Matches must go on, with or without robots. Team 971 missed a number of matches last year to get our robot running (which, it never managed to do properly)
This is one of the many reasons good scouting is so important.
233 that was one of the teams that was not there and was supposed to. can u tell me why.
I know why one of the robots, 233, wasn’t there. We had major structural issues with our tower which were awaiting repairs. We, like all teams in this situation, feel badly about letting our alliance partners down. The possibility of “no shows” affecting other teams is a down side of the alliance system which has been part of FIRST since 1999, though there are also many good points to the alliance system.
We’ll try to do better next year, and make it to all of our matches.
Just out of question, but did the lack of quick access to band saws, drill presses and the like have much of an impact on the time it took to repair the robot?
match 10 red alliance was missing 1 bot team 1842. anyone know why. just wondering so our team has a heads up for our regional.
The only reason you guys were not snatched up before we picked was that teams were paying too much attention to the rankings and win/loss results. After you fixed your technical problems, you guys had some hard luck losses. We were paying attention to your ability to score quickly, on all levels, in autonomous, and while being bothered by opponents - oh and also your ability to climb ramps.
We had a good alliance, and maybe we can work together in Atlanta. I’d love the chance to walk around in one of those pink wigs!
match 10 red alliance was missing 1 bot team 1842. anyone know why. just wondering so our team has a heads up for our regional.
Yes, and milling machines.
I think this year’s FL Finals double underscores the need to mix in the award ceremony with the finals. Let’s take a page from the championship.
Congrats to all alliances.
KA-108 
Florida regional was AMAZING. many excellent teams were there.
I would like to thank a few people that helped us or complimented us along the way.
Arefin: Thank you for you wise words and team compliments.
Team 179: Being an amazing alliance and letting us test and tune our robot at you “swamp scrimage” (and for the transmissions)
also ALL of our aliance partners were amazing and we appreciate all of your help.
And ofcourse there were so many teams and people along the way that made Florida an exciting regional!!
Thanks to the engineering award
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AT NATS
team 25 and 233, you can get your wish…as you both plan on attending the hawaii regional next year with us veteran hawaii teams, teams 359 and 368. I believe 233 won a regional with our fellow hawaii robotics team 368 in seattle/portland in 2003, I forget? team 25 is the only team to have prevented us from getting to a regional finals as we have made it 6 times in our 7 times attending a regional since 2000, with two regional championships…
Teams 254 and 330 will be there I assume…
NJ plans on sending teams 11, 75?, and a few others who I will be working with to get them and anyone else a Hawaii packet.
All of you FL teams should come as our weather is very similar to yours during this time!
The Hawaii regional is GUARANTEED to be during the 5th week of regionals.
Hope all of us are having a great season so far!!!
We are next going to Vegas which surely will be tough with 4 FL teams and 254, 4, 39, 108, etc!!!
I’m pretty sure teams pick their alliance partners based on more than wins/losses and rankings. If that were the case, the top 8 would pick each other and only the top 24 teams would ever have a chance of going to the finals rounds. As that’s not the case, I’m sure everyone has their reasons for picking - or not pinking in this case - who they did.
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yes, 233 did win the seattle regional with 368. i think it was the first time i tried chocolate covered macadamia nuts. as for las vegas, 233 will also be there. i believe 5 florida teams are coming and we are ready!
Yep, Florida Teams 59, 79, 108, 233, and 1902 will be there. It will be fun.
It was soooo much fun to dance with PINK this past weekend. It’s cool that those smooth moves are going to Vegas. 
Jane
Is it safe to say that all you FL teams will be watching the Vegas regional during the 5th week of competitions, with a lot of heavy hitters there, including the home team, 987, the High Rollers!:ahh:
Every year since I have been involved with FIRST I have known pink to be FLAWLESS. That robot is always ready to go. Then when i heard this year that they were having problems, I was like WHO pink? No way!
So we can finally prove that 233 is Human and not machines!
After hearing your story, you guys came through big. congradulations
On of the rookie members of my old team asked me, why did pink get picked for Elminations they werent doing very well.
My answer: It doesnt matter pink is always a good bet in pickings, they can have the worst qualification matches but will always pull through in elmination.
As our mentor of strategy and WFA winner (W00T!) Warren said on page 14:
*Actually, the choice was quite easy.
SPAM was looking for the best arm-only robot that was left to choose from. Watching your two qualifying matches on Friday showed us that you could do it.
After that, we were looking for a good defensive robot and we were very familiar with 1889’s capabilities.
It was a blast having the chance to play with Pink, rather than against them. In all of my years with the team, I cannot recall ever having the opportuninty, either in qualifying or eliminations.
And it is always a blast to play with Gary and Tytus. What other mentors do you know who break dance during the elimination rounds *
Scouting is an important part of the game 
Eric
PS kudos to the finalists and to Krunch and M.A.R.S for chairmans and E.I.
great competitors and great teams
dude i ditto on the playing with spam it was awsome playin with you guys and still thanks for believing us and lookking past just ranking and i hope we mmade you guys happy with our performance at UCF and i also love fact that we were last seed and ended up placing fourth in finals talk about a comeback. weven thyough we didnt win we still did becuase that was amazing and i loved driving with you guys and can’t wait for nationals. And as for vegas here comes pink and we got the kinks worked out so we are up and running and ready for vegas and everybody who will be there. Ohh and all you FL teams not goin vegas cheer on our FL teams like the ones goin to vegas. And we will cheer for you guys as u compete at other regionals and wish u the best of luck and see you in atlanta. So everyone support ur fellow teams and lets make these the best regionals ever. Good luck and see you in competition
Actually, 342 is completly red. But anyway, we were very happy with our allience. Despite the radio problems, we played on and had a great time
Thanks again to 1027