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Originally Posted by weinbergmath
I also want to thank 1071 and 2170 for joining us in the #8 alliance. We had a great time working with all of you, and we put up quite a fight!
Team Lionics was excited to be in the quarterfinals, but the icing on the cake was that last match because it allowed us to actually see the robot make it all the way around in hybrid for the first time on a full FRC field. If I remember right, our alliance had 32 points at the end of hybrid! (This lead was quickly eliminated by the remarkable offensive power of our opponents, but it's something we can be really proud of!)
It was also an honor competing against the #1 alliance - 1124, 175, and 716. you not only dominated the elimination matches, but amazed us all with how MANY people you had there supporting your teams! I think all three of you wrapped around the entire arena when accepting your regional champion medals. Congratulations on your three great robots, but more importantly, congratulations on the extent to which you have spread FIRST within your community. Good luck in Atlanta!
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I'm pretty bummed because I just had a long response typed, and my computer deleted it. That always seems to happen to me...
Anyway, I have to say congratulations to your alliance. Like I said to someone else, you were a great group of teams and you worked really well together- you had our supporters scared after QF 1-1 because the scores were so close!
I was the drive team coach, and I definitely noticed that hybrid mode. I was a little jealous that ours wasn't working right. I know the feeling of it finally working, though. We had a beautiful hybrid going at our practice facility, but it was a little off at the regional. There was this one match, though, where we knocked off one alliance trackball (second was a near miss), and crossed 5 lines, for a total of 28 points on our robot alone. It wasn't as great as practice, but way better than the times we went
backwards around the field.
And the funny thing about our supporters is, I was even shocked to see so many people come watch us- I guess all of our work on spreading the word is paying off. There were middle school kids (and younger) who wanted to join the team in the future, school administrators, teachers with their families, kids from our school, parents, siblings, sponsors, families, friends... Looking at us now, you would never have known that in 2003, we began as a team of 12, and even in 2006, we were only 24. (-: