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Originally Posted by katiyeh07
awww steph...nick and i are crying over here   |
Me too, Steph, we love you guys. For a second year team to have the kind of success 1629 had this year is definitely admirable in my book.
I admire every team, but especially those who, even when their robot is broken and their team is loosing, even when they haven't been selected to play the finals, even when they aren't winning the big awards (or any at all) still continue to have spirit, to cheer on their team and others, to be inspired, and to spread the word of first. It's easy to be spirited when you are winning, it's so much harder when you are loosing.
To point out one team in particular that hasn't been mentioned. The gracious professionalism showed by team 237 in Maryland was awe-inspiring. Team 237 helped multiple teams to get their robots in working order. Some teams had only a few team members on Thursday and 237 helped them to get their robots through inspection. On Thursday I passed one team's pit who had only a few team members there that day, and there were probably 8+ members of 237 in their pit helping them out. That is the spirit of FIRST to me. I don't know too much about how 237 runs because I haven't really had a chance to talk to anyone on their team (I should try to fix that) but for their actions in Maryland, I definitely admire them.