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2012 Alamo Thanks

I would like to FIRST (pun intended) thank all of the volunteers that helped ensure that the event ran as smoothly as it did and for providing a wonderful weekend to FRC 2789: Team TechXsplosion!

On behalf of 2789, I would also like to send a very special thank you to team 3552 for teaching us a very valuable lesson. Just before our last match, we sent half our drive team with all of our scouting data and team-generated power rankings to go speak with the top 6 seeded teams to make a last minute pitch for alliance selection, and we sent the other half of our drive team with the same data to pitch our team to the teams seeded 7-12 figuring that some of those teams would be moving up into a picking seed based on how top-seeded teams typically select other teams. We didn't garner much attention from the top seeds according to our drive team, but of the 12 teams we visited, one team actually took the time to come to our pit to look at the balancing mechanism on our robot. That team was 3552, which ultimately moved up a few spots to the 7th seed, and picked us to complete their alliance. Members of that team later told us that they had picked us because we were the only team that reached out to them and went to go talk to them in their pit before alliance selection.

Now some might say that the lesson learned here was how to find a young team with a high seed and position yourself to be selected by them, but 2789 is looking at this from a different point-of-view. The lesson we take from this focuses more on the value of face-to-face human interaction and reaching out to make a connection with another team. I'm proud that our team made it to the semi-finals, but that pride is underscored by the fact that we did so because we built a connection with a team on a human-level. Of course, 2789 had put a great deal of hard work into the design and build of our robot, selecting a strategy for how to play this game, collecting and analyzing massive amounts of data before and during the competition, and all of those factors played a role in the success we had, however, this alliance selection really drove the point across to me, personally, that there's more to this game than building a good robot, and the value of building a connection with good people is fundamental to the success of our team and this community.

FRC 2789 prides itself on being a passionate team, and we love the Alamo Regional! Thanks everyone!
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