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Jack in the Hat and I are here in PA and are looking forward to seeing our friends at Ramp Riot!

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Thanks to everyone that replied so far.

The field is set, the sound system is pumping and we are ready for Ramp Riot 2008.

Please note that we are webcasting a Team 103 Controller Seminar and the event matches.

Here is the link for both webcasts.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ramp-riot-ix

See you all in the morning.

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Congratulations to all the teams who attended Ramp Riot 2008! You had some amazing matches out there and the energy you mustered on a rainy Saturday in November was flat out incredible.

I was the head referee today, and I fully expect that some people are not going to be happy about some of the calls, scores, and results of today's competition. Let me just say that without real-time scoring handhelds, Overdrive is probably the hardest game to officiate that FIRST has ever made. And with real-time (rather than static, end-of-game) scoring, discrepancies occur. Still, we did our best out there, and it was a pleasure to be a part of Ramp Riot 2008.

Working with the incredible group of mentors, students, and volunteers at these events is truly inspirational - thank you to all who participated in making Ramp Riot one of the premier offseason competitions in the nation!

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Congrads to all those who came and participated and the Winners of Ramp Riot '08. Like all the other events I volunteered at it was fun and exciting w/ a slight kick of Regionals in it :).

I'll be back next year :D

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Had a great time, and it is still one of my overall favorite events to attend. Can't wait till next year! Good luck to all teams in 2009 ;)

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Thanks to 341 for hosting such an awesome event.

Thanks to 1727, 484, and 2528 for being such great alliance partners-without you, we never would have made it to the finals.

I'm glad I got to come back to this event. The last event of Overdrive- and what a great way to play it out!

1923 had such a great time. See you again next year, hopefully!
:)

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Again, thank you to 341 for hosting such an awesome off season event. It was a great way to end the year.

Thanks to 25 and 103 for choosing us, it was awesome to have a chance to play in the finals.

303 is looking forward to the future for 2009, and we hope that this was a stepping stone towards a great season.

We'll be there next year.

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On behalf of MOE 365, I would like to thank Al Ostrow, all the 341 Daisy Volunteers, Rob Thate and Ron Karpinsky for putting on a great event. Thanks also to Team 103 for the Compact RIO presentation.

Thanks for Team 1403 for selecting us to go to elims and to Team 104 for completing our alliance.

It was a great Overdrive season and like all other FIRST games, it is time to put it to bed and look forward to what is to come in January.

Best of luck to all teams this season!

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O, and Libby, sorry for pushing you into the wall in the last match, it's just our forks were about to break again and you were playing some really good defense. It definitely vented my anger. Thanks for being the punching bag!
See ya next year!

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I had a TON of fun announcing at Ramp this year (I did the play by play in the morning and during eliminations....and some MC'ing in between :yikes:). This was my second time announcing at RR, and my second RR period, and I had a great time. Seeing everyone was amazing!!

Congratulations to the champions, finalists, and all the other eliminations alliances. We had one heck of an eliminations show!!

(Hopefully) See everyone next year at Ramp Riot 2009,
-DanDon

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No worries. Our robot could handle it. :)

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yea that was ridiculous especially when 25 blocked us in hybrid but regardless those were a grate couple matches

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I just wanted to thank everyone that made Ramp Riot such a wonderful experience again this year. I will write back on Monday with an incredible list of volunteers, teams and companies that made Ramp Riot possible.
The event has grown so large that it would be impossible for Team 341 to do it alone. (When you see the list, you'll know what I mean.)
Once again on behalf of the students, parents, and coaches we sincerely thank everyone that helped with Ramp Riot this year.

I know I had a blast and we hope you did too.

Al Ostrow
Team 341

And now for the official results....

Champions: Teams 25, 103, 303, 708

Finalists : Teams 1923, 1727, 484, 2528

Made Wade Memorial Award: Team 365 (w/305 food cans donated)

Ramp Riot GP Award: Team 103

Spirit of Ramp Riot: Team 522

Rising Star Award: Team 2528

Number One Seed: Team 25

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Once again great event team 341. Also thanks to our alliance partners 768 and 341. Can't wait for next year!

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To the Friends of Ramp Riot 2008:

Team 341 would just like to thank everyone for the incredible support we received while organizing Ramp Riot 2008. The event has grown so large that we truly depend on the help of so many people around us.

We also wanted to acknowledge the dedication of the participating teams. Without your ongoing support, we could not hold this competition.

Please join Team 341 in thanking the following companies, teams and individuals:

Sponsors
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
Rohm & Haas
Johnson & Johnson
Cobham Defense Electronics
BAE Systems
Siemens
PJM Interconnection
AndyMark Inc.
DeVry University
Techni-Tool

Special Thanks To:
Rob Thate of NASA Goddard SFC
and Ron Karpinski

Partners
NJ FIRST FTC Committee
Engineers Without Borders
Girl Scout of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Society of Women Engineers
Wissahickon School District.
WHS TV Lab
WHS PE Department
WHS Camerata singers
NBC10
Radio Station WYSP
The Council for the Advancement of Public Education
Jay Delp Productions
Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation
NEMO
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard
DEKA
Independence i-Bot
STEM Robotics Club
Team 103 Cybersonics
Team 222 Tigertrons
Team 433 The Firebirds
Team 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches
Team 1712 Dawgma
Team 1923 Midnight Inventors

Volunteers and Individual Supporters:
Haroon Ahmad
Andy Baker
Deb Cline
John Conahan
Barb Faust
Vince Frascella
Jessi Fritz
Forough Ghahramani
Dr. Deb Graves
Darla Henning
Dan Hoizner
Dave Isaac
Carol Kauffman
Jack Kentfield
Kathie Kentfield
Pete Kieselbach
Mark Koors
Rich Kressly
Mike Massa
Doug Markgraf
Dave Monahan
Natalie Morris
Ed Patterson
Wayne Penn
Sarah Reffler
Jared Russell
Steve Rhoads
Brian Sherman
Foster Shucker
Bob Smith
Dave Toia
Katherine Trageser
Matt Trageser
Andrea Tribo
Jake Zwiebel