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we won a match with one of our chains laying under the mesh. Truth, though, I wasn't as thrilled as you. the sprocket was off because we didn't locktite the set screw. we had some good ones, tho, like one match, where the real monster of the day, a team who had been knocking all the boxes down in auton, zipping under the bar with ease, team 547, match 62 from stl.

Anyway, we had gotten together with our partner and agreed that our auton would put us at the bottom of the ramp, waiting for the bins to fall so we could try to persuade 547 that they would look better on OUR side as soon as human control began. Anyway, the programming paused at the bottom, but then a well meaning bug in the program made it continue in a straight line. We hit the boxes just as 547 did. Our robot had more power (same four motors, geared to half the speed) and the boxes shook alittle, but didn't fall one way or the other. It was just us on one side, 547 on the other, and the immobile boxes in the middle. Unfortunatly, our wheels were on the mesh, and they had gotten there slightly before us and had the sticky top to sit on. Our wheels spun, and they won the match. Still, a moment I will never forget. Our pod, 877. I don't know If I am right, but i believe 877 weighed in in seventh ranked. We faced them again in match 110, last of the quals, and defaced them and our pit partner 73-3. So much for strategy, but I was hoping a landslide victory would encourage them to select us as alliance mates. Well, really I was just into the heat of the thing and couldn't see their side very well and thought they were winning, but it was worth a hope. Too bad, no joy here.
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