pic: 1396 One-Day Robot

[xxmaddjxx]

As a captain and driver for team 1396 i would like to thank everyone at nats, and everone on CD for their support! We couldnt have done it without you guys. Especially i want to thank teams 1340, 358 (Robotic Eagles), 33 (Killer Bees) and 494 (Goodrich Martians) for their help throught our short but sucessful build season. During these three days i saw what our team and FIRST are really about. I saw what our team was capable of, and am convinced we can do anythign if we try hard enought. I wish that every other team out there, can experiance the spirit of FIRST and gracious professionalis as we did, for it is in times like these that both truly come out. I can withought a doubt say that i am proud of this robot and even in the matches we lost i felt that it performed to its full potential. There is a quote that i had on an english essay a while back (lol) that i think applies to us and our situation, more so the second part of it, but the whole thing holds true.

"Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. "
- Sir Francis Bacon

[RoboticsFiend]

I just wanted to add my amazement to the long list of impressed people already here... I met team 1396 at the competition, I went to see their robot after I heard what happened to them and my first thought was "Am I at the right pit?" I could not believe that the robot sitting there was build in just a few hours! After that I started talking to the team members and i must say they are amazing people, who didn't just quit when things went bad. All and all I am just happy to have met such people, and i was on my feet and cheering as loud as i could when they won that Judge's Award because i have never before met a team that deserved it so much... Good work Guys!

~Liz
team 358