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Re: Ruckus Results

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Just curious as to why it was decided for 2 v 3, 4 v 5, and 6 v 7 in the Quartefinals as opposed to more traditional highest v lowest?
Ehh we like to do things differently Theoretically that should make competition tougher. 6 & 7 are likely a lot more closely matched than 7 & 2. It was done that way last year as well. We do the offseason more for practice for the teams and their rookie members than for the actual competition itself. Its meant to be more fun and less stressful. There were still some awesome matches, but it makes the competition more even.

For all that attended... we will be updating the website in the next week or so with results and information, as well as asking for feedback on how to make next year even better!! We also have a few shirts left that we will put up for paypal buys if anyone is interested.

So thanks to everyone who came, and most especially thanks to all of our volunteers & pie recipeints. The competition this year was amazing and full of true GP!!

I want to give special thanks to 1503 for donating some volunteers last minute, coming so far & for being a great addition to our great list of teams. Thanks to Jack & 1213 for brining their robot for Rochesters newest rookie team! And I cant thank 1126 enough for being amazing hosts and for all their help with setup & teardown. You guys were awesome! And thanks to my team, 90% of them volunteered, and you guys really helped make this event happen!

And last I need to thank some special people. We can't thank Mike Wade enough for all the work with the NASA field, it worked out better than we could have hoped, and Mike was there for us the whole way along. What a class act!! (not to mention awesome trailer!) Thanks to Steve W for coming all the way from the great white north and training a new MC (we hope Angry Eric made you proud!). Thank you to all the members of the Ruckus committee, you are a great group to work with, and you make this event better every year!! And last but not least, special thanks to Bob Schlaegel of 1126, without him, we might not have had the awesome venue we did, and things definitely wouldnt have run as smoothly!

Ok ok... enough of my rambling. I know there are lots of people Im sure I forgot... but thanks to everyone that came, it was a great event this year!! Rah Cha Cha truely Rocks!!
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