2008 Chesapeake Regional

[4throck]

Everyone always seems to forget that their are two major colleges in Annapolis. Sure, no one at St. John's is an engineer per se, but we are still (I humbly submit) one of the most important colleges in the U.S. Message me if you want a tour or description of our 309 year old institution. Our campus is a beautiful place to chill whenever you have a chance. We destroy the USNA at basically everything.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by 4throck

Everyone always seems to forget that their are two major colleges in Annapolis. Sure, no one at St. John's is an engineer per se, but we are still (I humbly submit) one of the most important colleges in the U.S. Message me if you want a tour or description of our 309 year old institution. Our campus is a beautiful place to chill whenever you have a chance. We destroy the USNA at basically everything.

Everything being reading the most books by a bunch of dead white men, and maybe croquet?

Anyway, I'm sad I'm not going to miss the Chesapeake Regional for the first year ever, especially with missing the aloha spirit of my birth place.

Wetzel

[11Mort11]

cant wait to go
we're going to win just wait and see

[ks_mumupsi]

you've got some competition from NJ coming strong and hard after solid finishes here...

Seems like Chesapeake will be a lot of fun.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by 11Mort11

cant wait to go
we're going to win just wait and see

You said it
I'm so psyched for Chesapeake after seeing what our robot can truly do.

NJ finalists baby

[waialua359]

Yes.
we will see you there! Tell Ernie, we have a special "aloha" gift just for him....

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

You can take the bots out of Freestate. But u can't take Freestate out of the robots! Congrats to 449, 836, 1748, and especially 1980 at NJ!

[MOE]

Hellooooo from the NE
Hay Steve and Team 836, great job in NJ well done. We at Team 88 TJ2 are keeping track of you we could work well together Hope you had a great time in NJ we loved the NJ Reg. back in the day when it was the J+J Reg. We will see ya in MD in a few weeks oh yeah ???? OH YEAH !!!!
Team 88 TJ2 and MOE

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by MOE

Hellooooo from the NE
Hay Steve and Team 836, great job in NJ well done. We at Team 88 TJ2 are keeping track of you we could work well together Hope you had a great time in NJ we loved the NJ Reg. back in the day when it was the J+J Reg. We will see ya in MD in a few weeks oh yeah ???? OH YEAH !!!!
Team 88 TJ2 and MOE

We can't wait to see you and all our "rowdy" friends in Annapolis for the Chesapeake Regional.

In honor of the regional, I wrote a little song ... with apologies to Hank!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FIRST!!!

Well it's Friday morning and we're ready to rock!
Time to get all the hurdles, the laps and the blocks.
It's the Chesapeake regional that's comin' your way.
The Robobees TJ2, Mort, Hawaiian Kids and the GaCo are ready to play.
We gotta get ready, we gotta go live,
Cause the Chesapeake regional kicks off, so let’s drive!

So get ready. I mean, get ready.
Are you ready for some FIRST?! An Overdrive party!

We've got Dean and Woodie and Dave.
They've gotten it all kick started.
Jenny, George and the crew's all set. The crowd is psyched.
Cause all our rowdy friends are back in Annapolis tonight!

See you all in a couple of weeks!

Best regards,

Steve

[Billfred]

While continuing our post-Chesapeake organization fest, we came across a box which had a presently-legal battery inside. The battery doesn't have any markings (and ours do, on top of all of ours being accounted for). I'm not sure when/how we (and by "we", I probably mean "I") can get it back to you, but is anyone short a battery?

[acdcfan259]

i gotta say being in first for all that time was amazing. especially since this was my first year. We did really bad at Manchester, so i got to see one end of the spectrum. But once you do really good, everyone starts sucking up and coming over "How are you?" I'm not complaining i'm just saying. Overall it was fun. Could of done without the dissapointment, but oh well. Always next year (bet the seniors wish they could say that ).

[George A.]

I just want to say thanks to team 1418 for having faith in us and picking us, and then to 2016 for molding themselves to our strategy perfectly. Taking down the 1, 5, and 3 seeded alliances in 2 matches each is not an easy task.

In my 8 years in FIRST, I think this might be one of the best examples of an "alliance" I've seen yet. The way that the 3 robots complimented each other was something truly awe inspiring.

Good luck in the rest of your competitions.

[Freddy Schurr]

The 2008 Chesapeake Regional once again exceeded my expectations. From a volunteer stance, the competition, other volunteers and teams were amazing and everyone knew what they were doing which made it overall great competition to attend.

Congrats to 11, 1418 and 2016 for winning. I like how 1418 was collecting trackballs and leaving them around for 11 to pick up to do back to back hurdles. That was an excellent strategy on behalf of this alliance.

Also major congratulations to 768 for winning Chairman’s Award. This is a well deserve honor for this incredible team

On a side note, I want to mention that I am very proud of my team; 204, Eastern Robotic Vikings. It was a great competition for the team and being rank from 14th on Friday afternoon and then after all the qualification matches, being rank 20th, it was an amazing feeling to see the team succeed.

[CommanderRachek]

I would like to offer a combination of thanks and congratulations to 11 and 2016 on behalf of the current members of 1418. (They'd do it themselves, I'm sure, but I don't believe any of them has an account here, which is probably wise, all things considered...) You both had excellent robots and drivers, and I personally chalk it up to our own dumb luck that you weren't picked before we could get to you.

After the tournament, as we were all hanging around our pit trying to convince ourselves we weren't dreaming, someone from 11 came up and said "Thanks so much for listening to us and playing along with our strategy." Team 11, you are quite welcome. Having been on the drive team last year, I know exactly how frustrating it is to get blown off by alliance-mates, and I guess I managed to get that across to this year's team (my constant grousing about two or three specific incidents probably had something to do with that). There were a fair number of good robots out there, but the fact that you guys were good team players, I am certain, was the key to our alliance's success.

So, now on behalf of myself, many congratulations to teams 11, 2016, and of course to my own beloved 1418: you done good.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by CommanderRachek

"Thanks so much for listening to us and playing along with our strategy." Team 11, you are quite welcome. Having been on the drive team last year, I know exactly how frustrating it is to get blown off by alliance-mates, and I guess I managed to get that across to this year's team (my constant grousing about two or three specific incidents probably had something to do with that). There were a fair number of good robots out there, but the fact that you guys were good team players, I am certain, was the key to our alliance's success.

So, now on behalf of myself, many congratulations to teams 11, 2016, and of course to my own beloved 1418: you done good.

hehehe, that was me. I really wanted to tell 1418 how much I loved them on and off the field. Awesome people+awesome robots=a winning and fully complimenting alliance.

I really hope you guys are going to the Championships (whatever happens about that). If you need ANY help with anything, please, never hesitate to ask.