2008 detroit regional

[703Trombley703]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

397 and 1 tried that.

Our driver tried doing that with our lift system but we fell short in one of the qualification matches. Also i couldn't believe that team rush had that last hurdle at the end. Congrats to 217, 469, and 440 on a great win. Hope everyone else's year goes great

[PizzmasterP27]

i would like to congratulate team number 1 for engineering inspiration. we were very scared that alot of good teams were going for chairmans at that regional (1, 27, 217, 247, 314...and more). it was a close match and if we didnt get chairmans you guys would have.

[Btower]

Way off topic, but when we were packing up the field Sat night, we found a Blood Glucose Meter. Anybody have a clue as to the rightful owner? It could be kinda important.

Call me @ 248-219-6030 if you have an idea.
or ben.tower@comaupico.com

Another awesome Detroit Regional still my favorite.


Ben Tower

[rcoasterk22]

Great competition everyone! Team's 469, 217, and 440 you guys were awesome to play against. It was definitely some, if not the, most fun I have had at competition. Congrats to 1 for Engineering Inspiration, you deserved it. Also either I or someone else WILL upload the video of the final hurdle to youtube and post it here .

[Grant Cox]

This was one of the most fun regional experiences I've ever had. The crowd was great, the competition was awesome, and it was just an incredible time all around. My couple of comments -

- in the last finals match, we had a score of 124, which is [in addition to being our personal highest score] the same as the score of the very first match of the competition. Those of you who say our drive team is too superstitious... I rest my case

- 27 has sealed themselves as one of my favorite teams. All the members I talked to were very outgoing and friendly, and their "Ask me about.." pins were fun. Their bot is easily one of the coolest I've seen, and I was hoping all day Friday that they would get it working. The unbelievable pit work on Saturday (repairing drive shafts and grabbers and whatever else in record time) left me in awe. I cannot WAIT for Great Lakes.

- the eliminations on Saturday were some of the most intense and dramatic that I have witnessed since Atlanta last year. I watched the semifinals between 1025/1528/815 and 27/47/453 with anxious anticipation, as they were both scarily impressive alliances. The finals between us and 27/47/453 were some of the most amazing matches I've ever driven in. Like Paul said, just look at the Semis/Finals on TBA - the match scores are crazily high and crazily close.

- I've never had more fun being a driver than here. The drive teams were all unbelievably GP and I had a great time meeting drivers from all sorts of different teams. Three instances in particular come to mind. In our last qualifiers match, it was 217 and two rabbits vs three impressive hurdlers. It ended up being one of the most intense matches ever, and afterwards Fox (27's driver) and I waited at the field for the scores to be posted, and agreed that regardless of the outcome, it was an awesome match. A similar instance happened in the finals, when we passed each other on the field to get our robots after the second match before the scores were shown.

- I'm putting the third instance in a separate bullet because it's also a segue to the next point. I love team 1, the Juggernauts. Your hybrid mode was unbelievably impressive in St Louis, and it's too bad you started having problems at Detroit. Your EI award was 100% deserved. However, even more impressive is your skill and graciousness in driving. After the first finals match, we quickly joked about when you stopped to let us go around, but it really was an awesome courteous move that ultimately helped us both. I hope you noticed when we did the same in the next match

- the Thunderillas lived on in Detroit little more needs to be said here. Anybody who knows us knows how close we are as teams, and the opportunity to be complete once again was awesome (I'm using that word too much, aren't I). RoboReunion 3.0 will have even more to celebrate, eh?

- congrats to 440. Like Paul said, sitting in the stands watching all the top alliances pass them up was akin to someone finding an old winning lottery ticket under their bed. Having such a good racer (and friend team) to complete our alliance was just so cool.


Now I have to back to washing hair glue out of my hair and nursing some severely damaged vocal cords...

[Steve Ketron]

Detroit Regional was amazing. I could not believe how competitive a regional with only 32 teams could be. Congrats to 217, 440, and 469. You were an amazing alliance and I was hoping that our alliance (815,1025, and 1528) would have had the oppertunity to compete against you. We had the perfect set-up being the #6 alliance and thaught it was going to happen. I was very impressed with the way our alliance worked together. There was a little concern with 1025 getting a yellow card after ramming 815 in qualifiers. But, I just have to say that 815 was very critical in the selection of 1025 as our third alliance partner. This proved to be an excellent choice and the teams worked very well together.Also congrats to the #2 allianiance for getting through what you had to. I hope we have the oppertunity to compete against all of you again in Atlanta or even MARC.

