Well I guess now that the dust has settled and the emotions have worn off a bit, now is a good time to throw this here.
First off I want to thank our Alliance partners 340 and 174. You guys were a pleasure to work with and were everything we hoped for out of an alliance. I wish we could have won with you guys but unfortunately it didn't work out that way. For anyone wondering, we think the reason we had trouble keeping the recycling cans on the totes in the last match was because in the second finals match when our stack got knocked over it landed on one of our can stabilizers. The stabilizer wasn't mounted very sturdy so the falling totes shifted it. This translated to that stabilizer poking the can off the stack when we tried to lift past a certain height.
Now onto more thanks stuff. I'd like to thank 3015 for 2 things. First things first, thanks for making me look like an idiot. When you guys won ei I jumped from my seat and yelled because I knew that generated us a wild card slot but nobody else on my team knew that yet so they all looked at me confused.
. Secondly thanks for being so nice as to come to our pit to congratulate us on finalists. You guys were humble and definitely a deserving team. We hope to see you again in St Louis.
Next I want to give a huge shout out to 4039. You guys were truly a class act and exemplify everything FIRST strives for. Not only did you build am excellent robot but you helped your community enough to win chairman's
Truly a well rounded team. Even more than that, you guys were incredibly nice to us the whole event and were super pleasant to talk to. The award you presented to us at the end of the competition helped boost our morale more than you can imagine and you guys seemed genuinely happy to present it to us. We were a bit down in the dump because we fell just short of the finish line but you guys were so understanding and nice. I'm not sure if it was how great people you were or how colorful your shirts were but talking to you guys as we were packing up our pit put a smile on my fave. I can't even think of accurate words to describe just how great of a team of people you guys are but know that your graciousness did not go unappreciated.
Lastly I want to thank everyone who made this event run smoothly. 5254 has nothing but positive things to say about this regional.
I guess I'll throw a mini shout out here to the drive coach of 5030 for being a cool dude to talk to as well as the mentor from grapes of wrath who told us all about the wonders of rivnuts
