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Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber
1023 congrats on EI and an awesome robot. I was very sad to hear we wouldn't get to face you in the finals.
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It was great to play with you, and not so great to play against you. Awesome bot and team, as always. Being the team that helped us get our first blue banner, you will always have a special place in our hearts!
We were looking forward to seeing what we could do against you as well, and a broken drivetrain was not anticipated. We will be overnighting some new parts, and hoping and praying they arrive before our noon departure on Wednesday to Pittsburgh! 2nd time we've had to bag our robot in pieces this year!
Changes will hopefully be tougher, though snapping the part we did just shows how tough this challenge is on bots. I'd advise all to really examine the hidden damage they may have incurred to their gear boxes prior to going out to a second event. Who knows which hit or defense was the final straw for our bot, but never seen that kind of damage. When we pulled ours apart, we found multiple broken parts.
Huge thanks to our awesome alliance. Wish we would've had a chance to see what we could do with all three of us working at the same time, but the fact that we made it through semis with one bot not shooting in one match, one bot tipped in one match, and one bot with a broken drivetrain in one match shows we worked very well together. Enjoyed working with you. Thanks to 3655 for picking us, 5048 for being an awesome and amazing second pick, and thanks to 5860 for stepping up when we had to remove ourselves!
Corsairs, you put on an awesome event! Thanks for the hard work! Nader fam, you are the best! Thanks for all you do for FIRST in Michigan!
Bruce, our amazing electronics mentor, and Waterford DJ/AV guy. thanks for all you do to make the event fun for all! Your sound effects are great, and we can't imagine competing without you, EVEN when you play Yoda Stop it Now!
To all the Waterford teams - It was fun playing with you! Great to see old robot friends, and make new ones!
Pittsburgh, here we come!