Oh let's see...
2001 (my first year): Failed to make the elims at any of our events. We finished 11th in our division at Epcot but weren't selected. Plus, you know, Diabolical Dynamics FML.
2002 CMP: We faced off against 60 in the semifinals - this was one of the legendary bots back in the day. Picking up two huge goals with their beastly arms and swinging them around like a mace. Knowing what 60 was capable of, we decided to have some fun and slam into the center goal as quickly as possible at match start to see if we could disrupt their goal latching. Well...the collision was pretty awesome. 60's arm ended up breaking (they had a replacement and fixed it before the next match), but they still locked onto the goal and were able to win the match with their beastly drivetrain. Our extruded aluminum t-slot frame (item material) was not happy after that match. The next year, and every year since, we've used welded aluminum tubing in our base frames and haven't looked back.
2003 Buckeye: Short wheelbase plus tall leading edge of bot plus king of the hill ramp with opponents waiting at the top = on your backside frequently. A pneumatic wheelie bar fixed that issue, and we actually had a solid season after that. That bot was pretty beastly - our first application of a shift on the fly dog-gear transmission, patterned after 45's shared design. Too bad that robot was stolen recently. Losers.
Losing with 1114 and 1006 in the 2004 Canadian Regional finals, after winning the equivalent of a regional at the first ever 2-field super regional. This was also simultaneously my best event experience ever.
Losing with 1114 and 70 in the 2006 Curie elims.
The entire 2010 season, including our North Carolina Regional win, which was only accomplished through smoke, mirrors, and liberal application of zip ties. Oh yeah, we managed to coerce 1519 into kicking a soccer ball into Dean Kamen's face while playing defense against them. It's on YouTube. That was interesting.
Not picking 16 at the 2012 CMP kinda sucked.
I feel like I'm missing something.....oh yeah,
that. Well we don't need to bring that up again. But it would be the #1 worst experience overall, for me personally and many others. The sad thing is we were
that close to having it be one of the greatest experiences in team history.