2005 Divisions Announced

[Karthik]

http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-lay=web&-format=team_list.htm&event=CMP&event%20year=2005&status=registered&-sortfield=team%20id&-max=all&-find

Enjoy...

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Looks like DJ nailed it. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=367175&postcount=173)

[Billfred]

Just flipping through the list, Archimedes once again looks like the division. All three 2004 champions (71, 435, 494) are back in there, as are 79, 179, 217, 233, 342, 845, 1251, and those are just the ones I spotted off the top of my head.

(crosses his fingers for his volunteer assignment)

[Arefin Bari]

This is going to be interesting. All the divisions have very good teams. This is going to be a good game in Curie Division. Some teams from top of my head... 7, 21, 33, 108, 118, 195, 229, 234, 269, 279, 312, 461, 1126, 1646... 9 days...

[Brant Bowen]

This is going to be interesting. All the divisions have very good teams. This is going to be a good game in Curie Division. Some teams from top of my head... 7, 21, 33, 108, 118, 195, 229, 234, 269, 279, 312, 461, 1126, 1646... 9 days...

Can't wait to you guys again in the Curie Division.

[xzvrw2]

ARCH-I-ME-DES whoot whoot. champs comming out of Archimedes again this year hahahahahahaha. lol

[Karthik]

Quick Stats to chew on...:

Regional Championships Per Division (A team who won two, counts twice...)

Archimedes: 29
Curie: 13
Galileo: 24
Newton: 19

Finalists

Archimedes: 18
Curie: 10
Galileo: 14
Newton: 12

#1 Seeds

Archimedes: 12
Curie: 2
Galileo: 6
Newton: 4

#1 Picks

Archimedes: 8
Curie: 2
Galileo: 12
Newton: 3

[David Guzman]

Just flipping through the list, Archimedes once again looks like the division. All three 2004 champions (71, 435, 494) are back in there, as are 79, 179, 217, 233, 342, 845, 1251, and those are just the ones I spotted off the top of my head.

(crosses his fingers for his volunteer assignment)

I love this division, so many great teams in it. Billfred your list is one :ahh: deadly :ahh: list. I can't wait to see some great matches. Good Luck to all and see you all at ATL. :D

Dave

[Arefin Bari]

Here are the list of teams attending Championship and are in Curie Division.

2005 Curie Division:

7 (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Lockheed Martin/AAI/Constellation Energy Group & Parkville High)

21 (Combat)

33 (Killer Bees)

41 (Watchung Hills Regional High School)

49 (Dow Chemical Company/Delphi Automotive/Best Buy/Zimco Inc. & Buena Vista High School)

60 (Ford Motor Company/Laron Incorporated/West Coast Netting Inc./Southwire & Kingman High School)

66 (GM Powertrain Ypsilanti & Willow Run High School)

73 (Bausch & Lomb/RIT & Edison Technical and Occupational Education Center)

85 (The Herman Miller Foundation /Trans-Matic/Plascore/ODL/Town & Country Group/Gentex Corporation/Midway Machine Techlologies/ITW-Drawform/Mead-Johnson Nutritionals/Request Foods/Zeeland Lumber Company/USF Holland Motor Freight & Zeeland High School & Fruitport High School)

94 (Lear Corporation/Lear/Lear Corporation & Southfield High School)

108 (SigmaC@T)

118 (Robonauts)

123 (Ford Motor Company/ITT-Tech/Coffey Machining Services & Hamtramck High School)

131 (BAE Systems/Rockwell Automation & Manchester Central High School)

141 (JR Automation Technologies & West Ottawa High School)

158 (Solid Edge & Live Oaks)

175 (UTC-Hamilton Sundstrand & Enrico Fermi High School)

180 (S.P.A.M)

195 (Cyberknights)
222 (Tigertrons)

229 (Division by zero, Denominator)

234 (Cyberblue)

247 (University of Detroit Mercy/Comau Pico & Berkley High School)

269 (Cooney Quest, CooneyTech Oconomowoc High School)

279 (Dana Corporation & Toledo Public Schools)

292 (DaimlerChrysler Kokomo Transmission Plt & Western High School & Western High School)

301 (Ford Motor Company/m80.net/ArvinMeritor & Dearborn High School & Dearborn High School & Dearborn High School)

312 (Heat Wave)

326 (GM Powertrain & Romulus High School)

337 (American Electric Power/Ralph R. Willis Career & Technical Center/Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College/Logan County Coal Vendors & Logan County Schools)

343 (Hamilton Career Center- Oconee Business Education Partnership & Seneca, Walhalla, West-Oak and Tamassee Salem High Schools)

353 (Trio Hardware & Plainview Old Bethpage Central School District)

362 (Gensler/Raytheon/NASA/Northrop Grumman Corp./American Elements & The Archer School for Girls)

375 (Discovery Institute at the College of Staten Island/Verizon Foundation & Staten Island Technical H.S.)

