[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by Looking Forward

Ultimately, the winning alliance will be well rounded, flexible, robust, and lucky. Eliminations matches are as much about survival as they about beating the opponent. The winners will have relatively few failures along the way, and we be able to respond well to whatever is thrown at them.

This could not be more true. Getting through Einstein is a grind.

In 2008 our robot could barely score by the end. Battles with 1124 and 148 rendered a good scoring machine all but useless. In 2009 we smashed into 1717 in the Galieo finals. We had to make major repairs between Divisions and Einstein. In 2010, we were very close to pulling in a backup bot because 177 was having drivetrain issues. Last year the RS775 gremlins bit 781...and I believe 177 was again fighting really hard to resolve all of their issues too.

Pit crews better stay alert all weekend to potential issues and buds of issues, otherwise they will bite you at the worst possible time.

Good luck to all!