2007 New Jersey Regional

[Laura 1547]

So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Laura 1547

So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

Glad you thought so. It was nice to meet some Canadian "sisterin", particularly Canadian FIRST "sisterin". Hope you return to NJ again. My whole team was teasing me about the national anthem when you guys were singing it- it had been a long time since I had heard it, and I enjoyed it. (Thanks for showing my team how the anthem really goes- half the time, they're just "Oh Canada, Oh Canada, ...")I really want one of those shirts too- Zara should be getting in touch with you guys soon. Congrats on the Imagery Award, and hopefully you'll return.

Congrats to 25, 103, and 1302 for winning. Congrats to 75 for a well-deserved Chairman's and to 1403 for the Engineering Inspiration. Congrats also go to 2016 for the Rookie All Star award- we won it our rookie year. Show the judges you deserved it by coming back and doing more next year.

Thanks everyone for a great regional!!

EDIT: In case anyone needs them, here's the results.

[Mark McLeod]

Here is full resolution videos of both the (not including the false starts and field resets) Finals matches.
I have quarter and semifinal matches as well and may add them.

I must add that the level of play during the Elimination rounds was fantastic on everyone's part. Your robots really showed their stuff!

Specials include the Waldo conga line, the 359 hula, and Pete Kieselbach on vacuum.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Doug G

Halfway through QF1.2, #1 seed was winning but they stopped it when a spider leg fell off. They have to replay it.

Heh...

I'd like to thank both Teams 103 and 1302 for being AMAZING alliance partners - we look forward to playing with you at the Championship Event!

Also, congrats to the Finalist Alliance, 359, 486, and 1155 - you put in a tremendous amount of effort, and made the final matches very interesting. It was awesome playing against our friends from Hawaii, and if all goes well, hopefully we can visit you next year!

I'd also like to thank teams 1547, 1923, and 1089 for letting us borrow batteries for our alliance during the elimination matches.

I have to agree with the others and say that this was the best NJ Regional that I've yet to experience - there were definitely many memorable moments, matches, and crazy plays.

[TheBeatlesGirl]

Thank you so much to all of the teams who were at the 2007 NJ Regional. You all made the regional an amazing experience for me, as well as for the rest of my team.

A special congratulations to the NJ Regional Champions, 25, 103, and 1302. You all did an amazing job, and your robots were truly outstanding.

Congrats to 1403 for your Engineering Inspiration Award, 2191 for the Rookie Inspiration Award, as well as to 2016 for winning the Rookie All Star Award.

To all other teams, congratulations for your hard work, dedication, and efforts at this year's event.

I am truly proud of all of you.

[Chris Marra]

For our first time to NJ, and I believe, to a Week 1 regional, 177 had tons of fun and really enjoyed the competition at NJ. Congratulations to all of the award winners, especially for 1403's Engineering Inspiration, 75's Chairmans, all of the rookie awards, and the WFA. Also, thank you to the great teams who defined the regional, including, but not limited to, 75 for ALL of their assistance everywhere, 1547 for the Wave and the Canadian National Anthem (I can't believe I've never actually heard it before), and of course, our alliance partners, 223 and 2191 for being great team-mates.

I apologize to all of the people who did not see me (Sorry for ignoring you Laura) as I was running around trying to get 177 queued all of the time yet deal with NASA losing power to Kennedy Space Center for the webcast. Roho - I still need to trade shirts.

Also, we should have a full archive of all of the Saturday Matches in full quality. It will make its way to the TBA TV archives soon enough, but if anyone really wants some specific matches, Sam Hillyer from 177 (AV_Guy on CD), should be able to help you out.

PS: Congrats to 2191, our alliance partners, on their Rookie Inspiration. The Judges were asking us about your team after Alliance Selection, but after playing with you guys, it looks like our good word wasn't needed with how impressive your robot and your team was. Congratulations!

[Bharat Nain]

Congrats to all award winners!

First and foremost, thanks and congrats to our alliance partners 103 and 1302.