388 (Pal's Electric Shop/Terra Tech & Grundy High School)

404 (Diversified Manufacturing, Inc. & ARGS)

440 (Ford Motor Company/NASA/R. L. Schmitt Co. Inc. & Cody HS & Redford HS & Non-Profit)

461 (Schlumberger/Purdue University/Indiana Space Grant Consortium/NASA & West Lafayette High School & Harrison High School)

481 (Chevron Richmond Refinery/Ofoto, Inc/Mechanics Bank/De Anza PTSA/TAP Plastics of El Cerrito/Contra Costa College/The West Contra Costa Public Ed Fund/NASA & Middle College High School & De Anza High School)

499 (ASME PD/Lockheed Martin/ITT Tech/UTSA College of Engineering/On-Board Software & John F. Kennedy & Memorial HS & Edgewood Academy)

518 (Gumbo/FSU/GVSU/Hope - Calvin Colleges & Ottawa Hills High School)

529 (The Foxboro Company/Mansfield Electric/Texas Instruments/Albany International/Woodard & Curran & Mansfield High School)

549 (Leominster High School)

578 (Gleason Works & Fairport High School)

596 (EMC/Intel/Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab/Caliper LS & Hopkinton High School)

614 (Hayfield Secondary School)

638 (Dupont/Dupont & Clover Hill and Chesterfield County High Schools)

677 (American Electric Power/The Ohio state University & Columbus School for Girls)

703 (Delphi & Saginaw Career Complex)

752 (Mercedes Benz & Science High School)

768 (NASA -GSFC/Fred Needel Inc. & Woodlawn High School)

807 (Macro Industries/NASA-MSFC/US Army & New Century Technology High School)

816 (BCIT Foundation & Burlington County Institute of Technology)

832 (Roswell High School)

854 (Toronto District School Board & Martingrove Collegiate Institute)

904 (Gill Industries/GM - Grand Rapids Metal Center & Creston High School)

933 (IEEE/Hamilton Sundstrand & Christian Life High Schools)

967 (Rockwell Collins/Iowa Fluild &Power /Bentley Manufacturing and Machine Shop/Linn-Mar Foundation/Valley Apparel/Cedar Rapids, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Tri-State Tours/NASA & Linn-Mar Community Schools & Linn-Mar High School)

981 (HR Textron/Tejon Ranch/TXI Texas Industries/Instrument Society of America & Frazier Mountain High School)

1000 (Urschel Labs & Wheeler High School)

1022 (General Electric/American Electric Power & South Side HS)

1033 (DuPont Spruance & Benedictine High School)

1072 (The Harker School)

1100 (Rohm and Haas & Algonquin regional)

1126 (Xerox Corporation & Webster High Schools)

1140 (Holly High School)

1188 (Gulfstream Aerospace and Sol C Johnson High School)

1216 (Kuka Development Labs and Oak Park High School)

1241 (GM of Canada Engineering & Rick Hansen SS)

1257 (NASA & UCVTS Technical and Magnet High School)

1272 (Bloomington Robotics & NASA/Cook/Hoffman Design Works/Boston Scientific Corp & Ivy Tech)

1287 (Santee Cooper/AVX Corporation & Horry County Schools)

1350 (Raytheon/BrownU & LaSalle)

1388 (SOFTEC/Melfred Borzall, Inc & Arroyo Grande High School)

1398 (NASA & W.J. Keenan High School)

1450 (Xerox/Xerox & Benjamin Franklin Educational Campus)

1503 (General Motors & Westlane Secondary School)
1510 (LEGO/NASA & Oregon Space Grant/Synopsys & Hendel & Westview Robotics Team)

1527 (Nav air/NASA & Granite Hills High School)

1574 (Iscar & Misgav High School)

1593 (Verizon & high school for environmental studies)

1610 (SCHEV/Hercules, Inc./Eastman Chemical Co./International Paper & Franklin High School)

1646 (Purdue University /Convergence Education Foundation/NASA & Jefferson High School)

1665 (Kaz Inc & Hudson High School)

1680 (EDS Canada & Fort Erie Secondary School)


... one heck of a division.

