[kgargiulo]

This thread is a bit stale, but I'll post a follow up from St. Louis anyway because it tracks this topic so well.

We (4143) happened to be pitted next to 4082 in St. Louis. At the time we didn't know any of the history that's in this thread, we were just impressed at a rookie team of four able to build a robot and get themselves to St. Louis. Being a rookie team with the blessing of a lot more support we really felt the work and dedication those four students showed. It is impossible not to have a great deal of respect for any team that prevails under those circumstances.

When qualifying ended guess who was high seed rookie? That's right, 4082 at 12 or 13 (I forget). The FIRST spirit was definitely alive and well getting them there, most prominently from 1108 helping them get their bot into shape to play a great defensive role on alliances, so kudos to 1108 on extending a long history of helping others.

We realized that four picks within the top 8 meant that 4082 would have been an alliance lead and that with only four team members they probably had zero scouting data (which was true). Imagine being on the floor with the mic in your hand and having absolutely nothing on which to make a selection. Some of our students dropped their work and walked next door to unload all of our data on them, work up a selection list, and stayed with them during selections. 4082 was extremely grateful and gracious.

This isn't meant to be self-congratulatory, I'm just telling the story. The focus of this post should be on 4082 and 1108. Also not intending to slight any other team who helped 4082. I'm sure there were others.

If anyone knows how to get a hold of 4082 I'd like to follow up with them. I've found zero contact info in any database or web search that I've been able to run.