Finally recovering from the weekend, and I figured I'd stop by the thread. :)
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Originally Posted by Siri
(Post 1280883)
But moreover, to the MM Board and 1923: Wow. No, seriously, wow. That was quite literally the best rookie off-season I've ever had the pleasure of attending. I hope it went well for you, because a lot of people will miss this if it doesn't come back next year!
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Originally Posted by DomenicR
(Post 1280890)
The MidKnight Mayhem Committee and Team 1923 did a fantastic job with this event. One could hardly tell it was a first year event it ran so smoothly.
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Again, great job to all involved with this competition. I hope to see MidKnight Mayhem return in years to come!
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Originally Posted by DonRotolo
(Post 1280945)
Just a short note to thank 1923 and the MKM team for such a classy event. As others have said, it felt like a 7th year event, not the first ever. It is very obvious just how muh work and planning when into this, it really showed.
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First of all, THANK YOU. We worked really hard to make sure this was a smooth, seamless event for our teams and volunteers, and I'm glad that you guys had that impression. We are definitely planning on MKM for next year, on top of our discussions with MAR regarding a district. Our committee was full of rockstar volunteers and mentors, and I'm so happy to have been able to work with them.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
(Post 1280901)
I sincerely hope teams do not drop out of the event next year or decide to leave early. The method of selecting backup robots MKM had to resort to was odd, but oh well. Hopefully more teams sign up next year!
PS - Thanks for having all the puppies walking around :D
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Originally Posted by DevenStonow
(Post 1280997)
An additional observation from this weekend:
Every FIRST event should have therapy puppies.
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1) Yeah - I got a lot of questions about this. ALL of our backups left. As Ed said, guys, don't do that - you never know what kind of opportunities you'll get. After that momentary panic, I spoke with our FTAs and we made the decision to go through the already-eliminated teams that were still there, in seeding order. That was 869 - and congrats to them on that luck.
2) We'll make sure the puppies come back too! AIR, Attitudes In Reverse, is one of the community groups we invited to showcase at our event - also DiscDogs and a few local restaurants - and we thought they were a wonderful addition to the day.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
(Post 1280946)
Forgot to mention that; the venue really was nice. JB from 1403 and I were actually pointing out that it would be a great school for a district event sometime in the future. Lots of space and great seating.
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Originally Posted by DonRotolo
(Post 1281041)
I dunno, I don't think one set of bleachers would accomodate 40 teams worth of students and spectators.
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It's on the table, for sure.
As far as seating goes, those bleachers seat 1100 (That's the # from our school facilities dept.) - and we did not pull out the side sets of bleachers which we could absolutely do for a district without blocking the event flow.
We're also looking at our other district high school (WWP South) which has newer athletic facilities, including DOUBLE the bleacher space in the gym - so in the most likely case, a West Windsor-Plainsboro district event would be at one school, with our off-season at the other.
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As I said during the opening ceremonies - MidKnight Mayhem was absolutely a dream come true for us. Thank you to all of the teams that came, all of our volunteers, our vendors - AIR, DiscDogs, all of our local restaurants, and of course our rockin' DJ, Soundscape Entertainment (no, seriously, use them for any event you might be hosting) - every single person in that building this weekend made our event so wonderful, and we can't wait for next year already.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. WE DID IT!
