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well even though they got fried, it was kinda interesting how the other robot on thier alliance just turned around and started pushing them back into the wall while they were trying to go forward

it was 1875 right

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I'm finally back in New Jersey after a whirlwind weekend, but I just wanted to thank everyone that made TNT possible, and thank you all for showing an out-of-stater a good time. I'm glad nobody threw anything at me when I took the microphone, I had a lot of fun MCing. :) (On that note if anyone wants to give me -constructive- feedback, feel free to pm me)

It would take such a long post to list everyone, but basically, if i spoke to you, saw you, or was in the same building as you this weekend- thank you.

Tempest in Tampa rocked! We'll see where I am in college next year, but I hope I can take a trip down again for '09. Who knows?

"3, 2, 1.....MAVERICK!"
LK

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I got home awhile ago, but the rest of the team won't be getting in for a few hours.

254 had a blast at the event. Our robot broke before the matches even started, but we had a lot of fun anyways. It was good seeing some old friends, and meeting new teams. Unfortunately we had to leave after the second finals match to go to the Sharks-Lightning game. It sounded like things really got interesting after that.

I also took like 600-700 pictures or so. Should be some good ones of robots/people

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TNT 2008 was definitely by far one of my favorite events that I have attended so far. I am looking forward to next year. Thanks to Brian camp and the organizing committee for making TNT a very successful event in Florida. Also, thank you for giving me the opportunity to mc the event. I had a blast.

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On behalf of team 1592 we would love to thank everyone who made it possible for TNT to happen. It was a great practice for our new drivers and a great practice for our team seeing as our engineers weren't there to help us with the repairs of robot, which we had to fix several times. We had a blast and can't wait until next year.
Congratulations to all teams. Everyone did great.

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Oh wow! That is insane!
Well, I hope you guys get home safe, anyways!
And yes, I completely forgot that Libby is out of state! lol
So yes Libby, thank you, too for coming all the way down here to help us out! And thank you to BOTH of our AMAZING and AWESOME MC's. To George, too! :D I LOVE the way you say "Theeee Piink Team"! lol
In fact, I don't think I thanked anybody! Even AS I was leaving - thank you the most to Brian, Wendy, and FSU. But of course, to anyone and everyone who was there! Even if you only stopped in for a few minutes! :D
It was a BLAST!

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TNT was a lot of fun this year. Every one of SPAM's matches was an adventure.

The tournament crew did a good job catching up on the time lost at the beginning of the day. By the end of qualifying, they were back on schedule.

I wish we could have stayed to see the last match, but we had to leave at 5:30.

Thanks to everyone involved for putting on a great off-season tournament.

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1 penalty on the pink team

28 teams as was mentioned early

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I am so glad I was able to attend this event. I have two tests tomorrow, and my car was in the shop for a routine tune-up, I was not expecting to make it. I decided "what the hay" and got a friend to drop me off to a spot so I could carpool there, and studied flashcards the entire way.

I was unprepared for the competition, I forgot my umbrella hat, and trackball tie. I'm amazed anyone recognized me at all ;). Even more shocking, two people in this thread used the actual spelling of my last name, whoa.

Thanks to everyone that made this event possible, I was happy to fill a role that is different for me at FRC events, reffing. I stared at a line, and pushed a button (lap counting) the majority of the event. It became apparent that I was so focused on keeping the score correct, that I had no idea what was going on during the actual match. I looked up during one match, and went "Why are all of the other alliance's robots dead?" I didn't even know the finals match 3 was a tie, or even within 10 points until Michelle and I looked up after the end buzzer sounded.

Because of this experience, I have a new found respect for referees at the FRC events, and want to extend a thank you to all of them out there. When a major match ends in a tie, thoughts run through your head if you are completely sure you saw every score and penalty.

Libby and Bilfred-Thank you two for coming, hanging out with friends like you that I rarely get to see is one of the major reasons I come to events.

Other refs and field reset crew- you all rock

Scoring table- You also rock.

Eric G- THANK YOU for driving me there and bringing me back.

Lauren- I tried my best :p

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T 'N T is quickly becoming an elite off season event, and I forsee it growing and growing. 28 teams is tremendous, and every last match was hard faught. Thanks to Brian, Paul, Team 79 and all of the volunteers for hosting a great event.

The Lock In on Friday night is a huge blast, even if people do get a bit grumpy ( RELAX ITS A LOCKIN! ) But seriously it is one thing that really sets this event apart I had a lot of fun doing it. Thanks to Wendy Austin the "Fun Time Coordinator", Sarah P and Ryan L for getting the 5th gear stuff up, Team 1902 and the rest of the volunteers who helped put the awesomeness together ( I thank them because I truely had no involvement other than playing music and schtuff )

Congrats to the winning alliance, you guys were amazing, I had you picked to win the whole shabang from the get go, you all were tremendous through out the day.

I hope I get to come out next year and be involved again, it was fun, I really enjoyed it.

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Pictures from Tempest 'N Tampa 2008 can be found in the TechTigers Flickr photostream, located here. :]

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Does anyone know if there will be videos of the matches ever released?

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WOW its taken me several days to recover....but what a great event!!!

Big thanks to Brian Camp and all of the Krunch Parents (and Kids) who put in so much effort to make sure everything got done and there was plenty of food all night long. I know how many months of planning it took and we really appreciate it. For those not there....it wasn't just the FRC event. There were Lego workshops, FTC workshops and a full Vex event as well. At one point we estimated that there was over 2000 people in the dome.

Thanks to USF for the use of the dome and all the great staffers who helped out.

Thanks to Sarah Plemmons and Ryan Leitch and Lockheed Martin for providing the 5th Gear Simulation. I thought we were going to have to drag the kids away from it at one point.

Thanks also to all the volunteers who put in their time, most without much sleep, and to those who came in from places afar.

Thanks to all the teams and the team PARENTS AND MENTORS who slept on air matteresses so their kids could compete and play.

Thanks to all the students who made it so much fun. You participated in all my silly games and I didnt have to yell at anyone.....and we only had one injury.

Thanks to the new LYMAN HIGH B.A.D. team who took it on faith that they would have a good time and be able to keep up because I told them they would. (and they ended up 7th seed!!!)

Thanks to Team 2556 Radioactive Roaches for coming in from the Panhandle...also on faith......and ended up doing great as well.

Thanks to Oscar and Cheesy Poofs for coming such a long distance to play. It was great seeing you.

Thanks to all of BACON for helping to run the nighttime events. Most of you never slept and were still dancing at 6pm Saturday night. (although most fell asleep the minute we started driving) I'm proud to say that even my middle schoolers got to drive and even capped!!!

TNT is I think.....the most fun event we go to. The competition is great, the teams and people who come are so much fun to hang out with, the amount of activity going on...you need all 36 hours awake to do it all!!! I highly recommend it to any team looking for an off season event to attend.

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More Photos:

http://www.michellecelio.com/TNT

If you want the full size of something, PM me with a link to the image, and your email address.

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does anyone know if there is archived match videos of TNT i want to show them to 2797(rookie team we are helping out)