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Just wanted to say thank you for going through the effort to do all of this!

Did Match 17 get lost? We were in that one, but understand that sometimes you just can't record them all.

Can't wait to see the Friday matches get uploaded! You guys rock!

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Before we get too far away- I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone in the Hopper Division. I think we made the inaugural Hopper Division highly competitive.

Congrats to our winning alliance, 987, 2826, 4265 and 2512. Obviously you guys were incredible and we were blown away to just have a chance against you guys on the field.

Huge thank you to our partners, 1218, 2614 and 343. We knew when our alliance formed we had all the check boxes ticked as far as what we wanted: 3 tote auto, quick landfill bot, consistent and fast HP stackers and a very quick can burglar. We had the time of our lives riding the wave all the way to Finals 3. Thanks for sharing the field with us.


Congrats to everyone, and 125 looks forward to playing with everyone again someday!

-Brando

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Any time guys :) It was great playing with you all who helped us go far during eliminations on the first time we ever made it to eliminations at worlds.

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Not lost, just temporarily misplaced ;). It's up now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGeQm7JqJL8&index=80&list=PLPUJJPXRAlERrq5 6whl38hz9Y6nolxGWX

Just want to make a quick apology for the zooming errors in the first 20 or so qualification matches - we were briefly training our new media crew for next year on how to use the camera during the early matches on Thursday, so some of the matches are not zoomed in fully, while others are zoomed in just a smidge too much. It appears that the footage is fine after Qualification Match 20 or so though.

Thanks, but I'll beef up that I don't really do much. All I do is organize the footage on our YouTube Channel and then submit it to The Blue Alliance, all from the comfort of my dorm room. It's our dedicated media crew who deserves most of the credit - they're the ones that sit with the camera all day long and turn it on/press record/zoom in/display the match number/record the match/turn camera off/repeat over and over again. And, perhaps worst of all, they have to deal with my constant nagging to move to a better camera angle or get it uploaded ASAP. But I'll be sure to pass your thanks along to them.

Qualification Matches 61 through 127 should be uploaded in the coming days - I'll update here once they're posted.

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It was great to make new friends with 1218 and 125 and play again with old friends from down south - 343. MARS had a great time on Hopper and we came "this close" to pulling it off in that last match. 125's super fast can burglars and 1218's super strength when they got grappled were awesome to watch. Seeing 2826, 987, 2512, and our great friends on Secret City (4265) get so far on Einstein was impressive. We were honored to play with and against such great partners and class acts. That 6 of the 8 teams won Chairman's this year and another won Engineering Inspiration shows that great all around teams can also build and drive great machines. Hat's off to everyone who played in the Hopper finals. Admiral Hopper would have been pleased!

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We appreciate the love, and I need to compliment you guys on those can grabbers- they were wickedly fast!

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I just wanted to say that it was a pleasure watching everyone on Hopper compete. I was fortunate enough to be field reset for the weekend, and had an excellent time cleaning up the field after all of you :)

A particular shoutout to the winning alliance, 987, 2826, 4265, and 2512. You guys are truly everything FIRST stands for-- three Regional Chairman's wins, an Engineering Inspiration Award, three regional wins, a smattering of other awards, and both two WFFA and Dean's List Finalists between you, you represent some of the best FIRST has to offer. Your achievements both individually and together are incredible, and I am honored to have watched your teams perform well all weekend.

A huge shoutout to our incredible field crew-- with people from literally all over the world of FIRST, from Israel to every District region, it was an incredible experience working with everyone.