P.S. Want to especially say thank you to team 217's programmers for helping my freshman programmer out on Thursday. Without your help, I don't think our robot would have been able to compete as well as it did.

[Josh Murphy]

I think the Detroit Regional was awesome this year. There were some pretty competitive teams and the eliminations far exceeded my expectations. 27 you guys were awesome, thanks for picking us and believing in us. To bad our auto mode wasn't working in the finals(due to a bad encoder). Congrats to the winning alliance. Thanks to all of the teams that competed for making a great 2008 Detroit Regional. Good luck to everyone for the rest of the year.

[Don Wright]

Thanks to everyone that made the Detroit regional so much fun. It was an honor to step in and coach when Dan was sick on Saturday.

The competition was amazing and every round was a blast to play. Thanks so much to our alliance partners 217 and 440 as well. I hope we can do it again sometime... See you at Ai...

And congrats to Mr. Lapp from 27 on the WFA finalist award!!!

[physics_guy47]

First off, thanks to my pit crew and team for your dedication to the robot and keeping the event running smoothly. I REALLY need to thank my drivers for putting up with my energy and intensity out on the field.

I want to thank team 27 for picking us and for both 27 and 453 for putting their hearts and full efforts into the elimination matches and the finals.

I am amazed at the efficiency with which 27 worked in the pits making repairs. They kept cool heads and got things done quickly.

Aside from Great Lakes in 2000 (winning the regional paired up with the girl I would later marry) I would have to say this has to rank at the top as far as my experiences go.

Congratulations to Team 1 for the engineering inspiration award and to Team 27 again for the Chairman's award. I'll be pulling for you guys in Atlanta - you deserve the win.

Thanks to everybody that made this an amazing regional and a true reason to be proud of being a part of FIRST.

[jasonjmonroe]

Here are some pics from the Detroit event. My apologies that I was only able to make it to the eliminations day and then only after lunch.

All the photos are full resolution if you click on the medium sized photo it will open in a new window (then right click to save-as).

NOTE: Selecting on "all" photos takes a long time to load because only the "favorites" are cached.

DTW Eliminations Day: Favorites (515) All (1599)

-J

[PizzmasterP27]

Originally Posted by johnr

congrats to all teams. had a question? did 27-team rush- shoot a last second hurdle over center wall or did i blink at the wrong time?

we did indeed and here is a video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1N5doWRskw

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Originally Posted by PizzmasterP27

we did indeed and here is a video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1N5doWRskw

Sick.
All i can say

[hopkins]

Originally Posted by Steve Ketron

Detroit Regional was amazing. I could not believe how competitive a regional with only 32 teams could be. Congrats to 217, 440, and 469. You were an amazing alliance and I was hoping that our alliance (815,1025, and 1528) would have had the oppertunity to compete against you. We had the perfect set-up being the #6 alliance and thaught it was going to happen. I was very impressed with the way our alliance worked together. There was a little concern with 1025 getting a yellow card after ramming 815 in qualifiers. But, I just have to say that 815 was very critical in the selection of 1025 as our third alliance partner. This proved to be an excellent choice and the teams worked very well together.Also congrats to the #2 allianiance for getting through what you had to. I hope we have the oppertunity to compete against all of you again in Atlanta or even MARC.

P.S. Want to especially say thank you to team 217's programmers for helping my freshman programmer out on Thursday. Without your help, I don't think our robot would have been able to compete as well as it did.

First, thanks for picking us 815 and 1528. Second, i wanna say that 815 played some good defense, which i think is pretty hard to do the right way in this game. Most teams just end up getting penalties for crossing lines or impeding, but you did it right somehow. Third, i didn't mean to ram 815!

[Brandon Martus]

Here are a bunch of pictures from the Detroit regional that were sent to me:

From Jay, the AV guy, the slideshow that was playing during lunch:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/misc/FIRS...esShow2008.mov

From Dane Gussin, a local photographer:
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Thum...e=3628934&g=00

[Mike Murrish]

A big thanks to teams 703 and 835 for a great run with us in the elimination tournament. You guys were awesome! Congratulations to 469, 217, and 440 for your undefeated run to the gold and to 27 for your Chairman's victory. We're looking forward to seeing you all in Atlanta! As for 27's last-second hurdle, simply unbelievable.