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Thank you for the update. How are 4343 and 1310 doing?

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4343 was having shooter issues with shooting low. Have now been corrected. We're also trying different drive teams each match. All of our 2013 on-season drive team graduated.

1310 is also having some issues with shooting low, though they're getting better.

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3015 and 1507 are also decently strong.

3044's human player is pretty impressive.

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Winning match scores are fairly low. 60-70ish.

There are many teams out there who could singlehandedly win matches here.

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Alliance Selections:

1: 191 610 1511 F
2: 4039 1334 3951 W
3: 20 3173 578 SF
4: 1559 1241 3003 QF
5: 3015 340 4001 SF
6: 3044 1507 174 QF
7: 250 1310 1126 QF
8: 4930 4343 2791 378 QF

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That #1 seed is STRONG!

They were lucky to grab 1511 as their last pick. We chose them at another off-season competition (Where's Wolcott). We were the 7th seed captain and we chose them as our last pick. They sometimes are forgotten about but I can truly say the 50 point climb they put up almost every match was essential to us becoming finalists (against the 1st seed).

I would bet money the 1st seed will win (unless something goes wrong)

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1511 has yet to climb above 10 pts today.

4039/1334 will give them a solid run for their money.

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Match results:

QF 1-1, 1v8, red wins, 130-51. No penalties. 10 climb points to each alliance.

QF 2-1, 4v5, blue wins, 117-59. No penalties. 40 climb points to blue. 0 to red. 3 discs in the blue pyramid goal.

QF 3-1, 2v7, red wins, 153-68, 40 red/20 blue climb points, blue penalty for entering field too early after match. 6 penalty points total awarded to red.

QF 4-1, 3v6, red wins, 109-79, 10 climb points each, no penalties.

QF 1-2, 1v8, red wins, 192-72, 40 red/10 blue climb points, 3 penalty points awarded to red. 1511 climb +dumped for the first time today.

<timeout alliance 4>

QF 2-2, 4v5, red wins, 128-109, 50 red/30 blue climb points, no penalties. (Strictly speaking, I'd argue 1559 shouldn't have been allowed to play. They missed the buzzer at the end of their timeout.)

QF 3-2, 2v7, blue wins, 86-73, 10 red/20 blue climb points, no penalties. 1126 tipped 1334 playing clean defense early in the match.

QF 4-2, 3v6, blue wins, 95-79, 10 red/20 blue climb points, no penalties.

QF 2-3, blue wins, 116-115, 30 red/50 blue climb points, 3 penalty points awarded to red.

QF3-3, 2v7, red wins, 98-22, 10 climb points each, no penalties. 1310's floor pickup jammed their shooter in auto

<timeout alliance 3>

QF 4-3, 3v6, red wins, 84-54, 10 climb points each, no penalties. 20 lost communications for most of the match

SF 1-1, 1v5, blue wins, 134-107, 30 red/50 blue climb points, no penalties. 610 didn't fire in auto, 191 sat no comms for most of the match. Same driver station as 20 in QF 4-3.

SF 2-1, 2v3, red wins, 135-100, 20 red/10 blue climb points, 6 penalty points awarded to blue. 3951 didn't seem to have any problems with the suspect drivers station.

SF 1-2, 1v5, red wins, 131-105, 20 red/40 blue climb points, no penalties. 1511 fell in mid-climb when 191 tried to hang on their pyramid.

<timeout alliance 2>

SF 2-2, 2v3, red wins, 198-84, 40 red/10 blue climb points, 20 penalty points awarded to red.

SF 1-3, 1v5, red wins, 148-124, 40 red/50 blue climb points, no penalties. 191 dead at start of auto till about 90s remaining in match

F 1, 1v2, blue wins, 128-61, 10 red/20 blue climb points, 3 penalty points awarded to red. 1334 had climber problems, 610's right side drive unit failed after a tussle with 3951. 1511 couldn't get lined up for their climb.

<timeout alliance 1>

F 2, 1v2, blue wins, 141-73, 10 red/40 blue climb points, no penalties. (like 1559 earlier, 610 didn't make it back from their timeout in time, but was allowed to play.)

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QF4-2, 3173 had no comm the whole match.
Also, Alliance 3 never used our timeout. We almost had to, but we didn't.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to add my congratulations!

Congrats to the victors, 4039, 1334, and 3951.
4039- You guys were consistent all day, and you put up some mad points.
1334- You guys are incredible. 'Nuff said.
And 3951- I had no idea who you were, but you completely shut down 3173 in our semis, and that's not easy to do. Congrats on your win, you deserved it.

And to the finalists-
191- You guys were a surprise to seed 1st- but you were consistent all day, and the only robot to go 6-0 in quals. Nice job.
610- You guys are phenomenal. I already knew that, but strategizing with you in our qual match together was awesome. I thought for sure you guys had this comp in the bag.
1511- We were reeeeeally close to picking you over 578, and if you were a little shorter, we likely would have. But we didn't want our fullback blocking our FCS, sooooo.... I think it turned out pretty well for you guys, though!

Fantastic job to everyone, and what a fun competition that was.
And I apologize to all for being THAT alliance captain that picks a team that was already picked. I felt rather bad after that. :D

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Our thanks and congratulations to the organizing committee for running such a fantastic Ruckus. Well done. The new venue is great. We hope it the event will be in the same place next year.

Our thanks as well to 4039 for picking us for the #2 alliance and to 3951 for joining us.

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Anyone got any videos?

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Yes. I got some behind-the-glass videos during quals, and videos of Team 20's elim matches. I am uploading them to youtube as we speak.
Here's a link to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRk...2Vj1oPDxorHqLg

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MakeShift would like to thank the organizers and volunteers of Ruckus '13 for a putting on a great event. From the warm welcome to the spooky atmosphere, the whole thing was well-organized and fun. For any teams considering traveling to Ruckus next year, we highly recommend it!

It was an honour to play in the finals against the X-Cats (191), the Coyotes (610) , and Rolling Thunder (1511).

Thanks to the Red Devils (1334) and the Suits (3951) for being amazing alliance partners.

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Congrats to 4039, 1334 and 3951. Well deserved victory!

I am uploading some of 610's matches this afternoon. Here is one of our better matches... :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ8JqISih_A

Cheers!