took a look at the awards list and noted its similarity to Buckeye- congrats to all the visiting winning teams!

We appreciate your confidence in us (525), but unfortunately we were killed by one issue after another. It was pretty crazy really. (Note to self: never say "Nothing else can go wrong now.") We finally got everything working again for the second quarter final match but our alliance lead tipped over in the early in the match. It was good to finish our last match with everything working again - maybe a bit of confidence for the students in St. Louis.

We had a great time in Queen City - made lots of new friends. 4830 had a good time also - a highlight was when Eric from our team and the mentor from 4830 got to game announce a match in Mandarin with 525 and 4830 on the same alliance.

[FIXIT]

Queen City is by far the best regional in Ohio. The entire group of organizers, judges, referees, and staff are student-centric, and that makes a big difference in the overall feeling you have as a team -- you actually feel important instead of feeling like you broke some rule and are about to get punished.

[JDGallagher]

Blue Cheese had a "grate" time at this regional. All of the matches were very competitive, the venue was awesome, and the teams were really nice. I hope we get to come here again in 2015.

[rick.oliver]

Originally Posted by FIXIT

Queen City is by far the best regional in Ohio. The entire group of organizers, judges, referees, and staff are student-centric, and that makes a big difference in the overall feeling you have as a team -- you actually feel important instead of feeling like you broke some rule and are about to get punished.

That attitude is a reflection of the RPC. I have been privileged to serve with most of them as a team mentor. Student-centric is an accurate description. They are committed to the growth of the students and the growth of the program. I know that they appreciate you sharing that feedback. It is well deserved and well earned. And I concur.