Lol “Oink Oink Boom!” was hilarious! Awesome job everyone, Plano West Robotics will surely be there to hang out with you guys next year =). Best of luck to all the teams going to Nationals, you guys definitely deserve it! OVerall the competition was an amazing experience. I <3 robotics.
I believe one of my team members has some of the finals on video. Let me ask him and I’ll get back to ya. 
Everybody we met at LSR was great. Judges, teams, everybody. We had a great time, too.
Oh, man, that final was a cardiac. I was so impressed by the winning alliance and how they hustled and muscled out a win. Great strat. Great teamwork. Great driving. You guys so totally rule.
vic
I just wish we had a cheer as kewl as ‘oink oink boom’…
I don’t think that there is a cheer as cool as Oink oink boom. If it’s any consolation, you guys had the coolest hats, or were at least in the top 3.
Heh thanks, its pretty cool. We are short on funds also, and are running the risk of not raising them in time. We are doing what we can tho so hopefully we can both make it.
Kris Verdeyen rocked the house people!
I know you made Team 118 proud.
Come back next year!
Also CRyptonite had the coolest hair salon going, spiking it.
It was a regional of total class acts: rookies, veterans, volunteers,inspectors,refs, judges, Reliant staff - everyone -
I’m looking forward to Nationals for sure - but I’m also looking forward to Lone Star Regionals '07 -
Jane
It really was an excellent regional. The championship match was beautiful to watch! It was the best mix of well designed robots and awesome strategy! I’m wondering if Kris could have kept going after that? He used it all up that last match! Didn’t I see one of the judges dumping water on him? 
Our robot had a constant string of little problems that kept us out of the running so I ended up spending too much time in the pits and not enough time doing fun stuff. I did, however, get hit by shrapnel from an exploding backup battery in the pit next to ours. That was sort of interesting!
To all the team that came, it was a great competition and we look forward to seeing you here again next year!
Indeed, it was a great experience. As part of a rookie team, we were very pleased with how well we did, even though we were a little disappointed when we dropped from 6th to 16th in rankings after losing our last match by one point…lol. ohh well, it was still an awesome time, and the intensity of the finals was more than enough to make up for it, well, that and finally being able to not worry about if the robot is functioning… :yikes:
congrats to all the teams that made it. i’d like to say thanks to 118 for graciously helping so many other teams, and also to 1902 for being an inspiration, as well as bringing us all a few good laughs. that being said, i’m off to bed… i’m still sleep deprived… :eek:
~Tim~
The LSR were amazing. Our entire team had a blast and we’re glad we were able to finally bring home 1st. Thanks to 231 and 1421 for being the best alliance partners we could ask for.
I think we got video of the finals but we had to switch out batteries in the middle of the final match so theres about 10 seconds missing. I’ll try to see what I can go about getting that footage.
1902, I wish I could be part of your team…it’s absolutely amazing and I hope y’all can get the funding to make it to Nationals. Our team knows how that goes…try calling up news stations and getting them to do a little blurb on the team and ask for donations. That is how we were able to make it to Nationals our first year.
Cyber Wolfs, can’t wait to see y’all at Nationals…it’s going to be great having y’all there by our side!
And CRyptonite, thanks for letting me borrow your battery box for our Chairman’s Award presentation. I managed to be about 6 inches taller and the judges loved it.
Everyone at LSR, y’all were awesome and made it such a great 3 days…I’d do anything to go back right now! Can’t wait to see those teams that are going to Nationals!
I’ve been thinking…
LSR is one of (if not THE) largest regionals, correct? It is also the regional with the most rookie teams. From what one of the judges told me, there’s talk of making it into a super-regional next year.
Tell me then, why on EARTH is there no off-season event for LSR teams? I think all of the Houston-area teams need to get together and try to organize an off-season event for the coming year. There are enough teams around with enough money to do it. I’m certain there would be support for it too. Has this ever been talked about before? I intend on bringing it up at my team’s meeting tomorrow, to see what they think. I’d like to know what teams would be interested in trying to get this together, and maybe we can get something going.
There used to be off-season events a few years back. I think the issue was that they were getting too expensive, and we started having difficulty finding a place to hold all the teams that wanted to attend. Also, this was back when you could relatively cheaply build a fully functional field for your team.
I think an off season event would be great. But you have to remember the Lone Star Region is big. not just Texas(which is huge) but Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, plus we have teams from Brazil, Ecuador, and even Britain now. To have all those teams make a journey might be difficult with work school and money. But maybe there are still enough teams around Houston or that would travel to get things going. Great idea tough!
This is a suggestion:
Look under Chief Delphi forums: Off Season Events & then First Related Organizations - sub-forums and read what some of those groups have done/are doing. It might be something to consider talking about. You could start a thread there and see what kind of interest is generated from the teams in the locations that you mention.
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Jane
How could a rookie team, even one with such obviously talented mentors and students as team 1902, Exploding Bacon, have landed the first seed in the 2006 Lone Star Regional? Why, through the use of superior strategy, of course. Just look at this gem:
Now that’s what I call a plan!
By the way, it was great getting to meet all you guys at the regional - of course, you do realize that you have to make the trip again next year, don’t you?
I loved the dry erase board that 1902 had. It took me back to football, except 1902’s strategies actually WORKED. 
i would be dissappointed if we didn’t see 1902 back at lone star year after year.
Just thought i would share my photo gallery from Houston…
Enjoy!
Yeah, I should probably have mentioned the place from which I stole the above picture. Thanks, Andrew!
Hah! Thanks from the 1902 strategy guy (and former football player and coach).
Kris: My white-board looks like that after every strategy meeting. That picture was taken because this meeting happened to take place near our pit area. Some team members saw the board and really wanted a picture of it. ::shrug::
Thanks so much to all the teams and volunteers at LSR. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: if I had to summarize the Lone Star Regional in a word, it would be “hospitality.”
LSR will have my vote if 1902 decides to go to a second regional next year.
I could tell that either you had some coaching experience, or had been doing FIRST strategy for a LONG time. Excellent job though, it was good to see people really play on the strategy portion of FIRST.