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Yeah, I can only second my teammate's comments, since he beat me here. But 356, you guys were a great team, and seeing you guys pick us up was one of the coolest things that I've seen in 3 years of FIRST. The thing that beats it was probably that first time that 16 and us (525) went through our autonomous mode in the quarter finals...seeing them go flying up right in front of us was great.

16, I remember seeing you guys at St. Louis and being in complete awe of your robot. If someone had told me on Wednesday that we would be working with you guys in the finals, I would have laughed at them thinking we were good enough to work with you. It was an honor to work with you, and we appreciate what you did with us in the final rounds. I'm sorry that we weren't able to keep it going to the finals.

356, you were a great ally in the end, very dependable, happy to work with us on strategy. I have to admit that I didn't personally know who you were when my team decided to pick you, but when I saw your robot, I knew you were a good choice. I hope that my team has a chance to work with both of you in the future, and good luck at any further regionals.

Oh, and after looking in the rules and on the official FIRST boards, the way that our opponents were placing the boxes right behind our robots (16 and 525) was illegal. The FIRST people clearly said the boxes have to be all the way within the scoring zone...but it only results in a minor penalty, so it wouldn't have done anything to them for that match.