We were scouting this event before hand and of course knew about 2415 and 48. We thought it would be great to pair up with one in the eliminations. We hoped it would happen, but thought something would derail the opportunity. The changes we made from SC to NC allowed us to keep up and be competitive. I have a lot of thanks to give out...
281 Congrats on the EI. Maybe we can try to go to St. Louis together.
2655 Congrats on the RCA. You beat out some very good teams in this category (not ours yet). Hope to also see you at worlds.
342 I came to your pit several times to get the new elevator gearbox put together. When other teams asked for help, I was the middle man coming to your pit for some rookies that needed parts. You guys really improved from SC to NC as well. I hope you still get to go to worlds and will miss you if you don't
343 Mark Jones really made an effort to make sure we were ok and tried to help when ever he could. There were lots of behind the scenes acts of GP that helped us get ready for NC, and have a blazing fast minibot. Thanks.
48 We didn't interact as much with your team as I had hoped we would. Your team was very inspiring and sets an example of where other teams would like to be.
3506 Yeti! I had watched several regionals and looked at the winning alliances. I thought about when the top two teams paired up and then picked a third team. Usually they would pick a rookie to give them a free ride into worlds. At least that what I thought before. Yes it's true that the field gets smaller when the alliance selection comes back around, but 3506 was truly that hidden gem. We looked at them for their ability to hang the ubertube and be dependable. Thanks for being part of our team, and we look forward to seeing you in St. Louis.
2415 There was a movie that recently came out called "Faster." That is how I would describe your robot. We tried to build a competitive robot and thought we were doing a good job. Then you see a robot like this one. You're the reason we also tried to be "Faster." Thanks for picking us in the elimination. Do you have a picture of the exploded circuit breaker?
The Volunteers I was worried a little bit when I heard the pit announcer on Thursday ask if anybody would like to pit announcements for the event. If this event was short handed you never knew it. Everything was run very well, and the volunteers were very helpful to a lot of the rookie teams I'm sure.
If the schedule allows it, NC will be on our list next year!
