2008 New York City Regional

[jayjaywalker3]

Originally Posted by popnbrown

Congrats to every1, especially to our alliance members 694 for Engineering Inspiration, and 2234 for being the greatest rookie that we've played it. Someone please send me a link to that really sick 3sec hurdle that 2234 got in?
I think our match was the most intensest(if thats a word) but then again...i'm biased since it was our team.
I'm glad our team followed my lead with spirit...if some did'nt notice we went around chanting "We got spirit! Yes we do! we got spirit! How bout you?" and all the hailing to the different teams. Lots and Lots of funnn..especially when ourr aliiance joined with the cheering and what not, since 2234 was on the other side, we were yelling our alliance color, surround sound style (almost)
But nonetheless great job to 348, 375 and 637, we know you guys had a tough time beating us (;
Congrats to the winners great job
congrats to the spirit team, we almost were at your level
and grats to 116 for chairmans

we'll see you all soon.

O and sign up for Monty Madness at www.montymadness.org, theres not many spots left

I agree that our matches were very intense. I was amazed by your teams spirit and I have already sent an email to my team talking about your team's spirit in hoping we can emulate it. I have a question about Monty Madness. How do we get our robot over there? I know you guys are able to go to Nationals because I was at Trenton also but I hear you guys may not be going. Why not? If you were then our entire alliance would be there even without winning it all because 2344 got rookie all star and my team got EI.

Originally Posted by alfredo guzman

I'd personally like to thank every team that we have been paired up with so THANKS FOR HELPING US OUT. And sorry for writing so much and wasting your time

I just want to say you could have been paired up with teams that caused you to lose every match and I still would have chosen your team to join our alliance.

Originally Posted by ChrisR_522

New York City was nothing but problems for The Robo Wizards, probably the worst experience we have ever encountered since our inception in 2001. The high spots (or patches) on the sides of the center median on the playing field were substantially higher than the other 2 regionals we attended, Pittsburgh and Long Island and it was killing us. The high spots were bending our front pneumatic piston with its ball transfer system which allowed our treaded robot to lift itself at the front and pivot from the rear drive wheels, allowing us to turn. We tried to work around it and we made some drastic changes to our drivetrain in an attempt to surpass the obstacles on the field, and it did not work as well as we anticipated. This was also our first regional in which we were not picked to play in the elimination rounds. Overall the New York City Regional was a fun event.

I want to thank your team for the additional scouting information.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

He also pays attention and listens very well. Another sign of a great mentor.

Jane

I just want to say that discussing strategy with Wayne for our qualifier match was amazing. I didn't even realize it was him at first until after we finished talking. I was thinking that guy looks a lot like Wayne Penn. When I talked to him again I was blown away at the compliments he gave my team and our robot for this year saying that he knew we worked hard and did not let our mentors build our robot. He left me feeling excellent. I just did not appreciate it when I told him that his first choice for his team's alliance in new york was not working (according to that team's head coach) and we were going to find out, he had a private discussion with a mentor from that team while I waited and never got back to me. I understand that mentor might have told him that I was lying or trying to slander that team (which I wasn't) but he could have at least told me what happened instead of ignoring me.