VCU thank yous

[Lil' Lavery]

Team 116 would like to thank:

Team 1885
You guys were an amazing partner, the best we could have ever asked for. A true class-act team. Best ramp at the regional, by far. Amazing defender, AND you can score on the rack. Vegas better watch out. We really hope you can make it to Atlanta, but if not, we'll see you guys next year.

Team 435
A truly great partner, you gave everything. We came within a hair of going really far together. Best of luck, and see you guys in Atlanta!

Team 612
Congratulations on winning the toughest regional chairman's in FIRST history (3 winners last year, at LEAST 3 teams who recieved full credit and no "needs improvement" on the feedback sheets). The Championship judges better be ready to seriously consider you again. Not to mention a spectacular robot. If you're wheel didn't break in the semis, who knows how far you could have gone. An amazingly friendly team, see you guys in Atlanta (and I personally will on monday ).

Team 1002
Engineering Inspiration is definitely no walk in the park at this regional. You guys are an amazing team, and always a ton of fun to be at a regional with. We aboslutely love you guys, can't wait to play with you again at Championship.

Team 343
Sorry we could never see what we could do together. You guys definitely kicked some serious butt. If we had to lose, we're glad it was to you guys and 612, especially in 3 hard-fought close matches. Good luck and see you in Atl.

And everyone else who I'm forgetting!

[mrmummert]

Hello...

Mr Mummert from 1610 here...don't forget Brandon Martus and the crew from
IFI Sean....He was like all over the place...in the pits, on the feild, at the IFI
table.....It was nice to see him at our regional.

[Rob2713g]

Team 540 would like to thank

Team 2108: You guys were amazing and picked us even though we were ranked 48th. We hope you can go to Atlanta!

Team 843: We loved being partners with you! And also hope you decide to got to Atlanta.

Team 384 & 1086: The Triad was a great learning experience. We made a bunch of new friends and really liked working with you! During the matches, the support was awesome! 1086 we'll see you in Atlanta and 384 you guys should sign up to go also.

422: thanks for the parts for both us and 2186.

All the other team that cheered for us! Especially 1002, we saw you guys cheering for us right behind the alliance station.

All the mentors, engineers, parents, and supporters that made it possible for us to build a robot and compete. Flexicell for their engineering expertise and work facilities. Mr. Schubert, from Showbest, for his continued support for multiple teams with support, strategy, building a rack, building crates, and 8 years of support for the FIRST program. ECPI, VCU, and ITT mentors came during the season to help our team and advise use.

[VanMan]

Team 2108 would like to thank:

Team 540: for being an awesome alliance partner. If you guys didn't take off your back bumper we might not have won. We are going to the Championship and we hope to see you there

Team 843: for being Canadian and being good in Finals even with the unfair call. We hope you are having a safe drive back to Canada. Hope to see you at the Championship.

Team 900: for letting us use your batteries and backup batteries in eliminations.

Team Sparky: for cheering for us even after you guys rejected our alliance.

All of our Awkward Turtle fans: for cheering us on

The judges, refs, and volunteers: for helping making this regional possible.

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Team 116 would like to thank:

Team 1885
You guys were an amazing partner, the best we could have ever asked for. A true class-act team. Best ramp at the regional, by far. Amazing defender, AND you can score on the rack. Vegas better watch out. We really hope you can make it to Atlanta, but if not, we'll see you guys next year.

Team 435
A truly great partner, you gave everything. We came within a hair of going really far together. Best of luck, and see you guys in Atlanta!

Team 612
Congratulations on winning the toughest regional chairman's in FIRST history (3 winners last year, at LEAST 3 teams who recieved full credit and no "needs improvement" on the feedback sheets). The Championship judges better be ready to seriously consider you again. Not to mention a spectacular robot. If you're wheel didn't break in the semis, who knows how far you could have gone. An amazingly friendly team, see you guys in Atlanta (and I personally will on monday ).

Team 1002
Engineering Inspiration is definitely no walk in the park at this regional. You guys are an amazing team, and always a ton of fun to be at a regional with. We aboslutely love you guys, can't wait to play with you again at Championship.

And everyone else who I'm forgetting!

Thanks for the Compliment. We hope to do well at Vegas but it isn't looking like we will make it to the Championship. Maybe if we compete well at Vegas some people will change their minds.

Team 1885 would like to thank

Team 116 for picking us and have a really great scoring robot that is sure to be a force at nationals.

Team 435 for being a great partner and nearly hanging that key spoiler that would have moved us on to the semi finals

Both teams for driving up our ramps.

Osbourne Park for being a great competitor and winning both the top seeded rookie and the rookie all star. PWCS should be proud.

All of our sponsors, mentors, and teachers who made this possible.

[ham90mack]

Originally Posted by Render

Thanks for the Compliment. We hope to do well at Vegas but it isn't looking like we will make it to the Championship. Maybe if we compete well at Vegas some people will change their minds.

You are forgetting that our team jumped and got one of the open spots to Atlanta at the beginning of the year. So we will be going to Atlanta, even if we can't get in the finals at Vegas. But that is no reason to not try winning at Vegas!

[santosh]

Thanks to ALL the teams for making this the most fun regional I have been to yet. From playing frisbee with 540 and 612 to just going crazy in the stands with 393 and 435, this was by far the most fun I have had in a while.
And also, thanks to all the people who used hand sanitizer in the cybercenter... this way the norovirus will stay in Va ;-)

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Originally Posted by ham90mack

You are forgetting that our team jumped and got one of the open spots to Atlanta at the beginning of the year. So we will be going to Atlanta, even if we can't get in the finals at Vegas. But that is no reason to not try winning at Vegas!

