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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
Note: 1124 didnt start scoring in autonomous mode until the elimination rounds.
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I talked to 1124's mentors in the pits before our final qualification match (
against 1124), and they showed me all of the improvements they had made to their robot after the matches ended yesterday. Between increasing the squeeze on their throwing and tweaking their autonomous mode (Thanks, Tom!) they had done a lot to improve their robot's functionality. 1124's scoring in auto proved to be extremely important, since it was what won us the autonomous modes in one of matches in the semifinals.
With the 1 to 8 then 8 to 1 alliance selection this year, the second pick is far more interesting than the first one. It's pretty easy to tell who the top notch bots are, but it takes a strong scouting team to figure out the best bots down 24 places. It's largely in thanks to our scouting and alliance selection teams that we were able to select such a strong alliance and compete so well in the eliminations.