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Originally Posted by Woody1458
2144 pulled of the counterfacing omnis (looks like <> from underside) spectacularly
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Why thank you! We're quite proud of our drivetrain this year. The biggest problem we've had was our AndyMark Coolie Dualie wheels bending when they hit the plates on the inside of the field. We're going to try out their plastic omni wheels at Davis to see if they'll work better for us. Now that some small but killer code related problems are worked out, things should be looking good. Note: Don't put your radio next to the drive motors! Horrible packet loss causes for problems to appear on the field and not in the pits, driving the programmer batty when trying to troubleshoot.
A big thanks to 190 for picking us for the finals! Those quarterfinals were a lot of fun, and together with 2141 we put on quite a good fight.
Lastly, I'm not sure what to think of the finals. We love you 100, 254, and 115, but in my opinion the regional should have gone to blue. I was one of the people who ran (erm, walked quickly) back to our pits to grab a copy of the rules and bring them up to the refs. (Yes, I know people not on the alliance shouldn't contest and are probably just getting in the way, but it was heat of the moment, and come on! That rule isn't even one of the debated ones!) Then with 254's ball and field damage... Anyways, those were two amazing alliances and it's a shame they can't both go to Atlanta. Or as Meredith suggested, could they? I would be in full support of advancing both alliances as a resolution!
SVR had a rough start and a rough ending. Our alliance had a score of 9 before penalties for our first qualification match (match number 3), initially losing 4 to 0. It was pretty easy to contest an odd score, but counting laps as 1 point each is a fairly huge mistake. I'm surprised the software even let that score be input. Scoring and penalty issues aside, which seem to be as much an issue with this game as with our regional in particular, SVR was a load of fun with great competition.