Wisconsin Recap

[RyanShoff]

4143 had a great time. We love the Wisconsin regional, but man is it hard. Our performance exceeded our expectations. We missed all our practice matches Thursday and didn't get a 30 point climb until our 4th match on Friday. Haven't missed one since.

Thanks to 706 for being our partner two years in a row. I'm all for making it three in a row.

It was pretty cool getting to pick last year's world champion 16 to be in an alliance. You guys are great. You brought a lot to our alliance. Especially when you faked out 2826 with the misinformation. I remember overhearing Wave talk about you blocking them twice in one cycle. They were something like: "they bumped us once, ran us down, and did it again".

This was our first time picking an alliance, and I couldn't be happier with the results. Our scouting team did great.

We really had a chance to beat Wave and Roboteers. The matches were closer than the scores make it appear. The climb interference call on 16 was bogus in the first match. And the ref admitted forgetting climb points in the second match. Unfortunately, we had already lost in autonomous. They shot lights out, and we fell short. There were a lot of matches played with a razor thin margin of victory.

To Bombsquad: Why did you call your robot "The Mantis"? It might be a "baby mantis" or maybe a "Mantis Jr.". It was fast and agile, but let's face it: "4143 is the real Mantis".

Looking forward to Crossroads. To me, it looks like Silicon Valley and Crossroads are going to be the toughest in week 6.

Good luck to 16 and 2826 at world's, 706 at Buckeye, and good luck to 2481 at Crossroads.