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Unread 08-04-2002, 19:41
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Yes, latching the side of the field

That brings back a grim memory. In the quarter finals in NYC we were were doing some last ditch attemps to salvage a match that wasn't doing so good and in the process broke one of the latches on our goal grabber and couldnt grab a goal. We tried and tried with no success. We ran to the other side of the field and made a turn with about 15 seconds remaining. Then all of a sudden we could not move. It felt like our drivetrain was shot or something and we had no clue what was wrong. We were sitting there on the side of the field motionless. The buzzer buzzed and we lost. Then we walked over to get our robot and I fell down in laughter at the sight of our one good latch clamped to the side of the field. The irony was that we couldn't grab a goal trying very hard, but we could grab the field with unknowing ease. O well, it was fun and we fixed our problem and were a major success at UTC. We did not get disqualified (since we lost anyways) but I don't think we would have anyways because it was an obvious accident.

Another Regional Inconsistency is depicted in this other thread: Duct Tape
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