Michigan State Championship 2009

[Ed Law]

Thank you Team 33 and Team 68. You guys were amazing partners. We gave the number 1 alliance two great close matches.

I also want to thank Team 33, 469 and 302 for mentoring and helping us through our rookie year, Team 67 for helping us start two FLL teams in our school district, Team 217 for useful ideas on team organization and Team 1885 for helping us with our Rookie All-Star and Entrepreneurship Award Submission.

We had an amazing run so far this year. Thank you to all the teams who were our alliance partners at Traverse City, Detroit and the State Championship. We could not have done it without you. Our kids had a lot of fun this weekend.

We will be delivering empty cells all the way to Atlanta!

Ed Law

[Wayne TenBrink]

The MI state championship was certainly the high point of the season. EMU (GLR) is a great venue for something of this scale. Thanks to all the volunteers who made everything run smoothly. It was also nice to see the dignitaries from FIRST.

Congratulations to 217, 67, and 65. You are all tough alone. Together you are just about impossible! Congratulations also to 27, 33, and 217 on the Chairman's awards.

Thanks to 247 for the omnipresent defense with scoring to boot. Thanks to 904 for the potent offense with defense to boot. Thanks to 548 for stepping in on short notice. We worked well together and were bigger than the sum of the parts. Thanks also to BOB (85) and the Martians for all the material, moral, and mental support. Thanks to everybody else for all your kind words & support. This whole season has been like a dream for us.

We didn't quite get the East vs. West shootout, but we got 2 of 3 on each side in the finals (and we lost - bummer).

Otis is collecting his share of battle scars and starting to shed small parts (we need a better checklist). We added up how many matches we have played in (practice, qual, & elim) and its well over 80, thanks to the FiM district/state format. I think this has been a good development.

ON TO ATLANTA! I don't see how the competition there can come close to what we saw this weekend, but we plan to find out!

[Raumiester2010]

Originally Posted by Ed Law

Thank you Team 33 and Team 68. You guys were amazing partners. We gave the number 1 alliance two great close matches.

I also want to thank Team 33, 469 and 302 for mentoring and helping us through our rookie year, Team 67 for helping us start two FLL teams in our school district, Team 217 for useful ideas on team organization and Team 1885 for helping us with our Rookie All-Star and Entrepreneurship Award Submission.

We had an amazing run so far this year. Thank you to all the teams who were our alliance partners at Traverse City, Detroit and the State Championship. We could not have done it without you. Our kids had a lot of fun this weekend.

We will be delivering empty cells all the way to Atlanta!

Ed Law

No Prob, Thanks for picking us

we gave the first alliance one hell of a run for their money, loosing by 2 ball in the first quarter final and 3 balls in the other

we will be at Atlanta (just need to finish rustling up the cash)

[JoeXIII'007]

Notes post-competition:

• Code Red was freaking awesome... the team, not the drink I had.
• Quality was of the highest degree at EMU, higher than I have seen pretty much ever.
• And seeing this was the first (and last) time I will see this game in person, kudos to the Game Design Committee for a very dynamic and high speed game.

Congrats:

• 217, 65, 67 on winning the competition. 217: you had an amazing looking machine.
• 904, 247, 548 and 1918 on being finalists. 548: another nice robot out there. 1918: being a 3 year old team from my dad's hometown of Newaygo (been camping up there too before), it is incredibly inspiring and just plain awesome you almost went all the way. Kudos.
• 27, 33, 217: Well deserving teams for the CA. Congratulations and good luck in Atlanta!!!

Well... back to work and college for me. It has been fun. Good luck to everyone going to Atlanta!!!

[johnr]

People not in Michigan probably can't appreciate the depth of this field. When 65 is the last pick and they could of formed two more alliances,easily,with great teams,you knew this was something special. If they do this next year, and i hope so, it will be even better. Teams will know that the only way to be sure you will be in elims is to be in the position to pick and they will take everything up a notch.
I also enjoyed being able to see all of the chairmans displays.Seeing what it takes to be a great overall team was eye opening and if one team says,"We can do this" it was successful.Yes,on the field it was about the bots,but when the chairmans champs were announced they recieved their just rewards and maybe more sincerly then sometimes in atlanta. Maybe some ballons next year. Well done FiM.