Best Teams Not at Champs-2013

[Lil' Lavery]

Another vote for 612. Definitely their best robot yet. Were scoring 4-5 cycles with ease at DC, but ultimately fell victim to some rotten luck in SF2-3 when their partner's battery came unplugged.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Another vote for 612. Definitely their best robot yet. Were scoring 4-5 cycles with ease at DC, but ultimately fell victim to some rotten luck in SF2-3 when their partner's battery came unplugged.

Yeah, I was sad to hear Shan and 612 weren't going to DC.

I'll jump on the 2791 bandwagon. But I've been a huge fan of theirs for years...

[PayneTrain]

There are 12 Virginia robots going to Champs this year, and the best one, 612, is not one of those teams. I don't know if they can get off the waitlist at this point.

As a state that has an uphill battle in developing top-notch teams, not being able to send your best robot really stinks.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

There are 12 Virginia robots going to Champs this year, and the best one, 612, is not one of those teams. I don't know if they can get off the waitlist at this point.

As a state that has an uphill battle in developing top-notch teams, not being able to send your best robot really stinks.

They aren't on the wait list.

[Akash Rastogi]

If folks could post good match videos of each bot mentioned, that would be nice. Or even pictures of each.

[Grim Tuesday]

The more I think about it, the number of powerful Fingerlakes teams that usually attend that are not this year is truly shocking:

1507, 340, 3173, 3015, 1126, etc... Lots of machines that ran into bad luck at their second events (I think the bad luck for most of these teams was the lack of wildcards available - There were none in the Buckeye finals for 1507, none for 3015 in the Virginia finals and none for 3173 in the Boston finals. The downfall for 340 was making a play for EI at a regional attended by 1629, the CMP EI winner in 2011 and 2012. Though, if there's any team who could win it over GaCo, I'd say that team is GRR)

Of course, we'll have 1405 and 3003 to keep us company this year, I don't think either has been to Championships in a long long time.

[Aidan S.]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

Of course, we'll have 1405 and 3003 to keep us company this year, I don't think either has been to Championships in a long long time.

This is the first trip ever to Champs for 3003, and the first trip since 2004 for 1405 (their rookie year).

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

There are 12 Virginia robots going to Champs this year, and the best one, 612, is not one of those teams. I don't know if they can get off the waitlist at this point.

As a state that has an uphill battle in developing top-notch teams, not being able to send your best robot really stinks.

Haven't seen 612, but it's a shame that 2363 isn't going. In my mind, they are the best team in VA that isn't going to Worlds. As to the comment about top-notch teams: 12 teams for a state our size; we are doing pretty well.

[stephenmcd71]

I am gonna miss my favorite team 772 and 48 both had great robots this year...also wish 340, 330, 624, 2451 and 1625 they were all crazy good. I hope to see them rebound next year and go to worlds

[Bdf809]

I hate to see 330 not make it, considering they have been at champs every year in the last 10 years except 2009. It's also a shame for 177 to not qualify again after being on Einstein so many times, and for 188 to not be able to participate this year.

As far as local teams go, I agree that 1318 and 2557 were very capable robots that unfortunately didn't qualify due to confusion at Central Washington. Both of them had the circuits mastered by the end of the regional and would be highly competitive in St. Louis.