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Originally Posted by Craig Roys
Whew!!! It only took us until our 8th year to finally win an event! This robot surprised even us...we came in not sure at all what it could do and we certainly didn't expect the performance we got from it. Of course, we couldn't have done it without the help of 33 and 4779...thank you for helping us form a tremendous alliance! Also thanks/congratulations to 51, 3414, and 3604 for the fight you guys gave us in the finals. You definitely had us a little scared after the 2nd match.
Congratulations to 548 on their Chairman's Award win and to 2834 for winning Engineering Inspiration.
Lastly, there have been many people in the FIRST community who have told me or members of our team that they were pulling for us to finally win an event...I want to thank all of you for the support. It was nice to know that someone was noticing our accomplishments and wanted us to get rewarded for it.
Now we begin preparations for Grand Blanc, but first I think I need a day to sleep and bask in the glow of being an event champion.  |
You guys deserved the win, you have a very good robot. The choice of 33 was very good, their 5 to 7 disc autonomous is hard to overcome. We tried to keep up with you guys but to no such luck. I was even just surprised we where able to make it out of the first round against both 494 and 67 with their great robots as always with their full court shooters.
This years competition is a lot of fun to watch and there where a lot of great robots at Waterford. When we see the losing alliance in some qualification match score 90+ points and lose without penalties you know there are good robots there.