Seattle finals Cascade and Olympic

[PaW]

Mr. V -- of course it had to be on the polycarbonate... your robot has too many triangular holes.

Congratulations on "the double" and also the WFFA. All the best, and good luck in St.Louis !

[Bob Steele]

I would like to extend our team's congratulations to all of the great teams that competed on the Cascade and Olympic fields this year!!
You were all amazing!!

Some special recognition for Team 2046 .... glad to see you guys got your ticket punched to get to CMP !! TWICE!!! and the WFFA... what a season!!
I wish we could have done it in Portland with you but you certainly made up for it here!!

Thanks to our partners in the Olympic final!! Team 488 and Team 4030...
We had quite a ride .... and what an exciting way to finish a competition. thank you both for accepting our invitations to the alliance.

Thanks go to Teams 1425, 2557 and 2928 for pulling off the triple and winning the competition. It sure was exciting and it was a well deserved win for you guys!! Good luck in St, Louis!!

finally... what time is it? 4:88 !!! we were sorry not to win the regional with you but we were really happy to see you win Chairmans!! and get to CMP. and Donna wins the WFFA.... how appropriate ...
all the best of luck at St. Louis.

Go X-bot .... go Bear Metal/TITANS/MEAN MACHINE... go SOTA/ERROR CODE/ and VIKING ROBOTICS!! We are certainly sending some heavy hitters to St. Louis!! We expect great things from all of you!!

WORLD DOMINATION!!!!!

[dtengineering]

And thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, to Kevin Ross, our amazing regional director for making the speech that I had always hoped to hear at a FIRST event.

In many ways it was one of my favorite events ever.

I am particularly pleased to see the high level at which PNW teams are performing, it makes for a fun game to watch.

Jason

[budzilla]

Hi Jason,

That was a really good speech and I was able to tell Kevin so later that day.

I really appreciated Kevin's story of kind of wandering for a while before he found his path and think it was great for most kids to hear. Kids have a tendency to think that if they aren't going straight from high school into a high end university that they have failed. We hear so much about the laser beam kids that never veer from their chosen path, and while that's ideal it isn't the only way to success.

I also was lucky enough to hear an astronaut tell the story of how he was excepted as an astronaut candidate after 11 years of applying every year. It doesn't matter how you get there or how long it takes you, just keep working towards a goal, even if that goal changes 20 times on the way.

Bud
Mentor Team Mean Machine 2471

Originally Posted by dtengineering

And thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, to Kevin Ross, our amazing regional director for making the speech that I had always hoped to hear at a FIRST event.

In many ways it was one of my favorite events ever.

I am particularly pleased to see the high level at which PNW teams are performing, it makes for a fun game to watch.

Jason

[axel_grease]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOXXM2qUOZk
This match sent our team to St. Louis. Best. Day. EVER.

[Mr V]

Yes, Kevin's speech was a very good one.

IHMO too much emphasis has been put on "you must take lots of AP classes and get into a 4 year college ASAP if you have any hope of being successful". If FIRST teaches you nothing else all students should take away that for almost any situation that are many ways to tackle it successfully. With the ever increasing cost of a 4 year college and the fact than many are shifting to giving an increasing percentage of spots to out of state applicants, students and parents NEED to know that other paths can also lead to a successful career.