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University City Hotel eh? I know someone that's staying there... I have to say, it's going to be heaven not having to commute an hour each way for this regional. (I had to for NJ/NYC...it wore me out like what.) so now I can leave everything I have on the field.

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Unless I'm mistaken It doesn't look like Philly will be archived in the gloriousness of the webcast...anyone know the reason this is the case?

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Judging by this post, it looks like 578 will record Philly for archiving. As far as webcasts go, Philly hasn't been webcasted that I can remember. Maybe if we can get 177 Bobcats to come back next year (if it doesn't fill up too fast like this year) they might webcast it.

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571 is leaving in just a few hours! With the teams attending I bet this will be one of the loudest regionals in the country - Paragon can't wait! :D

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Can't wait 103 leaves for Drexel 6:00am tommorrow!:D

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MOE 365 will be packing up tonight for an early arrival tomorrow morning. Safe travels to everyone!

REMINDER - all teams will receive two Philadelphia Regional Personal Recognition Buttons with their registration packet. Please find the time over the next very hectic three days to recognize someone in a special way. Give him/her a button, quickly document the reason on your handy-dandy form, and drop off the form in the marked box in the Pit Admin area.

THANKS!!!!

Best of luck to all! (...and to all a good night)

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433 is leaving at 7:15 tomorrow! (Yeah, we're lucky with location :P)

The Ghanaians are here, everyone's ready to go...

SOO EXCITED.

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well, we are leaving at 6:45 tomorrow! and w00t for the Ghanaians, can't wait to see them again.

Hope to see everyone sometime at Philly!

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we get to sleep in an extra half hour :P

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I got you all beat! I get to sleep in until 11am! Mwahahaha...but then I have to drive down. Oh well.

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Well its 0600 and I am up and getting ready to leave for Philly, I had to get my CD fix before departing. Good luck to everyone attending I can't wait to see all of my old friends again and to make new ones. Any one want to find my I will be at the volunteer desk or walking around showing people around and doing other random stuff. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.

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Great practice day today in Philly. Hope all teams got their bots tuned for some fun tomorrow. Thanks to all the volunteers and staff who made everything run so smoothly today.

Best of luck to everyone tomorrow.

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Today was a great day for a lot of teams, We have 3 great rookies with 2/3 of them being able to score on the rack and they both have effective ramps.
There were a lot of teams that could score fast on the bottom and middle racks, the driving today was a little shaky but thats what practice day is for.
All in All it was a great first day for Philly Regional I can't wait for tomorrow and Saturday, good luck teams!

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Is there a webcast of this competition?

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No, I think 578 is taping for an archive

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How was the first day of the competition?
Whos looking good out there?

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Lots of good teams from what I saw today (the last 2ish hours). Teams 103, 272, 433, 1712, 486 and 365 seem to be the teams to beat out there. I saw some pretty hot matches at the end of the day, especially the one with Dawgma in the last 3-or so (I don't remember which off the top of my hand).

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing teams compete tomorrow.

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I'm really surprised a bit this year, teams like MOE and the Royal Assault aren't totally dominating EVERYTHING. Which means the teams are getting better, yay! Not to say those two aren't handing out spankings. I've had a lot of fun playing defense mostly, but I do see that the end ramps are playing a huge part. Good luck to everyone tomorrow, Do well.

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We have had some of the craziest days at competitions this year in Philly. Like yesterday we had our carrier plates close to failing so we spent like an hour and a half replacing them with the hardened ones. This was not as easy as it sounds our robot does not make it easy to get to our transmissions. And then today the left side drive system just stopped so we thought it might be the pins falling out since we had heard of that problem it turns out we were right we lost all five carrier pins on the left side drive. We found some new plates thanks to team 708 but they were different gear ratio so we took apart the right side drive and found out we had lost four of the pins on that side and would have lost the last one very soon. this whole time we managed not to miss one match while fixing the robot even winning one when our human player threw a tube on the rack and the other two robots drove up on our ramps we didn't even have to move. But now we have the whole thing back together and it works again hopefully we can get some new plates from banebots that will hold up to stress of competitions. I love this regional it is crazy loud and very competitive. Well we will see everyone tomorrow and hopefully have some more great scoring and competitive matches.

