2008 New York City Regional

[David Noll]

Hey everybody, great competition in NYC! My entire team had so much fun that they fell asleep on the bus ride home. I have to say that this year was the most fun out of all of mine (sadly it's my last) and New York was the highlight of the year. Of course, big thumbs up to Watchung Hills and 1989- you guys are the greatest and you know we'll see you soon. Stuyvesant I'm so glad you guys will be down in Atlanta with us. 348, 637 and 375 great matches at the end. The competition was great, the refs made it fun and fair; which meant instead of fixing the robot I got to wander the pits talking to people and helping out. The people at the event were all great and I think it was more fun talking to students and mentors from other teams then actually competing. Everybody there it was great playing with you and I just hope my voice comes back by Atlanta.

Pit ordering- Killing me guys, I know they switched it up so rookies weren't grouped together and people weren't always next to the same crews; but, some order has to be there. If you do it by team numbers backwards (555 would be...bad example, 2070 would be 702), or first number last number ( 1, 4000, 2, 3999). But the unorganized pit gave me a headache, some order off of team number would be greatly appreciated.

FTC- Great job guys, I only saw a few matches but the program is one I became really impressed with this year. Keep up the good work because the innovation I see in VEX often trumps what the FRC guys come up with (just don't tell them I said that).