[Samwaldo]

We were one of those teams that found out the day of the NE Districts Champs. We found out 9:30am, had to be their by 4ish, and it was a 3hr drive.

We understood that we wouldnt be told until days before, but the day of!!! The worst part is that we found out the team infront of us dropped out the night before, but the NE commitee was off working on other things for the next days events so we couldnt get the official invite untol the next day.

Luckily we knew we only needed 7 teams to drop, so we had made all plans but it was a pain for us and the hotel. I cant even count the ammount of hotel calls and cancelation extentions we got. Finding out that morning was not fun at all! (The event was)

MAR taking week 6 off was the smartest thing ever! Also this year they made the 5 bubble teams confirm a yes or no before invitation. 8 or 9 dropped in NE. They should make the next 10 confirm to hopefully help speed up the process.

Although its a long and horrible process sometimes, i wanted ever spot filled by a team because everyone deserved one! Unfortunatly a team dropped so last minute that their was no time to fill the spot. A perfect reason why they work so hard to fill this spot is that everyone can win. 1153 made it in, the day of NE Champs, and destroyed with their robot, evemtually making it to champs.

Even though the processes and work is hard, I still want to give a giant thank you to all those that helped districts run well (especially NE! I wish we did districts sooner)