Good luck to all teams...

[Greg Needel]

looks like we will be having some fun in the curie divison (by zero) i know that it will be a great division and we will all have some fun.

good luck to all and see you all in 10 days (or so)

[Joe Matt]

Here is the list seperated by Divisions.

http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-format=team%5flist.htm&-lay=web&event=CMP&event%20year=2005&status=registered&-max=2147483647&-sortfield=division&-sortfield=Team%20ID&-find

[Nick Mac]

47 and 88 are finally together! This is going to be a fantastic finale. Good Luck teams.

[SURVIVORfan44]

Wow, Archimedes is going to be wild. I can't wait to see what happens. I'll be running from Newton to Archimedes. I better bring my good walking shoes! :yikes:

[whakojacko]

woohoo curie for us. Should be fun

[Joel J]

Quick Stats to chew on...:

Regional Championships Per Division (A team who won two, counts twice...)

Archimedes: 29
Curie: 13
Galileo: 24
Newton: 19

Finalists

Archimedes: 18
Curie: 10
Galileo: 14
Newton: 12

#1 Seeds

Archimedes: 12
Curie: 2
Galileo: 6
Newton: 4

#1 Picks

Archimedes: 8
Curie: 2
Galileo: 12
Newton: 3
Even according to those stats, without a doubt, the divisions, by strength, rank:

1. Archimedes (clearly :()
2. Galileo
3. Newton
4. Curie

[Karthik]

Some more stats.

Same as before, but no repetition allowed. i.e. Number of Regional Champions per division. If a team won twice, you only count once. If a team was a champion and a finalist, they only count as a finalist. This will give a better idea of how many "elite" level teams are in each divison.

(Thanks to Bill Moore for the suggestion)

Regional Champions

Archimedes: 25
Curie: 10
Galileo: 21
Newton: 17

Finalists:

Archimedes: 13
Curie: 7
Galileo: 9
Newton: 8

[Sean Schuff]

Never count out the underdog! Team 93 + Boilermaker Regional = 41st seed to the finals in 4 matches. The champs may come from someplace other than Archimedes. Although I personally hope not since our team is in Archimedes.

Good luck to all and safe travels to Atlanta next week!

Sean

[Will Hanashiro]

Archimedes is on F.I.R.E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha here we come.... good luck all teams... heres to one memorable championship event!

[KathieK]

Archimedes is on F.I.R.E!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, I just can't let this one by...
Archimedes is all the RAGE!!! :D

[Lil' Lavery]

Archimedes is the epsilon delta.....
Not quite as good :p

Wow, Arch is stacked, at least we get a good show once we get knocked out of the competition :eek: :D

[DarkJedi613]

Hey now I'm excited, I know a bunch of teams in our division now! Yay...341, 365, 433, 190, etc.

Hmm...and I don't think stats mean much...anything can happen. :]

[neilsonster]

OK, I just can't let this one by...
Archimedes is all the RAGE!!! :D

Yes... and Newton's Canadian team is.. Sandwiched.. among many American teams...... *cough* ("Club Sandwich" just doesn't have the same effect).

Anyways, I know lots of people on our team will be kind of upset that we have been separated from ALL of the other Canadian teams, but it will be really fun to meet all the other people in this division. I believe we have only played with two other teams in this division before (639 and 1511) and all three of us went to both Finger Lakes and Greater Toronto. I'm really excited to see Code Red and Rrrrolllling Thunder for a third time this year :). Edit: Oh! 340 is also with us :). I just noticed that.

I am definitely going to come by and see all the other Canadians there since we won't be playing alongside them! I'm crawling out of my skin in anticipation for this... I can't wait.

By the way, are the pits divided into the divions as well? And are all divisions in the same building?

[supersy77]

I feel that Newton is going to pown all! :)

[Tytus Gerrish]

WooT!

