2013 Washington DC Regional

[Lil' Lavery]

Since there's already been a lot of talk of 2415's issues, I'll chime in what little I can. When preparing for F-2, their dashboard began indicating no code while tethered. This persisted after both redeploying code, and re-imaging the cRio.
At this point, the 5th seeded alliances' time-out had run out, and it was time to take the field for the 2nd finals match. The 2nd seed alliance opted to run 2v3, in the hope that 2415 could fix the issue before the 3rd match. 2415 spent the match and subsequent timeout replacing their cRio with a new unit, and then attempting to image and deploy code. Unfortunately this still didn't work, and the 2nd alliance was forced to call a back-up bot for the 3rd match.

2415 was an incredible competitor all weekend, and was a massive part of why the 2nd seeded alliance even reached the finals. They are a class act team with an awesome robot. It's unfortunate that the finals ended the way they did, but at least it's a memorable way to go out. Much of the elimination tournament is about survival, and an incredible alliance ended up coming out on top. 79, 379, and 383 deserve all the credit in the world.