2007 Philly Regional

[Chuck Glick]

Originally Posted by IraJason

Now I have just one question for the members of 1712...

DAWGMA! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

Awoof! Awoof! Awoof!


*300 inspired team chant*

[JoeJank103]

Lets hear it for Chuck, Daisy, and Birds of Prey!
Good job guys
Hope to see everyone in Atlanta.

[EmoMike]

Originally Posted by JoeJank103

Lets hear it for Chuck, Daisy, and Birds of Prey!
Good job guys
Hope to see everyone in Atlanta.

Thanks!

It was a great experience to share with your team and every other team there.

[Freddy Schurr]

Our team taped it, I have 8 tapes laying around and I will get them on our site and soap as soon as I possibly can. We recorded the ceremonies, the matches and finally the awards.

Count on something being up in 2 weeks

How about alliance selections?

[nlknauss]

Team 1647 thanks all the teams at the Philadelphia Regional for making it the best regional FIRST has to offer. We'd especially like to thank teams 357 and 571 for being a part of our awesome alliance!

Good luck to everyone who is going to the Championship event!

[BetaReduction]

Originally Posted by Kyle

Wow, what a great regional! 399 lead the cheering and made the event crazy fun. there were some of the best machines here and they showed it in the past 3 days. 341 84 and 181 were amazing with great and very fast scoring from 341 and 181 and the best defense I have ever seen from anyone provided by Chuck 84. The rookies 2229 and 2253 who both won awards were amazing for rookie teams and I can't wait to see them next year. team 1712 was incredibly fast, I was told that was due to the AndyMark products, and they were just great at scoring. Teams 103 272 and 87 made up the #1 alliance and they were the 3 teams that all through the regional were always fast, high scoring and good at defense they put on a great show. 341 won the EI award and it couldn't have gone to a better team congratulations to them for an amazing robot and team.
Wayne Penn was once again great at getting the crowd excited and dancing and made the event one of the best I have been to.

There are many many more people and teams who made Philly a great regional and I hope that all of you come back, I will be back later to thank the ones I didn't here but I gotta get some rest

Yes, the Regional was great, but, then, it being my first FIRST, I'm not qualified to judge. The bots were amazing, with 103 and Daisy being incredibly fast.

Um, Kyle, small point, it's Team 2053 TigerTronics, my group, not "2253", that won the Rookie All Star and Rookie Highest Seed. (Only clarifying so people can look us up if they want.) Your congrats are welcome, and I extend mine to everyone. And wasn't that Chuck84 just *amazing*? And the driver was *smart*, too, particularly that deliberate choice to incur the 30 point penalty to stop opponents from mounting their ramp.

Our driver took on both Daisy and 103 in elimination rounds, and we got an appreciation for how slippery they can be!

I also gotta say I have only admiration for Daisy's designers and pit crew. She lost her claw at one point, and it got remounted pronto.

[OZ_341]

I just wanted to say how wonderful it was to work with Chuck 84 and the Birds of Prey 181. We worked so well together. We are all relatively low numbered teams that had never won a regional before. That made the victory extra sweet.

To Chuck 84:
We have a long history of offseason victories working with Team 84, going all the way back to 2002. We always worked so well together at PARC, DUEL, Summer Frenzy and Ramp Riot. It was great to finally work together at the big show. Thank you for having the confidence to choose us.

To BOP 181:
We fell in love with your team at Chesapeake 2006 and have been chanting "181, 81, 81" ever since. You have a great machine and you know how to use it.

To our friends Competing in Philly (103, 272, 357, 1712, 433, 365, 316, 563, 222....):
Thank you for all of the support that you have given our team over the years. Everything from offering advice, to providing parts, and helping with Ramp Riot has made us the team we have become. We never forget that.

Hope everyone has a great time in Atlanta and a successful offseason.

[Jared Russell]

All of 341 is incredibly grateful to 84 and 181 for being PERFECT alliance partners. I've never before seen as well rounded an alliance as this one - 181 and 341 put up tubes around the rack while 84 played probably the BEST defense I've ever seen played. At times, Chuck was 1-on-2 against the opponent and they STILL prevented the tubes from going up! Daisy and the Birds of Prey had a blast putting up the ringers while the opponent was bottled up in his/her own home zone.

Great work everyone!

Also, much thanks to our team's own mechanical pit crew. They took the arm from "fallen off" to "fully functional" in about 5 minutes. I definitely didn't think that that was possible.

[EmoMike]

Originally Posted by Abwehr

All of 341 is incredibly grateful to 84 and 181 for being PERFECT alliance partners. I've never before seen as well rounded an alliance as this one - 181 and 341 put up tubes around the rack while 84 played probably the BEST defense I've ever seen played. At times, Chuck was 1-on-2 against the opponent and they STILL prevented the tubes from going up! Daisy and the Birds of Prey had a blast putting up the ringers while the opponent was bottled up in his/her own home zone.

Great work everyone!

Also, much thanks to our team's own mechanical pit crew. They took the arm from "fallen off" to "fully functional" in about 5 minutes. I definitely didn't think that that was possible.

I have to say that our driver can drive everything and anything. It is his second year driving and his abilities are amazing.

[JESTER357]

team 357 did record the matches with soap ... don't know when it will be up but will be up soon. i will post when its up

[inphiniti]

I loved the energy everyone had there though, despite the fact that it was a bit lacking near the end of the 3rd day. The socials between teams off-field were also really fun. I do enjoy dancing with people from other teams (no offense Dawgma).
More importantly, there were some really intense matches, and everyone was getting into it.
That was one of the most fun things I have ever been to, and for that, I would like to thank the 43 other teams for such a great regional competition.

[camtunkpa]

A little late, but a huge thanks to 1712 for making us the third pick and 484 for joining our alliance. We played hard and had a great time! Congrats to 1712 for their success in qualifying rounds.

Biggest congrats to 84, 341, and 181 you guys were a great alliance! 84 you had some some amazing defense on the often forgotten ramp bots. I know first match of th quarter finals you slowed us down enough that we couldn't get home in time to deploy or climb our alliances ramp. 341 and 181 you guys had it together scoring.

Also a congrats to one of the rookies of FIRST. I don't know if anyone watched the progression of 2223, but they got better with every match. Not bad for not having a robot ready to compete when they arrived! This team didn't have any type of manipulator, but they could play some good defense.

Also thank you to all the volunteers for making this happen.

For all you teams that didn't get enough come join us at the 10th annual Pennsylvania Robot Challenge (PARC X). We're looking to make it the best ever and having as many Philly teams as possible would be a really great start! Good luck to all the rest of the season!

[Freddy Schurr]

Does anyone have video of alliance selections?

[Jonathan]

Im sorry it's a little late, but congratulations to MOE for the Chairman's Award. Thanks for the selection as well. Sorry we couldn't make it a three peat between the teams.

[Martinez]

100% agree with what was said above.
Daisy and BOP, it was an honor working with you.
I could not wish to be with a better family then Chuck 84.
And of course, see everyone else that the BIG DANCE!