2009 Boilermaker Regional

[Chris Fultz]

Congratulations to 868, 292 and 1024 for the Regional Win.

Congratulations to 45 for the Regional Chairmans.

Congratulations to all of the award winners - the judges made great choices!

Thank you to the Planning committee and all of the staff and volunteers for another awesome Boilermaker Regional.

And, thank you to all of the teams that made this such a great, competitive event. What an awesome 2 days of matches!

[lenny8]

thank you everyone for a great final regional of my final year (as a student )
a big thanks to 1747 2360 and 554 for every thing.

also congrats to my boys at 868 great job you guys earned it.

[ChrisMix]

Originally Posted by lenny8

thank you everyone for a great final regional of my final year (as a student )
a big thanks to 1747 2360 and 554 for every thing.

also congrats to my boys at 868 great job you guys earned it.

How are you going to forget 829?! Lol.

[lenny8]

Originally Posted by ChrisMix

How are you going to forget 829?! Lol.

my bad mills also 829 for making it even more fun for us

[EricH]

Who won the Technology award? The listed team didn't attend the regional. Also, 1501 won Imagery, correct? (Listed team--1510--wasn't there.)

[Ben Martin]

Congrats to 868, 292, and 1024 for winning the event.

Congrats to 45 for the Chairman's Award.

Thanks to 461, 829, 868, 1646, and 1741 for scouting with us at Boilermaker--it was a great help to have the best scouts of so many teams compiling data.

[william.walk]

Thank you 868 & 292 for picking us to be your 3rd alliance member. A special thanks out to the coaches, drivers, operators, and human players for working so effectively together.

Congratulations to all of the teams that made the elimination rounds for all of the well played and exciting matches. Thank you to 45, 234, and 461 for some of the most exciting matches of the event in the finals. By the way, you three make for one tough alliance.

To all of the teams at the event, nice job on designing and building your robots.

[Crump]

i would like to thank 868 for picking such a low sead team (us)... obviously our record said we weren't quite up to par but i believe we showed what FIRST is all about.. this game cannot be won by any one team, it takes lots of teamwork, perseverance, and confidence to win anything in the FIRST community....

again.. thanks you 868 and 292 for the awesome alliance partners.. we'll cya in A-TOWN

i would also like to congratulate 829(DIGITAL GOATS!!) on their gracious professional award.. i don't think there was anybody more deserving.. in case anybody wants to know how close the goats and Kil-a-Bytes are... we had two matches where we played against each other and everytime we we both joking and laughing with the other team about 'dumping on them'.. so yes.. Goats.. you guys rock! cya at IRI!!

and the Kil-a-Bytes will see everybody who's going in Atlanta!!!

P.S.- for those who were wondering what we changed at Purdue.. we changed drivers and we perfected our traction.

P.S.S- and for those who are keeping track of us.. we've changed something on our robot every regional.. and yes.. there will be yet another change for Atlanta CYA THERE!!!

[IndySam]

What a great weekend, another fantastic regional put on by the BMR planning committee and the best crew in the business. Every regional should be run and officiated like this weekend.

Big congrats to winning alliance 868, 292, and 1024. Only way I could have been happier is if we won. Also congrats to the runners 45, 234 and 461. You guys were an amazing alliance, sorry I rooted against you guys but I had to root for the Indy teams and our old friends from Russiaville.

461, you guys are so deserving of a win. Thanks for letting us scout with you. I promise you will be on the top of my rooting list from now on until you get that win.

Congrats to 1529 for your first ever elimination appearance. The first of many to come.

1018, what a fantastic year for our old friends from the NW side. I love playing with you guys.

Congrats to the girls from 2360 for being an alliance captain for the first time and a great job picking your alliance partners. Few veterans could have picked so well.

Congrats to 45 on the Chairman's Award. It's well deserved. I know we wouldn't be the team we are without all of you help through the years.

Congrats to Ben for winning the Purdue scholarship.

Thanks to 1000 for picking us. When I first saw your robot I wasn't impressed but when you ran away from us like a scalded dog in practice my jaw dropped. Well done. And also a big thanks to 135 for being a great alliance partner. We came so close to being in the finals.

111 please come back to BMR every year, you guys raise the level of competition and make us all work harder.

[Luke Pike]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

1501: Never got to ask what was up with the shooter, but you guys stay classy. I've never seen such an aura about a robot before... beautiful piece of work.

Thanks, Qbranch. During practice day, I discovered that the camera just couldn't keep up with the really fast robots, possibly because it was lower on the bot than others. Therefore most shots after that were manually controlled (by me). Also, our robot handles the game pieces slowly, which made us an ineffectual scorer. So instead, we adapted and used strategies that our robot was not designed to do to win matches, making the most of the scorers on the alliance and helping them to score big. Although this got us far, there was some amazing robots out there competing against us and even though we lost to them, we lost because they were better and not because we didn't try our hardest.

So thanks to all the teams that we played with, and also to the teams we competed against, for making it a great competition.

Originally Posted by EricH

Also, 1501 won Imagery, correct? (Listed team--1510--wasn't there.)

Yes we did. That was one of the great takeaways from BMR, winning two awards, the imagery award and the safety award.

[Dan2081]

I gotta say gratz to the driver from killabytes. I dont remember his name but talk about best regional ever... (he won the regional AND the 15,000$ purdue scholarship!)

[lenny8]

so what was the highlight of the event?

[Bendavnel]

Originally Posted by Dan2081

I gotta say gratz to the driver from killabytes. I dont remember his name but talk about best regional ever... (he won the regional AND the 15,000$ purdue scholarship!)

Thanks dan. Yeah that was by far one of the best weekends of my life. I will definitely remember it for many years to come. I owe everything to my coaches, mentors, and teammates. Roboitcs has been pretty much the biggest part of my life throughout HS.

After the teams great success last season we had alot to prove this year. It wasnt as perfect as i had envisioned it at the first two regionals and even during qualifications at BMR but that all changed during what were by far the most exciting elimination matches i have ever expirenced. Im glad that we could pull out the win and qualify for Atlanta. What a way to go out as a senior.

Thanks to teams 45, 234, and 461 you guys were an amazing alliance and serious force to be reckoned with. You all have great robots and i cant wait to see all of you in Atlanta.

To teams 868 and 292. Thanks for letting us join you guys. It was seriously an amazing expirence for my team and for myself personally. I hope both of you are going to atlanta, i cant wait to see you guys again.

Finally to all of the other teams that attended BMR, and all of the volenteers and judges thanks for making it such an amazing experience. I can imagine all the hard work and dedication that it must have taken to pull of a regional like this and i cant wait untill next year when i can help in putting on this fantastic event.

[Qbranch]

Wow, what a Saturday. I laughed, I cried, I kissed three bucks goodbye.

I'm really glad to see my team finally getting the robot dialed in. It always looked like it had the potential to score but just had a few missing touches. Congratulations to all the team members and mentors that made this possible!

1501: Never got to ask what was up with the shooter, but you guys stay classy. I've never seen such an aura about a robot before... beautiful piece of work.

868: Thanks for making the pick, and 292 thanks for being a great alliance partner. I'm glad we could work together and win it. Wooo!

45: Awesome outfits. Jake, Elwood AND Mother Superior? Genius! There should be an award for great team themes. Sweet robot too, loved the 600w fan, very cool.

111: I can't get enough of watching your crab drive. It's about as smooth running as your drive team.

234: You've got one rapid fire machine there. Definitely a force to be reckoned with in Atlanta.

Great job teams for making this a FANTASTIC weekend for all in attendance.

Woo!

-q