2016 Bayou Regional

[MysterE]

Y'all be careful driving over. I can't wait to see all of our Bayou family again.

[philso]

Google Maps is showing an alternate route from Houston that goes south along the coast. One would exit I10 at Winnie, take 73 to Port Arthur, take 82 to Holly Beach then take 27 to rejoin I10 at Sulphur. The Beaumont police have just said this route is open but not recommended since it is a small road with many vehicles on it.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hous...31!2d30.039321


A longer alternative route is to go up Hwy 59 to Luffkin, take 103 then 21 through the Sabine National Forest to Many LA, take 45 to Opelousas, then 190 to Baton rouge where you will rejoin I10. The Sabine County Sheriffs Office said that route is open. This route is significantly shorter than going through Shreveport.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hous...d30.039321!3e0

[lynca]

There appears to be 2 possible wildcards at Bayou.

233 - Winner @ Orlando
3039 - Wildcard @ Arkansas

[steverk]

Originally Posted by philso

Google Maps is showing an alternate route from Houston that goes south along the coast. One would exit I10 at Winnie, take 73 to Port Arthur, take 82 to Holly Beach then take 27 to rejoin I10 at Sulphur. The Beaumont police have just said this route is open but not recommended since it is a small road with many vehicles on it.

I've taken this route before. Under normal circumstances, it isn't a bad way to go.

However, the roads aren't real wide so bring plenty of patience.

I expect it would be faster than the "advised" route of going through Shreveport.

[philso]

Originally Posted by philso

Google Maps is showing an alternate route from Houston that goes south along the coast. One would exit I10 at Winnie, take 73 to Port Arthur, take 82 to Holly Beach then take 27 to rejoin I10 at Sulphur. The Beaumont police have just said this route is open but not recommended since it is a small road with many vehicles on it.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hous...31!2d30.039321


A longer alternative route is to go up Hwy 59 to Luffkin, take 103 then 21 through the Sabine National Forest to Many LA, take 45 to Opelousas, then 190 to Baton rouge where you will rejoin I10. The Sabine County Sheriffs Office said that route is open. This route is significantly shorter than going through Shreveport.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hous...d30.039321!3e0

Just arrived in Lake Charles via the southern route. It added about an hour to the travel time. Just a few minutes delay where 82 meets 27 and at the 2 traffic lights in Carlys.

Cafe Du Monde, here we come!!!

[Landonh12]

Bayou was great again this year. We would like to congratulate teams 233, 4063, and 4087 for bringing home the win. Also a huge congrats to the EI winner 3847, and the Chairman's winner 2080.

Huge thanks to 456 for picking us up again after last year. I love playing with y'all. Thank you to our rookie alliance member, 5997, for showing some awesome defense in quarters!

Thank you to all of the volunteers and as always thanks to Chris for being an awesome emcee!

We're ready for Rocket City after getting a whole bunch of kinks ironed out. We broke some gear teeth on our scaler and that prevented us from scaling in our last two matches. When we got our first scale in our last qual match, we loved the crowd's reaction and were super pumped after that. We've got a whole new drive team this year and I think Bayou was good for them to get ready for the super stacked regional in Huntsville.

Does anyone know if there will be an archived video of the stream or match videos from the stands?

See you all next year!

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by Landonh12

Does anyone know if there will be an archived video of the stream or match videos from the stands?

See you all next year!

It looks like Spectrum made a playlist of the matches

[AllenGregoryIV]

We'll get the rest of videos up when we get back to Houston tomorrow, they cut the internet connection at the event before we could upload them.

[Xavbro]

Hey everyone!!

We just wanted to say thanks to everyone at the Bayou Regional. It personally wasn't my first time there, and I always enjoy being a there, but it was the Awtybots first time and my team really enjoyed their first ever official FRC regional. We had a rough start with our shooter not working and we had some electrical issues (even lost a battery one match) but everyone was great and understanding. Special thanks to the FTA crew for being patient with us and our vision/Smart Dashboard issues. Thanks to them, we were able to finally get our shooter going just in time for us to help our alliance in the quarterfinals.

