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You have no idea how incredibly happy that made me.

:)

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phew that was a lot of work and fun. so wheres the pictures of me and my tube? i know a lot of people took pictures!!!

hahaha:p


just a reminder for all teams i noticed today, STAY INSIDE THE DRIVERS STATION! also the only ones allowed into that area is the drive team, we are not allowing more team memebers in there tomorrow untill the elim's sat.

good luck and i'll see ya bright and early!:P

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Mike has pictures up already of day one!

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Copy cat!:p Oh yea, and thanks for the yellow flag!:yikes: :rolleyes:

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Team 2228 (the rookies) were very happy to be there today. :)

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haha, i got yelled at for yellow flagging people for fun!
but if you do get one tomorrow i get to give it out!!

and yeah i noticed u tubed after i put my tube on. was yours popped?

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I was happy we worked. Well, up until the end with that whole fiasco, but we work again, all is well.

And our camera/sensor works now, that means maybe an actual auto mode.

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

I thought today went very well. We ran into some situations with the robot, but its all good now. Cant wait till tomorrow, if I wast so tiered from laserquest I would already be feeling the energy.

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i dont see pics of 229 =X or some of the other above named mentioned teams...

1126 + 191 are looking pretty =D

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I wish more people went but it was fun all the same!

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Twinkletoes has another victory at Laser Quest!:p

i say my thoughts are now:
340
365
1126
1591
354
424
578

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

Agreed - it was a lot more fun in the 3v3 rounds then 3v1 or 1v1. Overall though, it was a great experience and i'm glad there's still two more days.

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Nope, when I was looking for the bandannas, I found the tube box. So I gave myself some spirit! I plan on doing the same tomorrow!!:yikes:

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haha, mine was popped from a early match and it took me around 15 minutes to make it fit one me. :P

we shoud get a pic together, btw mine is better. haha

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I am very impressed with 2228. They have one of the better rookie bots I have seen in a while.

Also would like to congratulate 1126 Sparx for being the first to put up a keeper.

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

you guys were close so many times as well!

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Today ran very well. We were doing alright until our grabber ripped in half and started to drag on the ground haha. I can't wait for day 2!

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details jeremy, details:p

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Yes, I have to say the diversity of grabbers/suction is amazing! You really don't see any robot with a similar design. It's really cool! Me? I'm still up working on our pit slide shows. Stop by 1511 (camo) pit if you wanna see.

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Hey all!

We over at team 870 are going to debut our electronic scouting system tomorrow (or I suppose it's technically today)...

All hail Fluffy Network!

However, we're about three laptops short of a full cadre...and are looking for a partner team to help us out with scouting manpower, and three computers in return for access to our scouting database...

The Fluffy Network "Named after our fur-covered router" is comprised of:
-Filemaker 8.5 Database served wirelessly from the pit
-HTML photo gallery of the robots (i still have a few pictures to take tomorrow)
-Stands/Pit communications via LAN messaging

anyone want to join in the Fluff?

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

Good lUCk today - I'll see you on the field!!! Time to go now to check in!

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Here we go for day 2!
Good Luck to all teams!:)

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Time for the NRG to spike in Rochester.

Attending teams - please recognize individuals with your Personal Recognition Awards today and tomorrow.

Good luck to all!

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Don't forget to keep all drives team inside the drivers box, i don't want to see the stupid penalties give you a loss!

good luck and i'll see ya there!

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Good Luck to all teams...lets have a great day 2! :D

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i can't wait flr has a great mix of teams

as dill-un of 1126 said flr is like a family reunion (but it smells different)

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Ask and you shall receive, team 229 in action

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I think that was the story of half the teams at FLR. I can't recall so many teams spending the practice day working on the robot.At least 229 made it out of the pits once. Alot of robots we still have yet to see.

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Haha...nice hat there. ;)

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I hope the tube was from your team!

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How is the regional going so far??? What are matches looking like?
What are the standings?

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I really want to know whats going on, how are the matches going? who's looking good?

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That happened in New Jersey also. It's too bad that teams are not getting the practice time. This is much different game with 6 robots on the field.

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Thanks so much to the judges that recognized Dr. Hensel as a Woodie Flowers Award Winner!!!!!! Our team is really proud of his dedication to our team and his passion for the FIRST Program for the past 6 years!!!!!!!!!!!

He also had absolutely no idea that he was being nominated for this!!! Feel free to stop by our pits tommorow to read our essay about him!!

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Yea me too. How are 1126, 1511 and 229 doing?

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It was definitely an exciting day for qualifying matches. Many teams looked totally different after the practice day since we gave out alot of practice matches for this event. Many teams realized that their original setup either didn't work or was not robust enough.

