florida regional

[Cyber Punk 234]

I wana say thx for all the great matches every one did a good job and it was a lot of fun. I thought it was very cool of you pink to take on your rookie team as a aliens partner it was very brothering/sistering thing of you.

[Swampdude]

Originally Posted by Cyber Punk 234

I wana say thx for all the great matches every one did a good job and it was a lot of fun. I thought it was very cool of you pink to take on your rookie team as a aliens partner it was very brothering/sistering thing of you.

Let me speak for pink here - it wasn't just a favor. We (179 and 233) both had very detailed scouting records. 1592 ranked up on the top of both of our lists. They were averaging 4.5 caps per match towards the end of the seeding rounds. I think during one of the final matches they scored 5 caps! This is besides the fact that they have a great drive train and work WITH you. 1592 may be a rooky team but watch out, these guys are going places, trust me.

[Cyber Punk 234]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

Let me speak for pink here - it wasn't just a favor. We (179 and 233) both had very detailed scouting records. 1592 ranked up on the top of both of our lists. They were averaging 4.5 caps per match towards the end of the seeding rounds. I think during one of the final matches they scored 5 caps! This is besides the fact that they have a great drive train and work WITH you. 1592 may be a rooky team but watch out, these guys are going places, trust me.

I didn't mean that they were a "rookie team" as a bad way I'm a rookie for my own team. and they did do awesome. didn't mean anything bad by it.

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by Cyber Punk 234

I didn't mean that they were a "rookie team" as a bad way I'm a rookie for my own team. and they did do awesome. didn't mean anything bad by it.

yeah swampdude is right about the tigers though i noticed that and i told our captians before the picking and they were doing awsome saturday it was too bad that they didn't place good in the seeding though but good job swamp and bionic tigers hope to see you guys at atlanta well that should be fun i had a great time with your team too swamp although they were some weird ones on it though lol well thanks for the help at ucf

[cbolin]

Congrats to all of the teams that played at the Florida regional. Thanks to the organizers of the events. Here are things I really liked at the event.

1) Great weather. How'd you manage that?
2) Pit areas right next to the competition field.
3) The NASA rocket launch in the afternoon was perfect...nice touch! :-)
4) Music was not too loud (something important to us old guys).
5) Access to the event was easy once we were on campus.
6) Woody was at the event. Really encouraging to the teams to see him there...taking time to talk to everyone who wanted to talk to him.
7) Florida Governor Jeb Bush took his time talking to lots of people. Didn't see him in a great big hurry. His Secret Service agents and security guys were friendly...didn't intimidate me with their presence. :-) Kids enjoyed the photo ops and autographs.

Great job to the event organizers, judges and teams. Look forward to returning next year if our budget supports it.

Regards,
Chuck B

[Ryan Albright]

its always great to see 342 at the Florida regional. I remember when i was still a participating as a student, that we always feared 342 because they always brought great competition. I hope 342 can make it to Florida next year, you guys help make Florida a great and competitive regional

[sebas2mil]

thanks to everybody at the regional and a special thanks to team 845 Cutting Edge and also 1270 Red Dragons because we got to the finals

go 1251
TechTigers

sebas

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by sebas2mil

thanks to everybody at the regional and a special thanks to team 845 Cutting Edge and also 1270 Red Dragons because we got to the finals

go 1251
TechTigers

sebas

YEP THAT WAS ALOT OF FUN and good job tech tigers and see you at atlanta

[MikeGriffith]

Originally Posted by sebas2mil

thanks to everybody at the regional and a special thanks to team 845 Cutting Edge and also 1270 Red Dragons because we got to the finals

go 1251
TechTigers

sebas

Thanks to you too 1251, it was a great pleasure working with your team and team 1270. Your autonomous program was a eye opener. Hope to see ya guys again at Palmetto and we can kill the competition. You guys were great! Take it easy.
-Mike

[techtiger1]

Thanks everyone on 845 for the complements. I hope we see you guys again in Palmetto if we get to go. Long story but anyway great regional all teams. Good luck to everyone.






Drew Disbury
1251 the Tech Tigers
2004 ucf rookie all star
2005 ucf finalist thanks 845 and 1270
2005 ucf Judges award winners

[miketwalker]

I have to admit, this year has been the most exciting Florida Regional in my view. Every year the teams are very open and very friendly... and this year just seemed to push that to a new level from everything I saw. I was so happy to see everybody working together so well both on the field, in the pits, as well as outside of competition. Great job to all of the teams!

I would like to extend an extra thanks out to Teams 945 and 386, it was a great experience to get to work with you guys in the finals since I have not had the oppurtunity to really work with you much before.

Also, another extra thanks to Team 1543... I was very, very impressed by what they accomplished in those 3 days. On the first day, they started off with a non-functioning robot and didn't really know what was going on... to Friday night where I sat down with them in the evening after they had played a few matches once we helped them get their robot functioning to hear them talking some really awesome strategy... and by Saturday they really seemed to display what FIRST is all about. They wrote as an amazing letter of thanks, and seemed to just have an awesome time there. It's always awesome to see a team with that ambition.

[Jay W.]

Man, that was the greatest regional I have ever been to...

Everyone was hyped up, friendly, and so many amazing machines! Congrats to Pink, Swamp, and the Tigers. Ya'll were great. Oh and that was us that helped score the 113 with 180 and 179 <</ego>>

So, I'll see some of you teams next year, and some a Palmetto!

Good luck,
~Jay Wright

[Andrew Rudolph]

Thanks to everyone that helped us get up and running!

Big shout out to Bilfred who came down to watch and got drafted to help us out in the

Congrats to the champions, its about time you all won!

[abeD]

Being on a different part of the field this year (field reset) I got to see alot of matches, and I was very happy with what I saw. I also got a chance to talk to Woodie Flowers during some of the Qual. matches and he was pretty pleased that teams that could stack alot of tetras were winning matches and defense wasn't taking over the regional. All the volunteers were great and I had a great time!!