[bam-bam]

Great weather, great venue, great people, great robots, great matches, great.... Well, everything.

I'm so incredibly surprised to see how many teams managed to add a consistent high goal shot. From off the top of my head.... 447, 1720, 5484, 3147... It speaks a lot when when of the top shooting robots in 4982 falls all the way to 7th pick.

Kokomo's so wonderful! The Memorial Gym was a great place to play the state championship. I hope Indiana FIRST brings the event back to Kokomo next year. Thanks to 45, 292, and 3940 for hosting.

Congrats to the state champions 4103-1024-1529, in particular to 1529. When I left the team, all that were left was 4 mentors and 11 or so students... which whittled down to 1 mentor and 7 students the following year. To go from that to winning their first blue banner in their first finals.... I never thought I would be able to see it live. Here's to a brighter future.

Congrats to 461 and 1747 advancing to world champs. You make Purdue proud.

I'll echo Peyton's words. The fact that 4982, 234, 1741, 71, 3940, 5403, 3176..... Well, too many to name, won't advance is sad. The first four in particular would do incredibly well at a regional.

Congrats to 868 (Chairman's), 135 (EI), and 6012 (RAS).

Congrats to all the alliances for incredible matches. It was very fun to watch all the interesting strategies put into play. Low goal then double capture (234-71-1741), drafting a team with no ball control (461-1747-3176), to the top alliances (1501-868-447 and 4103-1024-1529). I have no idea how 1529 and 447 were left for the final two.

EDIT: And thank you to the wonderful queuers I worked with this weekend. This was something I enjoyed doing greatly!