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Re: Week#4 - NYC FIRST! Regional & Social

The Good - The competition site was located at a very nice arena, and the competition ran pretty smoothly. The volunteers did an excellent job resetting the field. There was a lot of cheering and enthusiasm. I was extremely surprised and excited to see Woody Flowers attending this regional. After all, I consider Woody Flowers to have god-like status, especially at a FIRST event. So yes, Woody Flowers is a god.

The Bad - Sometimes the field would mysteriously drop balls without warning, even when a match has not started. Rumor has it that another team was chanting to our team, "Go back to where ever you came from, or we will shoot you." I was not there to witness this, but they were also the same team that pegged some of us with the candy we passed out towards the end of the regional.

and The Ugly - On Friday morning, some of the organizers of the event did not have match lists printed out, and announced numerous times that they will let everybody in the pit know when the match lists are ready to be given out. Frustrated, "Granny" (Sorry, I do not know her name) the pit announcer yelled, "We will let you guys know when the match lists are ready, do not ask for them again!" A sarcastic member from another team tested her patience by jumping up and down while yelling back at her, "When will the match lists be ready?" She angrily picked up the microphone and screamed, "H377 NO!" (Note: written in l33t for censorship)

The pit erupted with laughter and applause. Too bad it was her last year as a pit announcer for the New York City Regional.
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