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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
You may note that we have LOST each of those Match 1's in which we have played. Good luck, indeed. 
You want our spot?  I'd rather have the extra prep time. To each, his own.
We're used to weird patterns this year, whether we are in control of their creation or not.
For instance, in addition to being in the first match at each event, we've finished as quarterfinalists at all three regionals this season, losing the first match, winning the 2nd, and losing the 3rd. 
We've also won 2 awards at each event, with the UL Industrial Safety Award being the common component. |
I might suggest that the weirder co-incidence is Team 48 losing any three specific matches. You guys always put up a solid machine and have a very focussed team.
While I appreciate the desire for more pit time on Friday morning, there are actually 18 teams that have to be queued up before the opening ceremonies, so starting in Q1 doesn't actually reduce the pit time any more than starting in Q2 or Q3. I note that at Pittsburgh there were 36 teams, so fully half of the teams would have been queued prior to the start of the opening ceremonies.
And, to put it bluntly, "yeah, I want your spot". Although we've often had to queue up before opening ceremonies, we've only been in Q1 once as far as I can recall (last year in Portland) and put on a wild show in autonomous and nearly scored... before going on to lose the match. But I can understand... especially if you're working out bugs, how a later start would be appreciated.
Jason