There is a core group that sticks out in my mine watching from the sideline as MC.
316 - Lunatecs - Awesome robust lift system
365 - Moe - Removed their ramp completely and is a quick scorer. Also has good auto mode.
1126 - SparX Great autonomous and controls (well deserved since it's done by one of the best controls engineers at Xerox) They beefed up their gripper since it ripped off 2x.
191 - X-CATS - Very Fast scorer with a very robust machine with one of the highest scores of the regional so far. (They did an awesome job without my wife and I on the team this year.)
229 - Division by Zero - Nice manipulator and drive system but I have yet to see them deploy their new ramps that they built from scrath the last day.
467 - Awesome drives system and nice ramp
2228 - CougarTech - by far one of the best bots by a rookie team - I can't say enough about them, very organized and great team in general.

The one thing I still never understand how some teams never play certain teams all weekend long?

But all in all the performance of all teams were amazing to see it's still fair game to anyone - looking at the rankings alot fo good teams don't get the recognition they deserve for the output of a poor alliance matching.

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Our team is really happy that we won the Imagery Award with our Alice and Wonderland theme. That really made our day. We are on the slower side of loading, but getting them is is extremely easy. The team social was great tonight. The food, comedian was good, and I know know what songs I never want to hear again sung at karaokes in FIRST in Rochester. Tomorrow is the last day:-( Luck all!

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Hey all,

How is the team from Long Island doing? Team Rice 870?
Good Luck to all of you and please Wish them luck from Longwood.
I hope this gets to them :)
Thanks

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I know someone recorded FLR on tv. And I know someone's gonna give me a copy. Right?

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maaaaybe.

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(From the FIRST Site)

#1: 365 - 191 - 2228
#2: 316 - 1126 - 73
#3: 1713 - 1450 - 250
#4: 1507 - 424 - 174
#5: 229 - 1559 - 639
#6: 467 - 1591 - 768
#7: 1728 - 1405 - 772
#8: 1518 - 340 - 354

Quarter-Finals
1 v 8
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5

Semi-Finals
8 v 5
3 v 7

Finals
3 v 8

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Congratulations to Alliance #3 [1713 - 1450 - 250]

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The number 3 alliance WINS!!!

YEAH 250, 1713, 1450!!!

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WOW what an amazing day for our team. For those of you not at the competition, our alliance (#7 - 1728, 1405, 772) was made up entirely of defensive/ramp robots who could not score ringers. That we even won a single match was incredible for us (let alone making it to the semi finals!!). I'd like to REALLY thank 1728 and 1405 for picking us, as we had so many problems with our robot over the past couple days. We all feel extremely fortunate.

Congratulations to all of the winners and competitors (esp. 1511 for their Chairman's award). I'm not sure I have seen so many underdogs win in elimation matches in a single competition; it made for some extremely exciting matches.

Also thanks to everyone who cheered with us, it was great fun! (sorry to the person on 1126 who I hit with the GM flag a few times while waving it! Haha!)

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Major thanks to 365 and 191. We just wish we could've played with you guys some more. Major bummer that our suction was off and our lift didn't.... lift. To think it might've been because of a loose nut. yarrr... anywho, great competition everybody. Hopefully we'll see some of you in Atlanta (if we get the money) and the team will most def see you guys at future competitions. Thanks to everyone who made it and fun and exciting experience.

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I got the first hour of the first day I'll put it on our website as soon as I can. I also have a video of you guys winning the chairmans award you may be interested in which I will add to the site as well.

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There are resources available to help you with the monay problem.
Spread the word of your accomplishment throughout your school and town. Also there are teams able to help you out with fundraising in the area.

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Yeah, we have multiple avenue's we are going to explore very shortly, it's just that it's still an if and not a sure thing.

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Congratulations to the winners and all the teams this weekend. I was just happy to make this event fun and exciting for you all being that this was my first time MC'ing and event. I appreciate all the kind words and being able to talk to alot of you. If you have some feedbacks for me I'd really appreciate it.

Jondar Bradshaw (Buckeye) was a great person to be my announcer, don't you agree?

Once again great show from everyone!

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I agree. He does a great job.

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Our extreme leap of membership brought on that problem, the way to combat it is to set up a meeting with a particular group of companies. The truth is if you get the meeting with a company that the students on your team are the main presentors you allmost always walk out with something.

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And also thanks to Ellery! You did a great job as MC!

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Too bad 1728 fell off our ramp.

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Congrats to 1511 for their very well deserved Chairmans Award.

Thanks to 229 and 1559 for being awesome alliance partners.

Congrats to 340, 1518, and 354 for being finalists.

Congrats to 1713, 1450, and 250 as champions for 2007 FLR.

