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There are a few people who would love to get a thanks for putting on one of the best regionals in FIRST.
John Murdock, jwm@mitc.org, co-chair
Mike Wade, michael.wade@nasa.gov, co-chair
Carol Kauffman, ckauffman@aol.com, regional dir.
Aaron Still, still@usna.edu, venue
Desiree Taminelli, desiree.a.taminelli@nasa.gov, volunteers
These and other emails can be found on the Chesapeake site at www.mitc.org :)

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First off we would like to thank team 11 for giving us the oppurtunity to participate in the finals by picking us ... we had a blast ... it was great ... "that is what counts" - Mr. Finkel

The scale seemed to have issues with everyone ... we were over weight plus we had the first match of the day everyday ... so we missed all of our thursday matches and the first match on friday ... The judges didnt even let go like 2 ounces over ... so much for "... the judge's discretion ..."

then it turned out we had major problems with our wheels on the carpet ... after a few matches the great Mr.Finkel came up with the idea to use pneumatics tubing with tie-raps in them and tie em around the wheels so they r like omni-wheels ... it helped a lot and we saw a few other teams using the Finkel invention ...

Overall it was a great regional ... had a lot of fun ... we're going to the nyc regional to watch this weekend ... lets see how that goes ...

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This regional had to be the best event i have ever been to...ive been to 1 national and 4 regionals including this one....it was by far the best....This has been the first year my team has been so excited about being at a competition....during our matches everyone was on their feet cheering....even if we were losing....we did great...we went 6-1 in qualifying rounds and 2-2 in elimination rounds....we were 6th seed then bumped up to 5th...we went 2-0 in the semis and then lost two matches in a row in the quarters....we had really really great matches all day...great matches against 25 and great matches against 222 and 303....and congratulations to the winning alliance...you guys were amazing....only team to beat 222....thanks to all the teams that were there....this regional really was the best

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I'd like to second that -- thanks for picking us, team 11 ... we had a great time! Just wait till Columbia!

I must say I was very pleased with it also; it being on the Naval Academy, the cafeteria was nice and the arrangement was better than the typical venue. At first I was somewhat dissapointed, because typically we go to the Philly regional, which is always good, and we substituted this one in its place ... but after going there, I eventually managed to forget about Philly Cheese Steaks!

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The more and more i read about this comp. the more and more upset i get about missing it :-(. I fought hard to get us to chessy, heh but hey college calls and i had to answer, but man im proud of my team, and im proud of all the teams really. You all put up great fights from what i have heard, and just being in first is something to be proud of, i have been in forst for 4 years and i grow to love it a bit more each year. See you all at Phill.

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The Chesapeake Regional was awesome! I have only one thing to say...

Not only are we going to Annapolis... Dean Kamen...
We're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico! We're going to California and Texas and New York! Then we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan! And then we're going to ATLANTA to TAKE BACK THE TROPHY!
YYYAAAAAAAHHHH!

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I think I had more fun last year. But then again Team 836 almost won it coming off a bad regional at VCU. This year was bad at VCU and Chesapeake. I guess the only positive thing for me was no one got sick. Oh well we have eight matches to prove ourselves.