pic: TEAM 498, 80, and 696 (FINALISTS)

[tenfour]

I echo what 'ol sanddrag said. I believe that FIRST is about learning. I think that our team was presented with a real world like decision. If they had nothing but their own hide in mind, then they would have said "no." But they had the general welfare of the program in mind.

This attitude should be copied more in the real world. It seems like the idea of doing whats right for the sake of doing whats right, opposed to the idea of doing whats right to avoid trouble is not seen nearly enough.

I am proud of all the teams present. No one team could have made it where they are without the help of others. An example of this is the fact that we would have never made it to finals without help from 294 (they gave us their batteries).

See you all at LA. Don't let all these emotional messages from our team make you think we won't be up for some nice hard game play!! j/k