Finally got a chance to catch up on some much-needed sleep.
What a weekend it was. We started off Saturday by breaking one of our transmissions in our first match (I'm not the guy to ask about it, but it sounds like a 43-tooth somehow got worn down), causing us to not move in our next match and work on our robot through the following one. Thanks so much to MORT for helping us get some replacement parts. We made it back on the field just in time for our fourth match - in which our intake fell off. Needless to say, between all of that and some other mechanical issues, our spirits weren't too high.
Thanks so much to 1257 and 5624 for having faith in us and picking us for your alliance. We've gotten a lot of compliments about our defense in the eliminations, but it truly was a team effort, and we won it together. Can't wait to see you both again at Bridgewater-Raritan in a few weeks.
Huge congrats to 5624, 303, and 1923 on well-deserved Judges, EI, and Chairman's Awards. It was great to see all of our friends again, and we wish everyone the best of luck in the weeks to come. And Libby and 1923, we are so glad that everyone is okay after your retelling of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" on Sunday morning.
1676's full-field footage of all of the Qualification and Elimination Matches, as well as the Alliance Selection and Awards Ceremony, has been posted on our YouTube Channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...JjWTkBn920n6Jy. We hope you enjoy, and apologies for the view being partially blocked by our team standing up in certain elimination matches...we were, well, excited
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P.S. MORT, very few things beat the feeling of looking in awe at the field with your awesome lighting and "Gold on the Ceiling" playing over the speakers. Thank you for putting on a great event year after year.