Posted by Anton Abaya.
Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NASA, Mathsoft, Solidworks.
Posted on 6/18/2000 12:45 PM MST
Congratulations you guys!! Great Job!
-anton
Posted by Anton Abaya.
Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NASA, Mathsoft, Solidworks.
Posted on 6/18/2000 12:47 PM MST
In Reply to: WPI wins WPI w/ 42! posted by Anton Abaya on 6/18/2000 12:45 PM MST:
It meant a lot more thanks to all the help and support all you veteran teams gave us. We had no engineers, spare parts, or experience… but only had the energy and excitement of being there with everyone. Thanks again to all of you guys who supported us there. We could not have done it without you.
-anton
RAMBOTS, #419
Posted by Jon.
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 6/18/2000 5:04 PM MST
In Reply to: Rambots take the Medal of Honor @ WPI posted by Anton Abaya on 6/18/2000 12:47 PM MST:
I called that… i wasn’t sitting in the judges meeting or anything (no really)…
i should have had money riding on you guys… 
I’m already thinking of new things for B2
Posted by Andy Grady. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #42, P.A.R.T.S, from Alvirne High School and Daniel Webster College.
Posted on 6/18/2000 3:36 PM MST
In Reply to: WPI wins WPI w/ 42! posted by Anton Abaya on 6/18/2000 12:45 PM MST:
It was more along the lines of WPI and Rage winning the competition. We were just there for moral support mainly (though I sure as heck didn’t mind carrying that trophy around =P) But an honest mistake, its hard to put the loud voices of 42 out of your mind =)
Cya,
Andy ‘scratch’ Grady
p.s. special thanx to all my buds who supported us at WPI, (Nypro, Chaos, Rambots, Bobcats, Nutrons, Colleen, Lora, Anti-Kate and anyone else i missed)you guys rule!
Posted by colleen. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #246, a FIRST-aholic, from John D. O’Byrant High School/Boston Latin Academy and NSTAR/Boston University/UTC/Raytheon/MassPEP.
Posted on 6/18/2000 4:05 PM MST
In Reply to: Forgot someone =) posted by Andy Grady on 6/18/2000 3:36 PM MST:
you gotta love cheering for team42, cause they are so awesome about cheering for everyone else!
190, 173 & 42 did awesome… and congrats to 157, 105 and 467 on their second place finish…
awesome job by the WPI crew on pulling this off with grace and style… shout-outs to anti-kate and jon for being so cool…and Ken too…
and andy- you’re the man, thanks for being there and being such a cool guy through everything…
and to all the people who HP-ed and coached for us… Mike, Angel, Rach, Amy… and Chadd even though he forgot :-P… you’re still a cool guy…
and Jeff (yoda) thanks for the shirt… you absolutely made my day i will forever be wishing i could be a true member of 42… i’m always there in spirit and support though… (and now i got the shirt to prove it…)
WPI was a blast… looking forward to seeing everyone there next year… but more importantly seeing everyone this august at our little Rumble…
thanks to everyone for makin’ it so much fun… as always, it’s the people that make these things great!.. liz, beaver, gabe, chadd, deeeeej, andy, jeff, jim, jorge, kate, rach, ames, mike, etc, etc, etc, anti-kate, lora, jon, lishmo, etc, etc… you all know who you are
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 6/18/2000 4:50 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Forgot someone =) posted by colleen on 6/18/2000 4:05 PM MST:
BattleCry was a blast! This was by far my favorite comp that i’ve been to all year…including Nats! Thanks to all the WPI & Simplex crew that put on a simply amazing event.
I also have a huge thanks to Team 177, the Bobcats. Most of my friends out there in FIRST know that I love you guys. Even though my team didn’t get past the Qualifying rounds, after putting on that gold shirt, I felt right at home cheering for you. I think that part of the day was easily my favorite. =) Thanks Jesse, Kirsten, Tom, Erica, Alex, Nate, Eric, Mr. Betts, and Mr. Mo.
Thanks to all my other friends that were there too and made the day better than I imagined. Colleen, Kate, Anton, Jon, Justin W., Justin T., Andy, Team 209, Team 105, Team 166, Team 126, the V-Ball crew =) , and everyone else that made BattleCry such a success!
See you all @ Rumble in August!
Lora
Posted by Kate. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 6/18/2000 6:56 PM MST
In Reply to: Thanks from me too! =) posted by Lora Knepper on 6/18/2000 4:50 PM MST:
So thanks for the thanks if that makes any sense what-so-ever… I’m feeling loved with all the shout-outs et all… And I’d give my list of shoutouts… But… I’d prolly forget all too many people… And besides… Y’all know who you are anyway…
Posted by Jon.
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 6/18/2000 5:01 PM MST
In Reply to: WPI wins WPI w/ 42! posted by Anton Abaya on 6/18/2000 12:45 PM MST:
Gompei 2000: Powered by PARTS 42 Batteries…
The competition was so very tough from the 157/105/467 guys that battery was what did it…
Posted by Kate. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 6/18/2000 6:59 PM MST
In Reply to: you know… 42 did help in more than spirit posted by Jon on 6/18/2000 5:01 PM MST:
…and it was Andy’s mad phat strategy skills too… Thank goodness that people listened to him finally!! The WPI / PARTS team is now 2 for 2 with being alliance teams and winning after-competitions… BattleCry1 and River Rage… Yeah… Definitely planning on keeping this streak going… Word…
Posted by Jon.
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 6/18/2000 9:48 PM MST
In Reply to: more than just the batteries too… posted by Kate on 6/18/2000 6:59 PM MST:
Word!
(gee… i feel ghetto with my french vanilla coolata and my backwards hat)