[AdamHeard]

I’m going to miss some people, just too many teams to name.

1678 Mike Corsetto and company are some of the nicest people in FIRST. Pair that with being talented, passionate, and hardworking and their success is no surprise. I will admit myself (and others) had doubts about their rumored can grabbers for champs, but they clearly performed. So happy for you guys, and am glad that your work has paid off. Some teams suffer from championship hangovers, I don’t think 1678 will. I expect them to come out firing on all cylinders next year.

118 Awesome team, awesome people. It’s all been said before. Can’t believe it’s their first champs, very happy for them.

1671 hasn’t received much attention at the international level, but has been building solid machines for years. Amazing they were left this far in draft, but they’re clearly happy with the result. Congrats guys.

5012 You have to applaud 5012 for their self-awareness and pragmatism when approaching this game. After being the 3rd for 987/148 at Vegas, they embraced the cheesecake metagame and rode it to a world championship. Although they never made it to the field, their role was a rather innovative (and last minute) counter to the 1114’ harpoons that was just plain awesome. A shame that we didn’t get to see a 5012 vs. 900 can war.

987/2826. Always fun to see 987 do well, and awesome to see 2826 get their division win with such an awesome machine. Funny that they couldn’t #avoid118hypetrain in that 118 bested them.

67/4488/225 After we knocked ourselves out, I figured this alliance would be the favorite for our division. All three were great teams this season, and I was really bummed to hear (I was watching other fields) that their run ended in finals.

971/1717 Two of my favorite CA teams pair up from the #1 seed. When I heard this Friday night I was stoked for them. Unfortunately it didn’t work out for them with a semifinal exit, but we were cheering for them the entire time.

1323 Love these guys. They’re always “Just trying to help”. Bummer their run was ended in finals and missed a division win, but for a team that only had a SINGLE returning student they put on a heck of a performance this season.

3310 the MAN is back. 3310 had a self-admitted unconventional design this year (which was just plain awesome) and it somewhat hurt their performance. However, I loved everything about it. I’m excited to see what Paul Copioli brings to the team in future seasons.

330 I heard a lot of quiet criticism of 330 this year, and it was VERY satisfying to see them pull off a division win. 330 is one of my favorite teams to work with, and I hope to play with them again next year.

Champs was a roller coaster for us. To go out so quickly with such high expectations put on us from both ourselves, and externally, was rough. We had a very talented and motivated senior class, and I’m very sorry for them that their run was ended sooner that it should have.

999 and 4499. Generally I spend much more time with partners in elims. I apologize that I barely got to interact with you, and by the time I calmed down after being eliminated to find you guys I was only able to find a handful. You guys were both great picks, great teams, and great performers in quals. You also clearly handled the chaos that is 254/973 being pretty unorganized while installing upgrades with you. I’m sorry that I lined up 999 and caused them to tip, and I’m sorry that 4499 never got a chance to play in elims. I expect both teams to perform well in the future, and will keep an eye out for them.