Team 4814, Reflections on our 2013 Season

[Mr. Lim]

Great video!

It was an absolute pleasure watching your team this season. I was able to see everything unfold at both GTRW and at Champs.

4814 played some of the most tactically smart matches I've seen, and they did so in every match they played.

I had a chance to speak with two of their leads prior to alliance selections, and boy did they REALLY understand how FRC worked. I was bombarded with questions and very insightful perspectives that many veteran teams wouldn't have given a second thought to. They knew exactly what it meant to be a rookie team that ranked very high (at times #1 overall), and who achieved this primarily by playing outstanding defense and employing sound strategies. This is NOT an easy position to be in, especially when you have many other high-profile teams in the top spots below you.

Picking becomes a very complicated process, and what teams say to you, and what you say to them can be easily lost in translation.

There'a a lot of pressure from a lot of different teams, including your own.

The "best" decision to make isn't so clear, and every choice seems to leave *someone* mad at you.

It was an awesome conversation to have with 4814, especially with this "rookie team" which really weren't operating like rookies at all.

And the best part of the conversation was that in the end, it seemed completely unnecessary.

These guys had already done their research, understood what everyone's intentions and motivations were, knew what they wanted to do, and understood how best to achieve it in the most gracious and professional way.

Just awesome...

P.S. Keep an eye on that Jethro fellow for us!