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Re: 2011 SBPLI First Regional
As a member of Team 358 I would like to thank everyone who volunteered and attended the SBPLI regional. As a senior it will be sad that this is my last competition however it was a good way to go out. Congratulations team 329 on chairmen’s, to the alliance who won and all those who won awards especially Half Hallow Hills on rookie all start award.
Further more I would like to clear up the mishap in alliance selection. I would like to commend those who corrected the ruling on the field. Team 358 would never try to cheat. In WPI we had used this rule also had come into play and we were aware of it. However in “the heat of competition” while trying to figure out numbers and keep track of who was picked by who (50 three to four digit numbers can do weird things to your brain) we slipped and accepted team 1796. As soon as we realized it was not ok we did turn around and notify the field tech table behind us. They began to search through the rules to confirm the confusion. This is when the crowd realized what had happened and began to ask for a re-pick. No one is actually in the wrong here. We realized our mistake right away as did event staff and volunteers. The crowd also realized but was simply unaware of what was going on at field level.
I look forward to seeing some long island teams compete in St. Louis, and once again to everyone who made this event possible from volunteers and mentors to judges and sponsors.
Looking forward to the long island FIRST summer fun day!
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