[Barnzy107]

While I'm somewhat unhappy with the judges call yesterday, I do feel that overall the event came out better than could possibly have been hoped for. I wont lie and say I wasn't dissappointed, and the whole alliance (79, 107, 648) was upset with the judges because they "knew" they had gotten the shaft, which may or may not have been true. But after thinking about it for a few minutes, I realized that this was the best way it could have gone. I realized it when team 107 from Holland Christian went out and congradulated the other teams, not saying things like, that stinks, it should have been us. They went and shook hands with team members and mentors alike, congradulating them. This day was right between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. And they as a Christian team, couldn't have come away with anything better. They were able to demonstrate our Christian attitude by graciously accepting their loss, and not being angry at the refs for their judgement call, which may or may not have been in error, it doesn't matter. They got the award for Good Sportsmanship, and on Easter weekend, that's better than winning. That's something that they can take back to their school along with great tales of duking it out with some of the best robots in the nation. So I'd like to salute the alliance of teams 79, 107, and 648 for their great show, along with the second place and first place teams.
Also props to the Brazilians for coming all the way out, and also being able to be happy with where they ended up.