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Originally Posted by Jonathan Ryan
Just wanted to extend a huge "thank you" to teams 48 and 1126. It was an awesome alliance and an epic elimination round for us on 145.
Thanks to 48 for seeing beyond the wins and losses, and taking a chance on us! To 48's coach, you were the Zen-master!!! Calm, cool and collected while working with us on strategy. Great machine, great driving, great team!!!
To 1126 for implementing 48's "Horseshoe from Hell" defense. We knocked off a lot of the teams that have dominated FLR in the past. You guys are awesome!
A huge thanks to all of the volunteers! Kate in the pit, Koko Ed in the cue, Taylor(Tonya) the flag girl, Dante, Kathy and all of the refs, the inspection crew, the judges, and especially Angry Eric. You all made this event very special for us.
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Big thanks to you and Team 145 for being an excellent alliance partner, receptive to strategy and advice. You guys got stronger as we advanced through the elims - exactly what we needed - great job!
Team 48 had a hard-fought and satisfying weekend of competition at Finger Lakes. Bringing a rookie drive team (albeit one that won Rah Cha Cha Ruckus) and a mostly freshman/sophomore team of students to the event, I wasn't sure what to expect. I also knew the bot was packing a subset of features and capabilities we expect it to have at Queen City. I am very proud of my team for extracting significant output from our machine as currently configured. Our #4 alliance was one disc or 10 point hang away from a 3rd match in the finals, and I think we put on a great show for the crowd, so I'm very satisfied with our performance at Finger Lakes. We gained tons o' experience that will benefit us at Queen City, Crossroads, and hopefully beyond.
Big thanks to 1126 for being everything we'd thought they'd be when we selected them as a 2nd pick. Dylan and Alex stopped by our pit and alerted us to the improvements their team was making throughout Saturday. We observed them on the practice field and in their matches, and they looked focused, hungry, and ready to kick butt for anyone who selected them. They did not disappoint. It's always fun to have two defensive-minded teams on the same alliance. I am glad we were able to demonstrate that certain types of defense can be effective against a number of offensive strategies in Ultimate Ascent.
Congratulations to all teams at the competition for putting on a great show - especially the event winners and award winners. Congrats 1405, 3003, and 1559 on a hard fought victory.
I'm very happy for 1111 winning Engineering Inspiration - they stayed at our hotel and ate dinner with us Friday night. I found them to be great people, and the robotics program they've built is simply outstanding - well deserved.
Congrats to 2809 on your Regional Chairman's win! Considering the history of the award at this event, you certainly had to bring some outstanding qualities to the table to earn the award over the highly-regarded teams vying for Chairman's at Finger Lakes.
Thanks to all the staff and volunteers at Finger Lakes who made me not loathe attending a Week 1 regional, as I had previously done up until arriving on Thursday morning. Congrats on a very organized, well-run, and entertaining operation. Thanks also to Karthik and Mark Breadner for showing up and making the event feel just a little bit like old school GTR.
