[jagman2882]

The reason for the loss of shooting in Auto mode was the fact that we lost the crimp on our camera. We fixed it between the 2nd and 3rd matches but i was still not operational.

Originally Posted by Shu Song

There were many great plays, but one really merits recognition.

The first seeded alliance, 229, 1126, and 1567 had just steamrolled through quarter and semifinals. Their strategy centered around 1126 unloading 8+ balls during autonomous. They were facing the 2nd seed alliance with 191, 250, and 211.

First seed dominated the first match 87-14, using old strategy. But second match, something surprising happened. During autonomous, 1126 didn't shoot any balls. At first I thought that their shooter was broken, but later realized that 250 was strafing back and forth in front of 1126's camera, so that it couldn't get a lock on the light. Many teams before this have tried to simply block 1126's amazing autonomous by ramming into it, but their robot would still make the majority of balls in. This was a brilliant late-game strategy that shocked the whole stadium. This strategy paid off as 2nd seed alliance won match #2, 12-9. They did it again in the rubber match, but 1st seed alliance adapted and made up for the loss of autonomous with a few quick shots on goal late in the game and getting on the ramp.

This was easily the best two games that I've seen for Aim High.