[FIM] Escanaba District Event 2014

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee

Although this is our second competition and I thing we will be better than Southfield , I still am nervous about this event.
Jim
Team 107

You were winners at Southfield, and you think you will be better here? Clearly you plan to clean up, or we're harder than Southfield.

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

You were winners at Southfield, and you think you will be better here?

107 is the dark horse of michigan teams. I see them in the finals of MSC.

[Jim Schaddelee]

What a fun weekend. For a new event thing ran very smooth.The competition was tough and the people were very friendly. I would like to thank all the teams we played with in qualifications that helped us seed so well. Also, a special thanks to the Bedford express and the Copperbots for being great alliance patners. I can't find any match video online, if anyone can help I would be greatful.

[IKE]

I had the pleasure of working with the folks in Escanaba, and this was a really great event. I really enjoyed the venue, and everything we needed was readily available.
The play was fun and exciting, and the teams were well prepared. I hope they do this event again.

[Christopher149]

Great venue, well run, had a lot of fun, won our first award since 2004 , and came soooo close to the semifinals (if it were not for the tech-foul in the second match with a 101-102 loss).

Here we come, Traverse City!

[Ryan Caldwell]

2851 had a Blast in the UP, the venue was outstanding. Things were well run and Escanaba was the most relaxed event I've personally been to, everything had a certain flow to it.

Crevolution loved seeing teams that we don't normally cross paths with in the Metro Detroit area and the rookie teams in attendance were great to work with. I expect to see a large crop of strong sophomore teams coming back next year.

It was our first time teaming up with Lightning for elimination rounds, we were thoroughly impressed with the strategy and scouting of 862. Their robot and drive team was cool under pressure and fit for a fight through tough match ups in quarters and semis. We picked up the East Jordan Robotics team 5247 to complete the alliance. This Rookie team was energetic and fit our game strategy to a tee. Their team was wonderful to work with on the field and in the pits. Seeing them soak in their first ever FRC experience, we definitely fed off of their excitement. Their unique use of the objects at their disposal has inspired me to look at things differently. (desk chairs look way cooler upside-down)

Congratulations to 107, 1023 and 2586. You put together a great alliance and it was great working beside your teams in the pit and competing against you on the field.

[Debbie]

Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee

Also, a special thanks to the Bedford express and the Copperbots for being great alliance patners. I can't find any match video online, if anyone can help I would be greatful.

Thanks for picking us! It was great working with you guys! Looking forward to seeing you at states (or Bedford if I can drag you guys here!) We have some matches up on youtube, working to get the rest up. Many times they are filming our bot and not the whole arena though. They are here: Escanaba Finals

Originally Posted by IKE

I had the pleasure of working with the folks in Escanaba, and this was a really great event. .

You did an awesome job and it was fun working with you this weekend!

Originally Posted by Ryan Caldwell

Congratulations to 107, 1023 and 2586. You put together a great alliance and it was great working beside your teams in the pit and competing against you on the field.

Thanks! Glad we could play together again! Was nice to see you and 107 at the hotel too!

Huge thanks to everyone that put together this event. It was a great venue, and we had a lot of fun. It was the first time many of my team members crossed the bridge, and we are thankful for that opportunity to take our team there! All this time I've been worried about snow, and here it was way down south that held up our trip! Once on the freeways though, we had sunny skies other than our night travels! The whole town was very welcoming!
Huge thanks to 107 for picking us! You have a great robot there! Thanks also to the Copperbots for joining our alliance and helping out with our win!

862, we were happy to be able to spend some robot time with you! Great team!

To all of our new bot friends, it was great to meet you!

BEDFORD STILL HAS OPENINGS! Come play some more with us!!

[Joe J.]

This was an incredibly well run event and 862 had a blast competing in the UP! Escanaba was a great host city.

Thank you to 2851 and 5247 you both were awesome alliance partners, it was great to finally get a chance to play with Crevolution and to play with the Red Devils at their first event. We couldn't have asked for a better set of teams to have on the field with us.

Congratulations to 107 and 2586 on winning the district and to 1023 for winning the district AND Chairman's Award both were very well deserved!