2007 Philly Regional

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#21

8 teams are attending both NJ and Philly: (assuming my unix grep pipes were correct)
< 103
< 341
< 381
< 486
< 708
< 816
< 834
< 1391
So they ceritanly attract many of the same teams. 8 out of the 44 teams at Philly that 18% (I may be doing a little advance scouting while at NJ)

Philly is certianly unique. In the era of the Superregional it has the smallest venue and basically fills up immediatly (first choices). Most teams are veterans (very much so), many of which call this their home regional and attended every year. It has a great Team Social ( it was the best when it was at the Franklin Institue). Theres is alsoThe Lawn. How many other venues can you out the doors in the back of the pit onto a large green and play Ultimate Frisbee with other teams?

Then of course there is the noise and the crowds. Kind of a general admission concert feel. Spirited teams + crowded stands + Music + proximity to pits+ acoustics = Loud Fun. The debcibel level at Philly (MOE stix era) may have prompted the loud noismaker ban. It may have quieted a bit since teams no longer have sticks or drums, but the excitement is still there.

Philly has the good feeling of a small venue, kind of like Old College Ave Gym.

#22

I would agree that Philadelphia is one of the best regionals in FIRST.

( it was the best when it was at the Franklin Institue)

One Word: Agree

#23

How many other venues can you out the doors in the back of the pit onto a large green and play Ultimate Frisbee with other teams?

    Or play hacky sack. For those of us who would rather do that =)
#24

This just in. Dan-o will be visiting the Philly regional on Friday and Saturday to cheer on the green guys. You might get lucky enough to see the lime green suit jacket.

As for the best regional… I’m definitely partial. I don’t know many west coast teams, but for the east coast, Philly is a who’s who of stand out teams.

#25

Your friendly neighborhood regional manager’s assistant will be there, as usual. Even though, I graduated from Drexel last June, and will have to run to class in Center City on Friday morning and afternoon (I’m a PhD student at Thomas Jefferson now, in neuroscience).

Look for the brown haired girl with a headset running around like crazy, but apparently looking like she knows what she’s doing (according to Kressley at least :wink: )

#26

This is one of my favorite events to go to aswell. It seems like it is one of the fairest regionals I’ve been to (with respect to the level of teams)

#27

Philly = Greatest Regional Ever. (my personal opinion):smiley:

So many great teams are there, 103, 365, 341, 357 are just a few that come to mind.

1712 and I will be there. So please stop by the pit and say hi, I’d love to meet everyone.

-Chuck

P.S. Beware: Deuce is coming.

#28

Yeah. If anyone wants to hang out with some people from 816 and play frisbee or hacky sack just let us know. We are always down for having a good time.

#29

422 is going to be there for (as far as I know) our first time. We are all really looking forward to it. And just to warn you guys, we have a history of “meh” and “eek” at VCU :rolleyes: , but we also have a history of being pretty sweet at our second regional :cool:

Oh, and we’ll be bringing our squad of juggling madmen! Myself and Cuog leading the fun. :smiley:

#30

Hey
Just throwin it out there to all the philly teams but I had an idea…
What do you think about making a collective scouting spreadsheet.
I’ve started one on google documents and I’m gradually filling in info from team sites and all. Just one big sheet w/ info about all the philly teams…stuff like their scoring ability, how many they can mount, etc. I already have team 204 in on it, Freddy Schurr said he’s willing to help out. It’s mainly meant to help out the rookie teams and cut down on scouting time done at Drexel. If you guys, and the Firebirds, want ta contribute send me an e-mail address thru CD or I started a thread called “Philadelphia Regional RoboStats” you can post it on there.
So anyways tell me whatcha think and help out.

Tanx

#31

i cant wait until philly! we never really do that great, because it’s after NJ, and the NJ finals and whatnot are like a bloodbath!! so our robot is just recovering and seems to have a few recouperation issues…heh. but i think this year, based on performance at the NJ regional, we have a good shot. i was looking at the team list, and it really is a great bunch of teams this year, as usual! i hope to see you all there!!!

#32

Philly is intense indeed team 272 is coming to “rock the house” and if u don’t already know…please where shorts its hot in there and be ready for a smaller pit area than ur used to

#33

Yeahhh it does get pretty hot in there. But if you need to get out of the pits all you gotta do is like 50 feet to the doors leading outside. So that is always a plus.

#34

For the FIRST time since 2000, team 578 will be attending the Philidelphia regional! Can’t wait to see everyone!

#35

Team 84 will be in attendance just like last year!:smiley:

#36

Hey. Team 381 welcome to the east coast regionals… hope u and ur team enjoys yall self there and have fun while competing against some really good robots. Good luck and see u there…

#37

it does get too loud, and too hot

but who really cares

theres too much fun to have in philly to worry about technicalities like 90-100 degree playing fields

#38

I agree that it gets hot, but what do you expect when you cram ~500 people into a rather small gym/arena. It really gets hot in the drivers station, with the lights and stuff.

For the past 2 years our pit has been like 10 feet from the back doors, so we got fresh air blown in constantly.

#39

I know I can’t wait!!! I am so excited. The team list looks great as usual!!! It will be sooo much fun!!! I can’t wait!!! :slight_smile:

#40

Yes it does look like a very good line-up. I want to see how Moe does this year.