Washington D.C. Regional 2009

The Miracle Workers attended the FIRST "inauguration" of the Washington, D.C. Regional at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from February 26 - 28th. MOE had a great time competing in the first regional held at Washington!

Thursday morning, MOE was already showing spirit before the arena opened up to the teams by singing random songs like the Poke'mon Theme, In the Jungle, Lovin' You, and even more. As soon as the stands were opened up to the team, MOE broke out and began working both in the stands and the pits. The scouting team began to gather information on other participating teams, which included information on both their robot, and their payload specialist (Human Player). As Scouts were gathering intel, and the Pit Crew was working on the robot, the MOEbile Pit Crew was assisting other teams in every way possible. Bright green shirts covered the pits; enough so that you could not walk anywhere without seeing a MOE student or mentor helping another team. The robot also played well during each of the practice rounds that it participated in. As the first day came to a close, MOE knew that the competition would increase during qualifiers after teams played the game, and adjustments were made to their robots.

Friday morning, the Miracle Workerz yet again brought on the advent of the opening to the field by singing various songs. After the stands and the pits opened up to everyone, MOE immediately began working. As expected, robots played differently and the intensity of the matches increased. CozMOE, our robot for this year's season, played very well. We were part of (ironically enough) the alliance who scored the lowest and highest (132) scores of the regional! The MOEbile pit crew was still assisting other teams as the pit crew worked diligently getting prepared for upcoming matches while the scouting team gathered more information on robots competing in the field for the competition team to use in later rounds that MOE would be in. With the action going on the field, the spirit going on within the stands, and the dancing that was happening on the floor, Friday turned out to be a great day for the Washington Regional.

The final day opened up no differently than Thursday and Friday, but this day was the ending of qualifiers, and the commencement of the final rounds. MOE was seleced by the fourth seeded team, Team 339, Kilroy. We then selected Team 116, Epsilon Delta. After alliance selections during lunch, MOE's Green Man Group broke out their instruments and started to play for everyone. Everyone enjoyed it, including those who were participants of the Power Shift event that was occuring above the floor we were on. After lunch, we broke back into the stands and into the pits to bring on the final matches. Our alliance played hard, and reached the Quarter-Finals round. In the end, we all had a great time at the regional. Each team competed their best to the end, so congratulations to each participating team!

Awards Given by MOE to Other Teams

Also, congratulations to the Woodie Flowers award winner, Team 1727's Rich Kressley, who we gave a MOE Jersey! Check out MOE handing out awards here!