2006 West Michigan Regional

[Justin_302]

Defently pumped for the West Michigan Regional. Alot of good teams are going to be attending.

[Mark Pierce]

I come up with:

• 5 Regional winners: the list above left off our partners from Boilermaker - 1272
• Lots of opportunities for surprises: 13 untested machines and 5 rookie teams
• 25 Award Winners: 10 of them design awards (including 33's two Delphi Awards)

I think it will be a lot of fun. Don't forget that Team 85 is one of the closest teams to the event. Our shop is around 12 miles away. Don't hesitate to ask any of us for information about the area or for exotic spare parts. Of course, any of the local teams (74, 85, 107, 141, 288, 518, 858, 904, 1227, 1500, 1654) and our great regional volunteers will also be happy to help.

[xzvrw2]

im pumped and i wont even be there haha!

[dave662006]

Oh and don't forget team 66's chairmans award ......

just wondering who is the 13 untested machines ?? could u list them please i was just wondering abotu that

[Jherbie53]

Grand Rapids hotels are good, but you might want to look at some of the Holland hotels next year. As for the web-cast, NASA or FIRST should really consider adding West Michigan to there line-up. We always have a great competition. Again if you need any help or some ideas for what to do during the weekend, all of the Holland area teams should be glad to help.

[Sakura141]

*nods* I'm sure anyone from the many local teams would be way more than willing to help out. I wouldn't hesitate to help those who need the help. I shall only be there Saturday though (family related stuff in the way), so if you want to talk to me, I'll be there on Saturday wandering the pits and collecting buttons...

[Jim Schaddelee]

Team 107 can bring our small cnc mill along if some needs parts on site or have
access to a machine shop 10 or so miles away.

jim

[Pat234]

Team 234 is looking forward to attending this regional. It should be amazing to see all the great midwest competition in one regional.

[Mark Pierce]

Originally Posted by dave662006

just wondering who is the 13 untested machines ??

Oops, I found 12 teams, not 13 with only one event listed.
288, 518, 1227, 1256, 1327, 1447, 1500, 1674, 1677, 1783, 1918, 1940
It looks to me like all teams with two events are not going to nationals.

While I think this is right, the data analysis I did to get it could have produced errors.

[Nate Smith]

I'll be making an appearance with the whole family tomorrow(Saturday)...

[Sakura141]

*anxious* They can post the scores for the matches anytime they want now... pwease can you do that for all the anxiously waiting people who are still at their homes?

[Jherbie53]

I'm not completely sure, but I think the top three are 808, 85 , and 70. Thats how it stands right now.

One thing that kinda made my day, was that team 67, which I think is a good team, needed help with there transmission. I don't know how they got to us for help, but they came and got me from the stands because I'm the "expert" on the transmission for our team. I'm not, I just put it to gather last year and this year. Anyhoo, I was glad to help, but I'm surprised that they needed help. They are one of the better teams to me. Good luck to all of the team tomorrow.

[Sakura141]

sounds interesting... ^_^ hehe, I'm so up for tomorrow, I can't wait.

I fell asleep, only to find out it was Firefox being stupid and not showing the updates to the standings and stuff.

[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by Nate Smith

I'll be making an appearance with the whole family tomorrow(Saturday)...

'BOUT TIME!

Get that kid started early!

-Mike

[Josh Hambright]

So far this has turning out to be a great competition. A good mix of good defensive low goal scoring robots and Offensive High goal scoring robots.

The highlight of the day for me was probably the awarding of the Woodie Flowers Award to Steve Yasick, probably one of the most moving moments I have ever witnessed in FIRST.

The competition should be heating up even more tomorrow, should be interesting to see how the alliances pan out.