2017 New York Tech Valley Regional

Competition Regional Competitions
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The Tech Valley qualification schedule was posted. Good luck teams; I am looking forward to playing with you all!

Here is a list of teams attending:


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The Rocketeers
New York, NY, USA	

145
T-Rx
Norwich, NY, USA	

195
CyberKnights
Southington, CT, USA	

229
Division By Zero
Potsdam, NY, USA	

250
Dynamos
Colonie, NY, USA	

333
MEGALODONS
New York, NY, USA	

358
Robotic Eagles
Hauppauge, NY, USA	

514
Miller Place Robotics
Miller Place, NY, USA	

1493
Falcons
Albany, NY, USA	

1665
Weapons of Mass Construction
Hudson, NY, USA	
 
2791
Shaker Robotics
Latham, NY, USA	

3044
Team 0xBE4
Ballston Spa, NY, USA	

3117
Harfangs
Sherbrooke, QC, Canada	

3550
Robotronix
Montreal, QC, Canada	

3624
ThunderColts
Huntington Station, NY, USA	

3986
Express-O
Montreal, QC, Canada	

3990
Tech for Kids
Montreal, QC, Canada	

4083
The Iron Wolverines
South Carolina, SC, USA	

4203
RoboKronos
Oneonta, NY, USA	

4458
Infernobotix
Center Moriches, NY, USA	

4508
Steel Stallions
Schuylerville, NY, USA	

5123
Mechadogs
Yonkers, NY, USA	

5149
TroyBotics
Troy, NY, USA	

5236
Man O' War Robotics
Cambridge, NY, USA	

5240
Udder Chaos
Potsdam, NY, USA	

5585
Blood, Sweat & Gears
Edmeston, NY, USA	

5881
TVHS Dragons
Albany, NY, USA	

5943
The Bad News Gears
Carmel, NY, USA	

5952
RoBuck
Montreal, QC, Canada	

5964
The Praetorians
Voorheesville, NY, USA	

6024
R Factor
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	

6300
Northwood School Robotics
Lake Placid, NY, USA	

6459
AG Robotik
34, Istanbul, Turkey	

6463
Ulster BOCES
Port Ewen, NY, USA	

6484
TechKnowLogic
Greenwich, NY, USA	

6621
Artemis Robotics Team (ART)
Chatham, NY, USA
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Congratulations Teams 333, 2791, and 5952 on their first Regional wins!

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Thank you!

And another thank you to 2791 and 5952. Couldn’t have done it without you two. Such great alliance partners!

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Congrats to 333, 2791, and 5952, a well earned victory.

Team 5881 would also like to thank our alliance partners 358 and 250 who combined, put up a 445 score in QF4-1. It was great working with you, and best of luck at Hudson Valley & Long Island!

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229 had a great time at TVR, we definitely exceeded our expectations! Thank you to 6300 and 1493 for joining our 5th seeded alliance, we had a tough draw in the first round.

Also shout out to the field crew, they did an amazing job keeping the field in a playable condition and keeping us on time.

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Team 20 had an awesome time at Tech Valley this weekend! Thank you to teams 195 and 6459 for an awesome set of matches in playoffs. It was wonderful to work with you.
Congratulations to teams 333, 2791, and 5952 for winning the event! Those semi finals matches were hard fought on both sides of the field, and I’m glad to see all of you go on to win your first event.
3044, between your outreach efforts and passion for FRC, I cannot think of a more deserving team for this year’s TVR Chairman’s Award. Congratulations!
Special thank you to teams 1493 and 6300. It was great to have you join our scouting alliance, and we hope to work with you again next year.
Volunteers, field crew, and planning committee, this event could not be what it is without all of your amazing work. Thank you very much for all that you do.

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Wanted to extend a huge congratulations to 2791 on finally getting that win!

I’ve had the chance to see this team develop since 2009 through Chris, and I’m super happy for you guys! Best of luck at Half Champs and make sure this is the start of a new streak of wins.

