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Re: 2014 10,000 Lakes Regional
WOW! What a Regional.
I'm scared to even list out all of the thank you's that I would need to because I know I would miss someone. But here goes something...
I could write a book about how amazing knightkrawler 2052 as a group has been to us this year. Troy and the other coaches were always so kind and friendly. Logan is an amazing team member and a wonderful person. The entire cheering section was great too.
10,000 Lakes was definitely more of a struggle for our team, robot competition wise, than Lake Superior. Our drive train blew out in the semifinals. Knightkrawler's wonderful pick up system saved the day for our alliance for sure.
2227 was great to work with as well. They're team members were super nice and always had a positive attitude.
It's super special to me that our alliance won by basically doing 3 assists and 1 pt goals (with a last second truss mixed in of course). I think that's the sort of thing that the GDC had in mind with this game. Not the defensive WAR OF ATTRITION that Lake Superior was but the cooperation and passing and, well, assisting that 10,000 Lakes showed.
So many teams at 10,000 Lakes have been an inspiration to us in so many different ways. Our West Central friends of 2538 and 3244 were fun to talk to between matches. 2508 stopped by our pit to chat as well, they were great partners. I spoke a lot with 2500 and am super happy they won EI. We loved eating dinner with 3184 and 2470 on Friday night. There are a ton more that I'm just not thinking of right now but it was all great.
I'll never forget my first Regional there in 2011. We built an enormous scissor lift with mecanums. I kid you not. We also spray painted our bumpers outside the arena in the wind. Then we spent 2 matches in a row with the numbers upside down. Seeing the engineering and presentations that teams put on definitely inspired me and the team members to do better the next year. I don't know where I'm going with this except that a lot can change in 3 years.
Thank you to all the teams who competed so hard. Thank you to all the INCREDIBLE volunteers who helped put it on. The FTA, Chris, was fantastic.
We are so excited for St. Louis. We hope to see everyone at 10K next year!
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Head Coach
FRC Team 3313 Mechatronics
Alexandria, MN
2014 10,000 Lakes: Chairman's Award Winner
2014 10,000 Lakes: Winner with 2052 and 2227
2014 Lake Superior: Finalist and Engineering Excellence
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