[Kyle]

I cant wait for Nats now!!!! Its going to be the hotness in Galileo Division
25 47 56 103 316 358 365 and it just keeps getting better...
Now 25 will get a chance to trade paint with MOE again, I cant wait.. :)
good luck to all :)

[DarkJedi613]

By the way, are the pits divided into the divions as well? And are all divisions in the same building?
Yes pits are divided into divisions, but all are in the same room (usually at least). :]

[Jay Trzaskos]

Looks like there will be some tough competition in Curie, but Archimedes does look pretty stacked.

Good luck in Atlanta,
JT
229

P.s. 8 days, 19 hours, and 45 minutes (from this post) until 229 departs for Atlanta. :D

[Rabbit222]

Hmm...and I don't think stats mean much...anything can happen.
DarkJedi613 is right! Stats mean nothing to me. I dunno, a non-winning regional team can take it all! wOOt!! :D Anyways, I'm not bragging. Good luck to all teams!

[geeknerd99]

Well, as I've said before with the predicted divisions, the VCU champions are all in the same division. This occur in any of the other divisions?

[sgsdragons]

This is going to be fun. I just noticed that both our alliance team members from the Pacific Northwest Regional are on a division together(Galileo) while our team, 1595, is on Newtons division. :( I guess it will be good though. See you there!!!

SGSDragons

[spears312]

There are gonna be a lot of wild matches, especially over in Archimedes (with FL favorites like 179, 233 and 1251).

Curie is gonna be awesome though with great teams like 180 S.P.A.M., 66, 118, and both our Palmetto alliance partners, 343 MiM and 337, just to name a few.

[nobrakes8]

OK, I just can't let this one by...
Archimedes is all the RAGE!!! :D

FIRST took Archimedes to the MAX :ahh:


Hmm do I smell team 20, 173, and 1071 hooking up to see what could have been at UTC?!?!?! :)

[Kevin Sevcik]

As the self-appointed representative of the Archimedes division, I would like to begin the negotiations for the unconditional surrender of the three other divisions. All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71. Our terms:
1. Teams will begin immediate disarmament of their robots. All arms on robots shall be dismantled not more than 2 days after the signing of the treaty. Only defensive puck-bots will be allowed.
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.
3. Apples will be the official food of FIRST Championships. All teams named for unhealthy snack foods will be re-christened "Rice Cakes" "Skim Milk" or some similar alternative.
4. The only approved non-mythical animal mascots will be canine, feline, equine, avian, or rodent in nature. All other mascots will be shorn, tarred, and feathered.
5. Extraterrestrials are people too. All secret government holding facillities will be demolished and their aliens residents given full citizenship.
6. In concert, all clandestine government intelligence agencies will be disbanded and any and all agents will become civillians and be forbidden to wear snazzy suits.
7. Artificial fusion is a myth, people. All teams themed about it will be re-named "Pie-in-the-sky flight of fancy"
8. Bombs and TNT are dangerous and are prohibited. All bombs should be handled by professional bomb squads with REAL robots. All themed teams will be doused with water to defuse them.
9. Similarly, high voltage is also dangerous and is prohibited. Especially when mixed with H2O. Such teams will be wrapped in foil to ground them and reduce the chance of shock.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

Alright, the last one was all me. But still. Tremble in fear, mortals!

[MattB703]

Ouch!!

[Cory]

Archimedes is so disgustingly good, it isn't even funny.

[Starke]

wow Archimedes is going to be good. can't wait to see the action. Newton looks like it might be tough too with 67, 639, 1511. Championship is going to be wild!

[David66]

Heres an alliance to think about in the Curie division....

66
33
279

Now, who are you gonna play defense on? Without defense each of those teams AVERAGES at LEAST 6 tetras/match. Left completely alone the allinace could in theory stack 25-30 tetras in a match...scary, yes...likely to happen....not unless someone gets two consectutive picks.

IMHO

[Ali Ahmed]

Wow it looks like they did it again, Arch is loaded. But our division is looking pretty good too, (Newton) 45 and 111. If we don't make it to the finals in Newton, I'm definitely going over to Arch and watching theirs.

[Termite233]

all i can say is "archimedes is gonna be awesome!! w00t!!" :yikes:

[Wayne C.]

I cant wait for Nats now!!!! Its going to be the hotness in Galileo Division
25 47 56 103 316 358 365 and it just keeps getting better...
Now 25 will get a chance to trade paint with MOE again, I cant wait.. :)
good luck to all :)

Trade paint- hmm! We've been telling Corey to be nice.

