As I read through this entire thread and all the responses/comments within it, I must conclude in my opinion, in which this story is truly incredible. With myself being apart of team 2640, which is based only an hour or so away from 900, I have gotten the chance to collaborate with the Zebracorns before competition, and playing against them during the Quarterfinals at NC in 2014, and recently fighting it out in the Finals at the 2015 North Carolina Regional as well.
This story is truly significant by itself, but even more important for what is being introduced to FIRST in 2017. I'm sure as every FIRST participant knows by now, that there will be two Championships starting in 2017. For most teams, the most important part of Championship (next to winning
) is the experience of getting to be around hundreds of teams and getting the opportunity to strategize and collaborate with teams from different countries, and different coasts.
With the new Championship setup approaching in 2017, these types of stories could be restricted, due to the designated locations for teams who qualify for championship. For example, just depending on what Championship 1114 gets placed in, 900 may not have the chance to collaborate with them again, and as we all are becoming aware of now, their collaboration this past week was a true beauty of engineering and teamwork.
I am extremely glad that a team so close to home (900) was able to experience the chance to play/collaborate/strategize with hundreds of different teams and was able to partner up with 148, 1114, 1923, in which they made a great run at Championship.
I applaud 900 and their teammates for the accomplishments they achieved. We look forward to seeing/collaborating with 900 in future events during the season and throughout the offseason!