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Originally Posted by lachoneus8
This really was a cool story. Their robot and machining equipment got destroyed in some flooding one week before ship date. Local teams pulled together to help them get on their feet, but even then they spent 11 hours on Thursday with the help of several other teams getting their bot to pass inspection.
Their little flat bot was a speedy bugger, and played a mean defensive game, earning them a rank of 3 in the quals. They picked their partners well and ended up getting to the semis.
As their mentor was fond of saying, "this isn't just a victory for 2866, it is a victory for FIRST". Good job to those that showed true Gracious professionalism in getting their bot up and running!
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To add to this cool story, they just had bad luck upon bad luck that suddenly turned into awesome luck coupled with great skill at Chesapeake. I know they also had a Driver Station that survived the flood that then died after its buttons broke and a port pulled out.
I for one am most happy that we will be seeing them again next year.