Congratulations to the winning alliance, I thought blue could take it but red managed to out-play them…
The fact that it was this close shows how important ramps are… (and if 1114 hadn’t gotten keepers on in all those matches the outcome might have been different).
Yeah… these finals will probably be a good point for people arguing about the importance of keepers.
Yes it should be up now. We are just waiting to get started
Thanks for the webcast, Steve; I have really enjoyed it and I’ll bet many others have, too.
Yes, 1114 is very fast. What’s in thier drivetrain?
I agree with Richard–probably the best finals I’ve seen (and I’ve watched a lot). The finals had everything–keepers, spoilers, ramps, defense, defenisive ringer placement. I think this was the way Rack N’ Roll was meant to be played, at least it had all of the elements for a good matchup. I think this is what we’ll be seeing even more next week, alliances that can do it all as the best strategies become apparent. I hope Waterloo is archived soon so I can show all of my teammates how great eliminations were.
wow, my team (1902) went to waterloo??? Hmm I wonder how we did.:yikes: All jokes aside that was a good final. congrats to the winning teams 1114 2056 and 771
the rookie sensation robot looked like a mini of yours!
And 1369.
I just got all the footage from Steve of the archived webcast. I am going to try and put up the elimination matches first. The footage I have now is only from the webcast, which will be low quality, but in the next few weeks we will post the footage from a DVD recorder. So no complaining about the quality 
do you guys have the stories that the MC’s were saying before the matches started, and the judges match???, i also want to hear the reaction when the scores came up for QF 2-4… i was at office depot then, (life sux when u don’t have a car.)
Congrats to 1114-2056-771 for winning the match and giving us some great daytime drama, forget all my children, what about all those Niagara FIRST teams lol (lame joke)
I would like to take this opportunity to honestly and completely commend *every *single team that competed in the 2007 Waterloo regional this past weekend, as well as to thank all of the volunteers, organizing committee and anyone else that helped to make this regional possible. This may have been the most well-organized, exciting, capable and exciting regional in recent memory. Not since 2003 when I was a mere rookie member, not really understanding the backstory behind FIRST have I felt a vibe throughout myself, my own team and the entire building. Karthik and Paul made an amazing duo that kept the energy and atmosphere all the way throughout the weekend and when they switched to two MC’s you could feel the intensity level jump all the higher.
On behalf of 188, thanks to our alliance partners 1592 and 1334 for the opportunity to work with both of you. I truly believe that had we been functioning optimally and executing properly, we could have taken it all the way; but in the true spirit of FIRST, I am sure that every team felt the same way all weekend, a testament to the level of competition at this year’s event.
Congratulations to all the award winners, a brand new WFA holder Derek Bessette and all teams who made it out for this fantastic event!
I have to say I was especially impressed with the venue this year. The past two years there was talk of rearranging the setup, and I am glad they went forward with it. The extra seats definitely drew more spectators, as you might have noticed, and the practice area in the pit was a great addition.
Thanks to everyone who made it all possible - way to up the ante :).
Wow… what a weekend… That was simply an amazing regional, everything from the atmosphere to the level of play on the field was top notch. There was a great group of teams there, who all showed that Canadian teams are some of the best in FIRST. As Karthik announced to the crowd the offensive qualifying matches on Friday made Waterloo the highest scoring regional to date, and with GTR next weekend expect nothing less.
Congratulations to 1114, 2056 (amazing rookie!), 771 (first ever win) on winning the regional, and 1305 Congrats on winning the Chairmans Award! It was great to see 1114 pick an (amazing) rookie team 2056 and 771, a great group of girls who deserved to win, for their alliance. Thanks too 1241 and 2076 (great ramp!) for making a great alliance. If we could have fixed our manipulator we would have had a very good chance on those two last matches. 2076 your ramps were great, you were the reason we made the semi-finals.
For my team Waterloo was an up an down battle, on Thursday we installed a new (roller style) manipulator which we had been designing an building since BAE where we saw our original design was not effective. After BAE we knew that we could play defense, but we wanted to be the offensive team like we were last year. In our first practice match (that we showed up to), we scored 6 ringers a large leap from the 0 we scored at BAE. When our robot was working we showed that we could be one of the top robots in the competition, but the problem is we ran a nasty streak of bad luck. It seemed like every qualification match we played there was an electrical or mechanical problem that held us back. We are working hard and GTR will be a different story.
Thanks again to all the familiar volunteers who make this an amazing competition and all the teams that made it a fun weekend; 1114, 1503, 771, 2056, 188, ect. see you next weekend!
I must say that the 2007 Waterloo Regional was one of the best regionals I have ever been to. The venue was excellent, the matches were exciting, the team social was fun, and Karthik and Paul made one heck of a good emcee/announcer team. Kudos to Ian Mackenzie and the rest of the planning committee and to the volunteers for pulling it off so smoothly.
Congrats to 1114, 2056 and 771 on the regional win and various awards!
A couple of teams I’d like to mention: 854 - congratulations on your ‘Innovation in Control’ award; your robot was a really effective tube scorer and was mesmerizing to watch. 610 - I was really impressed with your robot and with your robotics program in general; congrats on your ‘Driving Tomorrow’s Technology’ award and I’m sure we’ll be seeing great things from you at GTR.
I also have to mention again my dissatisfaction with the FIRST/4FX match scheduling algorithm - looking at who the top performers were at the Waterloo Regional, it is pretty clear that dividing up teams by number does not achieve the desired balancing effect, while decreasing the number of possible unique matchups, resulting in far too many matches played with or against the same teams. I may be mistaken, but I believe that there were one or two teams in the top ten that scored fewer ringers during the course of the competition than 1503’s human player. I sincerely hope that FIRST is working to continuously improve the algorithm from week to week.
wow what an amazing regional, high scoring, amazing plays, great defense.
