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Re: Curie Division 2008

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Originally Posted by andrew348 (Post 739914)

I would like to give a few thanks for Team 348, Norwell Robotics’ success at the Championship.

First to our sponsors, PIAB, Mass Bay Engineering, KentFab, Infrared Remote Solutions, Boston Gear, W.P. Moore, & Excel Tool & Die.

And a special thanks to SolidWorks, Eduware, Foster-Miller and CADNexus for there sponsorship the week before the event.

Thanks to Teams 67, HOT, and 16, Baxter's Bomb Squad, for choosing us in their alliance.

Thanks to Team 375, Robotic Plaque for lending us their batteries and charging station

Thanks to Team 33, Killer Bees, for lending us their backup battery.

Thanks to Dan Hoizner of Team 395, 2Train Robotics, for his help during our Finals Run.

Thanks to Shaun of Team 25, Raider Robotics, Raile of Team 375, Robotic Plaque, and Raul of Team 111, WildStang for Strategy assistance.

And of course to our team mentors, Herm, Kwol, Browne, Nycz, Wayne Penn, Nestor, Lovell, Forti and countless others who worked countless hours for the students.

With out all of the help from above, Team 348 would not have done as well.

We would also like to congratulate Teams 1114, 217 and 148 for the Championship Win.

348 would also like to thank gary and the rest of 2Train Robotics. Without them wayne and i wouldnt have been able to get to Atlanta.

Re: Curie Division 2008

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Originally Posted by vince2171 (Post 739603)

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII (Post 739528)

Big thanks to team 368 for picking us! :D It was fun playing with you guys for once!

Also thanks to team 2171 for rounding out our alliance. You guys were awesome!

I'd also like to thank 67 for the cool award they gave us, and for helping us set a record score on Curie (154 points without penalties). It was by far the most exciting match of our season.

You did a terrific job representing Curie on Einstein!

Thank you 368 for picking our 2nd year team, team 2171, to work with you and team 100. Thanks for the great hats 100. We made a great run but got beat by a great winning alliance, which did great in the finals. Thanks for giving a team in the 2000's a chance to run with you guys.

During the qualifications, it seemed they paired all the low numbered teams together and we never got to compete with any team numbers below 1000.

As one of the team mentors for our team, this was a great learning experience. Thanks to our teachers and other mentors and parents and to Team Hammond, Team 71, for their help and mentoring.

Thanks to both Team 100 and Team 2171 for being great partners!! This was the furthest our team has ever gotten at the Championships and we definitely could not have done it without you.

Team 100; After seven years in San Jose and this year in Portland, it was so great to finally play with your team in the eliminations! Over the years we would see your team with the orange hats at the San Jose Regional but we never got to play with you until now. Your team performed so well at Portland and to see your team get better and better made me glad we were allied with you!

Team 2171; Unfortunately our team was not able to play with any of the teams in the 2000's. However, due to us finally getting a scouting team up to Atlanta, they were able to see that your team could perform and you guys definitely did! Your team knew what needed to be done and your team number was definitely not indicative of your ability!

Hope to see you all at the 2009 Hawaii Regional!! ;)

Re: Curie Division 2008

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Originally Posted by Derek Smith (Post 740476)

Team 33, every one of us was psyched to play with you guys. There must've been 5 or 6 of us sporting Killer Bees t-shirts on the bus ride home.

Funny..there were 3 or 4 of us sporting TechnoKats shirts on our ride home.....

I know we were all pumped when you guys were left for us to pick and I personally think we all did amazing. We'll see you at IRI!

Re: Curie Division 2008

Hello all,

This is a thank you to all the teams who helped out 418 during the competition on Curie. Gabe posted in CD on Friday night, offering some type of explanation as he knew it at the time. There were many helping hands in the 418 pit, trying to get the robot back on the track and we thank you. I know of help from 1511, 16, and 111. If there are any other teams that sent members over to offer help, please let us know.

LASA Robotics is a quiet team. We work hard and help support others when we can. We have been around in the Central Texas area for several years and we hope that teams know they can count on our help and friendship. We are not used to needing help and support, ourselves, and the outpouring of offers from all the teams was humbling and overwhelming. It was not the competition that we had hoped for but, it was the competition that we had, and we learned many valuable lessons from it, individually and as a team.

Another thank you goes out to Mark Leon. I was in the stands and watched matches as our team came out without a robot and stood in the drivers' station with their alliance partners. When our robot was back on the field again, Mark Leon took the team flag offered from our coach, Tony Bertucci, and waved it around during the introductions of the teams. Then he went and stood on the side and waved the flag some more for what, to me, seemed just a little longer than he normally does. Whether he meant to or not, he was supporting 418 on the field, and also in stands, during a pretty tough time at the Championship. Thank you for that, Mark. Little things like waving a flag can mean a lot sometimes.

Curie absolutely rocked! All the way to Einstein. :)
Jane