Thank you 359, 1155 and 486 for an exciting final match. It was great to see you guys come all the way from Hawaii.

I hope you Canadian folks had fun too...

1089 - thank you for your batteries.

NJ Regional committee - lets have more than 7 matches next year per team...

Wayne Penn- happy birthday!

[SteveGPage]

I, on behalf of Team 836, would like to thank all the teams at the NJ Regional for a great event! It was our first trip to Trenton, and hopefully not our last! Congrats to 25, 103 and 1302 for a well deserved championship! Congrats to 359, 486 and 1155 for a great job in the QFs against us, and through out the elimination rounds!

Thanks to Spike and the Tribe for being on our alliance - I hope we get to team up with you again sometime, and would like to invite all of you to head to our regional, The Chesapeake Regional at the USNA in Annapolis, MD sometime!

Lastly, congratulations to team 75 for the Chairman's award!

Thanks to all the volunteers for their hard work in making this such a great event!

[George A.]

Ok I just got home (woke up at 4am, at the arena by 7, worked SBA until 5ish, then worked until 1) so I'd like to add my few cents in and apologize in advance if my post runs long...

Originally Posted by petek

Great heaping kudos to Sara and Darrell for exporting the qualification match resultsto Excel and creating an accurate ranking - in less than 30 minutes!

I second what Pete is saying. If it weren't for Sara and Darrell we'd still bet there right now. What you three were able to do with that field is nothing short of miraculous.

Originally Posted by Laura 1547

So I'm pretty sure (and also pretty sure that everyone else on 1547 agrees) that NJ was one of the best regionals we've ever been to. It actually made me cry at the end. Thanks to everyone that made it so memorable!!! Congrats to every team that won an award.

A special thanks to Wayne for letting Waldo do his hair and all the random spirit things (the hokey pokey, the conga line, and the wave). Love everyone!!! Boston in 3 weeks - hope to see most of you again there.

A very big thank you to our Canadian friends from Where's Waldo for helping keep the excitement up (not to mention doing a great job on Wayne's and my hair). We'd love to see you back next year and many many more years to come.

Of course the congrats go out to 25, 103, and 1302. 25 going back to back and 103 going back to back to back. Winning a regional once is impressive, let alone being able to repeat numerous times.

To Wayne: You did an amazing job as MC, the excitement you poured into the event was breathtaking and I personally cannot wait to work with you in the upcoming weeks.

To everyone else in attendance, thanks for making this the best NJ Regional in my 8 year career with FIRST.

[Joel J]

I was processing the NJ match list for Fantasy First purposes, and I simply can't get a standings chart that matches the one used for elimination picking. Can someone post the top 16 rankings of NJ?

Here are my results:

25	6	0	1	13	0.857	260
836	6	1	0	12	18.714	256
1676	6	1	0	12	13.571	256
223	5	1	1	11	12.429	64
1807	5	1	1	11	10.000	44
613	5	1	1	11	9.429	98
1155	5	1	1	11	8.000	36
2180	5	1	1	11	5.429	63
75	4	0	3	11	4.429	46
375	5	2	0	10	22.286	256
1218	5	2	0	10	10.714	260
708	5	2	0	10	9.571	44
103	5	2	0	10	1.429	98
1391	4	2	1	9	9.571	32
1403	4	2	1	9	8.000	128
1881	4	2	1	9	3.571	236
694	4	2	1	9	2.143	64
88	4	2	1	9	1.429	76
359	4	3	0	8	16.000	64
2016	4	3	0	8	12.857	72
177	4	3	0	8	11.000	46
293	4	3	0	8	10.714	72
716	4	3	0	8	9.571	38
237	4	3	0	8	8.429	236
2140	4	3	0	8	7.714	46
1495	4	3	0	8	2.000	260
381	4	3	0	8	1.429	128
522	3	2	2	8	0.286	76
165	3	3	1	7	6.143	30
1617	3	3	1	7	2.857	36
869	3	3	1	7	1.429	16
1048	3	3	1	7	1.429	6
816	3	4	0	6	9.571	39
1302	3	4	0	6	7.286	35
1367	3	4	0	6	2.429	17
224	3	4	0	6	2.286	8
486	3	4	0	6	1.429	57
550	2	3	2	6	0.286	4
219	2	4	1	5	16.143	64
1727	2	4	1	5	6.857	32
1811	2	4	1	5	6.714	38
1882	2	4	1	5	4.143	17
637	2	4	1	5	2.143	16
1689	2	4	1	5	1.714	16
1547	2	4	1	5	1.429	64
1672	2	5	0	4	15.571	64
1279	2	5	0	4	10.714	44
714	2	5	0	4	9.571	32
1923	2	5	0	4	8.143	32
303	2	5	0	4	5.857	31
341	2	5	0	4	4.429	32
2191	1	5	1	3	12.714	38
555	1	5	1	3	9.429	64
11	1	5	1	3	8.571	36
1089	1	5	1	3	8.000	54
136	1	5	1	3	0.286	2
834	1	6	0	2	18.714	64
41	0	5	2	2	3.286	23
102	1	6	0	2	1.429	8

