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Originally Posted by Twepeler
I know it's biased to put my own team but we have made very great strides in a short time. in the span of 2005-2008 we had never gone past qualifying. then in 2009 we made it to eliminations but didn't get passed quarterfinals. After that we went silent yet again all the way through 2014. In 2015 during the Indianapolis Event we became 8th seed alliance captain, made it to semifinals got red carded and didn't advance to finals despite having the points. At the Kokomo event of 2015 we were 6th alliance captain. In 2016 at the Walker Warren event we were 2nd pick of the 7th alliance, and lost in quarters. At the Perry Meridian Event we were 3rd Alliance captain and lost in semifinals to the winning alliance. At the Indiana State Championship we were 2nd pick for the 2nd seed alliance and won state. In just two years we made so much progress
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I'd agree although your breakout IMHO began in 2014... you guys even won two awards over the rapid improvement at Boilermaker Regional 2014. Mike Taylor got a WFFA and Alex Shutte was a Dean's list finalist. Off the field you guys have been great for longer (hosting CAGE match, etc.) but ever since 2014 you've been good on the field, too.
I'll also mark myself guilty of naming a team of past affiliation, by adding 1747 to the list. Back in the days I was involved and the two years before (2006-2010) we could build a solid drivetrain (as in pushing multiple opposing robots at once solid) but only once fielded a good offensive bot (2009). 2011, the first year of my absence, something changed, and they built a competitive bot and more importantly went from having low team spirit to winning a team spirit awards. Since then things have been up and down but last year they were a dark horse and this year were one of the best teams in Indiana (and that's saying something). It's a different team than the team I left, and different in a very good way.
Yeah, it's not like the rapid improvement of teams like 2481 or 1678, but it's the lesser examples that often get overlooked and warrant a mention.
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Dean's List Semi-finalist 2010
1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics 2008-2010, 2783 Engineers of Tomorrow 2011, Event Volunteer 2012-current
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