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From what I saw today there was a lot of solid teams out there. I was very surprised by the rookie team 2229 they have been doing really well for a rookie team. Teams 341 and 103 are really fast at scoring and driving they are going to be some hard teams to beat. Team 399 is one of the most spirited teams that I have ever seen, must be a west coast thing :), Congratulations to the mentor from 316 for winning the WFA. Wayne Penn did a really great job today on the field, lost his voice a bit but still a great job, Freddy was great as the pit announcer always a good time. The volunteers have been amazing and have kept things running so smooth. I can't wait for tomorrow to see whats next great job so far best of luck to everyone.

Also congraduations to teams 103, 272, 399, 357, 365 and the other teams that won awards today.

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Today was a good day, we had some electrical issues mid-day but we're all together now. We were playing pretty good in all of our matches, finishing off the day at 14th place. Lots of good robots out there....can't wait for tomorrow and the semi finals.

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today was my first philly regional and you guys made it totally awesome. Thanks for having such great spirit and I hope to see you guys out on the field tomorrow during regular matches and the FINALS!.

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Congratulations Steve Bartlett on winning the Woody Flowers Award!!

Just think, I knew you way back when.... well let's face it, way back when you didn't look too much different than you do today!!!!!!!

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Why thank you Kyle for the shout out. I unfortunately will not be returning as Pit Announcer for tomorrow’s matches. However I will be there for my team, 204, mentoring. I must say that I had so much fun Pit Announcing for the past two days and meeting a lot of cool people and teams.

Shouts to

Ducky, Brenda and Momma Troy and Judy for helping with announcements, keeping everything on schedule and also making me laugh throughout the entire two days

All the cool people from CD at Philadelphia. You guys and girls rock. Hope you are feeling better Sara (Bandchick)

Team 433, the Firebirds for saying HI! and chatting with me.

To all the other teams for making the 2007 Philadelphia Regional one of the greatest regional competitions that I have been to in awhile.

Stop by Team 204’s Pit and say hi

I can’t wait for tomorrow competition. Good Luck

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From the match results it looks like this regional is a complete tossup. The entire field is full of capable offensive machines. Based on what I saw in NJ, 486 will be a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs. Their ramp design is excellent and will easily get the bonus points needed to secure a win.

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Alliance selection with live edits

#1 103 272 87

#2 365 316 709

#3 1712 222 484

#4 1143 204 1791

#5 539 399 834

#6 84 341 181

#7 1647 357 571

#8 423 433 486

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teams are currently at lunch and the 24 teams are getting ready to take part in the "Big Dance". This regional has been full of high energy and never ending team spirit. thanks to 399 for being our cheering buddies.

Looking at the fierce competition of the qualifying, the finals are going to be wicked tough. I cant wait for the final matches to start at 1!

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Semis

1v5
6v7

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816 replaces 399 (carrier plates) in #5 and wins in match 3

#6 wins in 3 matches

Finals

5v6

539 816 (399) 834 versus 84 341 181

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#6 wins

Congrats to the Philly Regional Champs 84, 341, 181.

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Congrats to

Team 341 for winning E.I and Team 365 for Chairmans.

Thanks to 1143 and 1791 for being great alliance partners.

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Well we had a blast at this competition we won the spirit award and we were on the runner up alliance. We had to back out of the semis because our banebots carrier plates failed on us for a third time this weekend. Now I really think this is a problem that needs to be addressed by FIRST because we have had the soft plates hard plates and even used a different gear ratio plate. No matter we still had a great time thanks to our alliance members teams 539, 834, and 816. We will see you who are going to atalanta in about a week and a half.