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Congratulations to all teams, judges, volunteers, field crew, referees, and spectators for a phenomenal regional! I can honestly say I’ve never seen a FIRST event run more smoothly and on schedule than TVR 2017. Special congratulations to 333, 2791, and 5952 on their first regional win, 6459 on a well-deserved Rookie All Star Award win, and 3044 on their first regional Chairman’s Award! With our first regional Engineering Inspiration Award, we’re so excited to be representing New York Tech Valley alongside 333, 2791, 5952, 6459, 3044, and 4508 at the FIRST Championship in April! Finally, a special thank you to 20, 3044, 4508, 5236, 5240, 6459, and especially 5943 for displaying true Gracious Professionalism in the midst of competition. See you in St. Louis!

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Team 195 had a great time at Tech Valley!

Thank you to teams 20 and 6459 our international alliance was so much fun and you were awesome to work with. It was such a privilege to finally meet our friends from Turkey that we have been Skyping with:) You are truly All Stars!

Congratulations to teams 333, 2791, and 5952 for winning the event! Glad you will be heading to St. Louis!

3044 is a shining example of what a Chairman’s team should be! Well Deserved! Congratulations!

Thanks to all the Volunteers, field crew, judges, etc. A well run event for sure. and to all those who baked and brought items to the mentor lounge- a huge thank you!!

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Wow, what a weekend. I still can’t quite believe it.

First, I’d like to extend a huge thank you to Team 20. Since day one you have been there to help us find our way and we wouldn’t be where we are now without your help. You have been an irreplaceable resource for us whether its opening your shop to us at the 11th hour our first few years, helping our programmers year after year, or letting us double check our scouting data against more robust data. There’s a reason you won your third consecutive Gracious Professionalism Award and it’s unfortunate our path to victory ran through you this time. Someday soon we’ll win one together.

Second, a huge contrats to 4508 on captaining the finalist alliance and qualifying for St. Louis. Our drivers are as good as they are in part because your human players ran gears from the airship back to the feeder station for us during practice without ever being asked. I hope your success this weekend is a sign of things to come.

And finally, a big thanks to our alliance partners 333 and 5952. We knew the only way to win was with 4 rotors and together we were able to pull it off. See you in St. Louis!

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Does anyone have videos of the elimination matches?

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Team 1493 had a great time as always at TVR. After reading horror stories about field damage, events being way behind schedule, etc. I was pretty worried how things would go after a huge snow storm right before the event. However the event could not have gone better, it was on time, organized, and hardly any field issues. Hats off to everyone involved.

The elimination matches were some of the most exciting I have seen in awhile at TVR. Friends of mine who have never been to a FRC event ended up staying till the end of finals because they were so into the excitement.

Could not be happier for 2791, great group of students and mentors.

Finally getting selected to join the alliance with 6300 and 229 was an honor. 229 is probably the friendliest and nicest team I have ever had the chance to work with in eliminations. Getting to talk strategy with them was one of my fav parts of the weekend. 6300 is years ahead of most rookie teams and wish them best of luck this weekend at HVR.

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On behalf of all of 229, I can say we feel the same way about 1493. You guys were awesome alliance partners.

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In my first year as a student on Team 20, 7 years ago, I remember a small second year team coming to join us at our shop. It was the last weekend of build season, their pneumatic system was leaking, and they needed help getting their robot programmed. We watched Team 2791 (“Terminal Velocity” at the time) go on to captain 2 alliances that year by making the most of their machine.

Throughout the 7 seasons prior to this year, Team 20 made it a habit of eliminating them from the playoffs (5 times to be exact, and 4 in the last 3 years). Across the 2012, 2013, and 2016 seasons, 2791 saw 4 regional wins, that were theirs to lose, slip through their fingers. One time, we lost as alliance partners on the #1 seed.

This past weekend, we meet again in the semifinals at TVR. 2791 was none too pleased to be on THAT side of the bracket, AGAIN. In the first match, the #1 seed of 195, 20, and 6459 is stunned, as 2791 and company shake and bake past our defense to get all 4 rotors turning at the last second. Match 2, the #1 seed alliance changes things up a bit and out plays the blue alliance with a strategic adjustment. Match 3, and the match seems similar to the prior match. The #1 seed out plays #4, up until the closing seconds. 20’s drive train fails, 3 feet away from the rope, preventing us from climbing. This opens the door for Shaker’s climb at the last possible instant to claim victory by 48 points. It’s no mistake that the most robust alliance came out on top.

