Lone Star Regional 2014 (15th Anniversary)

[AllenGregoryIV]

The 2014 Lone Star Regional will be it's 15th Anniversary. It's being held April 4-6th in it's regular home at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown, Houston.

We have 62 teams registered for the event and possibly more still on the waitlist. This may be one of the biggest events in its history.

We'll have at least 4 nations represented with teams from China, Australia, and Mexico joining teams from Arkansas, California, and Pennsylvania all coming to play with their new friends from Texas.

We have 7 rookie teams registered; 3 from Texas, 3 from China, and 1 from Mexico.

Since Lone Star is a Friday-Sunday event this year, it will be the last Regional of the year (New York City should be an hour ahead of us).

Who else is excited for Lone Star this year?

[Seth Mallory]

GRT had a great time at Lone Star last year. It is a shame that our home event SVR is at the same time. Lone Star is a class event that should not be missed.

[geomapguy]

We were upset that FRC scheduled Bayou and Lone Star on the same weekend as our State Mu Alpha Theta Convention (Math Club).

[lynca]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

We have 62 teams registered for the event and possibly more still on the waitlist. This may be one of the biggest events in its history.

I'm excited to see how FIRST handles the regional spot shortage.
Two Fields at an event or a full Double Regional ?

This is the 1st time that only a handful of regional spots are available.

[lynca]

56 Teams - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2014txho

118 - Won Alamo & KC
148 - Won Dallas
457 - Won Dallas
624 - Won Alamo and RCA
1477 - RCA from Dallas & World Champion from 2013
2848 - Finalist from Dallas
3481 - Finalist from Dallas

3 Teams from Mexico
2 Teams form China

Wildcard spots: 118, 148, 418, 457, 624, 1477, 2848

Anyone know details on the webcast ? I would be happy to post it on the http://houston.txfirst.org website

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by lynca

Wildcard spots: 118, 148, 457, 624, 1477, 2848

What, no love for 418? We won the Engineering Inspiration award at the Arkansas Regional, so we are also bringing a Wildcard spot to Lone Star. And we intend to give it to someone.

-Danny

[Abhishek R]

I could not be more excited for a regional. This is going to be a great regional to end the season before CMP. I think it will be a good segue into the MAR and Michigan championships, serving as a preview of the competitiveness. Combined with how well the regional is run and the stellar venue as always, Lone Star is one for the books.

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

What, no love for 418? We won the Engineering Inspiration award at the Arkansas Regional, so we are also bringing a Wildcard spot to Lone Star. And we intend to give it to someone.

-Danny

Give it here, Danny!! lol ;-)

--Michael Blake

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by lynca

56 Teams - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2014txho

118 - Won Alamo & KC
148 - Won Dallas
457 - Won Dallas
624 - Won Alamo and RCA
1477 - RCA from Dallas & World Champion from 2013
2848 - Finalist from Dallas
3481 - Finalist from Dallas

3 Teams from Mexico
2 Teams form China

Wildcard spots: 118, 148, 457, 624, 1477, 2848

Looking at the teams generating available Wildcard Spots I can't help but speculate that most likely the Winners and Finalists will be 4 of the above Wildcard teams and therefore the only Wildcard pass-down would be the 3rd bot in the Finalist stack.

Who knows, anything is possible, especially if the old "Better to be lucky, than good" kicks in... BUT I sure do look forward to the District Model in Texas where the CHAMPS eligibility is spread out among more Tier 2 teams.

I have such respect and admiration for these Tier 1 teams and the performances they deliver year after year that as an FRC fan is awesome to consume.

--Michael Blake

[Kevin Sevcik]

A message from your Regional Director:

Greetings Lone Star Regional Teams,

I just wanted to let you know a couple of activities that will take place at the Lone Star Regional April 4th thru 6th.

* Full Service a band from Austin, Texas will play at the Regional on Friday, April 4th from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.

* Teams will be making banners on Friday, April 4th for the Team Parade. An announcement will be made in the Pits advising when this activity will start.

* Team parade at Opening Ceremonies on Saturday, April 5th.

I look forward to seeing you at the regional.

Lucia Sevcik
FIRST Lone Star Regional Director

[jfox100]

The 2014 Lonestar Regional will include a VERY COOL bonus this year.

The Gatorzillas have helped to arrange for some LIVE MUSIC for all of the teams!! An awesome band from Austin, TX called Full Service will be playing live after the practice matches on Friday evening. The music will start at 5:30 (perhaps later if matches run late) and will continue until 7:15. You can check out their tunes on iTunes...or better yet, check out a FREE DOWNLOAD of one of the songs from their most recent album. Click the link for an awesome tune called Evergreen! http://fullservicemusic.com/index.ph...free-download/

All of their music is available on iTunes! Let's be sure to welcome Full Service into the FIRST Family with a huge crowd on friday evening!

Jim

[Michael Blake]

3481 Bronc Botz - Practicing and Iterating for next week's Lone Star Regional (Houston)...

VIDEO:

https://www.facebook.com/Bronc.Botz

--Michael Blake

[lynca]

Here are my 24 elimination picks for LSR:

Contenders(7) : 118, 231 , 148, 624 , 1477, 2848, 3847

Challengers(8): 418, 457, 1429 , 2587, 2936, 3481 , 3735, 4587

Dark Horses(9): 1801, 2234, 2582 , 2881 , 3103, 3335, 3997, 3999, 4328

This is a deep regional field, many good teams will not make the elimination rounds.

Good Luck to all the teams !

[geomapguy]

Attending teams

57 Alamo 34/64
118 Alamo 2/64 (Winner), Kansas City 1/58 (Winner)
148 Alamo 7/64 (Finalist), Dallas 1/45 (Winner)
231 Alamo 27/64 (QF), Dallas 6/45 (SF)
418 Arkansas 26/39 (SF) (EI)
441 Alamo 43/64
457 Alamo 14/64 (QF), Dallas 19/45 (Winner)
624 Alamo 1/64 (Winner) (RCA), Orlando 3/62 (QF)
653 Alamo 39/64
1255 Alamo 45/64
1429 Hub City 12/42 (QF)
1477 Dallas 21/45 (RCA)
1622 San Diego 42/60, Wisconsin 21/60
1745
1801 Hub City 23/42 (Finalist)
2234 Hatboro 15/40 (Finalist), Chestnut Hill 33/34 (QF)
2582
2583
2585
2587 Dallas 34/45 (QF)
2848 Dallas 4/45 (Finalist)
2881 Alamo 9/64 (QF)
2882
2897
2936 Alamo 30/64 (SF)
3016
3028
3103 Alamo 4/64 (SF)
3335 Alamo 17/64 (SF)
3481 Alamo 15/64 (QF), Dallas 22/45 (Finalist)
3545
3728
3735 Dallas 12/45 (QF)
3834
3847 Dallas 14/45 (SF)
3997 Dallas 43/45 (SF)
3999 Alamo 8/64 (QF)
4155
4280
4295
4328
4346
4570 Hub City 40/42 (QF)
4587 Hub City 6/42 (QF)
4589 Dallas 30/45
4610 Alamo 48/64
4639
4735 Mexico City 17/38 (QF)
4842 Mexico City 27/38
5070
5093 Mexico City 32/38
5261
5287
5307
5308
5342

[waialua359]

LSR looks to be like a TRR or Texas State Championship in the near future.
So many good teams!

Good luck to all.