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Re: Thank you 148, 1678, and 2990!

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Originally Posted by Landonh12 View Post
I wasn't told directly, but our drivers told me that the alliance leaders (148 and 1678) wanted to see how 2990 did and judge which bot was best to put on the field. It was their decision and we fully respect that.

We had some trouble with our intake. Our intake motor had a key that sheared twice in Hopper elims. It sheared when there was any considerable contact or outside force applied to our intake arm. Since our main strategy was to feed boulders to our alliance and starve the opponents (see: QF1-2 270 to 130, 24 high goals scored by our alliance), it was fully acceptable for the alliance to sub out a bot that had trouble with the main mechanism they were using. (Though, we don't know if this was a reason behind it, as nothing was said about our intake.)

No hard feelings here. 364 fully understands the situation and we are thankful that 148, 1678, and 2990 were able to make it to semis on Einstein.
Both 364 and 2990 were almost equally ranked in our draft--you were the #1 and #3 robots on our 2nd pick list for the feeder/defender role. I was so glad to see both of you get to play very significant roles in our alliances success. We look forward to seeing you next year!

BTW, I have a particular soft spot for PNW bots given my family connection to the Skunks. I loved having 2990 on our alliance, making them the first PNW team to play on Einstein (and 364's first was awesome too.)
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