Who like our robot?

[galewind]

I think it was the immediate disappointment that bummed us out because we had our hearts set on winning that award. People had kept coming to us throughout the regional saying "you guys got RAS, you got RAS for sure". And for all of the help that we were giving other teams (particularly the Brazilians on 1156), and the way we had associated with the other teams, we thought that we were showing a lot of gracious professionialism. In fact, after Friday night, the Brazil team even offered us their RAS trophy because we had helped them a lot and they thought we deserved it. So all of these positive vibes kind of caused us to get our hopes up. After all that, when we didn't win it, we were a bit disappointed.

After reflecting back on all of the events of the weekend as a whole, our attitudes raised a bit before we set out for home. We are VERY proud of our accomplishments considering what we've been through. We made some new friends, got some GREAT publicity, and really got to soak in what FIRST is really all about.

We're already planning on attending a few off-season events, as well as possibly hosting a ... shall we say... "different" event of our own.

This has been a great, exciting learning experience for us. Expect to see more from us next year!

oh, and yes, I liked our robot