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your robot this year is pretty amazing and I wouldn't expect anything less from one of my idolized mentors in first, great job at reading 246....

I have a scouting story of my own to share that happened at Pioneer Valley.

This shows an example of what extensive scouting can do. on Friday 2168 Aluminum Falcons wasn't highly impressive, they struggled alot. Many teams clearly cut them from there scouting that night. We always give teams at-least one shot on Saturday for improvement.( And because it's one of my personal favorite teams in NE) 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 3rd on our list of teams.

come alliance selections we were picked by the number 8 seed 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 must have stopped scouting because 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 6th 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 one of if not 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.
my personal scouting of 2168 over the course of the weekend:
Friday morning:
No auto, drives around
Friday afternoon:
moves single tote into auto zone, tried stacking from loader station iffy.
Saturday morning:
Single tote Auto three 2 stacks from landfill
Saturday afternoon last qual match:
Single tote auto 4 2 stacks 1 three stack in Teleop placing them third on our list.

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.