2012 Oklahoma Regional

Competition Regional Competitions
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Team 2410 is semi-excited to compete in Oklahoma. We’re quite nervous, seeing as how much of a fiasco Greater Kansas City was for us, competition wise. Learning we advanced a huge bit and took down notes on everything. [TEASER] If you see us in Oklahoma and remember us from Greater Kansas City, there’s some drastic changes coming with us…and I bet if you find my other recent posts you can follow just what we’re up to. [/TEASER]

Post up your comments or concerns or just general thrill for OKC to be approaching. If you need help, now or at the regional, be sure to search out Team 2410, and any other veterans coming.

Team list:
31 Prime Movers
Jenks, OK USA

476 Wildcats
Ponca City, OK  USA

932 Circuit Chargers
Tulsa, OK  USA

1209 Robo Hornets
Tulsa, OK USA

1540 Flaming Chickens
Portland, OR  USA

1561 ROBODUCKS
Oklahoma City, OK  USA

1742 Shockwave
Norman, OK  USA

1750 ThunderStorm Robotics
Stillwater, OK  USA

1806 S.W.A.T.
SMITHVILLE, MO  USA

1939 The Kuh-nig-its
Kansas City, MO  USA

2004 Thunderducks
Tulsa, OK  USA

2165 Trailblazers
Bartlesville, OK  USA

2333 Sapulpa Chieftain Robotics
Sapulpa, OK  USA

2341 Sprockets
Shawnee, OK  USA

2343 Technohorns
Inola, OK  USA

2345 K.A.R.S.
Kearney, MO  USA

2352 Metal Mayhem
Ada, OK  USA

2354 Wheeliebots
Duncan, OK  USA

2359 RoboLobos
Edmond, OK  USA

2369 Maximus Roboticus
Stillwater, OK  USA

2372 Robo-Hooters
Elgin, OK  USA

2373 The Crickets
Fort Cobb, OK  USA

2382 Colbert Gears Of Radiation
Colbert, OK  USA

2388 Robot Pirates
Sperry, OK  USA

2389 Oklahoma STORM
Drumright, OK  USA

2395 OKC 4-H Robotics - Ninja Monkees
Oklahoma City, OK  USA

2398 A.I.'s
Tahlequah, OK  USA

**2410 Metal Mustang Robotics
Overland Park, KS  USA**

2424 Robot Mafia
Bixby, OK  USA

2435 Soldiers of Technology
Lawton, OK  USA

2461 METAL-SKINS
OKC, OK  USA

2723 Atomic Shock
Oklahoma City, OK  USA

2765 4-H STARs
Norman, OK  USA

2773 IRONDOGZ
Edmond, OK  USA

2795 GOTTAGO
Broken Arrow, OK  USA

2986 Mortal ComBot
Oklahoma City, OK  USA

3144 KRYPTO-KNIGHTS
2801 N.W. 27TH, OK  USA

3152 KTC-Monsters
Idabel, OK  USA

3160 FROG: FIRST Robotics Organization of Grove
Grove, OK  USA

3163 S.W.A.T.
Henryetta, OK  USA

3169 Saints
Edmond, OK  USA

3179 The A.N.T.
Adair, OK  USA

3247 Robopack
Shawnee, OK  USA

3457 MacBotics
Lawton, OK  USA

3463 Red Neck Robotics
Salina, OK  USA

3465 Omega Factor
Mustang, OK  USA

3498 Jankopotamus
Edmond, OK  USA

3507 Ubotics
Tulsa, OK  USA

3528 Up Next!
Kansas City, MO  USA

3593 INVICTUS
Tulsa, OK  USA

3660 Lightsabers
Oklahoma city, OK  USA

3931 Cockadoodle Dominators
Chickasha, OK  USA

3937 Breakaway
Searcy, AR  USA

4005 Tigers
Fort Gibson, OK  USA

4349 Vikings Robotics
Oklahoma City, OK  USA

Looks like we have a variety of teams coming, both old and new, veteran and rookie.

Anyways, wishing teams competing there good luck!

P.S.
Anybody know if there’s going to be a full sized practice field? I know some teams banded together at Greater Kansas City (And I, along with other teams, are tremendously within your debt for providing such a top facility for testing)

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1540 can’t wait! It’ll be a whole new experience for us and we’re looking forward to it!

