4296 here,
We had a lot of fun this regional, and finally being able to give some sort of showing at the Wisconsin regional this year (9th of 60) in comparison to last year (45th of 57). We also showed that defense can really help win games, being able to place 9th by playing almost solely defense/intake every single qualifier match. On that note, if anyone happens to have video of Quarter Final 4-Match 3, I would LOVE to see it... I was concentrated so much on defense of that last autonomous goal that I didn't actually see any of the rest of the match... I honestly don't even remember the score/how close it was or anything haha.
Congratulations to 1732, 2202, and 2481 for their victory... we ended up getting a lot closer than we thought we would facing you guys 2 vs 3 for a majority of our match in our second match in the semi-finals.(A MASSIVE thank you to 167 for this and their carry of scoring for us, while we remained on defense).
It was well fought by both alliances in the finals and I enjoyed being able to watch both matches. I can't wait to see you all again in St. Louis
Thank you for the alliance selection by 2530 and 167, we are glad to have continued strengthening 4296's bond with 167 from CIR and now through Wisconsin and hope to continue to form stronger bonds with the rest of the teams that we meet. We apologize about not being able to load a ball for autonomous for our last two matches; the reason for it was due to a pneumatics leak prior to the first match that we were not able to fix with the whole timeout problem, and when we were able to fix the leak between the matches, we were then short on time to actually pressurize our system. All I know of from the problems that 2530 was having was a battery problem the very first match in Quarters, and something regarding a motor controller for semis, didn't really ask for a more in depth response, there wasn't much need. Everyone had fought as hard as they could and I am extremely proud of our alliance and how well we had competed and worked together.
Thank you everyone for the great regional, hope to see some more of you guys later in St. Louis!