Brunswick Eruption 10 Nov 5, 2011

[Hallry]

Boy, that extra hour of sleep last night really helped, but I'm still exhausted from yesterday. That was one of the most exciting yet nerve-breaking events I've ever been to.

Congratulations to all teams that participated; everyone did a terrific job, and certainly made it a tough competition.

Thanks to 1075, the Sprockets, and 2554, the WarHawks, for being great alliance partners; we couldn't have won without you. I can't imagine what time 1075 got back to Canada last night with not leaving North Brunswick until around 7:00. I lost track of who won the tube-hanging count challenge between us in the eliminations

Also, congrats to finalists 25, Raider Robotix, 369, High Voltage, and 2559, Normality Zero, for being amazing challengers to go up against in the finals. You guys not only had a great strategy, but thought fast on your feet as well. It was an honor to be able to play such an impressive alliance as you.

Furthermore, I would like to say a special thanks to Team 41, one of the most gracious and professional teams I have ever met. Having to withdraw due to a malfunctioning robot is one of the most heartbreaking things that a team will ever have to do, but you did it extremely honorably, and truly embody FIRST's founding concept of G.P.

Last but certainly not least, I would like to additionally thank everybody involved with organizing Brunswick Eruption 10. It was an extremely well ran off-season competition, and one of my favorite competitions to go to overall. Just watching that Evil Sundae Contest is going to give me nightmares until Kickoff. The field was resistant to work, but the FTA's did a tremendous job getting it to cooperate as soon as they could, and made sure that every team was able to play.

Again, thank you and a job well done to all of those who coordinated and participated in B.E. 10, and all of us from 1676, the Pascack Pi-oneers, can't wait to see you all next season.

P.S. Is there any way to get that webcast archived somewhere? There are some action-packed matches that I would love to watch again! And were any of the workshops recorded that could be posted as well?