2016 Orlando Regional

[S.P.A.M.er 17]

Congratulations to SPAM for both Chairman's award and a regional win. I have seen your tremendous efforts in changing the culture back in my hometown, and I think it is an awesome thing that deserves recognition. I'm glad that the event judges saw the same thing.

Pink shows us another highly efficient robot, and their attention to detail by putting together an alliance that could effectively score and prevent scoring. 233's low goal monster, 180's catapult, and 4592's defense was a scary alliance. I am also happy that 2383 got a bid to St. Louis despite having to sit out the final round. I think the wildcard system does a great job of helping hard working teams make it to the Championships.

Working with Moose was fun as well. Their 6th seed alliance was one of my favorites, Riptide mentor bias aside. Quarterfinal 8 was a great match, and I feel like it showed off the full capabilities of the alliance of Moose, Bionic Tigers, and Roaring Riptide. Good luck to 1065 and 1592 in their later regionals.

Also shout out to the BB-R8ERS 5557. I heard the call for new bumper numbers in the pits, and it is unfortunate that that was what prevented you guys from playing in the playoffs. The schedule at the Regional was less than ideal, and I have no doubt you would have everything sorted out if there was a longer than 20 minute break between alliance selection and playoffs. I hope other events will try their hardest to prevent something like this in the upcoming weeks.

Finally thanks to everyone who put on the event. I had a lot of fun, and it looked like a lot of others were too. Congratulations to everyone for their hard work, and good luck to teams with more events left in their season.