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Wow, what a great regional! 399 lead the cheering and made the event crazy fun. there were some of the best machines here and they showed it in the past 3 days. 341 84 and 181 were amazing with great and very fast scoring from 341 and 181 and the best defense I have ever seen from anyone provided by Chuck 84. The rookies 2229 and 2253 who both won awards were amazing for rookie teams and I can't wait to see them next year. team 1712 was incredibly fast, I was told that was due to the AndyMark products, and they were just great at scoring. Teams 103 272 and 87 made up the #1 alliance and they were the 3 teams that all through the regional were always fast, high scoring and good at defense they put on a great show. 341 won the EI award and it couldn't have gone to a better team congratulations to them for an amazing robot and team.
Wayne Penn was once again great at getting the crowd excited and dancing and made the event one of the best I have been to.

There are many many more people and teams who made Philly a great regional and I hope that all of you come back, I will be back later to thank the ones I didn't here but I gotta get some rest :)

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Yes we did use AndyMark Products, but we used AM one speed gearboxes(similar to 2006 kit gearboxes)!

We'd like to thank our great partners 222 and 484 for helping us put up a fight against 341, 181, and 84. Chuck 84 played some of the strongest defense I have seen in a while, and 181 and 341 just filled that rack. Grats to 341 for winning E.I. and Grats to 365 for the Chairmans.

See you all in ATL!

-Chuck G.

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We ended up in 16th over all. Had some difficulties with out robot at first but in the end got all the kinks worked out. All in all that was one of the best Philly Regionals I have ever been to. The energy from all the teams was great. Especially from our friends from the westcoast 399. You guys were mad awesome. Hope to see most of you down in atlanta and if you wanna talk just find 816

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Chuck would like to thank Miss Daisy and the Birds of Prey for joining us in the finals matches and helping us to our first regional championship. The competition was fierce, but you made it happen! (I still can't believe we really did it!!!)

The finals matches were fierce! 539, 816, 399, and 834 made us work for the wins.

Congrats to our sister team. 284, for the special Judges' Award. You're always willing to lend a hand or two when help is needed.

Congratulations to all the award winners in Philly!

Thanks to all of the volunteers who made the Philadelphia Regional not only possible, but such a pleasure to attend. We all had a great time!

(The rest of my team mates aren't home yet, but I had to say thanks to everyone.)

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I would like to say congrads to Moe for Chairmans, Daisy for Engineering Inspiration, and 103 being the first seed. Also the 6th seeded alliance(84 341 181) for winning the whole thing. A BIG THANK YOU TO TEAM 1647 AND 571. Thats was an amazing alliance. To all teams that was playing good job and hope to see you at the champs or a offseason.

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team 422 attended this regionmal for the first time ever, and we had a blast. The energy levels were high, and you could feel the gracious profesionalim all around you. Our robot worked well, but unfortunently we did not have the record to proove it. Still, we enjoyed the weekend and look forward to possibly coming back in the future.

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Well, it's been said a few times that it wasn't our team's first time ever, but whatever. :rolleyes: I really liked the regional in Philly more than some others I've been to. It was a bit smaller sure, but it was filled with really great teams and everyone there was awesome (Also, it was nice and cold :D ). Hello again to Melissa Thiessen, it was great meeting you.

One more thing, for the Firebirds: Can you send me any information you have involving the shipping of robots over to Ghana? I know that our team has 3 robots that were built before *any* of our current members were even on the team, and there's one other that may be fixable from '05. We'd have to fix them up a bit to replace salvaged PWM's and such, but we should be able to have them in working condition again in no time. I talked to a couple of you at the event about it, some said it might be an issue being all the way down in Virginia, others said it should be fine. I just want to make sure we can work it out. :cool:

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I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that put on this awesome event. The volunteers were gracious, the judges and referees were great, and the teams were simply amazing. This was the last event of my student FIRST career, and it was a great way to go out. Thanks to 1647 and 357 for being a powerful and energetic alliance. Congratulations to the champions, especially 181 for their first ever win and for representing Connecticut well. 399, your California spirit was intense, thanks for coming out to share it with us. 365, congrats on the well-deserved Chairman's award, and you and your alliance were a very strong foe in the quarter-finals. Rookies, whether you were a ramp, defense, or whatever, you three teams performed impressively and I'm sure you all have bright futures in FIRST.

Once again thanks to everyone and I hope to return to the Philadelphia regional with whatever team I mentor in college.

