Fingerlakes Regional:2014

[Alyssa3044]

Thank you to all of the teams that competed at FLR! It was an amazing and tough competition, with some of the best bots that I have seen! Thank you to 3015 and 340 for being amazing alliance partners, it really was great working with both of you throughout the competition!

[rees2001]

What a great event the 10th FLR turned out to be.

Congrats to 1511 on winning the Chairman's award. It couldn't have gone to a more deserving team. You guys were great when we were planing our elimination alliance. Too bad for that monkey wrench, thanks for being so gracious and understanding when things changed. Can't wait to see you guys at Championship. Rolling Thunder is a class act and it was our pleasure to work with you. You have made 340 a better team.

Thanks to 3015 and 3044 for making up such a great alliance. I couldn't believe it when you guys pulled off the upset in the first round of the finals in a 2 vs 3 match. I was shocked we were able to get our main drive shaft replaced in the short time we had. That FLR winners banner will have to wait one more year. 3015 thanks for picking us. You guys will make a tough team to knock down at champs.

1507, 20, and 378. What an amazing alliance you made. The statue pass was amazing. You guys showed grace and everything FIRST is all about in the finals. Thanks. I hope to see you on Einstein.

Josh and Eric, you made a great team on the mic's. The play of the weekend had to go to Josh running play-by-play and deflecting a ball from the scorer's table at the same time.

Congrats to 4930 for winning their 2nd Rookie-All-Star Award of the season. You have a great robot and a solid foundation. I look forward to competing with you for many years to come.

My favorite moment of the weekend came on Friday afternoon when Justin Montois won the Woodie Flowers Award. You are an inspiration and have kept me going more times than I can count. You have made our team better in ways that will be in place for years to come.

For those of you counting, either a B+L or Xerox team has been in the finals every year of the event. 1126 has been to the finals 5 times with 1 win, and 340 has made it there 5 times with 0 wins. and yet, 1507 has won the event 3 times ( every time beating a 340 alliance) and 174 won it 3 straight times.

With the exception of 1 year, either 1511 or 340 has taken home the Chairman's award and 5 of the 10 EI's at FLR.

Not a bad 10 years FLR.

[pfreivald]

It was a great 10-year event! The depth of field was impressive, and the enthusiasm unbeatable.

Thanks so much to the volunteers--all of 'em! We have the best-run regional in FRC, from inspectors to reset crew to pit admin to emcees to queueing staff to all the behind-the-scenes volunteers that make it run so well.

[dsherw00d]

Team 378 was honored to be part of the 1507/20 alliance. You guys thought outside the box and came up with a statue pass to keep the ball off the floor saving valuable time.

I echo Kevin's comments on the event. The excitement and enthusiasm throughout the event was incredible. I follow 1511 on FB and they are very active, very deserving. There are many role model teams at FLR and the Rochester area has done a fantastic job promoting and growing FIRST.

340 - what a sight - swapping parts by smartphone light - should be a new Meatloaf song

See you in St. Louis and good luck!!

[Doc Wu]

FLR and the Rochester area teams have a great history and this was a great celebration of the 10th anniversary.

It was a great day for our Erie-Niagara teams too. For those who don't remember, the Circuit Stompers, 378, mentored and spun off a rookie team in 2005 just in time for the inaugural FLR. That team? The Warlocks, 1507.

The Warlocks won Rookie All Star and High Seed that year and nearly won the regional but for the legendary tipping tetras at the last second.

This year, we had a new rookie team, mentored by The Warlocks, and they came in and did very well, bringing home another Rookie all Star: The Electric Mayhem, 4930, from Nichols School in Buffalo.

I was really impressed with their progress through the past two weekends. They seemed to pull a new trick out of their bag every match and by the end had a very effective robot and drive team.

After build season ends, I step back and leave the team to others, while I sit back and enjoy the show, as well as being free to volunteer at the events. That doesn't mean I'm not proud of The Warlocks. I am. They worked hard for this season.

But I'm also very proud of all the teams. Teams I've met in the pits. Teams I've gotten to know over the past 10 years of FLR. Many who I see year after year and will see next year again, with any luck.

The quality of the teams and their robots this year was amazing. Every one in the final rounds could have been the winner. And I would have cheered every one on and been satisfied with the competition any way it came out. You were all that good. You are all winners for being there in some way. Playing against you all made team 1507 play better. We had to. You have a stake in our team's performance by setting a high bar to reach.

I look forward to seeing many of you at Championships and will see you next year again at FLR.

[woodk]

Does anyone have video of quarter final 2 match 2 (4930,341,2791 vs. 2809,5254,191)? I am trying to figure out how our robot got pierced so that we can build better armor for our next competition this weekend. (Our battery and solenoid manifold were ripped right out of the middle of the robot). If you could upload to youtube and post a link here it would be most appreciated! This game seems to be particularly brutal and we want to be better prepared.

Thanks!

- Kevin

[Maximillian]

Originally Posted by woodk

Does anyone have video of quarter final 2 match 2 (4930,341,2791 vs. 2809,5254,191)? I am trying to figure out how our robot got pierced so that we can build better armor for our next competition this weekend. (Our battery and solenoid manifold were ripped right out of the middle of the robot). If you could upload to youtube and post a link here it would be most appreciated! This game seems to be particularly brutal and we want to be better prepared.

Thanks!

- Kevin

I really want to see quarter 2-1. Our alliance had a comeback from like 30 points down in auto to win by 1 point in the final seconds. It was one of 5254's best matches of the season.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Maximillian

I really want to see quarter 2-1. Our alliance had a comeback from like 30 points down in auto to win by 1 point in the final seconds. It was one of 5254's best matches of the season.

