2007 St. Louis Regional

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Richard

Based on strong past performance, I'll go out on a limb and predict at least one Indiana team in the 2007 winning alliance.

Originally Posted by IndySam

Nice prediction!

OK, so make that two Indiana teams.

[Mr.D]

Warren Robotics "Digital Goats" arrived back at Warren Central HS/Walker Career Center in Indianapolis at 2 AM. Everyone was tired but very happy.

Many thanks to everyone involved with organizing the St. Louis Regional.

Congratulations to alliance team members:
Lightning Lancers #1444 and
TechnoKats #45.
Thank you for picking us!!
It was an honor to compete with you.

We are now looking for ways to finance a trip to Atlanta. Next stop for us is the Boilermaker Regional.

See you next year.

[kortlan]

i would like to thank everyone who helped out with the 2007 st louis regionals. i know yall put a lot of hard work into it and im really glad. i thanked alot of voulenteers but i couldnt get to all of them. (mainly because there was over 200). but it was a super fun regional and i think it went great.

i would also like to congradulate teams 1444, 45, and 829 for their victory. they all 3 had great robots and used each ones capabilities to the max.

i would also like to thank teams 217 and 2133 for all their help. they were great teammates. 2133's defense was extreamly good and 217's scoring capability was awesome. i hope 217's arm damage is not too bad off.

it was a super fun regionals and i think it demostrated gracious professionalism to the extreame.

[Mr.D]

Originally Posted by kortlan

i would like to thank everyone who helped out with the 2007 st louis regionals. i know yall put a lot of hard work into it and im really glad. i thanked alot of voulenteers but i couldnt get to all of them. (mainly because there was over 200). but it was a super fun regional and i think it went great.

i would also like to congradulate teams 1444, 45, and 829 for their victory. they all 3 had great robots and used each ones capabilities to the max.

i would also like to thank teams 217 and 2133 for all their help. they were great teammates. 2133's defense was extreamly good and 217's scoring capability was awesome. i hope 217's arm damage is not too bad off.

it was a super fun regionals and i think it demostrated gracious professionalism to the extreame.

I want to congratulate teams 148, 217 and 2133 for a hard fought final matches. Your bots are awesome and for a while I thought we might have a 3rd match. Congratulations team 148 on your #1 ranking and your performance throughout the qualification rounds. Your bot was fun to watch.

On behalf of Warren Robotics Team #829 "Digital Goats" I wish all of you good luck throughout the 2006-07 FIRST competition season!!

[kortlan]

Originally Posted by Mr.D

for a while I thought we might have a 3rd match.

i thought so too. but after 217's fall and their arm trouble. it looked bad. then in the middle of the 2nd match our intake claw got bent up and we couldnt even grab a tube. and we had used our timeout already after the first match to fix a pneumatic problem. so even if we would of made it to the 3rd match. we would of been extreamly banged up with no time for repairs lol

Originally Posted by Shayna

I would like to thank team 148 for picking us. Your robot is amazing and I really enjoying working with you guys.

and i realy enjoyed working with yall too. yalls robot was quite awesome. i hope its up to par for atlanta

[Adama]

How did team 888 do? they have been very helpful to us
(2199) in our rookie year and we are curious how they did.

[Cynette]

I'm compiling a list of Rookie Awards and the Highest Rookie Seed was awarded to 2177, the Visitation Blazers. According to the team results section it looks like 1985 Robohawks finished prelims with a higher ranking. Does anyone have the reason that 1985 was not given the HRS? Does it have something to do with 2177 playing 8 matches while 1985 played 9?

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

I'm compiling a list of Rookie Awards and the Highest Rookie Seed was awarded to 2177, the Visitation Blazers. According to the team results section it looks like 1985 Robohawks finished prelims with a higher ranking. Does anyone have the reason that 1985 was not given the HRS? Does it have something to do with 2177 playing 8 matches while 1985 played 9?

The 9th match didn't count.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by IndySam

The 9th match didn't count.

Thanks!

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by IndySam

The 9th match didn't count.

To expand on IndySam's comment -- we played eight qualifying matches per team in St. Louis, but due to an error in the match generation algorithm several teams played unnecessary "surrogate" matches. Results of those extra matches were used to calculate the standings reported on the FIRST site (under Regional Events) but that was incorrect. Correct seedings as defined in section 9.3 of the 2007 FRC Manual were calculated manually before we proceeded with the eliminations, using the results of each team's first eight matches.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Richard

Correct seedings as defined in section 9.3 of the 2007 FRC Manual were calculated manually before we proceeded with the eliminations, using the results of each team's first eight matches.

Oh my! I always wondered how they counted the matches when the number of teams wasn't divisible by 6. And now I know!

[Andy Baker]

Wow, what a regional at St. Louis! Here are some random notes...

Thank you to teams 1444 for choosing us as a partner and 829 for completing a great alliance. It was an honor and pleasure to work with both of your drive teams and impressive to see you handle your well-built and durable robots. It was an honor to get to know the 1444 team from St. Louis, work with their knowledgeable drive team, and see how their students designed their own shifter gearboxes.

I am very proud to be a TechnoKat. This was definitely a TEAM accomplishment, to be a part of the St. Louis regional winning alliance. Our scouting team, pit crew, drive team support crew, and drive team all pulled their weight to help make this effort a winning one. Also, winning the Motorola Quality Award for only the 2nd time in TechnoKats history is quite an accomplishment. Way to go all of you! I was reminded just how special our drive team and pit crew is when all I was doing in the finals was fetching tools.

The quality of teams and the people in the St. Louis region is outstanding. I am not sure I've been to a regional that had more volunteers running it. There was an abundance of judges, inspectors, que-ers, and people all around to help make this competition enjoyable. Our team parents (and grandparents) who volunteered agreed that this was one of the best regionals they have attended. Kudos to the St. Louis Regional planning committee. I would recommend this regional to any team wishing to attend.

As for qualification matches, it was not fun going against 148 5 out of the 9 matches we were in. However, it was good practice for our drivers to play against the heavy defense that JVN would send after us in the form of 148's alliance partners. I was happy to see that our drivers scored at least 2 or more tubes in each match under this pressure.

Ramps are important, but time will tell if 2 tube scorers and a defender can beat 2 tube scorers and a ramp. The final round went to the 2 scorers and the ramp (1444, 45, and 829), but it was close. If 148 would have scored one last ringer in the first match, the would have one that match. That was the same match that 217 was hung up on the rack ... however, at the same time, 1444 was tipped over and inoperable for most of the match. Our strategy was to scatter the rack with tubes, play defense on their tube scorers, breaking up the opportunity for large rows, and get both robots on the ramp at the end. Thankfully, it worked.

It is especially great to see team 829 finally find success on the FIRST playing field. These guys from Warren Central HS and Walker Career Center in Indianapolis have a great team and work hard to make a well-designed robot each year. This year, their ramp-bot is a definite winner. Here's to lead teacher Randy Decker and the rest of the Digital Goats for a great win.

This game is fun... the end game makes it great. Ramps are the key to the excitement.

It's gonna be a good year for FIRST.

Andy B.