This was definitely 1114s year.

[Racer26]

Their impressive 59-7-0 record is I imagine the best around... never mind winning the 3 regionals they attended, going undefeated in Galileo Division (and thats saying something, given how stacked it was), and losing only one match on Einstein.

They finally received their much overdue world championship.

On top of their robot's excellence, as I recall, they picked up the RCA for Waterloo, the EI for Waterloo, and Ian McKenzie (1114 mentor/Waterloo Chair) was a WFFA winner.

Congratulations 1114, and may you continue to build robots at this level of excellence, as I wouldn't want to beat you because you went easy on us.

[Akash Rastogi]

Totally agree, I actually said this to some of their members while walking down to the pits. I was being honest as anything when I told them that I really wanted them to win. It was just a kick*** season for them and incredible to watch in Einstein.

[Qbranch]

Yep, 1114 had one sexy Simbot this year. Their Champion title attests to a great game design by the GDC, the right team won.

Hopefully all the animosity that was buzzing about 1114's head has gone, and the FIRST community can congratulate them wholeheartedly.

I look forward to seeing you all on 1114 at IRI, though most likely you won't be seeing myself and Taylor with/against you on the field there... we try out new driveteams (aka look out world ).

Are you guys (1114) losing many people before next season? It would be awesome if you guys could keep enough of your group together to do it again!

Congratulations Simbotics and Simbot SS!

-q

p.s. 217/148: It's not that I don't love you, it's just it's 1114's thread.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

Are you guys (1114) losing many people before next season? It would be awesome if you guys could keep enough of your group together to do it again!

They're actually only losing two seniors this year.

[Joe Ross]

Congratulations 1114! You guys had by far the most complete robot this year. Whoever voted you second in the Looking Forward poll should have their ballot revoked ;-)

Here are some statistics on how dominating they are:

1 loss in their last 39 matches.
Scored over 100 points in all but 6 of those last 39 matches.
59-7 overall.
6 banners (ties 67 in 2005)

There's only one more thing to do before this robot can be indisputably named the best ever: Win IRI (71's best robots in 2001 and 2002 did not win IRI)

[thefro526]

I will say that the Simbotics machine this year ranks among the greatest robots of all time. I would have to say that no one can dispute the fact that they dominated nearly every part of this years game to the fullest extent. And they managed all of this without any major damage unlike most teams. And when they were damaged they still managed to pull out the win. I'd love to see the 1114 machine up close but I guess I'll have to wait til some other time. hmmm IRI.....?

[Wayne C.]

that is certainly an understatement

I cant remember a robot that dominated a game so much since the Beatty Beast did so in 2001.

The 1114 team should certainly be proud. Congratulations

WC

[Josh Fox]

This is defintely what I'm sure everyone is thinking of as the season that couldn't possibly have been better...

I can't wait to see you guys top it next year, which I'm sure you will manage somehow.

[sayso_411]

Good job Simbotics (and ThunderChickens and RoboWranglers),

It was fun and exciting to play against you guys in the finals

Good Luck next year,

Sparky 384

[fredliu168]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

On top of their robot's excellence, as I recall, they picked up the RCA for Waterloo, the EI for Waterloo, and Ian McKenzie (1114 mentor/Waterloo Chair) was a WFFA winner.

Actually I think 1305 Near North won the EI at Waterloo and GTAR. The rest is correct.


Also, I believe simbotics will continue to have an excellent program as long as they keep the same mentor, parent, teacher, and community support they worked hard to achieve (which is more than likely). I think we all greatly admire their great program for inspiring kids.

[Bcliff358]

Just to show how much depth their robot had this year, they did not function properly on Einstein and still pulled out the championship.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Bcliff358

Just to show how much depth their robot had this year, they did not function properly on Einstein and still pulled out the championship.

Yeah, I saw that they missed a few hurdle attempts. Someone on the Gameday chat suggested it was just a case of their drivers getting too excited. Does anyone know what happened? It was so uncharacteristic of them.

1114 was dominate the entire year. They had the best hybrid, the best pickup, and fantastic driving. I guess thier only weakness was that they couldn't place, but when you score around 100 points each match, you don't need those extra points. I'm sure they inspired a ton of people this year with their super simple yet extremely effective design. Congrats!

[Kellen Hill]

1114 did an amazing job this year and I am very proud to brag that my team gave them one of their 2 elimination losses. It was awesome to see how effective there machine was and how them dominated the competition. I look forward to seeing their bot next year and every year.

[1t5h1e1o]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Yeah, I saw that they missed a few hurdle attempts. Someone on the Gameday chat suggested it was just a case of their drivers getting too excited. Does anyone know what happened? It was so uncharacteristic of them.

It seemed to me that they wanted to turn down the velocity of their shooter so that they could pick up the ball quicker after a hurdle, obviously with less power, they had to be closer to the overpass and moving fairly quickly, so I would imagine that their drivers had to adjust to these new constraints.

In addition to what has been said already, I would just like to say that 1114's hybrid is amazing. Two ball knock-offs and a complete lap was just beautiful to watch. Way to go and congratulations on the world championship!!

[notabmw]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Yeah, I saw that they missed a few hurdle attempts. Someone on the Gameday chat suggested it was just a case of their drivers getting too excited. Does anyone know what happened? It was so uncharacteristic of them.

1114 was dominate the entire year. They had the best hybrid, the best pickup, and fantastic driving. I guess thier only weakness was that they couldn't place, but when you score around 100 points each match, you don't need those extra points. I'm sure they inspired a ton of people this year with their super simple yet extremely effective design. Congrats!

To be 100% clear. It was nothing to do with any of the drivers. They drove the wheels off thier Bot. It was a minor glitch in the hardware of the shooter (to be expected after the pounding it took). But it was no big deal for the outstanding Simbotics pit crew, they had it back in tip top shape for the next battle.
Well deserved victory. Great job Team 1114