Thanks from Team XBot

[Madison]

I wanted to take a minute to thank some of the teams that made competing in Portland this weekend a great experience for our team. As we've grown over the years and begun to reach out more, we've met so many wonderful people from other teams and it makes competing much less stressful and far more fun.

First, we want to thank teams 100 and 2550 for being a part of our alliance during the elimination matches. Y'all were flawless and fantastic to work with and I'm sorry we couldn't do more to support you. We were a great team, though, and we held it together through four (!!) matches in our last bracket. That's nothing to sneeze at.

That said, we also want to congratulate team 2046. You guys are awesome and I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather lose to. We'll see you again in Tacoma, but maybe this time around we'll get a chance to work together.

1318, congratulations on your Regional Chairman's Award! We want you to go to Atlanta, so please let us know if we can do anything to help. The Pacific Northwest is not well-represented at the Championship and we can start to change that this year with your help.

Congratulations to the regional winners -- 1540, 368 and 1280. We didn't get a chance to interact with either 1540 or 1280 this year, but 368 was our neighbor and they couldn't deserve the win more. Their machine is absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to see them make waves in Atlanta.

Thanks, also, to everyone that lent us tools. Our pit now has a crate that opens up and stores tools,and a work bench with a sander, band saw and drill press, but despite all of that, nobody thought to pack a hammer. Thanks to everyone that lent us the help we needed and we were happy to return the favor when we could.