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at NE pioneer valley, showed an example of what extensive scouting can do. on Friday 2168 wasn't highly impressive, they struggled alot. many team clearly ended up cutting them from there scouting that night, we always give teams at-least one shot on Saturday for improvement. there first match out on Saturday was impressive and was 100% better then Friday so we continued scouting them and by the end of Qualifying they were 3 on our list of teams.

come alliance selections we were a number 8 alliance and 2168 was still available for our third pick, we told our alliance captain that this was an absolute steal to grab as a partner but they had no info on them, and as the alliance captain they made the decision to pick someone else. 2168 ended up being picked as the 3rd member of the 6 alliance.
2168 ended up being the only team at the event to get a 3 tote stack autonomous which they showed off for the first time in eliminations, a well as being able to cap up too 5 high which wasn't previously shown. 2168 ended up being THE CRUCIAL piece of this alliance and propelled them to a blue banner. for sure on of the best robots at the event.
for a team with this capability to fall to a late 3rd round pick goes to show teams shouldn't stop scouting Friday night.

GREAT job to 2168 well deserved blue-banner for a very very very long weekend for you guys! looking forward to competing at Rhode island with you in a couple weeks.