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Originally Posted by Paperclips
On behalf of those from Team 20, I would like to thank our awesome alliance partners 5254, the Robot Raiders, and team 3624, the ThunderColts for some fantastic elimination matches. Really great way to end the day- and to 3624 good luck at the Long Island Regional, and to 5254, we hope to to be on the same side of the glass again at Finger Lakes.
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I'd like to echo everything Audrey said- I don't know how we managed to get such an amazing alliance as the 5th captain. 5254 was an absolute steal, and 3624 was the perfect compliment to our machine for TVR playoffs.
I'd also like to congratulate our good friends on 195, 340, and 4930 on their regional win. It was an incredible set of elimination matches, and with all our ups and downs, your alliance was the constant sitting at the top of the average score rankings match after match. I have to say, it was weird seeing 195 and 20 on opposite sides of the glass for once.
Both the Chairmans Award and the Engineering Inspiration Award went to incredible new faces for the capital region- 1111 and 1923. Congratulations, and thank you for everything you do for your communities and FIRST.
Speaking of 1923, Libby Kamen received a well deserved Woody Flowers Finalist Award Friday evening, and I wish you luck, as well as your now-qualified team, at the championship event.
To the top-seeded alliance of 303, 2852, and 4203, I was astonished at what happened in your last semifinal match. If 303 hadn't lost communications when they did, they would have made it to finals over us. Even with the significantly lower score they put up, they were only 2 totes away from going to finals anyway.
After that match, I was ecstatic that my team was going to finals, only to realize momentarily that I was cheering and yelling at your alliance's expense, and only because your alliance had unfortunate issues.
I'd like to apologize for that as best I can, but can you really blame me and my team? We were going to finals, after we had just given up all hope. I also feel bad for 4203- an amazing third robot who could have done well at the championship event.
Thank you everyone who made the 2015 New York Tech Valley Regional a success, and I'll see about 1/4 of you next week at the Finger Lakes Regional!