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SO, LET"S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!

as Sir Charles would say, Peachtree Regional is the ROAD TO THE GA DOME!!!

So, WHO"S IN!!?!?!

I can say, that 1261 is in all the way. whoot!!!?!?!

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1319 will be there once again. We had a blast last year. There is a great group of teams that show up there and we hope to see them all again this year. We have a much larger group of students and mentors this year and hope to do some great things on and off the field. I too can say the FLASH is all in and then some! Can't wait.

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MiM will try to defend the title. We're trying twins this year, but the other bot won't be at Peachtree.

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Maybe we can defend the title together again. Twins are always interesting to me, who is the other team?

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There's a rookie team down in Columbia (2815). It was a chance for us to work with Don Griffith again:)

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Team 1771 will be there looking to finally win our home regional. I can't wait to see everyone there. It should be a great time

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Hm...1319...343...them be fightin words. Hey, sdcantrell, bot bouts your team, Otto(1848), and us go kick some butt at home...you up for it???

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Haha. Im always up for winning Peachtree. It would be nice to win a regional at home for once. HA. I can't wait to see what the new game is going to be

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We seem to have a poor record at Palmetto (0 wins):confused:

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Drake, do you mind if 342 throws our hat in the ring and help 343 and 1319 defend your title? Maybe you can help us regain our title in Palmetto as well! 342 is defiantly looking forward to attending peachtree for the first time.

P.S. 1319 give us Mike Bryan back and there will be no problems:rolleyes: .

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Are we turning this into a border war? All SC alliance.... I'm sure there are teams from other states that would like to win Peachtree!:D

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No one is saying they can't win. I'm sure there will be all GA alliances and if they don't like it, they can come to Palmetto for a shot at SC hardware.:cool:

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OH Gentlemen, this year 1261 and 1746 will once again be striking up a challenge in Palmetto. Better bring the cavalry, cause we're bringing everything we've got.

1771 - You in for Palmetto?

And as far as the all SC alliance is considered, let's be logical for a second. 1. the game hasn't even been announced. 2. if all 3 teams do considerably well, then there is no way that either 343, 342, or 1319 is around for a 3rd pick.

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Sadly, this is very true. This is exactly why we weren't together at Palmetto last year:( . We'll just have to see how things turn out.

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There is a certain Georgia team Cough*832*Cough that 1319 wouldn't mind crossing party lines and taking home the gold with. But seriously all the Georgia teams are great and we look forward to playing with or against you and hope to see alot of you in Palmetto as well.

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Unfortunately we are not signed up for Palmetto and I don't believe there are any slots open, plus I don't think we have the funds for that.

It looks like we are just going to have to win Peachtree...sorry everyone else :D

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Hmmm...an alliance with 1319, 342 and 832 has a certain "ring" to it:)

We'll just have to wait and see. Anything can happen at these competitions and usually does. Chimera 832 is looking forward to seeing all of you at Peachtree!

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Otto is looking forward to seeing all of his friends at both Peachtree and Palmetto ...

can't wait ..

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Team 2415, the WiredCats will be there!!!:D

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WOHO!!! Otto's here too. That's it...i'm calling it. 1261, 1771, and 1746 domination this year.

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Seems that this forum has kinda died down. So, just FYI, any teams who are attending the P'Tree Regional can contact the robolions, or me. We can give you the hook ups on Hotels, Places to eat, things to do, etc. etc.

We take the pride in the fact that we're the closest team to the regional location. Literally a 5 mins drive.

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Hmmm ... Sounds like we need to have the Team Social at ttldominations house ...

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YEAH BOY!!!!!. Or we could all bowl at Discover Mills...eh?!?!?!? eh!?!?!??

I vote we all crash at Peachtree Ridge High School. Muahahaha.

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:eek: Be careful what you wish for...

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Oh yea ......... The Rockets are comming to Peachtree ......

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Just wanted to bring to your attention....

587 is gonna be at Peachtree for the first time ever. We would be grateful to humbly recieve our beatings. ;) I can't wait.

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So you guys are going to beat yourselves??? Idk, I guess we can help you guys beat yourselves. :D.

