2016 Ventura Regional

[Rachel Lim]

With Ventura just 2 days away I thought I'd start this thread. 42 teams are registered, and the team list is below. Good luck to everyone!

4	Team 4 ELEMENT
207	METALCRAFTERS
330	The Beach Bots
580	Viking Robotics
599	Robodox
691	Project 691
696	Circuit Breakers
702	Bagel Bytes
973	Greybots
980	ThunderBots
1160	Titanium
1266	The Devil Duckies
1388	Eagle Robotics
1515	MorTorq
1538	The Holy Cows
1572	Hammer Heads
1868	Space Cookies
2339	Robolopes
2404	TNT
2429	La Canada Engneerng Cub
2659	RoboWarriors
3027	Seraphim Systems
3120	RoboKnights
3309	Friarbots
3328	NohoRobo
3512	Spartatroniks
3863	Pantherbotics
3925	Circuit of Life
3993	Humanoids
4486	Blue Prints
4501	Humans
4711	The Flying Aces
4964	LA Streetbots
5452	Aurora Robot
5522	Stargazer
5678	Knightrise
5765	ToroBots
5802	Los STEMateros
5818	Riviera Robotics
5839	NANJING JIAN NING HIGH SCHOOL
5849	Qingdao Laoshan Yucai School
6060	Desert Developers

[dominickbrown]

Out of all these teams, there are five rookies, four teams from China, and 38 teams from the golden state.

[M217]

Holy Cow!

[rsisk]

Heading out in a few hours for tonight's load in. Looking forward to a great regional

[rich635]

What time are match schedules coming out?

[Rachel Lim]

Originally Posted by rich635

What time are match schedules coming out?

I've heard it's coming out tomorrow morning.

[rsisk]

37 of 42 teams were fully inspected by 8PM last night.

Of the 5 remaining I expect 3 to finish quickly this morning and the other two done before matches start.

We ran practice matches with an open schedule yesterday, teams could get back in line as often as they want. First time to the field required a programmed radio, every time after that, they had to be fully inspected. Seemed to work well with lots of practice time for the fully inspected teams.

Got a great field crew running the event with Mark McLeod as FTA, Cameron on scoring, Mark S. as field supervisor and Karen Mahoney, head ref.

The competitive level of some of the teams here look awesome! Going to be some great battles at the castle walls with the Holy Cows deadly shooter, 973's versatile monster, and 330's killer drive team.

Looking forward to the next couple of days

[SenorZ]

Watched a practice match yesterday. 5 of the 6 teams were at Los Angeles two weeks ago. I saw some high goal shooting and climbing that I DIDN'T see at LA! Should be a highly competitive regional.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

Watched a practice match yesterday. 5 of the 6 teams were at Los Angeles two weeks ago. I saw some high goal shooting and climbing that I DIDN'T see at LA! Should be a highly competitive regional.

There has definitely been a high level of play by some of the teams. Tower captures during practice rounds. Hanging during practice rounds.

33 of the 42 teams have already competed once.

[sanddrag]

This is a high-energy event with a lot of great people and even greater camaraderie. If you've ever thought about attending this event, stop thinking and do it. This is the week 4 place to be. Definitely looking forward to tomorrow's action!

[Boltman]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

This is a high-energy event with a lot of great people and even greater camaraderie. If you've ever thought about attending this event, stop thinking and do it. This is the week 4 place to be. Definitely looking forward to tomorrow's action!

Concur Ventura and Central Valley are similar and super fun CA regionals.... some of the best teams and everyone is great... glad we tried both although Ventura is several hours closer. Ventura just started last year. Like OC will next week.

[SpaceOsc]

Were there wildcards given out at this regionals?

[alectronic]

Originally Posted by SpaceOsc

Were there wildcards given out at this regionals?

Doesn't look like it:

http://frc-events.usfirst.org/2016/CAVE/awards

[Rachel Lim]

Now that I've caught up on some sleep I thought I should finish writing this:

Thanks to all the volunteers at the event. We really enjoyed our time at Ventura, and it was a great experience for everyone on our team. Each year I've been on 1868 we've attended a different first regional, and I'm really glad to add Ventura to that list. The teams, venue, and weather were all great (it was so much warmer there...) It was also nice to experience a smaller regional where we could play in more matches, even though it meant we were always busy!

Thanks to 5839 for picking us and for 1572 for joining our alliance. It was awesome playing with you guys in quals, and I'm really happy we were able to alliance together in playoffs. 5839, congratulations on your Rookie All Star award and good luck at champs! If you need any help there (with batteries or anything else) please let me know.

Congratulations to 330, 973, and 3925 on a well deserved win. I was surprised when I was going through the team list and realized none of you had already qualified for champs, but I'm glad you now are, and good luck there.

[Jeremy Germita]

Myself and a few of my students drove down to cheer on our friends and twin robot on 2339.
Seemed like a very well run event at a great venue with a great roster of teams! Ventura is definitely on our list for 2017 events.

Congrats to 330, 973, and 3925 on the dominating win, as well as 1868, 980, and 5839 on their awards! Can't wait to see you all at champs.