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It was great meeting you guys as well. It's fantastic to see that the team I helped start is still doing well several years later.

I'd like to thank all of my fellow volunteers, all the wonderful teams, and the fantastic FIRST and Drexel staff members that make this regional work. The Philly regional is like a giant FIRST family reunion, catching up with old friends and making great new friends. Thanks to everyone who makes this regional the warm, friendly family atmosphere that has people coming back for more each year :)

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Yes Mrs. Vanderpool, thank you to ALL of the teams that we shared this experience with. Also, Congrats to everybody else!

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Also this is Chuck's First win ever! *is so excited*

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As Mrs. Vanderpool has been the only reply on behalf of our team thus far, I wanted to take the time to post.

First of all, as many long running FIRST teams have experienced over the years the inability to just make that last step to bring home the gold. After 11 years of dedicated teachers, mentors, and engineers the work has paid off and Chuck finally made that last step of bringing home the gold. Personally, I can not past my undying respect far enough to the hard work of these individuals and the amount of inspiration they have given to me throughout these years. Congratulations to all of team 84, near and far, on a long awaited achievement.

To all of those original teams out there, whom may still be waiting to make that final step. Keep striving - encourage your sponsors that their generosity is what assists in your achievements.

On a personal note, yesterday was amazing beyond many levels. Multiple years of student achievement and alumni were represented by 84. I find no words for those individuals, who were the originals, and this many years later, still come "home" to Chuck.

Team 181, I hope you enjoyed the rest of your evening in the city, and "The City of Brotherly Love" was welcoming to you throughout the rest of your stay. Best wishes to you, and hope you will make it to Nationals.

We are ..... 84!

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All I can say from the last 3 days is WOW! This year was simply amazing for Dawgma, as we finished friday seeded first and seeded fourth at the end of qualifying matches. I want to thank the team 222, the tigertrons, and team 484, the vikings, for being our alliance partners. Though we didn't make it out of the quarter-finals, we all still played some really tough matches. Thank you so much!

And thank you to team 272, the Cyber-Crucaders, for their Best Robot award on friday. I'll have to admit I was a little surprised when your team suddenly surrounded our merry little band, but when you started reading off the award, it was simply amazing (I'm the one who accepted the sword by the way). From coming last year with a barely drivable bot to being recognized by others for our stregth was just exhilarating. We had inspectors, volunteers, and judges commenting to many of our members on our overall effectiveness on the field. I want to say thank you to everyone who gave us praise!

Now I have just one question for the members of 1712...

DAWGMA! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

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Good job Dawgma. This team is simply amazing.

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does anyone know if soap was taping the regional and if so when will it be up?

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I saw the 578 VCR in place :D

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Our team taped it, I have 8 tapes laying around and I will get them on our site and soap as soon as I possibly can. We recorded the ceremonies, the matches and finally the awards.

Count on something being up in 2 weeks.

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Awoof! Awoof! Awoof!


*300 inspired team chant*

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Lets hear it for Chuck, Daisy, and Birds of Prey!
Good job guys:D
Hope to see everyone in Atlanta.

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Thanks!

It was a great experience to share with your team and every other team there.

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How about alliance selections?

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Team 1647 thanks all the teams at the Philadelphia Regional for making it the best regional FIRST has to offer. We'd especially like to thank teams 357 and 571 for being a part of our awesome alliance!

Good luck to everyone who is going to the Championship event!

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Yes, the Regional was great, but, then, it being my first FIRST, I'm not qualified to judge. The bots were amazing, with 103 and Daisy being incredibly fast.

Um, Kyle, small point, it's Team 2053 TigerTronics, my group, not "2253", that won the Rookie All Star and Rookie Highest Seed. (Only clarifying so people can look us up if they want.) Your congrats are welcome, and I extend mine to everyone. And wasn't that Chuck84 just *amazing*? And the driver was *smart*, too, particularly that deliberate choice to incur the 30 point penalty to stop opponents from mounting their ramp.

Our driver took on both Daisy and 103 in elimination rounds, and we got an appreciation for how slippery they can be!

