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Re: Fingerlakes Regional:2014

2791 had a great time at the Finger Lakes Regional! Even though we haven't competed here in six years, teams still graciously welcomed us to this regional like we'd always been there. FLR is an exciting event and one of the most competitively level events I've been to.

I'd like to thank 341 for picking us and 4930 for joining our alliance. After our disappointing performance at Tech Valley, no one had any idea where we would end up getting picked at Finger Lakes. Our goal was to play our truss shooting and assist game as much as possible, hoping a smart finisher would take notice, and that's exactly what happened. The entire alliance needed to play at the absolute top of their game to beat the powerhouse alliance of 1507 / 20 / 378, and while we couldn't quite get past them we still put up a valiant, exciting effort. Thanks again for the opportunity to play with you guys in elims; I hope we get the chance to do that again someday.

Special mention goes to 1592 and 2340 for helping us out with parts when we broke our bumpers Friday afternoon. Right after playing a match against us, we noticed one of our bumper corners was dangling off the robot, and we only had two matches to fix it. 1592 quickly got us some aluminum angle to make a quick reinforcement. After the next match, we used more aluminum angle and plate to strengthen all of our bumper corners. Thanks to 2340 for getting us as many wood screws as we could possibly need in exactly the right size!

The winning alliance of 1507, 20 and 378 was incredible. These are some of the smartest teams in FIRST in terms of strategy and it showed on the field. Who else would use their alliance partner as a stand in for a low goal??? Incredible strategy If we can't win it all, it's always great to watch 20, undoubtedly our best friends in FRC, win as usual. There's no doubt in my mind at this point that 20 is a powerhouse team - they have won 4 of the last 5 regionals they have attended, with their only regional loss being the result of having to play with the shakiest team in the region . If 20 and 1507 aren't on your radar going into Champs, watch out - there's a good chance one of these great machines will be on Einstein.

I'll wrap things up now (something about "a test in 4 hours..."), but I did want to give special mention to 3044. They didn't have quite the smooth start they had at RPI, but this team is learning more and more how to find a way to win on any alliance. This is their third Finals appearance in 3 years, and certainly not the last. We look forward to playing with you guys again soon.

This event is the end of 2791's regular season, but we are hoping to get in to IRI this year. If we're really lucky, we'll see some of you guys there, if not, the Ruckus is just six short months away...
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--2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
-- 2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design -- 2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
-- 2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
-- 2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 MN 10K Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
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