2012 North Carolina Regional

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by mwilbur

I believe that we have video of all of the elimination matches from the top of the arena in a full-field view. If we have them, I will have our multimedia team post them on YouTube and will let you know where to find them.

That would be awesome! Thank you very much! We haven't yet been able to find anybody else that had full-field video!

Originally Posted by mwilbur

Many congratulations to you, 1311, and 2642 for your excellent performance in the eliminations. After being on the losing end of two blowouts in the semifinals against our friends from 2614 and company, I really thought that they had it all together and would take the competition. You and your partners proved me wrong in two amazing finals matches!

Just before the finals, I also thought the #2 alliance of 2614 / 1771 / 4083 was likely to win. I'd even spoken with Earl Scime of MARS 2614 moments before the first finals match started and said I didn't think we'd be able to match their scoring because in the quarterfinals and semifinals, either our robot or 1311's robot ping-ponged back and forth with technical difficulties -- we never had both robots shooting successfully in the quarters or semis -- and that there was no way we could match their alliance without both of our shooters functioning at the top of their game. It was only with the combined firepower of both shooters plus the defense of 2642 that we stood a chance.

I'm very appreciative of your team, 2363. It was great to be allied with Triple Helix last year in St. Louis on Curie with 1983, even though we fell just short of winning a match against the powerful alliance led by 71 to have a shot to get to the semifinals. Any time you get beat by 71 in elimination rounds you can't feel too bad, right? We'd love to be allied with your team in elimination rounds again some time!

We're also thankful that there isn't any ill will as a result of the failed coopertition balance attempt with your team at the end of the day on Friday.