610 would like to thank 188 for putting together a truly great alliance of 188, 610, and 771. During both Thursday and Friday we were having many major mechanical problems, leading to a lackluster 14th ranking. But 188 saw how effective of a shooter we were and that we were truly a top team and chose us for the third alliance. 188 did some great scouting homework and we stuck to a great strategy. In auto 771 reliably scored 6-8 balls in the lower goals while we played defense stopping all opponents auto modes until the finals. Our basic strategy in auto lead us to only loose 1 auto mode, only when were were not able to get in the way of 1114.
During the matches 771 played some tough defense while 188 focused on herding and parking themselves in front of the ramp to shoot. We were able to split our time between quickly scoring our load of balls and playing some strong defense. Both 771 and us both went for the ramp at the end of most matches.
This simple strategy let our alliance win matches by scores of 76-25 and 85-18.
When we reached the final playing both 1114 and 1503 was very difficult. In auto we could stop one of them but not both, luckily in the second game 1114 missed all their balls letting us win auto. In the matches both 1114 and 1503 had very similar shooting styles to ourselves, but because of their very strong drive with the combination of programing no one could move them when they lined up for their shots. We fared very respectably coming very close to winning the second match until both 771 and ourselves climbed the ramp a little too early allowing 1503 to score 5 balls right in front of us
. We fought hard all the way through and competed very well against such tough opponents.
I would like to thank 188 for their strategy, knowledge, and energy. Also 771, for their amazing energy all the way through and very reliable auto mode whose simplicity won us all but 1 auto modes in the elimination rounds.
[EDIT] Videos of finals and elimination rounds to come
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