VCU Regional??

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Off topic:
We've been trying to figure out what to do with our spare time other than outlet mall shopping/eating places.
What would you do for fun, especially in Richmond? I'm asking for our student team members and adults.

A lot of this depends on how much time you have and when. I am assuming that you will have a bus to get around in.
On nice weather days, Belle Isle is a terrific place for outside running around and general relaxing. Access is via bridge hung under Belvedere Street is and right by the VCU campus. Many students go there on nice spring days, or swimming in warmer summer days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Virginia)
Maymont Park is also fun, there is a small zoo there in addition to the gardens. http://www.maymont.org/

The CAA basketball tournament is Friday-Monday, with games downtown at the Richmond Coliseum. http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43048&SPID=3455&DB_OEM_ID=8 500&ATCLID=1402043
About an hour and a half west is Charlottesville, with Monticello. Would make a nice half day trip. http://www.monticello.org/
About an hour east is Williamsburg and a bit past that is Jamestown. http://www.history.org/ http://www.historyisfun.org/
Headed north, you have DC about two hours away on the way to Annapolis with all that DC has to offer.

That is what comes to mind right now. If you had any other suggestions or details I could likely find something else fun.

Cheers
Wetzel
(Born in that pink hospital)

[wilsonmw04]

Here's the Weather Report for the VCU regional:

Wed
Mar 5 Partly Cloudy
64°/38°

Thu
Mar 6 Sunny
61°/44°

Fri
Mar 7 Showers 50%
56°/33°


Sat
Mar 8 Partly Cloudy
47°/26°


Sun
Mar 9 Sunny
49°/30°

Bring what cold weather cloths you have. This isn't going to be a weekend for a trip to Bellows Beach. On the plus side, no man-o-war's within 2000 miles.

[chmconkling]

phantom robots (2028) will be there to go get our ticket to the finals in georgia this year, so everybody else better just go and pick up the crates becausse u dont wanna be embaressed now do u? i didn think so (JKJK) but no everybody better be on there A game this year and u can see the webcast by going to the same place u did the nj and other last weekend.

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Here's the Weather Report for the VCU regional:

Wed
Mar 5 Partly Cloudy
64°/38°

Thu
Mar 6 Sunny
61°/44°

Fri
Mar 7 Showers 50%
56°/33°


Sat
Mar 8 Partly Cloudy
47°/26°


Sun
Mar 9 Sunny
49°/30°

Bring what cold weather cloths you have. This isn't going to be a weekend for a trip to Bellows Beach. On the plus side, no man-o-war's within 2000 miles.

64° + "cold weather clothes" = does not compute.
We were experiencing windchills of -5° where I live the other day, and gusts of many mph on my hill.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by smurfgirl

64° + "cold weather clothes" = does not compute.
We were experiencing windchills of -5° where I live the other day, and gusts of many mph on my hill.

That was directed to our Hawaiian friends. Some of them may not have experienced a freezing night in their lives and may have nothing heavier than a sweatshirt in their closet. Remember "cold" is a relative term :-)

[Ian S.]

Team 1522 will be there, get ready for the most confusing weather ever hawaiian kids.

[wilsonmw04]

48 hours to go...
to all Rookie and traveling teams:
Do you need anything when you get to VCU? I will have 3-5 spare flag holder and PVC caps if you forgot them. Send me a PM and i'll see what i can bring for you. I'm not sleeping well anyway so it will give me something to do!

[Priyadarshy]

any predictions about the game?
i think someone in another thread about VCU mentioned 384 and 1086, do you all see any strong robots
also how do you think the matches will play out in a week two regional?

[wilsonmw04]

1086 and 384 have great shooters. They will be a force to be reckoned with. My team, 2106, has something you did not see much of in week one: a herder. I have seen a few of the arm designs from several of the teams, but none of them are nearly as efficient as the two Henrico Shooters. 540 has been keeping thier 'bot under wraps. It will be interesting to see what they have packed in the crate.

[Priyadarshy]

yeah i guess the only teams anyone is talking about this year are last years triad. too bad other teams arent posting their stuff this year...i dont know how strong sparky will be because of how they pick up the ball, but once theyve got the ball in their bot there willl be NO stopping them!

[MikeT]

Team 401 is ready to put things into overdrive at VCU!!! We look forward to competing this year, and can't wait to see what the other teams have in store. Check out our video and see what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP4wXJ4p8aU

[ggoldman]

I think Sparky / Cheese will have a great showing at the competition,

only thing to remember is that 71 (THE BEAST) had a similar robot, and got knocked out by 111 & 1114.

Point being -- regionals are crazy..and anything can happen!

Best of luck everyone!

[lukevanoort]

After seeing week 1, I suspect that 384 and 1086 may not be quite as dominant as they initially appeared... I still expect one (probably both) in the top 8, but they seem like they might have a bit of trouble getting possession of the ball. 1731 probably has the strongest robot of the VCU ones that I have seen (612 is pretty solid too). On the other hand, I've only seen like seven or eight robots (including my own team's) out of the sixty-four that'll be there, so it is impossible to tell. We'll know in four days though

[MikeT]

I have to agree. Team 1731 looks amazing this year, and their hybrid mode with the light show is pretty cool. Anyone have any info on 1610 or 435? They always have great bots every year but there's nothing on their website.

[kfox1731]

Team 1731 will be there and we're looking forward to seeing everybody again and you first timers too. If you haven't seen it yet, you can see our robot preview on our website http://www.team1731.org or on Youtube.

As for stuff to do, we usually go to the after event things such as the VCU Open House and the Team Social. This year a few of our members will be going to the 2008 Virginia Motor Trend International Auto Show. If your students and mentors like cars, this might be something fun to do. Of course, there's always swimming at the hotel if you're lucky enough to have one with a pool .

See you guys on Thursday!