2015 Chesapeake Regional

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Understand we're on-track according to the District Planning Guide.

6 month lead times for large venues for events that are only possible during 6 weekends?

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by SpaceBiz

1885 hosts iroc off season event
612 hosts an off season event
Macdonaugh hosts BoB off season event

I would be greatly suprised if at least one of these places dosn't host a district event.

Don't forget that the Rumble in the Roads is hosted in Hampton Roads too. A lot of the things that need to happen for districts won't happen until the need is there, like expanding the volunteer base.

[mrmummert]

Yup...and after they had problems getting Refs and other positions for DC
getting enough volunteers has me concerned. I've been a volunteer for both
FRC and FTC but i can only do it when my own team isn't at a event.
Another concern is getting two volunteers from each team. While thats
not a problem for the bigger teams it will be for the smaller ones like ours.
I brought this up to Sally Silvester in a e-mail recently.

There was a team from the eastern shore of Virginia a few years back
that had only one teacher-mentor and three students on the team. How would
a team like that provide volunteers?

[mrmummert]

I saw the post on here where PNW actually had a real goat on the field...
Being that Chesapeake is so close to and used to be at Annapolis someone
outta talk to the Naval Academy and see if they can bring "Bill" to the
Chesapeake regional.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by SpaceBiz

This is going to be a regional like no other

55 Teams
7 Teams already qualified for worlds
4 Countries Represented
4 Teams already won at other regionals (1542, 1610, 1629, 2363)
3 Teams already won chairmans at other regionals (375, 836, 1111)
0 Rookie teams

2914 has also qualified for Championship. We earned a wildcard slot in Mexico City as the Finalist alliance captain.

[SteveGPage]

The RoboBees (FIRST Team 836) is so happy to be able to come home! One more time!

So for those of you who have followed what we have done this year - Winning the Regional Chairman's Award at the Palmetto Regional, and despite a very rocky start, still ending up as a semi-finalist -- we have some interesting news for our friends in Maryland!

Our initial bot was amazing! Beautiful! A work of art! The most ambitious robot we have ever built! Designed to take on the world! Did I mention it was beautiful?

But ... It didn't work.

We could have said, oh well. We tried, but after 6 grueling weeks, it just isn't going to make it.

But no! A historic event, 45 years ago, became our motivation! Since our week one competition and now, we have been very hard at work with a major redesign effort! If you ever saw Apollo 13, you will recall the scene where they looked at what they had, and had to figure out how do something new ... Well, we have 120 pounds of robot in a bag, and 30 pounds of withholding ...

Come watch us on Thursday as we attempt an impossible feat!

#MarylandWeHaveAProblem #2RobotsIn12Hours #Odyssey #Aquarius #TeamTether #GoBees

See you in three days!

[staplemonx]

58 teams will be attending. 38 of those teams have competed at a previous event. Here are some stats on some of those 38 teams

• 1690 ranked #1 at their second competition with a average qual score of 113.35
• 2683 ranked #14 at their first competition with a average qual score of 65.88
• 1111 ranked #21 at their first competition with a average qual score of 64.08
• 1690 ranked #6 at their first competition with a average qual score of 61.5
• 1389 ranked #12 at their first competition with a average qual score of 60.36
• 1629 ranked #9 at their first competition with a average qual score of 59.66
• 4456 ranked #15 at their first competition with a average qual score of 57.06
• The average qual average for these 38 teams was 41.9
• The max qual average for these 38 teams was 113.55
• The min qual average for these 38 teams was 22.11

18 of the 58 teams made it to play offs at a previous regional

• 1086 made it to the finals with a 101 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1547 won a regional with a 148 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1610 won a regional with a 106.25 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1629 won a regional with a 115.75 playoff average (they were the 6th seeded alliance captain)
• 1690 made it to the finals with a 139.43 playoff average (they were the 1st seeded alliance captain)
• 2363 won a regional with a 106.25 playoff average (they were a 2rd pick)
• 2914 made it to the finals with a 66.43 playoff average (they were the 5th seeded alliance captain)
• The average playoff score for these 18 teams was 84.07
• The max playoff average for these 18 teams was 148
• The min playoff average for these 18 teams was 49.15

9 of the teams have already earned their ticket to St Louise

• 375 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 836 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 1086 Wildcard
• 1111 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 1547 Regional Winners
• 1610 Regional Winners
• 1629 Regional Winners
• 2363 Regional Winners
• 2914 Wildcard

More details can be found here http://team1389.com/who-are-we-going-to-see-this-week/

[JDGallagher]

Originally Posted by staplemonx

• 1690 won a regional with a 139.43 playoff average (they were the 1st seeded alliance captain)

If The Blue Alliance is correct, 1690 was actually a regional finalist at the SBPLI Long Island Regional.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by staplemonx

58 teams will be attending. 38 of those teams have competed at a previous event. Here are some stats on some of those 38 teams