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I think with a 343, 342, or a 343, 1319 or by the slightest chance we get a 343, 342, 1319 anywhere it would domination. And yes josh we are gonna have a border alliance lol.:D :ahh: :eek:

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seriously, 1319 give us Mike Bryan back. We will trade you a SPAM student for our mentor back. :p

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Team 1261 is ready for the Peachtree!
Can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!

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Team 34 is coming back again this year! Bringing some bama power to ya. No doubt it's gonna be an awesome regional like always

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No team Social:(


Due to cost cutting measures issued from FIRST headquarters and given the current economic state affecting fundraising, we regret to inform you that we will be unable to offer a formal team social this year at the Peachtree Regional. However, we are currently in contact with the Gwinnett Department of Tourism to secure discount and free offers from resturants and entertainment venues in the Duluth area. Our goal is to make available to our participants low to no-cost options each day before and after the event. Please check back often as we will post all offers as we receive them. This will help with your team plans during your off-time.

Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. We look forward to seeing each of you at the Peachtree!

The Peachtree Planning Committee


What are other teams doing Friday night?

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Is the pit layout posted yet?

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We will be hanging out with our cool new mentor Mike Bryan and hopefully deciding who we are going to pick the next day if we are lucky enough to be in the top 8 at that time.

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ok, now you are just mocking me lol:mad: :p
we still have a chair that literally has his name on it.

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Flash: great job in Ohio, we were here watching and cheering for you.

The only offer so far from the regional planning commitee is the Medieval Times, but that's still $25 a head. We may do the same thing, hang out as a team at a restaurant, and talk scouting. I just wish the students could interact and cut loose (a little).

Is the pit layout posted yet?....
Last year we were on an open corner facing the practice field. Lots of room:)

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[quote=DRAKE343;831139]Flash: great job in Ohio, we were here watching and cheering for you.QUOTE]

Thanks, we were pretty happy with the results considering we usually call our first regional our practice one. We believe we have learned some things and will be making some changes to our robot to make it even better for Peachtree. Can't wait to play again and see everyone there.

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Even better:ahh:

What happened in the 63-64 round, did your alliance have a super cell? I seem to remember some scoring controversy. Oh well, as Mike might say: "smile and wave boys, smile and wave." All in all, a very good showing for your team and our state. Oh yeah, this is the Peachtree thread....:yikes:

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What hotel are yall staying at?

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Actually live scoring had us winning by twenty points, however when the moon rocks stopped flying and the score was tallied we somehow lost by one point. The only super cell scored was by our alliance. The scoring controversy continued (a whole other thread would be needed) and we indeed did do the Smile and Wave routine.

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Hmmm, I wounder where Mike would ever come up with a saying like that:rolleyes:
*cough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s cough*


before you guys get any ideas, we already have that saying decaled on our bot:P

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all i know is that we are staying at a marriot-like place that is made of suits... thats about all i know...

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I am aware of the pixar penguins and will not be putting that qoute on our robot. We already have all our decals on the bot thanks to our graphics team and Mike at Bosch Rexroth we are looking good. You all always look good to though so we will have to see, maybe we could look good together... see everyone soon and good luck.

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Georgia teams all the way! (said with a proper Southern accent of course...)

Anyone doing a bit of advance scouting? We're trying to, but it appears most people haven't filled in their robot info yet...

http://firstchat.ath.cx:81/resources/frc/

Please?

:)

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I live literally 5 minutes away from the Peachtree Regional. And I may be able to help. I dont know where everyone is staying, but there are hotels near the Discover Mills mall. That is always an option.

» There is an AMC 18 movie theater in the mall. $8 per person (I think)
» Suwannee Park is pretty close, but is not in walking distance from Peachtree Regional. We could bring soccer balls, frisbies, or whatever. There are also resturants all around the park. Five Guys (Burgers and Fries), Ippilitos(Italian food), Old Town Grill (sandwichs) are some that I know of. North Gwinnett (Team 1771) may know more than me. They are closer to the park.

