Tuesday, March 22, 2011

FLL State Championship Tournament Dec, 11, 1020

The Mekanikal Maniaks met at the Blaisdell Center on Saturday December 11, 2010 for the First Lego League State Championship Tournament.

First, we went to the Robot Design interview, and introduced ourselves with our team cheer.  We showed the judges our best program which was the Mechanical Arm.  We also presented the program for the syringe and the Patient Area.  We all felt overjoyed from doing our best, but at the same time, we were relieved the pressure vanished.

After, we went into the Project Presentation interview.  Again, we introduced ourselves with the team cheer, and started our skit.  We were so nervous, but in the end, we were relieved once again.

We couldn't relax just yet.  The robot games had just begun.  It was very loud in the arena because all the parents were screaming for the teams.  In round 1, our robot, The Mekanikal Warrior, didn't run so well.  He scored 95 points.  It was very frustrating, but we kept persevering.  In round 2, we improved with a score of 135 points!  Round 3 was our last chance to score high, and we felt so nervous, some of us were starting to feel sick!  Still, the last round was our best score yet!  We had gotten 220 points, better than 95 and 135.

We practiced hard between rounds.  We were ranked 12 among the 56 teams for the robot game.   In the end, our robot was nominated for the QUALITY DESIGN by the judges, and The Mekanikal Warrior ranked somewhere in the top 10 of 56 other robots!  Team 4951, The Mekanikal Maniaks, was judged EXCELLENT by the Teamwork Judges, and again ranked in the top 10 of 56 teams.  In addition, our team was judged GOOD by the Project Judges.  

Although we did not take home any awards in the end, what we discovered about ourselves and our team is more important than what we could ever win!  AWESOME JOB, to the Mekanikal Maniaks of 
Liholiho Elementary School.






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