And one of the best matches of Aerial Assist I've seen all year. That last minute score was absolutely incredible!

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Maximillian

I really want to see quarter 2-1. Our alliance had a comeback from like 30 points down in auto to win by 1 point in the final seconds. It was one of 5254's best matches of the season.

It was even more dramatic - an exact tie decided by assist points. The +1 point was added by the tiebreaker. Your robot was phenomenal and your alliance did an outstanding job working with what you had in the quarterfinals. Watching you guys get picked one selection before our second pick was one of the more disappointing moments of the weekend for me.

[sportzkrazzy]

Wow what a great regional. Teams 1592 and 801 had a great time at FLR. The venue was amazing, the teams where great, the level of competition was high, and it even snowed(the kids where more excited about that fact than me)!! I know both teams formed relationships that will last for years to come.

5349- Thanks for picking us. You should defiantly walk away from this regional with your heads held high and ready to come back next year. Not every team can say that they were an alliance captain their first year! We worked with you all weekend trying to help you guys out and we were more than happy to close the weekend out with you. If you ever need anything in the future just let us know and we will try to help you out.

639- It was awesome to get to compete along side of you guys. We will see you at champs and hopefully on the same side of the glass again.

340- I know we formed a friendship between the two teams that will last many seasons to come. Thanks for letting us come to your build space and practice with you the Tuesday before the competition. Having to switch out our base driver 3 days before the competition was a nightmare. This defiantly help ease the transition and gained us a friend in the process. If your ever in our neck of the woods let us no so we can pay back the favor! See you at champs!

3015- Thanks for practicing with us at 340's build space. The same offer is always extended to you. See you at champs!

All teams that competed at the regional and event staff-
Thanks for welcoming us with open arms. We felt like we were welcome from start to finish. We received numerous awards from teams and even though we received zero first awards these will be cherished just as much as those would have been.

Lastly if you ever have the chance to go to FLR and are on the fence about doing so go. Its a blast and you defiantly will not regret it.

[Abby341]

Originally Posted by Maximillian

I really want to see quarter 2-1. Our alliance had a comeback from like 30 points down in auto to win by 1 point in the final seconds. It was one of 5254's best matches of the season.

Originally Posted by woodk

Does anyone have video of quarter final 2 match 2 (4930,341,2791 vs. 2809,5254,191)? I am trying to figure out how our robot got pierced so that we can build better armor for our next competition this weekend. (Our battery and solenoid manifold were ripped right out of the middle of the robot). If you could upload to youtube and post a link here it would be most appreciated! This game seems to be particularly brutal and we want to be better prepared.

Thanks!

- Kevin

Team 341 should have both of these matches on tape. I'll try to get them up as soon as possible, but it might be a few days before I am able to get them off our camera.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Abby341

Team 341 should have both of these matches on tape. I'll try to get them up as soon as possible, but it might be a few days before I am able to get them off our camera.

If you have Qual95 on tape, I'd love to get a copy. (I know, I know, it's not very nice to ask you for tape of a match you lost, but by all reasonable predictions we should have gotten CRUSHED by 341/1126/1405, and managed to eke out a win with 2791 and 5349--it was the robot-performance highlight of our weekend!)

[Pratik Kunapuli]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

If you have Qual95 on tape, I'd love to get a copy. (I know, I know, it's not very nice to ask you for tape of a match you lost, but by all reasonable predictions we should have gotten CRUSHED by 341/1126/1405, and managed to eke out a win with 2791 and 5349--it was the robot-performance highlight of our weekend!)

If I remember correctly, that was the match that our intake broke (plastic eye bolts shattered), and the other alliance won by a last second truss. It goes to show that OPR based predictions this year don't necessarily hold as much ground as they did in previous years. But either way, the 2791/1551/5349 alliance performed very well and got a win out of it.

[OZ_341]

On behalf of Team 341, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone that made FLR such a great event.

*The volunteers were so helpful, understanding, and flexible in the most difficult of circumstances.

* The Teams of the Finger Lakes Regional were truly gracious. Our team felt completely at home in Rochester. Every team extending a warm welcome and a helping hand.

* The competition was absolutely top notch and every match was a battle. Our goal in traveling to outside regionals is to get knocked around by some unfamiliar, high level teams. The teams of FLR did not disappoint. The robots of the winning and finalist alliances were clearly the best robots at the competition and they proved it on the scoreboard. Team 1507 is just a juggernaut and Team 20 has one of the fastest transitions from pick up to scoring that I have witnessed.

* Also congratulations to Team 340 and Team 1511 on your EI and CA Awards. There were no teams more deserving than you. It was a pleasure to get to know you a little bit.

* Congratulations to Justin Montois on winning the WFFA for Finger Lakes. It was an honor to stand on the field with you during the ceremony.

* And one final acknowledgement to "Angry Eric" Ekhardt the Best MC on the Planet. You Rock!

[Fletch1373]

I'm a little late to the game here, but it still needs to be said. This was the best FLR yet, and continues to be the best regional I've ever been a part of!

For those that don't recognize me, I was the CSA at the event. All these teams kept me so incredibly busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way! I made so many new friends that I don't even know where to begin. I didn't have a single bad experience with a team this year. You were all so easy to work with and so willing to ask for and accept my help. It was truly a humbling experience, and is exactly why I keep coming back to do this.

A huge congrats to everyone that won those trophies and blue banners. Every last one was well deserved. The competition at this event was tough, and it made it just that much better. I can't wait for next year!

Best of luck to all those that are going to St. Louis! If you see me walking around, be sure to say hi! I'll be the one in the neon orange CSA hat!


On a side note, I'm still trying to find my way down to St. Louis for Championships. See this thread for further information!