What happened in the finals at West Michigan?

[Josh Fritsch]

2054, 67, and 107 were quite a force to be reckoned with, thats for sure. The finals at West Michigan were very exciting. I think 2054 had some comms problems in the first match though.

I cant imagine what States is going to be like.

FYI: 1918, 27 and 3357 put up 96 in QF and 121 in SF...not sure how you categorize the "best individual robots". I think all 6 robots from both alliances played very strong all weekend.

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by Josh Fritsch

2054, 67, and 107 were quite a force to be reckoned with, thats for sure. The finals at West Michigan were very exciting. I think 2054 had some comms problems in the first match though.

I cant imagine what States is going to be like.

FYI: 1918, 27 and 3357 put up 96 in QF and 121 in SF...not sure how you categorize the "best individual robots". I think all 6 robots from both alliances played very strong all weekend.

2054 had some type of computer issue, where it would not recognize their joysticks... so they set still during the entire first match.

107 had 201 CAN errors registered at the end of the match. I can't really say what effect it had on their performance....b/c I was busy trying to outscore 1918 and 27 alone, with 3357 playing the toughest defense we have encountered.

In the second match, somehow we managed to pickup a tube that was full when we got it and deflated 5s later when we tried to hang it. That might have made the difference. Then we ran over a deflated Uber-tube and got it jammed up in our drive train. We completely derailed all the chains on that side attempting to get it out. Needless to say we were essentially disabled.

Would I like to play those matches again with no issues, yes. Have I won matches and Championships when other teams have experienced similar issues, yes. It takes more than just a very skilled alliance to win.

My honest analysis of the teams:

Both 1918 and 27 are incredible robots capable of putting up just as many logos as 67 and 2054.

I think 67 and 2054's minibots were a little faster, only b/c in F1 our minibot was #1 and in F2 2054's minibot was #1.

We had an advantage that our autonomous modes were a little more consistent. In F1 we had a 2 to 1 Uber-tube advantage and in F2 we had a 3 to 1 advantage.

3357 was the X factor, because they really limited the number of tubes we were able to put up. I don't believe that 107 had a significant effect on limiting 1918 or 27.

I feel our alliance would have won, if everything went right....but part of this game is having the most reliable robots.

1918, 27, and 3357 was the better alliance this weekend!

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

2054 had some type of computer issue, where it would not recognize their joysticks... so they set still during the entire first match.

107 had 201 CAN errors registered at the end of the match. I can't really say what effect it had on their performance....b/c I was busy trying to outscore 1918 and 27 alone, with 3357 playing the toughest defense we have encountered.

I'm praying the new update fixes problems like that.