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As the coach of team 1678, I would like to thank all of the organizers of this year's Cal Games. There are so many positive things that I could say about the event so I'll keep it to a few key points.

First of all, the overall organization of the event was outstanding. Second, we really appreciated your willingness to begin getting robots set up for communication early so that the delays from last year were not repeated. All matches were played and counted! Third, the atmosphere was tremendous. It felt pretty much like a regional competition.

Citrus Circuits was thrilled to have made it to the finals this year, particularly with all of the problems we were having with our robot. A huge thanks to teams 1671 and 100 who did an outstanding job of supporting us throughout the elimination matches. 1671 proved to everyone that they have one of the best hybrid modes in this year's competition and team 100 played great defense on two very strong offensive robots.

It was also a great honor for our team to play in the finals against such a distinguished alliance, including two past world champions, 254 and 971 and a two-time winner of our local Sacramento regional, 766. I have to admit, I would much rather play with 971 (like in the Sacramento regional earlier this year) than against you but it was still a lot of fun. I remember watching teams 254 and 766 competing at the Sacramento regional during our 2005 rookie season. In that year's final, 254 and 766 were on opposing alliances and 766's alliance ended up being victorious. I remember wondering if our team would ever be able to reach that level of competitiveness.

Thank you again to everyone who organized and participated in the event. We look forward to seeing you at next year's Sacramento and Madera regionals.

Steve Harvey