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Originally Posted by #1Transgirl1140
worst thing that happened but was also very funny was when the allaince picking happened, the team that was supposed to pick us couldn't read there own writing and called out the wrong number....1040. We were so mad.
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I have a story extremely similar to this, which has become one of my favorites that I tell people. Dont be confused by the title of this thread though, this was definitely not a terrible experience
In 2002, our robot did absolutely terrible at SVR. We tried too much, and didnt get much of it to work. We scored the single highest point value match at the regional, and made it to the semi finals, but none of it was due to our own success.
Nationals was an entirely different story. We were doing really well the entire time, in 4th place most of the time, then 7th and 8th for awhile, and never lower than 11th in Einstein. Obviously I am biased, but we thought we had one of the top single goal robots in our division.
We headed into our last match in 7th place, and stunned that we were likely going to end up in picking position. We were up against Team 16 (Baxter Bomb Squad, who had an AWESOME ball robot in 2002). We did what we could to hold our own, but they were really too much for us, and practically cleared the field of balls.
The final score ended up being 52-48, which dropped us down to a tie for 11th place. The irony here is that had the scores been reversed, we would have moved into 1st, or 2nd place in our division. Instead, we ended up being the number 9 team after alliance pairings, and didnt play.
It gets even better though. Throughout the weekend we had developed a good relationship with a team we played well with in one of our first matches, and had been told that they wanted to pick us in the alliance pairings. When it came time for them to pick, they made a mistake and chose Team 10, who did not exist.
A lot of people on my team were pretty mad, but I was ecstatic to have even made it to a position where we could be picked, after all our struggles at regionals, and things like that happen. In the end, everyone was able to see that things like this arent that big a deal, and accomplishment cannot be judged by where you finished, or how many medals you bring home.
Some outsiders may think that this was a pretty terrible moment, but that one competition was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had.
And to really get back on topic, I don't think my worst moment ever is really appropriate to be posted here
Cory