[miketwalker]

Even if the Philly Regional winner won't make it to Nationals many other great teams will. Sure their will be a group of not-so-good robots there. But, the whole point of FIRST isn't to say "We're the best". It feels good to say you won but the learning envolved plays a major role. I say teams like 157 who can't go to nationals and any other team not going to nationals also deserves respect. I know teams who were almost completly broken for a good part of the regional, but the thing is they learned. They learned steel is not a good thing to make a hook out of because of weight, and other things. That is EXACTLY what FIRST is. I compliment those teams who didn't do so well but they tried, which is what counts.