Our team got back to Massachusetts in the early hours of Sunday after an exciting time in South Carolina.
Firstly I'd like to join the voices applauding the choice of Myrtle Beach convention center. It was an outstanding venue: the pits were very spacious, the separate entrances for red & blue alliances made for easy flow of robots onto and off of the field, and proper seating in the stands made life much more comfortable for our scouts.
I'd also like to give a shout out to all the volunteers, especially the inspectors who did an awesome job with a maximum field of 65 teams in a week 1 regional and the practice field staff who were exceptional at keeping it both a safe and productive space.
Congratulations to all teams who performed well, especially 836, 4451 and the winning alliance of 11, 245 & 2187. It was a pleasure to be located between both Mort & Adambots in the pits and to see up close how well you prepare for each match. It's not a coincidence that the results reflected this.
Our robot did not perform as well as we hoped or expected, but our drive team did get plenty of practice removing a tenuously balanced robot from the top of the pyramid as we discovered that gravity is shockingly similar in South Carolina and New England. We worked out most of the gremlins from our machine and should have a very reliable climber ready for the Boston campaign.
Finally, despite our best efforts we proved to ourselves that it's hard to trip the main breaker just by adding more and more
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