[stevek]

Great job to all the teams who showed up. It was a pleasure competeing with and against so many great teams. I was impressed with the speed and efficiency that the Uberbots had with the telescoping Arm. We seemed to be a good alliance along with the trusty Litchbots lapbot to aid in the scoring.

Those of us who are able to attend this scrimmage have a great advantage because we get to test our robots in the heat of the battle while there is still time to fix/adjust things. If you are in the area and havent been there before, mark your caladers for next year because the information you walk awy from there with is invaluable. (Bit you have to signup early next year, as there is only room for 30 teams and I understand there was a wait list)

Thanks to all those volunteers who help put this together. I run the webcast with some other mentors on the team and we are there when the countless number of people setting up and somthimes are there till the wee hours in the morning finishing setup before hand. Its come a long way since it began as a makeshift testing ground for a hand full of UTC teams and now its as large as many regionals (and more in the wings waiting)

So a big thankyou to all those that have helped it grow over the past several years. The fact that FIRST sends down a full staff and leadership team, along with the Field and scoring systems in addition to many officials that work at many different regionals each year, tells you how important this is to the game itself.

Look forward to seeing you all at Hartford.