Tempest 'N Tampa 2008

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Well, I just called one of the mentors from 1902, Sarah Plemmons, and she told me the winning alliance. She also sounded like there are some terrific stories to be shared.

But - this is what she said as far as the winning alliance. If I get this wrong, you guys can yell at me later.

Winning alliance:
233, 744, and 1999

They competed against:
801, 79, 2425

It went to 4 matches to determine the winner:
Red Alliance won, then Blue, then tie, then Blue Alliance won.

Sounds like a blast! Also, sounds like the rookie teams who participated had a great time.

all correct

[Jeff 801]

On behalf of Team 801 I wish to say thank you to Team 79 for putting on such a great event.

Congratulations to the winning alliance of Teams 233, 744, and 1999

Thanks to Teams 79 and 2425 for being such great alliance partners

Thanks to Lockheed Martin for having 5th Gear there for us to play

And last thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible

[gorrilla]

also thanks to team 801 for letting us borrow some bolts to fix our forks

[mrs. p]

want to add my thanks to all of the planners and volunteers that made the event so awesome! thanks to our alliance partners 744 and 1999. we were also really happy that 254 made the trip east. maybe you'll get your robot back this time :-) just wish the dome was a bit warmer during the night.

[vic burg]

Just a note about the tie, in case you didn't hear us squeeling about it, Michelle Celio, Barry Bohnsack, and I all called that there would be a tie for that match. hee hee.
But yes, it was fun! It's just too bad I might not make it next year! And Ed, we did miss you! But it's okay, it wasn't your fault!
I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did!
And good job to the annual winner, 744. lol So now, are you going to make for three years in row?!
However, I was wondering the whole ride home, still, why there was a blank award.... lol

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by mrs. p

want to add my thanks to all of the planners and volunteers that made the event so awesome! thanks to our alliance partners 744 and 1999. we were also really happy that 254 made the trip east. maybe you'll get your robot back this time :-) just wish the dome was a bit warmer during the night.

How about quieter, or darker?

btw vic burg 233 is also a second year winner I believe they and 744 were together in 2007

[techtiger1]

I would like to thank all the teams, voluenteers, and Sun dome employees for all there help and support. Having 254 was awesome and I think/hope they had a great time. As well as a huge thanks to all our guest that came down for the fun.

[hoorayforpink]

Originally Posted by vic burg

Just a note about the tie, in case you didn't hear us squeeling about it, Michelle Celio, Barry Bohnsack, and I all called that there would be a tie for that match. hee hee.

Thats two years in a row that I've called the tie.

But the event held up to the high standards it made last year. The competition was great, the fun time was most definitely fun, and the energy of everyone- volunteers, students, mentors, etc- just made the event all the more awesome. I want to say thanks to 744 and 1999. 744 played some great matches, with and without their arm, and 1999 did their job perfectly playing some fantastic defense.

Great event, great teams, great people, great volunteers (not to mention extremely helpful and kind), I mean just everything was awesome. What more can you ask for?

[NickE]

Originally Posted by techtiger1

Having 254 was awesome and I think/hope they had a great time.

We certainly had an awesome time, and we were glad to be there.
It'd be awesome, but somewhat unlikely if we could come back next year.

[Cooley744]

Wow! TNT was an amazing event. 744 had a ton of fun there, so thanks to everyone that helped make the event possible, especially to team 79, the host team. Thankyou 233 and 1999, you all were great alliance partners. Both drive teams were very easy to communicate with and did a great job executing strategy. 233 and 1999 are two great FIRST teams to work with. Also, to all the teams we played, especially in those final rounds, you gave us some very tough matches! TNT was a very competitive venue, so good job all teams who participated. I am still in a total loss for words to describe how our robot killed its arm in both the FL regional and at TNT. It just proves that when I say TNT was intense, no one can argue.

I think vic burg asked if we plan to win at TNT next year (for the 3rd year in a row). Our only answer is that we would love to, and will try our hardest, but there are a lot of great teams out there we will have to compete against first. Basicly, there is no telling.

Lastly, thanks to Barry Bohnsack for not jinxing us... (barry knows what I mean!)

It was a great competition, and 744 can't wait till the new game is announced so we can start the season all over again!

[vic burg]

Well, I for one am also glad that two out-of-state teams came in.
I think we should make it a small mission to get more out-of-state teams.
I STILL can't believe that The Cheesy Poofs came!!!! Did your flight back home go well?

OH! And just so everyone knows, all of the pictures I took at TNT are on my facebook, spread out into 4 albums! If I got any names or teams wrong, please let me know!
Here's the link
Please enjoy!

[Michelle Celio]

The event was AMAZING.

Thanks to Brian Camp for pulling it all together once again.

Thanks to Wendy Austin for being the best fun time coordinator ever.

Thanks to my best friend, Libby Kamen for making the trip, and to Arefin Bari for helping her further her MC "education".

I'm sure I'm missing TONS of people who made this event happen.

I had a great time, seeing people I haven't seen since Florida Regional defiantly made it worth it.

Oh, and I have 870 pictures to go through, I'll upload some to CD-Media, and link to the rest hopefully by the end of the week.

Here is too another great TNT next year, October 23-24 2009 complete with a 4 match finals!

(Before match 3, I turned to Barry, and suggested it would be extreamly funny if this match ended in a tie. When we looked at the real time scoring, we were really excited but we still had to wait for penalties to be called [I don't remember if there were any for that match or not.] Once the score was announced we flipped, and Victoria informed us of her guess. It was totally awesome)

[gorrilla]

one thing i dident understand is how small it was in there
the seats roll back right

and there was 26 teams right and 8 teams got to pick to other teams so 8 times three equals 24 so only two teams dident get picked right

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

one thing i dident understand is how small it was in there
the seats roll back right

and there was 26 teams right and 8 teams got to pick to other teams so 8 times three equals 24 so only two teams dident get picked right

I think there was 28.

1 team had to withdraw from the competition due to a mechanical failure, and 1 team had to get students home early. Only two teams weren't picked, which I thought was pretty cool (just not for those teams.)

[NickE]

Originally Posted by vic burg

I think we should make it a small mission to get more out-of-state teams.

Agreed! TNT was an awesome off-season, and was well worth the trip for us

Originally Posted by vic burg

I STILL can't believe that The Cheesy Poofs came!!!! Did your flight back home go well?

We're still on the way home. I'm actually writing this post on the free wi-fi at the phoenix airport.