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Originally Posted by Greg Leighton

Ah yes, this is true, they did have bridge points (I was thinking mainly about shooting). They were a good support bot.

Team 3601 couldn't shoot. I was one of the student who were scouting around the pits for a good second pick. I was particularly attracted to team 3601 because they could balance well and could tip the bridge. However, I noticed that a lot of robots at Kettering were a fender shooter, so I was looking for a robot with 4 CIMs in the drivetrain and a good choice of wheels (no nylon or rubber) to play defense. Team 3601 matched this description and amazingly enough, not too many other teams had 4 CIMs in the drivetrain at Kettering. Sadly, my alliance never took the defensive position during the elims. Beyond this, I also eyed 3601 because I already had the idea of having 3601 spit balls into our robot during Hybrid period to score 24 points. Team 862 was originally going to run into the bridge at an angle to get the balls off the coopertition bridge until some brilliant person decided to have them shoot their balls into 3601's mega-hopper.

Back to topic, I honestly think that team 1477 should have ranked higher than 148 and 118, which were both very impressive robots. Team 2337 should have been on par with team 33, as team 2337 was a highly accurate robot with their shooting. Finally, team 341 should have been ranked #1 due to their exceptionally high level of shooting.