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You are right!
Posted by Becky Allen at 02/28/2001 8:50 PM EST


Other on team #356, The Enigma, from North Little Rock High School and Pulaski Academy and UALR/BEI/Controlled Automation/Hendrix College.


In Reply to: Re: Power Houses
Posted by soap108 on 02/28/2001 7:45 PM EST:



Hey! Yeah awesome research and memory! We did not have a highly offensive robot last year. We could not score large numbers of balls, so we concentrated on our speed, torque and ability to remove balls from the goals. Finding ourselves ranked 25th heading into the final qualifying match, we decided that we needed to demonstrate our ability, if there was any hope for us to advance to the finals. Winning was not a real concern; however, showing off our power and ability was. And what better team to show off against, than Wildstang?

That showing was enough to get us picked by Truck Town and allianced with Visteon (184), and we eventually went on to face Chief, the Technokats and Wildstang(again) in the finals. However, this time we were not as lucky, and took home silver medals(nothing to hang out heads about at all).

I think that also brings up another point, that I wish to make.
Luck and catastrophe will bring put any team's ego into check, real fast. This is another aspect that I really enjoy about FIRST. FIRST hosts its own March Madness. Robots are not indestructable. While having a quality well-preforming robot is essential to getting one to the finals, you never know what will happen from there. Which "cinderella" teams will come out on top and which "powerhouses" will fall....? It's almost anyone's guess.
You gotta love that!
Becky



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