2005 Philadelphia Regional Thanks and Congrats

[Kyle]

WOW, that is the only way I can describe Philly regional. The teams were so competitive, it was the hardest regional I have ever been to or ever seen.
I want to thank Teams 56 and 316 for being the most awesome, yes most awesome, alliance partners. They did such a great job of playing a clean game and putting up the top two highest scores for the regional.

Teams 358 293 and 834, Wow, I have never seen an alliance drive so well and defend and score at the same time like you guys. In the finials you gave us a huge run for our money. I am upset that there was a DQ in the finials on you guys, I would have liked to gone to three rounds against you guys, but I am not sure that our drivers feel the same way. awesome Job guys you were amazing.

The volunteers there were great and ran a very smooth regional. Everyone knew what to do and when to do it.
The Troy family from team 357 had alot of volunteers that were doing a great job, yes i mean you Mrs. Troy

The FIRST staff that was there was, like always, a great group of people. Very helpful and always there to talk or answer questions or just to talk to people.

All the teams who were near us in the pits or the stands for putting up with the sea of MOE people that were flooding the arena.

Thank you Jess from 103 for cheering for us during the finials , And all the people and Teams that cheered us on today.

Thank you to all the great teams who were there and I cant wait to see you at Nats or next year at Philly!

/edit/ Last night i was so tired I forgot to thank some people that very awesome at Philly, The judges, These people took time off from work to volunteer for one of the hardest positions at a FIRST competition. I want to thank each and every one of the judges that were at Philly, and a special thanks to those Judges who frequent these forums, Thank you so much! Philly was the most amazing experience of my life, I will never forget the last three days. So once again Thank you, Thank you Thank you.

[Alex Pelan]

My list isn't nearly as long as Kyle's.

Obviously, we need to thank everyone who volunteered and worked organizing this, because there wouldn't have been a regional this year without you guys. Also, thanks to 365/56/316, 358/293/834, 571/181/381, and 1184/103/(sorry, don't remember this team name...6 hour bus ride back has scrambled my brain.) for putting on an amazing series of semifinal and final matches for us to watch.

[looneylin]

I'd like to thank teams 1402 and 1218 on behalf of the #433 Firebirds for choosing us as their alliances.

In all, I think the exciting match was when we were allianced with 42 and 358 against 56, 87, and 1394. I just thought we lost then n there, but we didn't n we pulled through! It was quite a battle!

I would also like to acknowledge team 87 n 181 b/c that 1st match was exciting! i mean we were sooo happy when we won our 1st match of the day! we were jumping up n down n hyped on adrenaline that we almost forgot about our robot. oops. lol

team 708 b/c they gave our team flowers

n a special congrats to all the volunteers who were there, the regional ran smoothly and was very awesome!

--- P.S. thanks to anybody I forgot to mention

[DarkJedi613]

Congratulations MOE (365) on winning and chairman's, you guys are awesome! Hopefully we'll be next to you at nationals again

We would have liked to have gone to a third match too. But oh well...we're happy as it is.

And thanks for loaing us your 1/2" open ended wrench MOE

[Meyerman]

awsome regional guys, thanks to all the teams that competed u all put on a great show. thanks to 365 and 316 we walked away regional winners and congrats to 365 on chairmans. now being we are qualified for nationals we decided we are goin to try to fund the money for nationals if anyone can help us out please send me a message it would be greatly appriciated anything will help us out. thanks to 571 who said they are gunna send us a donation towards us goin to nationals thanks alot guys!

[t0ny127]

Originally Posted by Meyerman

awsome regional guys, thanks to all the teams that competed u all put on a great show. thanks to 365 and 316 we walked away regional winners and congrats to 365 on chairmans. now being we are qualified for nationals we decided we are goin to try to fund the money for nationals if anyone can help us out please send me a message it would be greatly appriciated anything will help us out. thanks to 571 who said they are gunna send us a donation towards us goin to nationals thanks alot guys!

Simply stated, Team 56 at the present time does not have the necessary funds to go to nationals. If anyone can help us out in any way possible, please do not hesitate to contact us. And once again, thank you to team 571, who readily stated they would contribute to our efforts to enter nationals. Overall, philly was an awesome regional, 365 and 316, you both played very well.

[karinka13]

Originally Posted by looneylin

I'd like to thank teams 1402 and 1218 on behalf of the #433 Firebirds for choosing us as their alliances.

In all, I think the exciting match was when we were allianced with 42 and 358 against 56, 87, and 1394. I just thought we lost then n there, but we didn't n we pulled through! It was quite a battle!

I would also like to acknowledge team 87 n 181 b/c that 1st match was exciting! i mean we were sooo happy when we won our 1st match of the day! we were jumping up n down n hyped on adrenaline that we almost forgot about our robot. oops. lol

team 708 b/c they gave our team flowers

n a special congrats to all the volunteers who were there, the regional ran smoothly and was very awesome!

--- P.S. thanks to anybody I forgot to mention

Definately thanks to 1218 and 1402 for picking us, we love you guys, sorry we lost in quarter-finals.

Thanks to team 708 for giving our team flowers and shirts. you guys rule!

thanks to MOE for loaning us stuff we needed. i don't know how you guys manage to have everything in your pit AND organized, but you rule too!

thanks to 87 and 181, like alicia said, that first match was soo exciting.

thanks to all our mentors. thank you mr bonner for giving me lessons on how to drive the arm and thanks to everyone for being so excited when i actually did it the right way and didnt screw up.

thanks, of course, to all the volunteers and judges. without you guys, we wouldn't have this regional. and what would i do then? (after crying my eyes out)

and finally, thanks to everyone who went from all the teams there. there was so much spirit and competition, with everyone cheering everyone else on. drexel was definately a perfect example of FIRST.

