DETRIOT REGIONAL THREAD

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by cutiebethy

Does anyone have updates from todays (Friday) competition? Who's doing well?

Let's see...I know Chief Delphi (47) is currently fourth, and Team 33 is fifth. I know that 235 and 123 are also up in the top eight...unfortunately, I can't remember all of the rankings off the top of my head. Sorry.

I do know the most important ranking - by some miracle, 818 is currently 13th. We've done this even though our robot hasn't done a single thing it's been designed for - it has problems herding balls, it physically can't hang, and I have yet to see it grab one of the doublers and cap a goal in a match.

I've been having fun at Detroit...I like the atmosphere. It reminds me of West Michigan, except slightly smaller. The matches have been fun to watch, and the people have been great.

The single best match of the day was the one that didn't count. The local NBC station came down to do a live broadcast for their 5:00 PM news. The actual qualifying matches were done, so they set up a match between the top four seeds. That match was a lot of fun to watch - it had a hanging robot, a capped goal, great human player accuracy...literally, almost everything was in that one match. The second match run for the news broadcast (the fifth through eighth seeds) was also a great one. It's too bad that those didn't count in the standings...

If I could change anything for tomorrow: sitting immediately behind Chief Delphi is a bad idea. I like the team and all, but they've given me a massive headache...They've got too much spirit.

Overall, I had a great time. I'll be there again tomorrow, cheering on whoever's doing well. If anyone wants to talk to me, just look for the guy with red hair in an 818 shirt.

[edit]Three posts in the time it took me to write this...wow.

Also, I almost forgot this...

Congrats to Paul Copioli - you definitely deserve the WFA![/edit]