Also this is Chuckās First win ever! is so excited
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 āhomeā to Chuck.
Team 181, I hope you enjoyed the rest of your evening in the city, and āThe City of Brotherly Loveā was welcoming to you throughout the rest of your stay. Best wishes to you, and hope you will make it to Nationals.
We are ā¦ 84!
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 didnāt 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. Iāll 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 (Iām 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 1712ā¦
DAWGMA! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
Good job Dawgma. This team is simply amazing.
does anyone know if soap was taping the regional and if so when will it be up?
I saw the 578 VCR in place 
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.
Awoof! Awoof! Awoof!
300 inspired team chant
Lets hear it for Chuck, Daisy, and Birds of Prey!
Good job guys:D
Hope to see everyone in Atlanta.
Thanks!
It was a great experience to share with your team and every other team there.
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?
Team 1647 thanks all the teams at the Philadelphia Regional for making it the best regional FIRST has to offer. Weād 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!
Yes, the Regional was great, but, then, it being my first FIRST, Iām not qualified to judge. The bots were amazing, with 103 and Daisy being incredibly fast.
Um, Kyle, small point, itās Team 2053 TigerTronics, my group, not ā2253ā, 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 wasnāt 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 Daisyās designers and pit crew. She lost her claw at one point, and it got remounted pronto.
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 ā181, 81, 81ā 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, 222ā¦):
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.
All of 341 is incredibly grateful to 84 and 181 for being PERFECT alliance partners. Iāve 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 Iāve 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 teamās own mechanical pit crew. They took the arm from āfallen offā to āfully functionalā in about 5 minutes. I definitely didnāt think that that was possible.
I have to say that our driver can drive everything and anything. It is his second year driving and his abilities are amazing.
team 357 did record the matches with soap ā¦ donāt know when it will be up but will be up soon. i will post when its up
I loved the energy everyone had there though, despite the fact that it was a bit lacking near the end of the 3rd day. The socials between teams off-field were also really fun. I do enjoy dancing with people from other teams (no offense Dawgma).
More importantly, there were some really intense matches, and everyone was getting into it.
That was one of the most fun things I have ever been to, and for that, I would like to thank the 43 other teams for such a great regional competition.
A little late, but a huge thanks to 1712 for making us the third pick and 484 for joining our alliance. We played hard and had a great time! Congrats to 1712 for their success in qualifying rounds.
Biggest congrats to 84, 341, and 181 you guys were a great alliance! 84 you had some some amazing defense on the often forgotten ramp bots. I know first match of th quarter finals you slowed us down enough that we couldnāt get home in time to deploy or climb our alliances ramp. 341 and 181 you guys had it together scoring.
Also a congrats to one of the rookies of FIRST. I donāt know if anyone watched the progression of 2223, but they got better with every match. Not bad for not having a robot ready to compete when they arrived! This team didnāt have any type of manipulator, but they could play some good defense.
Also thank you to all the volunteers for making this happen.
For all you teams that didnāt get enough come join us at the 10th annual Pennsylvania Robot Challenge (PARC X). Weāre looking to make it the best ever and having as many Philly teams as possible would be a really great start! Good luck to all the rest of the season!
Does anyone have video of alliance selections?