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Well here comes my long awaited Thank You...

1089:

When I was standing on the floor waiting deciding on my alliance pick, I was thinking about the final teams and who I would be picking for the 7th alliance. Unannounced, you guys declined and provided me the opportunity to play with a team high on our list. Not only was our elimination run exciting but also some of the best fun I have had in all of my three years of FIRST. Thank you guys!

102:
What an outstanding alliance partner you guys were. The defense that your drive team played was outstanding and really allowed us to use our bots to the full potential. I know you guys really had a great time since it was the first time in history all three of us had made it to the Finals.

2016, 1676, 303
You guys deserve the regional win hands down. We knew we were out engineered with machines so our strategy ultimately decided the outcomes. Regardless, this brought attention to our machine and revisions will be made shortly for Philly. I know that when we touch down there, we will take the same heart that we brought to the elims in NJ and get a banner of our own.

25:
Shaun, drive team, and the rest of Raider Robotix, don't let this one thing let you guys down whatsoever. I know that the past weekend was a rough one and like you said in a previous post "...it brought you back down to earth." I have no doubt in my mind that you will go to VA and crush the competition.

Side note to Shaun, thanks for providing all the great information to our team each day. I really like that since last year you have taken us under 25's wing and really have seen the opportunity the team has to be great. Thank you again man.

1923:

Wayne and team, you guys really have one hell of a bot. Surprisingly, a few things restricted us from playing with you guys in the elimination rounds but at least we got to play up against you guys. Hopefully, that can be renewed with pending our trip to St. Louis in late April.

2729:

Congrats on the Semi-Finals guys! 3 years and you are already showing FIRST that you guys are a high caliber team. I am really excited for the teams future and to play again in Philly with you guys.

816:

Dustin, Nick, and team, you guys showed NJ the great potential you had. Unfortunately, all of the breakdowns and replacements really hit you hard when it came to competing. I know you guys are reloading like ourselves for Philly since the competition is going to be fierce. Remember, were right around the corner for help so don't be afraid to hit us up.

Akash:

Hey man :cool:

Refs, Announcers, Volunteers, and Others:

Thank you for all your support this past weekend. Without you guys, we would not be in the position we are currently at today. From the communications problems all the way to our autonomous problems, you never ceased to respond back to us in a professional manner. I really thank you guys for that. Hopefully, I will see most of the same faces in Philly in a few short weeks.

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Hehe, I'm my own team?:o

It was really fun hanging out with you guys! Even more fun sharing in on your successes.

See you in Philly, Cory. I expect continuous improvement.

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Well, you're are representing 11/1089/3553 so yes you are clearly your own team.

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The MORTurybots?

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So much for being Shaker's mascot, Akash? Way to betray us by going to Drexel. :mad:

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The first thing I have to say is a massive thanks you to teams 2016 and 303 for being brilliant alliance partners! After that I have to thank all our opponents for a ton of wonderful matches. The only thing I remember about allot of them is the intensity.

Now that I've done that I'm going to go back to sleep. I barely got any sleep during Trenton and now I'm making up for it.

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Reloading?

Psh, if everything falls into place, we'll be replacing half of our robot on Thursday. ;)

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Reloading/Creating a whole new robot...they're the same thing!

:)

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Some thanks and congratulations:

Congrats to 303, 2016, and 1676 for winning! You guys deserve it, we were cheering you guys on the whole time.

Thanks to 219 and 224, for being incredibly awesome pit neighbors to us, constantly sharing tools with each other.

192, you guys should definitely try and come to the NJ Regional again, you guys were one of the nicest teams to play with in qualifications.

1547, congrats on the Imagery Award, and thanks for the Best Looking Team award!

75, thanks for letting us borrow your printer, then having that not work and you guys borrowing our printer. And for being friendly the entire competition :p

Also, thanks to anyone I forgot to mention in this post

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Cody,

You guys were awesome to work with. The attention and determination that you had on Friday and Saturday was awesome. I am sorry I couldn't come over and help all day because I was driving but I really hope to see you guys improve over the next few years.

If you need any help with anything, PM me and I will try my best to get 1647 to get you guys whatever you need.

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On behalf 1860, I'd like to say MUITO OBRIGADO:

Muito obrigado 75 and 2016, you guys are awesome. Every year you guys help us with many things, but your friendship is the most valuable and important thing that we can get. Hope to keep this forever. Thank you friends.

Muito obrigado 1676. As I told you Rotolo, "it's not about robot, is about people". The treatment and patience that each member of your team gave us was awesome. We have many difficulties with language, but it was never difficult for you. Thank you by looking for us and everytime effort to understand us.

Muito obrigado 1923 and 25, our alliance partners. Thank you by the invite and to possibility us play the NJ finals again. We expected, at least, repeat 2006, when we've played the final match counter that AWESOME 25's machine. Unfortunately, our grabber broke on the third match, and we can't help you to hang tubes. But I think that despite the defeat, this match was wonderful. 3 tubes during autonomous and 4 minibots climbing the tower. Thank you to provide us this opportunity.

Hope to see you next year, I really don't know why we didn't attempt NJ in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Can't imagine better place and better teams than you! :)

Nós admiramos muito vocês!

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Personally, thank you to Rotolo, Bill, Shaun, Wayne, Nate, Carmine, Jacque. You were important people for me this year =)

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The discussions that we had together were some of the best ever of my FIRST experiences. I look forward to when we meet again.

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Rafael, you guys are as great a team as I have ever met. My only disappointment is that I could not speak with all of your team, because my Portugese is not so good ;) Next time, I will study with my colleagues in Campinas and then we can have some good conversations.

What you are doing for your kids is wonderful. These are the kids that will make the future better, for themselves, Brazil, and everyone else.

I am glad that I helped make your visit better.

Don