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Yes, but the beauty of 1983's breach was that they completed it with 62 seconds left, climbed the tower, and won. I appreciate the self-breach but I think these robot performances were quite different.

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Definitely some impressive stuff from both teams. Not trying to discredit any teams, a 60 second breach is very impressive. I just wanted to put out another instance of a team with two dead robots breaching. Also had 2046 scored that initial auto point they would have tied 1983's solo score.

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You guys were great in that match! That was the furthest a team has ever jumped up in my pick list in the last qualification match.

How do you line up for a shot? Do you have a camera? What were you working on during the competition to get it tuned up?

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I definitely agree. This was an amazing match, probably the best I've seen since it was so competitive. It literally went down to the wire where we made it on the batter at the last second and the announcer thought Blue Alliance won. It was a thrilling match and honestly honored to be a part of it, even though we did lose by the smallest of margins.

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My favorite match so far has got to be Q67 of PNW Auburn Mountainview. We, 3238, were down one robot on our alliance and in one match managed to complete six crossings and make six shots in the high goal. Even after that we only managed to win by 4 points with a shot and park in the last 5 seconds of the match after fumbling with the ball for a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMFQ0314TJw

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Thanks for the compliment! For lining up for the shot, we have a Microsoft Lifecam that is lined up so that the top 'prong' of the shooter is virtually in the center of the picture when it is lining up, so we know exactly where to shoot it. We are working on getting our cycle time down, as sometimes it takes 20 seconds to line up, which has a lot of room for improvement.

For what we were working on during competition to get it 'tuned in', it basically required fixing the structure of the shooter. The bottom 'prong' that basically points to the true location of where the ball should go (the top prong is just for aesthetics) got bent slightly down in one of our early qualification matches. This was because we hadn't tuned in the flow control fittings correctly on our shooter lift piston (we have a two position shooter, one up position for shooting and one down position for intaking), which meant that the shaft collar that stopped the shooter from going down too far was getting pushed further down until the shooter was scraping on the ground. We didn't have a long enough of a break to fix the problem during quals on Friday, so after the last match, we worked to get it back into place and added a stronger corner bracket to make sure it wouldn't happen again. Once that was fixed, on Saturday, we actually were 100% at getting the ball to go into the goal. It did, however, come out of the goal twice during the first quarterfinal match.



I would also like to add my own contribution to the thread. There are two matches that stand out to me as being very exciting matches, even though one of them shows a little bias from me.

First, I would like to nominate SF 2-1. There was a dual breach, dual capture, which was the only time this happened during Southfield.


Second, partially due to personal bias, partially because its an exciting match to watch, I would like to nominate QF 1-2. This match came down to one boulder, even though the score may not show it. The 8 alliance needed one more boulder to capture, and when the match ended, behind the glass, I thought we had won the match. However, when the score came up, we found out that the 1 alliance had captured, which meant that we had lost. We had alumni who had been watching the webcast calling us because they thought we had pulled an upset. If you look at Dan Ernst's photos from the event, you can see our exact reaction when the score came up :ahh:

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This was the 2vs7 Quarterfinal in Lake Superior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuo3d4ewS0g

We knew that Nevis 3102 could knock out the defenses on their own as could Esko 5690 (for the Red Alliance). So it came down to us (4607) playing defense versus 2052 KnightKrawler. They put Fridley (2227) on anti-defense and it worked. We struggled to stop 2052.

A little history on 4607 and 2052: In 2013 at the MN state championships 2052 and 4607 were on the same alliance when we won the banner. In 2014 at state 4607 led the alliance against 2052, 2175, and 4778 in the state finals and lost. Later that year (2014), 2052, 1816, and 4607 teamed up to win MRI.

At Lake Superior 2052 and 4607 were in the same section and the noise was deafening. We have strong connections with 2052 and we respect them as much as any team. We also work well with 5690 - their alliance captain. So when we were paired against the both of them - it was bittersweet. In the heat of getting ready, we wound the winch the wrong way and could not climb. We lost that one - climbing wouldn't have mattered.

Regardless, this was one of the best matches I have seen for defense.

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If we had stayed on the batter we would've had a capture and won. Did I ruin the match for you? I can't watch that one.

It was some solid defense. We essentially turned the eventual finalists into an alliance with only 1 scoring robot. 2052 was the only one getting boulders in the tower. Right strategy, but broken robots have a tendency to influence matches.

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They were great matches for sure and our alliance got a bit lucky to escape quarters... I was bummed after we knocked you guys out during quarters because the alliance of 2526, 3102, and 4607 was well built and could of done some serious damage throughout eliminations. Good luck at North Star 4607 CIS! You guys have done great things throughout the MN FRC community and I hope our connections between teams stay strong!

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I think if we played 100 matches with those alliances it would be 50-50. By far the most competitive alliance matchup in the Lake Superior Playoffs.