1557 has arrived, after 5 years of being eliminated in the QF’s, we(with HUGE amounts of help from 801 and 79) made a run from 8th place to the finals. Eliminating the 1st and 3rd place alliances’ before loosing out in the finals due to our Pnuematic misfirings’.
801you guys were awsome, the defense your team put down on the field was incredible. When we picked you, we needed a good end-zone player that could kick balls out, as well as play defense. And you guys showed us, and everyone watching the regional; that even if you’re ranked low, with the right strategy and a SOLID robot you could do amazing things. your defense was unstopable, I am sure many teams underestimated us. We definately made a big statement together this year.
I was greatly impressed with your robot and am still wondering wh no-one else picked you. I had a great time playing with you and I cant thank you guys enough for what you helped us accomplish this weeked. I hope to see you guys in Atlanta if we make the wait list, and If we end up on the same field I hope we can work together again.
79: I will admit, between Thursday-Friday morning I was convinced I did not want to play with you guys. But in the afternoon and saturday morning you pulled it together and became a very competitive robot. By that time you were low in the rankings and no-one was looknig at you guys, but we were. Our scouting team did a great job this year and we picked you guys because we needed a good mid-fielder that could also hang.
Your team was great to work with, you have been to the finals many times and handeld everything with great ingenuity and confidence. The strategey we put together was unstopable, You guys always kept a supply of balls for us to score and I never once had to leave our zone to get balls. When we were being defended, you guys stepped up and came to the near zone to help out. When we got stuck on our side, you guys were again right there to help. I never doubted our ability to win. Your hanging mechanism was aswome and it no doubt made us even more effective. I hope to see you guys in Atlanta and play with you again.
801 and 79: We had an amazing run, and I strongly believe we would be sitting with blue-banners right now if our pnuematics hadn’t screwed up. I had to make the decision to pull the bumper from the Crio to prevent it from happening again, but it turns out the normaly open side of that solinoid was the one that makes our lifting cylinder extend. It was a guess we had to make and there was no time to come up with another solution. I’m sorry we couldent go all the way, but we sure had a heck of a run and showed alot of people who we are. We all played extremely well and I am proud to say we palyed with you guys. I hope to play with you guys again and look forward to Atlanta.
Oh, and KRUNCH…fix your hanger so it dosent explode all over the field again 
One thing I think you guys should know if you dont already; We played all of our Qf matches missing a tread, and we played the entire elimination bracket without our ball-magnet, And KRUNCH didn’t have a kicker. If that tells you anything I think it sums up the strength of our alliance. We should have gone all the way, but we let you guys down in the end. :o
ps. thanks for signing our robot 
Congratulations to 1251, 86, and 1612 for winning, you guys were great.
