2014 Greater DC Regional

[JesseK]

This was a fun event.

Thank You 1418 & 2537 for your amazing partnership. It was truly an all-around effort with 3 very versatile robots. 1418's bot was the key to how well offense in the Finals went. The strategy ideas both of you had in order to win Finals is what made them so much fun.

To 1731 & 225: I am now a believer of the 2-bot assist cycle. The speed at which you two could complete a single cycle was unparalleled. I came to the realization that the only way to come close to a win was to slow everything down. To you and 4464, congrats on your win! We will see you in St. Louis.

Some tidbits:
- The 3 northern Virginia teams in the finals were the 3 teams who were up and running great at the Chantilly Week 0 event.
- 1885 drove all of Saturday on 3 CIMs. We noticed we were sluggish but couldn't figure out why until the timeout between F-2 & F-3 when we noticed a cold CIM. This is why we couldn't fight through what had been pretty easy-to-get-around defense.
- After the event we found that the left rear drive train talon was dead. That's our first dead talon in 7 events.
- Big shout out to Silu Tang, who's amazing 'drive straight' routines kept our 1-ball autonomous going magnificently, even with the initial swerve of a 'dead' wheel on the left side. She's our lead student programmer and one of our Chairman's speakers.
- If your robot is shiny, it will be a defense magnet. In our match replay sessions, teams would defend us even though another bot was putting the ball up in the high goal.

[ehfeinberg]

449 had a blast! The elimination rounds were some of the most intense matches I have ever watched in FRC.

To start, big thanks to our alliance partners 587, 2849, and our replacement bot 4456. All of the robots played some amazing defense, and when 2849 went out of commission, we were lucky to have to have 4456 step up and take their place.

To 1418, 1885, and 2537, you guys had an amazing alliance, and we had a blast going up against you guys. We were especially impressed with the 1418 machine being able to shoot while driving. 1885 also had a great robot, I am sure you will be even better at Chesapeake next week. And 2537, you guys played some amazing defense.

And lastly to the winners, 225, 1731, and 4464. What an amazing machine from 225 and 1731. They were able to complement each other so well. And lots of congratulations to 4464! You guys played some amazing defense, like the best I have ever seen. It was great seeing a team we helped this year make it to champs. Lets just say it was a common occurrence for Eli to be like "Are you using this? Can I borrow it then?" Go wreck some robots at champs.

Originally Posted by JesseK

- The 3 northern Virginia teams in the finals were the 3 teams who were up and running great at the Chantilly Week 0 event.

We were there too running around, but we only made semis