Re: Newton 2008
 

Thanks to 1625 and 179 for being awesome alliance partners it was a pleasure and honor to work with two great teams. Unfortunately we didn't make it into the semis but we put on a good show for the folks on newton thats for sure. #4 allience you guys played tough and hung in there even when you were down and you had 3 great bots. I'd also like to thank fellow Florida teams 801, 233, and 180 for countless things that aided us in our run to the elims, you guys are all great. Finally 968 for being cool all around and answering all of our teams questions about your robot you guys truly RAWC. Newton was awesome congratulations to everyone that participated in the division and 968,233,60 you guys represented us extremely well on Einstein giving Galileo a run for there money.

Re: Newton 2008
 

Not sure where any rumor of who we were going to pick originated. Perhaps someone overheard us talking fieldside while we were watching your last qualifying matches Saturday. We wanted you all along. After Friday, and the first qualifier on Saturday though, you have no idea how badly we wanted your robot to bust out its magic for the last one. And sadly it did not. :( . After your last match, we were absolutely scrambling to figure out what on earth we were going to do. The team we wanted the most scared us silly with a lack of showing. We knew your robot had what we wanted, but hadn't shown it, and we didn't know why. While it was tempting to pick someone else, after several minutes of discussion, it came down to picking time and we went around the circle and took a vote. It was a unanimous "pink". We knew your machine. We knew your people. We knew if we didn't pick you we'd regret it. While difficult at first, after analyzing it, there simply was no question in the end. 233 was the only robot and team with a genuine solid chance of taking us all the way.

It was such a pleasure competing with your high quality robot and team. Together we almost made it to the top!