[camtunkpa]

Wow MAR champs was fun! The venue was great! Overall it was a nice relaxed atmosphere.

Thanks to all the volunteers that made the event run smoothly!

Thanks to our alliance partners 11, 1403 & 1370. 11 and 1403 were top of our pick lists and 1370 wasn't far behind 1403 on our list. 11 and 1403 are some of the easiest teams to work with because they get it both teams are versatile and work well in any situation. We had a qualification match together and our alliance worked extremely well. We were just holding our breath that nobody we steal these two before we could invite them to our alliance. When we saw 1370 was the back up bot that would join our alliance in our place, we were excited. We knew they were a consistent machine and were very surprised not to see them on an eliminations alliance. We were extremely proud of what our alliance accomplished!

What can I say about 2729, 2590 and 1640. They were an awesome alliance and 1640 should not have been around for them to grab. 1640 was a huge part of that alliance going completely unnoticed by defenders and running 5 cycles or so a match. 2729 was an awesome machine and alliance captain. I was very glad to see them be so successful this year! 2590 we knew how much of a threat your machine was from playing against you in the quarters at Hatboro.

Also congrats to 1218 and 433 on their Chairman's awards!

We can't wait to see everyone in St. Louis. We hope to be a powerful representative of the MAR district

FWIW Those who haven't heard our machine suffered in the finals from a shorted digital sidecar. The short was caused by a sheared off aluminum mandrel from a rivet. We are very careful about keeping chips out of our electronics, but this piece did not come from our machine. We use steel mandrel rivets. I'm not trying to blame anyone, but just asking that other teams try to watch their shavings and bits as they can also find their way into other robots.