1126 and 1038 had already got on top of 1528 for their maximum score and that left us, 174 and 1507 free to score. Unfortunately all 3 teams went for the same spot and were fighting amongst themselves to score the last tube and basically used up all the time they had that no one had time to get the tube on.
Coolest-looking autonomous I’ve seen all year, and there weren’t even any keepers involved.
wow that was a great regional to say the least. i am so proud of my alliance and my team! as an alliance we fought hard, adapted our strategy accordingly(such as 1507, 191, and 174 getting 8 on bottom, and when our amazing ramp and defense bot 1528 lost both their transmissions for the semis and finals)and did as well as we could! i am pleased by the way our 3 teams interacted! and congrats to my team on our design award!!! our first mechanical design award!!
174 was chosen by 1507 twice this year. haha.
Congrats everyone on your accomplishements.
Following 9+ years of regional futility and 5 previous heart-wrenching experiences of coming up short in the finals, this thank you post is going to be extra special…
For Team 48, it was exciting enough to win our first regional event EVER in our 10 years of existence. To share in the experience with our good friends, the Girard Robocats of Team 379, who operate about 15 minutes down the road from us and had also never won a regional…well, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed a tear or two as the final score of Finals 2 was announced.
Now on to the thank you’s…
1126, 1038, 1528 - Even though you were a bit crippled by technical difficulties, you still put up a great effort. Your offensive skills displayed earlier in the elims were a thing to behold. Congrats on your Finalist achievement.
**Team 291 **- Thank you so much to #1 seed CIA for having enough faith in us to make Team 48 their #1 pick. You stuck with us despite some intermittent issues we had to fight throughout qualifying. I am so happy our robot could perform reliably for our alliance throughout the eliminations. Even as I was focused on our robot’s defensive efforts, every time I turned to look at our side of the field, there you were, reliably and quickly putting up the rows of ringers we needed to make our final 2 @ 12 count. You’ve got a great robot and a great team filled with even greater people. Congratulations on your #1 seed performance and 2nd regional victory!
Team 379 - You guys simply rock - your kids, your school and corporate mentors, everyone. What a great robot and a smart drive team - you guys seriously know how to play the role of offensive/defensive hybrid. Take it from a guy who loves “smart” team defense - you guys can flat out PLAY! Congratulations on winning your first ever Regional competition! This past year, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of getting to know you guys better via programming classes and participation in your summer robotics camps, and this behind the scenes look has opened my eyes to the inner workings of the wonderful program you run. It’s a great feeling watching all our area teams come together as a more cohesive unit, and I can sense we’re on the verge of creating something truly special within our community. With Congressman Tim Ryan’s help, I get the feeling FIRST is about to explode throughout the Mahoning Valley.
**John, Dave, and Trevor - 48’s Drive Team **- You guys just absolutely floor me with the great skill, teamwork, and communication you display when working with our alliance partners, and I continue to love the fact you play the “right” kind of defense - the gentle yet massively frustrating for the opposition kind! 
Johnny - quite a driving performance from you in your first two events ever - Finalist and Champion? Not too shabby, rookie. Keep it up!
**Team 48 Design and Build Teams - **It may not be the most polished or complex robot out there, but it gets the job done. Kudos to you for pursuing a KISS design and helping it take shape out on the field. Keep up the good work!
**Alliance Field Pit Crews - **Great work keeping those machines running throughout the elims! Special kudos to long-time mentor George Lazar and alumnus Scott Rose for working with the drive team and the people back in the pits to keep all our bases covered.
Team 48 Collegiate Mentors - Thanks to the 10+ Team 48 alumni and Collegiate mentors for supporting the team at the Buckeye Regional, and to the many others back at home who couldn’t make it out. As the number of Delphi mentors continues to grow smaller, our Collegiate Mentor Association has stepped up in a huge way, supporting almost every aspect of team operations. We owe a great deal of success to your efforts. Thank you all for your continued commitment, love, and support of Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
**Chris Neifer **- Chris has been Team 48’s drive team coach since the beginning. Ask people like Karthik, and they’ll tell you Chris is one of the best strategists in all of FIRST. He deserves a lot of the credit for guiding the team throughout the competition. Chris is close to retiring from the team to take on bigger responsibilities within his school district. I’m glad everything finally came together for us at Buckeye before he moves on.
**Team 2010 - The Lightning Bots - **Our “little brother” rookie team in Champion, OH, these guys have put together 2 very solid events in their rookie campaign, earning the Pittsburgh Rookie All-Star and the Highest Rookie Seed Award at Buckeye. Many of the mentors are veterans with experience from their days on Team 48, but the kids and school are rookies in the truest sense, and I’m very proud of all of them for enthusiasticly embracing the FIRST program and its goals. They are already positioned to share the lead with 48 and 379 as we work to expand FIRST in our community. They’ve also earned a trip to Atlanta, so everyone look out for them if they’re in your division.
**Team 1038 - **Dang you guys are nice. You’re just the friendliest and most helpful people you’d ever want to meet. Oh yeah, your robot kicks butt too! It’s been really fun spending so much time together at Pittsburgh and Buckeye - I’m sure you’re going to rock Atlanta’s world once you get down to the Championship.
**Team 276 - **The Chaney Mad Cows are a persistent, hard working bunch, and they’ve been a part of our community for quite some time now. I’m looking forward to having them as a partner as the already established local teams seek to bring FIRST to more area schools (we already have interest for another rookie team next year).
**Ken Patton and Team 65 - **Great robot and great team! It’s always a pleasure being at a regional with Ken - one of the best and most approachable mentors in FIRST. You guys gave us our greatest scare in the elims. You can definitely hang under duress. And don’t worry - your team’s secret is safe with me. I look forward to the day you let everyone in on it. 
