My team, 492 and team 1031 combined to tie the high score on Saturday at the Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland, Oregon. We did it with one robot hanging, 12 balls in the big goal, and the big goal capped. Needless to say, our human players rocked, and pretty much everything went perfectly that round.
Interestingly, we were against our second alliance partner that round. Our next match, we were against 1031, and they nearly tipped us over, after which we prevented them from hanging for only the second time during qualifications.
The other round in which 170 points were scored in portland involved a team getting a small goal under the ball release and removing the big ball, and getting both the big and little goals capped at the end. That was a fun match to watch as well.
Here is a picture of our score. You can look around the gallery to see pictures of Atlas, our robot, collecting balls and capping goals.
Winning here secured enough money for us to attend the Championship event... see you all there, hopefully.
~Ryan