Great Lakes Regional 08

[web_master_dpep]

Hey im with team 66. man this is my first year in FRC but I was in FLL for 3 years. We missed 3 weeks of the build season because of layoffs. We were expecting to just go out there and compete. but we made it to finals . wowowow. Hey great job Chief Delphi u guys were #1 for the longest time. I hope to see you all in atlanta. If you want to talk to me im the mascot for 66 . Or you may see me in the pits. My name is dustin if any1 wishes to talk.

[WEHickok]

I was talking to Dave Verbrugge today and he shared some data with me that I want to share with you.

First, I would like to once again thank Dave for a great job as MC. It is always a pleasure to watch him work.

As an engineer, Dave likes to look at data from many different ways to see if there might be another result predicted. So Dave took the number of points that each team earned during the elimination matches and sorted them highest to lowest. Here is what he found:

Number of Points Alliance Match
126 7 Final 1-3
124 7 Qtr 3-2
114 1 Qtr 1-1
114 3 Qtr 4-1
110 3 Qtr 4-2
108 7 Final 1-1
104 1 Final 1-2
96 7 Semi 2-2
94 2 Qtr 3-1
94 7 Semi 2-1

That is just the top ten scores. As you can see, this shows that the best scores were saved to the end...very few semi-final scores here. It only got better. The way these team were performing, I would have liked to see some of them go at each other one on one.

Another thing that he pointed out to me...for the 7th alliance to be successful, they had to overcome the 2nd alliance, then the 3rd alliance, then the 1st alliance.

I would also like to thank the Chilean Hearts for attending GLR. I have been communicating with them for about three months. What a great team. If you have not yet gone to their website, I invite you to do so. You will see a photo of Woodie with his hair down...something not often seen. You will also see why they chose GLR for thier very first competition. They told me that they came here because they heard it was the very best. Well, they came to a great one. And thanks to all the teams and individuals that took the time to make them feel special. They are friends in my heart.

As a member of the Great Lakes Regional Planning Committee, it was great to stand on the floor during the Saturday award ceremony and see the enthusiam of the croud for each and every group there. Thanks for making this a great event.