Team 20 would like to ...

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Doug Leppard

Yes it is humbling. 2007 we were on Einstein and 2008 we were not picked. It was hard. But we bounced back. Great team like 20 will succeed.

Thanks for being so humble on your feelings, helps the rest of us.

I can go back to the lists to confirm that you were the top of our list for that second round pick last year, but no need because I know you were. Something came up right before selections that threw off what we had planned, before that, you were our number #1 selection for a third partner if that's any consolation.

[Adam Freeman]

You guys had an very good robot this year. It was good enough to make our scout's top 24 list. It seems there are always some elimination picks that seem questionable.

67 went from winning both the Championship and the Chairmans award in 2005 to not getting selected for the eliminations at Atlanta in 2006. Our 2006 robot was a basket case, most of the time it would not make it through an entire match without something falling apart.

But, I still remember the disappointment sitting there watching the finals and Chairmans award being presented that year.

From that experience we knew we had to work harder and smarter to get back to the level we wanted.

Those experiences in 2006 helped us this year. There was a point very close to our first competition that we were not nearly prepared to compete at the level we wanted too. The thoughts of repeating another 2006 were very realistic in my mind. Our team had to pull together and dedicate the extra effort needed to improve our robot.

I know it is cliche, but this experience will help you and Team 20 in the future.

[kristenliz_28]

Thanks to everybody for your support =D I'm looking forward to the '10 season (my senior year), I hope it brings an awesome game ... plus there's battle cry at WPI in a few weeks and I am PUMPED !!