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Congrats to NYC & NJ Team at the Finger Lakes Regional!

General Motors Industrial Design Award to Team 316- PSEG/Dupont/SCC, Carneys Point, NJ.

Judges Award- "Team That Never Sleeps Award" to Team 354-Weshtinghouse HS, Brooklyn.

Regional Finalist #2 to Team 354-Westinghouse HS, Brooklyn; or the FRC team which I usually call "The Robot Guys across the street."
:)

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Great job to all the teams, it was a really fun regional to watch. :)
Congrats to team 1511 for the Chairman's Award! I am so happy that I was able to come down and see it happen. I am so proud of you guys and miss you so much. I can't wait until Boston with you guys!

I was so impressed by all the teams! Good luck if you plan to go elsewhere :) and remember -- HAVE FUN!

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Jondar Bradshaw was amazing with his play by play, and it was a great pleasure to eat and talk with them last night. Ellery, you were awesome as MC. Congrats to the winning alliance for all your hard work to get there. 1511, all I can say is congrats on all the hard work you put into the award. It has been amazing working with you this past year and seeing how much you do to spread the word of FIRST.

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Right now I am uploading the videos I have recieved from the team. So far I have 2 videos uploaded...
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340- winning the engineering inspiration award
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...tion_Award.htm
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578-winning team spirit award plus a closeup of the judges
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...irit_Award.htm

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To all involved in the Finger Lakes Regional:

Excellent job! This was MOE 365's first visit to Rochester and we had a great time. The venue was fantastic, everyone was professional and friendly, and the teams were competitive and gracious. Also, the team social was a nice break from the stress of the day.

Rochester Weather Gods - thanks for showing us the diversity of weather in the area - from below freezing and snow to jacket weather and rain.

Congratulations to the Finalists and Champions, you played some great matches.

Uber-congrats to Team 1511, a very deserving Chairman's Award winner.

And special thanks to all the friends we made over the past few days.

Perhaps we will see you again next year!

Best of luck during the rest of the season!

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1511 worked very hard this year you were all very deticated over the summer doing over 40 public demonstrations. (we were only able to do 21 things) And the ruckus was a lot of hard work to put together we witnessed it.

Our team really has a lot of respect for you especially when you cheered us on when we moved on to the semifinals in boston. Congrats on the chairmans award.

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Big Congrats to team 1511 for winning the Chairmans, from some old friends in Windsor Locks CT!!!!

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Congrats to 1511 for winning Chairman's! You guys really deserved it! With 40 events (community) a year who wouldn't give it to you! You guys are amazing!

A Huge thanks and congrats to teams 1713 and 1450 for being awesome alliance partners and helping us bring home the gold. We couldn't have done it without you. See you in Atlanta!

I will say congrats to all winners of any other awards at any competiton, because you guys deserve it. But even those who didn't deserve a HUGE round of applause for just making it to the competitions and being able to watch your robot. We all know this is a hard challenge but we all did it! Just remember its not how good your robot does but how much closer you become not only with your team but others as well

Special thanks to the X-Cats (191) for cheering with us during finals. That helped more than you know!

Also on a side note, I absolutely loved team 316's (LunaTecs) Robot this year! If anyone has a picture of it (or anyone elses robot) could you send it to me?

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Thanks to Mike from robotphotos there are lots of pictures already up on the internet! :yikes:

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It was awesome being next to guys in the pit and being paired up on the field. I had a great time!

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I also love their cheer...

"316 - Elevation Machine!"

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Where might I find videos of FLR?

P.S.
I had a totally awsome time and it was great to see everyone's robots in action. Super huge congrats to the champs and to 1511 for the Chairman's
and thanks again to 1559 and 229! I bet I'm not the only one already excited for FLR 2008.

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I believe someone is uploading vids to SOAP under this directory...

http://soap.circuitrunners.com/2007/...roc-rochester/

Probably won't be till sometime next week.

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I have the videos and Ellery is going to eidt them.
Right now I'm converting the DVR recording from TV to tape becasue I missed match 1.

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Awesome, thanks!:D

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Thank for the congrats everyone =]
Finger Lakes was amazing!
Robots...super duper amazing!

1518 ; 340 ; 354

I'm so proud of us, we made it so far. I really couldn't be more proud.

And we won the judges award, cause truthfully, we really don't sleep all that much ^^;;

CONGRATS to teams 1713 ; 1450 ; 250
You guys were awesome=]

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You're the girl who was in that D&C video about FLR!
You guys were a blast at the afterparty doing kareoke (sp) and your robot was pretty good too. Good luck in NYC!

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Videos on from flr 2007 on our website so far...

