2008 MARC Registration Now OPEN

[Grant Cox]

Sure thing, I will be there for sure on Saturday and almost for sure on Friday. I'll be the one with the spiky hair saying strange things into the mic

[Koko Ed]

1. 2337, 33, 279
2. 67, 910, 226
3. 815, 2194, 503
4. 2612, 494, 1243
5. 1504, 70, 1528
6. 1025, 1718, 1023
7. 240, 1732, 302
8. 2171, 2137, 217

[Koko Ed]

Quarterfinal results

1. 2337, 33, 279 > 8. 2171, 2137, 217 2-0
2. 67, 910, 226 > 7. 240, 1732, 302 2-0
6. 1025, 1718, 1023 > 3. 815, 2194, 503 2-0
5. 1504, 70, 1528 > 4. 2612, 494, 1243 2-0-1

[Koko Ed]

Semi final results

1. 2337, 33, 279 > 5. 1504, 70, 1528 2-1
2. 67, 910, 226 > 6. 1025, 1718, 1023 2-0

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Semi final results

1. 2337, 33, 279 > 5. 1504, 70, 1528 2-1
2. 67, 910, 226 > 6. 1025, 1718, 1023 2-0

Whoops!
We have a correction! An uncommunicated penalty that was not at first accounted for in the scoring has been scored after much debating and due to the added penalty the result is the Blue Alliance winning the match 70-68 and thus the fifth alliance upsets the top seeded alliance.

[Koko Ed]

Finals result

5. 1504, 70, 1528 >2. 67, 910, 226 2-0

[Beth Sweet]

Congratulations Penguins!!!!! I did my happy dance here in Wisconsin while on vacation!!! I'm so proud of you guys!!!!!

[Herodotus]

Congrats to 70, 1504, and 1528. You guys played really well, and I was especially impressed (and frustrated) by your defense I wouldn't have had a problem taking home the title two years in a row, but I've also no problem with losing to some good teams.

Thanks so much to 67 and 226 for being such great alliance partners. It's a shame we couldn't share in a victory, but I'm glad we had to chance to compete together. HOT, I was especially impressed with your drivers. They were very smooth and coordinated.

Also thank you very much to all of the staff, referees, announcers and other volunteers for putting together a great competition. For having an event that was more than twice the size it was a year ago it was run very smoothly. I have a very good feeling about MARC and I could easily see it turning into one of the most popular off-season events. I only wish I had the chance to spend a little more time at the team social, but we had a few repairs to make that night.

Great competition, great people, and great times. That about summarizes MARC 2008.

[Mark Holschuh]

Thanks to Steve Ketron, the host teams, and all the volunteers. It was a great event. Definitely worth the drive from Wisconsin!

Also thanks to our eliminations alliance partners, Advanced Power and Frog Force. I thought we had a great comeback in the second match.

[Stormnnormn]

Thank You to all who came.
I enjoyed working on and being in the competition with you guys.
Thanks to our alliance partners.
You were great company.

Also, I would like to make a shout out to my friends on 240, who dont dance to the YMCA correctly.

I enjoyed myself. I look forward to seeing you all at competitions next year and the MARC next summer.

[Branden Ghena]

It was a fun competition. It was great to meet some members of the iPirates (and to lose to them in Euchre twice in a row). It was fun to be able to watch all the FIRST teams at my last competition.

And the ACMY is a perfectly good dance!

[Steve Ketron]

I would like to thank all the teams and volunteers for making MARC what I believe to have been a huge success. I was a little worried at first with the dramatic increase in team participation but because of the teamwork and cooperation of all the teams and volunteers we made it through it very smoothly.

A couple special thank you's:
Dan Swando: thank you again for your hardwork and desire to make this event run correctly. I heard there were a couple tough issues on the field and people have told me you made the right calls. EXCELLENT WORK as always.

Mark Koors and Ronnie Tront: Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication in the flawless running of the compture equipment/programs.

KOKO you did a great job with queing. This was my biggest concern coming into the event and I can not say thank you enough for the work you did to make that work so well.

Team 830469: Although you were not on the official participation list, thank you for allowing your robots to go through the beatings they took to help out a couple pre-rookie teams. Also 830, thank you for volunteering to help out refing and basically anywhere I needed it.

To all the teams that came, your willingness to help out each other is one of the things that I keep getting comments about. This is why MARC is able to become a bigger event. Please keep up the good work and spread the word.

NEXT YEAR SAME TIME, SAME PLACE, AND 45 TEAMS.

Again thank you everyone for making this event great.

[Steve Ketron]

Grant, I am so sorry. I would like to put out a special KUDO'S to Grant for the most outstanding MC/Game announcing. Are you sure you haven't don this for like 10 years now. There is no way this was your first time doing this. As the event coordinator, I am going to take your word on coming back next your. You were awesome and a shout out to any event coordinator that needs a MC/Announcer. If you need one, beg or steal to get this guy. Thanks Grant for everything.

[Steve Ketron]

Somebody left a laptop behind at the MARC event. Whoever you are please email me at ketron@monroe.k12.mi.us.

[FoleyEngineer]

First of all, to Steve and the whole crew at MARC... THANK YOU! Your kindness and willingness to help out and do everything possible to take care of the teams as if they were your own was amazing. Steve - helping us to machine a new shoulder joint during alliance pickings allowed us to compete at full power for the playoffs, and to advance to the finals. Thank you so much! I owe you a sprocket!

To 70, 1504, and 1528, congrats on your hard-fought win! You're all so gracious and nice. I'm SO glad that the iPirates finally won their first event ever. So awesome! Congrats to all of you!

Finally, to our partners, 67 and 226 - we were a GREAT alliance. Very cool getting the high score of the entire event! The "FREEZER BURN" will have to link up again at IRI and take home the gold. It was a blast playing with you all.

To everyone at MARC - we had a terrific time. Can't wait to see you all again next year!