Capital Clash Thank you/Congratulations

[Bharat Nain]

Capital Clash was an awesome event especially since we were covered by NBC and the crew did an AWESOME job explaining the game to the public.

Congratulations to
Most Promising Rookie Drive Team: Team 357
Gracious Professionalism Award: Team 365
Against All Odds Award: Team 1446
Best Autonomous Mode: Team 007

Thank you 433 and 1389 for being our partners and doing a wonderful job on the field.

It was nice meeting you random people from ChiefDelphi haha.

[Mr MOE]

What an awesome time!

Thanks are great, but you never get everyone who should be thanked. That being said, I would like to thank...

* Dee and Jenny (i.e., the Dutchess and the Princess) - Terrific job
* Mike Wade, Pete, and NASA - nice looking field as usual
* Jeff Seaton (Happy Anniversary) and play-by-play announcer - this event "sounded" like a regional competition
* All volunteers the days went by very smoothly for a first-time event
Team 357 (for picking us for elims) and Team 1195 (for being a terrific alliance partner)
* All participating teams everyone was very gracious and helpful
* NBC4, Digital Expo, and Washington Convention Center for letting us crash their party

Other observations...

* it was nice have Digital Expo as a diversion during down time. It was nice, but not too big.
* load in/ load out was terrific and very easy! No stairways or elevators!
* sound got drowned out a bit during awards ceremony - it was a bit hard to hear the awards announcements
* the mentor-only round was great! Plus, look how many points we all scored! It was a very high scoring round! Did we get extra time? I can't remember, because the blood from my brain was stopped because I had loads of force pushing down on the human player button, which temporarily retarded my circulation.

GREAT TIME EVERYONE. If y'all are up to continue the fun, register for the Duel on the Delaware on October 22, 2005.

www.moe365.org

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

Did we get extra time? I can't remember, because the blood from my brain was stopped because I had loads of force pushing down on the human player button, which temporarily retarded my circulation.

Yes, the mentors got more time. Someone pondered whether we should give the mentors more time, and we all agreed that mentors would probably need more time to sort out how to drive their robots. So we set the human-controlled time to three minutes.

[RoboMom]

The dust is settling, my email box is emptying, NBC is beyond thrilled with the weekend, and it appears that everyone made it home in time to start school.

A big thank you to the 24 teams from 6 states and DC who gave up their last weekend in August to join us in Washington. I have heard many comments from the uninitiated-FIRST world about how incredible these students are, and how gracious they were when explaining about FIRST. Some teams were interviewed on tv and radio, and NBC is now wishing they had done more. Thank you for going with the flow, for not arguing too much when we changed some of the rules and substitutions, for putting up with our fluctating NBC dictated schedule, and for keeping the show going to the end. NBC is telling me that 40,000 people saw you at the event. You were terrific and I hope you had fun.

A big hug and thanks to each of the 55 volunteers from 8 states and DC who were just amazing at helping with this show. I would like to mention each one of you (but won't )In looking over the list, it occurred to me that this group of volunteers represented dozens and dozens of teams. All but a couple of these volunteers were team-related (rather than event related) and have been students on teams, mentored teams, sponsored teams. I am now wishing I had a sheet in pit admin where each volunteer could have written down the teams they have been associated with over the years. You all understand and get what this is about and that made my life so much easier. I am so appreciative.

It appears that several FIRST-ers were big door prize winners at the Expo. Cameras, iPods and I believe a plasma TV. I'll let you tell who you are. I know I came home with a great little thermos.

[looneylin]

Capital Clash was awesome! I made soo many friends!
Special thanks to team 25 n 1389 for the alliance
n the mentors from team 225 for their help. the firebirds are really grateful!

Also to the volunteers who made this possible!
(n my mom n dad for driving the robot down hehe)

[Jeffdewber]

I won Digital camear! I did stuff the ballot box though with 30 entrys but hey ritz said if you can do it and win more power to you! 2 parents on the team won cameras also! So all in all great show also if you go to nbc4.com and click on digital edge there is a video.

[Cody Carey]

Thanks goes out from team 306 to everyone who made it possible and every team who competed... It was a blast!


Thanks from,
Cody C and all of 306

[Mike Schroeder]

I've analized my thanks and corallated them into a handy dandy post

1) Thanks to Jenny and Dee, they put me to work when i didnt expect any, and a FIRST event w/o work isnt an Event at all (plus they put up with my corny sense of humor which is scary 0o)
2) Thanks to Jeff Wetzel, he let me sleep on his couch, and on the same line, Thanks to Billfred, for waking me up and making me realize that there are scarier things than nightmares
3) thanks to Greg Needel, and an Appology i shoulda let you drive that second round... but its not every day i get to be on a drive team with 2 of my mentors...
4) Thanks to Paul Kloberg, not for anything to do with capitol clash(*except getting me home) but for a season of what i expect to be one giant headache
5) Thanks to Wayne Cokeley for well being Cokeley, he rocks my socks
6) Thanks Hedi and Dave for Making me laugh all weekend (Dave my ATM card still works ) Hedi I dare you to photoshop me, i double doggy dare ya....
and a very special thanks to The Shadernater......

[JudyVandy]

Thanks to Miss Jenny and Miss Dee for organizing the whole thing and for asking me to be a part of it.

Thanks to everyone who came and participated in any way. You all made it so much fun for all of us.

Thanks to my partner in the pit, Miss Lisa, for being a great partner and for flying solo so I could visit The Expo (I won an I-Pod Shuffle!!!).

A special thank-you to teams 7, 25,11, 357, 365, 384, 623, 836, 888, 1111, 1195, and 1629 (Hope I got you all!) for staying till the end of the Expo. We appreciate your truly gracious professionalism!

Many thanks to all of you!

[looneylin]

ooo! also to 306 for the hats.
n 357 for just being awesome!

[OZ_341]

On behalf of the students, parents, and coaches of 341 Miss Daisy, we just want to say THANK YOU to Jenny, Dee, Mike, Jeff, Greg, Paul, Ron, Dave, and the countless volunteers for putting on this event.

If it was not for the dedication of these people the off-season just would not happen.

We would also like to thank NBC and Network Events Incorporated who also support our display at the Philly version of this technology show.

We had a tough time on the field, but our kids still had a GREAT TIME at the competition. Congrats to our good friends 365 and 357 along with 1195 and Thank you to Team 007 for picking us for the playoffs. It goes without saying that all of the teams were amazing and always ready to help.

We can't wait to CLASH in 2006!!!!