[Lil' Lavery]

It was nothing more than 1114's gripper becoming slightly out of line due to a technical issue. Their shooter is fixed to a constant position, so if the claw isn't oriented properly it was shoot improperly, and the trackballs were actually being shot into part of the gripper (thus why they didn't go very far). I was very impressed how quickly 1114 identified and diagnosed this problem, and how fast they managed to fix it. As a whole, that alliance survived more problems and technical issues than any I can remember. Most alliances when they undergo that much trouble eventually lose, but they kept fixing them and lasted until that all important tenth elimination win.