Congratulations to 1241, 1477, and 610- 2013 World Champions!

[bam-bam]

Congratulations to 1241, 1477 and 610 from Galileo division!

When you guys are at one hundred percent in autonomous and teleoperation, there was absolutely no stopping you at all.

It's an amazing feeling to come home not being able to see the championships and seeing one of the guys who taught you most everything you know win the title of World Champion. Congrats Nick Lawrence, the rest of 610, 1477, and 1241! You guys definitely deserve the title.

[Dinoyan]

GOO Canada!!!! 610 and 1241

[Kevin Sevcik]

Huge congrats to 1241, 610, and especially 1477. It's been one heck of a rollercoaster year for 1477 and it's great to see them end it on such a high note. And especially great to see them bringing that kind of hardware back to Texas. I'm expecting a shrine at the Fall Remix this year, guys. Erm, and maybe give the robot a rest at the Remix since you've worked it so hard this year? (Seriously, that robot has to have three seasons worth of hours on it by this point.)

[TheMadCADer]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Erm, and maybe give the robot a rest at the Remix since you've worked it so hard this year? (Seriously, that robot has to have three seasons worth of hours on it by this point.)

Let's take a look at how many matches they played.

Lone Star Regional:    12 matches (10 qual, 2 elim)
Bayou Regional:        14 matches (10 qual, 4 elim)
Alamo Regional:        14 matches (9 qual, 5 elim)
Razorback Regional:    18 matches (12 qual, 6 elim)
Galileo Division:      16 matches (8 qual, 8 elim)
Einstein:              6 matches

Total:                 80 matches

Now, there were 2528 teams that played this season (Registration 2013 thread), and 8244 matches played (The Blue Alliance). This gives about 19.5 match slots per team (6 slots per match), or about the average number of matches played in one season by a team this year (a surprisingly high number in my opinion, I'm honestly worried I made a mistake here). Really, 1477 played about 4 seasons worth of hours, and at Championships alone played more than one "season".

For a bonus fun fact, 1477 was present in about 0.97% of matches this year. Additionally, that robot played for exactly 3 hours worth of competition matches this year.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by TheMadCADer

Really, 1477 played about 4 seasons worth of hours, and at Championships alone played more than one "season".

That got me thinking about how many matches they get to play with the district system. 469 had 95 matches this year.

Also congratulations again to the World Champs.

[Ken Streeter]

I'd like to add my congratulations to the 2013 FRC World Champion alliance of 1241, 1477, and 610.

Although I personally didn't have an opportunity to interact with these winning teams at the Championship until after their victory on Einstein, I know from qualification match alliances with 1241 and 610 in prior years at the Championship that these teams not only build top-notch robots, but are class acts that understand and embody the goals of FIRST. We've never before been on the field with 1477; hopefully they too will be able to count us as friends after our three matches on Einstein!

Furthermore, with 610 coming to New Hampshire's Granite State Regional this year, we were able to get to know some of the students and coaches on 610 a little better. (Hi, Mr. Lim!) They even provided inspiration and technical information on their shooter to us at the GSR Week 1 regional, enabling us to experiment with improvements and changes to our own shooter after the event that ultimately resulted in us increasing our own accuracy and reliability at full court shots for the North Carolina Regional. In short, without the "secrets" 610 freely and openly shared with us, we likely wouldn't have qualified to attend the Championship event at all, much less wound up on Einstein with 33 and 469!

The 1241/1477/610 alliance played superbly together as an alliance -- topping us fair and square in clean, well-fought matches for the Einstein finals. We're thankful to have had the opportunity to play in the big show, with all of the FRC world watching.

For 1519, though, this posting couldn't be complete without a big THANKS to our alliance partners, The Killer Bees (33) and Las Guerrillas (469)! We're especially thankful to the scouting and strategy folks on 33 who saw the potential in our robot and team to bring some significant capabilities and unique diversity to complete the 33/469/1519 alliance, despite our rather mediocre 50th place ranking in Archimedes and our 4-4 record. We made some significant improvements on Friday evening / Saturday morning which were demonstrated in our only Saturday morning qualification match. Before 33 picked us, we were concerned that we may be packing up our pit in a few minutes. Instead, our robotics team had the most incredible ride of our 9 years to date! However, we wouldn't have experienced any of it without 33 and 469 leading our alliance.

The whole concluding day of the 2013 FRC Championships is a day I'll surely never forget. Thanks to 33 and 469 for inviting us to share the magic with them. We'd love to be allied with either of your teams again some day; I can only hope that your teams both feel the same. Thank you!

There are a few other teams that deserve our thanks, too: Without Team 435, The Robodogs, picking us at NCR, we might not have been in St. Louis at all! In the CMP pits, we could not have repaired our shooter on Friday without the encoder MARS 2614 generously gave us, and Team 1334 helped us out with things like thread taps and talcum powder. Please know that you were each some of the many teams in FIRST that helped us this season and you deserve a portion of the credit for the recognition we received. Thanks!

Kudos to the 2013 World Champions - 1241, 1477, and 610!

[pwsinclair]

Congratulations to 1241, 610, and especially 1477!!! 1477 has had excellent robots over the past several years and overcame some obstacles this year just to make it to St Louis. You guys are a top notch team and I'm so glad all your hard work has paid off with a World Championship.

[A. Estrella 78]

Ditto.

[FIRST_Parent]

1241,610,1477 What can I say.....AWESOME work...your alliance deserves a hearty round of applause. Congratz to the three of you. Well done.

[Nathan Streeter]

Huge congrats are definitely in order to 1241, 1477, and 610 - you guys were truly exceptional!

We really enjoyed 610 coming down to New Hampshire to play at the Granite State Regional... we definitely were not expecting to meet again on Einstein! You guys are a class act with a great robot!

1241, I do not know much about your team from this year... I do specifically recall working with you in 2011 on Curie in qualifications - I was very impressed! You guys are great at making the most of all your resources at the event to do your best to win the match!

1477... I know little about your team and have rubbed shoulders... but I've watched from New England as you guys become a Texas powerhouse to match any other!

[thefro526]

1477, goes to 4th regional to qualify for Championship.

Goes to championship, wins Championship.

Well played.

Also, 610/1241 are no joke. Awesome play by both machines and excellent play by the whole alliance. Definitely some of the best final matches in a LONG time.

[Abhishek R]

Congratulations to all three on the alliance - brilliant play throughout the whole event's eliminations, taking every match to a rubber and then winning it all! I don't know too much about the Canadian teams, but after playing with 1477 in two regionals this year and in several years past, I'm glad their dedication and hard work paid off.

[MagiChau]

Also, now 1477 doesn't have to fret about qualifying for Championship next year like they did this year.

[falconmaster]

Great Job Galileo Alliance! Congrats from 842! We would have love to been on Einstein, but having you three win the world title is the next best thing. At lease we can say we lost to the best! Special thanks to 610 for the kind friendship they shared since coming to AZ regional where we were partnered up with them for the win! Hope to compete as partners again maybe next year on Einstein!