[mwilbur]

Triple Helix, Team 2363, enjoyed our time at the Palmetto Regional. The venue was fantastic -- much better than we expected for a regional at a convention center. As noted elsewhere, getting to the pits was difficult at times due to the single door access to the one side of the pits. The queueing schedule was also a bit overdone, as they often had two matches queued inside the field area and two queued outside. During one set of matches that we had that were five matches apart they were calling us to queue as we left the field. Beyond that it was a great experience.

We would like to thank the following:

- All of the volunteers and judges who put on such a great regional
- Team 1648, Grady Gearbox Gangstaz, for selecting us to compete with you in the elimination matches. We're sorry that that didn't work out better than it did. We knew you were counting on us to perform, and we had the worst three matches you could possibly imagine.
- Team 539, The Titans, for rounding out our elimination match alliance.
- Team 2915, Tiger Pride, for filling in when the Titan's climbing mechanism could not be repaired.
- Teams 1772, 1610, and 1287 for sticking it to us in the quarterfinals. We have plenty of things to work on before we get to Virginia.
- Team 1610, B.O.T., for sharing the us ride down from Virginia with us. It was fun getting to know you guys better.
- Teams 11, 245, and 2187 for proving that good shooters can readily take down good climbers. Your performance validated our own analysis of the game, and you did an admirable job of setting the bar for weeks 2 through 7.

Congratulations to the winning alliance and to all teams that won awards at Palmetto!