[katie86]

Mike,manoel: Thanks. I kinda felt the same way, but I'm sure every team that didn't get picked for finals feels that way too. I also know that everytime someone came to talk to us in the pits, we were busy tinkering with something. Couldn't have been a good impression. And there are so few of us at regionals that we don't have a surplus of kids to go out and advertise.

Ken: The round where our basket didn't lift up was because of a little leak. Pnuematics, bah! But really, that wouldn't have made the difference. Even if we had gotten that load of balls, we wouldn't have won. I think. That's what I was told by a few others. After we fixed the leak (bah!) the basket was up to full speed again.

Our bot has quite a lot of pushing force, but it just isn't going to be the same as one that is designed for it. We didn't get into enough pushing matches to really prove ourselves, either. And frankly, I don't want to get into any pushing matches. Not enough finesse. I'm all about finesse.