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Re: Top 3 Days in your Team's History
Since I don't see anyone from from 639 posting, I'll take the honors.

1. 2004 Canadian Regional: we went 8-0 in qualifying, but due to "wardrobe malfunction" (banner getting caught in our treads) we had a low QP that round which brought our average down and ultimately landed us in 2nd place. We struggled all the way to the finals, playing 3 games in every round. During finals, our robot got twisted on the bar and our hanging mechanism was totally broken. 33 Killer Bees bailed us out of that one was some amazing shooting. We sat out the 2nd round to try to repair our bot, and in the end it was repaired and we went into the last round and won by a few balls. It was the first regional we've ever won and it shocked us all.

2. We were so short of money in 2005 that we barely made it by to sign up for FLR. After we won, we went to dinner, where our "robo-mom", told us that we were going to GTR because two mentors both pledged enough money from their companies for us to go. After we go back, our principal gave us money, Teams 340 and 73 offered us a large sum of the money that they raised for us to go to Championships, we got support from our school district, and all this support just started pouring from the community. Before we knew it, we were going to GTR and Championships and thinking seriously about starting another team in our area. We made the transition into a true veteran team this year.

3. My teammates may disagree with me on this one, but IMHO 2002 (Zone Zeal)Canadian Regional takes the cake for number three. I came in as a finalist that year, but it definitely surprised all of us that a 2nd year team could pull such a feat off. We were ranked 7th after qualifying and all the rest of the events went by so quickly that I have no idea how we made it to the finals. In finals 1.3, in the last 5 seconds, our ally shot back its tether at the home zone, but only to be short about a couple of inches. We were all stunned at how well we did. That definitely sealed the deal for every new member that year to come back.
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WINNER of the 2004 Canadian Regional, thanks to teams 33 and 1112
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