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Originally Posted by Purple
Thanks, Chris! After a difficult match schedule and a field issue because our driver station was logged in as both developer and driver, we ended up 5-5.
That being said, Team 11 is so thankful to 1730's great scouting for this year's CRAZY alliance selection to put together a group of robots that meshed so well! There's not a more exciting feeling than putting up the highest score in the Newton Elims against teams I've idolized since I started FIRST.
Props to 217/1503 for besting us in the SFs, your teams are amazing and we couldn't have lost to better robots than yours!
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rankings don't mean anything, we picked the 35th (2122) and the 37th (11). and i think we proved that it's not about which robot's the best, it's about who works well as a team. the guys at 2122 were awesome. people talk about sleepers, and they were it. myself and a few others were waiting to get on the practice field while 2122 was practicing. they were hanging like mad and we brought it up to our scouts' attention. i however had not seen 11 until we competed with them. they were also great and had the same shirts as us
with all of our regional/national history it seems unfair that we had to play against cyber blue (234). getting our first regional win at boilermaker, and then seeing you again last year there and in kc, along with always being in your devision in nationals has always been nice. playing with you last year on an alliance in division finals was awesome. i was nervous myself that we were playing you guys and our idols at 148. i was with those who thought we were the underdogs and would never make it as far as we did. i couldn't take my eyes off of 148's robot when we played our one match together, that thing was one solid piece of engineering. it's one thing to look at it online, but seeing it in person was even better.
i would also like to thank Paul Copioli for his dedication to a fair competition, any mentor who extends an offer to help an opponent robot get fixed on a timeout should be recognized. that is the true spirit of gracious professionalism. after that outreach to help, losing to your alliance was ok in my book.