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S.W.A.T. is totally amped up for this one, and with any luck, we won’t be needing 2410 (and 3764) to push us onto our wheels this time. (Though I vastly prefer that to ending up helpless the whole match. Thanks again for endangering your robot to help ours.)

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It most certainly was not a problem for us. We’ve been in that tipped over helpless position before and it’s really not fun to have to walk out to the field at the end and right everything/check on everything working. It’s always a good feeling to see a tipped robot working seconds later. If you need us, we’ll be sure to help you rebound. FIRST pun in this thread! (And now there’s two.)

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Luckily for us, “Mike Wazowski” (The green eyeball guy from Monsters Inc.), as we’re nicknaming our robot, already has a bit of a track record of taking hits, flips, and general game-related impact well. All our damage has been cosmetic issues (a paint scratch and a bent electronics cover) that don’t really cause issues with anything. Every time we do something that we think should’ve killed it, it just comes back ready to rumble (Making it three puns just for good measure).

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does anyone know if there is going to be a stream of the Oklahoma regional

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There usually is a stream.

Our robot, the Black Knight, appropriately ended Kansas City armless. It’s just a flesh wound. We’re looking forward to improved performance in Oklahoma.

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The Saints can’t wait! We have a ramp and part of a bump we can bring for a practice field if they’re needed. We’re also from near OKC, so we’re more than happy to help if rookie teams have any problems or questions about the area. And if someone finds somewhere it is going to be streamed,if they would post the link here I would be eternally in your debt. I’ll post one if I find one too.

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Look forward to seeing everyone. Competition is always a blast.

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With competition a week away, how is everyone coming along? Any thoughts, comments, or concerns?
Team 2410 is returning to Oklahoma, and hoping to sweep the field as we did back in 2010 and regain our footing as competitive veterans after our major loss in Greater Kansas City.
But as well, we are hoping to help out the teams attending OKC in any way that we can. With a little over half of the field being teams who’re above 3000, we’d like them to know that we are always willing and available to help your robot improve, even if that means we’re giving you the necessary tools to take us out in the finals.

There’s just one week left until we see each other. Let’s hope this week passes fast; competition is great, and the GP is higher here than any other competition.

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The live stream will be at www.botsnlinux.net/okcregional

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We are attending Oklahoma this weekend, but haven’t received very many team updates. Does anyone have information on where to go for Load-In and parking?

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Regional information was sent to us today via e-mail. If you have not received that information, let me know and I can forward it to you.

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I got ahold of the coordinator today and got the information. Thanks.

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I’m super excited to be going back to the Oklahoma regional this year! I no longer live in the area, but it just happens to be my spring break.
As mentioned before, I’ll be webcasting and archiving video at www.botsnlinux.net/okcregional. My optimistic plan this year is to get all of the archived video up on YouTube by the end of Friday and Saturday night, for any teams that want to scout matches Friday or re-live the finals.

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Hey, it’s Cal back. For all the teams wondering, here’s a break down of the teams coming to Oklahoma this season:

31 Prime Movers
Jenks, OK USA

476 Wildcats
Ponca City, OK USA

932 Circuit Chargers (Colorado, Regional Chairman’s Award, Ranked 33)
Tulsa, OK USA

1209 Robo Hornets
Tulsa, OK USA
**
1540 Flaming Chickens (Autodesk Oregon, Quarters, Imagery Award, Woodie Flowers Award, FIRST Dean’s List, Ranked 28)
Portland, OR USA**

1561 ROBODUCKS
Oklahoma City, OK USA

1742 Shockwave
Norman, OK USA

1750 ThunderStorm Robotics
Stillwater, OK USA
**
1806 S.W.A.T. (Greater Kansas City, Quarters, Ranked 15)
SMITHVILLE, MO USA**