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

I was processing the NJ match list for Fantasy First purposes, and I simply can't get a standings chart that matches the one used for elimination picking. Can someone post the top 16 rankings of NJ?

Here are my results:

25	6	0	1	13	0.857	260
836	6	1	0	12	18.714	256
1676	6	1	0	12	13.571	256
223	5	1	1	11	12.429	64
1807	5	1	1	11	10.000	44
613	5	1	1	11	9.429	98
1155	5	1	1	11	8.000	36
2180	5	1	1	11	5.429	63
75	4	0	3	11	4.429	46
375	5	2	0	10	22.286	256
1218	5	2	0	10	10.714	260
708	5	2	0	10	9.571	44
103	5	2	0	10	1.429	98
1391	4	2	1	9	9.571	32
1403	4	2	1	9	8.000	128
1881	4	2	1	9	3.571	236
694	4	2	1	9	2.143	64
88	4	2	1	9	1.429	76
359	4	3	0	8	16.000	64
2016	4	3	0	8	12.857	72
177	4	3	0	8	11.000	46
293	4	3	0	8	10.714	72
716	4	3	0	8	9.571	38
237	4	3	0	8	8.429	236
2140	4	3	0	8	7.714	46
1495	4	3	0	8	2.000	260
381	4	3	0	8	1.429	128
522	3	2	2	8	0.286	76
165	3	3	1	7	6.143	30
1617	3	3	1	7	2.857	36
869	3	3	1	7	1.429	16
1048	3	3	1	7	1.429	6
816	3	4	0	6	9.571	39
1302	3	4	0	6	7.286	35
1367	3	4	0	6	2.429	17
224	3	4	0	6	2.286	8
486	3	4	0	6	1.429	57
550	2	3	2	6	0.286	4
219	2	4	1	5	16.143	64
1727	2	4	1	5	6.857	32
1811	2	4	1	5	6.714	38
1882	2	4	1	5	4.143	17
637	2	4	1	5	2.143	16
1689	2	4	1	5	1.714	16
1547	2	4	1	5	1.429	64
1672	2	5	0	4	15.571	64
1279	2	5	0	4	10.714	44
714	2	5	0	4	9.571	32
1923	2	5	0	4	8.143	32
303	2	5	0	4	5.857	31
341	2	5	0	4	4.429	32
2191	1	5	1	3	12.714	38
555	1	5	1	3	9.429	64
11	1	5	1	3	8.571	36
1089	1	5	1	3	8.000	54
136	1	5	1	3	0.286	2
834	1	6	0	2	18.714	64
41	0	5	2	2	3.286	23
102	1	6	0	2	1.429	8

Unfortunately the pit display throughout the day only showed the overall ranking of teams and not their win-loss record. Maybe the "improved" version will correct this oversight.