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Originally Posted by Frenchie461
Galileo 254/111/973 ( I think that 1114 will give them a run for their money, but 254 is better than 1771)
final 1717's alliance vs 254's alliance with 254 winning
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There is no question that 254 was better than 1771. In fact, there were several teams that were better. 1771 enjoyed a favorable match schedule where we really should have gone undefeated. (we forgot to turn on the minibot in the first match and were quite rusty since our drivers had not touched the controls for 6 weeks prior to our first match). 254, 111 and 1114 were all awesome, but with 111 and 1114 both outside the top 8 we could do nothing to break up an eventual killer alliance that we felt would probably end up going all the way (as they did). We chose 1114 because we felt they would give us the best chance to succeed. We didn't play as well as we could have during the elims, and we had some minibot issues. I know that 1114 was disapointed with the outcome, as were we. Congratulations to 254, 111, and 973, as well as a big thank you to 1114 and 294 for doing their best.
I also have to give props to my kids. Our driver was a senior, driving for the second year, and our manipulator was a junior in his first year as drive team member. They did an outstanding job under difficult circumstances. Those two, plus one more student and two college mentors were almost the whole team. There were three other kids (all freshmen) involved in the build and championship travel team, and they had a total robot budget of about $3,000. To accomplish what they did with what they had was nothing short of amazing. Austin, Matt, Emily, Prerak, Ashay and Erika, you guys are awesome.
edit: Oh yeah, and to the team that made a point to run over and tell us that if picked, you would decline: thanks, but you were never on our list.