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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
5279: Despite our rough performance for much of the competition, you believed in us and trusted that we could pull through as your alliance partner for eliminations. We were extremely happy to play with such a consistent, well built robot. The matching red, white, and blue robots added a nice touch to our alliance. Congrats on your first win!
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Thanks, we had our eyes on you guys all weekend hoping you would get everything straightened out in time for eliminations. You really hit your stride Saturday morning, and kept it up all day. I mentioned it to your other mentors, but your pit crew was extremely impressive during eliminations. I have been involved with a lot of teams, but few have seemed has well prepared for Saturday afternoon as you guys were.
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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
About the Eliminations:
The eliminations at the Central Virginia Event gave us some of the hardest fought matches that we've ever played. There was a very competitive level of play from the opposition in all of our matches. Quarters was exciting to watch and semis had the whole team on the edges of their seats. After the conclusion of finals #1, we knew that 401 was having drivetrain issues. 5279 was having their own issues trying to fix a broken manipulator on their robot. It came to my attention that 401 needed more time to fix their drive belt. I went to the alliance Captain and asked him about using our timeout. He agreed. He then proceeded to talk to field staff. He was informed that the request was placed too late and there would not be another timeout. When 401 did not make it on the field my drive team was totally bummed. One of them said, “This does not feel the same as Blacksburg. This feels wrong.” There are those who feel the red alliance did not do enough to assist 401. We did EVERYTHING in our power to give them more time. We all wish 401 could have been on the field. If it were up to us, they would have been there. The rules did not allow it. 1086 can’t wait to play with and against 401 in College Park. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Agreed 100%, after very exciting semi finals and finals match 1, it was deflating to play the last finals match against a 2 robot alliance. We wanted to take the timeout, get our robot right, and give 401 a chance to get back out there. Unfortunately the rules wouldn't allow it. We are looking forward to playing with and against all the teams in College park.