As you know 33,27,67 did decline us (as predicted) if any of these teams were to join together they would have been a POWER HOUSE! so with the help of so friends we did a little spying work and put the plan into action. I think most of you can figure the plan out from the way we pick those teams.
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*sigh* There went any real chance to keep things ~a mystery, yet again, Mike did explain it pretty thoroughly, and I must confess, after knowing the plan and everything, I loved the crowd reaction to the whole thing. Though I don't recall booing, I do easily recall the very pronounced "OOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!" along with the gasps and sounds of utter shock.
That said, thank you Mike for explaining it, and though yes, us attempting to pick amongst the top 8 initially would be against your position on the matter, a little 'research' may make that an amazingly powerful tool to prevent others from attempting the exact same thing. Due to mid build-season issues, 66 did not have a great bot this year, but they still play hard and keep playing what strategically is best.
And again, a HUGE thanks to 217 for engineering the feat. We would not have gotten to finals if it were not for the plan. Either that, or finals would have been predicted at selections, which would have made for a rather
dull and especially
uninteresting elimination (like a row of dominoes falling, 24 of them to be exact, with three that don't fall). Instead, all the matches were extremely exciting and rather enjoyable.
Congratulations to everybody, who competed pretty darn well.