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Does anyone have vidoes of the Curie qualification or eliminations matches?

I can't seem to find very many on youtube....and none that we were in.

If so, can you please upload them and/or post a link.

Thanks,
Adam

Re: 2013 Championship Curie Division
 

Thanks so much to our amazing alliance partners, 1678 and 862. It was a real pleasure getting to work with an alliance that worked so well together!

To 1678 - what an amazing job, you really turned it up to 11 in the eliminations! I knew you guys were good, but you took it to a whole new level all afternoon. Thanks so much for giving us the honor of being the #1 selection, and all the great matches and memories that came with it. I really enjoyed re-watching some matches and seeing how you guys would sneak right in and steal discs right in front of our opponents faces! And special thanks to Mike Corsetto, it was great to get to work with you again after some great matches at SVR!

862 - I couldn't believe we were able to get you guys so late in the draft! You were able to fill so many roles so well - blocker, defender, additional scorer. That versatility and great driving really helped us construct a winning strategy.

Thanks again to both of your teams - it was a great run, and gave our team some memories we'll never forget!

Also, thanks to some of our opponents: 2056 - for some real nailbiter matches out there. It was probably the toughest, most fiercely fought series I've been a part of in 13 years. It could have easily gone the other way, and I loved getting to match up against you guys.

67 - Oh to have gotten to play with you just once! We had 4 amazing matches against y'all, and every one was a battle. It was fun to go against another team that made (almost) as crazy of design decisions as us ;) Maybe at IRI we can finally get that double-FCS match together!

And to everyone else in the division - what a weekend! It was a battle every single match out there, from start to finish, and thanks to everyone for raising the level of competition and some unforgettable matches.

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Michael Corsetto is one of the coolest guys I have ever met in FRC, and a great competitor. I had no idea he was with you guys at CMP, but it seems like his and your team would work really well together (too bad it didn't play out quite as we all hoped at SAC).

Did he help you out at all during build season?

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I have been with the NC Gears since their start in 2006, and haven't missed a single one of our matches - that is until the last half of CMP, including the elimination rounds. What's worse, I didn't have access to the webcast, so I had to rely on telephone updates, and I still haven't been able to see most of the matches. It sounds like I missed a lot of great matches on Saturday afternoon. It was very difficult for a guy like me. By next year most of us won't remember who beat who in what match, but we will all remember the highs and lows, the comeraderie, the productive stress, the perpetual sense of urgency, and (if you were an NC Gear) the bus ride home (except for me because I had to leave early and had a pleasant road trip). It is indeed a priveledge to be part of FIRST and to go to CMP. Never take it for granted.

Congratulations to 1678, 148, and 862. The whole was better than the sum of the parts, and the parts were each very tough! It was good to see 862 again - in a gracious loser sort of way.

Thanks to 4814 and 67. 4814 - We never saw you in quals and I had no idea who you were. Obviously you earned every bit of your way to the #3 seed by beating some of the powerhouse teams on Curie. It was an honor to be on your alliance. 67 - It was great to be allied with you at last. We have always considered you to be one of our role models - whether on the field, off the field, or in your approach to creating robots that effectively play the game.

And as for the DQ match, I don't think anybody thinks it was deserved. Fortunately, it didn't have any effect on the ultimate outcome. As it turns out, it was little more than an opportunity for competitors to come together in agreement on something. FIRST is a great environment for that sort of thing.

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I'm still trying to process what happened last weekend. Wow, what a ride!

148 - I was overjoyed when we got to your team on our pick list. I've never had the pleasure of working with you before this year, and to partner with y'all back-to-back at SVR and CMP was a real treat. You have the deepest mentor team I've ever worked with, Jeff, Kevin, Colin, Ricky, Adrienne, Jay, and all the mentors were amazing! And your students are really a top-notch bunch, focused, committed and hugely invested in the program. Consider me your #1 fan after this weekend. Also, I'll be in Dallas this weekend. I'm hugely tempted to try to get over to Greenville ;)

862 - Like has been said a gazillion times already, how were you available as the last pick in the draft?!? I remember inspecting your robot early Thursday morning and being impressed by the build quality and simplicity of your machine. Getting to talk with a few of your students and mentors even before Saturday afternoon, it became obvious that your team is made up of some of the most Gracious people in FIRST. In strategy sessions, your willingness to do just about anything asked of you was inspiring. Not to mention you did everything extremely well! Thanks for rounding out our dream alliance.

1717, 1310, 2056, 67, 1983, 359, 3539 - You all inspire me immensely. I loved having so many awesome teams in Curie, it meant less of a commute to see a bunch of amazing robots :D We did have a fairly advantageous qualification schedule, and that meant being to play on the same side of the glass with quite a few of you. Thank you for continuing to hold a level of excellence that myself and my students strive towards. 1717 especially, I love your team. The seniors every year are a joy to talk to. I know at least one of your seniors is going to UC Davis next year, I told her to look into helping out 1678 ;) Go Ags!

1678 - I am so unbelievably proud of you all! I don't even know where to start. Each student stepped it up a notch at CMP. The entire team was focused and efficient, debugging issues and making fixes on the fly. I think there were at least three mechanical failures during Saturday afternoon that would take any normal person an hour to fix, but because of careful planning and ridiculously talented students, the robot was up and operational at the start of every match. The mentor base that you are building is growing every year, and I'm excited for what that means for the years to come! Steve, thanks for everything you have done for 1678. You haven't missed a beat since I graduated, and it shows with where the team is now. Keep it up, friend!

Lastly, thank you 1678 for the honor of having me with your pit and drive team on Einstein. It was an unreal experience that I won't forget anytime soon.

DampRobot, to answer your question, I mentored 1678 through college, and have tried to stay involved where I can since graduating in 2011. Luckily, 1662 takes Sunday's off, so I was able to visit 1678 many weekends while maintaining my responsibilities as Lead Mentor of 1662. However, I had very little involvement with the design of 1678's incredible machine, I mostly showed up for moral support and as another person to bounce ideas off of. They are an incredibly talented team with a lot of momentum moving forward!

-Mike

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Thanks for all the great things you said about our team Mike.

It was such a pleasure having you with us to help with organization and strategy. Working with you and seeing our team go so far at CMP almost makes up for the disappointment in Davis.

You are truly a FIRST guru and you have made many teams better with your leadership and knowledge. 1678 would not be where we are today without your help. Good luck in finding a job next year and, if that job brings you back to Davis, we look forward to working with you again.

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Try this channel. I know you're in several there (pushing us to the edge... ;^) )
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...a8NpaPO9C8KIHT