2012 West Michigan District

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by stuart2054

You guys did great and if your alliance automous had not had issues it probably would be us congradulating you.

Luck enters into the equation and we had it this year as it we did not in West Michigan last year. Our USB hub breakdown and 67's incident with the tube fouling up their drive in 2011 was big disappointment but thats life and you take your lumps and move on.

I was really happy to be in the finals with the Wo-Bots (141) as I met a nice person from that team in 2010, (my rookie year) at GVSU and she gave me a lot of insight into the competition and it was cool to make things happen with them and 3546. We have a lot of respect for BOB you guys always are creative.

The triple was awesome not just once but twice during the finals. We tried with our partners and it just was not going to work with the robots we had. Good Luck to team 85 BOB. I hope to see you guys in Yipsi. If we do well enough in Niles we will see you there.

Nice job though with a 36 point autonomous in the last match. You guys indeed were the better alliance with the consistency of your auto over-powering the triple balance. We plan on fixing shooter speed control for more consistant shots. Interesting that we tied in tele-op baskets though. You guys pretty much already qualified for state since 65 state ranking points was over enough to qualify in previous years. Hope you guys will get a chance to attempt the triple balance.

[Wayne TenBrink]

A few general thoughts on close matches vs. blowouts:

People generally don't review, re-hash, and agonize over every twist and turn in a blowout (like Finals match 3) because no single factor would have made the difference.

The close matches are another story. In finals match 2, one basket either way in hybrid would have swung the match as would two baskets during teleop. At the end, the crowd was focused on Red's triple balance. However, when we watched the video, we noticed that Blue achieved their double balance to secure the win just as the clock hit zero. Also, I believe that 2054 sunk the "winning" basket while everybody else was balancing. In a close match, every action becomes a single-point make-or-break factor in the ultimate victory/loss.

Congratulations again to 3546, 2054, and 141 on a great win.