Central Washington Recap/Thanks

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*Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect the views held by Skunkworks Robotics Team 1983 and it is certainly not my intent to leave anyone out, offend or otherwise harm anyone in the process. Also, I have alumn friends and coworkers from nearly all the teams mentioned below and it was fun to share this regional experience with them

First I would like to congratulate 2046 on yet another Chairman’s award. Girls Gen. certainly drove your pitch home

I’d also like to congratulate 2910 on their Engineering Inspiration award. We will be glad to travel with them to champs this year. Best of luck on Chairman’s next week!

A congratulation in is order to Madison from 488 on what I’m sure is a long overdue WFFA! *Also Happy Birthday!

1318 Was great in Oregon and were absolutely on fire in Ellensburg. They showed that they could score well and coordinate well with others. It is unfortunate that this highly capable machine won’t be debuting on the championship stage.

If I had to pick my favorite robot from this regional, I’d choose 948. They may be the single best full-court shooter in the world. Once down at the feeder station, they had an extreme accuracy which was hard to stop, even when blocking. I’m certainly looking forward to playing with them again next week in Seattle.

ON THE FIELD:

In the competitive arena we saw plenty of great teams and we were thankful that we got to play with and against some of the best.
360, 2557 and 3789 were amazing today as usual. 360 and 2557 both showed some amazing play in Oregon and were even better this weekend. It was exciting to see two teams who have a history of friendship get together in eliminations <3. 3789 was a solid addition to their alliance and they wouldn’t have been able to do it without them! This alliance nearly won the regional and these teams definitely showed that they had strong robots which deserve to continue play at the world level.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank the alliance members who made this regional win possible. I’d like to thank 1425 for selecting us and 753 to play with them. It’s been a long time since our regional win with Error Code in our rookie year (2007) and it was fun to play alongside their extraordinary scoring machine. 753 has been good for years, but for as long as I can remember, they have been always on the verge of a regional win. Their solid Auto, defense and all around gameplay made our alliance what it was. Together putting up 10 discs, we scored 60 points in auto at our best! Our alliance high score of the day hit 202 thanks to this.

We had a rough start as we got our robot together on Friday and had Field Tech/ Comm. issues on Saturday, so we can’t thank our alliance enough for being with us every step of the way.

Thanks again to all the teams, sponsors and volunteers for a successful first FIRST event at Central Washington University!
We look forward to seeing old and new friends in the upcoming events in Seattle and Spokane.

P.S.
-Quick Shout-outs to our friends on Mean Machine 2471 for cheering us on, we look forward to seeing you in Spokane!
-To Trent from 987, we’re glad you came and hung with us! If you’ll be joining our team again in Seattle or Spokane, pm me your shirt size