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Unread 01-03-2010, 22:47
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Re: Team 610 Coyobot XI

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris View Post
We made it in 2006, and had our best showing at the championships. If my memory serves me correct (I really should remember this...) we got picked in the later half of the first round, and lost in the quarters due to our teammates shooter breaking catastrophically in the first match. In 2007 by the end of GTR we had a competitive robot that would have done well in Atlanta, but we had already been to 3 competitions and turned down our invitation to the Championship (from our EI award in New Hampshire).
Yup, you were picked 6th overall by 395. Got knocked out by the eventual division champs of 503, 451 and 1139.
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