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Originally Posted by EricH
proving to Car Nack that more than 30 points was possible (if DOGMA was removed), and being so evenly matched in the eliminations that it took not 1, but 4 extra matches on top of the expected 3 match elimination rounds to decide a winner.
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I can't speak for the red alliances (I was manual scoring blue), but even if we were playing with DOGMA penalties, I do not think that there would have been many. The human players were superb in returning the balls quickly (even with those matches when 469 was able to make the most of their redirection system)
Thank you to all of the students, mentors, parents, volunteers, airlines, busses, cars, and the IRI planning committee for contributing to putting on such a spectacular event. The competition was amazing: really, Breakaway at it's finest (outside of Einstein, perhaps). I had such a great time at my first IRI, and I really hope to be back in the future! (so did my mom, who was also a first-time IRI-goer - thank you Winnovation for letting her sit with you! She had a lot of fun talking with your mentors!)
I also got to meet a lot of people who I have wanted to meet for a long time. It's really a wonderful thing to finally be able to say that I've met the names and faces who I have seen on my computer and phone screens for a long time.
Thanks all for such a great weekend!
