Today (Friday March 14th) was game day here in Hartford, Connecticut. Teams came from Canada, Brazil and the US. Our team represented Canada well. The crowd enjoyed the singing of our national anthem, O Canada. Our team encountered a few problems at the beginning of the day, hopefully we can come back and overcome these problems and win some matches. Mantis played 3 matches so far and has only won one. Penalties were given out like candy and our team as well as many other alliances suffered greatly. As of right now, 2: 47 pm, we have won our second match and have finished our fourth in total. A WOOT WOOT goes out for our talented sabres.Stay tuned for more info tonight. The team is in the pit right now answering some questions for the media. After a good day's hard work, they deserve a little spotlight by meeting the founder of FIRST Robotics, Dean Kaymen.

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It is now 3:44pm,and we have just finished our fifth match. Our red alliance has done it again, winning 60 to 42. It was a great match, and Mantis was on fire (not literally, of course). Mantis started strong and ended it just the same. Our alliance got one penalty, but Mantis was clean. We have another match coming up soon, and it looks like we're doing fine over here in Connecticut, check back soon.

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Right now its 4:22pm, and Dean Kamen gave a speech on gracious profesionalism and how technology has helped the society for many people by showing us how technonlgy has helped many disabled people such as people with no arms. It's technology like this that helps our economy but at the same time lifting the spirit of the weak. We really enjoyed talking to Mr. Kaymen and learned a lot. Thanks for checking up on us, and we'll have more soon.

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After the Mr. Kamen speech, the teams have started competing again and the Sabre Bytes are up next at 4:40 pm. Mantis was great during the last match and we are expecting even better results this upcoming match. Music is blazing and hearts are pumping as the Sabre Bytes approach the playing field. STAY TUNED!!!!!!

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Our last match went out with a BANG! Even though we had lost the match by a long shot, our spirit was roaring and hopes were still very high. We still have two more matches tomorrow and hopefully we accumulate the most amount of points. Mantis' battery was not functioning properly and therefore lead to the loss of our alliance. Today was the first day of the award ceremony we had not aquired any awards but hopefully that will soon change for tomorrow's competition.

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Here are some pictures of our amazingly structured robot and team in motion...............