Buckeye Regional PROS and cons

[emilywll]

FIRST off, let me start by saying THANK YOU to CLeveland for puting on such a strong regional!

Next I would like to give everyone who wasn't fortunate enough to be there, a little run down. I wanna holla at Las Guerillas, the FEDS, and team 859 for thier EXCELLENT performance in the finals. My visor goes off to all the other teams, 302 and 519 in particular. Congrats to all the rookie teams who really showed some of the oldies how to play the game.

Cleveland had a huge venue and a lot of energetic supporters, I definately think this will evolve into a big show in the years to come. The arena was HUGE, which leads me to believe that tehy could pack in about 40 more teams next time around. The party at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a nice touch, I really had a good time!

The event was great, the robots were great, the party was great. I was a little disappointed that a few teams forgot to practice their gracious professionalism while they were going over all those cheers.

Speaking of cheers, there is a certain team out there that will remain nameless that felt the need to "borrow" some other teams cheers. It is hard enough to promote team identity without having to worry that another team is copying your cheers. I know imitation is the sincerest form a flattery, but originality is the key to success. SO my advice it to make up your own cheers, propogate yourselves positively, and be as gracious as possible, that will win you more admiration than ever!

Thanks to Dean, for showing up to see what we were up too and I for one am spreading the word about FIRST to anyone who will listem and to a few who wont.

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