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Re: 2013 Sacramento Regional
Congrats again to Team 2489, the Insomniacs, and Team 3189, the Circuit Breakers and thank you for selecting us to join your alliance. This was the first trip to the eliminations for 2489 and to lead the alliance to a regional win was spectacular. After the alliance picking was complete, our team began looking at our scouting data through 90 qualification matches. The alliance of 2489, 3189, and 701 all had average offensive scores in the top 5 of the regional! 3 of the top 5 offensive robots, end up on the same alliance? We ran predictions of all the possible elimination rounds, and the only alliance that had odds of beating us was the number one seed 1662, 1678, and 3256. Of course these odds are based off of averages during qualification, so understand that some of the teams got off to a slow start, but finished strong. There were some tough breaks for some serious contenders as well. 1678's shooter stopped working during quarterfinals, 971 had an issue during the semi's that left it disabled on the field (sorry we ran over your intake while trying to get back across the field - it wasn't intentional), 3256 getting a technical in the quarters. But luckily the consistency of our alliance prevailed. The alliance of 2489, 3189, and 701 was the smoothest operating alliance we have been a part of in my 13 years. They communicated so well with each other both on and off the field and impressed the heck out of me.
Congrats to Mark Edelman for the WFFA and for his team 2489 winning the regional. It is well deserved and long over due. You do so much for the FIRST community and we all thank you.
Congrats once again to 1868, the Space Cookies, for another well deserved RCA win.
Congrats to 4666, the RoboWolves, for winning the Rookie All Star. It is well deserved and I have no doubts that your team is on its way to becoming another Sacramento region powerhouse.
For my Team 701, thank you for a wonderful and memorable regional, to be a part of the winning alliance and winning Engineering Inspiration is incredible. You worked hard to get to this point and I am very proud of you.
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Last edited by Doug G : 24-03-2013 at 10:18.
Reason: added RAS
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