2009 Detroit District Event

[Corey Oostveen]

Code Red Robotics will be webcasting the Detroit District Event and it will be available at

www.coderedrobotics.com

We will not be there but our equipment will be set up and we will run it from the Lansing District Event!

Good Luck all!

Any questions let me know!


Corey

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Coosty

Code Red Robotics will be webcasting the Detroit District Event and it will be available at

www.coderedrobotics.com

We will not be there but our equipment will be set up and we will run it from the Lansing District Event!

Good Luck all!

Any questions let me know!


Corey

Thank you so much for broadcasting this event! Many of the FEDS' parents cannot attend, so they will all be pleased to hear that they will be able to watch it from here in Rochester! Your team rocks!

[johnr]

Looks like Dean Kamen and friends will be in Michigan this weekend. Lansing-Friday and Detroit-Saturday. I believe this info was sent out by FiM in an email.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by johnr

Looks like Dean Kamen and friends will be in Michigan this weekend. Lansing-Friday and Detroit-Saturday. I believe this info was sent out by FiM in an email.

Woah, really? I must say that is some seriously awesome news! I wonder who will get to meet him?

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by johnr

Looks like Dean Kamen and friends will be in Michigan this weekend. Lansing-Friday and Detroit-Saturday. I believe this info was sent out by FiM in an email.

Wow! I haven't heard anything about this...That totally makes my weekend [:

Thank you to Code Red for doing the webcast! I found it very useful at Kettering so that I could keep tabs on the elimination matches while donig some repair work on the bot

I'm definitely looking forward to this event. Not only are there some very good teams attending, but there are a good number of rookies, or newer veteran teams, which should make the competition interesting.

...And we should theoretically have a working robot when we get there today, which is going to make things soooo much better I can only hope that something hasn't gone wrong with it since I last saw it in action on Sunday.

Good luck to everybody! Stop by and say hello if you get the chance

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by johnr

Looks like Dean Kamen and friends will be in Michigan this weekend. Lansing-Friday and Detroit-Saturday. I believe this info was sent out by FiM in an email.

Crap. I have to work on Saturday so I'll only be in Detroit on Friday. Oh well.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Well it's time for me to leave for Wane State! Good luck to all of the teams attending! It's sure to be a fun time for all!

[boy_scout72688]

Just an update for all.

Detroit is going well. Things are actually running smooth!!!!! Don't forget to check out the stats online!

[Karibou]

The event IS running very smoothly. The schedule is fairly regular, even if it's not always exactly on time, and there's a lot more seating than some of us experienced at Kettering a few weeks ago, which is quite nice ^_^ All of the teams have been very gracious and professional, and also pretty competitive.

Keep up the good work everybody, and good luck tomorrow!

[IKE]

GO 3119! I got the chance to hang out with this great bunch of kids before I started my new job. This is their first year and it has been a roller coaster ride. Right now they are 5&3!

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by IKE

GO 3119! I got the chance to hang out with this great bunch of kids before I started my new job. This is their first year and it has been a roller coaster ride. Right now they are 5&3!

They are doing quite well indeed. They were in out shop several times over the build season and I think they are having a great start to their FIRST experience. I know our drivers had fun driving in the match we had with them.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

They are doing quite well indeed. They were in out shop several times over the build season and I think they are having a great start to their FIRST experience. I know our drivers had fun driving in the match we had with them.

Thank you so much for helping them out. They had really great things to say about your team.

[FoleyEngineer]

I've got to say that the first time The Foley Freeze attended the Detroit event was a blast! We ended up 9 and 3, and 4th seed. The picking went a bit strangely with a lot of "No Thank Yous" and we picked two partners (1856 and 2620) and made it to the finals before bowing out to the great alliance of 818, 66 and 515. The double-teaming of us during all 3 of the finals matches was a great strategy that made us really work for every point. The matches were SO close and fun to play! What a terrific group of people to lose to - including the Chairman's award winner! We're REALLY happy for all of you and hope we get the chance to be on the same side of the field as you next time!

Congrats to our partners 1856 and 2620 for such hard fought battles. You performed just great and we had a blast playing with you!

Finally, to Ron, Gary, Dan, Ronnie, Mark and all the volunteers, judges and refs - fantastic job! Thank's for the Creativity Award too! Sweet! The whole event was as smooth as any regional and so wonderfully run and officiated. Jim - you've got a new career in announcing if the automotive thing doesn't work out for you ;-) Nice job! To all of you... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

See some of you next week at Troy and if we can scrounge up the 4 grand - we'll see you at States! We've got 79 qualifying points so I guess we're in if we can come up with the money.

I just LOVE this new First In Michigan system. We've played 34 matches *so far* this year for our $5,000 and still have a dozen or more to look forward to at Troy next week for only $500 more. 46+ matches for $5,500? Wow! It's AWESOME!

John

[Btower]

Wow,
The competition was fantastic. This was my first of the new district events. After being field supervisor at Detroit since we started the regional 6 years ago, this was really one of the smoothest running. I really don't think having the full blown sound and light crew was missed, (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), the teams really stepped up and helped with set up and teardown. This year nearly everything was volunteer driven, from floor covering in the pits, drapes around the field, generator and electrical, just about everything. Huge thanks to Temetria and Jeff for getting it all organized, huge thanks to the teams that helped with set up and teardown. With tons of helpers and the elimination of the huge light and sound systems we were set up and torn down in about 1/2 the time. The low cost district model requires tons of help from the teams and you guys and girls have really stepped up.

Thanks to all, now on to Troy.

PS. lots of great pics at Daniel Ernst's Flicker Site

[Herodotus]

Wowzers! What a fantastic competition. Anyone who missed the Eliminations missed some really competitive and tenacious matches. The defense was crazy, and the team work through the roof.

First off a huge thank you to all of the volunteers, referees, field personnel. This event was superbly run. It was really a quality event, with few problems overall. A shout out to Jim Zondag, too. Great announcing and I felt like you really managed to pump up the crowd, especially during eliminations.

Congratulations to 818, 66, and 515. You were a great alliance, and the craziest matches we've ever had. You guys were just unrelenting in those matches, and trying to fight away from the blockade of robots you put up was some of the toughest driving our drive team has had to endure I do believe. You are all class act teams, and you definitely deserve the win. Thank you to all of the kind words from 818 especially. Your team is the definition of gracious professionalism and we had a ton of fun competing with you.

A huge thanks to 1856 and 2620. You were fantastic alliance partners and a real joy to work with. We had a bit of a rough start in our First match and some close calls throughout but we put ourselves out there and managed to almost go the whole distance. Considering the alliance we were against in the finals I'm proud of all three of our teams.

A special shout out to team 3119 again. Semi- finalists? Wow, fantastic work guys. Props to your driver, some of the best defensive driving on the field. When we had the chance to play together you were great alliance partners and I think your team has a number of awesome years ahead of it. I'm sure you'll be even better at Troy, so I look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you to the Judges for the Xerox Creativity Award as well. It's definitely an honor to win, and we were absolutely thrilled to have been chosen for this award.

Congrats to team 66, the Flyers, on the District Chairman's award. You guys are highly deserving of this award and one of our favorite teams to work with (and compete against.)


I feel like there are more thank yous and congrats I should be mentioning but I could probably be here all night and mention every team. I saw nothing but awesome and competitive matches involving gracious, professional, helpful, and kind teams. Thanks to all of them for such a great competition, and we'll be seeing some of you in Troy and States. Good luck out there!