2009 Webcasts and Online Resources

FIRST General Forum
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It’s almost time for the 2009 competition season. Are you aware of all the great online resources teams and community members have assembled? Here’s a brief guide to how to stay up to date before, during, and after Regionals!

Scout

  - [CD-Media](http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/) - Find photos of teams' robots.
  - [The Blue Alliance](http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/) - Watch teams' previous events and find links to content about them elsewhere online.
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=(http://www.youtube.com) - Search "frc###". Many teams uploaded videos to YouTube this year.

Watch Webcasts

  - [FIRST Wiki - Webcast List](http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/2009_Webcasts) - Links to webcast pages for 2009 regionals.

  - [SOAP - GameDay](http://gameday.soap108.com/) - Webcast streams, chat rooms, and real time match results during regionals.
  - [NASA FRC Webcasts](http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/2009_frcwebcasts.php#webcasts) - Links to webcasts from NASA.

Get Match Results

  - [The Blue Alliance](http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/?year=2009) - Real time match results.

  - [Regional Twitter Accounts](http://www.robokong2493.com/twitter_accounts.html) - Follow a specific regional on Twitter to get match results and commentary.
  - [USFIRST.org Match Results](https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?event_type=FRC) - The official source for match results.

Watch Recorded Videos

  - [SOAP](http://soap108.com/) - Directories full of recorded match videos organized by event.

  - [The Blue Alliance](http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/?year=2009) - Recorded videos and match results organized by event or by team.
  - [FIRST Wiki - Video Archiving](http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/2009_Archiving) - Find out if your regional will be recorded, or how to record one.

Get Fast Info

  - [FRC Links](http://frclinks.frclinks.com/) - URL shortcuts to get straight to the information you want. TBA pages for teams, USFIRST results for events, CD-Media photos, and more.

  - [The Blue Alliance Mobile](http://www.thebluealliance.net/m/) - Keep up to date from your phone.

Reposted from the post 2009 Webcasts and Online Resources on The Blue Alliance blog.

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Great list Greg!

Here are two more

FIRST Chat Scouting - Add and view info, pictures and videos about every team’s robot.
Pre-Season Video Database - Pre-season videos compiled in one place.

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Thanks for this excellent, organized list. With week one regionals rapidly approaching, it is great to be aware of all these resources. I can’t wait to see how Lunacy will play out!

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+1 for FIRST Chat Scouting. Developed by our very own Quentin Sheets.

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