2015 New York Tech Valley Regional

[Libby K]

The MidKnight Inventors are so excited to come to Tech Valley!

This is our first time out of our local region since 2010 (not counting Championships, of course) - I think our students are really excited to meet some new teams & see some old friends.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by Libby K

This is our first time out of our local region since 2010 (not counting Championships, of course) - I think our students are really excited to meet some new teams & see some old friends.

Hartford 2011?




Can't wait to compete in a regional again! Leaving for an event on a wednesday is going to be weird...

[Herbblood]

Team 3044 is very excited to be here again, competing locally is always nice!

[CTbiker105]

Originally Posted by bkahl

Leaving for an event on a wednesday is going to be weird...

But dat lack of a 4 am wakeup tho.

[Herbblood]

Good luck everyone!

[KosmicKhaos]

Is there going to be a webcast on The Blue Alliance?

[Herbblood]

None of the cameras are working. I think it will be on tomorrow

[MooreteP]

Congratulations to CyberKnights 195, Greater Rochester Robotics 340, and Electric Mayhem 4930, on their Regional Win! The number 2 seed.

195 from Southington, out of district and doing much better than Waterbury (26th). For once, they did not partner with their BFF's, the Rocketeers 20, who they beat in the finals. Must have been a tough choice.
195 choosing 340 warmed my heart as here is another team that does so much in their community and lives and breathes FIRST.
Electric Mayhem won the Rookie All-Star Award at FLR last year, and I think 340 may have made this for them:



Correct if I'm wrong, but this Regional win is very sweet indeed for all three teams on the alliance.

[Josh Goodman]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Electric Mayhem won the Rookie All-Star Award at FLR last year, and I think 340 may have made this for them.

Actually 1511 made this crate for all the FLR RAS teams! They keep a running list on the side of the crate year after year -- it's really cool!

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by Josh Goodman

Actually 1511 made this crate for all the FLR RAS teams! They keep a running list on the side of the crate year after year -- it's really cool!

I knew that some team made crates for awesome rookies.

I apologize for my misattribution.

Rolling Thunder is a great team that will be competing with 340 next week at FLR.

[Paperclips]

On behalf of those from Team 20, I would like to thank our awesome alliance partners 5254, the Robot Raiders, and team 3624, the ThunderColts for some fantastic elimination matches. Really great way to end the day- and to 3624 good luck at the Long Island Regional, and to 5254, we hope to to be on the same side of the glass again at Finger Lakes.

#RampRampRamp
#teamtether
#18PointFinalists

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Paperclips

On behalf of those from Team 20, I would like to thank our awesome alliance partners 5254, the Robot Raiders, and team 3624, the ThunderColts for some fantastic elimination matches. Really great way to end the day- and to 3624 good luck at the Long Island Regional, and to 5254, we hope to to be on the same side of the glass again at Finger Lakes.

#RampRampRamp
#teamtether
#18PointFinalists

I'd like to echo everything Audrey said- I don't know how we managed to get such an amazing alliance as the 5th captain. 5254 was an absolute steal, and 3624 was the perfect compliment to our machine for TVR playoffs.

I'd also like to congratulate our good friends on 195, 340, and 4930 on their regional win. It was an incredible set of elimination matches, and with all our ups and downs, your alliance was the constant sitting at the top of the average score rankings match after match. I have to say, it was weird seeing 195 and 20 on opposite sides of the glass for once.

Both the Chairmans Award and the Engineering Inspiration Award went to incredible new faces for the capital region- 1111 and 1923. Congratulations, and thank you for everything you do for your communities and FIRST.

Speaking of 1923, Libby Kamen received a well deserved Woody Flowers Finalist Award Friday evening, and I wish you luck, as well as your now-qualified team, at the championship event.

To the top-seeded alliance of 303, 2852, and 4203, I was astonished at what happened in your last semifinal match. If 303 hadn't lost communications when they did, they would have made it to finals over us. Even with the significantly lower score they put up, they were only 2 totes away from going to finals anyway.
After that match, I was ecstatic that my team was going to finals, only to realize momentarily that I was cheering and yelling at your alliance's expense, and only because your alliance had unfortunate issues.

I'd like to apologize for that as best I can, but can you really blame me and my team? We were going to finals, after we had just given up all hope. I also feel bad for 4203- an amazing third robot who could have done well at the championship event.

Thank you everyone who made the 2015 New York Tech Valley Regional a success, and I'll see about 1/4 of you next week at the Finger Lakes Regional!

[JackS]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

Thank you everyone who made the 2015 New York Tech Valley Regional a success...

I'd like to make a quick shoutout to the two Volunteer of the Year award winners: Nancy Casler of 2791 and Brett Brimhall of 20. I don't know of two more deserving people for this award. Thanks for all of the work that you do.

[Rebecca Wasmer]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Correct if I'm wrong, but this Regional win is very sweet indeed for all three teams on the alliance.

One of the sweetest things is that the coach for 4930, as well as myself, are both alumni of 340. I was able to sit next to my sister, a current member of 340, and my mother, a mentor for 340, and cheer on the same alliance. It was an amazing feeling to see the team that I came from working with the team that I am currently mentoring and to be able to see them come out with a win is even better.

[brinoc]

Being an alum of RPI it was really awesome to have my team there this weekend for the Tech Valley Regional. We really had an awesome time and all the teams put up some fierce competition!

If any teams have any match videos, please post the links

We currently just have a video a team parent took of the last finals match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIorCGNxZcE