2009 Greater Toronto Regional

[AndyB]

Great pics Steve. Thanks for sharing.



Karthik, that jersey is starting to look awefully dirty. Besides, Delgado hasn't played in Toronto for like five years. I think it's time to trade it in for something more appropriate: http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploa...y_edited-1.jpg

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Karthik, that jersey is starting to look awefully dirty. Besides, Delgado hasn't played in Toronto for like five years. I think it's time to trade it in for something more appropriate: http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploa...y_edited-1.jpg

Trust me, that jersey is a clean as can be. It gets taken care of very well. As for your jersey suggestion, I can assure you that I will never, ever be putting on a Bills jersey.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Great pics Steve. Thanks for sharing.



Karthik, that jersey is starting to look awefully dirty. Besides, Delgado hasn't played in Toronto for like five years. I think it's time to trade it in for something more appropriate: http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploa...y_edited-1.jpg

Karthik is a Cowboys fan (bleh).

[wendells]

khartik,

I wonder if you were ever to put on 20 lbs what would happen to your jersey then?

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by wendells

khartik,

I wonder if you were ever to put on 20 lbs what would happen to your jersey then?

It would start to fit.

[SprocketGuy]

Did anyone happen to tape Global News on Friday/Saturday night? I've heard that there was coverage of the tournament and our team but we didn't know until Monday. I'd love to get a copy.

[Mr. Lim]

This year, more than any other, we leaned on statistics meticulously gathered by our scouting team. We used their data both during the pick selection process, and during our strategy planning sessions.

Although we used a large number of statistics this year, we also felt that this year's game one was of the hardest to scout and collect data from.

I've attached our scouting database to this post, and wanted to sneak in a quick thank-you to our student scouting team:

Priyank, Amrutha, Nelluxan, Nancy, Shifa, Aline, Pranit, Stephen, Welson, Waqar, Matthew, Alvin, Sharven, Diriye and Zuhaib.

Your efforts are what made much of the magic happen at GTR, and hopefully a few other teams will be able to use the product of your hard work!

Of interest in the database are real OPR stats (individually tracked for each robot and match, NOT aggregated and averaged via linear algebra), real HPR stats (tells what portion of the real OPR was attributed to the Human Player) and real NPR (Plus/Minus). We also tracked robot and human player shooting percentages, as well EC deliveries, and SC attempts and makes - seperately for both robots and human players. Stats are collected for Friday only. No matches were statistically scouted on Saturday - sorry!

Hope you find these useful, as we most certainly did!

Thanks again scouting team!

Originally Posted by SprocketGuy

Did anyone happen to tape Global News on Friday/Saturday night? I've heard that there was coverage of the tournament and our team but we didn't know until Monday. I'd love to get a copy.

Well I am the camera guy for Global who shot the waterloo and GTR stuff, in waterloo we made Global on the Friday/saturday 6pm and 11pm but only 25 seconds.

GTR we made it all three days and I just found out that on saturday 6pm they used one clip with shawn lim and in total 30 seconds made air.

The weather network on Friday aired a some video along with a bunch of earth hour clips.

It is really hard to get a copy of stuff that goes on air and one of the lessons I learned this year is to set up the DVD recorders next year and record at home.

I have been able to request a DVD copy of the saturday 6pm news with the shawn lim clip and as soon as I have it I will let you know.

I also have a fair bit of RAW un-edited B-roll from waterloo and GTR, nothing in any particular order but lots of vis of the fans, 781 and 1075? who had the most active cheering sections at WAT and GTR respectivly, and stuff from the pits.

Problem is it's all High quality broadcast grade video and that means huge files once i get it all onto my laptop but I suppose there is some software out there that will allow me to compress it a bit and I can make that available if you want it....via DVD, FTP if you have a server or maybe via yousendit.com.

I'll have to figure that out in the next few days, been doing 18 hour shifts back in the real world so right now there are discs, cables, laptops and god knows what else still lying all over the floor of my room....just the way it all landed when I came home from GTR and my earth hour shoot at IESO.

I'll figure something out and as soon at the Global library gets me that DVD I will let you know.

I'ts interesting how strict the librarians are, they let me watch the 30 second vo-clip but wouldn't close their eyes and let me copy it, have to follow proper procedure and wait my turn

I do have a fair bit of b-roll of 1075 as they were quite active in the stands and the coach looked fairly hyper behind the drive team and for news.....thats what were looking for.....excitment.

Too bad I had to leave early to rush the video back to global and missed the real excitement towards the end of the GTR, next year....I will plan differently, and bring maybe a few TB of external HD's with me to record "everything".


mark

[cpeister]

I would love to have the stuff on 781.

[Racer26]

lol, yeah, the active cheering section was us (1075)... it would be nice to have the b-roll stuff of us to use for promo videos... any way you could get it to me?

[Nick Lawrence]

I would love to see some of those Earth Hour clips, after all, they did pull me aside to interview me. Boy, did that guy talk really fast, he managed to fit "Why do you think Earth Hour is important?" in two seconds off camera.

Also, if there is any b-roll stuff of 1503, I'd love to have it for keepsake purposes, but also for possible future use in promotional items.

[SprocketGuy]

Originally Posted by Mark Rozitis

Well I am the camera guy for Global who shot the waterloo and GTR stuff, in waterloo we made Global on the Friday/saturday 6pm and 11pm but only 25 seconds.

GTR we made it all three days and I just found out that on saturday 6pm they used one clip with shawn lim and in total 30 seconds made air.

The weather network on Friday aired a some video along with a bunch of earth hour clips.

It is really hard to get a copy of stuff that goes on air and one of the lessons I learned this year is to set up the DVD recorders next year and record at home.

