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It is stated in the rules that it is suggested to add Velcro to your control panel. It is a pain that control panels did fall and some did break because of that, but it is not the fault of FIRST. The judges did a great job at the NJ Regional and it was a fun three days. Congrats to 103,25,381. Though match in the semi-finals. Can't wait to compete again at Nationals.

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Thanks Billfred. The Gospel from Luke says "From those to whom much has been given, much will be required" *. Honestly, Chairman's is a huge surprise, since even internally we don't believe ourselves worthy. (I suppose that theory has been disproven).
I have heard a lot of things about NJ in my 47 years, but never that one... OK, please warm it up in Toronto for our visit later this month? Please?

And for the record: Team Waldo is simply awesome. To everyone out there that has never seen this team, it's all female, all in red-and-white striped shirts, LOUD, technically excellent, and really, really nice people too. You simply canNOT miss them in a crowd, and as a team they "get" what FIRST is all about.

A huge thank you to 1089 and 449 for picking us - we sure did put a scare into 103/25/381 for a moment there, eh? They are awesome competitors, and have been in the four years we've existed, and we can be proud that we did pretty darn good against them. My personal congratulations to those three teams for their very very impressive display of technical prowess combined with competitive edge.

The Finalists - MORT, The Brigade and rookies Nemesis - sincere congratulations.

2590: Wow. What a rookie team. Very impressive in all ways. Remember to keep the mission of FIRST in front of you at all times, and you'll be getting Chairman's soon enough. See you in Atlanta!

73,
Don

* Not to push religion, but it's a good quote for this moment.

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Small correction: Nemesis(2590) are the rookies. They rocked the house with us and 1980 and I can't wait to see them all again.

Congrats to you too Don and 1676. Our team loves you guys and were so happy for you :D. You guys are constantly setting a great example for other teams and it is well deserved.

See you in Atlanta!

Team 11

EDIT: btw, isnt this the second year a team at NJ has won 3 awards? I believe 1676 did it last year. Plus, these guys are rookies:yikes:

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And in both downloadable and web streamable format indexed by team number on The Blue Alliance:

http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...hp?eventid=139

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Thanks, I have corrected my post.

And yes, 1676 was the first to win 3 awards at NJ. And yes, these guys ARE rookies....

Double yikes!

Don

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Anyone have archives of the matches?

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Team 108 archived them here.

Anyone know when SOAP will have the Saturday awards videos up? They've got Friday's awards and Saturday's closing comments, but no Saturday awards. Not that I'm being picky, however- I'm thrilled that they do it at all.

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Thanks, but does anyone have a vid of qualification #21? its not on there.

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What a wild and crazy regional - I have to admit that when I first saw the game and up until we played I thought it was going to be lame. Boy was I wrong - That was one of the most exciting set of finals matches I have ever witnessed. 1089,449 and 1676 put a huge scare in us and it was pretty quiet after the first match. Congrats to 11,1980 and 2590, which had one heckava hybrid mode, for being finalists. Congrats to 1403 on the Engineering INspiration Award and a huge congrats to 1676 on the Chairmans that is an honor. I want to thank 381 for being an incredible alliance partner and we can't forget about 25 -- They are an incredible team with a lot of great people from the mentors to the students, they have become friends. All in all it was a great regional and we can't wait for the Florida Regional. Congrats to all.

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oh man we were all excited after beating you guys in the quarterfinals. then you guys roared back. great job. on the ride home, we were all like "there is no shame in losing to the champion", and we also vowed we would get revenge if we met any of you guys in Atlanta. Good luck in Florida, and Atlanta, but watch out, we're hungry for victory.

oh and conrats to 1676 for chairmans.

also congrats to 2590, amazing job. in the finals, we were torn because our mentor and sister team 25, and a team we mentored, 2590, were against each other.

anyways, good luck to all, and we hope to see you in atlanta!

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We had parts from our bot fall off and break on 3 diffrent matches. In practice, a panel just fell off and didnt break (we later decided to zip tie it down.)

In qualification, we got rear ended and the same panel cracked in half and the other half flew across the field, then in another match a robots arm whet THROUGH our panel into the bot itself. No damage to the bot though :D

What a crazy year. So much for the "No Bumping" rule.

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Well, no offense taken but I don't think my colleague truly meant that. You guys put a hell of an effort into trying to beat the alliance. As a matter of fact, even though 25 is a BMS team and so we would support them, halfway through the second match of finals we were rooting for your alliance.

Other than that congrats to all the teams that won awards and all the people like Team 11's Bill McGowan for Woodie Flowers, you guys must have had a hell of a party after, when our Mentor Mr. Tim Leicht won it last year, I went deaf in the bus.

Huge congrats to 1676 for Chairman's and Team 1403's chairman presenters, they did a real good job this year.
The winning aliiance and the strong competition they had throughout the final matches, especially the finalists led by 2590.
To team 1547 for Spirit, just to add in I hope next year our team goes to GTR.
Great job 2590 for all their awards, totally amazed that a rookie team can win 3 awards in less than an hour. Although anything is possible, WOW!!

This year regional, although I'm not very fond with the game I had the most fun, a round out to all those frosh that stood by me when I was yelling and backed me up when I lost my voice (gotta recharge before Florida).
I am quite dissapointed that it's over already.


Quick Question for any members from 103, when are you guys going to Florida? Like date and time? Just to see if we take the same flight.


I'm sure I will see a bunch of you guys throughout the season and if not next year.

HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE SEASON!!!!!!

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I would just like to say, that I had an awesome time at this regional. I have witnessed every year of this regional since it was all started 12 years ago. And let me say this, this has to be one of the most exciting years of them all. It has been awesome to see how much this regional has grown, starting with the amount of team in attendence doubling over the years. Starting at the Rutger U College Ave Gym and now moving to a huge arena, and still wanting more room to grow. It has been an incredible time. This regional is always fun, and I am glad that I had this much fun at this regional in my senior year.

Congrats to 1403 on Enginneering Inspriation and 1676 on chairman's, it is a great honor. And as well congrats to teams 11, 1980, 2590. And thanks again to teams 25, and 381 you guys made great alliance partners.

Thanks again to everyone for making this an awesome regional, keep up the great work, and see you in two weeks in Florida!