2008 New York City Regional

[Rich Wong]

Hey Folks!
Thanks for the great feedbacks so far, I'm looking for more feedback on:

1. DDR, Guitar Hero, and Halo Games. More or less for next year?
We may consider inviting a gaming company to bring in new games for testing.

2. Team Poster Contest?
Maybe prizes for next year?

3. The "Team Snack Bags" given out on Friday?
Maybe extend this into Saturday and Sunday?

Thanks-a-million.

[millerm277]

Originally Posted by Rich Wong

3. The "Team Snack Bags" given out on Friday?
Maybe extend this into Saturday and Sunday?

They were quite nice, and much appreciated.

[arhajder]

Originally Posted by Rich Wong

Hey Folks!
Thanks for the great feedbacks so far, I'm looking for more feedback on:

1. DDR, Guitar Hero, and Halo Games. More or less for next year?
We may consider inviting a gaming company to bring in new games for testing.

2. Team Poster Contest?
Maybe prizes for next year?

3. The "Team Snack Bags" given out on Friday?
Maybe extend this into Saturday and Sunday?

Thanks-a-million.

The games are a great idea as long as your mentors dont catch you.lol
ALot of teams didnt adhere to the rules for the poster. A bunch of them just said SAfety First. SO it should be made more clear next time.The Snack Bags was an amazing idea. Some teams needed extra bags because of the large teams. Other than that it was an amazing Regional.

[arhajder]

One more thing!

Does anyone know when the videos will be up on thebluealliance.net?

[jblay]

idk about blue alliance but they are archived on www.soap108.com

[David Noll]

As my team's resident fat man I would like to say the snack bags were amazing! I was sitting their, trying to get one of my sophmores to go to starbucks and a kid walks up and hands us a bag of juice and cookies. Very good choice in what to give teenagers that are working for long periods and confronted with arena pricing.

[jayjaywalker3]

Well as my team's resident eater I would like to say when were these snack bags given out and why didn't I receive one?

[Scott Carpman]

Originally Posted by jayjaywalker3

Well as my team's resident eater I would like to say when were these snack bags given out and why didn't I receive one?

Seconded. Snack bags?!?!?!

[jayjaywalker3]

Hmm. I just realized that this would be a good place to talk about Dean's special HW for our regional. For those who don't know Dean said that our HW was to double the amount of NYC teams from 41 to 82. I believe that following this HW precisely is a extremely large task and that we should start small. I also think that it would be really cool if we could work together and collaborate instead of having teams strive for the same common goal completely independently of each other. So far there has been very light discussion of this HW amongst my team because we are all focused very heavily on preparing for Nationals but I proposed a question which has yet to be answered. Is it more important to start new teams as per Dean's HW or is it more important to develop existing teams? The second option, although different from his HW may be a more sustainable and a more worthwhile goal. I guess both could be done but which should be done first?

I don't know anything about starting teams. All I have is a desire to help FIRST and follow Dean Kamen mindlessly (JK).

[arhajder]

THe videos are finally up on thebluealliance.net!

[jayjaywalker3]

This video is the best video i have seen on blue alliance. Excellent video, excellent sound and no prolonged shots of drivers. That celebration after the finals is amazing.

Whats with "more disappointing than a dinner at Fridays?"
637's defense was amazing

Does anybody know about the penalty for getting an extension caught in another robot?

Did anyone see any herding in any matches where the herder gave the ball to a hurdler in the home zone?

[mom1155]

Does anyone have pictures of Mayor Bloomberg at NYC Regional? Looking for pictures of Mayor Bloomberg with Teams 1155 & 2265.

[Pirate_Nelly354]

By any chance?
Did a team borrow our [Team 354] jigsaw?
We can't find it =[