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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Let's not forget the magic tongue to reach into two zones at the same time.
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This was one of the coolest and most exciting moments of this year. There were minibots, motorized tape measures, and then there was 111's "tongue". Right when time hit 0, the “tongue” would roll out and it seemed to take a minute to cross the other side of the field (Zone 4 to Zone 1). Honestly it was more fun when it didn't work because you would hear the groans from the crowd in disappointment.
Don't mean to go on and on about this thread, but I think that a lot of people did not appreciate the immense amount of strategy that this game required. Remember that in qualifying, the winning alliance got 3x the losing alliances score. I remember at the Midwest Regional (when it was at Northwestern), that 71 placed somewhere in the bottom 50% because they would always shutout the opposing alliance.