[aldowyn]

Representing Team 3507: It was a wild ride! We finally got all our electrical and mechanical issues fixed, and even had an effective arm (built in between KC and here), and it paid off. 8-2 isn't shabby at all. In any case, thanks to everyone who came for an awesome experience (OKC is amazing, I love the setup), and congrats to 3528, 1540, and 2395 on the win - though I wish we'd have been in your place. 5 seconds between us and a tiebreaker match... It would have been fantastic if we'd solved the range-finding programming problem so we could shoot from the key more effectively, but you can't argue with the most teleoperated points (According to FRC Spyder), I guess. (I'm really proud of our robot this year, can you tell?)

We've had an amazing second year, and we've gained a lot of valuable experience building such a competitive robot - including what we did wrong (practice field for autonomous and other programming jobs - necessary). I'm just a little sad that we couldn't give the seniors who joined this year a chance to go to St. Louis like we did last year - especially our drivers, who were also mechanical leads and really deserve some props. I'm thinking about seeing if some of us can go and just watch, though it'll be hard to get off school for that.

Finally, it looks like I'll probably be attending Tulsa University, so I'll be glad to see everyone next year - this time as a college mentor!


Go |_|botics!


P.S. I was the one with the N7 hoody with the red and white stripes yelling my lungs hoarse. Spent all my time in the stands because I usually only go down when there's a problem with the robot - a welcome change.