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Ugh, I was the human player for 975. I kept yelling at our our partner to corral some more balls before going up, I knew we lost right when I saw they had one more ball =[

Here's a picture:

http://www.team975.org/day3/bar4.jpg

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Yep, our driver was sick too but thankfully we have two drivers of equal skill.

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I do not really want to turn this into a rant against FIRST, but I really think that this kind of "rule augmentation" in Q&A really needed to be included in an update somehow.

I am a pretty serious FIRST-a-holic and I will be honest, toward the end of the build cycle, I am dog tired and I just miss a lot unless it is in my face. I totally missed this rule. It is a very clear and thoughtful answer, it explains quite a lot in a very excellent way. I suppose that fewer that 1 team in 20 read that posting.

I don't know what we can do about it now, but I want everyone within the sound of my voice to remember this and to bring it up at the team forums this summer.

Deal?

Joe J.

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I didn't see the point in starting a new thread about this, but there's a story posted about the VCU regional that can be found here.

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What's with this VCU viral outbreak? Were people really coming down with something bad in such a short amount of time? Sounds like one of those deadly-viral-outbreaks-that-destroy-the-world movies...only less deadly and more outbreaks....

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Hmmm... mabey that could be the Disney movie they never made! j/k

I don't know, but it was either viral or food born. I'm talking to a guy on 1086, he just started to throw up tonight.

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The VCU regional was fantastic.. It definately was exicting...

The competition was fun but the penalties they called on me are a joke. We were the #8 alliance and would of won if we did not get four penalities.. They said our robot crossed the coral but I dont see any phyiscal way that can happen. Our robot is 50" up and is completely flat, nothing goes in that coral... It hits the wall and the robot can not break that plane. I just dont see it but if the REF says he did, then thats final.... It doesnt matter though, we havent been there in four years but it still awesome to know we accomplished something..

I must thank Team 1467 for picking us to join their alliance and team 611 for playing with us. Team 611 capped a stationary goal and that gave us a win against the #1 seeded team.... We were the only ones to beat them besides the 3rd seed who eventually won the regional...

Well everyone, I loved the game, the crowds rocked, and most importantly the respect for the Teams....

First rocks!!!!!!!!

See you guys at the Chesapeake Regional

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His team (116) was there and he has been to the VCU regional every year with us. It was sort of logical that he was there.

Hanging the 4 bots was AMAZING. I had a discussion with one of our mentors about hanging 4 bots just before that match. I told him that I wanted to see a match with all 4 bots hanging. He said it wouldn't happen in any of the competitions. I said it would...and it did the very next match.

Thanks and congratulations to teams 623 and 1236 for our 7th seed alliance getting to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to all the other teams that participated! See you in Annapolis for the Chesapeake regional!

The virus that went around really was very bad and was easily affecting people in a very short period of time. Sorry to everyone that had to deal with it, especially the teams that lost human players and drivers. My brother [Jeff] Wetzel was hospitalized due to it and should be home tomorrow afternoon (hopefully).

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So YOU'RE the one who gave that to me...
Thanks alot...:p

Wetzel