2008 New York City Regional

[RoboMadi]

CONGRATS WAYNE!
You totally deserved it!

Imad

[Bharat Nain]

Wayne Penn, You are THE MAN!

I am so incredibly happy that you won. You definitely deserve this especially in the NYC area for all that you have done. After moving to Boston, you certainly did not stop. Any area that has you is definitely blessed with a lot of help. Great going buddy. Enjoy this time.

[fredliu168]

Anyone know FTC results for new york?

[Scott Carpman]

Congrats Wayne, good luck at Champs!

[Alexa Stott]

Congrats to Waynep!

I don't think I can really add much to what everyone else above me has already said.

[kborer22]

So i came down from boston today see my brother compete in the FTC comp. I must say i was rather disappointed at what i saw today, from a set-up side of things. I got there at about 11 am today, they were supposed to start at 9 or so today, not so much. When i got there i found out that they were 2 HOURS behind! I was blown away! And when it was finally time for a match it seemed like it took FOREVER to get it started, they were out there upwards of 5 min just waiting to being the match.

One of the fields had what looked like a 12"x12" high spot, which cost some teams matches! It 232's match with team 74 (who has won 3 regionals already) got stuck on that raised portion, from what i have heard it may have been their only loss all season. This situation repeated it's self in the #8 vs. #1 seed match, the number 1 seed was dominant, but one of the teams on the #8 alliance got stuck.

And for some reason they had very nice flat screen tv's set up all over the place, but coudl not get them working!! They just ended up printing out seedings after every couple matches.

That whole event was run very un professionally, and none of the team members, parents, or spectators seemed to enjoy this very much.

FRC also seemed to be in a state of disarray, there were 2 MC's and 2 play by play announcers. Blair and Shenqua both on the same field while cool, seemed a bit.....much. While talking to some of the volunteers, they were also not enjoying them selves.

I applaud the Regional committee for attempting to do "everything", but it ended up half assed in my opinion.

congrats wayne

[fredliu168]

So who won FTC?

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by fredliu168

So who won FTC?

I know that Sir Winston Churchill SS from St. Catharines, Ontario was on the winning alliance.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by fredliu168

So who won FTC?

211,74. and i forget the other.

My team came home with the Motivate Award, so I'm happy
We were the 8th alliance captain and had to face 74 and 211 first match of elims....so didn't make it past that lol. I really didn't like the fact that alliance selection wasn't serpentine, it actually pissed me off a little.

[Kyler]

Just something interesting. I have a calculated the offensive power rankings (How many points, on average, a single robot will contribute to their alliance) for all the qualification matches in this regional. These are the results:

395	38.4891364
1155	35.5251438
348	33.04449142
41	31.29882513
1230	26.85228513
116	26.40951771
555	26.08956609
1594	23.99147056
637	23.12104022
694	22.23110222
2344	21.81882451
2265	21.50090264
1517	20.56921234
1302	19.1274372
375	18.62587658
640	17.44148956
229	17.41492436
2524	17.04776962
335	16.27841305
1403	15.09832319
1989	15.08266872
56	14.9413567
2579	14.79807069
2070	14.02320447
522	13.78677732
271	13.41446747
1626	12.79051312
2601	12.74924334
369	12.16566401
2577	12.04255347
550	11.76549201
759	10.60351972
806	10.47557395
371	10.21050408
354	9.166549794
1660	8.68374128
1396	8.217961374
1880	8.2170015
1929	8.073327296
334	7.991109979
571	7.281499659
421	6.444425795
1237	5.972497328
1602	5.629371479
2274	5.576584669
333	5.512163389
1600	5.44599415
2205	5.391945564
1520	5.263514975
2596	4.548671482
1807	4.115648906
1340	3.941146931
2554	2.876732727
2573	2.81133275
2681	2.4286572
1635	1.76995512
2458	1.364548185
2203	0.314692307
1211	0.240418428
1698	-1.620704757
1862	-2.797630107
743	-4.820514551
1796	-7.09985313
380	-12.96740887

Based on that, the average scores should be roughly:

Alliance 1:	41	555	1989		72.47105994
Alliance 2:	348	375	637		74.79140822
Alliance 3:	694	2344	1403		59.14824992
Alliance 4:	229	395	271		69.31852823
Alliance 5:	759	116	1302		56.14047463
Alliance 6:	2265	56	571		43.723759
Alliance 7:	1594	369	1517		56.72634691
Alliance 8:	1880	1155	1230		70.59443043

Just something interesting.

[Josh Drake]

Hats off to rookie team 2344. Impressive design. I don't know why I like it so much?

[kborer22]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

211,74. and i forget the other.

My team came home with the Motivate Award, so I'm happy
We were the 8th alliance captain and had to face 74 and 211 first match of elims....so didn't make it past that lol. I really didn't like the fact that alliance selection wasn't serpentine, it actually pissed me off a little.

i agree that it was weird that they went back to old school FRC for the alliance selections, but in the rules is says that the order that the teams pick will be repeated for the second alliance partner, while not quite understanding it, they did it right, and apparently other regionals have done it wrong.....


i will agree that was another frustrating thing that NONE of the FTC teams could hear when they were up. Granted it was not too hard to go up and just as what match they were on, but i think something needed to be worked out...

[thatguy]

Originally Posted by kborer22

i agree that it was weird that they went back to
i will agree that was another frustrating thing that NONE of the FTC teams could hear when they were up. Granted it was not too hard to go up and just as what match they were on, but i think something needed to be worked out...

Well it was hard to hear due to all the noise coming from the FRC competition. I was frantic with my FTC team (123) trying to get our bot in queue two matches in advance.

I really hope next year, they put the FTC competition in the other hallway, like what the guy at opening ceremonies said they might do.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by kborer22

not quite understanding it, they did it right, and apparently other regionals have done it wrong...

Not every other FTC regional... they did it right in Washington.

There was a small problem in Washington, though. Last year we only had a dozen or so robots in the tournament, so there weren't enough teams to make eight alliances of three each for the Eliminations. The solution was to just pick 2-team alliances for Eliminations. Most of the last-year's teams were not prepared to pick a third alliance partner because of this (failing to read and remember the manual, I suppose), and were surprised that there were three 'bots per alliance. Another item for my mentor's checklist: Remind the team to completely re-read the rules about two weeks before an event, just to make sure.

[Akash Rastogi]

My Regional Winner Prediction-

41, 555, and 1989.

Really hope 555 can have this win, they've been working really hard all season long. 41 as well. I don't know of 1989 though (never met them)

Finalists will be 375's alliance..I will keep this updated.

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UPDATE: wow, 694 just put on an awesome show against 375 and won 72-44 due to two penalties on 375. 694 would have won anyway. That was a sweet match. They are now 1-1 and moving onto a third match.

UPDATE: Holy cr@p, 694's alliance took Semi finals to a third round and busted out a hurdle at the buzzer. Moving onto the Finals is 375, 348, and 637 due to penalties on 1403 and 694. If not for penalties, 694 would have won with a score of 72-66. Awesome job from 2344, 1403, and 694 though. It was intense to watch.

UPDATE: Finals match 1- Due to what appeared to be a shooter malfunction, 375 wasn't able to hurdle near the end of the match which cost them dearly. 375 also had a penalty for impeding a hurdle. 555 put up awesome hurdles and won the #1 alliance the match. 555's alliance wins 74-58 74-68 was pre-penalty).

UPDATE: Congratulations to teams 41, 555, and 1989 called the "New Jersey Sweep" for winning the NYC Regional with a clear victory of 96-54!!!!

Awesome job by 348,375, and 2234. Predictions were right and I will try to keep you all posted on awards as well.