Here is the website for AMC 18 at Discover Mills Mall:
(For Thursday March 12, Friday and Saturday are not availible yet[as of 3/4/09])
http://www.movietickets.com/house_de...=3%2F12%2F2009

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Good sugestions. Is anybody going to handle a webcast of this event for the folks back home?

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Not sure about the webcast. Not sure if the Suwanee Green will be closer to
Peachtree Park. But either, way, they're both great.

Discover Mills is also amazing simply as a mall. They have movies, Glow in the dark putt-putt, medieval times, movies, and always the famed jillians.

We're planning on going laser tagging though. :D. Assuming we can get it set up, I'm sure we'll give other teams an opportunity to join us.

Basically anything you wanna do, Atlanta's Game. Except for go-karting. :D.

And I wouldn't suggest walking anywhere. :D. These streets be dangerous. Unless your staying at the Holiday Inn or eating at the Loafing Leprechaun, which I have to add is a great restuarant.

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:yikes: Please tell me 343 is bringing this to Peachtree:

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Isn't there a safety rule about these things being indoors? I know, parking lot.
I'll try Palmetto instead. I don't have much ammo at this time. There were more things I wanted to do with it, but ran out of time when the build season hit.
If other teams want to shoot shirts out of "Gail Force" maybe we can do that. I'll have to see what I have time for, or can get a student to do at the regionals.

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I can see if we have a shirt or two we could contribute.

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We are looking into webcasting the event. I think we have just about everything set up for it.

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AWESOME:) It helps to get support for the teams and future regionals when people can see what you're talking about. Thanks

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that would be amazing!! ahhhh! :D

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Yeah we just need to get cleared with the regional for a line to upload with. We have all the equipment to do it.

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Are any teams staying at the Atlanta Marriott Norcross Hotel?

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I'm staying at my house. It's a nice cozy place with all of the amenities of home. :D

The Marriott is a nice hotel, but it's a fair distance from the arena. Almost half an hour to forty minute drive. Why didn't you choose to stay at the Holiday Inn, which is literally walking distance, I believe the parking lot of the Holiday Inn and the center are connected, or I believe there are two other hotels about 2 minutes from the center just across the highway.

:D. Need Directions from Hotel to Arena?

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Because I didn't have a say in lodging, but I'm sure there was a reason. Google maps says about 22 min. You should have seen our drive from our hotel to the Florida regional, about 40mins:( , that sucked after a long day.

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Ah..I guess if you take 85, then the trip might not be half bad.

But it's still a fair distance.

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sorry dude... i think... THINK... that we are staying at the fairfield suits, but im not sure where it is... but nobody has really told me:)

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Okay, now that Ed has posted some pics of the drive train, we have half an idea of what 34 looks like. :D

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If you visit thier website there is a little more, however they are still keeping some to themselves, we will see when we get there, not long now.

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There is a kinda full picture of 34 on their website. I see an intake and drive train.

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but the waiting is soooo aganizing! ahhh!

anywho, now that my composure is regained... it looks like another ackerman from 34?

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It seems Peachtree has forgotten about the NC teams...but its good to see that a lot of familiar faces are returning.

Well, 1533 Triple Strange will be there for the fourth year in a row! Woo! :D

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What does everyone think about posting a link to your bot or giving a description of it to start a little preemptive scouting.

I will start:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/32885

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1771 looks very sexy. One of the better shooters I have seen.

As for 342's bot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3sN6L1y_s

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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=52487 551

ill just send a link with the video. a few minor adjustments will be made on thursday to this.

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Thanks guys lets keep it up. I hope we get to play with you guys this week you both look awesome.

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In addition to the still shot Sean posted, here are a couple of videos showing some (but not all) of the special features of 1771's Lunacy bot:

Towing the 2008 bot with and without traction control enabled.

Distance shooting (we don't have many balls, but we shot what we had)

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Oh No !! We definitely have not forgotten about NC teams and we are definitely looking forward to seeing 1533 Triple Strange again.

cheers...

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haha. North Gwinnett is showing off. Im so jealous of your robot. every year we fail at making the robot look good, and this year, you guys are perfection.