You know, all those Archimedes kids keep saying how tough their division will be. I say let them all finish each other off so the Gallileo 3 can swoop in and show em' how its done.

They couldn't win the TIKI- what makes them so sure of a divisional victory?

WC
:cool:

[Sakura141]

As the self-appointed representative of the Archimedes division, I would like to begin the negotiations for the unconditional surrender of the three other divisions. All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71. Our terms:
1. Teams will begin immediate disarmament of their robots. All arms on robots shall be dismantled not more than 2 days after the signing of the treaty. Only defensive puck-bots will be allowed.
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.
3. Apples will be the official food of FIRST Championships. All teams named for unhealthy snack foods will be re-christened "Rice Cakes" "Skim Milk" or some similar alternative.
4. The only approved non-mythical animal mascots will be canine, feline, equine, avian, or rodent in nature. All other mascots will be shorn, tarred, and feathered.
5. Extraterrestrials are people too. All secret government holding facillities will be demolished and their aliens residents given full citizenship.
6. In concert, all clandestine government intelligence agencies will be disbanded and any and all agents will become civillians and be forbidden to wear snazzy suits.
7. Artificial fusion is a myth, people. All teams themed about it will be re-named "Pie-in-the-sky flight of fancy"
8. Bombs and TNT are dangerous and are prohibited. All bombs should be handled by professional bomb squads with REAL robots. All themed teams will be doused with water to defuse them.
9. Similarly, high voltage is also dangerous and is prohibited. Especially when mixed with H2O. Such teams will be wrapped in foil to ground them and reduce the chance of shock.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

Alright, the last one was all me. But still. Tremble in fear, mortals!

Like Curie would surrender. It isn't fair as to how people are ranking people by stats... so what if we don't have as many regional winners as archimedes! We're the underdog and we'll come from behind!

[tkwetzel]

I do agree that Archimedes will be the hardest division to win in, but I believe that any division is game for the overall championship. The top alliance in each of the other 3 divisions will have to be good to get to the finals.

[petek]

As the self-appointed representative of the
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.


Since you insist, I'd be happy to exchange a genuine 2005 Cybersonics Technology Team 103 shirt, in either short or long sleeve, for a Pink Roccobot 2k5 shirt (size Large)! Your pit or ours?

[dangerousdave]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

I was ready to let all of Kevin's ramblings go but when I got to #11, I gotta step in. What a load of crap! You obviously have not been at the KK shop when the "Hot Now" sign is on. Those soft babies just melt in your mouth. Perhaps the thud you heard was when you dropped an entire box of Shipley's? Or maybe the thud was when your Cone Of Silence team #71 got knocked over on it's back with its wheels just a spinnin' in the the last finals game at the Boilermaker. Granted their alliance won that particular game so they just need to be helped over a little sooner this time around. :)

While I am thinking about Kevin's #10, I happen to like tie-dye. One reason is that I wore it when it was originally in style. As far as team #111, I like their clothing. When you see the tie-dye shirts you know what you are looking at, the "WildStangs" and I am glad they are on the Newton playing field.

Bring on the Championship!

Dave

[Mirza95vx]

So much drama and we still have 9 days left. This is going to be amazing
Cant wait

[Joe Matt]

I was ready to let all of Kevin's ramblings go but when I got to #11, I gotta step in. What a load of crap! You obviously have not been at the KK shop when the "Hot Now" sign is on. Those soft babies just melt in your mouth. Perhaps the thud you heard was when you dropped an entire box of Shipley's? Or maybe the thud was when your Cone Of Silence team #71 got knocked over on it's back with its wheels just a spinnin' in the the last finals game at the Boilermaker. Granted their alliance won that particular game so they just need to be helped over a little sooner this time around. :)

While I am thinking about Kevin's #10, I happen to like tie-dye. One reason is that I wore it when it was originally in style. As far as team #111, I like their clothing. When you see the tie-dye shirts you know what you are looking at, the "WildStangs" and I am glad they are on the Newton playing field.

Bring on the Championship!

Dave

Dave, you rock, you are my new hero. :)

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

Ok. Just to let everyone realize that the impossible happens in sports (and robotics is def a sport. duhhhh ;) ). Let's see what happened in 2004...

