2007 Long Island Regional

[Athleticgirl389]

A few members of my team and I have been wondering if any teams going to the LI Regional will be staying in a hotel (like us). And if so, which one are you staying at?

[Scott Ritchie]

We are flying out in about 4 hours. We are landing in Laguardia (sp). We will be staying at a hotel North of Hofstra. We are staying through Monday so we can take the team into New York City. Our team knows very few of the teams in this regional except 229 who we have had some history with. Our studnets are very excited and can't wait for practice tommorrow so we can start meeting some of you. See you in the morning.

[[527]phil]

19 hours left! lol. i'm verry excited

[Athleticgirl389]

I've been writing the countdown in every notebook today =] It's insane.. I am totally excited!!!! We leave in about 14 hours!!!!
Scott Ritchie... our team is staying at the Marriot near Hofstra... hopefully you guys are staying there too!!!
Cannot wait to meet the teams

[Mark McLeod]

My van gets loaded with carts & tools tonight for tomorrow's early entry.
I can't believe the last week of Regionals is here already!

Be sure to get your sleep!

[Athleticgirl389]

I know!!! Been forever for us... we are just awesome enough to get the first and last week regionals haha... withdrawl to the 100000th power haha

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Be sure to get your sleep!

And what is this sleep thing you speak of!? We have a meeting at 7:30 tonight... and who knows when it will go to. Then we have to pack up the cars so even later. And then I have to get Chairman's stuff together along with many other things... this sleep thing is a word unknown to me lol. Just look for the either half asleep 102 member tomorrow or the more than hyper one... that would be me

[[527]phil]

Sleep is one of those variables that you have to account for when your the main operator of a 120 pound robot =)

[AmayaSaria]

Hm! Seems all the bots are working well! And according to somebody I know, 102 seems to be doing a lot better =D Go 102!

[Rich Wong]

Any LI Regional Status?

Pleeeeeeease.....

[Scott Ritchie]

229 in 1st 8-0 I think
234 in 2nd 6-1-1

Sorry I don't have more but I didn't take notes.

[Brian C]

1st day results are on the FIRT web-site.

Really nice to see Paul Cotrone and Scott Schuler getting the volunteeer awards. Two truly deserving folks who give tremendous amounts of their time and effort for Long Island teams.

[[527]phil]

The algorithm that decides the alliance pairings seems to be flawed this year. We were against team 234 for the first 3 matches, and were paired up with the same ramp bot for 3 rounds strait. Both situations were quite irritating.

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by [527]phil

The algorithm that decides the alliance pairings seems to be flawed this year. We were against team 234 for the first 3 matches, and were paired up with the same ramp bot for 3 rounds strait. Both situations were quite irritating.

There's been much discussion about this since the very first week of Regionals. FIRST has been working on it but it's still looks to be a work in progress.

Adapt and overcome

[ZZII 527]

527 was doing pretty well. Not quite as fast as 234, but still one of the top three or four tube scorers there, IMO. Phil just needs to learn how to respect the power of the ramp bot.

[Kelli Fultz]

Congrats to all of the great teams that won awards this weekend! Everyone worked really hard and the regional was a lot of fun!