2006 Davis Sacramento Regional

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

That was the best Regional that I'd ever attended in my life, and the last FIRST Robotics Competition in my high school career. Thank you to Team 701 and Team 753 for this amazing experience!

That definitely was the best regional we have experienced yet - not only the fact we were really competitive for a change, but also I enjoyed meeting the variety of teams from all over. It didn't all go smoothly of course, Team 753 slammed us pretty good against the ramp in a qualifying match which shattered one of our omni-wheels. Good thing we had them in our alliance in the tournament! Thanks to Saratoga High, 649, for not just one spare omni, but two of them!! You guys rock!! And your Holonomic drive was fun to watch!! Note to teams.. AM plastic omni wheels + metal ramp = only good for one competition!!

My heart goes out to team David Tyco and his rookie team 1974. I do wish they come back again under better circumstances and wish David a speedy recovery. Team 34, 1726, and 100 really helped them out so they could get their robot running around on the field. They did eventually win one match and were able to score 9 points in a match. Thank you again to all those who attended the regional and we sure hope to have you back in the future. For those who missed some of the final matches, I'm starting to post some of them on our website along with Grant's (Mythbusters - Team 841) pep talk.

[MrForbes]

thanks for putting up those videos! If you want to fill in the blanks on which teams were in the matches, look here for the match info.

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

Thanks for the photos of all teams- It really helped out my team's scouting efforts on Saturday morning! ^_^

I'm glad someone got some use out of them! Apparently you folks did...you had a very strong alliance, the final matches were awesome, congratulations

[KrazyRoadster]

Does anyone know where to find videos of this regional? My team and I wanted to watch them to see some of the great robots we may have missed.

[Salik Syed]

alot of match videos are available here:

http://www.vandenrobotics.org

of course they all have us in them but there are other robots too

[MIsanthropist]

Is there a wya to order a video of the comp from the people who shoot the video of the competition. I dont know what company it is, if it is FIRST or not, would produce a video if they do or not i would like to know where to get a copy for my parents. any info would be awesome. Again this was by far my Favorite of the 2 regionals i attended it was a lot more competitive and a lot more fun thanks to all you guys and gals it was the time of my life.
Thanks From Dane a member of 753.

[MrForbes]

look at Doug G's post above, there's a link to the 701 website which has videos of several matches.

My web page has a photo collection of all the robots...no video yet though.

[MrForbes]

there is some webcast video from the match archived on the NASA site here

http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/sacr_2006.php

I'm working on getting a few video clips I shot up on my web page.

These videos take a broadband conection to download...if you don't have a fast connection to the internet, maybe someone on your team who does can download them and put them on a CD or DVD for you to enjoy?

[MrForbes]

here's another video of the final match, it is extra lousy quality and contains some irrational exuberance.

[MIsanthropist]

Awesome i appreciate the help i only have 56K so that poses a problem but i'll email a buddy to see if he can download them and put them on a cd for me like you said. Again way to go on winning you guys kicked some tail so congrats, i hope to see you at nationals.

[yodameister]

Originally Posted by MIsanthropist

Awesome i appreciate the help i only have 56K so that poses a problem but i'll email a buddy to see if he can download them and put them on a cd for me like you said. Again way to go on winning you guys kicked some tail so congrats, i hope to see you at nationals.

Thank you. You bet that you'll see us at nationals Entrance is paid for and we almost have enough $$$ for the rest. See you there.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by MIsanthropist

i'll email a buddy to see if he can download them and put them on a cd for me like you said.

If you can't find someone near you to do it, PM me and I'll mail you a CD....

[Doug G]

I have the matches we're in on our website at

www.vandenrobotics.org

click on the "film" icon in the top right corner.