2009 Palmetto Regional

[LadyinthePit]

I'm here Mr. Rotolo! I had a blast at Clemson. There was some tough competition there and I really enjoyed meeting the diverse group of people that we saw there.

I would like to extend my congratulations to Teams 1771, 21, and 2415 you guys did a great job and I can't wait to see you in Atlanta!

I would also like to thank our alliance partners you guys did a great job and I hope to see you again soon!

Team 1676- It was so much fun being next to you guys! Your pit looked awesome and you definitely deserved your Chairman's Award. You guys are a great bunch of people that really made the Clemson regional a fantastic experience for us. Thank you so much for letting us move into you pit to make copies and things. I'm so excited to see you guys in Atlanta!

Team 1369- Wow. You guys were so awesome! I wish I could see you in Atlanta but hopefully we'll see you there next year You truly were an inspirational robot and you have our number if you need any help with anything.

Mr. Billfred and all of the teams that you work with-First of all your stickers are still crooked Secondly thank you for all of your hard work with your various teams as well as your work as a moderator on this website I can't hardly find anyone who has as much passion for FIRST as you do. Finally, I can't wait to see Pollo Loco in Atalnata!

3025- It was so much fun being next to you guys in the pit you're a great "rookie" team. I can't wait to see what you guys roll out next year and you are definitely a team that I expect to see in Atlanta next year!

1319-You guys are just a great team. Anyone who I saw smiling at that regional I could count on seeing a FLASH shirt on them as well. You have a friendly group there who builds great robots. We're amassing our summer camp information onto a CD and hopefully onto our website as well so please shoot me an email so that I can get the information to you. I hope to see you guys again!

2362- While you weren't next to us in the pits it sure felt like it (just kidding). Thank you guys for being so friendly to our team. It was really great talking and working with you in the pits and your robot did a great job as well. If you need anything.

1764- You guys are such an inspiration! I would have still been devestated if that had happened to our robot. You guys did a great job bouncing back and your robot looked awesome out on the field. Thank you so much for helping our Chairman's Team out! We really appreciated your input about the questions that the judges ask. I hope to see you guys again. Your team is truly amazing!

To everyone at Pit Admin- We had a great time with you guys! You kepty the atmosphere in the pits lively and fun! Thank you so much for all the help with RWT! We really appreciated everything you guys did and I can't wait to see all of you again!

To the Safety Judges- You guys were so much fun! Thank you for you patience with our team and also with the suggestions that you provided for improving our safety habits. I hope to see you next year and thanks again for volunteering your time!

There are so many other teams that were awesome at the regional that I didn't get to name but the door's still open to see you guys again! Come visit us at the Cowtown Throwdown. I would love to see you all again and The Grinder is always up for a rematch . I thank everyone there for giving our team such a memorable experience and I sincerely hope to see all of you this Novemeber.

[WeAreDriven]

Would like to give a big thanks to team 1553 for choosing us on the alliance! You and 1102 were wonderful to work with. Technically speaking, the only team we lost to won the regional so I will proudly take 2nd place to 1771, 21, and 2415 . Pi oneers, congrats on chairmans. You guys did great. 1369, congratulations on pulling together. I was very glad to help you guys out, and it's awesome that you got your robot working in such a short time to fix it. Great job, nice work. To everyone else, it was great working with you and competing with you. 1771, we'll see you at atlanta. Make sure you come find me. I want to make sure that the team we lost to is the team that wins it all. Good luck everyone!

[Coley]

Oh I'll make sure we come find you in Atlanta. We'll be there bright in early since we are only 30-45 minutes away from it. Thanks for the awesome competition and look forward to competing with you in Atlanta!

[Steph342]

Team 342 would like to thank our alliance partners 343 and 2751. We would also like to congradulate the winning alliance with teams 1771, 21, and 2415 you all have great bots.

[Treadus]

Originally Posted by Coley

Oh I'll make sure we come find you in Atlanta. We'll be there bright in early since we are only 30-45 minutes away from it. Thanks for the awesome competition and look forward to competing with you in Atlanta!

You guys(1771)are a great team, and we really enjoyed competing with you and all of the other teams. We are definitely looking forward to competing with you too. Unlike you, we will be making another 15 hour bus ride down there to compete, heh. Congratulations on your win with 21 and 2415. Congratulations to 1676 on their Chairman's win. Everyone that came to Palmetto, thanks for making it a great regional. Come find us in the pits, and maybe, just maybe we will be competing in the same division . We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Atlanta.

[WeAreDriven]

Check this out!

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/19055982/index.html

If any of you saw the Fox news crew there, here is the video of what they got. Enjoy!

[Coley]

Originally Posted by WeAreDriven

Check this out!

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/19055982/index.html

If any of you saw the Fox news crew there, here is the video of what they got. Enjoy!

that was pretty cool.

[Billfred]

You know, I think that's the first time all of the Richland One teams have been in the same piece of news. (They interviewed 1398, while the match footage showed 1618 tangling with 2815. The former two appeared on the local minority affairs program before 2815 was founded, though that's different.)

[Andrew Y.]

Originally Posted by Coley

Oh I'll make sure we come find you in Atlanta. We'll be there bright in early since we are only 30-45 minutes away from it. Thanks for the awesome competition and look forward to competing with you in Atlanta!

hehe got you beat....i think its like a 10min drive

[Nancy O.]

Hey all, thanks for making Palmetto an awesome (^9999 = understatement) experience. Uberthanks to 1746 and 1051 for an awesome run at the finals, and for picking us despite our streak of losses--made us feel a lot better =)
No sweat about the DQ, these things happen, and we are reeaally grateful that we were picked for a run up to the semis. We were trying out new controls at Palmetto, which we reverted at the end of Friday for obvious reasons, haha.
Thanks to 3025, 2815, and 1379 for being great competitors in the semis, awesomely played

And... ditto for all the gratz in the posts before! I'm really glad 1771 is going to champs.

Much thanks to 1051, 1771, 1287?, 1730 and the red tie team (2614 or 2483?), for lending equipments / moon rocks / copier. I actually liked the pits in the back, heh, although battery swapping during elims was a bit of a walk.

Thanks to 2430, 1746, 1771 and 1730 for answering questions... wanted to talk to a lot more teams but this time there was stuff to do on our robot, haha.

And thanks to all the judges who were always really pleasant to talk to, and the refs, all the volunteers who made this possible
See you all at world!

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by WeAreDriven

Check this out!

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/19055982/index.html

If any of you saw the Fox news crew there, here is the video of what they got. Enjoy!

look ma, im on tv....thanks for this link

[WeAreDriven]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

look ma, im on tv....thanks for this link

That's what I'm saying!

[Zflash]

Below are more links to coverage of the event.

http://wyff.highschoolplaybook.com/s...cd8a8135d8f5bd

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280803&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280802&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3280801&Ref=PH

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...3270804&Ref=PH

http://www.wyff4.com/video/19041638/index.html

[DonRotolo]

Even 1676 was in two brief shots...and Woo Hoo! for Ciara, the lady in the pit from 1730, for all that great air time!

[Drivencrazy]

http://www.wyff4.com/video/19041638/index.html


Those are some mad dancing skills.

I still can't believe how much fun Palmetto was.

Thanks for this link.