Iowa Regional 2016

[scottgoering]

Originally Posted by the_godfaubel

If you can convince the GKC planning committee to stop holding GKC during the same weekend or the weekend before/after St. Louis, I'm sure we'll gladly return to Kansas City.

I look forward to seeing all of the exciting robots. It's definitely going to be a great event.

This year was especially bad. GKC, OKC and Arkansas were all the same weekend. Definitely made for some hard choices for teams to decide where to go. It's not like we (GKC RPC) did it on purpose, though. In fact, we scrambled to try to figure out if we could move to a different week, which would have required a new venue, but were unable to find a suitable alternative.

Just something to keep in mind - we're aware of it and know it affects a bunch of teams in the area.

[jajabinx124]

I've made a bogus prediction list for alliance selection for this regional because I got bored over spring break.. (don't take the list seriously though, it's just guessing)

Seeds 1-8
1) 525, 5172, 3018
2) 3130, 967, 171
3) 2883, 2512, 2526
4) 1730, 3928, 2220
5) 4536, 2175, 3184
6) 1775, 5576, 3026
7) 1723, 3284, 2470
8) 3883, 1816, 1156

Predictions: I think 525 will remain the dominant force at Iowa regional and will pair up with 5172 who will be killing it throughout the regional with their high goal shots. Don't count 967, 1775, 2175, 2512, 2883, or 3130 out though- they'll all have bots highly capable of winning this event. Some dark horses that may pull it through are 1816, 3883, 3928, 4536, and 5576- all these guys have bots that can play the game well.. lets see whether they can do some damage. Let's not forget the 2 Missouri powerhouses 1730 and 3284- They'll both be focused on improving their robot performance from their previous regional.

Is it me or is it amazing that this regional has 8 teams capable of producing wildcards entering it.. even for a week 6 regional this would be impressive but for a week 4 it's pretty mindblowing.

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

5) 4536, 2175, 3184

I would love to pair up with the calculators, provided that both of us don't break down in the quarters, which is what happened at both MRI and Minne-Mini...

[Tom Ore]

The teams from China are in town and visiting our build site...

[kolikolilo]

Originally Posted by audietron

Couldn't find a thread for the Iowa regional yet so I went ahead and made one.

This is going to be a great competition with several impressive teams!

On a side note does anyone know who is doing the livestreaming for the event?

The Daredevils will be streaming the event, the campus looks awesome and I can't wait to see everyone there!

[FRC3883FRC]

This will be 3883s first time out of the state for FRC. Robot number 6 should "hopefully" be ready after a few "tweeks" once we can unbag. Will this be the year that 3883 wins its first regional? Who knows. Besides taking First at the 1st MN state event, the finals match 3 of 3 is as far as our team has made it. A lot of great teams heading down to Iowa will be great to see how things play out! Cant wait to see everyone there!

[tobymc]

Want to come down for the day to see the Iowa Competition? I'm putting together a bus-load of people to come down for the day. Want to join us? Sign up here! I am asking a contribution toward the bus cost, but it's sliding scale, $1-$30.

• Iowa Regional Day Trip Signup

Toby McAdams
Team 2491 No Mythic
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[BOSS]

Was looking at the event site and it should be amazing. We also noticed a possible issue, with vision processing. We see that that the windows on the ends can shine light onto the field. With that being said our auto that we have been working on could have issues processing the light and reflection. See picture attached. We have been trying to process the images in our common area but still pick up sunlight once in awhile. So might need to put our team up there with banners, or pray for rain and clouds. We will spend some time tweaking honestly.

http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/eventcomplex/mcleod/about.shtml

[Caleb Sykes]

Supposedly a huge winter storm is coming through southern Minnesota/northern Iowa Wednesday and Thursday. I hope this doesn't delay too many teams.

[FRC3883FRC]

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by FRC3883FRC

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

Originally Posted by kolikolilo

The Daredevils will be streaming the event, the campus looks awesome and I can't wait to see everyone there!

I assume once they get set up, they'll submit a link to The Blue Alliance.

[Chief Hedgehog]

I will be spending much of my weekend keeping up on this event.

Good luck to teams 967, 1816, 2175, 2526, 4818, and the rest of the MN teams! (Yes, I know 967 is from IA and 4818 is from ND, but 4607 loves them as our own!)

And a HUGE good luck to 3026 Orange Crush (fellow Central Mn Robotics Hub mates) - give 'em hell!

[Truelight]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Blue Twilight, 2220
Blue Twilight describes your weekend and then some. Your team did what most only dream about - you went to Central Illinois and came out with the trifecta! Woodie Flowers Finalist (Congratulations to Mr. John Peterson), Regional Winners, and (an early tip) to your winning of the Chairman's Award. Wow. There's a new top awards dog in town, and I encourage everyone and their families to mob this team and interrogate them as to how they pulled off such a feat.
Note: Please don't actually mob them or cause them any harm. It's just a saying people.

Thanks for the shout out! We'll be ready for the mobs!

[kolikolilo]

Originally Posted by FRC3883FRC

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/live...=iow_0323-2616

if you still need it

[RonAyyyyyyyy]

5172, 2512, & 1775 just scored 191 in a practice match