Iowa Regional 2016

[PowerfulKitty]

Next year there should be many more teams there that are actually from Iowa. DesMoines just passed a scale-up grant for FRC, which they are expecting to create at least 12 new teams, about doubling our numbers.

[Caleb Sykes]

4536 is excited to attend the inaugural Iowa Regional. This will be one of the most stacked regionals I have ever attended, it should be a lot of fun.

Our team would like to compare our scouting data against other teams' scouting data after the competition to verify its accuracy and see how other teams scout. If your team can export your scouting data to an excel or csv file, and would be willing to send it to us after the competition is over, please PM or email me. I would be happy to run the same analysis on your data if you are interested, which could give you some idea of how reliable your scouting data is. I will keep your data confidential. Let me know if you have any questions.

[CalTran]

Just a quick update for the week -
Liberty Robotics, 1764
I don't quite know how I missed your team in my original write up, seeing as you made your presence incredibly known at this and all the other Greater Kansas City Regionals. Your team is an inspiration to all of the teams in the Greater Kansas City area, and congratulations on your very first Regional Chairman's Award. (Though I was very surprised to find out it was only your first. I figured your team had won it before.)

Blue Twilight, 2220
Blue Twilight describes your weekend and then some. Your team did what most only dream about - you went to Central Illinois and came out with the trifecta! Woodie Flowers Finalist (Congratulations to Mr. John Peterson), Regional Winners, and (an early tip) to your winning of the Chairman's Award. Wow. There's a new top awards dog in town, and I encourage everyone and their families to mob this team and interrogate them as to how they pulled off such a feat.
Note: Please don't actually mob them or cause them any harm. It's just a saying people.

Priyanka Koratpallikar, Team ASAP 4646
Yet another Dean's List Finalist attending this regional. Congratulations on such an accomplishment, and as myself am a Dean's List semi-finalist, I can say that I am very familiar with the amount of work that you must have put into the program, and you should be incredibly proud of this accomplishment. Good luck to you as well in St. Louis.

Out of the 53 attending teams, 24 of them have already played in a regional, and of those 24 teams that have already played, 8 of them are bringing Wild Card slots with them, so it's a high probability that the captain of the Finalist alliance may be hitching a ride to St. Louis regardless of outcome. Basically the other half of this regional has never stepped on an official Stronghold field, and most of the are using this regional to gear up for the next Minnesota regional at either North Star or 10,000 Lakes. However, five teams attending this event have never stepped on an official FRC field ever, so let's show the rookies why FRC is the best $@#$@#$@#$@# sport on the planet.

I'm looking forward to keeping up with the regional via webcast (because college. Boo) and hope that everyone else is hyped up for the event. It's gonna be a wild ride, and 2410 can't wait to help reign in the inaugural event. Be on the look out for our silver hats that people have come to know and love, and know that you can ask anyone wearing one for help and we will be happy to oblige.

[SteveB2977]

This is a stacked regional.

Game Announcing is going to be a blast!

[Truelight]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Blue Twilight, 2220
Blue Twilight describes your weekend and then some. Your team did what most only dream about - you went to Central Illinois and came out with the trifecta! Woodie Flowers Finalist (Congratulations to Mr. John Peterson), Regional Winners, and (an early tip) to your winning of the Chairman's Award. Wow. There's a new top awards dog in town, and I encourage everyone and their families to mob this team and interrogate them as to how they pulled off such a feat.
Note: Please don't actually mob them or cause them any harm. It's just a saying people.

Thanks for the shout out! We'll be ready for the mobs!

[kolikolilo]

Originally Posted by audietron

Couldn't find a thread for the Iowa regional yet so I went ahead and made one.

This is going to be a great competition with several impressive teams!

On a side note does anyone know who is doing the livestreaming for the event?

The Daredevils will be streaming the event, the campus looks awesome and I can't wait to see everyone there!

[FRC3883FRC]

This will be 3883s first time out of the state for FRC. Robot number 6 should "hopefully" be ready after a few "tweeks" once we can unbag. Will this be the year that 3883 wins its first regional? Who knows. Besides taking First at the 1st MN state event, the finals match 3 of 3 is as far as our team has made it. A lot of great teams heading down to Iowa will be great to see how things play out! Cant wait to see everyone there!

[tobymc]

Want to come down for the day to see the Iowa Competition? I'm putting together a bus-load of people to come down for the day. Want to join us? Sign up here! I am asking a contribution toward the bus cost, but it's sliding scale, $1-$30.

• Iowa Regional Day Trip Signup

Toby McAdams
Team 2491 No Mythic
2491nomythic@gmail.com

[BOSS]

Was looking at the event site and it should be amazing. We also noticed a possible issue, with vision processing. We see that that the windows on the ends can shine light onto the field. With that being said our auto that we have been working on could have issues processing the light and reflection. See picture attached. We have been trying to process the images in our common area but still pick up sunlight once in awhile. So might need to put our team up there with banners, or pray for rain and clouds. We will spend some time tweaking honestly.

http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/eventcomplex/mcleod/about.shtml

[Caleb Sykes]

Supposedly a huge winter storm is coming through southern Minnesota/northern Iowa Wednesday and Thursday. I hope this doesn't delay too many teams.

[FRC3883FRC]

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by FRC3883FRC

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

Originally Posted by kolikolilo

The Daredevils will be streaming the event, the campus looks awesome and I can't wait to see everyone there!

I assume once they get set up, they'll submit a link to The Blue Alliance.

[Chief Hedgehog]

I will be spending much of my weekend keeping up on this event.

Good luck to teams 967, 1816, 2175, 2526, 4818, and the rest of the MN teams! (Yes, I know 967 is from IA and 4818 is from ND, but 4607 loves them as our own!)

And a HUGE good luck to 3026 Orange Crush (fellow Central Mn Robotics Hub mates) - give 'em hell!

[kolikolilo]

Originally Posted by FRC3883FRC

What site will the live stream be at if anyone knows? Also cant wait to finally get our robot out of the bag. I think our robot may have suffocated in the bag waiting this long.

http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/live...=iow_0323-2616

if you still need it

[RonAyyyyyyyy]

5172, 2512, & 1775 just scored 191 in a practice match