Posted by Ken Patton.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.
Posted on 3/15/2000 10:31 AM MST
In Reply to: Guess on our team's points posted by Andy Baker on 3/15/2000 9:40 AM MST:
Since our team was the one who picked #45 TechnoKats (we were only #9 seed, but two teams picked from within the top eight, so we got to pick), I think I can add something here...
We did not really care what the ranking of their team was. We were looking for some specific skills that we thought would make for a good elimination round strategy. Team #45 had those skills, in the opinion of some of our team members who were responsible for making the choice.
It didn't hurt that we know these people from past experiences, and that they have been to the top of the mountain (National Champs in '98, runner up in '99). BUT that was minor compared to our assessment of their robot's abilities. So I disagree with a previous comment that there are teams getting in 'by reputation' as opposed to 'by robot.'
We think we made a good choice, as the alliance only lost once when the TechnoBeast was on the field. Plus, when you pick the TechnoKats, they give a tshirt to the picking student
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Ken