2010 Sacramento Regional

[Given To Fly]

Originally Posted by bhsrobotics1671

Congrats to our brother (why does it always have to be sister?) team, 2761 and the rest of the red alliance. It's nice to see a young team that 1671 and 1323 worked together to start make it to the top and qualify for nationals their first two years as a part of FIRST. I was hoping to see a Central Valley Robotics showdown with 1323 and 2761 in the finals, but glad to see one of them be on an alliance that made it through the end. It's too bad we couldn't make it up there to join you guys in SAC this week.

Hey Thanks Andrew!

A heartfelt thank you to team 604 & 3256, you took a gamble on us and we thank you. From the bottom ranking it would appear that our bot was garbage, but your scouts saw something in us that we as a team felt, and that we did have a good defensive robot, you looked beyond our ranking.
It takes tremendous courage for a top seeded team to go all the way down to the bottom of the rankings and skip over higher ranking teams and choose us. This has been a life lesson for our team, when the chips are down, keep your head up, stay positive, stick together as a team, if given a chance rise to the occasion. You gave us a chance, and like great people in this world...when opportunity knocks, you got to take advantage of it.

Team 604, your team has inspired us. We are so lucky to have been surrounded by great teams in this state. We thank you all. Congratulations on winning the awards! Flowers award, Chairman's award and the regional championship! Thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of something so special. We will NEVER forget you and the fantastic experience. I look forward to see you soon!

Team 3256, your energy and spirit caught us. As a rookie it sure reminds us of last year when we won rookie all star award last year at Davis, only you certainly surpassed us! You have what it takes to be a top class team like 604. We certainly look forward to seeing you again soon. Thanks for giving us a shot and allowing us to be on your alliance.

Wish you could have been at this event 1671. As our sister ahh...yeah why a sister team, brother team, we certainly would have liked you to have had the opportunity to share the experience with us. Thanks for all of the help and assistance this season, we certainly appreciate your kinship. Next season...we'll attend the same event alright? lol!

To the rest of the teams at the Sacramento event, we also would like to leave you with this...remember, when you feel or know that your robot is not doing so well, keep your positive spirits up. Stick closer together with your team, don't break apart (easy to do, we've seen this before) good things can happen. Believe in your abilities as a team, remember the FIRST values that Dean speaks about. It's really not about the "game" it's about the road you choose to get to the game, the journey is more important and the destination. Sure...some might say this is coming from a team who won, but in all honesty, we were prepared to pack up of bot and go home, after all we were ranked 37 out of 38 teams
We had a good time, we wished more people would have stopped by and said hello, but hey...we were at the VERY bottom of the ranking, we knew we're not that important to other teams. To those who stopped by to say hello and to give us words of encouragement, Thank you, it meant a lot. You remembered your FIRST values. Again, it's about FIRST values not the game so much. To those who wanted to either win at all cost or to those who may have wanted to loose just to earn those ranking slots...there's more to it, perhaps your teams have gotten lost along the way. My words to you, remember the FIRST values.

Closing...thank you volunteers who worked tirelessly at this event and the rest of the mentors on all of the teams...again thanks! Thanks Jim Beck!
Thanks Mark and Crazy Nick!
Thanks again to our fantastic alliance 604 & 3256!