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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman
Then coming back to Curie in 2013, seeing 1678 seeded 1st on Saturday morning and struggling to connect with someone that was incharge of alliance selection. Too bad we never connected with Mike, we might have been able to make a compelling case to pick us... but, that didn't happen and they beat our alliance in 3 hard fought matches of the division finals.
-Adam
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You don't know how close you came to being on our alliance in 2013. Only a last minute decision swapped you and 148 in our draft order. We would have been overjoyed to have either one of you on our alliance. As it was we had given 4814 our draft list because they had no scouts at the competition so of course you were their first choice! (Almost did ourselves in!
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Working with such highly experienced teams like 67, 148, 118, 862, 1114, 1640 really lifts our game. I start feeling that we have so much figured out and then I go into a session with them and see how much more we need to do to catch up. Working with these teams is a great learning experience.
And the flip side is the reward of working with rookie and 2nd year teams, which we've really concentrated on this year. Watching 5310 turn into a competitive team was the most satisfying experience last year, even more than making it to Einstein. That we helped 2 rookie teams and a 2nd year make it to Champs this year, and took a 2nd year team to Einstein is such a reward. The competition is fund, but the cultural engineering is even more rewarding. Thanks to all of the teams that have made this such a great experience.