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FRC #0461 (Westside Boiler Invasion)
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Re: Favorite FIRST Memories

Mine was a couple of months ago at C.A.G.E. Match. I believe we were in the semifinals, paired of with 234 and 1555. Two other teammates and I had been rotating positions (driver, operator, human player (trident!)). This round, i was the operator, in charge of possessing soccer balls, shooting, and hanging. A robot on the opposing alliance never had communication for some reason so they basically parked themselves on the hill by the left goal (driver station view). We were in the middle zone, and there was a ball against the left side wall, and it was the only one close, so the driver went over to it, parallel to the side wall. He ran into it, and i ran the roller, we possessed it, and then the driver started turning towards the goals (still driver station view), assuming the next step was go over to the right side wall to score on the empty goal. I however, had a different idea in mind, and when he started to rotate (mecanum wheels), i fired the ball towards the left goal. It took one bounce on the ground, and then slid right through the little gap on the side in between the robot and the wall, then hit the ramp, and then went in. The crowd went crazy, and it was the first time all day the entire crowd stood up and cheered altogether for something (excluding national anthem, etc.). Being a Freshman, this feeling of pride and accomplishment was tripled. I hope i can accomplish a single play of that magnitude again. So far, that's my favorite memory, but i'm sure it will be topped.
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