Troy District - 2012

[momter]

Congratulation to 1, 469 and 244 for their Troy District win. It was an exciting head to head. Your Gracious perfessionalism in regards to the use of your time out was beyond Gracious, you are true examples for others to emulate.To our alliance partners 217 & 548 thanks for asking us along for the ride. What a great weekend. Best of Luck to you all at states.

[Agentarrow]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

- 469: It took a long time for us to get to play together, but now we are 2 for 2 together this year.

Thanks Adam, I agree; it has been far too long, and we definitely need to continue playing together in the future.

To 67: Thanks for picking us, we make one heck of a team. You've got a wonderfully creative and equally dominant robot this year. I have no doubt that it will take you far. Besides the robot though, you guys were great all weekend. Students and mentors alike were willing to work with anyone that needed help and multiple teams came out better because of it. Despite the problems that arose with your own robot, you still helped others and at the end of the day came out on top regardless. We'll see you at MSC!

To 244: You guys made great partners to round out our alliance, you worked hard and were willing to do anything that the alliance asked of you, you deserve your share of the glory.

To 217: Thanks, as always, for the mobile machine shop, it helped us out a bunch and the mentors that run it were knowledgeable and friendly. Though you had a tough start to the season, I'm glad to see that things are working out for the better now. Congrats on being finalists.

To 548: You've built another robust robostang machine and I look forward to seeing you at MSC. Congrats on finalist as well.

The Troy district was thrilling as usual. Many good teams and equally many amazing matches. It's been cool to participate these past years, and we are looking forward to it next year.

[momter]

Originally Posted by momter

Congratulation to 67, 469 and 244 for their Troy District win. It was an exciting head to head. Your Gracious perfessionalism in regards to the use of your time out was beyond Gracious, you are true examples for others to emulate.To our alliance partners 217 & 548 thanks for asking us along for the ride. What a great weekend. Best of Luck to you all at states.

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[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by IKE

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Troy really showcased taht anything can happen, and I am excited to see how MSC shakes out in a couple weeks.

The MSC just may shake out to be the year’s biggest test of coopertition. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the powerhouse team that coopertates most will seed first. That powerhouse is sure to pick another (the other?) powerhouse. There isn’t much doubt that together they will win the event.

IMO, the only way for MSC not to come to a foregone conclusion is to mitigate the effect of coopertition. One lofty goal would be for all matches to end in a coop balance so that WLT decides the seeding. Another, less lofty but more effective idea, would be for the lesser teams to decline coopertition with the big guys.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Will the Nash equilibrium hold, or will the lesser teams form cabals to improve their individual chances?