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Woodie Flowers Award
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...s_Award_07.htm

Dr Hensel
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Jarret Bones Speech
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...tor_Speech.htm
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Spirit Award
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...irit_Award.htm
Team 578
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Engineering Inspiration Award
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...tion_Award.htm
Team 340
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Chairmans Award
http://www.fairportfirst.com/Media/V...mans_Award.htm
Team 1511

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WOW-ERS!
I totally forgot about that!
Thanks for telling me about the video =]

Thanks =]
Our robot was so lovely =]

WHOOO!!!
Kareoke(sp?) was sooOoOoo much fun!
We probably we torturing people with our horrible singing but we were funny!

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But it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't horrbile.

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FLR thanks/Congrats Thread is up here.

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Congratulations to all teams for their amazing performances last weekend! Moe-Zilla was amazing, the X-Cats are always so great, I could just go on and on. I had such a great time, as usual. After all, it is the best regional in the world!

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Congrats to #2228 HFL Cougar Tech for your outstanding rookie performance. We knew going in you could do it! //CD needs a smiley for PRIDE

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Hot off the press! - to clarify a rumor.
I have confirmation today that Xerox will provide alittle $ & Mentoring assistance to Team #2228 CougarTech HFL this year for them to go to Atlanta.

Hopefully this partnership will expand in the near future.

I will be coming down with some of the other Xerox FIRST team mentors and students to provide some input at one of your team meetings. (Someone will tell me when that is hopefully)

Remember feel free to contact me for any info your team may need. I look forward to working with your team.

Ellery

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Thats awsome

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Wow thats great. Thanks Ellery.


haha, so that's what the big "surprise" is tomo. I guess this will teach our marketing mentor to keep secrets. lol

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Great News!

2228 was the best bot out of the box on Thursday, and played unlike their rookie status.

You will be a great addition to the Championship teams. Hopefully we will end up in the same division and get to root each other on again!

Go Cougar-Tech!!!

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So I guess they are now officially the Cougar TechX

Congrats, Xerox picked a great team to back. You guys built a great bot and I am glad we had you as alliance partners. See you in Atlanta!

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Xerox hasn't officially picked them up yet. They're just paying thier way to go down to Atlanta.
They did the same for Division by Zero a couple of years ago when they had qualified and believe me, they are not changing their name to Division by X.

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Yeah, no jumping to conclusions now. It's really cool that Xerox is gonna help us out, but that doesn't mean they are gonna pick us up. That would be sweet, but it hasn't happened.

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We're SO graciously grateful for Xerox's decision to help us get down to Atlanta, as has ALSTOM in another big way, significantly offseting our team member's cost to 28 hr train trip on down to Atlanta & hotel (all happened this week)! INCREDIBLE!! :D Icuiti, Guida's Pizza, Simcona, SouthCo and others believed in us before we even gel-ed as a team...and this was AWESOME! :D

See CougarTech2228.com for team shots, as we'll be uploading more pix, soon!

Our team's spirit is backed by the spirit of our super sponsors, peer teams, school district, family and friends...giving our rookie team some serious strength to continue to believe in ourselves!! We are SO PSYCHED!

I've pinged Ellery, and we hope to have him as a guest at a team meeting, real soon!!

(wait till you guys see the cool robotic goodies we have to give-away!!)

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Cool

Yea the give aways are pretty cool

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I have the perfect name for you guys if you ever become a Xerox team:
X-ponential:D

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haha, or maybe X-quisite. Actually, I'm a fan of X-emplary

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How about the Cougar Tech X-Perience?

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ooo, that's a nice one. I'll have to remember to tell that one to one of the underclassmen.

X-emplary Cougars
X-quisite Tech

heh, I still like the X-perience one.

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

The Cougar Xtreme
X Techs
neXt techX

Since I don't have any personal team going to Atlanta this year, I will be cheering for 2228.

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If you want I could try get you one of our regional shirts so you can cheer in the right colors :cool:

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OOOO! i want one too! i'll wear it proud.

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

hm, I know we are definitly gonna try to make our "presence" known at ATL. I know we have some of the regional shirts left over. I'll see how many I can grab for CD members that are gonna be at ATL.

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

your going to throw one of those my way right? I mean, I am half Kirkwood :p

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I'm unfortunately not going to be at Atlanta, if one of my teams were I would, but I'm not...

I'll be cheering from my desk at RIT

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Ah pity. Well, cheering is cheering :)

Re: 2007 Finger Lakes Regional!
 

what teams won in the finals

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FLR Results are here.

FLR Awards are here.

EDIT: Folks, for those reading further on this thread, please STOP giving negative reputation. The poster has already PM'd an apology, and unfortunately, too many people are hitting the Negative Reputation button.

Please review my post concerning negative reputation here:
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