[dubious elise]

Well, to start off, a huge congrats to teams 71 and 1024, like kyle said, you guys really pulled through under immense pressure and made the best out of everything that came up (batteries, arms, penalties...) It was an absolute joy to work with you both. Also, 135, 876, and 93, all three of you were excellent competition and to all of the other teams, this regional was pure excitement from start to finish!

A special thanks to all of the judges (especially the human player one for the red alliance, you certainly did your job well!) and all of the event organizers; yes, this is only my second year, but it was one of the most entertaining and best thought-out events I have been to yet, very well coordinated.

And thank you's to kyle and greg for emotional support at the end, david for the extra-last-minute-thumbs-up and hugs, and eugenia, for just...well...being her wonderful, peppy self. I promise to post pictures as soon as I find my camera.

<edit> and also, one more thanks to team 963 for being the only defense-specific bot there, you were great competitors and had a very unique strategy! <edit/>