I also gotta say I have only admiration for Daisy's designers and pit crew. She lost her claw at one point, and it got remounted pronto.

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I just wanted to say how wonderful it was to work with Chuck 84 and the Birds of Prey 181. We worked so well together. We are all relatively low numbered teams that had never won a regional before. That made the victory extra sweet.

To Chuck 84:
We have a long history of offseason victories working with Team 84, going all the way back to 2002. We always worked so well together at PARC, DUEL, Summer Frenzy and Ramp Riot. It was great to finally work together at the big show. Thank you for having the confidence to choose us.

To BOP 181:
We fell in love with your team at Chesapeake 2006 and have been chanting "181, 81, 81" ever since. You have a great machine and you know how to use it.

To our friends Competing in Philly (103, 272, 357, 1712, 433, 365, 316, 563, 222....):
Thank you for all of the support that you have given our team over the years. Everything from offering advice, to providing parts, and helping with Ramp Riot has made us the team we have become. We never forget that.

Hope everyone has a great time in Atlanta and a successful offseason.

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All of 341 is incredibly grateful to 84 and 181 for being PERFECT alliance partners. I've never before seen as well rounded an alliance as this one - 181 and 341 put up tubes around the rack while 84 played probably the BEST defense I've ever seen played. At times, Chuck was 1-on-2 against the opponent and they STILL prevented the tubes from going up! Daisy and the Birds of Prey had a blast putting up the ringers while the opponent was bottled up in his/her own home zone.

Great work everyone!

Also, much thanks to our team's own mechanical pit crew. They took the arm from "fallen off" to "fully functional" in about 5 minutes. I definitely didn't think that that was possible.

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I have to say that our driver can drive everything and anything. It is his second year driving and his abilities are amazing.

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team 357 did record the matches with soap ... don't know when it will be up but will be up soon. i will post when its up

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I loved the energy everyone had there though, despite the fact that it was a bit lacking near the end of the 3rd day. The socials between teams off-field were also really fun. I do enjoy dancing with people from other teams (no offense Dawgma).
More importantly, there were some really intense matches, and everyone was getting into it.
That was one of the most fun things I have ever been to, and for that, I would like to thank the 43 other teams for such a great regional competition.

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A little late, but a huge thanks to 1712 for making us the third pick and 484 for joining our alliance. We played hard and had a great time! Congrats to 1712 for their success in qualifying rounds.

Biggest congrats to 84, 341, and 181 you guys were a great alliance! 84 you had some some amazing defense on the often forgotten ramp bots. I know first match of th quarter finals you slowed us down enough that we couldn't get home in time to deploy or climb our alliances ramp. 341 and 181 you guys had it together scoring.

Also a congrats to one of the rookies of FIRST. I don't know if anyone watched the progression of 2223, but they got better with every match. Not bad for not having a robot ready to compete when they arrived! This team didn't have any type of manipulator, but they could play some good defense.

Also thank you to all the volunteers for making this happen.

For all you teams that didn't get enough come join us at the 10th annual Pennsylvania Robot Challenge (PARC X). We're looking to make it the best ever and having as many Philly teams as possible would be a really great start! Good luck to all the rest of the season!

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Does anyone have video of alliance selections?

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Im sorry it's a little late, but congratulations to MOE for the Chairman's Award. Thanks for the selection as well. Sorry we couldn't make it a three peat between the teams.

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100% agree with what was said above.
Daisy and BOP, it was an honor working with you.
I could not wish to be with a better family then Chuck 84.
And of course, see everyone else that the BIG DANCE!
:yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

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Pictures from the regionals are up! enjoy!

http://www.opshot.com/first.htm

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I know it's a week late but team 709 would like to thank their alliance partners 316 and 365 you guys were great team mates. congrats to the winners 84, 341 and 181 you deserved it. Also congrats to 365 for chairman's you were awesome. good luck to everyone in Atlanta!

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Thank you for being a great alliance partner and an all around great team! best of luck in ATL.

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Thank You for the kind words....you did a good job yourselves! Your last minute modifications worked out well. :)

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Are any of the videos from Philly up and online yet?