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Re: Top 5 Teams In Your State/Area before CHAMPS
North Carolina
I usually dont bite on comparative threads but there are just too many excellent things to say about the teams this year.
In numerical order and excluding my own team:
1533- Triple Strange - I took one look at this robot at the first District Competition in Guilford and knew it was the perfect alliance partner for 3506 once they got everything working well -we would not get to test that until 6 weeks later at State Championships.
Absurd Swank drive system that works very well for breaching and certainly the most reliable climber in NC to boot (they made the top 10 climber list in the world too). When they are tuned, their high goal shooting locks in their wins. Happy we got this team as our first pick at State Champs and even happier that this team got their first two blue banners this season.
2642 - Pitt Pirates - Fast and solid breacher, a decent high goal shooter, and can probably push every team out of their way. Also a strong District Chairman's Award winning team with a sweet pit.
2655 - Flying Platypi - Most consistent performance and sturdiest robot in NC. A low goal and defense breaching beast with an excellent drive team that always pushes the clock to the limit and they almost always make the right play. Out of the District Chairman's Award winners, they were the team we feared losing to the most on and off the field and for good reason. A solid team this year!
4290 - Bots of War - We won our first event with them because they are the most underrated, tiny at 95 lbs, and terrifying low goal robot in NC. This is the only team in NC that can down the tower alone and still breach a couple of defenses along the way. When I say fast, I don't mean so fast they slam into stuff trying to steer, they have control of that speed and use it well. They are the fastest breacher in the state when they are not slamming balls into the tower and when they get their climber on their robot for Champs, they will be even more terrifying. Say goodbye to your tower around this team because this is the robot that can do what most low bar teams wish they could do.
4561 - Terrorbytes - "Blinding light of high goal scoring". This team is probably the best outer works shooter in the state and we had the pleasure of making it to finals with them at the Campbell University District event. Their robot is very short, skates under the Portcullis, and can tackle any defense you throw at it quickly. Built solid, they have a great machine this year.
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2015 NC Regional Chairman's Award
2016 NC Guilford District Event Winner
2016 NC Guilford District Chairman's Award
2016 NC District Championship Winner
2016 NC Regional Chairman's Award
2016 NC Woodie Flowers Award Finalist - Lia Schwinghammer
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