[JesseK]

This was a fun event.

Thank You 1418 & 2537 for your amazing partnership. It was truly an all-around effort with 3 very versatile robots. 1418's bot was the key to how well offense in the Finals went. The strategy ideas both of you had in order to win Finals is what made them so much fun.

To 1731 & 225: I am now a believer of the 2-bot assist cycle. The speed at which you two could complete a single cycle was unparalleled. I came to the realization that the only way to come close to a win was to slow everything down. To you and 4464, congrats on your win! We will see you in St. Louis.

Some tidbits:
- The 3 northern Virginia teams in the finals were the 3 teams who were up and running great at the Chantilly Week 0 event.
- 1885 drove all of Saturday on 3 CIMs. We noticed we were sluggish but couldn't figure out why until the timeout between F-2 & F-3 when we noticed a cold CIM. This is why we couldn't fight through what had been pretty easy-to-get-around defense.
- After the event we found that the left rear drive train talon was dead. That's our first dead talon in 7 events.
- Big shout out to Silu Tang, who's amazing 'drive straight' routines kept our 1-ball autonomous going magnificently, even with the initial swerve of a 'dead' wheel on the left side. She's our lead student programmer and one of our Chairman's speakers.
- If your robot is shiny, it will be a defense magnet. In our match replay sessions, teams would defend us even though another bot was putting the ball up in the high goal.