Extreme disappointment Philadelphia edition

[deathbycornchip]

also if it was agressive you probly would have gain more speeed but all it loos like you were doing was returning to your side to get a tetra. 56 got in the way.

[Ken358]

Thanks to all who replied. There really is no bad guy here. We need to all chalk this up to experience and learn from it constructively. Sometimes being a part of a difficult situation can be a growth experience for everyone involved. I think that overall we have had a valuable discussion here. In the end we may not all agree and that is ok. Everyone is entitled to their views. Just because some views are different does not invalidate any of them. We should all move on and prepare to go forward, prepare for nationals, prepare for college, prepare for summer, prepare for next season, prepare for what ever you future holds. Successful people are usually those who can take what they learned from any experience positive or negative and apply it correctly in the future.

Let’s look at the positive. Only six teams had the opportunity to be on the field during the finals, most of us involved in this discussion were there. Being there was a huge rush. To play on the same field with such great teams helped us all push to new performance levels. If you are going nationals, take this experience and apply it to the challenges that you will face there.
293, 834 you were the best. We could not have dreamed of better partners. I hope to play with you again some time. Let’s see some video of the quarters and semis. That is what I want to remember.

Thank You
Ken Tiu
Team #358
P.S
293, 834, 56, 365, 316
Think of us when you are picking alliances in the future.

[DarkJedi613]

I agree with our advisors who have posted. It's over, from the students I've talked to on the team, everyone is pretty ok with it and we'll forget it soon enough. Let's just leave it instead of opening up feelings over and over again. Yeah it stinks, but its done. Just look for us at Nationals now.

[sw293]

I sure bet having won a regional championship and chairman's award dulls the pain.

It is much tougher to deal with when you are on a team that hadn't won an award or made it to regional semifinals in three years until Saturday. It is much tougher to deal with when you were dissed at your home regional by the judges and the teams selecting alliances. It is much tougher to deal with when it is your last chance to go to nationals. To have victory then snatched from your grasp by a referee's opinion is just heart wrenching.

[Der Sichelmann]

Our team is a little disappionted with the outcome, but we felt we proved our robot and our team was not a fluke and got into two finals in a week so we are not upset.

[AIBob]

Originally Posted by Kyle

You are not just half the team we are, you are right with us, I can only think of 2 teams that won a Regional and a Chairmans at the same event this year, 358 and 365.
The best of luck to your amazing team and I can't wait to see you guys at Nats.

Here is a list of teams that won and got chairmans at the same regional:
Midwest Regional: 111
Colorado Regional: 233, also 233: Florida Winners
Long Island Regional: 358
Philadelphia Regional: 365

[RoboticsIsLife]

Originally Posted by sw293

I sure bet having won a regional championship and chairman's award dulls the pain.

It is much tougher to deal with when you are on a team that hadn't won an award or made it to regional semifinals in three years until Saturday. It is much tougher to deal with when you were dissed at your home regional by the judges and the teams selecting alliances. It is much tougher to deal with when it is your last chance to go to nationals. To have victory then snatched from your grasp by a referee's opinion is just heart wrenching.

I'm sorry you guys got screwed a little bit, and i know it doesn't help any but you had a great bot and theres always next year. Think of it this way, you made it further than you've made it in several years, and you guys did awesome!

~Liz

[Scott358]

sw293,

We feel horrible having caused the alliance DQ, and our having previous awards does nothing to dull this pain, but we must move forward.

You are a championship caliber team, who put together and lead a very strong alliance that was able to make it to the finals in straight matches (even against the #1 seeded alliance). Who knows what would have happened if there was no DQ and we would have played the third match, but that's never going to happen, so we all must let it go. Dwelling on this will not do anything but eat you up inside.

Your performance speaks for itself (with or without a plastic trophy), and you should look at yourself in the mirror and be proud of what Team 293 accomplished in Philly.

Again, thank you for selecting us, and I hope you find peace with this soon.