• 1690 ranked #1 at their second competition with a average qual score of 113.35
• 2683 ranked #14 at their first competition with a average qual score of 65.88
• 1111 ranked #21 at their first competition with a average qual score of 64.08
• 1690 ranked #6 at their first competition with a average qual score of 61.5
• 1389 ranked #12 at their first competition with a average qual score of 60.36
• 1629 ranked #9 at their first competition with a average qual score of 59.66
• 4456 ranked #15 at their first competition with a average qual score of 57.06
• The average qual average for these 38 teams was 41.9
• The max qual average for these 38 teams was 113.55
• The min qual average for these 38 teams was 38

18 of the 58 teams made it to play offs at a previous regional

• 1086 made it to the finals with a 101 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1547 won a regional with a 148 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1610 won a regional with a 106.25 playoff average (they were a 3rd pick)
• 1629 won a regional with a 115.75 playoff average (they were the 6th seeded alliance captain)
• 1690 won a regional with a 139.43 playoff average (they were the 1st seeded alliance captain)
• 2363 won a regional with a 106.25 playoff average (they were a 2rd pick)
• The average playoff score for these 18 teams was 84.07
• The max playoff average for these 18 teams was 148
• The min playoff average for these 18 teams was 49.15

10 of the teams have already earned their ticket to St Louise

• 375 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 836 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 1086 Wildcard
• 1111 Regional Chairman’s Award
• 1547 Regional Winners
• 1610 Regional Winners
• 1629 Regional Winners
• 1690 Regional Winners
• 2363 Regional Winners
• 2914 Wildcard

More details can be found here http://team1389.com/who-are-we-going-to-see-this-week/

The page is missing 2914 as a Regional Finalist at Mexico City. It also lists the lowest qualification average at 22.11, which is well lower than the 38 you posted here.

[staplemonx]

Thanks for the updates

[SpaceBiz]

If three teams have already won chairman's, which teams have a good shot at chairman's at this competition?

Using the blog post from 1389, these 8 teams have already won a non competition award (imagery, entrepreneurship, dean's list...), but haven't won chairman's this year.

1086
1389
1547
1629
2377
2537
2638
2642

Who has a good shot out of these, or possibly other teams at this regional?

[SpaceBiz]

I say 1086 1629 and 2642 are the front runners, but any team that put in the effort needed to win this year can also be a contender.

[gsesny]

All,

4456 is excited to be at Chesapeake as one of the last teams in off the wait list! We just had a great experience at DC and competed well. Shout out to the greater DC people…you did a great job! For 90% of our team this was the first regional they had ever been to and with lessons learned and a few small adjustments we think we have the chance to do even better than our 15th ranking after qualification. (Although there are so many factors that come into play.)

We are also looking forward to a great time. The Xfinity center is a great place to hold an event and Anne Shade and Co do a great job of organizing. From what I hear they have new Gigantic video boards at the Xfinity center (Think ATT stadium). I hope they play the video on those boards.

A little more than 24 hours until load in. See you all there and feel free to stop by our pit and check us out or follow us at @mechcadets4456

Greg Sesny
Lead Mentor

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by SteveGPage

The RoboBees (FIRST Team 836) is so happy to be able to come home! One more time!

So for those of you who have followed what we have done this year - Winning the Regional Chairman's Award at the Palmetto Regional, and despite a very rocky start, still ending up as a semi-finalist -- we have some interesting news for our friends in Maryland!

Our initial bot was amazing! Beautiful! A work of art! The most ambitious robot we have ever built! Designed to take on the world! Did I mention it was beautiful?

But ... It didn't work.

We could have said, oh well. We tried, but after 6 grueling weeks, it just isn't going to make it.

But no! A historic event, 45 years ago, became our motivation! Since our week one competition and now, we have been very hard at work with a major redesign effort! If you ever saw Apollo 13, you will recall the scene where they looked at what they had, and had to figure out how do something new ... Well, we have 120 pounds of robot in a bag, and 30 pounds of withholding ...

Come watch us on Thursday as we attempt an impossible feat!

#MarylandWeHaveAProblem #2RobotsIn12Hours #Odyssey #Aquarius #TeamTether #GoBees

See you in three days!

This is basically the most ambitious thing I have ever witnessed at an FRC regional. It is awesome, and my fingers are crossed that it works out well for you guys. Can't wait to see your revamped robot(s) on the field tomorrow.

[mwilbur]

Triple Helix would like thank our new friends from 1690 Orbit and 4050 4-H Biohazard for an awesome set of playoffs and finals matches! You guys were a pleasure to play with and our alliance seem to click from the start, faltering only slightly when the capacity of our robot to play as efficiently as normal was compromised by a bad limit switch. It was really cool to be able to come back from that with a big finish in finals match 2!! We are truly pleased that both of your teams are now qualified to attend the FIRST Championship. It was amazing to us that 1690 hadn't qualified previously since you play at such a high-level, but we were very pleased to be able to help you punch that ticket. You are certainly a well-deserving team!

Congratulations to the many award winners and many thanks to the regional organizers, judges, referees, and volunteers. We enjoyed our visit to College Park very much, and we are hoping to return some day if the National Capital Region district championship is ever held there. The facility is awesome, and a number of us on our team really enjoyed the space in front of the field from which we could watch the matches up close. It really made a big difference in trying to debug any robot problems!