Team 2791 is the epitome of perseverance. The amount of fight in this team is unparalleled, and I am excited to see what they will be able to achieve at the (half) World Championship stage. It really stinks losing like that, especially given that I feel particularly responsible for our easily preventable drive train failure. But if the shoe has to be on the other foot, I’m at least glad that Shaker Robotics is the beneficiary. Congrats to Brian(s), Chris, Jack, Max, Cam, Brad, Nancy, and the whole Shaker Robotics family over the years. Your journey has been an absolute inspiration, and you can bet that the loss this weekend will push us to continue improving. Luck is where the crossroads of opportunity and preparation meet.
#NotSoShakyAnymore

Of course 2791 had help along the way from their alliance partners. Congrats to 333 and 5952 as well for their outstanding performance and consistency!

Huge thanks to 195 for selecting us to join their alliance. We’ve had an incredible bond between our teams for quite some time now, and it was great getting to play with you guys again. Sorry our drive train let our alliance down.

And to 6459, from Istanbul, Turkey, I could see the potential in your robot and your team when we worked together throughout Thursday to get you ready for inspection. Your climb was looking great leading up to alliance selections, and your gear output was on the rise. It was just unfortunate timing with the rope failure and very little time that led to a close loss. Thank you for being so flexible and willing to work on your robot together throughout the weekend. It is unfortunate that we will not get to see each other since you are going to Houston, but we hope to see you back at the Tech Valley Regional in the future! Best of luck at the World Championship, and safe travels!

Huge congrats to 3044 for their Chairman’s Award; your outreach and community engagement efforts are a fantastic example of how to spread the message of FIRST!

We’re excited to see many teams again at Hudson Valley next weekend, and you can bet we will be ready as ever to tear it up out on the field.

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Sometimes I wonder if Lemony Snicket wrote our team history…

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As we were going back through our photos, videos, and other data we noticed something. Best as we figured the field was never more than a few minutes behind through the qualification rounds, and looked to be running ahead of schedule for a few matches.

In the heat of the moment, it’s easy to lose track of it, but team 5881 wishes to express our most sincere appreciation and respect for the entire field crew CSAs, and FTAs who pulled off this feat – and made it look easy!

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358 thanks our partners in alliance Team 5881 and Team 250!
Here’s my video of that 445 scoring QF4:

Tech Valley has always been a well run event thanks to the dedicated volunteers from the Regional Planning Committee down to the field reset people who probably still dream of chasing masses of balls.

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While my history with 2791 is not a long one, I’m very grateful to have become part of the Shaker family and share this experience with them. However, this would never have happened if it weren’t for some help along the way.

While the Shaker folks who have been around longer than me have much more to say on the matter, I’d like to thank 20 for their unending kindness and assistance. They set a high bar for us to aim toward (both on and off the field) and exemplify Gracious Professionalism. I hope that one of these days we can play on the same side of the glass in playoffs.

I’d like to thank 333 for believing in us and inviting us to join them on this crazy ride through playoffs, despite our bad luck and missed climbs in quals. At first, I was disappointed that they pulled us onto the same side of the bracket as the #1 alliance, but their reliability and gear cycling ability made it possible for us to emerge victorious. We look forward to seeing them again at the NYC Regional.

In addition, 5952 was a fantastic partner and essential to our ability to score four rotors and win the event. Our head scout and I were over the moon when we realized we could pick them, a team able to score 3-4 gears a match. Their robot and their dedication to the success of our alliance continued to impress me throughout playoffs.

Lastly, thank you to the Tech Valley Regional Planning Committee and volunteers for putting on a great event!

I’d also like to congratulate 3044 on a well-deserved Chairman’s award. This team bleeds enthusiasm and passion into all they do and goes above and beyond to make a difference.

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On behalf of Team 3044, thank you to the volunteers and all of the teams in attendance for making this a fantastic (as always) regional! We appreciate all of your support after this whirlwind of a weekend :slight_smile:

Thank you to our alliance partners, 5149 and 5236 for an incredible capital region alliance. We had so much fun and enjoyed working with you both!

Thank you to Team 195 for all of your help! Our weekend would not have been what it was if it wasn’t for all of you, and we hope you will visit us at Robot Rumble again.

Congratulations to all of the award winners and to the winning alliance on your first regional win. Well deserved would be an understatement!

Good luck to those of you attending events in the coming weeks and see some of you at HVR!

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I had an amazing time again this year doing the videography for the New York Tech Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. Hope you guys like the highlights!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PStEJdNK4