FINAL WINNERS

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by ThetaDot

I am the animator from team R-1481 and YES we most certainly did win the Great Lakes Regional, sir.

The rules state that if a rookie were to win the grand prize than there would be no rookie award winner.

I could understand them choosing a rookie out of everybody if one hadn't won a regional, but that wasn't the case.
If only one rookie team had won a regional this year than they would get the rookie award by default.
This year there were three rookies that won at the regional level - 1481, 1188, and 1478. This means that ONLY out of these three teams could a rookie winner be chosen.
This obviously isn't what happened.

Settle down their buddy, and let me explain:

First off congrats to the teams for winning, they were great animations, and clearly displayed the spirit of FIRST. Almost makes me want to go back to animations again.

The "Rookie Award" is a completely differant thing than the Grand Prize winner.

You said: "All animations winning at the regional level will advance to the next phase of judging."

Very true, your animation did get judged for both the "Rookie" Award and the Grand Prize Winner (because you won at a regional).

Please let's all take a deep breath and relax before we get too OC (out of control) here.