[Tyler 178]

I would like to put out a thanks to my team's great alliance partners 1433 and 753.

As the 6th seed, we successfully beat the 3rd seed, and then the 2nd seed, and almost beat the 1st seed in the finals.

I would like to thank 1433 for picking my team (1294) to join them in the finals. I also thought it was very gracious and professional for 1433 (the alliance captain) to not run both matches. They let 753 run both matches since 753 was our alliance's only hanger.

In the finals when we were up against 492, 957, and 1031, our partner 753 had problems with their gear box, and so only their left tread was working. So they weren't able to move. We took a timeout to let them fix their bot, and they worked very fast under pressure. But once we realized that it was actually the gearbox that was broken, and couldn't be fixed in enough time, the refs made us run 753 again. We had said before the timeout that 753 would run again.

Our captain didn't know that 753 wouldn't be fixed in time, and it wasn't his fault at all, I think he made the right call in the heat of pressure, because 1433 and 753 got more points then when we were in, and its hard being an alliance captain anyway.


I was just wondering if any other underdogs won in quarter or semifinals, or finals. Were we the only 6th seed to beat 3rd seed, then 2nd seed? I wasn't able to watch any of the other regionals since I was at portland.