2009 Philadelphia Regional

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by acdcfan259

Needless to say, I'm about as excited as you can get. I wish i could just fast forward through these two days of school and just get on with it. Going to be making some upgrades to make our robot a little more competitive, and hopefully elimination worthy. Gunning for another safety award, but it looks like 250 could give us a run for our money.

Hmmm.... Safety Award, eh? 816's won the Safety Award in '05 and '07 in Philly, and we also won the Safety Award in NJ this year too. Needless to say we're going to give you a bit of a challenge for the award. (or should I say you're going to give us a bit of a challenge?)

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Did anyone realize how many regional finalists, winners, and just overall BIG teams will be there?!?!?

Stogi, Philly is one of those Regionals that has always had quite a few High Caliber teams year after year. It's just it never really got noticed by a lot of people as one of the "Stacked" regionals like Midwest. Regardless, I haven't even looked at the team list yet. I've decided that the only thing that determines how well a team will do is performance, not lineage or hype. If you want to Debate that, remember 2 out of 3 World Champions were eliminated in their First Regional. That being said, I heard some Rumors of a "MORT Anomaly".....

[Danny McC]

I can honestly say this is the most excited I have ever been for a competition. We had a pretty good showing in Jersey we just got to take it even further here in Philly. It seems like it will be a very competitive competition this year. The Elims this year should be even better then last years. Can't wait to see some old friends and meet some new people. See you all in 4 days.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Hmmm.... Safety Award, eh? 816's won the Safety Award in '05 and '07 in Philly, and we also won the Safety Award in NJ this year too. Needless to say we're going to give you a bit of a challenge for the award. (or should I say you're going to give us a bit of a challenge?)



Stogi, Philly is one of those Regionals that has always had quite a few High Caliber teams year after year. It's just it never really got noticed by a lot of people as one of the "Stacked" regionals like Midwest. Regardless, I haven't even looked at the team list yet. I've decided that the only thing that determines how well a team will do is performance, not lineage or hype. If you want to Debate that, remember 2 out of 3 World Champions were eliminated in their First Regional. That being said, I heard some Rumors of a "MORT Anomaly".....

I counted 15 big names and good robots based on this year's performance alone. I don't look at team history when walking into late week regionals. Only week 1 regionals.

[Koko Ed]

Does anyone know if the regional gives out parking passes for volunteers?

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I counted 15 big names and good robots based on this year's performance alone. I don't look at team history when walking into late week regionals. Only week 1 regionals.

Touché.

We've seen robots go from being on Fire one regional to being a dud in the next though. But maybe, just to get a leg up I should look into the teams going...

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Does anyone know if the regional gives out parking passes for volunteers?

Parking at 15th and Cecil B Moore should be free for volunteers and the public as well.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Does anyone know if the regional gives out parking passes for volunteers?

Also depending on where you are staying, SEPTA's regional rail service could be a viable alternative.

[Akash Rastogi]

Will anyone be webcasting/archiving mathces for TBA? Upset that NJ hasn't even been archived on TBA yet.

[Waynep]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Does anyone know if the regional gives out parking passes for volunteers?

WOOOO!!! Philly Regional just got better with Koko Ed gracing us with his presence!!!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Waynep

WOOOO!!! Philly Regional just got better with Koko Ed gracing us with his presence!!!

Yeah! I get to yell at you and Libby to hurry up and get your robot on the field and move it or lose it when the match is over.
Good times await!

[.:Brianna:.]

Only 3 days until the regional and 4 days until the social! I'm starting to get superduper excited!!!!!!

[acdcfan259]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Will anyone be webcasting/archiving mathces for TBA? Upset that NJ hasn't even been archived on TBA yet.

I second this notion, archiving would be fantastic.

[Roger]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Parking at 15th and Cecil B Moore should be free for volunteers and the public as well.

Free is a good price! Is that the parking garage what looks like to the west one block of the Liacouras Center? See here at google maps. We've got a couple of 15-seat vans to find parking spots for.

Any places nearby that serve early breakfasts? We had an excellent sub shop near Boston's regional that had good, fast, and cheap breakfasts -- something you don't find too often.

Also -- so many questions! -- we've got a couple hours Sunday morning before we have to drive back home. Any Philly sights to go to on a Sunday morning or is everything closed then?

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Roger

Free is a good price! Is that the parking garage what looks like to the west one block of the Liacouras Center? See here at google maps. We've got a couple of 15-seat vans to find parking spots for.

Any places nearby that serve early breakfasts? We had an excellent sub shop near Boston's regional that had good, fast, and cheap breakfasts -- something you don't find too often.

Also -- so many questions! -- we've got a couple hours Sunday morning before we have to drive back home. Any Philly sights to go to on a Sunday morning or is everything closed then?

The Philadelphia Museum of Art (complete with those famous Rocky steps) is free on Sundays and opens at 10AM. Other typical Philly sites include the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall (right next to each other), which open at 9AM (though you need to pre-book your tour if that's what you want to do).

Lastly, both Pat's King of Steaks and Geno's Steaks in South Philly are open 24/7. Stop by for an authentic cheesesteak for Sunday brunch.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Roger

Also -- so many questions! -- we've got a couple hours Sunday morning before we have to drive back home. Any Philly sights to go to on a Sunday morning or is everything closed then?

Jared nailed most of them. I'd definitely suggest Geno's (and Pat's, but mainly Geno's) as a must-visit for anyone coming to Philly. There's a number of good cheesesteak places, but none are like Geno's.