**1939 The Kuh-nig-its (Greater Kansas City, Ranked 20)
Kansas City, MO USA

2004 Thunderducks (Greater Kansas City, Ranked 36)
Tulsa, OK USA**

2165 Trailblazers
Bartlesville, OK USA

2333 Sapulpa Chieftain Robotics
Sapulpa, OK USA

2341 Sprockets (Colorado, Quarters, Industrial Safety Award, Quality Award, Ranked 14)
Shawnee, OK USA

2343 Technohorns
Inola, OK USA
**
2345 K.A.R.S. (Greater Kansas City, Ranked 40)
Kearney, MO USA**

2352 Metal Mayhem (Colorado, Quarters, Ranked 11)
Ada, OK USA

2354 Wheeliebots
Duncan, OK USA

2359 RoboLobos
Edmond, OK USA

2369 Maximus Roboticus
Stillwater, OK USA

2372 Robo-Hooters
Elgin, OK USA

2373 The Crickets
Fort Cobb, OK USA

2382 Colbert Gears Of Radiation
Colbert, OK USA

2388 Robot Pirates
Sperry, OK USA

2389 Oklahoma STORM
Drumright, OK USA

2395 OKC 4-H Robotics - Ninja Monkees (Greater Kansas City, Ranked 53)
Oklahoma City, OK USA

2398 A.I.'s
Tahlequah, OK USA

2410 Metal Mustang Robotics (Greater Kansas City, Ranked 60)
Overland Park, KS USA

2424 Robot Mafia
Bixby, OK USA

2435 Soldiers of Technology
Lawton, OK USA

2461 METAL-SKINS (Alamo, Ranked 32)
OKC, OK USA

2723 Atomic Shock
Oklahoma City, OK USA

2765 4-H STARs
Norman, OK USA

2773 IRONDOGZ
Edmond, OK USA

2795 GOTTAGO
Broken Arrow, OK USA

2986 Mortal ComBot
Oklahoma City, OK USA

3144 KRYPTO-KNIGHTS
2801 N.W. 27TH, OK USA

3152 KTC-Monsters
Idabel, OK USA

3160 FROG: FIRST Robotics Organization of Grove
Grove, OK USA

3163 S.W.A.T.
Henryetta, OK USA

3169 Saints
Edmond, OK USA

3179 The A.N.T.
Adair, OK USA

3247 Robopack
Shawnee, OK USA

3457 MacBotics
Lawton, OK USA

3463 Red Neck Robotics
Salina, OK USA

3465 Omega Factor
Mustang, OK USA

3498 Jankopotamus
Edmond, OK USA

**3507 Ubotics (Greater Kansas City, Quarters, Ranked 22)
Tulsa, OK USA

3528 Up Next! (Greater Kansas City, Semis, Engineering Excellence, Ranked 2)
Kansas City, MO USA
**
3593 INVICTUS
Tulsa, OK USA

3660 Lightsabers
Oklahoma city, OK USA
**
3931 Cockadoodle Dominators (Greater Kansas City, Rookie All Star, Ranked 38)
Chickasha, OK USA**
**
3937 Breakaway (Bayou, Quarters, Highest Rookie Seed, Rookie All Star, Ranked 5)
Searcy, AR USA**

4005 Tigers
Fort Gibson, OK USA

4349 Vikings Robotics
Oklahoma City, OK USA

55 Teams are attending; 16 teams are going to their second regional, 39 teams will be playing for the first time.
Of those 16, nearly half of them (seven) have made it to Eliminations. Six of those seven made it to Quarter Finals, the seventh (3528) got out in the GKC Semi Finals.
Congratulations to the following:
Team 932, Circuit Chargers on their Regional Chairman’s Award at Colorado.
Team 1540 for their Woodie Flowers Award Finalist and Dean’s List at Autodesk Oregon.
Teams 3931 and 3937 on their Rookie All Star awards at Greater Kansas City and Bayou, respectively

Those awards recognized above are just a fraction of the total awards won by the teams who are attending and you should take the time on when you’re down there to talk to all the teams about their FIRST experiences.

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I’m super excited for Oklahoma! The team list is looking to be pretty amazing, and the competition is going to be pretty darned competitive.

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Liking the scouting. I noticed a few teams that competed at Colorado. If you have any questions, I am very familiar with all of those robots from CO regional. HMU on facebook/text.

Rock on 2410!

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Just a note to eveyone in attendance, Team 2410 will be teaming up with team 2004 the Thuderducks to host “Build OKC” a food drive to benefit the local community in Oklahoma City. For those of you who attended the Greater Kansas City Regional this year, you may remember the Build KC announcements in the pits, and off of the twitter feed. Due to the great results, we decided to do it again in OKC. Please help spread the word and let your sister teams that may be in attendance know.

Can’t wait to see everyone there!

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Please tell everyone on your teams to be sure and “like” the OKC Regional Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-FIRST/181911881829155and follow them on Twitter – www.twitter.com/#!OklahomaFIRST

There will be a lot of pictures and posts being made. In KC, they had some pretty funny tweets being sent out!