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Any news on when volunteer assignments will be released?

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No idea. But i will ask and let you know after todays meeting.
Sudheer

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An update on the news?

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We have started releasing Monty Madness Updates, at http://montymadness.org/TeamUpdates.html.

These updates have been sent out to all the teams that are attending as well.

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Sorry about not updating you guys, it been a busy couple of weeks. But the volunteer assignment should be done soon if not already. They should be sent to you all soon.

And to start off the count down for Monty i think we should talk about the awesome stories or just a awesome thing that has happened at Monty before. So to start off let me say the best i had was the last match of Monty last year.

So what did u guys think was the Best at Monty before?

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What did I think was the best at Monty?

My team was ranked #9, and not selected for eliminations. Normally this would get a team down, and it did- in fact, it caused a bit of tension between members of the team. So much so that a few of our students took the robot, while some of us were getting lunch, and decided to take it back to the school. Well, what do we know, 1923 is called into the eliminations as a backup, and we don't have a robot.

This is sounding like a pretty sad story, no?

Wrong. Team 103 was kind enough to lend us their practice 'bot in our time of need- in a match against their real robot! Their practice bot wasn't perfect, and when it broke, their drive team came over to the opposite side of the field to help us out in fixing it. One of their team members was even our drive coach during the matches! We ended up beating them, and making it to finals. That recognition gave us additional support from our school, and enabled 1923 to continue on into the 2008 season. 103 was excellent towards us, and we owe them- big time.

I wanted to post this not only because it was my all-time favorite moment of Monty, but as an additional thank you to 103 (It seems I can't say it enough).

I know for a fact our robot won't mysteriously 'leave' after alliance selections this year (it's a new 1923 rule: if there are matches being played, and team members want to play, the robot does not leave!), but I do hope that all the teams in attendance will show the same sportsmanship and true Gracious Professionalism this year, no matter what scenario should play out with a team.

I'm looking forward to Monty- I have this whole week off (until Thursday!) with nothing to do, except get psyched up. Can't wait!

p.s- 1403/75; if you need help with setup on thursday/friday night (I don't remember which night y'all did it last year, but I know I was there), I am here to help out! Send me a PM, or some of your team members have my cell number.

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Still no update yet?

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I believe the Monty Madness planning committee has started to send out volunteer assignments yesterday. If you have not received an assignment yet, please be patient as I am sure the organizers are working hard to get back to you asap. :)


Wow, I can't believe another Monty is only a few days away. Time really goes quickly when you are locked up in your dorm room trying to finish problem sets at 3 in the morning. In any case, I can't wait to see familiar faces as well as new faces on saturday!

Good luck to everyone competing and I think I speak for all of us when I say, let the Madness begin already!! (I am sure everyone over at 1403 will appreciate that one ;))

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Agreed! It needs to be Saturday.

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Besides the fun that I get out of setting the field up and tearing it down, what I love about Monty is how it is a family event for my family and a few other people. Probably watching my little brother MC last year with Wayne for a little bit was one of the greatest experiences for me in my time in FIRST. Donagh is still talking about it and also about the time he got to ride his first Segway thanks to a promise somebody made with him on New Years Day.

Its also fun because 1403 tends to play well at home and in case you have never hosted an offseason at your school, is an experience that you will remember.

On the field, I remember a bunch of crazy things happening since I have reffed both of them so far. There was one crazy dodgeball fight too...

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I wanna wish all teams the best of luck tomorrow.
I'm sad that I have to miss Monty :( But I am watching 3500lb race cars make left turns this weekend :rolleyes: Close to about 100lb robots... right? :p lol.
But I know Monty will be a blast - can't wait to see pictures and read how it went and everything.

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Woot! Driving up to MM tomorrow morning with Danny McC!!! Hope to see you all there!

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Hey everyone, keep a heads up for a webcast coming your way sometime tomorrow hopefully! The awesome AV Crew got some new equipment so you might see some angles that have never been seen by a living audience before on a regulation field.

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webcast isn't working yet?

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271 103 284
522 25 136
272 1279 484
371 219 56
869 1647 102
1089 1370 2016
612 1403 1712
303 369 555

Insider information reveals those are the alliances. They are not in order of captain to second pick. Just the alliances.

271 103 284
522 25 136
272 1279 484
371 219 56

advances.

271 103 284
522 25 136

in finals.


271 103 284 wins in 3 matches. congrats