-Unlikely Panthers win NFC Championship and go to the super bowl
-Pistons somehow beat the Lakers in NBA Finals
-RED SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Anything can happen guys. I think you're all forgetting that all of the regionals winners in the Archimedes bracket do not matter. Only 3 make the finals anyways. So we'll see what happens :cool: .

[Kevin Sevcik]

I was ready to let all of Kevin's ramblings go but when I got to #11, I gotta step in. What a load of crap! You obviously have not been at the KK shop when the "Hot Now" sign is on. Those soft babies just melt in your mouth. Perhaps the thud you heard was when you dropped an entire box of Shipley's? Or maybe the thud was when your Cone Of Silence team #71 got knocked over on it's back with its wheels just a spinnin' in the the last finals game at the Boilermaker. Granted their alliance won that particular game so they just need to be helped over a little sooner this time around. :)

While I am thinking about Kevin's #10, I happen to like tie-dye. One reason is that I wore it when it was originally in style. As far as team #111, I like their clothing. When you see the tie-dye shirts you know what you are looking at, the "WildStangs" and I am glad they are on the Newton playing field.

Bring on the Championship!

Dave

See the trick is that Shipley's are good hot OR cold. But I digress. I really hope everyone here knew all the stuff besides #11 was a joke. Archi scares me and I'm in the crazy division.

[Mirza95vx]

Posted by BRAVESaj25bd8

Ok. Just to let everyone realize that the impossible happens in sports (and robotics is def a sport. duhhhh ). Let's see what happened in 2004...

-Unlikely Panthers win NFC Championship and go to the super bowl
-Pistons somehow beat the Lakers in NBA Finals
-RED SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Anything can happen guys. I think you're all forgetting that all of the regionals winners in the Archimedes bracket do not matter. Only 3 make the finals anyways. So we'll see what happens .

Great post anything can happen and hopefully the underdogs will be on top.

[JamesBrown]

It is true that Archimedes has a ridiculous number of good teams but it is the Championships and each division needs only to put up 3 to win the whole thing and I am sure that no one will argure that every division doesnt have atleast 3 elite, championship grade teams. This is going to be an amazing year with so many repeat winners. Dont count any one out though, who is to say that some rookie team with a decent bot and alot of heart wont drop a tetra on the center goal causing a 40+ point swing and winning it all. Statistics are nothing Prior Results do not impact Future instances, something you learn in day 1 of statistics and probability, It is anyones game

[Koko Ed]

Don't forget the penalties are a huge factor thei year and a team that was strong in ht eregionals could get saddled with penalty prone teams who cost them game after game after game and suddenly they find themselves at the bottom of the standings.

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

Koko Ed, I am the operator for team 250. My fellow driver and I were extremely excited about competing on your alliance for our final two matches of the regional qualifying rounds at FLR. We did our best and got a 30 point penalty in one of the matches that cost us the match and your unblemished record. We ended up losing both matches and felt terrible for taking away your number one seed. The two of us wanted to apologize for the unfortunate losses. Your team rebounded, however, and showed what kind of spirit it takes to win 2 National Chairman's Awards. Congratulations on your team's Regional win and on your Spirit Award which was very well deserved. Good luck in Atlanta.

[Koko Ed]

Koko Ed, I am the operator for team 250. My fellow driver and I were extremely excited about competing on your alliance for our final two matches of the regional qualifying rounds at FLR. We did our best and got a 30 point penalty in one of the matches that cost us the match and your unblemished record. We ended up losing both matches and felt terrible for taking away your number one seed. The two of us wanted to apologize for the unfortunate losses. Your team rebounded, however, and showed what kind of spirit it takes to win 2 National Chairman's Awards. Congratulations on your team's Regional win and on your Spirit Award which was very well deserved. Good luck in Atlanta.
It's OK guys.
Everything worked out in the end.
Good luck in Atlanta.

[tkwetzel]

I have to add that Curie and Newton are lucky to get to play with our new friends from Israel. This year there are 16 international teams from 3 countries participating in the championship event (includes everyone besides Americans). We have 13 Canandian teams, 2 Israeli teams, and a single team from Brazil. Newton will have a team representing each country and every division has a few Canadian teams in it to mix things up a bit. If I was going I would love to see how well some of the international alliances perform together, as well as see how our friends from overseas play the game,