MAR FIRST Springside Chestnut Hill District Competition

[Ben Martin]

Wow, what an event--well-run and executed as always. Thank you for all the MAR personnel and volunteers for making it happen!

It's always interesting playing under scorched earth--it made for some very even and dramatic elimination matches that were really anyone's game. To 1218, 357, 2539, 4373, 3974, 1712, 2234, 365, and 2016--those were some of the most complex elimination matches I have ever played. We were trying to pull everything we had just to keep everyone operating properly, let alone managing the strategy.

Big thanks to 365 and 2016 for offering your chain brakes to us after we broke a chain in SF 1-1. We barely had it fixed by SF 1-3. Also thanks to Sean and the rest of 1712 for your GP--really sad that your robot was not at full strength for our final semifinal match.

To 1218, 11 and 222 -- I hope we get a chance to play in eliminations with each of you sometime

Finally, thanks to 316 and 1495 for rounding out our alliance. We are good friends with 316 and 1495 was on our alliance at Chestnut Hill last year, but these teams are no joke--we couldn't have won without either of them.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Lenape!