[Revolverx7]

Props for everyone there, it was a tough regional and the entire finals were intense. 56 no hard feelings for flipping you, I only intended to push you out of the way, not to put you on your side. Congrats to MOE you guys epitomize FIRST in every way and I hope to be pitted next to you again in Atlanta.

[jessjank.]

I have to say that I couldn't have asked for a better final regional as a member of Cybersonics, team 103. The competition was absolutely fantastic! I met and had the opportunity to talk with so many amazing people and watch some excellent matches.

First off, an immense thank you to all the judges, volunteers, referees, and all the people who made the event happen! Thank you to all of the teams who participated in the competition, as well as to my friends from 25 and 1089 who came to the event despite the fact that they weren't competing there simply to watch and cheer on other teams!

All teams should be congratulated on their amazing efforts. Massive congratulations of course to the winning alliance, 365, 56, and 316, as well as the finalists, 358, 293, and 834! You all played with such passion and fervor, and made the finals truly exciting to watch and cheer in. Congratulations to all the teams for their magnificent performances throughout the qualifying rounds, quarterfinals, and semifinals. And thank you to 1184 and 484 for being awesome alliance partners! It was truly a blast!

Massive congratulations to 365 for also taking home the Woodie Flower's Award and the Chairman's Award! (Congrats Kyle! I know how hard you and your team worked for it! GO MOE!) They are truly an amazing team and highly deserving of all three honors they received during the competition. Congratulations to 357 for receiving the honor of the Engineering Inspiration Award and to all of the other award winners! Congratulations to all teams, whether or not you were presented with an award! You should all be extremely proud of yourselves for all of your hard work and dedication, or, as 103 often likes to put it, vision, passion, and commitment!

I also must give a huge thanks to my team. I have been so very blessed to have the opportunity to work with such an amazing and diverse group of people throughout my four years on 103 and I love you all dearly. You have made my time as team president such a worthwhile experience and I am truly proud to be a part of our family. I can’t say enough to express how impressed I am with everything each and every one of you has accomplished! I’m looking to forward to another amazing competition with you all in a few short weeks down in Atlanta! Time to go have some more fun!

Though I won't be back as a member of 103 next season since I'll be heading off to college, I hope to return to Philadelphia as a volunteer and truly cannot wait! Massive luck to everyone who still has competitions to attend this year and congratulations to those who have already wrapped up their season! Thank you everyone for so far making this a truly spectacular robotics season!

[DUCKIE]

I would REALLY like to thank Claire, Colin, and Angel who were my queuers. And dealt with me after three days of me stressing-out [I'll be sleeping as much as I physically can today], and my color-coordinated elimination round cards. And also our daily pit-announcers [as we never had the same person 2 days in a row]

Originally Posted by jessjank.

I hope to return to Philadelphia as a volunteer and truly cannot wait!

Want to Queue? I'm pretty sure Philly will have me Heading that up again after some of the props i was getting from the organizers during finals.

[QT_Angel]

I would like to say thank you to everyone who went, you guys made my first competition a memorable one. I am sadden to say I will not be attending nationals, but I hope to see you guys soon. So thank you and I hope you guys will keep in touch.

[357_dudeman]

i agree with Kyle. The Philly regional was an amazing event! Our team was on the edge of our seats during alliance picks. Finally, the last alliance picks their 3rd team. Right before they did, both members looked RIGHT AT US. We were thinking "They looked at us, we're gonna get picked!" and we were! THANK YOU SO MUCH 341 and 304! We haad so much fun. Sorry about our robot's failure I heard that there was a bad radio or something. But it was a great regional nonetheless. Congrats 365 for Chairmans! GJ 365, 56, and 316 on winning! Hope to see you guys next year for another awesome regional!

[freshmandriver]

Originally Posted by QT_Angel

I would like to say thank you to everyone who went, you guys made my first competition a memorable one. I am sadden to say I will not be attending nationals, but I hope to see you guys soon. So thank you and I hope you guys will keep in touch.

There is always post season.

[angelofsumthin]

hey all
i really love drexel and to go and have a party with all of u was awesome we did the cha cha slide like 8 times my shins still hurt from cotton eye joe
so it was enjoyable and hope to see some of u at nationals especially our chairman's competition MOE ah man so fun to dance with u guys and all the rest of the teams there

we've got spirit yes we do we've got spirit how bout u!

[jester357mom]

Kyle, I would like to personally thank you for thanking me for volunteering, but, I must add that without the help of 100+ volunteers this regional would not have been a success.

We must congratulate Carol Kauffman, Louisa Hanshew & Carol O'Shields for giving their time so unselfishly to plan such an awesome event. Hats off to Ann Larkin & Maureen Weiss for gathering such a fine group of volunteers as the "Volunteer Coordinators". To Melissa, Andrea, John Eppley, Brenda Eppley and JJ Eppley who did a great job keeping everything running so smoothly.

To Sunny, John, Adam, Joe Jr., Cassandra, and the other refs that had the difficult job of keeping the game fun & safe. To Steve, Mike, Sara, Bill & Eric for doing a terrific job with scoring. Matt & Hope from Innovation First for all your time, energy and graciousness. Judges with Jerry heading up your group, once again another tough job well done.

Finally to all who volunteered their time Thank you. Without you we would not have been able to pull this regional off. You are so appreciated.

Lastly, to the teams thank you for your gracious professionalism. You are what FIRST is all about. Thank you for making our jobs all the easier.