Thanks to the DiscoBots(2587) and Tigerbots(2183). We made up the "bots" alliance for the eliminations and we had a great time. We knew if we could get our shooter going, we would be able to help any alliance with scoring. After not getting a single shot made through all of qualifications, you guys still took a chance on us and we're just glad we got the chance to get it right and make some shots to help win the quarterfinals against a really strong alliance of Fusion(364), Siege(456) and Knightling Blotz(5997).

Also, we wanted to say congrats to WiredCats(5872) on their Rookie All-Star win. We are honored to win Rookie Inspiration and after talking to you guys, we can see why you were deserving of the award. You guys will definitely be a great example of what an FRC team is and how it should be for the community and I'm sure you guys will a few Chairman's in the future.

The Awtybots are glad we went to Bayou and enjoyed ourselves. We can't wait to see a few of you guys at Lone Star in a few weeks and hope to be back next year!!

[hectorcastillo]

This was our first time at the Bayou Regional, and it was a blast! Despite half our scouting team and robot operator catching the flu, we still had a great time (well, most of us did anyway. Not too sure about those who were sent home with 100+ fevers ). I'd like to give a big shoutout to teams 3847 Spectrum and 5819 Mecha Makos for being awesome alliance partners and helping us get 3 points away from a regional win. Congratulations to teams 4063, 233, and 4087 on your win. Y'all were super fun to play against in the finals, and I hope we see you at Worlds. Congrats to all award winners, and thanks for a great regional!

[jdaming]

Originally Posted by hectorcastillo

I'd like to give a big shoutout to teams 3847 Spectrum and 5819 Mecha Makos for being awesome alliance partners and helping us get 3 points away from a regional win. Congratulations to teams 4063, 233, and 4087 on your win. Y'all were super fun to play against in the finals, and I hope we see you at Worlds. Congrats to all award winners, and thanks for a great regional!

I still cannot believe how close every game of that final series was! It was unfortunate to have the last two games decided by penalties, but that is only a testament to how close these two teams were and how exciting each match was. Being on the field waiting for all of those final scores to come up was incredibly tense. You guys played it extremely well and things were decided by some razor thin margins.

We are extremely grateful to both 233 and 4063 for asking us to be apart of the #1 seeded alliance. I can't tell you elated we were to be able to be a part of an alliance that skilled.

I heard a rumor that 4087 was actually the first team to win the Bayou regional from New Orleans proper. Being a transplant (for the last 4 years from St. Louis) I cannot verify this but if it is true it is a big step forward for those teams in New Orleans and hopefully the start of many more excellent showings to come from the city.

Lastly, I wanted to thank all the teams that helped 4805 get running. There were many setbacks in our build process and we wouldn't have been able to get the robot moving without the constant help of volunteers, parts, and advice from many other teams. Those that come to mind are 3481, 1818, and 2587 but I know there were many more.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

We'll get the rest of videos up when we get back to Houston tomorrow, they cut the internet connection at the event before we could upload them.

Thank you for posting Bayou videos on Youtube !

Does anyone want to link the videos to the Bayou TBA ?

Just click the "add Videos" button when you click the match you want to link video.

[Fusion_Clint]

Any chance of getting match 73?

[Roy_G_Biv]

Originally Posted by jdaming

I heard a rumor that 4087 was actually the first team to win the Bayou regional from New Orleans proper. Being a transplant (for the last 4 years from St. Louis) I cannot verify this but if it is true it is a big step forward for those teams in New Orleans and hopefully the start of many more excellent showings to come from the city.

It is true! It was great to see them succeed at Bayou!

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint

Any chance of getting match 73?

Not sure about the stream video. We also have full video from the stands for most of the matches as well that we will get uploaded soon.