Archimedes!!!

[Kit Gerhart]

Congrats to 296. 217, and 522. We beat you guys once in the Archi finals, but couldn't put it all together. It was great to see you guys win on Einstein.

Also, it was great to see 522 do well. We had a fantastic run with 522 and the Manchester UK team, I think 829, in winning the NYC regional in '04.

[Kel D]

There were a lot of teams that I thought would definitely get drafted but didn't get picked. One that comes to mind is team 1538, the Holy Cows. They were usually a pretty consistent shooter from what I saw and they were not that low in the rankings. Just an observation, I know not every team can be picked and there were a lot of good teams that didn't get picked. Anyone else see any teams that they thought would get drafted but didn't?

[Zyik]

We wished we had been picked, we had good defense and could shoot if nessisary. We were in 26th... Oh well, maybe next year, this was our first regionals.

[John Neun]

On behalf of Team 20, Congratulations to 296-217-522 for beating us, winning Archimedes, and winning the Championship!! You are all wonderful teams, but I have known the folks from Staten Island for many years and am thrilled that they have a National Championship!

Many thanks for Teams 138 and 159 for teaming with us. We gave them a good run! Team 1675, you were awesome! Thanks for doing such a great job.

There were about 30 teams we could have picked. It was a very close and very difficult decision! I hope we can play with you all next year.

THANKS FOR A GREAT COMPETITION. ARCHIMEDES WAS THE BEST FIRST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD!

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by hoorayforpink

o man thats excrutiatingly painful

winning the first then losing twice in a row uhhhhuhuhuhu


well good job 296, 217 and 522

GO ARCHIE

yeah ohh well we look at it as everything happens for a reason and to explain to anybody why 1902 wasn't doing as well was becuase their middle wheel broke so they didn't have the traction and power they had in the first round we won against them and the 33 autonomous wouldn't work but ohh well it was a blast to play with you and i just think those are signs we weren't meant to win yet but great job 217 and all of your alliance you guys were great. Next we will be back so be ready lol pink shall fill everyones eyes lol but what ever see a few of you at IRI also.

[woofingddog]

Whoever that judge was that told us in New Hampshire, after losing in the semi-finals, that we (296) should go to Atlanta since we were a team to contend with was definately right.

Archimedes, thank you guys for all your support during our matches on Einstein. We certainly brought the championship back to Archimedes.

[jax1488]

Originally Posted by Kit Gerhart

Congrats to 296. 217, and 522. We beat you guys once in the Archi finals, but couldn't put it all together. It was great to see you guys win on Einstein.

Also, it was great to see 522 do well. We had a fantastic run with 522 and the Manchester UK team, I think 829, in winning the NYC regional in '04.

hey like i said then, its always great playing with or agianst u guys... u never cease to produce one amazing show... always a pleasure!!!!!

and 04' ruled lol

[Jessica!]

Thank you so much to all the teams that made Archimedes so awesome!!! 296, thank you for seeing through our meddling with things that were well enough and taking the risk of choosing us as your partner--i think we came through for ya. And, 522 we couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you to all of Archimedes for cheering us on at Einstein, and all the other teams that were rooting for us. Atlanta was amazing, not because we won, but because of all the friends we have made and the inside jokes we now fill our conversations with...oh and by the way, all the 217 Mentors are shaving their heads...Paul will be shaving his head for IRI. SO look out for it and make sure you go up to him and rub his head because it's gonna be awesome!!

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by Jessica!

Thank you so much to all the teams that made Archimedes so awesome!!! 296, thank you for seeing through our meddling with things that were well enough and taking the risk of choosing us as your partner--i think we came through for ya. And, 522 we couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you to all of Archimedes for cheering us on at Einstein, and all the other teams that were rooting for us. Atlanta was amazing, not because we won, but because of all the friends we have made and the inside jokes we now fill our conversations with...oh and by the way, all the 217 Mentors are shaving their heads...Paul will be shaving his head for IRI. SO look out for it and make sure you go up to him and rub his head because it's gonna be awesome!!

ohh we will see you at IRI and have a rematch lol j/k hopefully we get to play with you if we get to go and that has a pretty good chance of happening but hey if we don't get with you in alliances ohh well then bring it on, i love competition and i love the teams that are up their they are so nice also.

can't wait till IRI though to compete or be with 217 agian that would be awsome.

[AmayaSaria]

Congrats to teams: 296. 217, and 522!!!! You guys were awesome, and really deserved to win!!~

And congrats to all other teams in Archimedes!We made our side have the most fun~!

[looneylin]

yay to everybody!!! to the teams who won, to the teams who were GP, and to the teams who wore safety glasses b/c everybody's a winner with safety!!! lol

atlanta was soo much fun!!!

dean got my "dean is my homeboy" button! i'm psyched! he seemed to like it a lot. hehe.

p.s. when karen was giving dean the "dean is my homeboy" button at the social *which i wasnt able to attend*** mary gave bart kamen the button too. and she said "u look a lot like ur brother, u can cross out dean and put bart!" haha.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

Originally Posted by John Neun

Many thanks for Teams 138 and 159 for teaming with us. We gave them a good run! Team 1675, you were awesome! Thanks for doing such a great job.

We were ecstatic to have the chance to play...sorry it had to be at 159's expense though (we hope your robot is okay!). After coming in last place in Cleveland and not improving too much for Milwaukee, being able to get the robot working well and show everyone what we really could do felt great.

Congrats 296, 217, and 522, as well as the rest of the Archimedes teams. On paper we may have looked like a weak division, but through teamwork, we rose above and proved that there is no such thing as an underdog in FIRST.

Kev

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej

Congrats 296, 217, and 522, as well as the rest of the Archimedes teams. On paper we may have looked like a weak division, but through teamwork, we rose above and proved that there is no such thing as an underdog in FIRST.

Kev

Last year Archimedes appeared "on paper" to be the strongest division, but things just didn't work out for strong alliances to fall into place. This year, the opposite occurred. The winning 296/217/522 alliance was awesome, and our 233/33/1902 was very strong when everything worked well. I guess this just tells us that if you predict the Einstein outcome from the division lists, you probably have a random chance, 25 per cent, of being right.