**Team 66 - **Congrats on a well-earned Chairman’s Award victory!
Team 1714 - Congrats on your Engineering Inspiration Award! So good at such a young age. And you battery charging station absolutely pwns.
Team 839 - Bungee cords for the win.
**Buckeye Participants - **Thanks for showing the world (once Ed posts the videos ) that the Buckeye Regional ranks right up there with the best of them.
**Buckeye Volunteers - **Great venue + many great volunteers + outstanding referees and judges + awesome MC and announcer + a lot of hard work and preparation + AWESOME IFI SUPPORT + NO FIELD FAILURES = great time for all involved!
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That statement is sort of shocking considering how great your robot was this year, not to mention how great your team is overall…
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Buckeye was by teh best regional I’ve ever seen, I’m so glad I got to see it. The matches were intense and I loved every minute I could spend watching them.
Thank you to the volunteers! The announcer was great, and everything was ran right on time.
Congratulations to all award-winning teams, with special congrats to 2031, the Rookie Inspiration award winner. Keep at it, guys, and you’ll do great.
JH
That was gentle? Man, I would hate to see your aggressive defense…:yikes: 'Course, you come at the Fearless Thunderhawks too hard, we’ll just flip ya! Congrats again, Travis - the pics will be in the mail in the next few days…
Following 9+ years of regional futility and 5 previous heart-wrenching experiences of coming up short in the finals, this thank you post is going to be extra special…
For Team 48, it was exciting enough to win our first regional event EVER in our 10 years of existence. To share in the experience with our good friends, the Girard Robocats of Team 379, who operate about 15 minutes down the road from us and had also never won a regional…well, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed a tear or two as the final score of Finals 2 was announced.
Congratulations Team 48 - Team 191 had a very similar experience back in 2005 winning our very first Regional in 13 years. We’ve always been one of the top competitors but just never been able to capitalize. We were ecstatic to win the Inaugural Finger Lakes Regional in our home town.
So definitely bask in the success - it’s alot tougher these days.
Yes, a big congratulations is in order to 48 and 379 for their first ever regional wins. With the strong robots that the two teams build (48 comes to mind especially), it has really been a long time coming. On a somewhat related note, 125 also had their first ever regional victory this weekend in Boston (this is their 10th year in competition).
Don’t you guys have a national championship?
Yes. I never said we didn’t win on that stage, I said that 125 had never won a regional.
As does 48.
“Gentle” being a relative term. Can a team be “gently aggressive”? I’d like to think so. Taking someone for a nice leisurely unintentional stroll across the field, pushing them on the corners to spin them around, or slowing down significantly before contacting other robots is far gentler than backing up 2+ robot lengths away and plowing full speed into the side of someone…repeatedly. Sadly, I see the latter style employed far too often.
This works for offense too - teams can certainly be “gently aggressive” as they wiggle and fight their way into scoring position against defensive pressure.
I’m pretty certain 48 won the 1999 Championship @ Disney by sitting back and watching 176 and 1 work their magic in every single elimination round match. I believe our coach Chris Neifer lent his strategizing skills to the effort, but that was about it. This is based upon one veteran account. This was two years before I joined the team, so I have to rely upon witness accounts of the elimination matches for my information. If anyone else can recall the specific details of those elims, feel free to PM me. I’d like to learn more about this portion of our team’s history, especially from other teams’ perspectives.
They were playing nice there. Just look back at some of the defense 1038 pulled in 2004 if you want an example of not-so-nice defense.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… Screeeeeeech, let’s stop this truck before it gains too much speed.
- If you are holding a grudge against your team for something that purportedly happened years ago, I invite you to PM the team and communicate with them privately.
- 1038 competed with the utmost of class and skill at both regionals we’ve attended. Both as partners and as opponents, they’ve been absolutely wonderful to work with.
*]Please don’t use this thread (or any thread) as a place to mention specific teams committing specific examples of “not-so-nice” defense. We know they still unfortunately occur from time to time, but this is not the place to single teams out. Please handle each indiviual matter discreetly and directly with the parties involved. I’ve been known to let my emotions get the better of me at times at events, and I sometimes deeply regret saying things in public that are better left for more private conversations…
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming…
can someone plz explain what koko ed meant by 63 being pulled from the competition? They got a yellow card during the seeding matches, but other than that i didnt see anything else that happened to them. BTW, whats up witht he yellow cards at buckeye, i didnt see any yellows before then, and then there was 2 almost right after each other.
I know one involved a human player reaching through the tube chute in frustration to remove a stuck ringer from their arm (team number intentionally suppressed). The refs handled that well, I thought.
Team 63 played was scheduled to play with us (1714) in our last match on Friday (1714). We knew they had a yellow card from the field (for aggressive play I believe?), but when we went to strategize with them, they told us they had received a second yellow card after two random inspections and had been booted from the competition. There seemed to be a lot of confusion in and around their pit. Their robot was a double lifter robot that stayed folded up. If something got bent and was out of place for a few matches in the starting configuration, thats one thing. I didn’t see too many places that robot could be bent though. They had passed inspection and I’m not sure what the random inspections were being used to check.
After they told us they were out, we prepared for a 2v3 match. When we were out on the field queuing, they came out with 2 matches to go and said they were being allowed to play, but weren’t entirely sure what was going on. They played with us and played excellent defense to get us a win.
The next morning they played with my other team, 1675, and everything seemed to be well.
Thats all I know of the situation, and its just from an outsider’s brief point of view…so I have no idea if any of that is accurate.
Kev