[Doc Wu]

I attended Buckeye for all three days even though my team (1507) was not there. I hung out with our neighbor team, 378, but went mostly just to enjoy the competition.

This is something I've done before, for a day, but the first time I stayed all weekend. I do this because I never seem to get to see many matches during a competition when I'm tied up in the pits.

So, I spent the whole event free to do as I pleased and spent a lot of time watching matches, walking the pits and seeing what other teams were up to. It was really great to run into so many people I had met in other seasons and other regionals.

Big congratulations to the winners. You seemed to win by working together as an alliance, exactly as it is supposed to be.

And my friends from 291. You came so close to winning it all. Congrats on the Chairman's Award. You earned it. We look forward to working with you again in the future, as we did in Fingerlakes.

Oh, and Nerd Nation. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed your spirit, your perseverance, your willingness to keep playing the best you could with what you had. You were inspirational!

The Buckeye Regional has always been an enjoyable event. The Wolstein Center seems close to perfect for it and the organizers have it fine-tuned. It was an enjoyable weekend for me as a spectator unattached to a particular team.