Pacific Northwest (Portland) Regional - PACNW

[tyguy2021]

Team 1839 will be returning, this is our second year in first and we are exited to return to portland.

[Zach Wydick]

Hey, team 1983 wil also be there. This is our first year in FIRST and none of us have any past experience in FIRST, but many have taken robotics classes. We are all extremely excited to be competing and have a coach who has a lot of previous experience in FIRST. Furthermore, I'd like to thank team 492 for hosting the kickoff last saturday; it was fun and i met some of the team members including the president. You all were very helpful and I hope to see you guys down in Portland.

-Zach Wydick
Aviation High School
Robotics Team 1983 President

[FunkyRatDemon]

Team 753 will be showing up again (and hopefully winning/placing high again)
This is our favorite regional because of the friendly atmosphere and great sportsmanship
Can't wait!

[Robo_Coyote]

Madera will be attending Portland for the first time. We finished 8th in the Archimedes division this year and plan on being really competitive again. Look for the blue hair.

[pakratt1991]

997 will be comming back to portland for another year of fun and friendship!!!

Portland is always a blast and it's so nice to see a bunch of new faces this year, and of course all the old returning ones!

[Michael Corsetto]

114 is definitely coming back to PNW this year. Check the list again and we're on it. I loved the laid back and friendly atmosphere of the regional last year and I can't wait for another great time up north. Also, lowest team number at the regional, for whatever thats worth

[Robo_Coyote]

Anyone who is going to Portland Please view this thread

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...light=portland

This thread is an effort to get info on all teams before the competition that way we all can get a better idea on what to expect from bots without wasting a day scouting there

[gobeavs]

Team 1425 will be there.

I'm excited.

[Guy Davidson]

Would anyone be willing to post rankings / strategy data after the regional is over? I'm particulary interested in how the teams that are heading over to SVR in two weeks are doing, but any info would be awesome.

Thanks,
-Guy

[Madison]

I don't have exhaustive data, but things are going well here in Portland. The field has been working wonderfully all day which is a welcomed change, in and of itself.

At the end of the day, team 948 is seeded first -- they're a nice, elevator-based lifting mechanism. 488 is fourth seed, currently, and we've got a 4 - 1 - 0 record. 1540, a mecanum drive tube scoring machine, is 2nd or 3rd, sharing that space with 2122.

I don't have a sense for how many penalties have been called except to say that my alliances have never been given one. Knowing the rules regarding when you can step up the controls, touch the ringers and such is important.

My biggest gripe is that the match lists SUCK. I make no exaggeration when I say that 488 competes against 492 during every. single. match. Other teams similarly compete against one team every time they're up. There're 54 teams at this event, so there's no reason why things could not have been mixed up a little bit more.

Tomorrow ought to be exciting. Congratulations to Eric Stokely, winner of the Regional Woodie Flowers Award.

[Guy Davidson]

There is another thread in here about the match list issue - apperantly the selection algorithm pitches teams with similar numbers against each other, without much shuffling.

Thanks for the data, and I can't wait to see you (and everyone else) at SVR.

-Guy