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Farewell

Real life photo of Team Bandicoot riding off into the sunset


Whelp, we made it folks. 

The final release of Augie Marketplace was a big hit. The audience roared, cheered, and showered us with laud and gifts of gratitude. The app was smooth as margarine in a turkish bath, and the idea was immensely intriguing to the augie students present. We had 'em all hook, line and sinker since the first minute of the presentation.

That all beings said, we simply cannot deny the fact that this whole fiasco is done and over with. For the four of us, anyway. 

Team Bandicoot is immensely proud of the work we have done on this project. We had our high points and our low points, but in the end, we developed a high quality application with legitimate potential for improving the Augustana experience. We each individually learned so much about ourselves and our abilities during this process. Now, with graduation imminent, it is time for all of us to move on to bigger and better things.

We hope Augustana will choose to adopt the framework we have created to provide its students with a school sanctioned marketplace application. The possibilities and utilities are endless. Should they ever need our help, we trust they have our info.

SO. That's that. if you have followed this blog since the beginning, we appreciate your support and interest. Look out for future projects by each of our members. Perhaps we'll find a way to do something together again one day.

We love ya' internet. 

Cheers,

TEAM BANDICOOT

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