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Thanks to team 469 for putting up with me in your stands area for a good half of the regional. You people are great.

Thanks to 201 for giving great matches and giving us a great match of Ultimate Frisbee.

Thank you 33 for showing us a great arm.

This is another congrats: To 703 I would like to say DANG. You guys were probably the ONLY robot who could have gotten up of team 469's half deployed ramp, Which by the way I would like to add was the one of the easiest ramps to drive up. When I saw you guys driving up that ramp I thought oh my god we're having 14 wheels next year. Congrats you guys.

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14 wheel are pretty cool if there is a major pushing match going on, and i have seen this robot push robots around at Detroit and WMR, i cant remember if they were at GLR,i am just wondering how heavy each axle assembly was?

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Wow, what an awesome regional. I am still trying to get my voice back. Not only was the competition on the field awesome the people and the atmosphere was amazing.

After this weekend I have never been more proud of the team that I have had the privilige to be a part of. I want to say a special thanks to the chairmans team you guys did an awesome job.

Special thanks to:

33- It was a privlige to play with such a high quality team, you guys were awesome.

904- You guys were awesome. We played with you guys all weekend and we had a lot of fun. It was cool to play with another area team.

Congratulations to:

111, 302, and 1504 we had a great time playing all of you and congratulations on the runner-up.

2015- For winning the judges award and for constantly improving your robot over the season. It was awesome to see you put that keeper on in your match with us. All of your hard work payed off and you should be proud.

2054- congratulations on winning the Rookie All-star award. It was hard to tell that you were a rookie, your play on the field was strong and being across from you in the pits it is clear you will be a force in the future.

Thank you to everyone who made this regional awesome.

Andrew Quick
Team 85
GO BOB!!

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A few of us visited GLR but we did not compete.

I couldn't tell you how much the wheels weigh but I'm definitely going to find out seeing how often it's getting asked. I do know we took some measures to reduce the weight as much as possible (aluminum shafts on the wheels as opposed to our usual steel ones, milling holes in the idler gears, and so on), I'll get back with you on the exact numbers.



I'd just like to say thank you again to teams 469 and 494! See you in Atlanta! :D

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I remember hearing a storya botu how u guys were using spur gear on each axle and you guys decided to put a wheel at every gear, when i heard that i was amazed, caseu most wheel assemblies arent the lightest of things, so good job on the 14 wheel assemblies

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All I can say is "Wow!!!"

We had a great time. Finishing as the #1 seed at such a strong regional surpassed our expectations. We did have a lot of help from alliance partners along the way and, of course, a little bit of luck too. Unfortunately we came up a short in the eliminations, but we knew it would be tough going in - every alliance 1 - 8 was incredibly strong. Congratulations to 703, 469, and 494. No small task surviving the eliminations.

Thanks to 71 and 397 for your help in the eliminations - we just couldn't seem to muster the offense we were hoping for.

Congratulations to 2054 (Big Blue - Hopkins High School) on winning Rookie All Star. I hope you are able to find your way down to Atlanta for the Championships.

Congratulations to 85 for winning the Engineering Inspirations Award.

And a big congratulations to RUSH for winning the Regional Chairman's Award. You are an amazing team - good luck in Atlanta. I attribute much of our team's successes to Team 27. We have used your team as a model of what we would like our team to be. Thanks.

Lastly, a lot of people said some very nice things to me about our team and robot along the way. Thank you.

Okay, I've rambled enough. We won't be at the Championships - we needed a win to get in, so good luck to all heading down. We will be watching the webcast for sure. Hope to see some of you at IRI and the Team Ford FIRST Robotics invitational in the fall.

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wow! what a great regional.team 910 would like to thank teams 27 and 70 for picking us for finals. we didn't win, but are team likes to look at it this way, we only lost to the champions.
team 469--thank you for all the help in the pits. oh, don't cut that award up for parts to soon.;) :)

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This was one CLASS ACT REGIONAL!!!

VERY WELL DONE!!!

Thanks 27 for picking us to join your alliance. We had a blast. Your team shows great organizational skills and sportsmanship. The time you spent with us explaining your ramp system and practicing with it was just dog gone professional!

910 our thanks to you guys too, John, we have played together many times and I find you guys most easy to work with. You have a great team!

Our apologies for an unexpected arm failure on our robot. Who knows how things may of turned out.

Congratulations to the Winning Alliance of 703, 469, and 494. A most awesome fight to the finish.

Hats off to the finalist 1504, 111, and 302. Some amazing plays.

See everyone in Atlanta.