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i would just like to let every one know that once again the BAE regional competition was amazing...i watched some incredible bots and some incredible matches...as a member of team #350 i would just like to thatnk teams 121 and 126. you guys are the only reason we made it as far as we did and i am most grateful that you gave us the opportunity with all the other amazing bots that were there...congrats to you and to all the finalist and even to those who weren't in the finals becasue it was a success to even make it to the cometition. 350 went from shipping a bot with no arm to a first place win with 2 great teams that i hope we get to work with again. and yet again i was amazed at the support there was from the other teams there...thank you to anyone that helped us...especially with pullie, cuzgod knows we used alot of them. i hope all the future regionals go well for everyone and i hope to see you at nationals!!! :D

Re: BAE FINAL REMARKS
 

Greg and Rick--

As an ex-Little League umpire, I think I can say I understand the difficulty.

I have not bashed any referees. I have merely stated my opinion that the reffing was not without fault. This is to be expected. In my viewpoint, it was an exemplary reffing performance. Any other opinion that you may attribute to me is quite mistaken.

As for the penalties: once again, we find that it is extraordinarily improper to express an opinion that does not agree, to the letter, with F.I.R.S.T. Apparently, it is not enough to merely respect and like the people at F.I.R.S.T.: we must agree with them in every aspect of every game as well.

--Petey

Re: BAE FINAL REMARKS
 

I certainly have nothing to complain about when it comes to the refereeing. It must be so hard to do that job. Everyone has mistakes they wished they hadn't made or penalties that were called that they didn't see. For example, many of you probably remember in one of our last seeding matches (I am from team Buzz 175) our robot was tipped but was able to self-right. However we were called on that 30 point penalty (I think it was the first or at least one of the first 30 point penalties of the whole competition) and we ended up loosing that match. It was really crushing, but we all realized that the refs did their job. We wish it hadn't happened, but we still ended up doing very well.

It seemed to me as if there were a lot more penalties at BAE than there were at Chesapeake bay (the other regional my team attended) I think that it was partially due to the rule changes. At Chesapeake it seemed like it was less advantageous to have a defensive robot on your alliance than it was at BAE where defensive robots played a big part.

As far as all the security goes, we were seated right behind TJ2, and once all the parents came from both teams, I know we certainly felt squeezed in. It was really difficult that every time one of us so much as touched the aisle we were being yelled at. However, my team (because of me) ended up appreciating that. When we were in the front cheering for our team in our last quarter final match, I started getting really dizzy and I was hyperventilating (I have seizures) but my team couldn't get back to any of our mentors because of the congestion. I ended up having to leave with the EMTs who had a trouble getting in and getting me out. Now I know that is an extreme situation, but at that time we appreciated why the security personnel were always yelling at us.

I would like to thank teams 138 and 58 we formed at great alliance. You guys were really awesome!

Sorry that I am do long-winded! :)

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unfortunately, the only pictures of 138 you are going to see are ones in the matches. other than that, we closely guard pictures of the robot stripped down in the pits as the steering system is located right at the top of the 'bot and we haven't gotten a patent for it yet as we wish to do. :(