2008 Boston Regional

[akshar]

Originally Posted by matt91

HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN???? Taco Bell is like a 5 min walk right down the street!!! I cant wait i dont live any where near one so yea good times to be had by all!!

enjoy the taco bell, the rumors are that saturday or sunday is the last sunday that it will be open, I go to BU, and BU bought it to make a 5th starbucks.

There is also a T anthonys a block down from where McDonalds used to be.

1568 took a year off this year, but i will be there on saturday as a spectator.

[Freddy Schurr]

So what is happening in Boston?

[darkorbit]

Well at 4:22pm 3-28-08 the Ranks were:
1: Team 20
2: Team 157
3: Team 88
4: Team 61
5: Team 69
6: Team 1100
7: Team 1768
8: Team 1699
9: Team 40
10: Team 578

[andrew348]

The best part of the regional so far I think was in Match 12 when 1100 by accident swung from the bar and andy Grady siad "That move was so 2004"

[Greg Marra]

Did anyone see the Blue Man Group performance? That was absolutely amazing!

[Freddy Schurr]

Is video up yet from the Blue Man group performance?

[Brandon Holley]

congratulations to team 839 on your MUCH deserved chairmans award. I am so excited for your guys first ever tripped to Atlanta. Considering the strong connections between our teams, it almost feels like we won too! Congrats guys you more than deserve it.... Rosie rocks

[John Neun]

Many thanks to all of the teams at the Boston Regional, and to the organizers who made it happen. This was our first time in Boston, and it was terrific! It was an honor to participate. Many thanks especially to our alliance partners Teams 40 and 1474. You guys ROCK!! I hope we can return to Boston in the future.

[David55]

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

Is video up yet from the Blue Man group performance?

The video will be uploaded tomorrow to The Blue Alliance Boston archive (and maybe youtube). This page also contains videos of all the matches, with the exception of a few that were missed.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Did anyone see the Blue Man Group performance? That was absolutely amazing!

If you thought that was good, go see a real show...

[Mark1153]

Team 1153 would like to THANK team 61 for picking us in the playoffs, being a great alliance partner, and leading us to the finals, and team 97 for being a great partner.

Congratulations to a great winning alliance of 20, 40 and 1474 who showed great competitive spirit and gracious professionalism throughout. After our 2nd match in the finals when we were tied 1-1, we had a broken elevator lift fork and no timeouts remaining. We think the alliance of 20,40,1474 went above and beyond - in the best tradion of FIRST to use their timeout, and give us the time to fix our robot, so we could be competitive in the final match. I personally, team 1153 as a whole, and our alliance partners 61 & 97 greatly appreciate your gracious professionalism and competitve spirit.

To everyone involved in the Boston Regional Team [board, staff, volunteers, referees, judges, teams] - a great big THANK YOU. You ran a great event, the kids - mentors - parents and spectators had a great time, saw some great robotics, listened to some great music, saw many acts of gracious professionalism. Having over 7,000 people come to the afternoon session to see the BLUE MAN group and the playoffs was amazing.

Mark Gallivan - Team 1153 Mentor - Walpole High School

[ZZII 527]

The Boston Regional has been great since it began in 2006, but I think this year really set a new standard for showcasing FIRST at a regional event. It was officially the most attended regional in history (7,000+). It was an amazing display of art and technology with the Blue Man Group, Woodie's entrance, the LED curtains, the field lighting, and the numerous displays like the MIT DARPA Urban Challenge vehicle and the Bluefin underwater autonomous vehicle. Thank you to the event organizers who did a tremendous job setting all this up and having it run so smoothly.

Team 97 thanks 61 and 1153 for drafting us into a great alliance. We made an awesome team and put on a great show in the playoffs. Congratulations to 20, 40, and 1474 on a well-deserved win and an excellent display of sportsmanship. And congratulations to 839 on your Chairman's Award win. Good luck to all in Atlanta!

[AmoryG]

Congrats to team 20, 40, and 1474! You guys had an amazing alliance, but I still enjoyed the finals. Great win by the blue alliance in the second match. I can't say I wasn't slightly disapointed we couldn't get into the finals, but I still had a great time playing in the qualifying matches and watching the finals!! And I'm very happy with our unexpected rookie allstars award! Hopefully we will be seeing you guys in Atlanta (if we get the money).

[Nuttyman54]

Video of Woodie rappelling has been uploaded here:

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

[commodoredl]

Team 578 would like to thank teams 174 and 173 for being on our alliance for the playoffs. We didn't make it past the first round, and had a really disappointing loss in the second match because of penalties, but still put up a very good fight against our opponents in a very close first match.
Boston was amazing and the whole team had tons of fun while we were there. We had been considering alternating between the Philadelphia and Boston regionals each year as our "away game," but I don't think there's any doubt in our minds that Boston is the regional to attend.