[CindyLouWhoMe]

Howdy folks.
I'm Cindy, a senior on 360, the captain of the blue alliance. There was a bit of a discussion about this topic (of all the teams getting to go to St. Louis) when Robotics Memes posted this article on Facebook. A brief summary of what our head mentor (Eric Stokely) and I had to say about all this:

Ellensburg was the last competition for 360 this year. But us seniors regret nothing. We built a fantastic robot, met great people, our drive team was wonderful, and we couldn't have asked for a better alliance.
When the competition finally ended, it felt like there were 6 winners, not 3. The teams who get to go to St. Louis were the best bots at the CW Regional; they won the whole thing fair and square. We ended that competition as a true community and because of that Ellensburg will remain a treasured memory of mine for years to come. After all, FIRST isn't all about the robots.

Nobody should feel guilty about what happened. In ways that are hard to explain it feels like, somehow, we took something away from the winning alliance. They were strong, they played hard, and deserved the win. 360's season is over, no regrets. We will have volunteers at the remaining Washington regionals, and Stokely be in St Louis, inspecting robots.

Todai.