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Does anyone know when and where the pit space assignments will be posted?

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No streaming video at Peachtree? :(

http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/...rcwebcasts.php

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Here they are: The Peachtree Regional webcast. Sorry for the delay.

MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center

Windows Media

http://mfile.akamai.com/18569/live/r...asx?bkup=43781

Flash

http://streaming.msfc.nasa.gov/ACCOR...ast/first.html

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Thank you so much!

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AH OH!!!.

Hopefully the matches are as exciting at home as they are at the regional.

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Sorry about the double post, but just as an FYI, one thing I noticed at P'tree yesterday was that teams don't show up.

If anyone here reads this before coming to P'tree today, please remember, SHOW UP TO MATCHES. If your manipulator isn't working, then fine. As long as you can drive, please show up.

Empty trailers hang out to dry, and decent human players go to town on the trailers and there are easily 30 points in one trailer, and then if the other team gets a super cell...well then it's almost impossible to win.

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Can someone please post the winners of the various awards at the Peachtree regionals? They don't seem to be posted anywhere (that I could find).

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Ah - thanks, helps if I actually went through the links on the usfirst website!

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big thanks to all the teams that helped to make it a great regional.

another big thanks to all the volunteers that worked so hard.

thanks also to 1848 for picking us, and 1002. you guys were awesome! its just too bad we didn't quite get over that hump :p

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A big thanks to everyone for making the Peachtree a great success.
As the game announcer on Sat. it was just to exciting that I had to sacrifice my voice for the teams. If you did not watch the matches you missed some amazing play. 3 of the 4 quarterfinals and 1 semifinal went to 3 matches and the finals featured the #8 vs. #7 with the #8 winning the event.
Congrats to our winning alliance 2655,2415, & 832
Congrats to the Chairman's team #1311
Engineering Inspiration #1002
Rookie All-Star 3091


Also team 1002 thanks our alliance partners 1848 and 343. We had a great run to the semi's.

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CONGRATS to 2655, 832, and 2415 for consistently playing great matches... y'all were a blast to watch. (Especially QF 1-1; never saw that one coming.)

THANKS to 1102 and 2119. I loved playing with y'all. (PS- 1102, Chris wants more of your mints ;) )

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Congratulations to all the winners, especially Kell High School for Chairman's Award. I came back in town to see the team I have mentored in the past 2415 - the WiredCats), who got off to a rough start. We had a tough time in the qualification matches, but started to improve with time. Team 2655 - the PlatyPi must have seen our improvements, because they picked us as well as team 832 - Chimera for the 8th seeded alliance.

From there, everything was golden for the alliance, as they won over the #1 alliace (1771, 1746, and 547? - excellent robots as well) in 4 rounds (one match was reset mid way through for communications problems and the reset ended in a tie). After winning in 2 matches in the semis, the #8 alliance went on to the finals to face teams 590, 1319, and 342 (the #7 alliance - I can't remember ever seeing the bottom two alliances face off in the finals). After two hard-fought rounds, the 8th seeded alliance of 2415, 2655, and 832 was victorious!

Anyways, I really enjoyed coming home for the Peachtree regional this year, it was a very exciting event! Congratulations again to all the winners and to all my friends at team 2415 for an incredible run! Hope to see everyone at Championships!

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There's absolutely no way we could have done this without our amazing alliance, so thanks to them. I would've never dreamed we would win in only our second year of existence. T'was a glorious Pi day!

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Wow, some crazy times! Team 1261 would like to thank our alliance partners teams 57 (all the way from Texas! nice costumes btw) and 1311 for an awesome run in the quarterfinals.

We would also like to thank 1746 and Mr. Folea (congratulations on the Outstanding Volunteer Award!) for letting us practice on their practice field so many times, helping us with programming, and just being very helpful in general and inspiring us with GP spirit. As well as 1771 for scrimmaging with us / building an incredible robot.

Also, I'd like to thank all the people (I think I talked to 343, 34, 1771, 2007, 2918, 2362, 1648, and 1758 on Saturday) who patiently answered my questions, thanks!

