2009 traverse city district

[Mike Q.]

Team 85 would like to thank team 2645 and team 247 for being great alliance partners throughout the finals. It was a pleasure to be a part of such an awesome alliance.

Also, a big congratulations to teams 1918, 904, and 2188 for being regional finalists. It was great to compete against three spectacular opponents. The finals were three of the closest matches I have ever seen.

[Hazmatt]

Originally Posted by Mike Q.

Team 85 would like to thank team 2645 and team 247 for being great alliance partners throughout the finals. It was a pleasure to be a part of such an awesome alliance.

Also, a big congratulations to teams 1918, 904, and 2188 for being regional finalists. It was great to compete against three spectacular opponents. The finals were three of the closest matches I have ever seen.

Thank YOU! Yeah the finals were exciting, especially with the tie and all.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Well that was a lot of fun I can't wait for Detroit!

We would also like to thank Team 123 and Team 2612 for being amazing alliance partners. Without you guys we would have never had made it that far. I can't wait to see 2612 at Detroit with us.

Congratulations to all the teams that participated, everyone did a fantastic job this weekend!


If anyone was interested in viewing Team 201's award winning website you can view it at http://feds201.net

[JNelson]

Team 2771 wishes to thank the TC District event organizers and volunteers. We thoroughly enjoyed our first ever FIRST competition and are grateful to the many, many teams offering support and encouragement.

Thanks to our friends at Creston, Team 904, for the programming help and the support over the last several weeks. Thanks to 85 for scoring a boatload of points against us. You've got an amazing robot, and a great team there BOB.

Team 703, the Phoenix, chose us an alliance partner, and taught us a lot about scouting and game strategy. We are blown away by your intense desire to compete while being gracious and joyful in the process. Thank you 703!

Go 49!

What a great event, and congratulations to the District Finalists and Champions, and our hats are off to TC District and FIRST Michigan.

[Wayne TenBrink]

Team 1918 had a great time at TC. We liked the venue, the host city, and we think Lunacy rocks!

Congratulations to 2645, 85, and 247 on a great victory. You were a great alliance.

Thanks to 904 for picking us. You have been a brother to our team since our rookie season. It was only fitting that our first experience in the elimination rounds was with you. We also were honored to be on the field with 2188.

It was soooo close! Three balls in the right place at the right time could have made the difference.

We hope to see everybody at Lansing or the WMR (WMD?).

TC was a new venue, new game, new robot controller, new field control system, new competition schedule, new group of volunteers, etc. I think everybody did a fantastic job, and I hope we get to come back next year. Thanks to all.

[Akash Rastogi]

Woot! Big congrats to team 247 Da Bears. MORT still loves you guys. ^_^ Good luck at your next competition.

[joeweber]

Traverse City was great. We would like to thank team 3115 for asking us to be partners in the finals. The local TV news cast showed a great news broad cast for that event.
http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/video.aspx?id=267073
It is wonderful how they showed so much of our robot in the cast(We maybe a little bias).

[maltz1881]

As 1 of the many volunteers ( I was the Pit Admin) I want to thank all of the teams for everything. I had so much fun with all of you! This was a wonderful event esp. for it being the first time. Congrats to BOB and their winning alliance. Every team there did a great job and all should be proud of how well they did and conducted themselves.

Thanks for all the t shirts, hats, buttons, key rings, bubbles, crayons, coloring books and crossword puzzles. Craig and Carol the 2 of you made my job much easier. Tim and Jeremy I had a ton to fun with both of you! I hope to see several of you at Kettering!! Best of luck to everybody!

[BigWhiteYeti]

Huge thanks to all the people who volunteered and worked their butts off to make this regional happen. You were great.
But honestly, FIRST needs more than a high school gymnasium. Compare your experience at Traverse City to, say, Milwaukee if you have been their. The pits were undersized and overcrowded, the practice field had no trailer, the sound system was three feet from the red alliance wall, and the whole thing had the feel of a Lego League competition. FIRST in Michigan forced too many competitions into too small of an area, and low quality events are the result. In my opinion, someone needs to take a hard look at the FiM system next year.

[EricLeifermann]

It might just be me, but did anyone else see that they gave the highest rookie seed award to 2771 instead of 3115. On the FIRST website it says that 3115 was the highest rookie seed, and they were as they were a picker, but they gave the award to 2771.

[maltz1881]

Yes we noticed it to. They were our alliance partner. They deserved that award and I am not sure what happened there.

[GaryVoshol]

3115 got highest rookie seed and rookie inspiration

2771 got rookie all star

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

3115 got highest rookie seed and rookie inspiration

2771 got rookie all star

Nope they def gave 2 awards to 2771 they had to run back from taking their 1st picture to get the 2nd award.

[powerkane]

i hate to be a sore loser but when we got there we had to update the bot so wile updating theoficals messaed up our bot by cuttng the power in mid update another words our pogram was eaten so for the first 2 matches we did nothing wile our programer fixed it then we got in the fight and it worked out but i think if it wasnt or that lil problum we would of been in the finals i just hope everything is better at next comp we still got 2 more to make our selves look good

[BigWhiteYeti]

Hey, any links to video from the competition?