I have been able to request a DVD copy of the saturday 6pm news with the shawn lim clip and as soon as I have it I will let you know.

I also have a fair bit of RAW un-edited B-roll from waterloo and GTR, nothing in any particular order but lots of vis of the fans, 781 and 1075? who had the most active cheering sections at WAT and GTR respectivly, and stuff from the pits.

Problem is it's all High quality broadcast grade video and that means huge files once i get it all onto my laptop but I suppose there is some software out there that will allow me to compress it a bit and I can make that available if you want it....via DVD, FTP if you have a server or maybe via yousendit.com.

I'll have to figure that out in the next few days, been doing 18 hour shifts back in the real world so right now there are discs, cables, laptops and god knows what else still lying all over the floor of my room....just the way it all landed when I came home from GTR and my earth hour shoot at IESO.

I'll figure something out and as soon at the Global library gets me that DVD I will let you know.

I'ts interesting how strict the librarians are, they let me watch the 30 second vo-clip but wouldn't close their eyes and let me copy it, have to follow proper procedure and wait my turn

I do have a fair bit of b-roll of 1075 as they were quite active in the stands and the coach looked fairly hyper behind the drive team and for news.....thats what were looking for.....excitment.

Too bad I had to leave early to rush the video back to global and missed the real excitement towards the end of the GTR, next year....I will plan differently, and bring maybe a few TB of external HD's with me to record "everything".


mark

Mark,
that "active" Coach from 1075 is ME! and I'm dying to see the footage!! I'd be ever grateful if you could hook me up with anything you have! I was told the online news video had the 30 sec clip but it didn't.
I'm kind of shocked you are on the forums, are you FIRST Alum that happens to film for Global?

Thanks Mark!

I will do what I can with the RAW B-roll that I have once I get it into my computer and off the XDCAM discs, I am trying to find away to reduce the file sizes as well but my brain over heated and I haven't had time to do anything last couple of days except work.

As for the stuff online, each TV station is different, some put stories online and keep them there for awhile and some do not, it's hit and miss and it shouldn't be that way, how many people get home at 6pm to watch the news these days? Tv stations had better put their best product on the internet because that's were the viewers are and will be in the future.

I am not FIRST alumni, my FIRST time covering a FIRST event was Aim High and I remember it very well and since I do front line hard news (scanners- BC996t, police, fire, ems, etc) and severe weather 90 percent of the time I am wound up like a spring 95 percent of the time and believe me I had no clue what this event was, some robotics competition they were sending me to and I was trying to figure out an excuse not to go and eventually I went down to the Hershy centre and figured I'll go in there for five minutes and get out of there.

So I get there and I ended up entering via the upper levels so I am in the stands and it's like this massive rock concert with robots on the field and the music was good.

I shot some video, then went down to the field and then the pits and paused to send a message on my blackberry to the station saying "this thing at the hershey centre is really big, send another camera and a reporter!!!"

They made me wear safety glasses, I told them that I'm ok, I'm media and of course I ended up getting used to shooting with safety glasses on and and then I realized that I would look out of place if I wasn't wearing them.

About an hour into it walking around the pits I noticed there are hundred of people there frantically working on robots, tools flying, parts dropping to the ground and yet I still haven't heard one swear word, I really noticed that. ( Can't say the same for me when I'm working on something)

So to make a long story not quite as long, I went back the next day, shot more video for our weekend news on my own because I thought this aim high game was really fun to watch and and I wanted to get more goals on tape, then I started learning about FIRST and came across this site and became addicted and now it's been the most favorite event/shoot I look forward to each year. Now that weekend when I went back for the second day of Aim High I remember it well, I shot 6 hours of tape and I rushed back to Global and at 5:15pm I went to the producer's desk and told him I have all the FIRST robotics stuff for the six and I had this stack of tapes in my hand and he says ok thanks mark, I have it in for 1minute 45 seconds so just give me you're best stuff......and I was holding 6 hours of video and interview clips in my hand and it was 5:15.

I try and follow FRC quite closely although this year with the long hours I didn't have as much reading time as I would have liked.

I have received some some great technical advice on this site on computer related matters and really experiencing a regional and seeing what goes on gives you something to think about in terms of you're own skills and work ethic.

It's a really good event, good news story and worth doing and the music is really good at the regional and where else would you have robots, technology, sports, high school and college students and adults all in one building dancing to the chicken dance? They even played a stompin Tom song this time around


mark
that "active" Coach from 1075 is ME! and I'm dying to see the footage!! I'd be ever grateful if you could hook me up with anything you have! I was told the online news video had the 30 sec clip but it didn't.
I'm kind of shocked you are on the forums, are you FIRST Alum that happens to film for Global?

Thanks Mark![/quote]

[Vince lau]

Glad you liked your first FIRST experience and that you keep coming back. If only your station sent you down to Atlanta to cover the Canadian teams. Picture the Georgia dome filled with students, teachers, mentors, parents, 4 fields, and a huge pit that's like a 10 minute walk away.

[Malice]

To 1075, wow. The shift in the amount of spirit that you guys gave out to your team was pretty niice. You were all pretty quiet at Waterloo too! Look at you guys at GTR now. Also, that conducting man was a good idea! (: It's a shame that most of our spirit team were either sick or were tired at GTR.

To Mark Rozitis, thank you for offering the coverage of our team! It would be awesome if you could get that to everyone. I doubt that you will be able to send much through yousendit.com though (100mb max if I remembered correctly).

You mentioned something about FTP, so I'm assuming you can use it? If so, then how about I set up a directory for you so you can upload these videos for everyone? We have quite a lot of bandwidth and disc space and i'm pretty sure we have enough to share.

Thank you. (: