Minne Mini-Regional 2016

[jajabinx124]

Alliance Selection:

1) 2052, 2512, 2509
2) 4198, 4536, 2823
3) 1816, 3042, 4607
4) 2667, 2169, 3633

[Golfer4646]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

Alliance Selection:

1) 2052, 2512, 2509
2) 4198, 4536, 2823
3) 1816, 3042, 4607
4) 2667, 2169, 3633

Finals:
1) 2052, 2512, 2509 Winners
2) 4198, 4536, 2823 Finalists
3) 1816, 3042, 4607
4) 2667, 2169, 3633

[BumblingBuilder]

Thanks everyone who came!
It was a flipping success

[Chief Hedgehog]

Thanks to all that made this possible - especially 2169; you guys put on one heck of a show today!

Thanks to the NDSU Bison Robotics team for allowing Big Lake to use the 2016 GreenHorns Ri3d robot, Rivvet. With out a doubt the Big Lake team walked out of the school today fired up with their new hardware and a great appreciation for how FRC is supposed to run! They were beaming from ear to ear and could not stop talking about how they will adopt/adapt a lot of the team strategies that they learned today.

A special thank you to all of the teams in attendance for helping out this young team. There were times I walked over to Big Lake's pit and there were 4-5 teams helping them out! The students were in doubt heading into the competition, but as they found more and more success, you could see their confidence build. I have never been more proud of MN FRC teams than I am today. All around, this was one of the greatest things I have seen at a FRC competition.

Thank you all again.

[nickbrickmaster]

Thanks to all the volunteers, as well as 2169, for putting on this event. Team 3184 had a great time and got tons of drive practice in for our new members.

I think this is the first year that we've actually used our competition bot- in 2013, 14, and 15, we made an entirely new robot for the event. Due to circumstance, not preference, I assure you.

[Caleb Sykes]

4536 had a really great time at Minne Mini. I wish our alliance could have put up a better fight in the finals, but 2052, 2512, and 2509 were all very deserving of their win. Thank you to 2169 for hosting. Events like these are really important for the community.

For future reference, I believe 9 qualification matches per team to be a bit too high for a one-day, 32 team off-season event. I'm usually the one wishing that we got more matches, but 9 was a little excessive. There is really just no room for unexpected delays when that many matches are packed in. I did really appreciate the static defenses during quals though as this allowed for shorter cycle times and more matches.