And of course, to all the announcers and referees and judges (who were always pleasant to talk to) and volunteers that made this event possible, thanks so much.

Hope everyone had an awesome Pi Day!

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I guess my shout out will be a little different. Of course thanks all around to everyone who made it happen, and made it great. :)

I didn't get to play the Lockheed Martin simulator, but my younger kids had a blast playing Lunacy and Overdrive on the computers. My 6 year old son placed second in the finals, so I know he had a great time at it. Thanks to team 1002 for putting that event on.

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Congratulations to everyone - you are all champions.

Thank you to everyone - you are all dear friends.

Good luck to everyone advancing to Atlanta.

And a million cheers to Rick Folea - volunteer of the year is an understatement - it should be superhero of the year.

Team 1311

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Congrats to all - especially the dedicated volunteers that put the event on.

From our perspective, it was exceptionally well run and supported.

Geez, we even got to the point where we were running rounds every 5 minutes!!!! Incredible.

Looking forward to seeing all of our friends at Palmetto (hopefully Otto's wounds will have healed by then! We got him some little smiley face band-aides ...)

- Rick

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Thank you to everyone. It was an extremely well run event as usual. I want to especially give a thanks to 1746 and 547. You guys were both great partners and with a couple slight changes, things would have looked a whole lot different. Thanks 1746 for letting us practice with you guys all season. I wish you guys the best of luck at Palmetto and at the Championship.

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We never dreamed it also... Thanks so much for selecting us and getting past our record of 2-7 in qualification. It was a great run, and can't wait to see you at championships. And 832, yall were amazing also. Thanks!

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REMINDER TO ALL PEACHTREE REGION PARTICIPANTS

DON'T DISASSEMBLE YOUR ROBOTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON!

Your friendly neighborhood GeorgiaFIRST committee is planning at least one (possibly TWO) offseason events this year!

And YOU are invited!

Stay tuned for details ...

And as always, be sure to keep an eye on www.GeorgiaFIRST.org for news about events.

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Thanks to all the volunteers, mentors, students, parents and sponsors that made Peachtree a success. I look forward to seeing you all again next year..or sooner.

As Rick mentioned we will be having an offseason event this year so stay tuned. The GeorgiaFIRST website is www.gafirst.org (correction to post above).

Get some sleep and I hope to stop by the event in SC to see some of you in action again.

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Some good pictures of the event at: http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view...irst-robotics/

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Whoever did the webcast, are you able to post the competition videos online? That would be amazing, and thanks for webcasting. Much appreciated.

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On behalf of the Peachtree inspection team, I just want to thank everyone for your efforts in making the inspection process run smooth. We had a couple "late bloomers" but all in all things went well. Team 34 travels to the "Lone Star" Regional next and then I'll be returning to Georgia for the Championship as a lead inspector. I hope to see all of you there!

Congrats to all the award winners (especially team #1311).

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Just wanna say thanks to all the volunteers and people who helped put this year's Peachtree Regional together. I personally had the best time I've had at a regional and this is my 5th year.

Congratulations Teams 2655, 2415, and 832 for winning. Also to Team 1311 for the Chairman's award.

Hope to be there again next year!

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I would ALSO like to say thankx to all. And I mean ALL.

There were a couple calls we wish could have gone our way, but none the less we still had fun, and for our freshmen, and some of our veterans, this was the most fun they've had.

Thankx to 57, and 1311 for agreeing to be with us. :D.

We would also like to thank 1771 and 1746 for their great support this year, and I honestly believe your alliance was the best one out there.

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I (and others) from team 2415 said this same thing both before and after the playoff rounds yesterday. Team 1771's robot is incredibly well built, and funnily enough we ended up having very similar robots for two years in a row (last year we were the two teams to utilize suction and this year we both have spirals with turreting shooters). I fully expect to see them dominate at championships if they come. Still shocked that we won, and excited for championships!

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We would also like to thank 1746 and 1771, without which we would not have fixed our autonomous program, as well congratulate the #7 seed alliance 1319, 590, and 342(I hope those were right) who pulled some great upsets as well.