ThunderChicken GP at Kettering Kickoff

[Beth Sweet]

If any team was to ever win an award for being the recipient of the most GP, I think it would have to be Team 1504. We started out with the GP from HOT and Las Guerrillas to start up our team, driving at least an hour there and back. Then, we went on to our regional and the Killer Bees showed us an incredible amount of GP (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36955), and now at the Kettering Kickoff, team 217, the ThunderChickens blew my mind with thier GP.

The day started out with my team arriving late due to my "exceptional" map reading skills. Once we arrived at Kettering, we were expecting to have a robot in our pits for our use, the practice bot for 217. What we found was a pit with a bunch of supplies on the table and no robot. A bit confused, we went over to the ThunderChickens pit and discovered that, in hearing of my "map reading skills" they had decided to make sure we didn't miss out on a match and had sent their drive team out to the field. Before I was able to get to the field to check out the robot and watch the match, I was greeted by a swarm of ThunderChickens all offering help, introductions, and asking what we needed.

Throughout the day, I don't think that there was 1 second when there was not a ThunderChicken in our pit area, helping our kids, helping me (and by the way, I now have a whole new respect for drive coaches...) and doing whatever we asked for. We had 3 charged batteries available for us at all times, the ThunderChicken pit crew available to us whenever we needed, it was amazing.

I expected to have a robot placed in our pits. That would have made me thoroughly happy. What I saw on Saturday was amazing, just amazing. I can say thank you so many times and I will never feel like it's enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you ThunderChickens, you are just amazing.

~Beth Sweet
Team Leader, 1504

[Mike Martus]

Team 47 would also like to thank 217 for their GP.

After we shatterred our fibreglass guide rods in the 1st elimination round. We were offered replacements from them. Afterall we copied their design early in the season. Great idea.

Without the rods we would not have been as productive in scoring and helping our alliance to win the competition.

[Pat Major]

If any team was to ever win an award for being the recipient of the most GP, I think it would have to be Team 1504. We started out with the GP from HOT and Las Guerrillas to start up our team, driving at least an hour there and back. Then, we went on to our regional and the Killer Bees showed us an incredible amount of GP (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36955), and now at the Kettering Kickoff, team 217, the ThunderChickens blew my mind with thier GP.

The day started out with my team arriving late due to my "exceptional" map reading skills. Once we arrived at Kettering, we were expecting to have a robot in our pits for our use, the practice bot for 217. What we found was a pit with a bunch of supplies on the table and no robot. A bit confused, we went over to the ThunderChickens pit and discovered that, in hearing of my "map reading skills" they had decided to make sure we didn't miss out on a match and had sent their drive team out to the field. Before I was able to get to the field to check out the robot and watch the match, I was greeted by a swarm of ThunderChickens all offering help, introductions, and asking what we needed.

Throughout the day, I don't think that there was 1 second when there was not a ThunderChicken in our pit area, helping our kids, helping me (and by the way, I now have a whole new respect for drive coaches...) and doing whatever we asked for. We had 3 charged batteries available for us at all times, the ThunderChicken pit crew available to us whenever we needed, it was amazing.

I expected to have a robot placed in our pits. That would have made me thoroughly happy. What I saw on Saturday was amazing, just amazing. I can say thank you so many times and I will never feel like it's enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you ThunderChickens, you are just amazing.

~Beth Sweet
Team Leader, 1504
Beth, You should note that as we were printing out the final match list at the last minute and your team had not arrived it was the ThunderChickens reputation and their support for your team that gave us the confidence to include your team in the match list even though your team had not arrived and we needed to print the list and start the competition. As to the comment from Mike Martus about the ThunderChickens fiberglass rods, we also had ThunderChickens rods on our Robot. Three cheers for the ThunderChickens

[Beth Sweet]

Beth, You should note that as we were printing out the final match list at the last minute and your team had not arrived it was the ThunderChickens reputation and their support for your team that gave us the confidence to include your team in the match list even though your team had not arrived and we needed to print the list and start the competition. As to the comment from Mike Martus about the ThunderChickens fiberglass rods, we also had ThunderChickens rods on our Robot. Three cheers for the ThunderChickens

I had no idea we were even that close to being knocked out. Now I realize that not only were we late according to the information I got (said things started at 9) but after reading through the program, things seem to have started at 8:30, check-in at 7. Once again, thanks ThunderChickens!

[Edward Debler]

Team 47 would also like to thank 217 for their GP.

After we shatterred our fibreglass guide rods in the 1st elimination round. We were offered replacements from them. Afterall we copied their design early in the season. Great idea.

Without the rods we would not have been as productive in scoring and helping our alliance to win the competition.

Thanks for the kind words Mike. That means a lot to us when coming from you. :)