2007 Philly Regional

Competition Regional Competitions
#141

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that put on this awesome event. The volunteers were gracious, the judges and referees were great, and the teams were simply amazing. This was the last event of my student FIRST career, and it was a great way to go out. Thanks to 1647 and 357 for being a powerful and energetic alliance. Congratulations to the champions, especially 181 for their first ever win and for representing Connecticut well. 399, your California spirit was intense, thanks for coming out to share it with us. 365, congrats on the well-deserved Chairman’s award, and you and your alliance were a very strong foe in the quarter-finals. Rookies, whether you were a ramp, defense, or whatever, you three teams performed impressively and I’m sure you all have bright futures in FIRST.

Once again thanks to everyone and I hope to return to the Philadelphia regional with whatever team I mentor in college.

#142

It was great meeting you guys as well. It’s fantastic to see that the team I helped start is still doing well several years later.

I’d like to thank all of my fellow volunteers, all the wonderful teams, and the fantastic FIRST and Drexel staff members that make this regional work. The Philly regional is like a giant FIRST family reunion, catching up with old friends and making great new friends. Thanks to everyone who makes this regional the warm, friendly family atmosphere that has people coming back for more each year :slight_smile:

#143

Yes Mrs. Vanderpool, thank you to ALL of the teams that we shared this experience with. Also, Congrats to everybody else!

#144

Also this is Chuck’s First win ever! is so excited

#145

As Mrs. Vanderpool has been the only reply on behalf of our team thus far, I wanted to take the time to post.

First of all, as many long running FIRST teams have experienced over the years the inability to just make that last step to bring home the gold. After 11 years of dedicated teachers, mentors, and engineers the work has paid off and Chuck finally made that last step of bringing home the gold. Personally, I can not past my undying respect far enough to the hard work of these individuals and the amount of inspiration they have given to me throughout these years. Congratulations to all of team 84, near and far, on a long awaited achievement.

To all of those original teams out there, whom may still be waiting to make that final step. Keep striving - encourage your sponsors that their generosity is what assists in your achievements.

On a personal note, yesterday was amazing beyond many levels. Multiple years of student achievement and alumni were represented by 84. I find no words for those individuals, who were the originals, and this many years later, still come “home” to Chuck.

Team 181, I hope you enjoyed the rest of your evening in the city, and “The City of Brotherly Love” was welcoming to you throughout the rest of your stay. Best wishes to you, and hope you will make it to Nationals.

We are … 84!

#146

All I can say from the last 3 days is WOW! This year was simply amazing for Dawgma, as we finished friday seeded first and seeded fourth at the end of qualifying matches. I want to thank the team 222, the tigertrons, and team 484, the vikings, for being our alliance partners. Though we didn’t make it out of the quarter-finals, we all still played some really tough matches. Thank you so much!

And thank you to team 272, the Cyber-Crucaders, for their Best Robot award on friday. I’ll have to admit I was a little surprised when your team suddenly surrounded our merry little band, but when you started reading off the award, it was simply amazing (I’m the one who accepted the sword by the way). From coming last year with a barely drivable bot to being recognized by others for our stregth was just exhilarating. We had inspectors, volunteers, and judges commenting to many of our members on our overall effectiveness on the field. I want to say thank you to everyone who gave us praise!

Now I have just one question for the members of 1712…

DAWGMA! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

#147

Good job Dawgma. This team is simply amazing.

#148

does anyone know if soap was taping the regional and if so when will it be up?

#149

I saw the 578 VCR in place :smiley:

#150

Our team taped it, I have 8 tapes laying around and I will get them on our site and soap as soon as I possibly can. We recorded the ceremonies, the matches and finally the awards.

Count on something being up in 2 weeks.

#151

Awoof! Awoof! Awoof!

300 inspired team chant

#152

Lets hear it for Chuck, Daisy, and Birds of Prey!
Good job guys:D
Hope to see everyone in Atlanta.

#153

Thanks!

It was a great experience to share with your team and every other team there.

#154

Our team taped it, I have 8 tapes laying around and I will get them on our site and soap as soon as I possibly can. We recorded the ceremonies, the matches and finally the awards.

Count on something being up in 2 weeks

How about alliance selections?

#155

Team 1647 thanks all the teams at the Philadelphia Regional for making it the best regional FIRST has to offer. We’d especially like to thank teams 357 and 571 for being a part of our awesome alliance!

Good luck to everyone who is going to the Championship event!

#156

Yes, the Regional was great, but, then, it being my first FIRST, I’m not qualified to judge. The bots were amazing, with 103 and Daisy being incredibly fast.

Um, Kyle, small point, it’s Team 2053 TigerTronics, my group, not “2253”, that won the Rookie All Star and Rookie Highest Seed. (Only clarifying so people can look us up if they want.) Your congrats are welcome, and I extend mine to everyone. And wasn’t that Chuck84 just amazing? And the driver was smart, too, particularly that deliberate choice to incur the 30 point penalty to stop opponents from mounting their ramp.

Our driver took on both Daisy and 103 in elimination rounds, and we got an appreciation for how slippery they can be!

I also gotta say I have only admiration for Daisy’s designers and pit crew. She lost her claw at one point, and it got remounted pronto.

#157

I just wanted to say how wonderful it was to work with Chuck 84 and the Birds of Prey 181. We worked so well together. We are all relatively low numbered teams that had never won a regional before. That made the victory extra sweet.

To Chuck 84:
We have a long history of offseason victories working with Team 84, going all the way back to 2002. We always worked so well together at PARC, DUEL, Summer Frenzy and Ramp Riot. It was great to finally work together at the big show. Thank you for having the confidence to choose us.

To BOP 181:
We fell in love with your team at Chesapeake 2006 and have been chanting “181, 81, 81” ever since. You have a great machine and you know how to use it.

To our friends Competing in Philly (103, 272, 357, 1712, 433, 365, 316, 563, 222…):
Thank you for all of the support that you have given our team over the years. Everything from offering advice, to providing parts, and helping with Ramp Riot has made us the team we have become. We never forget that.

Hope everyone has a great time in Atlanta and a successful offseason.

#158

All of 341 is incredibly grateful to 84 and 181 for being PERFECT alliance partners. I’ve never before seen as well rounded an alliance as this one - 181 and 341 put up tubes around the rack while 84 played probably the BEST defense I’ve ever seen played. At times, Chuck was 1-on-2 against the opponent and they STILL prevented the tubes from going up! Daisy and the Birds of Prey had a blast putting up the ringers while the opponent was bottled up in his/her own home zone.

Great work everyone!

Also, much thanks to our team’s own mechanical pit crew. They took the arm from “fallen off” to “fully functional” in about 5 minutes. I definitely didn’t think that that was possible.

#159

I have to say that our driver can drive everything and anything. It is his second year driving and his abilities are amazing.

#160

team 357 did record the matches with soap … don’t know when it will be up but will be up soon. i will post when its up