2007 Great Lakes Regional, Best Ever?

[Bongle]

Big props to alliance 8 for putting up the biggest fight of any underdog so far, despite being the 8th alliance.

Edit: In fact, they put up the biggest score of ANY alliance, excluding alliance #1 itself.

Edit: Continuing list from previous page.

1. 1114 - 67 - 57
2. 573 - 503 - 1015
3. 1213 - 322 - 33
4. 308 - 469 - 68
5. 494 - 1023 - 1503
6. 70 - 279 - 1596
7. 818 - 326 - 1
8. 548 - 65 - 1504

Bold indicates an underdog winning. I like it when that happens

Round 1 of QFs
1 beats 8
5 beats 4
2 beats 7
3 beats 6

Round 2 of QFs
1 beats 8, eliminating them
5 beats 4, eliminating them
7 beats 2, forcing a 3rd game
6 beats 3, forcing a 3rd game

Round 3 of QFs - 2vs7 and 3vs6 to go
2 beats 7, eliminating them
6 beats 3, eliminating them

So 1, 2, 5, and 6 move on to semifinals

Round 1 of SFs: 1 vs 5 and 2 vs 6
5 beats 1 - Shocker: Alliance with former triplet 1503 beats alliance with 1114 in it. Once the student, now the master? stay tuned.
6 beats 2 - I'm dying to see the video of alliance 6, they seemed to have gotton some really good alliance partners despite picking near-last.

Round 2 of SFs
5 beats 1 - WOW, the former triplet takes out its spawner. I want to see this video too.
2 beats 6, forcing a third game

Round 3 of SFs
2 beats 6, eliminating them and going on to finals against alliance 5

Round 1 of Finals
5 beats 2

[PandaMan]

Finals: 2 v 5

573 - 503 - 1015 v 494 - 1023 - 1503

[meaubry]

2nd seeded alliance of 573 - 503 - 1015 Wins the Great Lakes regional -
Congrats to all - it looked like it was alot of fun.

Match 1 went to 494/1023/1503 score 84-4
Match 2 went to 573/503/1015 score 48-22
Match 3 went to 573/503/1015 score 72-4

[SPurekar]

CONGRATULATIONS 503, 573, and 1015 on the win! You guys were really great out there. Kudos to 503 for the Chairman's too!

And thanks to all of the other teams out there for making this such a great regional! 226 truly had a blast!

[Silent_Stryker]

Great job on the win, guys! It's just too bad that so much stuff went wrong with our alliance's robots right out of the gate.

[cfox2008]

We were so close...Thanks 1503 and 494.

Congrats 503, 573, 1015.

[KTorak]

Originally Posted by Bongle

Big props to alliance 8 for putting up the biggest fight of any underdog so far, despite being the 8th alliance.

Edit: In fact, they put up the biggest score of ANY alliance, excluding alliance #1 itself.

Thanks. We knew that Alliance #1 was our biggest competition. We we're quite shocked at the outcome of the matches actually. But it just goes to show how a spoiler can dramatically change the outcome of a match. Also, I may be wrong, but I think we had the highest score of 256 points during a eliminations match, although I may be wrong on that one.

I have to say that I think our alliance proved how rank has no real showing. Our team was seeded around 40ish. However, we got selected to be an alliance partner, mainly for our ramps, but we ended up not even using them. I think the key to this game is solid offense performance and critical placement of the spoiler.

Also, I'm interested in the selection of my team. It appeared as if other alliances were hoping to choose us because when 494 chose us (much to our surprise....we had no idea they were interested in our robot) that other alliance captains began to frantically shuffle papers and what not. But maybe it's just my imagination...

Thanks to everyone for their help and congratulations to everyone. GLR was a great regional and I hope Boilermaker can bring on the heat next weekend! Also, maybe we can finally get that regional win and we'll see everyone down in Atlanta this April.

[Pat Fairbank]

I would like to thank team 494 for picking us, and both them and 1023 for being awesome alliance partners. We really regret that we weren't able to fix our arm in time after it got mangled in the second match of the finals...

Congratulations to teams 573, 503 and 1015 - you guys worked together really well as an alliance, and your combined scoring and ramping power was a sight to behold.

Originally Posted by KTorak

Also, I'm interested in the selection of my team. It appeared as if other alliances were hoping to choose us because when 494 chose us (much to our surprise....we had no idea they were interested in our robot) that other alliance captains began to frantically shuffle papers and what not. But maybe it's just my imagination...

It's not your imagination - you guys were up there on our list, too.

Originally Posted by Bongle

1. 1114 - 67 - 57
2. 573 - 503 - 1015
3. 1213 - 322 - 33
4. 308 - 469 - 68
5. 494 - 1023 - 1503
6. 70 - 279 - 1596
7. 818 - 326 - 1
8. 548 - 65 - 1504

This is inferred from the match results, so it may not be entirely accurate.

The FIRST site has a minor inaccuracy - alliance #5 was 494 - 1503 - 1023.

[Bill_Hancoc]

On behalf of team 573 i want to extend a huge thank you to teams 503 and 1015, without you guys we could not have done it. and congratulations to teams 494, 1023, and 1503. you put up a great fight. Good luck you the rest of the year. And team 1023, we hope to see you again at boilermaker, except on our side of the field


by the way does anybody have a picture of the semi-final match when both my team and 1015 fell off 503's ramp i would love to have a copy of it.

heh, heh...just noticed this was my 573-rd post

[cire]

On behalf of team 1015 I would also like to thank teams 573 and 503, this was our most exciting year ever!

I only hope we can scrounge up the money to be able to go to championships, it would be our first year there.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by cire

On behalf of team 1015 I would also like to thank teams 573 and 503, this was our most exciting year ever!

I only hope we can scrounge up the money to be able to go to championships, it would be our first year there.

IMO - with over $6M cash or equivalent on hand, FIRST can afford to award Championship entry free to Regional winners.

[Wigginsgame]

Like everyone else, congrats to 503, 573 and 1015.

*2007 Shouter of: "We Love Our Froggie Friends"*

Good luck in other regionals/at nationals all!

[WEHickok]

What an amazing Great Lakes Regional! It truly lived up to its name as an exciting event.

First, from Team 67, thanks to Team 1114 and 57 for making an amazing alliance. This was the only time (and it happened several times, in fact) that I have seen two keepers hung by the same alliance during autonomous. What a rush!

Then congratulations to 503, 573, and 1015 in their victory. What a great job. And especially after the two partners fell off of 503 in the quarter finals.

And Frogs...The double again (did it last year at West Michigan). Winning the competition and the Regional Chairman's. Great Job!!! Clink-Clink. Good luck in Atlanta as a Chairman's challenger.

Again, Great Lakes did not let us down. It was a great event to watch and be part of.

[Lisa Perez]

Congratulations to 573, 503, and 1015 on the win. (Amazing feeling to see my former team finally get that banner!)

[bhaiu116]

As a former member and current mentor of 503, I'd also like to extend my thanks to 573 and 1015 for forming an amazing alliance. We had some scary moments, but we pulled through all right !

Walking by Team 67 and hearing them call out "We love our Froggy Friends!" brought a HUGE smile to my face . As far as we've come these past few years, we still look up to The HOT Team as a shining example of FIRST success.

I would also like to point out that Team 280 TNT is possibly the classiest group of students and mentors I've ever had the pleasure of running into. Every time we've gone down to the field during awards ceremony (all 4 years I've been at Great Lakes), TNT 280 has lined up to give us high fives. You are really a wonderful group.