[Nuttyman54]

In Washington, the first team that comes to mind is 2557 SOTAbots. They won the Seattle Olympic Regional in 2012, then...a lot of finalist appearances. Solid robots year in and year out and making playoffs at every event except 2015 DCMP, just never quite getting the gold.

2013 - Finalists at Central Washington Regional, the heartbreaker where they were announced as winners of the rubber match on tiebreakers before the decision was reversed due to a missed red frisbee in the 2pt goal.

2014 - Finalists at Auburn Mountainview, taking their timeout for their opponents to fix a robot before the 3rd match, then getting beaten. Followed that up with a finalists appearance at Eastern Washington, losing in 3 matches.

2015 - Finalists at West Valley once again going the distance to the rubber match but coming up short.

2016 - The finalist streak stays alive, this time going to the division finals on Curie with the #7 seed alliance. They lost in 2 matches by a combined 3 points.

With such a solid resume and getting so close (how many times can you go to 3 matches in the finals and not get the breaks?) I just have to feel like it's their turn.