Yes we have a slot but currently there are some issues and some parents were told that we are not going for MANY reasons, and if we do go it will be less people than expected from before. But then again if we do go I would probably be going

IF we win or do very well and prove to some people that we can compete in Las Vegas we will then go to the Championship for sure. Even then only the people who did most of the work would go...

[thegathering]

Originally Posted by ham90mack

You are forgetting that our team jumped and got one of the open spots to Atlanta at the beginning of the year. So we will be going to Atlanta, even if we can't get in the finals at Vegas. But that is no reason to not try winning at Vegas!

I don't know who told you that, but from what I've heard from Drake, the chances that we're going to Atlanta are small as parents have yet to be willing to raise the money for the trip.

Vegas will likely be the last stop for 1885 unless we do something amazing there.

[thegathering]

To 116:
We are so honored to have you guys choose us to be your partners at the regionals. Your team has some of the best members we've met in terms of teamwork, strategy, and cooperation. Our entire team is still awestruck that we were chosen by you. We thank you so much for the great teamwork and great matches!

[santosh]

One group of people I forgot to thank, and they weren't at VCU, were the teams and people from Georgia who continued to call and text me everytime they saw that we were up on the webcast (832 and 1746 and alumni).

That truly meant more to us than we could ever explain.

[Bluefire66]

Originally Posted by VanMan

Team 2108 would like to thank:

Team 540: for being an awesome alliance partner. If you guys didn't take off your back bumper we might not have won. We are going to the Championship and we hope to see you there

Team 843: for being Canadian and being good in Finals even with the unfair call. We hope you are having a safe drive back to Canada. Hope to see you at the Championship.

Team 900: for letting us use your batteries and backup batteries in eliminations.

Team Sparky: for cheering for us even after you guys rejected our alliance.

All of our Awkward Turtle fans: for cheering us on

The judges, refs, and volunteers: for helping making this regional possible.

Originally Posted by Rob2713g

Team 540 would like to thank

Team 2108: You guys were amazing and picked us even though we were ranked 48th. We hope you can go to Atlanta!

Team 843: We loved being partners with you! And also hope you decide to got to Atlanta.

Team 384 & 1086: The Triad was a great learning experience. We made a bunch of new friends and really liked working with you! During the matches, the support was awesome! 1086 we'll see you in Atlanta and 384 you guys should sign up to go also.

422: thanks for the parts for both us and 2186.

All the other team that cheered for us! Especially 1002, we saw you guys cheering for us right behind the alliance station.

All the mentors, engineers, parents, and supporters that made it possible for us to build a robot and compete. Flexicell for their engineering expertise and work facilities. Mr. Schubert, from Showbest, for his continued support for multiple teams with support, strategy, building a rack, building crates, and 8 years of support for the FIRST program. ECPI, VCU, and ITT mentors came during the season to help our team and advise use.

thanks alot to both of you it means alot and about atlanta we are still deciding out main mentor just doesnt like the idea of us missing another week of school(even though our whole team wants to go) so ill keep "yall" posted

[deshirider430]

Team 612 would like to thank our alliance Team 2068 and Team 343

Team 2068
Thanks for picking us, and especially being a good friend throughout the tournament. Your defensive/ramp bot was the foundation of our alliance. We are looking forward to seeing you guys at Nationals.

Team 343
You guys were such a great team to be apart of. Your robot made our alliance strong with your amazing manipulator.

[mtbkr5]

Team 1086 would like to thank all of our alliance members from all three days of the competition, especially Team 620 and 1731 for their awesome job in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

We would also like to thank our Triad members 384 and 540. You guys did great. It was very hard to compete against 384 (our own member of the Triad) and knock them out of the semifinals. Congrats 540 for taking home first place. We would also like to thank all the coaches from the Triad: Mr. Turner, Mr. Benway, Mr. Atkins (and Quimonda employees) Mr. Hurlbert, Mr. Schubert (and all Showbest employees) and Mr. Clarke. We would also like to thank our engineers from Flexicell (and all the employees helping us out) especially Thomas Halish, Dave Cohen aka Jumper, and Dave Underwood. Without our coaches and mentors, we would have not gotten to where we are.

THANKS!

[LordTalps]

I'd like to thank team 116 for selecting us to their alliance in the tournament. Without you guys we'd have been spectators, but we were allowed to keep fighting for a win. It was fun playing with you guys, defending your robot and the rack, and would love to do it again.

Thank you team 435 for being an excellent alliance partner. Without you guys we wouldn't have even won the first match. I think you tried to go up our ramp the wrong way in match two, but trying is what meant something, ya'll were great.

Thank you team 2068 for giving our alliance some of the best defense I'd seen at the entire regional. If it wasn't for your team we'd have go on to the semi-finals, but you stopped us short. Some excellent competition, great luck down at Atlanta.

Thank you team 1895 for being fun competition during the qualifying matches. We played you every single match, and had a blast with you guys.


And thank you to ALL of the teams, for making FIRST what it is. The learning, the excitement, the fun. I've gotten so much out of this that I'll be sad to not be around next year due to college. Had a blast, and will see what I can do to staying around on 1885 longer