2011 Virginia Regional @VCU

[PayneTrain]

I want to throw a little shout out to Team 75. You guys are a model team, so much to the point our officers have contacted your officers/captains for ideas from team structure down to team shirt policies. You always know when your team's in the building...
"SEVENTY. FIVE! SEVENTY. FIVE!"

I'm sorry to hear Team 11 isn't planning returning because of the referees. Talking to Lisa about the minibot trigger rule when we lost in our qualification match (against 75 of all teams XD) and you could tell that while she didn't approve of the rule, she knew it was her duty to uphold the rules. She knew when we got DQ'd in the quarterfinals, that was a rule not instituted based on her beliefs of how the game should run, but what FIRST believes should happen.

I respect that.

To all the teams planning on coming back next year:
One thing I love about downtown Richmond is the food. Since I go to school 4 blocks from the Siegel Center, I can vouch for minor indoctrination to Richmond culture.

While you have chain staples on Broad Street, you can find the gem Bo'dillaz on the other side of Broad next to the Arts School (everything is an awesome quesadilla!). And in the Shockoe Bottom, we have long-standing establishments like Bottom's Up Pizza and River City Diner.

There are so many great things to do and places to eat in Richmond--so much so that I am documenting them not only for my team, but also as a reference to any out-of-town friends.

Not to rag on the NJ or Chesapeake Regionals, but Trenton had a Taco Bell, Chesapeake had a JimmyJohns and a Subway, and we have all of that and a dozen more!