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Re: 2015 Lone star Regional

Pearadox had a great time at our first official event. The students all left the regional talking about what we can improve for next year, and seeing the level of excitement from them and them asking us if we can do this, this and that in the summer and fall is so great to hear as a coach. That would not happen if they didn't feel so welcomed and inspired by the teams that we get to see at Lone Star.

To that end, I wanted to thank a lot of teams - Get Smart helped us design a motor mount in the morning when we realized we didn't pack some versa gearbox mounts we thought we had. Invictus took the time to show the drivers their butterfly drive and how it worked, and they thought it was the coolest thing ever. And then later when we were preparing our pneumatics system just in case we were picked for playoffs they provided assistance in getting the relief valve calibrated and some general tips of pneumatics trade that they've learned. Robonauts have helped us since the summer time, providing us opportunities to practice on a field and providing us with various tools, parts, and insights depending on what they occasion called for. Screaming Chickens made us feel welcome by power walking to our pit Saturday morning to line it with pears - and it means a lot to me personally to know that we were being recognized/joked with by people on a good team that we had yet to really interact with. Also, our students told me that Leopards brought the football player to our pit because they thought we were doing a good job (assuming they didn't "pear"aphrase that to me incorrectly) which is another huge honor and I am thankful for. And while Spectrum wasn't there to compete, they helped us immensely throughout last offseason and this build season, and it was good to see some of their team members there helping out.

Congratulations to the Bears on winning RAS. We knew it was going to be a tough regional to try to win RAS at, the rookies at LSR were all so very impressive, and we were honored to be selected for the Rookie Inspiration.

Great final matches too by Robonauts, CRyptonite, Iron Pandas, RoboVikes, Jersey Voltage, and Leopards. They were exciting to watch and I think inspired our team to keep getting better.
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