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I agree wholeheartedly... I have a really good quote on facebook from that last round, "I'd like you guys to co-opertate on me"... For those that weren't there, this statement was an attempt to get the other person to guess "Things that a bridge would say"

My statement would've been more like "I don't like to work on the field, but just to confuse the FTAs/CSAs, I'll work fine in practice mode in the pits"... wrong bridge? eh, still works...

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Battlecry was pretty awesome :) I had a blast watching the #1 alliance. 125, 2168, and 1519 put up some high scores and were a pleasure to watch. The 16 alliance elimination was exciting.

I talked to quite a few teams yesterday and gots some pictures for the website I'm working on, becauserobots.org. I'll post the pictures I took for team members on http://becauserobots.org/thumbnails/ When I'm done processing them.

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I would have thought they were trying to get me to guess "robot". I'd say something more along the lines of: "I like to reset during matches"

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I'd like to repeat our intense gratitude to the entire crew that arranged this event. It's not only the best organized event of the *ahem* extended season, it is the most fun event. period.

Having the bbq and ice cream outside was a great improvement over last year, and the social-hour games seemed better organized too. I also have to admit we enjoyed the final outcome more than last year.

We were already wary of semi-finals, and when 190, 173, and 78 shot a 40-point autonomous , we all started to feel a little sick (wow, 190. just wow!).

That was a great event and we love you all.

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the bucket put us and the NU-TRONS together; in case you haven't heard, we two teams will be traveling to Indianapolis this summer. We hope to represent New England well.

Next up: Beantown!

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Does anyone have match videos?

Also, congrats to 1519, 2168, and 125. A big thanks also goes out to our alliance partners, 175 and 716, for making such an improbable run possible. In addition, thanks to National Grid, Solidworks, and WPI for hosting such a great event!

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This was my first Battlecry, and as everyone says... my first reaction was WOW. I have to admit I am COMPLETELY Exhausted!!! I didn't even volunteer (originally)... just came as Angry Eric's hairdresser/photographer, and somehow got roped into "official event photographer". The amazing BC volunteer staff put me to work getting photos of absolutely everything at the event. I took nearly 4,000 photos (thank goodness for 32GB cards!), and admittedly I'm fairly new to the DSLR world, so its going to take me a bit of time to process. I'm planning on posting all of the good ones, and will put together a longer "wrap video" in the upcoming weeks. I'll post both links here & on Eric's Facebook page. There are 90 photos up of Eric & the teams there, but I have a ton of good ones of teams & volunteers that I will get posted soon.

I am glad I got to help out, and it was fun to "play photographer", as I got to see all aspects of the event - setup, behind the scenes, on the field, in the stands, through the pits, above the pits, behind the drivers station, every part of the social, all the teams at the BBQ, smiles, frustration, and elation...

Thank you to Colleen and all the BC13 organizers, all of the volunteers & all of the amazing teams... I will definitely be back next year (with an equipment upgrade for sure!).

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Congratulations teams 1519,2168 and 125 on the win:)

We had a fantastic time being alliance partners with you guys this past weekend! We have wanted to work with your team since Hartford and it was great we we're finally able to. The quality of your play and the way you battled for the BC points on the co-opertition bridge was beyond anything we could have hoped for.

All of this paired the great defence and balancing skills of 3451 made our alliance real contenders, it is a shame we were not able to go farther in the competition. You guys are a great team and we look forward to competing with you in the future.

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I'd love to see some of those :D

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I just wanted to give a huge thank you to the WPI staff and the volunteers who make this event possible.

Colleen runs an amazing event...what you see, and the amazing atmosphere is in no small part to her endless dedication to the program and WPI.

A huge thank you to to Francis O'Rourke "The Director of Fun". He worked extremely hard on the events for Friday night, which in my opinion are a huge part of why Battlecry is the best FIRST event you can attend in a year. What people don't know is that Francis played a huge part in the construction of the screen graphics for the Pyramid game show. Without him, Pyramid would not have been such a huge success. Thank you Francis!

To Mark, Angry Eric, and Ron Partridge, a big thank you for being such great people to work with through the event. You all know how to put on a great show.

Also a big congrats to the alliance of 1519, 2168, and 125 for winning the event. Speaking of 2168...I hope that the teams at IRI don't underestimate them, that would end up being a huge mistake!

See you all next year! It was an amazing time.

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So I finally got through organizing and editing all of my Battlecry photos & set up my Flickr account! I will eventually do some more work tagging teams for easy sorting & viewing, but for now, here are all the photos I have posted!

Also, if you are looking for more photos of your team or robot, let me know, I only selected 1/10th of what I have, and can upload more if you are looking for particular teams or robots!

Enjoy!!