I want to thank teams 291 and 306 for their awesome work on our alliance to win the 2006 Philadelphia regional.
Thanks to 291 for picking us and consistently hitting balls low in auto. We may not have won many autonomous modes, but you guys helped us tie a bunch and were extremely reliable for those points. You guys did a great job as alliance captain, even under the pressure of having some of the robots on your alliance break a bit (heh, that was us
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306, you guys did an amazing job playing defense. What took us two tries and twenty seconds to keep MOE from scoring, you did almost instantly. And your incredible blocking in the finals let us eek out the win. When the only shooter on your alliance breaks, it's defense that lets you win, and you guys filled the role perfectly.
I also want to give a shout out to some of the amazing robots at Philly. 365, 341, 103, you guys had some of the best shooter bots I have seen at any regional I have been to yet. Your robots were extremely competitive, and your hard work and engineering has paid off with some amazing robots. All of the robots we faced during the eliminations were strong competitors and each played the game well in their own way.
Congratulations to 433 for winning the Engineering Inspiration award. Your efforts to spread FIRST to other continents are monumental, and you guys really deserved it. I hope to see the team from Ghana in competition at Philly next year!
Philly was a blast, and 177 had an awesome time there!