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Originally Posted by Mr. Lim
Jason, a team like 188 doesn't pick partners without VERY good reasons. 610 wasn't picked just because they were Canadian, and you weren't picked just because you have a low team number, are in the Hall of Fame, and are arguably Rochester's most recognizable team.
From an outside observer, I doubt the alliance would've gotten to the finals without 191's stifling defense and hanging, 610's ability to muscle its way through robots to balls in the midfield and advance balls, or 188's ability to control balls and finish around the net.
It didn't seem like you guys were able to play your best strategy during the finals due to mechanical issues, but from here it looked like you did the absolute best you could given what you had. You should be extremely proud.
It was inspiring to see you guys drive into position and successfully hang, even though you really only had 1 working drive wheel. How you managed that, I will never know - but it was impressive!
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I didn't mean to sound like I was saying that we were picked for any of those reasons, or that even 610 was picked for being canadian (I saw how 610 was on thursday and was impressed, but I honestly wasn't paying too much attention to how 188 was doing prior to them picking us, except knowing that they were a consistently solid team in the past) if I came off sounding that way. I was saying that mostly because nearly the entire 3 days of FLR we've been plagued by mechanical and some programming issues, and I was unsure at that point how we were being perceived by other teams in terms of reliability. That said, I find it to be somewhat ironic that our only successful in-game hang was during the very final round with only one working drive wheel. Also, while we were designing the robot, I don't recall us ever really putting an emphasis on defensive capability, although I'm not exactly complaining that we're as good at it as we are. You can bet that we'll be using these weeks between now and Atlanta to get some fixes ready to install.