Congratulations to the winning alliance 1114,2056,771
1114 - another great robot, amazing auto. mode and scoring and super fast. I’m glad that I finally got to see your robot in action. I was pretty close on guessing how it worked when you posted the picture a few weeks ago.
2056 - Even at the your off-season debut at Wonderland you guys already showed that you will be a team to look out for. Congratulations on your rookie robot, and all the awards that you have won so far.
771 - Amazing job girls, I’ve been following your robot every year,since your rookie year and each year your robot gets better and better. You girls deserve this win and good luck at Atlanta, hopefully I’ll be able to go and watch.
854 - I love your drive system, you guys like circled around your opponents.
610 - Amazing gripper design and great scorer
2076 - nice simple ramp bot for a rookie team
wow… how fun was that!? This was an awesome weekend everyone! Congrats 1114 771 2056 on the win! Unfournatly for us, we hit a lot of bumps in the road, which were all fixed come day two, but it was too little too late I suppose. Only one part of our arm works, and our drive train kept popping its chain. It’s all fixed now, so hopefully we manage to get into GTR and we will be back to being “the fearsome scorer” that we were annouced as. I can only hope and pray that we can get into the GTR this weekend, because no matter how ready we seem to be, we always hit problems, and no matter how prepared I am, the regionals still are absolutly amazing!!! congrats again everyone! what an amazing regional!
What an amazing weekend!!! This event was just a blast. The intimate arena and amazing teams helped create an electric atmosphere. I always do a poor with these threads, and I apologize in advance if I miss anyone. In no particular order, I’d like to thank…
Team 2056 - Since 2003, it seems like there’s one Canadian rookie who just blows everyone out of the water. This year it was Patriotics. This team should be example every rookie team follows. They chose a simple design, and finished their robot in 4 weeks. They used their final two weeks on programming and practice, and boy did it show. Special thanks to Tyler Holtzman for the fabulous job he did with this team.
Team 771 - Congratulations on you first regional win. Our teams have developed a strong friendship over the past two years, especially with our honorary Simbots, Kate and Michelle. We really wanted to work with you in 2006, and we’re glad we could in 2007. Keep playing that hard nosed defense.
Team 1305 - After three engineering inspiration awards in the past two years, it’s about time that you were recognized with the Chairman’s Award. Your team is a role model within the Canadian community, and judges description of your team blew me away. Not to mention, you came to play with another amazing drivetrain.
Team 1503 - After playing with you for three events last year, it’s weird playing against you so often this year. Your robot keeps improving, and I know you’re going to be a force in Toronto and Atlanta.
Team 2166 - Your robot came so far this weekend. I’m glad we were able to help you out with your various issues. For those haven’t seen this team, they have a very easy to climb double ramp, and a powerful drivetrain.
Team 1592 - I was shocked when I saw a team from Florida appear on the Waterloo team list. I hope you enjoyed your time up north, I know the entire event was enriched by your presence. You brought us a taste of some really intense Florida spirit.
Team 610 - You guys have a robot that is on the verge of hitting the elite level. Hopefully we’ll get another match schedule where we play with each other three times.
Paul Copioli - Thanks for coming up from Detroit to our event. It was a total blast working with you, and I hope we can do it again sometime.
This was the third year of the Waterloo Regional, and each year it keeps getting better. This is a direct result of the amazing volunteers that put this event together. People like Ian Mackenzie, Rob Gorbet and Maud Gorbet put their heart and soul into this event, and it shows.
Team 1114 is very proud to support this event, and can’t wait to return next year.
It appears that some thanks are in order.
Ian Mackenzie & the regional planning committee: that was the most amazing regional I’ve ever been to. The new layout was awesome, and there was an amazing vibe through the entire regional. Thank you as well for thinking of me to give the speech at closing ceremonies – it was an amazing experience.
Thanks to Karthik and Mr. Copioli for an amazing emceeing/announcing job. Mr. Copioli, you need to put away the Michigan flag and start cheering for a decent college football team. 42-39.
1114 – It was incredible working with you guys – the whole atmosphere was so friendly. The help you gave us with our robot, the strategies that you came up with, you are truly amongst the elite teams in FIRST, with your robot, your strategy, and your gracious professionalism. You made us feel very welcome as a part of that alliance. The whole experience hasn’t really sunk in yet.
2056 - Your robot is amazing, and I’d be shocked if you guys don’t go really really far. For those of you who didn’t realize, qf1.1, 1114’s gripper was bent. 2056 scored 7 ringers on their own. This rookie is capable of amazing things.
It was truly an honour to be picked by the two best teams at the competition. The scoring that you guys were able to put up, and 1114’s ramp - you could have won it without us, no problem.
1006, 854 and 1305 - Thank you for a very hard fought finals.
188 - Your robot was amazing, and the way you went out was incredibly painful. We really feel for you guys – hopefully GTR will be a lot better for you. Congrats on the awards.
Jess Breadner, best human player ever.
I’ve always loved this regional, and this year it got stepped up a notch. There were so many offensive bots, it was really cool to see the rack almost get filled so many times. Hope to see most of you at GTR!
maybe you guys should take a visit down here next year for the super regional, it would be a blast to have a Canadian FIRST team competing alongside us Florida Teams. I mean imagine the likes of 1114, 1503, 233, 79, and 180 in the same building, only nationals would be a better event